Author : Jack Gillon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 79 pages
File Size : 48,6 MB
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 144567808X
A guided tour of the historic port of Leith, showing how it has been transformed over the centuries.
Author : Jack Gillon
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 10,52 MB
Release : 2014-10-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445640953
This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Leith and its surroundings have changed and developed over the last century.
Author : Tim Bell
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 25,88 MB
Release : 2020-04-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1912387735
By examining the book, the play and the film, Choose Life. Choose Leith. both critically analyses the Trainspotting phenomenon in its various forms, and contextualises the importance of the location of Leith and the culture of 1980s Britain. Looking in detail at the history of Leith, the drug culture, the spread of HIV/AIDs, and how Trainspotting affected drug policy, Leith and the Scottish identity, the book highlights the importance of Trainspotting. Choose Life. Choose Leith. acts as a reference book, a record of the times and a background as to the history that led to the real-life situation and the publication of the book.
Author : Liz Hanson
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 16,8 MB
Release : 2018-08-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1445656086
A guided tour of the historic town of Edinburgh, showing how the areas you know and love have transformed over the centuries.
Author : Donald Campbell
Publisher : Signal Books
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 20,6 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Authors, Scottish
ISBN : 9781902669731
Part of the Cities of the Imagination series, this is an in-depth cultural, historical, and literary guide by a lifelong native to Scotland's vibrant capital and home to one of the world's greatest arts festivals.
Author : Mr Dick Leith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 32,47 MB
Release : 2005-08-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1134711441
A Social History of English is the first history of the English language to utilize the techniques, insights and concerns of sociolinguistics. Written in a non-technical way, it takes into account standardization, pidginization, bi- and multilingualism, the issues of language maintenance and language loyalty, and linguistic variation. This new edition has been fully revised. Additions include: * new material about 'New Englishes' across the world * a new chapter entitled 'A Critical Linguistic History of English Texts' * a discussion of problems involved in writing a history of English All terms and concepts are explained as they are introduced, and linguistic examples are chosen for their accessibility and intelligibility to the general reader. It will be of interest to students of Sociolinguistics, English Language, History and Cultural Studies.
Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 41,27 MB
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1641715340
With Rick Steves, Edinburgh is yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Scotland includes: Rick's firsthand, up-to-date advice on Edinburgh's best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more, plus tips to beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps Top sights and local experiences: Visit ancient Edinburgh Castle and stroll the Royal Mile, uncover Scottish history at the National Museum of Scotland, or hike to the peak of Arthur's Seat for incredible views of the city. Go on a literary pub tour, sample whisky at a tasting, and tap your foot to traditional folk music at a local favorite spot Helpful maps and self-guided walking tours to keep you on track With selective coverage and Rick's trusted insight into the best things to do and see, Rick Steves Snapshot Edinburgh is truly a tour guide in your pocket. Exploring beyond Edinburgh? Pick up Rick Steves Scotland for comprehensive coverage, detailed itineraries, and essential information for planning a countrywide trip.
Author : Arthur Conan Doyle
Publisher :
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 34,73 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Author : Leith Davis
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 33,26 MB
Release : 2004-06-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1139454137
Originally published in 2004, Scotland and the Borders of Romanticism is a collection of critical essays devoted to Scottish writing between 1745 and 1830 - a key period marking the contested divide between Scottish Enlightenment and Romanticism in British literary history. Essays in the volume, by leading scholars from Scotland, England, Canada and the USA, address a range of major figures and topics, among them Hume and the Romantic imagination, Burns's poetry, the Scottish song and ballad revivals, gender and national tradition, the prose fiction of Walter Scott and James Hogg, the national theatre of Joanna Baillie, the Romantic varieties of historicism and antiquarianism, Romantic Orientalism, and Scotland as a site of English cultural fantasies. The essays undertake a collective rethinking of the national and period categories that have structured British literary history, by examining the relations between the concepts of Enlightenment and Romanticism as well as between Scottish and English writing.
Author : R. O. NEISH
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2019-10-31
Category :
ISBN : 9781849954433
Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to the many men and women who may have sailed or served on them. This history is brought together in vol. I of a three-volume series about the almost-forgotten part that Leith played in our great maritime heritage and is the culmination of the author's lifetime experience of shipbuilding.Most people may well be aware of the part played by the great shipbuilding centres in the UK's history but many may be unaware of the part played by the shipbuilders of Leith. This port was once Scotland's main port with many firsts to its name. Leith had begun building ships some 400 years before the great shipyards of the Clyde and these vessels reached all corners of the globe, touching many people's lives. Some had sad histories while others took part in some of the great conflicts of the times; many were just ordinary working vessels that carried their crew safely through long working lives.With a pedigree of shipbuilding second to none going back over 660 years of recorded history, the ships built at Leith deserve their place in history and this book begins the story.
