Iain: 509 books
Alchemy
Writers on Truth, Lies and Fiction
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2016
Five writers grapple with reality and fiction, and the alchemical process of turning life into art. As Iain Sinclair frames it in his luminous introduction, they try to explain the impulse to write 'by way of personal anecdote, revelation or hopeful punt in the dark.'
A Passion for Society
How We Think about Human Suffering
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
What does human suffering mean for society? And how has this meaning changed from the past to the present? In what ways does “the problem of suffering” serve to inspire us to care for others? How does our response to suffering reveal our moral and social conditions? In this trenchant work,...
Send Back the Money!'
The Free Church of Scotland and American Slavery
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
‘Send Back the Money!’ is a thorough and gripping examination of a fascinating and forgotten aspect of Scottish and American relations and Church history. A seminal period of Abolition activity is exposed by Iain Whyte through a study of the fiery campaign ‘Send back the Money!’ named after...
by Iain McKie
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2018
Following in the footsteps of thousands of pilgrims, this is Iain’s very personal account of walking the Camino de Santiago. The journey of discovering himself, and answering many of life’s questions, takes him on a daily adventure - from his first thought of the Camino to walking the 500 mile...
Numbers
God's Presence in the Wilderness
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2006
The book of Numbers tells the story of the events occurring in the years between the nation of Israel's exodus from Egypt and their entrance into the Promised Land. The lives of two generations are recorded: the first lacking in faith and receiving their just punishment from God and the second believing...
Farang: The Sequel
Another look at Thailand through the eyes of an ex-pat
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Farang; the Sequel is the long-awaited follow-up to Farang, which became an instant bestseller upon its release in Thailand.
Iain Corness fell in love with Thailand in his youth and moved there permanently in 1997. As a settled farang, or foreigner, he enjoys a unique perspective on Thai...
Follow, Follow
Classic Rangers Old Firm Clashes
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
For more than 120 years, Rangers and Celtic have vied for supremacy in one of the world's sporting hotbeds. The rivalry between the two teams is among the fiercest anywhere in sport, making an Old Firm derby much more than a football game. Controversy is rarely far away when the Glasgow giants meet,...
by Iain McCartney
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2013
Recognising football's exponential growth in the 1900s and the need to safely house vast numbers of supporters, Davies recognised that the champions of England and 1909 FA Cup winners needed a more spacious home than tatty old Bank Street, in Clayton, a ground with few facilities and a capacity...
Monty's Manor
Colin Montgomerie and the Ryder Cup
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2010
'I am the Ryder Cup, I suppose' Colin Montgomerie
For twenty years Colin Montgomerie has been Europe's go-to guy in the Ryder Cup. He has been the catalyst, the leader, the closer. The man they call on to take down America's big guns, the man they turn to when a win is desperately needed to...
Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special
A Long Suffering Supporter Continues his Search for the Soul of Scottish Football
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
In the 2010/11 football season, Iain Hyslop embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels led to the production of the first edition of this book -- the unofficial review of Scottish Football. This...
Farang
Thailand through the eyes on an ex-pat
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Dr Iain Corness fell in love with Thailand on a holiday in 1975, and finally managed to move there permanently in 1997. As a settled farang, or foreigner, he enjoys a unique perspective on Thai life and all its eccentricities; looking in from the outside while also getting to see the things most foreigners...
by Iain McCartney
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
Many have claimed that Duncan Edwards was potentially the greatest footballer to emerge from the British Isles. Unquestionably he was the greatest schoolboy footballer the British game has ever produced, a midfield Colossus who dominated top flight, European and International games while still a teenager.Edwards...
by Peter Kropotkin, Iain McKay
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
This was Peter Kropotkin's final book, in which he theorizes about the development of the modern state and how modern science and technology can assist in freeing working people from capitalism. First published in 1912 in France, sections of this book have been translated and published in English (as...
Tobacco
A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“A rich, complex history . . . Deeply engaging and witty” (Los Angeles Times).
Long before Columbus arrived in the New Word, tobacco was cultivated and enjoyed by the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas, who used it for medicinal, religious, and social purposes. But when Europeans began...