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Scottish Tradition (RLE Folklore)

A Collection of Scottish Folk Literature

by David Buchan ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradition. Its selected texts offer an unusual and diverse enjoyment to the reader, including such forms ... Read more

$86.56 CAD

Scottish folk literature is characterised by a wide range of creative expression: story, song, play and proverb. This anthology, first published in 1984, provides an authoritative introduction to Scottish folk literature, and is unique in that it deals with all the genres intrinsic to Scottish tradition. Its selected texts offer an unusual and diverse enjoyment to the reader, including such forms
... Read more
Refuelling Europe

A Roadmap for completing the Single Energy Market

by David Buchan ...

Series series Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies Research Papers
The Ukraine crisis has reignited debate in Europe surrounding the EU’s lack ofa fully functioning single energy market. It has brought home to all memberstates the general need for a more coordinated energy policy, even though theymay differ on aspects of what needs to be done. This research highlights thatintegration of the internal energy market should still be the EU’s main instrumentto reach ... Read more

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The Ukraine crisis has reignited debate in Europe surrounding the EU’s lack ofa fully functioning single energy market. It has brought home to all memberstates the general need for a more coordinated energy policy, even though theymay differ on aspects of what needs to be done. This research highlights thatintegration of the internal energy market should still be the EU’s main instrumentto reach
... Read more
A Scottish Ballad Book (RLE Folklore)

by David Buchan ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
The popular appeal of the ballad is perennial, and few literary genres give so much pleasure to so many kinds of people. This anthology, first published in 1973, is drawn from the richest ballad tradition in Britain, that of the Northeast of Scotland. It provides a fresh and original choice of songs that ranges from the old ballads like ‘Gil Brenton’ and ‘Willie’s Lady’ to the bothy ballads like ... Read more

$90.68 CAD

The popular appeal of the ballad is perennial, and few literary genres give so much pleasure to so many kinds of people. This anthology, first published in 1973, is drawn from the richest ballad tradition in Britain, that of the Northeast of Scotland. It provides a fresh and original choice of songs that ranges from the old ballads like ‘Gil Brenton’ and ‘Willie’s Lady’ to the bothy ballads like
... Read more
The Ballad and the Folk Pbdirect

by David Buchan ...

Series series Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
The ballad is an enduring and universal literary genre. In this book, first published in 1972, David Buchan is concerned to establish the nature of a ballad and of the people who produced it through a study of the regional tradition of the Northeast of Scotland, the most fertile ballad area in Britain. His account of this tradition has two parallel aims, one specifically literary – to investigate ... Read more

$94.99 CAD

The ballad is an enduring and universal literary genre. In this book, first published in 1972, David Buchan is concerned to establish the nature of a ballad and of the people who produced it through a study of the regional tradition of the Northeast of Scotland, the most fertile ballad area in Britain. His account of this tradition has two parallel aims, one specifically literary – to investigate
... Read more
The Glenbuchat Ballads

Edited by David Buchan, James Moreira ...

Sometime in the early nineteenth century, most likely in the year 1818, the Reverend Robert Scott, minister of the parish of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, compiled a collection of traditional ballads that until now has not been published. Most of the ballad collections produced during the Scottish Romantic Revival were eventually anthologized in Francis James Child's seminal English and ... Read more

$65.99 CAD

Sometime in the early nineteenth century, most likely in the year 1818, the Reverend Robert Scott, minister of the parish of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, compiled a collection of traditional ballads that until now has not been published. Most of the ballad collections produced during the Scottish Romantic Revival were eventually anthologized in Francis James Child's seminal English and
... Read more
The Glenbuchat Ballads

Edited by David Buchan, James Moreira ...

Sometime in the early nineteenth century, most likely in the year 1818, the Reverend Robert Scott, minister of the parish of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, compiled a collection of traditional ballads that until now has not been published. Most of the ballad collections produced during the Scottish Romantic Revival were eventually anthologized in Francis James Child's seminal English and ... Read more

$32.99 CAD

Sometime in the early nineteenth century, most likely in the year 1818, the Reverend Robert Scott, minister of the parish of Glenbuchat in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, compiled a collection of traditional ballads that until now has not been published. Most of the ballad collections produced during the Scottish Romantic Revival were eventually anthologized in Francis James Child's seminal English and
... Read more
Sound, Space and Civility in the British World, 1700-1850

Edited by Peter Denney, Bruce Buchan, David Ellison, Karen Crawley ...

