This book is the first volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research. It examines the evolution of the idea of 'Celtic Scotland', tracing the historiography of the Gaidhealtachd through the Caledonians, the Picts and the first medieval writings in the area.It investigates such areas as Galloway as well as surveying politics, culture and the church in the context of the great medieval lordships such as those of the...

Herein are 63 illustrated true stories about animals which every child will enjoy! In this book you will find stories about bears, otters, eagles, horses, dogs, dolphins, ants, frogs, elephants, parrots, snakes, lions, Cayman, weasels and many, many more besides."The Animal Story Book" will delight both old and young, as one may find therein pen-portraits of most of the remarkable animals that have interested the world since primitive times.Herein are stori...

This book teaches the fundamental concepts of cardiac electrophysiology with an emphasis on the relationship of basic mechanisms to clinical arrhythmias. Understanding this relationship and the underlying mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis will be valuable to medical students in general and physicians entering the fields of cardiology and clinical electrophysiology, as well as those scientists and clinicians already working in this field.The book is divided into three parts that cover ...

The Blue Fairy Book gathers a foundational treasury of European and Near Eastern wonder tales, including "Cinderella," "Beauty and the Beast," "Aladdin," and "Little Red Riding Hood." Published in 1889, it inaugurates Andrew Lang's celebrated "coloured" fairy books and presents oral and literary traditions in lucid Victorian prose. Its style is direct, elegant, and rhythmically suited to reading aloud, while its literary context reflects the nineteenth-century fascination with folklore, co...

The Lilac Fairy Book, one of the later volumes in Andrew Lang's celebrated "coloured" fairy-book series, gathers tales from a wide range of oral and literary traditions, including European, African, and Asian sources. Its narratives feature enchanted animals, perilous quests, transformations, cunning heroines, and moral reversals, rendered in the clear, vigorous prose characteristic of late Victorian children's literature. The volume belongs to a major nineteenth-century movement of folklo...

The Orange Fairy Book (1906) gathers tales from a strikingly wide range of traditions, including sources from India, Scandinavia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, presenting them in the polished, lucid prose characteristic of Andrew Lang's celebrated "coloured" fairy books. Its narratives—of enchanted animals, perilous quests, cunning heroines, and supernatural justice—belong to the late Victorian and Edwardian project of comparative folklore, where oral wonder-tales were reshaped for the nurse...

Germany and Europe had the Grimm Bothers and the UK and English speaking nations had Andrew Lang. Here is his ORANGE FAIRY BOOK, yet another volume in his Many Coloured Fairy Book series. This extraordinary volume contains 33 old and forgotten folk and fairy tales including stories like The Magic Mirror, The Ugly Duckling, The Goldsmith’s Fortune, The Enchanted Wreath, The Clever Cat and many, many more. These stories originate from Jutland, Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, Uganda, India, Scotland, Denm...

In Too Much Magic, Pepper Paull, a good witch, lives alone with her familiar, an owl named Whittlesbee, and runs a small magic book shop. Most of her business is from other witches or those curious about magic and magicals. In Baltimore, as in most other cities, there is a full range of people, humans and magicals.Magicals include werewolves, witches, vampires, elves and many others.Pepper is the last of the Hesperus witches, a powerful family of good witches out of the Hidde...

'The Light Has Been Broken: 560+ Macabre Classics, Supernatural Mysteries & Dark Tales' showcases a vast panorama of horror and supernatural literature, featuring works by prominent figures ranging from Mary Shelley to H.P. Lovecraft. This collection presents an expansive exploration of gothic terror, psychological unease, and eerie mysteries, encapsulating a rich diversity of literary styles from the grimly poetic to the starkly suspenseful. The anthology not only reinforces the tradition...

Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) is characterised by excessive anxiety and worry about everyday concerns such as work, family, relationships, finances, health, and safety. The worry is difficult to control; it lasts months and years rather than hours or days, and is accompanied by a variety of additional symptoms including restlessness, irritability, fatigue, muscle tension, and difficulties concentrating and sleeping. The worry and anxiety in GAD is distressing and disabling. People who...

The Brown Fairy Book, first published in 1904, is one of the later volumes in Andrew Lang's celebrated "coloured" fairy-book series, gathering tales from diverse traditions including African, Australian, Native American, Indian, and European sources. Its narratives range from animal fables and heroic quests to enchantment tales marked by transformation, peril, and moral testing. Written in a lucid Victorian prose style, the collection reflects both the era's fascination with folklore and i...

The Progenitors is a Science Fiction tale based in the far distance of space and time. Akena is of the Shymyra, a governor of her people. Her world is ancient. Ruins of a 'lost' civilization fill vast expanses of wasteland. The past holds little interest to her people, they live in peace and contented comfort. The 'Progenitors' not only created the Shymyra, but gave them the task of renewing the world while guarding it and its people.Visitors from a vast alien civilization find the ...