1 comments about Bagpipe Starter Kit - 4 Great Books.

1. A great bargain - perfect for any beginning piper! This bundle of books is fantastic!

No comments about Teach Yourself Gaelic Conversation (3 CDs + Booklet) (Teach Yourself).

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1 comments about Bagpipe Exercises (1).

1. Cool to have for any beginner - I've shared it with a few friends. Coupled with the cd version this is an great tool to have.

2 comments about Bagpipe Pocket Dictionary (1).

1. Great little book, perfect for a pipers case. A lot of good information great for any new piper!



2. Right title, right price, perfect product! Great to have - fits in pockt or case - easy to have anywhere anytime - invalueable

2 comments about The New Approach To Uilleann Piping (Bagpipes).

1. Well, simply put, this is the best starter book available...the book by Seamus Ennis, The Master's Touch, is good as well, and has many songs to boot. Both are good intros, but the inclusion of the audio CD with this book by Heather Clarke is a welcome addition. If you are learning from an instructor or on your own, this book will do well for you--but bear in mind these pipes are complex instruments that most people who play love and hate at the same time--they aren't easy, but THEY ARE NOT IMPOSSIBLE!!!!!



2. If you are trying to learn Uilleann Pipes without a tutor buy this book! I purchased a Uilleann practice set and discover the book that came with it was not a great help. This book with the CD included will help you learn the Uilleann pipes. The CD is narrated in a clear voice and uses good English without slang so it can be understood by those who speak American English. The musical instrument played in the lessons are a practice set without drones so you will be able to better compare your notes to theirs. The lesson structure will have you learning finger placement to achieve notes on the chanter and teach you how to read music as well. Note combinations are introduced to you in print and sound to show you how to get from one note to another and then tunes are played in their entirety so you can play along as you learn at you own pace.

5 comments about Not Yet Drown'd: A Novel.

1. 
   
   In 1822, newly-widowed Catherine MacDonald is settling with her stepdaughter, Grace, into her brother, Hector's Edinburgh home. Recovering from the accidental death of her husband, Catherine is also grieving for her twin brother, Sandy, drowned in the Indian monsoons of 1821. An accomplished bagpipe musician, Sandy's true calling was the cultivation of tea, her sibling convinced that tea could be grown not only in China, but in India. Unfortunately, Sandy runs afoul of his employers, the East India Company, and is assigned to the opium fields shortly before his death in the monsoon season. When Catherine receives a package, the address penned in her twin's hand, she begins to wonder why the body was never found and whether her brother could still be alive. The package contains a Kashmiri shawl, a sheaf of handwritten music for bagpipes, including one titled "Not Yet Drown'd" and an ornate box filled with what appears to be tea leaves.
   
   Before Catherine can pursue her thoughts about Sandy's fate, more serious events transpire that threaten her security and that of eight-year-old Grace. Having traveled all the way from America, a woman arrives on Hector's doorstep announcing her intention to deliver the child to blood relatives in Virginia. Catherine refuses, unleashing the stranger's wrath and a promise to return with the assistance of the law. Although Catherine prepares to flee, she seriously underestimates the perseverance of this woman, who manages a great coup, plucking the hapless Grace from the family. There ensues a dramatic chase and attempted rescue, Catherine suddenly on board ship with her brother, Hector, bound for India, where he intends to test the innovations he has made to the current methods of steamship travel. And Catherine isn't alone. Besides a trembling Grace, Catherine has added two more women to her party, the slave who accompanied the lady from Virginia and an enigmatic Indian maid, who has been trying to gain passage to India for her own reasons.
   
