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Scottish Environments by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $8.32Scotties are exciting, full-colour, Scottish information books for young readers, with a photocopiable black/white 8pp section for home or classroom use. The book looks at the landscape of Scotland... -
Cairngorms: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273709
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $6.95The geology of the Cairngorms was created on a timeline that stretches back hundreds of millions of years. Much of the land is underlain by granite that formed deep within the Earth's crust and... -
Edinburgh: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273716
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $6.95An ancient and long-extinct volcano lies at the heart of Scotland's capital. It roared into life some 350 million years ago and has been a source of fascination since it was first studied in earnest... -
Skye: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780273723
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The Isle of Skye offers a magical combination of wild land and breath-taking natural beauty. Skye's geological history involves some of the most ancient rocks on the planet; a grandstand view as the... -
Central Scotland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The written history and archaeological records of Central Scotland takes us back to Pictish times some 5,000 years ago. The geology of the area stretches back a further 400 million years. The... -
Orkney & Shetland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland are the products of some of the most dramatic events which have occurred in the Earth's history. The Shetlands are the eroded roots of a vast mountain range... -
Lochaber and Glencoe: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $6.95The Lochaber and Glencoe area is rich in historical associations. It was at Glenfinnan that Bonnie Prince Charlie started his long march southwards to lay claim to the British throne, and Glencoe was... -
The Outer Hebrides: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The remote archipelago which lies off the north-west coast of Scotland boasts a huge range of contrasting and spectacular land- and seascapes. Lewis is austere, with a featureless peatland core,... -
Argyll & the Islands: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy 9781780274669
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $7.77Argyll and the islands that lie off from the west coast of the Kintyre are some of the most historically resonant places in Scotland. But the rocks beneath tell a story of an even more ancient world... -
Arran: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The Isle of Arran dominates the Firth of Clyde. A favourite haunt of holidaymakers, it is also a place of fascination for the geologist, offering a huge variety of rocks that represent a massive... -
The Northern Highlands: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $9.02Booksplease Price: $6.95Longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2019 The rocks of northern Scotland tell of turbulent events involving continental collisions that unleashed cataclysmic forces, creating a chain of... -
Set in Stone: The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland Alan McKirdy 9781780271514
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.43The land that was to become Scotland has travelled across the globe over the last 3,000 million years - from close to the South Pole to its current position. During these travels, there were many... -
Southern Scotland: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The south of Scotland has a long and turbulent geological past. Perhaps most notably, it marks the place where, 432 million years ago, an ocean, once as wide as the north Atlantic, was compressed by... -
The Small Isles: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77The Small Isles comprise the Inner Hebridean islands of Rum, Eigg, Canna and Muck. The landscapes, rocks and fossils of these beautiful, remote islands tells of a drama involving erupting... -
Mull, Iona & Ardnamurchan: Landscapes in Stone by Alan McKirdy
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77Lying off the south-western tip of Mull, the island of Iona has huge significance as the first important centre of Christianity in Scotland. But the Abbey itself is built upon rocks that tell of... -
James Hutton: The Founder of Modern Geology by Alan McKirdy 9781910682449
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $17.34Thoroughly revised and expanded from the 2012 edition (twice the number of pages, almost double the number of illustrations) this book pays tribute to the man and his diverse works and achievements. ... -
North-East Scotland: Landscapes in Stone Alan McKirdy 9781780279510
RRP: $10.31Booksplease Price: $7.77Today the Northeast of Scotland is the picture of peace and tranquillity. Some of the highest quality agricultural land is to be found here. But it was not always like this. Although the area lacks...