This is the story of two small Scottish islands in the Hebrides - Todaidh Mór, or Great Todday, and Todaidh Beag, or Little Todday - during the second world war.  The islands have been dry of whisky, which has caused uproar in the community when, one dark and foggy night a ship headed for America grounds nearby and spills its cargo of whisky into ( Read more... )

It seems to me that publishing blogs is, these days, the literary equivalent of reality TV. It seems widely available, cheap to produce, with a never-ending supply of varying topics which can be brought to the fore. Unfortunately this does not necessarily make them a good read, nor does it make them worth the money ( Read more... )

I received this book through Read It, Swap It, and picked it up from Mt Toobie almost as soon as I received it ( Read more... )

This is quite an interesting little book. Although some of the facts contained in it I already knew (so not really a case of "Why things you think are wrong are right"!) it was interesting all the same.

On the back of reading similar books such as Does Anything Eat Wasps and Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze from the New Scientist camp, I feel my ( Read more... )

Having previously read Old School Ties and The Starter Marriage by the same author, and having awarded both of them 9/10, I was looking forward to reading Brown Owl's Guide to Life with anticipation ( Read more... )

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Ahern's books (with the exception of "PS, I Love You" seem to be in the realm of "fairytales for adults" - and this book is no exception ( Read more... )

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This is the book of the recent film which details the life of a young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan, who ends up as personal physician to Idi Amin ( Read more... )

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