Series series British Literature in Context in the Long Eighteenth Century
In this collection, the essays examine the critical role that judgments about noise and sound played in framing the meaning of civility in British discourse and literature during the long eighteenth century. The volume restores the sonic dimension to conversations about civil conduct by exploring how censured behaviours and recommended practices resonated beyond the written word. As the ... Read more

$89.31 CAD

In this collection, the essays examine the critical role that judgments about noise and sound played in framing the meaning of civility in British discourse and literature during the long eighteenth century. The volume restores the sonic dimension to conversations about civil conduct by exploring how censured behaviours and recommended practices resonated beyond the written word. As the
... Read more
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The 39 Steps and Other Richard Hannay Adventures

A BBC Radio collection of full-cast dramatisations

by John Buchan ...

Narrated by Clive Merrison, David Robb, Full Cast, Jasmine Hyde, Nigel Anthony, Patrick Malahide, Tom Baker ...

Unabridged

10 hours 13 min

Five BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of John Buchan's espionage thrillers featuring gentleman spy Richard HannayThe forerunner to James Bond, secret agent Richard Hannay is a thoroughly British action hero, pursuing ruthless villains, foiling deadly plans and risking life and limb for his country. This gripping collection encompasses all five of Hannay's adventures, adapted for radio with superb casts ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Five BBC Radio 4 dramatisations of John Buchan's espionage thrillers featuring gentleman spy Richard HannayThe forerunner to James Bond, secret agent Richard Hannay is a thoroughly British action hero, pursuing ruthless villains, foiling deadly plans and risking life and limb for his country. This gripping collection encompasses all five of Hannay's adventures, adapted for radio with superb casts
... Read more
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Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan ...

Narrated by David Thorn ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Richard Hannay Series
Unabridged

4 hours 10 min

Richard Hannay, Buchan’s hero in this classic 1915 thriller, stumbles across a terrorist plot to destabilize Europe. A British spy in the mold of James Bond, Hannay is an action man with a polished veneer. After a series of murders, Hannay takes up the cause when he has to go on the run. An action-packed series of events come to an exciting conclusion. ... Read more

$10.99 CAD

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Richard Hannay, Buchan’s hero in this classic 1915 thriller, stumbles across a terrorist plot to destabilize Europe. A British spy in the mold of James Bond, Hannay is an action man with a polished veneer. After a series of murders, Hannay takes up the cause when he has to go on the run. An action-packed series of events come to an exciting conclusion.
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The Thirty-Nine Steps

by John Buchan ...

Narrated by David Case ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Adventures of Richard Hannay
Unabridged

3 hours 48 min

One of the most original and best adventure stories ever told, with spies, thrilling chase scenes, and explosions. With an introduction by Stella Rimington.May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure—a desperate hunt across the country and ... Read more

$29.99 CAD

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One of the most original and best adventure stories ever told, with spies, thrilling chase scenes, and explosions. With an introduction by Stella Rimington.May 1914. Britain is on the eve of war with Germany. Richard Hannay is living a quiet life in London, but after a chance encounter with a mysterious stranger he stumbles into a hair-raising adventure—a desperate hunt across the country and
... Read more

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Yellow Book, The - Vol 2

by Kenneth Grahame, Charlotte Mew, John Buchan ...

Narrated by Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker ...

Unabridged

5 hours 2 min

During the Victorian era the publishing of magazines and periodicals accelerated at a phenomenal rate. This really was mass market publishing to a hungry audience eager for literary sustenance. Many of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers.Amongst the very many was ‘The Yellow Book’. ... Read more

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During the Victorian era the publishing of magazines and periodicals accelerated at a phenomenal rate. This really was mass market publishing to a hungry audience eager for literary sustenance. Many of our greatest authors contributed and expanded their reach whilst many fledging authors also found a ready source for their nascent works and careers.Amongst the very many was ‘The Yellow Book’.
... Read more

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One-Way Ticket: Short Stories

by Jennifer Bassett ...

Narrated by Multiple Narrators ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Oxford Bookworms Library
Unabridged

49 min

Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and ... Read more

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Tom Walsh had a lot to learn about life. He liked travelling, and he was in no hurry. He liked meeting people, anyone and everyone. He liked the two American girls on the train. They were nice and very friendly. They knew a lot of places. Tom thought they were fun. Tom certainly had a lot to learn about life. This is a collection of short stories about adventures on trains. Strange, wonderful, and
... Read more

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