Jean Abbott, happily married for twenty years, is devastated when husband Russ confesses that he's having an affair. Seeking time and space to rebuild her life she flees to tiny Scottish island Eilean Dubh, on the pretext of tracing an ancestor who emigrated from there. He's the mysterious Uisdean, whose letters to his lost lover Morag were found by Jean in family papers. Jean meets Darroch Mac an Righ, a television actor who is the Island's reluctant Laird...reluctant because his great-grandfather gave up the title, telling the Islanders they should rule themselves. Every eldest Mac an Righ male since has tried to get rid of the lairdship yoke, but the Islanders want Darroch as their chief. He calls it "that bloody Laird business," but accepts the responsibility. Discovering Jean's glorious singing voice, Darroch invites her to join him and friends Jamie and Mairi MacDonald in performing lovely Island music, which he teaches her as their friendship develops in cozy afternoons in his cottage. Jean falls in love with the beautiful Dark Island as she becomes immersed in its music and legends, weeds a haunted graveyard, becomes assistant to a gourmet chef, and learns the tragic story of Uisdean and Morag. But it's not till Darroch is caught in a blizzard and ends up half frozen at Jean's cottage door that she realizes she's also fallen in love with the Island's Laird. Now she has a real problem; she's married to a man who won't let her go, and she wants another man...and his Island.

Westering Home

Literature & Fiction

McClellan, Audrey

Genre Fiction

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Everyone's entitled to some fantasy in their lives. Where better to find it than on a Scottish island? This sequel to Westering Home introduces new challenges for Jean and Darroch and several new characters.

The White Rose of Scotland

Contemporary

Room for J will touch your heartstrings. It is about a family struggling to come to grips with the unpredictability and unfairness of a severe mental illness. In this book, the father shares his struggle to understand his son J's schizophrenia. J's mother, brother, and sister also reveal what is feels like to lose a son and a brother by sharing pieces from their personal journal entries. Excerpts from J's own book reveal what it is like to live with someone who believes that he is God on a mission to change the world. The author and family hope these reflections are helpful for other families that struggle with mental illness. They want you to know that you are not alone. They also hope that their voices, along with the voices of others that deal with mental illness, will be heard, so that our world might finally make room for all our J's.

Room for J: A Family Struggles with Schizophrenia

Biographies & Memoirs

Daniel S. Hanson

Professionals & Academics

Dorcas Carrothers is a shy, sweet rug designer from Minneapolis's placid Linden Hills. Angus Alexandre MacLachlan MacQuirter is a gorgeous, goofy writer from Quebec, half French, half Scottish. Dressed in a kilt for a publicity photo, Angus rescues Dorcas when her car slides into un ravin horrible on the Cabot Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands. Woozy from her accident, romance novel reader Dorcas thinks she's gone through a time-space warp back into medieval Scotland, for Angus is a fantasy, nay, a dream come true: A genuine cinnamon-haired Scottish barbarian in living color and fully kilted. "Are you going to ravish me?" Dorcas gasped, totally befuddled. He blinked. Then his mouth quirked into a grin. "A charming idea..."  Ayoille! Laissez le bon temps rouler!

Magic Carpet Ride

He heard things sometimes . . . 
Bonnie Prince Jamie felt that prickling presentiment in the back of his neck that meant something weird was about to happen. Slowly, softly, a mist was beginning to rise around the wildflower patch. The mist thickened and began to separate into wisps resembling human forms. Another shape appeared, taller and more solid. Its ghostly arms lifted and ghostly hands raised a long narrow shape to a ghostly mouth. 
And then the music started. 
Jamie fought back against the music's lure, terrified that at any minute he'd be able to hear - and understand - what They wanted, and knowing his sanity would not survive that knowledge. 
Ghostly wisps on Eilean Dubh? Talking seals? Fairies in Caisteal Mac an Rìgh? An evil property developer lusting for the Island's beautiful coastline? An archaeologist lusting for a Mesolithic site? A newspaper editor lusting for the archaeologist? 
As Jean Mac an Righ would say, "Whatever next?" Or would say were she not busy leading a women's sit-in to stop the bulldozers, having Darroch's baby by torchlight, or wowing the crowd at the Celtic Folk Festival.
A Dhia beannaich mi! It's all happening, on the quiet little Dark Island.