   One could get lost in the modernization of steamship design or the complicated pages of bagpipe music that Catherine diligently copies to send back to her sister-in-law in Edinburgh, or even the day to day trials of life aboard ship. But the real drama of this novel is Catherine's journey to the interior of India in search of information about her brother's fate, the romance she does her best to sabotage and the gradual unfolding of the ayah's shocking story, filled with tales of ritual and tradition and a great love gone astray. India is the jewel of this crown, all events conspiring to focus on a country still in the throes of Britain's imperialist agenda, the pampered English oblivious to the lives of those around them, save the administration of their creature comforts. Yet somehow Catherine manages to overcome every obstacle with the help of her Indian maid-turned-confidant, their friendship blooming as the weeks pass. From fog-shrouded Scotland to the dense jungles of India, the intricacies of tea plantations and steamboat races, Catherine has the adventure of a lifetime, her grieving heart restored by an awakening love and the restoration of all she holds dear. Luan Gaines/2007.



2. Richly detailed in historical color, takes you on journeys and adventures from Scotland to India and in between. Not only do you finish the story feeling like you have traveled around the world, but you enjoy learning about 19th Century history, art, politics, economics, different cultures, love and of course, tea!



3. A fascinating and compelling read. Great characters. Superb writing. Tremendous cultural and historical detail. This book deserves a large and enthusiastic readership.



4. Are you craving exquisitely crafted language, erudition, mystery and adventure; beautifully drawn characters that are completely engaging? This is the book for you. By turns it is wise, funny, thrilling and learned. I highly recommend it.
   
   This is a work of fiction that gets its facts right--you can learn a lot from it. I was drawn into the story and found it hard to put the book down. I enjoyed traveling with the main character through Scotland, India and back in time.



5. This book is slow. It presents lots of different, interesting, and unique information on a variety of different subjects that were of interest in the 1800's. The author obviously spent lots of time researching and adding these fine little details into the story at appropriate places. The story itself was well written and ended just as well. But it took forever to get to that end. The author just kept the book interesting enough to go on to the next chapter. I almost gave up on it several times, but decided to push on through. That's the only downside of the book and why I only give it three stars. It was just slow and added almost too much information in such a short book to give it the credit others reviewers have.

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1 comments about Bagpipe Sheet Music Song Book with Finger Positions.

1. Awesome - one of a kind book - perfection!

5 comments about Highland Legacy: Fresh Highland Heir/Finding Audrey/Tea and Bagpipes/Fayre Rose (Heartsong Novella Collection).

1. I enjoyed every second of reading this book.
   It is so refreshing not to have to skip through pages of
   endless smut that does not do anything for the story.
   This was a wonderful blessing to read ! As a
   family genealogist , it really made the stories
   even more enjoyable to read.
   Hope to see books like this to buy.
   God bless and enjoy reading !



2. If you're looking for a christian romance or interested in genealogy, this book may hit the spot for you. With segments written by four different authors, I found it rather uneven. The concept sounds good, but I just didn't find some of the heroines engaging.
   It starts as a contemporary romance with Audrey MacMurray taking a genealogy class. She's attracted to the instructor, but backs off when she realizes he's a youth minister. Soured on religion by her missionary parent's abandoment of her, Audrey resists efforts to draw her into the religious activities. As she continues her research, the book jumps to ancestors of hers. This generates several sub-romances set in different periods of Scotland. One character, Celeste, is quite passive, though her growing feelings for her bodyguard mingle with her spiritual growth as he reads the Bible to her.



3. I thought this was a wonderful book! I read it in one day. I have never read a book like this before and wondered if I would like the fact that there are four stories in one book. However, I will be reading more books like this one. The characters were wonderful and the message was too! I highly recommend this book!



4. I'm not a real critic like some others. I just know what I enjoy and don't enjoy. I enjoyed this book very much. I read it to my husband at night in bed. We both enjoyed the book.
   
   I have read several books with four stories in one book, and really enjoy them. I believe when four people write an ongoing, connecting story it must be hard to keep things together. I like the connecting story of Audrey in this book.
   
   Reading out loud to my husband, I found myself reading with different voices for the different individuals. I guess I really got into the stories.
   
   I love Christian fiction. I find other Christian people facing trials much as we do today. I find great encouragement and comfort in their relationship with Christ.



5. I loved this book. It is a book I love to read over and over again just because every story is a delight. The characters are well developed for the length of their stories. I especially love the way the authoress' had the all stories tie together.