Sir Alec Cairncross was an economist (he studied under Keynes at Cambridge), civil servant, and academic. Completed shortly before his death in 1998, this is an illuminating and entertaining account written with clarity and humor about a man who played an instrumental role in economics and economic policy throughout this century, especially as it became an essential element in British government policy.

Living with the Century

Biographies & Memoirs

Alec Cairncross

Leaders & Notable People

iynx publishing

2066 and All that

Humor & Entertainment

Keegan, William

Humor

When preparing for his big party, Callum becomes so involved with the Scottish theme, that he starts to eat, talk, and dress like a Scotsman.

Callum's Big Day

Pow, Tom

Children's Books

Schubert's Snowflakes

Mercer, Lynn

"Born and raised in post-war Britain, Mark Zygadlo, like many of his generation with Polish expatriate parents, grew up with half his family in a dark and inaccessible place, behind the iron curtain. Politics, geography, and his father's reticence concerning his past, conspired to compound a mystery." "This book describes a journey, not just his dying father's farewell to his country and family, but the much more complicated journey into his memory. On their trip together, Mark discovers a personal history he had very little idea of, and explores the man his father was."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Lying Down With Dogs: A Personal Portrait of a Polish Exile

Zygadlo, Mark

Historical

With a storm raging and the river rising, there seems little hope of finding mother duck and her ducklings. But, with a little help from Charlie and Spencer, PC Polly saves the day. Full of things for children to look at, learn from, and talk about.

PC Polly to the Rescue

Jayne Allan

Thomas Howarth is the man who ""discovered"" and presented to the world the work of Scotland's most original architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Howarth was a modern polymath-scholar, architect, historian, art collector, and a teacher who nurtured talent and recognized genius. This biography tells of Howarth's early years in Lancanshire, the ""Mackintosh years"" in Glasgow, and his forty-three years as Professor of Architecture at the University of Toronto. This beautifully illustrated life contains numerous unpublished documents and letters from Mackintosh, Margaret MacDonald, Herbert McNair, and Joseph Hoffmann, as well as Howarth's correspondence with many of the world's great modern architects. The many color and black and white illustrations include rare Mackintosh and MacDonald works.

Closing the Circle: Thomas Howarth, Mackintosh and the Modern Movement

Arts & Photography

Gillian McDermott

Timothy Neat

Architecture

This richly entertaining anthology contains original works by forty-seven modern Scottish poets. It is a celebration of the ""strange joy"" that comes from reading and listening to poetry and is diverse and wide-ranging in style and subject. The best-known Scottish poets are represented, as well as others with growing reputations. Among the poets included in this collection are: Edwin Morgan, Tom Pow, Roddy Lumsden, Ron Butlin, Robert Crawford, Andrew Greig, John Burnside, Gillian Ferguson, Stewart Conn, and Tracey Herd.

Such Strange Joy: Ten Years of Shore Poets

Literature & Fiction

Allan Crosbie

Poetry

Cover creased and worn, some marking to page edges. Shipped from the U.K. All orders received before 3pm sent that weekday.

A Centenary History of the Royal Army Medical Corps 1898-1998

Engineering & Transportation

J.S.G. Blair

Engineering

The women of Afghanistan, living in a country long plagued by war and displacement, have also had to struggle with a form of cultural and religious oppression that makes life immeasurably more difficult. The rise of Islamic fundamentalism severely curtailed women's rights. Mary Smith offers a unique insight into the lives of these women before and just after the Taliban's rise to power. Working in the country with a small health organization, often spending months alone in remote villages-especially Mazar-i-Sharif and Hazara Jat-she met women who became her friends and with whom she shared hopes and tears. Many of the women she met worked outside their homes, pushing the boundaries of their traditional cultural roles. The courage these women showed in reaching out to grasp hold of the threads of personal freedom was extraordinary. Knowing that the Taliban would sweep away all that they had struggled to gain makes their story all the more poignant.

Before the Taliban: Living With War, Hoping for Peace

History

Smith, Mary

Middle East

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