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The King's Beast
A simple task to retrieve some artifacts turns into a nightmare of deceit when Duncan McCallum finds himself the target of those obsessed with keeping America under British rule in this thrilling historical novel from an Edgar Award–winning author. When Duncan McCallum is asked by Benjamin Franklin to retrieve an astonishing cache of fossils from the Kentucky wilderness, his excitement as a naturalist blinds him to his treacherous path. But as murderers stalk him Duncan discovers that the fossils of this American incognitum are not nearly as mysterious as the political intrigue driving his mission. The Sons of Liberty insist, without explaining why, that the only way to keep the king from ...
THE BROKEN TREE
As she was growing up, Anita Venes forgot many things about her origins – who she was, where everybody else was, why she had a strange name which people kept changing. She worked hard to forget about the past, avoiding questions about her parents and other family members who had all disappeared. This was often the case for an abandoned child growing up in the care system in the 1940s. It was best to focus on the future when you might have some control over events. Fostering experiences can be good - for Anita they were not. This is her story, a story of survival and inspiring courage to overcome the traumas of her abusive childhood. She chose to work with severely disabled children and tha...
Glasgow's East End in the 70s
This is a collaboration between Glaswegian Peter Mortimer who has written the text and photographer Duncan McCallum who took these wonderful but grim photos of a grimy, resigned, and depressing 1970s Glasgow. As the subtitle suggests the book goes out east along London Road, Gallowgate, and Duke Street as far as Parkhead and Camlachie showing much in-between these points.
The Black Cuillin
The Black Cuillin is an exhilarating account of mountaineering in the Isle of Skye and the extraordinary folk who flocked to the 'British Alps'. Not simply a climbing compendium but a social history of the island, its mountains and it's people. ‘ …exhaustively knowledgeable and scintillatingly written… ’ JIM PERRIN 'A major work of research and history―not only of climbing but also of social developments and the significant personalities involved in events surrounding Skye and the Highlands over the last two centuries. A must read for anyone with an interest in the history of the island and Scotland'. DENNIS GRAY
Scottish Rock
The best mountain, crag, sea cliff and sport climbing in Scotland. From the Foreword by Hamish MacInnes . "If you have an ambition to do all the climbs in these two Scottish Rock guides I think you'd better schedule time off in your next life. This labour of Gary's has been of gargantuan proportions. Those of you who use the guides will benefit by his dedication and the sheer choice offered; if you divide the retail price of these by the number of good routes you'll realise this is a bargain. Volume 1 covers a proliferation of Scottish crags up to the natural demarcation of the Great Glen. They are easier to access than most in Volume 2 and present infinite variety. I have been a long-time advocate of selected climbs and the use of photographs to illustrate both climbs and action. I'm glad that this principle has been used throughout these two volumes. It gives you a push to get up and do things. The list seems endless and if you succeed in doing half of them you'll be a much better climber and know a lot more about Scotland - have a good decade!"
Québec City, 1765-1832
This book provides a synthesis of social, demographic and economic change in Quebec City during the British regime, a period which saw the former French capital transformed into an English city with all the problems associated with rapidly growing urban centres.
