Hugh Miller: Outrage and Order : Biography and Selected Writings

MILLER, HUGH

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Poetry of Motion: An Anthology of Sporting Verse

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

<p>Multiple Sclerosis is recognised as a growing problem. In some Scandinavian countries, Holland, Britain and North America, the number of sufferers is rising by the day. In the UK alone, it is estimated that between 50,000 and 60,000 people suffer from this debilitating disease; in the USA figures of 350,000 are quoted. What are the causes of the problem? And what can be done about it? Could it be possible to prevent MS? When we look at the countries where there is no occurrence of MS whatsoever; the immediate answer is YES. Jan de Vries has studied and treated Multiple Sclerosis for over 45 years. He has learned that every MS patient is different and that their problems must be treated individually. He emphasises the importance of diet and environment sufferers must build up their immune system. Even the smallest interference with that delicate mechanism, the human body, can trigger off problems out of all proportion to the cause. For example, silver mercury amalgam fillings in teeth can affect your health. This book draws attention to a variety of factors and explains how they can be dealt with to improve the quality of life for all MS sufferers. It is a relevant and important alternative approach to the problem.</p>

Multiple Sclerosis (By Appointment Only)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

De Vries, Jan

Diseases & Physical Ailments

This is a compilation of articles focusing on the world of boxing. Hugh McIlvanney has been a winner of the UK Sportswriter of the year Award, and has been voted Journalist of the Year.

McIlvanney on Boxing

Sports & Outdoors

McIlvanney, Hugh

Individual Sports

Written by a man who is both an award-winning historian of the Highlands and Islands and a key figure in shaping the region's future development, this is an account of how the Highlands and Islands of Scotland evolved into the way they are today. But the book is not simply the story of humanity's millennium-long involvement with one of the world's most spectacular localities. It is also a contribution to the present-day debate about how Scotland - and Britain - should be organized. James Hunter's central contention is that the Highlands and Islands were most successful when the region possessed a large measure of autonomy, which turned places like Iona and Kirkwall into centres of European significance. That autonomy was destroyed, he maintains, by mediaeval Scotland's monarchy, by 17th-century Scotland's parliament and by the British politicians who inherited the Scottish state's unrelenting determination to ensure that inhabitants of the Highlands and Islands had no worthwhile control over their own destinies. The more recent history of the Highlands and Islands, in Hunter's opinion, has consisted mainly of attempts by the region's people to regain freedom and rights - including rights to land - of which they were deprived in the Middle Ages and afterwards. Today those attempts are succeeding and, this book argues, ought to be encouraged by Scotland's new government. If it is to do better by the Highlands and Islands than Scottish governments of the past, it will have to see that devolution of political power does not stop in Edinburgh.

Last of the Free: A Millennial History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Travel

Hunter, James

Europe

An exploration of Glasgow's past using the Glasgow Museum's varied collections. The book focuses on the effects of two world wars, crime, poverty and wealth. It also explores the people of Glasgow and the poetry and humour of its speech, using figures such as Billy Connolly and Rab C. Nesbit.

The People's Palace Book of Glasgow

History

julian preface spalding

<p>This is more than a quiz book. It is a pocket history of one of the most phenomenal legends of this century, The Rolling Stones, spanning four decades of wine, women and song. Covering different facets of the band's life, it includes their early days, girlfriends, tours and cover versions.</p>

Stone Me!: The Ultimate Rolling Stones Quiz Book

Arts & Photography

Smith, Sean

Lawrence, Dale

Music

The death of Gordon W. Richards brought a premature end to a career which had seen him rise from obscurity to fame as master of his profession. This book tells his story, looking at his unorthodox approach to horse training and his success as he twice saddled more than 100 winners in a season.

The Boss: The Life and Times of Gordon W. Richards

Budden, John

Biographies & Memoirs

John Denver: Mother Nature's Son

In the 1970s, John Denver was America's biggest-selling solo star, a singer whose cross-over appeal drew millions of fans from the diverse worlds of folk, pop, and country music. Beneath the tranquil surface of his music and his clear, clean tenor voice, however, lurked a darker side to Denver's character. The writer of "Annie's Song," a memorably tender expression of love, was a wife beater. The wholesome figure who cavorted with the Muppets was a troubled alcoholic. The committed environmentalist had an ultimately fatal addiction to aircraft, a highly polluting form of transport. Delving into the singer's past to discover who John Denver was, John Collis found a complicated man who was much more intriguing than the placid surface of his music might suggest. And, in looking at Denver's career and development as an artist, Collis assesses his contribution not only to the world of music, but to the culture of which he was an icon and a victim.

COLLIS, John

Humor & Entertainment

Rugby: Body and Soul

Samuel, Bill

Miscellaneous

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