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- There is an anarchic pleasure to ''Circle, Square, Moose'' that borders on the absurd, but manages to turn into genius. Things start off routinely At times this book borders on the precipice of being Meta; deconstructing the fundamentals of the educ3 KB (570 words) - 11:07, 29 March 2018
- ...rong and tied, despite themselves, to the harsh landscapes of the Scottish Borders. The harsh landscape of the Scottish Borders plays a vital role. It's old and menacing and powerful, but it's also uncha4 KB (733 words) - 17:39, 14 March 2018
- |summary=Village life in the Scottish borders is perfectly captured in this first book of a new series which will appeal ...nd features a fictional village not far from Kirkcudbright in the Scottish Borders. You can tell that it's Scotland because the children pull faces if their p4 KB (649 words) - 12:53, 9 May 2018
- |summary=Warfare was never far away in the Scottish-English borders in medieval times. ''The Leopard of Dramoor'' looks at this area and time t ...and betrayal. There's also a tangible understanding and love of the local borders landscape and history that rises from the pages so strongly that you can fe4 KB (620 words) - 14:18, 21 March 2018
- ...by climate change and the mass movement of people and it is one defined by borders, checkpoints and soldiers with guns. Mhairi has made it across Africa and o ...exacerbates it? Will countries institute population control measures? Will borders stay as they are?4 KB (661 words) - 12:36, 29 May 2018
- ...iod, Britain often seemed to be on the verge of civil war. The Anglo-Welsh borders were a perpetual source of trouble, kept at bay only by the Marcher lords a ...iod, Britain often seemed to be on the verge of civil war. The Anglo-Welsh borders were a perpetual source of trouble, kept at bay only by the Marcher lords a4 KB (646 words) - 13:03, 12 April 2018
- ...th. Deft touch. A lot of the action takes place at Dryburgh Abbey in the Borders. This is a golden opportunity for McClure to give the reader some historic ...onvened meeting in London then back to the relative calm and beauty of the Borders. But the net appears to be closing in. McClure gives us likeable characte4 KB (640 words) - 19:44, 29 August 2020
- ...omnibus of 16th century murder mysteries and adventure along the Scottish borders that's rich in characters, action and well-textured history. ...become Deputy Warden of the West March in Carlisle. The Scottish/English borders and those who inhabit them are different from the world he's left behind bu4 KB (767 words) - 13:39, 14 April 2018
- ...riod. The book is filled with beautifully illustrated patterns, motifs and borders. If you are a craftaholic the chances are that this book can be used in a v Page 16 - A selection of borders. A small Christmas tree with frame behind. A bough of holly. A picture of a5 KB (915 words) - 10:08, 2 March 2018
- ...enry VIII has decided on a scorched earth policy and sends agents over the borders to burn Scottish towns and plunder their churches and monasteries to fund h Talking of Henry, there are interesting parallels between the war along the borders and the modern day Middle East conflicts. Dacre understands the mind of th5 KB (799 words) - 12:43, 22 February 2018
- ...walked 6,000 miles across Afghanistan in 2002. A walk along the Scottish borders should be a doddle by comparison. ...alk as such. It is about the history of the borders, of the people of the borders. It is about how our perception of history and of national identity gets a9 KB (1,559 words) - 18:04, 16 February 2018
- ...arrative. Mixed-race Japanese girls blend easily in London, less so in the Borders, so she would never have expected prejudice because she would not have much ...the space programme. Their constructions are very obvious in the Scottish Borders and North Pennines; disused railway stations and viaducts, cuttings and sid6 KB (1,069 words) - 08:23, 21 May 2014
- ...y needs to find one. With Dudley accompanying him, he sets of to the Welsh borders in pursuit of one such stone, but the land of Dee's father is a dangerous p3 KB (440 words) - 15:47, 22 February 2018
- ...dreams of flying in a skyship and of seeing the world beyond her island's borders. So Catherine becomes Cat. She stows away on the skyship Stormdancer. Here,3 KB (432 words) - 15:00, 12 March 2018
- ...ened with details, subtle but arresting, and the tiny dinosaur on his hill borders on .... haunting, really, despite still being the ridiculous type of creatu3 KB (444 words) - 17:13, 10 April 2018
- ...cter illustrations may be a little too dark for the very young. The black borders are a little stark and one or two of the full two page spreads are a little3 KB (507 words) - 15:31, 4 April 2018
- ...ously taught across schools in Australia, volunteered with Teachers Across Borders in Cambodia – and this is her first novel.3 KB (480 words) - 11:36, 19 March 2018
- ...satifsying conclusion to a trilogy that transports Robin Hood to the Welsh borders in the years after William the Conqueror. The supernatural element from the3 KB (486 words) - 13:31, 27 September 2020
- ...st stand. And Parsifal does find his way home, back to the Occitan, on the borders of modern-day France and Spain. It's an unhappy time of civil unrest. Catho3 KB (494 words) - 15:21, 30 March 2018
- is thoughtful, right down to the pretty borders around the text,3 KB (468 words) - 12:00, 7 October 2020