The Devil and the Dark Island

Country Doctor and City Doctor: Father and Daughter tells the story of Frank W. Brey, M.D., whose family practice covered the small town of Wabasso, Minnesota, and the surrounding area from 1910 to 1940. He was a pioneer in the practice of medicine, and his story begins with the pioneers who settled the Great Plains and the importance of the country doctor to his community. Working without colleagues or a nearby hospital, and without access to diagnostic x-rays, modern drugs, or new medical developments, he had to rely upon his own abilities, ingenuity, and courage. There was no talk of burnout in those days, especially as epidemics of influenza and poliomyelitis shook the nation. The local physician was expected to do his duty and be constantly on call, even when adverse weather conditions meant risking his life to reach his patients, but Dr. Brey always came when he was called. Interspersed with the country doctor's story is the story of his daughter, Theresa Brey Haddy, M.D. Entering school in 1943, a time when women were not welcomed by their medical colleagues, she strove to succeed and helped to pave the way for a future in which women make up more than half of the students in some medical schools. She worked in city and community hospitals and dealt with discrimination as she practiced while raising a family.

Country Doctor and City Doctor: Father and Daughter

Haddy, Theresa Brey

Battle Talk! is a gold mine of history, yielding a wealth of information from Dick Hill's tapes, journal, and photos from his radio tour during the Korean War. By "replaying" these episodes, the book focuses on the special bond between the media and Marines and provides new insight on the war. The Minneapolis author was a Marine Combat Correspondent and joined writers, photographers, radio reporters, and artists in making as well as reporting history. Dick Hill interviewed Marines of all kinds, from riflemen to jet pilots, including Ted Williams, the baseball Hall of Famer. His book reveals the media circus that took place at the Public Information Office (PIO), where in one month alone, nearly 100 reporters logged in. Hill's team escorted the media to the front lines, leading VIPs like Walter Cronkite, James A. Michener, and Edward R. Murrow into the action. Battle Talk! is a gripping "replay" of the forgotten war. As a special bonus, an audio CD of the author's personal recordings bring the book to life. Includes eye-catching images by Marine Combat photographers and David Douglas Duncan, would famous photojournalist.

Battle Talk!: Memoirs of a Marine Radio Correspondent

Hill, Dick

Leaders & Notable People

Written by a father and illustrated by his son, A Message for My Child is a beautiful book about the loving relationship between a parent and child through the years. It explores the challenges that all young people face, and learning responsibility for positive, faith-based choices.

A Message for My Child: Un Mensaje Para Mi Hijo (English and Spanish Edition)

Patrick Atkinson

Poetry

Few Are Chosen tells the story of a campaign for the U.S. Senate with insight and self-deprecating good humor. It's sometimes serious, sometimes hilarious, and always true to life. People say they want honesty in a politician. Honest answers to questions about American politics great and small are part of the story-the straight scoop on what a candidate really experiences and thinks. A few samples What don t people know about politicians? What do sitting U.S. Senators and aspiring candidates talk about in unguarded moments? What is life like on the campaign trail? Is driving through pitch black midnight with a temperature of 25 zero to the Icebox of the Nation as much fun as it sounds? What does a stall warning on a small plane sound like?

Few Are Chosen: A Campaign Memoir

McFarland, Professor Doug

You're inheriting a mess left by the generations before you. You need to change things. 
If you're entering or have just entered the work force, you and your generation will be determining whether your future will be brighter or darker. 
You need to read this book or one like it so that, at least, you know what you need to do to be financially independent doing what you want to be doing with your life. 
If you aren't already, you'll be bustin' your butt to make a buck. What you do with that buck, now, will determine how happy your life is, later.

If I Had a Million Dollars: How to Achieve Financial Independence Before Your Parents Do!

Business & Money

Munkeby, Timothy

Finance

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