"The Feuds of the Clans," MacGregor delves into the historical animosities, rivalries, and battles that existed between different Scottish clans. The book documents the long-standing inter-clan disputes that were often driven by issues of power, territory, and honor. Throughout the book, MacGregor likely provides detailed accounts of specific feuds between notable clans, such as the MacGregors, MacDonalds, Campbells, MacLeans, and others. He may explore the factors that contributed to thes...

"The Feuds of the Clans," MacGregor delves into the historical animosities, rivalries, and battles that existed between different Scottish clans. The book documents the long-standing inter-clan disputes that were often driven by issues of power, territory, and honor.Throughout the book, MacGregor likely provides detailed accounts of specific feuds between notable clans, such as the MacGregors, MacDonalds, Campbells, MacLeans, and others. He may explore the factors that contributed to these...

This is Reverend Alexander MacGregor's excellent work on the superstitions in the British Highlands, containing the following chapters: General Superstitions Druidism Fairies Witchcraft Second-Sight Smaller Superstitions Hallowe'en Sacred Wells and Lochs

IN a novel written in the last decade but one of the nineteenth century by an Australian lady in collaboration with a member of Parliament, one of the characters stops another "to ask for the explanation of this or that Australian phrase," wondering whether "it would be better to give the English meaning of each word after the word itself, and to keep on repeating it all through, or would it do to put a footnote once for all, or how would it do to have a little glossary at the end?" As it ...

Alexander MacGregor Stephen was a Scottish mining prospector trained in metallurgy at the university of Edinburgh. When he emigrated from Scotland to the United States he enlisted in the New York Militia during the Civil War. Afterwards, he prospected in search of the lost Merit silver mine in Nevada and Utah during the 1870s. From 1880-1894 it is not known whether Stephen lived with Thomas Keam, owner of a trading post, at his canyon ranch or at various places on the Hopi mesas. He did sp...

Journalist Campbell McBride's first crime book, The Law Town Killers, is a success but now it's attracting some unwanted attention. McBride's going to have to return to what, when he wrote about it, seemed like a straightforward murder case - a woman strangled by her boyfriend. Otherwise, somebody he cares about might be at risk. Soon nothing is straightforward - not for McBride. Somebody is cutting up newspaper archives before he can examine them. Are they trying to stop his investigation...

"The Feuds of the Clans" is a historical non-fiction work by Alexander MacGregor, first published in 1845. The book meticulously chronicles the histories and conflicts of various Scottish clans, delving into the complex and tumultuous interclan relationships that characterized the Scottish Highlands during the Middle Ages. MacGregor's detailed accounts of feuds, battles, and alliances provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the intricate social and political dynamics that sha...

Using imported heirloom grains and fruits, Spanish explorers, fur traders, missionaries, and some Native Americans planted subsistence gardens in the Pacific Northwest. After immigration surged in 1843, it took a surprisingly short time for the region’s fertile lands to become a commercial agricultural powerhouse.Demand for food exploded with the industrial revolution as well as the urbanization of Europe and eastern America, and the doors of international export opened wide. Agrib...

Longlisted for the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger 2015It's 1965, and a young woman has vanished from the streets of Bristol. A Caribbean immigrant, unable to hear or speak, she is invisible to the police and lost to the biting winter night.Enter Joseph Tremaine Ellington. An ex-cop fleeing a broken heart and a tragic past in Barbados, only to find himself choosing between starving or freezing to death in England. That is, until local big shot Earl Linney hires him to track do...

Witnessing a dramatic death at London's Waterloo Station triggers a series of events that shatter Eva Scott's world. Dying words uttered on the station concourse awaken a history she had thought long buried. But the past is about to be resurrected, in all its brutal reality.Soon, Eva's life is out of her hands. A genetic key is keeping her alive; but foreshadowing her death. People she loved and lost materialise and then disappear, testing the limits of her sanity. Inextricably lin...

Guts for Garters is the first in an explosive new series featuring the Alley Cats and DI Georgia Johnson as they make lives for themselves on London’s meanest streetsLife’s not easy growing up on the Aviary Estate in South London. Alysha and her mates have survived being abused by people who should have cared for them, their lives ruined by crime and deprivation. Now they’re taking control of the estate so children can grow up safe with real prospects in life.When a rival g...

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned…Someone is killing and mutilating young men in Amsterdam – the murders are brutal, sexual, and ritualized. For detective Joyce Pino, after a succession of failures, this is the perfect case to get her back on track.But as it becomes clear the murderer is a middle-aged woman, the case shifts uncomfortably close to home. Some of the victims are associates, and a criminal profiler and external agencies are beginning to po...