A guide for visitors to the land and places associated with Robert Burns. The book follows the main periods of the poet's life, and points out the main geographical features of the area.

The Land O' Burns: A Guide to the Burns Country

Mackay,James

Literature & Fiction

The Stationery Office/Tso

New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1972. Hardbound, about 9.75 inches tall by 7.5 inches wide, 334 pages. Appendices, bibliography, index. Features 200 stamps illustrated in color and 300 stamps shown in black and white. This was the first book to trace the birth and development of the adhesive postage stamp on a global scale.

The World of Classic Stamps: 1840-1870 [By] James A. MacKay.

PUTNAM

Describes the history of postage stamps and supplies guidance on the collecting of stamps both as a hobby and as an investment

Stamp Collecting

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Antiques & Collectibles

Van Nostrand-Reinhold

Allan Pinkerton 
Around the world, his name is synonymous with security and protection. The legendary agency he began nearly one hundred and fifty years ago is still in operation today, as are many of the surveillance and infiltration techniques he originated. His company's trademark symbol, a large, unblinking eye, inspired the term private eye. As befits a man who spent so much of his life working behind the scenes, Allan Pinkerton's life has been shaded in mystery and misinformation. Now, after a decade of painstaking research, award-winning biographer James Mackay pierces the web of contradictions, half-truths, and myths to reveal, for the first time, the true story of the life and career of this colorful, complex, and controversial man. Born in Scotland, Allan Pinkerton arrived in America with a solitary silver dollar in his pocket and―as legend has it―the law hot on his heels. A cooper by trade, he might have spent his life making barrels but for a fateful trip in the summer of 1846. On an uninhabited island, where he had gone to cut saplings for barrel staves, Pinkerton happened upon a thicket where a blackened patch suggested a recent fire. To Pinkerton, it also suggested something was amiss. In what became his very first case, the young cooper employed his acute powers of deductive reasoning, patience, and perseverance that would become the hallmarks of his modus operandi. His dogged determination (and several damp, cold, lonely nocturnal vigils) paid off when a gang of counterfeiters was discovered. The modern detective was born. Through four decades of tumultuous history, Allan Pinkerton left an indelible mark. From the Underground Railroad to the Chicago underworld to Pennsylvania and the civil unrest of the notorious Molly Maguires, he took on bandits, bank robbers, kidnappers, spies, and even Jesse James himself. His role in the Civil War was critical: as Lincoln's spymaster, he managed a network of spies who worked behind Confederate lines and tackled espionage at the highest levels in Washington itself. In particular, James Mackay's scrupulously balanced account challenges the conventional view of the controversy surrounding Pinkerton's role in the Peninsular campaign of 1862. Was poor intelligence responsible for prolonging the war? A man of firm beliefs and principles, Allan Pinkerton could be a fair-minded employer―and an absolute tyrant as a husband and father. As intriguing as any of the detective's countless cases, Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye is a masterful look at an extraordinary figure, filled with the rich, revealing details that distinguish the best biographies. "James Mackay, the award-winning biographer of Robert Burns, is the first historian to attempt to shade in both the darker and lighter sides of Pinkerton, and the result is the tightest and most reliable account so far, a portrait of a man at once deeply admirable and quite obnoxious." ―The Times (London). "A fair-minded and thorough analysis of a complex and contradictory man . . . an impressive look at the life of Pinkerton." ―The Daily Telegraph (London).

Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

wiley

"Fascinating." —The Guardian. The first biography of the inventor to explore fully Bell's humanitarian as well as his scientific works. "Watson, come quickly, I need your help!" With these words, immortalized in textbooks and on film, Alexander Graham Bell ushered in the age of telecommunications, in 1866. As far as most people are concerned, Bell's career as an inventor and scientist ends there. Few alive today realize that until his death in 1922, Bell continued to make important contributions in the education of the deaf, phonetics, acoustics, aviation, architectural engineering, animal husbandry, and genetics. He also invented aircraft, the iron lung, a portable device for distilling sea water, the telephonic probe (precursor to the sonograph), and the hydrofoil. Alexander Graham Bell gives us a finely etched portrait of the man who, during his lifetime, was hailed as one of the greatest scientific minds of all time. Mackay has unearthed a great deal of new information about the inventor's early life and provides unique psychological insight into Bell's relationships with his family, his fascination with science, and the roots of his deep and unswerving altruism. James Mackay (Glasgow, Scotland) is also the author of Burns (awarded the prestigious Saltire Prize), William Wallace: Brave Heart, Michael Collins: A Life and Allan Pinkerton: The First Private Eye.

Alexander Graham Bell: A Life

A selection of stills from Derek Jarman’s many short Super 8 films, curated and commented on by some of the most important names in contemporary cinema Derek Jarman was one of most influential filmmakers of the late twentieth century, transcending the avant-garde to make cult feature films such as Jubilee (1978) and Caravaggio (1986). He was a painter before venturing into the world of film, and a painter's mentality permeates all his work, particularly his experiments in Super 8 film. The Super 8s show Jarman at his most visually courageous and creative, using rich color and bold compositions, and experimenting with techniques such as superimposition and the use of prisms and filters. When Jarman died, he left his entire collection of ninety-two Super 8s to James Mackay, who has spent the last twenty years archiving, restoring, and digitizing them. Here, Mackay presents stills from these works, selected by artists and filmmakers who have engaged with or been influenced by Jarman. This remarkable body of work contains some of the most evocative images from the filmmaker’s entire career, accompanied by insightful commentaries from contributors such as Gus Van Sant, Tacita Dean, and Isaac Julien. 780 illustrations

Derek Jarman Super 8

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Thames&Hudson

Clans & Tartans of Scotland

Reference

Genealogy

Gramercy

History of Modern English Coinage

Longman, Inc.

Glass Paperweights (A Studio Book)

Studio

Railway Antiques

Sterling*+ Publishing Company

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