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Allan Frewin Jones

    April 30, 1954

    This author crafts narratives that explore the intricacies of human experience. Through a distinctive prose style, they delve into universal themes, inviting readers to contemplate profound questions about life and identity. Their literary contributions offer a unique perspective, marked by a commitment to artistic expression.

    Stacy & Friends 4: My Real Best Friend
    A Dance Called America
    Set Adrift Upon the World
    Last of the Free
    Glencoe and the Indians
    Insurrection
    • 2022

      New edition of this classic and pioneering account of what happened to the thousands of people who left Skye and the wider north of Scotland to make new lives across the sea. This is the story of the Highland impact on the New World.

      A Dance Called America
    • 2021

      A new edition of a classic book by one of Scotland's most eminent historians (originally published by Mainstream as Culloden and the Last Clansman), this is the tragic story of one of Scotland's most notorious murders and miscarriages of justice, which inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped.

      The Appin Murder
    • 2021
    • 2019

      When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. The dramatic events that followed have long been ignored or forgotten. Now, in James Hunter, they have their historian. The story he tells is, by turns, moving, anger-making and inspiring.

      Insurrection
    • 2019

      Science and the Good

      • 312 pages
      • 11 hours of reading
      4.1(81)Add rating

      Why efforts to create a scientific basis of morality are doomed to fail

      Science and the Good
    • 2018
    • 2016

      In this book James Hunter tells the story of the Sutherland Clearances. His researches took him to archives in Scotland, England and Canada, to the now deserted straths of Sutherland, to the frozen shores of Hudson Bay. The result is a gripping, moving, definitive account of a people's struggle for survival in the face of tragedy and disaster.

      Set Adrift Upon the World
    • 2011

      Faerie Path #6: The Charmed Return

      • 368 pages
      • 13 hours of reading
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      Set against the backdrop of a rare eclipse, the narrative explores the convergence of two distinct worlds. As the celestial event unfolds, characters from both realms are drawn together, leading to unexpected alliances and revelations. Themes of unity, transformation, and the power of nature intertwine as the protagonists navigate their intertwined destinies, revealing deeper truths about their existence and the bonds that connect them.

      Faerie Path #6: The Charmed Return
    • 2010

      Glencoe and the Indians

      • 240 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      He is White Bird's close relative and aims to tell the story of the Nez Perce War from the Nez Perce point of view. Descended from chiefs of the Nez Perce and from chiefs of Scotland's most formidable clan, Duncan's family - first as Highlanders, then as Native Americans - have twice been victims of massacre and dispossession.

      Glencoe and the Indians
    • 2010

      Far from the Realm of Faerie, a quest to save immortality . . . A deadly plague is sweeping through Faerie, and no one is immune to its touch. The realm has lost its safe cloak of immortality, and now Tania is determined to find a way to save her people. Under the guidance of the Dream Weaver, Tania, Rathina, and a mortal ally, Connor, head off to find the Divine Harper—the only one who can help them renew the Faerie Covenant of Immortality. When Tania's beloved, Edric, appears, it looks as if they have help at last . . . or do they? Their quest will take them outside the borders of Faerie, to hostile and unwelcoming lands, and the time will come when Tania must decide if she is prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice to save those she holds most dear.

      Faerie Path #5: The Enchanted Quest