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Designer Jewellery with a unique Scottish design by Ortak Jewellery. The best choice of traditional and modern jewellery handmade in Orkney, Scotland.

Scottish Love Poems: A Personal Anthology A collection of poems by Burns, Byron, and McDiarmid, other less familiar poets, and those living today. No attempt has been made to represent any particular poet, or to include any poem out of dutiful respect. This anthology is based solely on Lady Antonia Fraser's personal choice of the best scottish love poems.

Maw Broon's Cookbook: The Broon's Cookbook - for Every Day and Special Days. Maw Broons Cookbook. Maw Broon's very own cookbook, borrowed from the sideboard at No. 10 Glebe Street, first made for her by her mother-in-law when Maw married Paw, and added-to over the years with recipes for every day and special days, from friends and neighbours and others that simply caught Maw's eye in The Sunday Post, or cut-out of the back of a flour bag. These are the very recipes that became the favourite dishes of the whole extended family, Maw and Paw, Granpaw, Daphne, Horace, Joe, Maggie, Hen, the Twins and the bairn.

Quotable Lover: Words of Wisdom from Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, John Keats, Frank Sinatra, Robert Burns, Pepe LePew and More (Quotable) This book should be ideal for romantics. In addition to 1000 quotes arranged by topics such as flirtation, heartbreak and faithfulness, it also features a collection of poems, sonnets and lyrics from the greatest romantics of all time.

Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook. Maw Broon's But An' Ben Cookbook. Full of traditional recipes, but all new recipes, such as clootie dumpling, auld alliance pudding, American apple pie, a stick and a poke, rhubarb with a small bag of sugar, bramble jelly, plus recipes using fresh ingredients such as mussels, trout, and whisky marmalade. Scotland’s best loved matriarch launches her second cookbook with the secrets of her country cooking from the But An’ Ben.

Scottish Love Poems: A Personal Anthology From wooings to waiting, from first love to farewells, here are the romantics and the unromantics, the obsessed and the fainthearted in all their lyrical glory. Ballads, sonnets and modern verse are all present in a variety of Scots and English forms. The poems range in tone from scathing satire to evocative romanticism. Fraser has made a wide-ranging selection of poems from the 15th century to the present day. Included are well-known masters, Burns, Sir Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson and contemporary poets such as Kathleen Jamie, John Burnside and Carol Ann Duffy.

Jack Vettriano Over the last few years Vettriano has had a meteoric rise to fame, from the unlikely background of the Scottish coalfields, unknown and untutored, he has become Scotland's most successful and controversial contemporary artist. Appearing on posters and cards, mugs and umbrellas, prints of his work outsell Dali and Monet and his paintings have been acquired by celebrities around the world.

Eddi Reader is one of the great voices in Scottish music today. Eddi Reader Sings the Songs of Robert Burns is one of the finest albums to come out of Scotland this year.

Nick Nairn's New Scottish Cookery Book A self-taught cook, Nick has been a long-time champion of fresh Scottish produce, but his cooking also takes its influences from all over the world. In "New Scottish Cookery", Nick combines the very best fresh Scottish ingredients with a myriad of international flavours, to create a mouth-watering collection of recipes destined to become the Scottish classics of the future.

Dougie MacLean is one of Scotland's finest singer-songwriters, regularly filling concert halls in both North America and Great Britain. Throughout his Cds, MacLean's sparkling acoustic guitar work is evidence of the long years he put in playing traditional Celtic tunes with such top Scottish folk bands as Silly Wizard and the Tannahill Weavers.

Scotland's Coast: A Photographer's Journey Following the success of his best-selling First Light, Joe Cornish has now turned his attention to the magnificent scenery of Scotland's 6,000-mile coastline. He has travelled from the Mull of Galloway in the south to the tip of Unst in the Shetlands, the northernmost point in the British Isles, and from remote St Kilda out in the Atlantic to the Sands of Forvie National Nature Reserve on the North Sea to capture the enormous variety of scenery that characterises the Scottish seacoast. Some of the sites he has photographed, like St Kilda or the sandstone peaks overlooking Loch Torridon, belong to the National Trust for Scotland, but many others are privately owned; some, like the majestic Cuillins on Skye, are well-known to tourists, others are hidden coves or remote sea stacks that few visitors will ever have seen.

Findings Findings, by Kathleen Jamie is a startling evocation of place. Jamie presents a collection of essays and observations of her native Scotland, bringing a poet's eye to the landscape and city skylines. There is a keen awareness of the beauty of the natural world, and the artifacts built by people, be they ruined bothys in isolated glens, or the monuments of Edinburgh.

Gaelic Women Any one of these artistes would be a best seller in their own right, but putting them together on one album was a stroke of pure genius. Kenna Campbell and her girls Mary Ann and Wilma blend beautifully; the talent of Anne Lorne Gillies, Karen Mathieson and Anna Murray all add to what is probably the best gaelic album available. Listen and enjoy as you're transported to the heartlands of the gael.

Elements: The Landscape of Scotland. In a book filled with breathtaking images, Craig McMaster has captured the essence of Scotland's wild landscape. From vast Rannoch Moor and haunting Glencoe to Ardnamurchan, Torridon, Glen Affric, Arran, Iona and beyond, Craig explores towering mountains, secluded coves, enigmatic stone circles, dramatic skies and hidden lakes.

Magic and Witchcraft in Scotland. This major new book examines beliefs and practices regarding the magical universe of ordinary people in Scotland. This includes details of calendar festivals, healing and divination rituals, and the use of holy or healing wells, stones and talismans.

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