‘It is hard to write the history of the British Isles in these years as anything other than a success story.’In reality, nothing about these successes was preordained.In the mid seventeenth century the British Isles were marginal to Europe. A warring group of islands, frequently the scene of catastrophe, they counted for less than the sum of their parts. Yet, by 1832, the reverse was true. United politically as never before, these isles thrived when their E...

Here’s how to make 2x to 5x more money…If you own a small business, imagine how good it would feel if your marketing mix turned you into a celebrity in your local area. Where everyone knows who you are and comes to you as an expert in your niche…Be honest, why are you in business? To make money, yes? This book can give you an almost unfair advantage over your competition. You can take more of the customers away from them and fill your books instead. And jus...

DedicationTo everyone who's ever dared to love and stumbled through the tangled mess of joy and heartbreak—this book is for you. To the bruised hearts who keep hoping, to the souls who stitch themselves back together after being undone, and to those who bravely reach out for connection again, even when it feels impossibly hard.I write these pages for every brother and sister who's searched for warmth in the cold shadow of disappointment, who's watched love slip through trem...

Scholarship on the history of the British Isles is currently experiencing a golden age. The breakdown of modernism and the eclipse of both the Marxist tradition and the 'Whig interpretation' that sees all history as progress, combined with the trajectories of nationalism in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, have generated unprecedented intellectual activity.Nor has the world stood still: the collapse of communism, the issue of integration into the EU, and the advance of multiculturalism...

Now hard to believe, Eilean Donan Castle was once one of the largest castles in the west Highlands, known to have featured seven towers, the remains of which lie buried on the island. This book provides a refreshed view of the lost medieval guise of the castle, of its 13th-century origins and form, and of who was responsible for building it, allowing the castle to be positioned accurately in the complex dynamics of powerholding and display of the earls of Ross and associated militarized ki...

This book tells a new story of the royal castle of Lincoln in the north of England, how it was imposed on the late Anglo-Saxon town, and how it developed over the next 900 years in the hands of the English king or his aristocratic associates, leaving us a surviving monument of three great towers, each with its own biography. Led by FAS Heritage, archaeologists, architectural historians and a large cohort of the general public have combined to produce a revealing and accessible account of t...

Jack has lived a long, satisfied life. He has had his fair share of adventures and adversities whereby the sum of his vast experiences has tempered his perspective just a bit. His moral compass for right and wrong have been tested but he refuses to give up on how he was raised. Remembering to always treat people with dignity and respect, and a healthy dose of country living, has always been Jack's foundation. Mix in a little humor from time to time and Jack seems to do just fine.Ja...