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    Samuel Smiles – Scottish Self-Help Pioneer

    ‘Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself’.~ William Faulkner

    While skimming through the SCOTS Heritage Magazine tucked into the bookshelf, I was inspired to pick up a copy with a very colorful cover featuring Jamie Macnab, the 24th Chief of Clan Macnab.

    Not so […]

    July 31st, 2022 |Category: Books, Great Scots, Magazines, Scottish Clans, Scottish Tartans, Scottish Writers & Artists Houses | Leave a comment

    Books from the croft at Two Ravens Press on the Isle of Lewis

     

    Ferry to the Outer Hebrides Oban-Barra © 2004 Scotiana

    Hi everybody,

    Before resuming our virtual ‘Journey around Scotland‘, let me tell you a few words about the titles I’ve just added to my summer reading list for whether we are going to take our favourite books with us on the beach, on […]

    July 5th, 2013 |Category: Books, Bookshops & Librairies, Kenneth White, Magazines | Leave a comment

    The Sense of Place in Scottish Magazines

    How are we going to cope with our Scottish reading list, that’s what I wonder Janice… we’re adding new authors and new books everyday, in all genres, from all times and not only Scottish books of course, though these ones do appear to be on the top of our list ! Not to mention our […]

    August 7th, 2009 |Category: Magazines | 2 comments