The Highland Games

The Highland Games
Author: Gareth Ainsworth
Publisher: Pendragon Consulting, LLC
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2020-12-20
Genre:
ISBN: 9781735688565

Are you looking for more information about the Highland Games? Learn more about this Scottish heritage today!The Highland Games, when and how did they get their start and how did they develop into the modern day Games? How many events are there? How can I find a Scottish clan that is associated with the various tartans? Gareth Ainsworth answers these questions and many more in The Highland Games, a beginner's guide to history, kilts & throwing. Gareth is a multi-faceted man that loves to share his experiences in the Highland Games, the history, kilts and more, on his podcast The Kilted Patriot and now this book.Inside, you'll discover: The history of the Highland Games.An overview of the games, the basics, governing bodies for the Games, and the different classes.How to get started.Where should you buy a kilt, how you should buy one, and what you wear under a kilt.And more?This book will also include a 12-month game planning calendar as well as a 12-week training log to practice and prepare for the big day.Get your copy of The Highland Games, a beginner's guide to history, kilts & throwing now to learn more about this part of Scottish history.

The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish

The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish
Author: Clark McGinn
Publisher: Luath Press Ltd
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2013-07-22
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1909912344

What makes the Ultimate Scot? Is it the ability to identify a tartan pattern from 50 yards? Maybe it's being able to recite the two forgotten verses of Auld Lang Syne? Or perhaps it's knowing your single malt from a double malt? The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish examines in hilarious detail the history, politics and traditions that make Scots great. Exploring the best of scottish culture, this book focuses on the celebrations that Scots have made their own, from Hogmanay to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Mixing fact and practical hints (like the ideal recipe for boiled sheep's head) with witty banter, The Ultimate Guide to Being Scottish is perfect for injecting Scotland's unique and beloved brand of merriment into life.

Disney Princess The Essential Guide, New Edition

Disney Princess The Essential Guide, New Edition
Author: Victoria Saxon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2019-09-10
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1465498753

Get to know the Disney Princesses as you relive special moments from your favorite films. DK's updated Disney Princess: The Essential Guide is the ultimate companion to Disney's much-loved Princess movies, now featuring Merida from Brave and the latest princess to be officially inaugurated: Moana. Enter the magical worlds of Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, and Moana and find out everything you ever wanted to know about the lives, loyal friends, and fiercest enemies of your favorite Disney Princesses. With stunning artwork, readers will be transported to enchanted royal kingdoms with this irresistible book.

The Essential Guide to the Highland Games

The Essential Guide to the Highland Games
Author: Michael Brander
Publisher: Canongate Books
Total Pages: 141
Release: 1992
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 9780862413026

Providing all the information that any reader could want on the origins of the Highland Games, their rules, their background and their flavor, including the first comprehensive directory of the Highland Games held around the world.

UNBORED Games

UNBORED Games
Author: Joshua Glenn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1632860465

UNBORED Games has all the smarts, creativity, and DIY spirit of the original UNBORED (“It's a book! It's a guide! It's a way of life!” -Los Angeles Magazine), but with a laser-like focus on the activities we do for pure fun: to while away a rainy day, to test our skills and stretch our imaginations-games. There are more than seventy games here, 50 of them all new, plus many more recommendations, and they cover the full gambit, from old-fashioned favorites to today's high-tech games. The book offers a gold mine of creative, constructive fun: intricate clapping games, bike rodeo, Google Earth challenges, croquet golf, capture the flag, and the best ever apps to play with Grandma, to name only a handful. Gaming is a whole culture for kids to explore, and the book will be complete with gaming history and interviews with awesome game designers. The lessons here: all games can be self-customized, or hacked. You can even make up your own games. Some could even change the world. The original UNBORED has taken its place as a much beloved, distinctly contemporary family brand. UNBORED Games extends the franchise -- also including UNBORED Adventure -- in a new handy flexibound format, illustrated in full color throughout. This is a whole shelf of serious fun the whole family can enjoy indoors, outdoors, online and offline.

Master's Highland Games Training Manual

Master's Highland Games Training Manual
Author: Zachary Riley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 87
Release: 2019-02-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781798101155

Master's Highland Games divisions have grown exponentially in the last few years. The sport is driven by participation and this group is the most active of any. Mr Kerry Overfelt has developed a training manual specifically directed at this population of Highland Game thrower's. Explore all aspects of training and throwing in this book, with funny stories and personal anecdotes interjected to keep the reader entertained.

The World's Strongest Librarian

The World's Strongest Librarian
Author: Josh Hanagarne
Publisher: Avery
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2014-05-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 159240877X

Traces the public librarian author's inspiring story as a Mormon youth with Tourette's Syndrome who after a sequence of radical and ineffective treatments overcame nightmarish tics through education, military service, and strength training.

Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands
Author: Jim Manthorpe
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2005-07
Genre: Highlands (Scotland)
ISBN: 9781873756843

Covers eighty-one hills in the Scottish Highlands Detailed maps in the classic Trailblazer style including tricky trail junctions walking times and points of interest Plus places to stay places to eat and a full-color flora identification section

The Scottish Highland Games

The Scottish Highland Games
Author: Francie Hall
Publisher: The Overmountain Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2002
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781570722370

An athletic feat told in Scottish lore; the best are chosen to serve for the chief, and pipers, singers, and dancers enter contests, too, to obtain the chief's patronage all their lives through.