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  • Jack and the Devil's Purse

    Scottish Traveller Tales

    Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, but to outwit you in a contest of intelligence and knowledge.This collection is an expanded edition of Duncan Williamson's best-selling ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jack and the Devil's Purse

    Scottish Traveller Tales

    A collection of Scottish Traveller folk tales about the Devil from "Scotland's greatest modern-day storyteller" ( The Guardian (UK)).Devil stories are always fascinating, entertaining, and disturbing. These twenty tales, re-told by one of Scotland's master storytellers, are a fascinating insight into Traveller beliefs about evil, temptation, and suffering in which the Devil exists not to punish, ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fireside Tales of the Traveller Children

    Duncan Williamson was a Scottish traveller who went on to become one of Britain's master story-tellers. During his lifetime he was acclaimed 'the greatest English-speaking storyteller', 'the national monument of British storytelling' and, at his death, Scotland's 'greatest contemporary storyteller'. Fireside Tales, his first book, reveals this artistry and mastery in all its glory. This new ... Read more

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  • Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds

    Scottish Traveller Tales for Children

    Silver Unicorns and Golden Birds is a treasure trove of traditional Scottish folk and fairy tales as told by Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's greatest storytellers. Young readers will explore a land of folklore and magic inhabited by helpful broonies, fickle fairies, golden birds and shining unicorns in captivating tales, full of colour, humour and life. These timeless stories have been passed ... Read more

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  • The Horsieman

    Memories of a Traveller 1928-58

    Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveller with verve, candour and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the summer, walking with barrows and prams and later with horse and cart, the length and breadth of ... Read more

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  • The Land of the Seal People

    No stories were more potent, more engaging, more subtle or profound than these half-animal, half-human tales of the sea. Time and time again listeners enthralled by Duncan Williamson's lore would ask him for the silkie tale. Duncan grew up with the seals, slept nights stranded by the tide in their colonies, heard countless stories from crofters, fishermen and travellers alike about the strange ... Read more

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  • The Flight of the Golden Bird

    Scottish Folk Tales for Children

    Duncan Williamson, one of Scotland's Travelling People, has been celebrated as the bearer of Scotland's greatest national treasure: the richest trove of story and song in Europe. In this collection, he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk and fairy tales, collected from sixty years of travelling around Scotland. This collection includes stories about silver horses and golden birds, ... Read more

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  • The Coming of the Unicorn

    Scottish Folk Tales for Children

    Stories are something you carry with you, something to last your entire life, to be passed on to your children, and their children for evermore.' Duncan Williamson came from a family of Travelling People, who told stories around the campfire for entertainment and for teaching. As a child, Duncan learnt the ways of the world through stories: 'My father's knowledge told us how to live in this world ... Read more

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  • Beginner’s Guide to Probability: Now’s Your Chance!

    This book should be of interest to anyone beginning their study of probability analysis. Based on mathematical examples, it will satisfy students working towards a variety of examinations that includes GCSE Mathematics, A Level Mathematics, Professional Accountancy examinations at level 1, Undergraduate Accountancy and Business courses. In terms of academic and professional education and training, ... Read more

    $4.59 USD

  • Budgeting and Budgetary Control

    Many of us prepare budgets on a personal as well as on a business level. We prepare budgets to help us to resolve issues surrounding such questions as: • How much is my income for the month? • How much am I going to spend? • Is there anything left over? We call the overall budgeting process budgetary control; and the reason for using it is to help managers control the activities in their part of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Secret Lives of Bats

    My Adventures with the World's Most Misunderstood Mammals

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