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This book has been a long time in the making. In 2005, I was privileged to be awarded a personal chair in History by the University of Dundee, and at the 'Discovery Day' lecture series held for new chairs I gave a talk entitled, 'A Modest Defence of Gaming', the title plundered from a rare eighteenth-century pamphlet actually defending gambling. The talk was supposed to be a taster of the sorts of themes which I then thought would inform a new...

This book aims to show the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

A biography of the icon of English football written by close friend and confidante Bob Harris, who ghost-wrote six books with Robson across the player's lifetime.

Two young people stand on a new and strange island. While one is more vocal about it, both Ambrose and Alex are deeply affected by the death of their father. Alex finds herself burdened by her memories while Ambrose thinks he is burdened by unhelpful friends. Others join them as these two siblings search for a way home at the risk of losing themselves.

Two young people stand on a new and strange island. While one is more vocal about it, both Ambrose and Alex are deeply affected by the death of their father. Alex finds herself burdened by her memories while Ambrose thinks he is burdened by unhelpful friends. Others join them as these two siblings search for a way home at the risk of losing themselves.

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Shows the importance of Scotland's relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

This book shows relationships to Europe and its part in a broader European story, as well as to dispel long-established myths and preconceptions which continue to exert a firm grip on public opinion.

Hired by ForbesTraveler.com to review some of the most luxurious accommodations on Earth, and then inspired by a chance encounter in Dubai with the impoverished workers whose backbreaking jobs create such opulence, Bob Harris had an epiphany: He would turn his own good fortune into an effort to make lives like theirs better. Bob found his way to Kiva.org, the leading portal through which individuals make microloans all over the world: for as l...

Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum, explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.

The daily news gives you events but rarely context. So what do al-Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran really want? Which faction is which in Iraq and who's arming whom? What's the deal with Somalia, Darfur, and Kashmir? Fatah, Hamas, and Hezbollah?Finally, here's Who Hates Whom—a handy, often stunning guide to the world's recent conflicts, from the large and important to the completely absurd.• Which countries are fighting over an uninhabitable glaci...

The BTEC Entry 3/Level 1 Sport Student Book gives learners a resource tailored to Foundation Learning that engages them in each topic, helps them achieve, and prepares them for progression into employment or to BTEC Level 2 courses.

A study that is founded upon personal documents, town council minutes, legal cases, inventories, travellers' tales, plans and drawings relating to some 30 Scots burghs of the Georgian period. It shows how the Scots Georgian burgh developed to become a powerfully controlled urban community, with disturbance deliberately designed out.

A fully revised and updated edition of broadcaster 'Whispering' Bob Harris's bestselling autobiography. Harris's career spans 40 years, and he has interviewed and hung out with big names such as The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and John Lennon. From "The Old Grey Whistle Test" to "The Bob Harris Show" and "Bob Harris's Country", he remains as popular as ever. Includes a 16 page colour plates section.

Gene harris, the "Blues Man From Boise, " as the WALL STREET JOURNAL once called him, died at the start of the new millenium, but he left a legacy of music that will outlive us all. He played on more than 80 recordings and shared the stage or recording studio with such luminaries as Joe Williams, Ray Charles, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Benny Carter, BB King, Aretha Franklin, Herb Ellis, and Nancy Wilson. A luminous figure hijself in jazz and ...

Join political comedian and noted "Jeopardy!" show-off Bob Harris as he tears into the lunacies of modern American politics, media, and culture. Harris's loopy, self-effacing humor camouflage a remarkable knowledge of economics, history, and the sciences behind pop culture references and a common sense style.Called both a "Thinking Man's Humorist" and a "Comedian For The Common Man, " what makes Harris unique is respect for his audience -- he ...

This book uses the life of Scottish political radical Lord Daer to examine the nature of Scottish and British politics in the late eighteenth century.

Paperback edition of the autobiography from broadcaster Bob Harris, famed for his work on TV music show "The Old Grey Whistle Test" and currently a DJ on BBC Radio 2. Reveals all about working with the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie and more.

Presents a study of the political culture of Scotland in the 1790s. This book compares the emergence of 'the people' as a political force, with popular political movements in England and Ireland. It analyses Scottish responses to the French Revolution across the political spectrum, explaining Loyalist as well as Radical opinions and organisations.