Bruach Blend

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102792

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Bruach Blend by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Meet some familiar - and some less familiar - inhabitants of Bruach. Back with more comical escapades are Erchy and Morag, the philandering Hector and Hamish, with his unusual talent for nursing lambs. We meet also Bonny the cow, Crumley the bull, and Harry the hedgehog that make up 'Miss Peckwitt's colourful and uncontrollable collection of animals and other livestock'.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755102693

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The Hills is Lonely by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

"When Lillian Beckwith advertised for a secluded place in the country, she received a letter with the following unusual description of an isolated Hebridean croft: 'Surely it's that quiet even the sheeps themselves on the hills is lonely and as to the sea it's that near as I use it myself everyday for the refusals...' Her curiosity aroused, Beckwith took up the invitation. This is the comic and enchanting story of the strange rest cure that followed and her efforts to adapt to a completely different way of life."--Back cover.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102822

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A Proper Woman by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755102754

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Lightly Poached by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102716

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The Loud Halo by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

In The Loud Halo Lillian Beckwith serves up another delightful slice of Hebridean life and a collection of local characters. Meet Johnny Comic, Morag, Kirsty, Behag, Hector, Erchy and the postie - among others. Subjects for amusement include tourists, an election, blizzards and a tinkers' wedding. Each episode is told with wit and affection.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102709

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The Sea for Breakfast by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

"Liliian Beckwith's settling in on the island of Bruach and having a croft of her own is the basis of these comic adventures"--Back cover.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780755102723

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A Rope - in Case by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102815

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The Small Party by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

For Ruth and her three children their small island home is now a place of danger. An armed uprising has taken over and her husband is out to sea in his fishing boat. Escaping into the night, Ruth heads for Jeannie, her sister-in-law, but what she finds at Jeannie's farm shocks her. Somehow she has to get her children to safety and find her husband. It is a journey that will take up all her courage and determination.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102846

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An Island Apart by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Another Lillian Beckwith story of love, loss and the struggle for existence in the remote Hebridean Islands.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Domestic fiction
ISBN : 9780755113507

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A Breath of Autumn by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Reissue of Lillian Beckwith's evocative novel set in the Hebrides.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102808

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A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

The story of Thomas, a shy, frail orphan boy who goes to live with foster parents on an isolated croft on an island in the Hebrides.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102761

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The Spuddy by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

He is an abandoned grey-black mongrel. The fishermen call him The Spuddy. The only person to care for him is Andy, a young dumb boy. For both of them their meeting brings friendship after loneliness. But when they become friends with Jake, skipper of the Silver Crest, events take an unexpected turn...

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Hebrides (Scotland)
ISBN : 9780755102839

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The Bay of Strangers by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Hebrides (Scotland)
ISBN : 9780755102778

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Beautiful Just! by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

"On the Hebridean island of Bruach, life among the crofters ia as happy and full of humour as ever. Beckwith tells enchanting tales about the islanders' wit, their canny resourcefulness and their gossipy interest in outsiders. There is Flora and the fancy dress dance, beachcombing, winkle gathering, Highland cattle and a stag - among many other characters and animals. Based on Beckwith's own experiences"--Publisher's description.

Author : Lillian Beckwith
Publisher : House of Stratus
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2002-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755102747

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Green Hand by Lillian Beckwith Pdf

A climbing holiday has brought David Jones to the West Coast of Scotland. Fate has introduced him to Donald. As the days grow into weeks, he finds that fishing for lobster and herring is unlike anything he has done before. As he progresses from being a Green Hand to a practised fisherman, David takes to his new life with relish. The days of his strict chapel-going home in Wales are far behind him. Fishing has become his one obsession. This is as amusing and sympathetic novel.