Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 15 September 2011
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Exile
Following her Creasy Award-winning debut, Garnethill (1999), Mina delivers a second powerful novel with the same self-destructive characters, notably protagonist Maureen O'Donnell, and the same grim, gritty British locales. Maureen, while working at a shelter for abused women in Glasgow, gets pulled into the search for a missing shelter client, Ann Harris, the wife of her friend Leslie's feckless cousin, Jimmy.
Catch a street performance on the Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival. See chapter 8. * Detailed maps throughout * Exact prices, directions, opening hours,and other practical information * Candid reviews of hotels and restaurants,plus sights, shopping, and nightlife * Itineraries, walking tours, and trip-planning ideas * Insider tips from local expert authors
Culture, Conflict and Migration - The Irish in Victorian England
A major study of Catholic and Protestant Irish in an important but neglected center of historic Irish settlement where communal violence and Irish-related antipathy bore the hallmarks of the Liverpool and Glasgow experiences.
Enjoy sightseeing and shopping in bustling Edinburgh and Glasgow or explore unspoiled scenery and welcoming towns in the Hebridean Islands, Southern Scotland, Tayside, and the Northeast. Go from the Highlands to the Lowlands. Hike, canoe, or just relax at Loch Lomand. This friendly guide gives you the scoop on: Edinburgh Old Town, with its intriguing winding alleyways; accommodations that range from sumptuous 17th century hotel furnished with Gothic antiques to a secluded seaside escape, and from a 17th century laird's house to a sleek, modern and minimalist hotel; enjoying a pint of lager in a rustic pub where the barmen wear kilts and you don't tip or touring distinctive distilleries; and, cathedrals, castles and historic sites like the Calanais Standing Stones (the "Scottish Stonehenge"), Edinburgh Castle that holds the historic Stone of Destiny and Scotland's crown jewels, Doune Castle, made famous by the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and Glasgow Cathedral. It also covers: storied golf courses such as Muirfield, Royal Troon, and St.
