When Cal MacCarl gets a phone call to his bachelor flat in Glasgow asking him to come to the bedside of his Aunt Mary, dying miles away on the Isle of Lewis, he embarks on a journey of discovery. With both his parents dead, his Aunt Mary is his only remaining blood link. When she goes he will be the last of the family line and he couldn't care less. In the days between his aunt's death and funeral he is drawn into the role of genealogy detective. In a place where everyone knows everything ...

A man tries to build for his future by reconnecting with his past, leaving behind the ruins of the life he has lived. Iain Martin hopes that by returning to his Hebridean roots and embarking on a quest to reconstruct the ancient family home, he might find new purpose. But then he uncovers a secret from the past.

Dr. John Mackay arrived in Hong Kong in 1963 and has experienced in every major shift and development in the territory since then. He was for many years one of Hong Kong's most respected physicians, and was instrumental in the growth of one of the largest medical practices in the city. But in 1993, he decided that there was more to life than work and he resigned in order to travel the world and pursue a wide range of other interests. This book, the first volume in Dr. Mackay's memoirs, rel...

This book is the story of a changing Scotland as it was heard and seen by the people of Scotland. We all may have our ideas about where we are headed as nation and a society, but none of us knows. That makes what lies ahead so fascinating. Just like what's gone before. JOHN MacKAY John MacKay is one of Scotland's best known broadcasters. His career as a reporter, anchor and presenter has spanned from the Thatcher Years to the Independence Referendum and beyond. MacKay has been witness to t...

From Data to Insights is a practical guide to building a strategy that addresses the common issues faced by Data Analytics teams. Not enough time, too many requests, unhappy stakeholders, and colleagues with low team morale are just some of the problems caused by poor strategy and design.This guide will help managers avoid these pitfalls and improve team performance by focusing on long-term goals and strategic planning, ensuring your Data Analytics team can effectively support thei...

The Faas Revenge and Other Tales by John Mackay Wilson and various authors is a captivating anthology of short stories that blend suspense, drama, and timeless moral lessons. Each tale explores human nature, justice, and the consequences of actions, offering readers a rich tapestry of narrative styles and themes. Ideal for lovers of classic literature, short story enthusiasts, and those interested in early 19th-century storytelling, this collection highlights the artistry and insight of Wi...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Come, sit thee by me, love, and thou shalt hear A tale may win a smile and claim a tear – A plain and simple story told in rhyme, As sang the minstrels of the olden time. No idle Muse I'll needlessly invoke – No patron's aid, to steer me from the rock Of cold neglect round which oblivion lies; But, loved one, I will look into thine eyes, From which young poesy first touched my soul, And bade the burning...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. Near where St. Abb stretches, in massive strength, into the sea, still terrible, even in ruins, may be seen the remains of Fast Castle, one of the most interesting in its history – as it is the most fearfully romantic in its situation – of all the mouldering strongholds which are still to be traced among the Borders, like monuments of war, crumbling into nothingness beneath the silent but destroying tou...

Frederic Jameson and Film Theory is the first collection of its kind, it assesses and critically responds to Fredric Jameson’s remarkable contribution to film theory. The essays assembled explore key Jamesonian concepts—such as totality, national allegory, geopolitics, globalization, representation, and pastiche—and his historical schema of realism, modernism, and postmodernism, considering, in both cases, how these can be applied, revised, expanded and challenged within film stud...

pubOne.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. There was a criminal in a cart Agoing to be hanged – Reprieve to him was granted; The crowd and cart did stand, To see if he would marry a wife, Or, otherwise, choose to die! 'Oh, why should I torment my life?' The victim did reply; 'The bargain's bad in every part – But a wife's the worst! – drive on the cart.'

On looking over some Session papers which had belonged to Lord Kames, with the object, I confess, of getting hold of some facts – those entities called by Quintilian the bones of truth, the more by token, I fancy, that they so often stick in the throat – which might contribute to my legends, I came to some sheets whereon his lordship had written some hasty remarks, to the effect that the case Napier versus Napier was the most curious puzzle that ever he had witnessed since he had taken his se...

The sources of legends are not often found in old sermons; and yet it will be admitted that there are few remarkable events in man's history, which, if inquired into, will not be found to embrace the elements of very impressive pulpit discourses. Even in cases which seem to disprove a special, if not a general Providence, there will always be found in the account between earth and heaven some desperate debt, mayhap an accommodation bill, which justifies the ways of God to man. It may even be ...