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Anna Macleod talks to guests about their favourite books and finds out about their lives.

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Leugh Mi/Book Show: Series 6: Episode 9

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Episode 9

Series 6

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Priscilla Scott and Adam Dahmer discuss books of special interest to them.

Priscilla Scott and Adam Dahmer discuss books of special interest to them

An t-seachdain-sa. ‘s iad Priscilla Scott agus Adam Dahmer a bhitheas a’ taghadh nan leabhraichean as fheàrr leothasan agus tha an dithis aca air leabhraichean a mholadh a tha coimhead air eachdraidh agus nàdar ann an diofar dhoighean.

Buinidh Priscilla don Earra Ghàidheal ged a tha I an-diugh a’ fuireach anns na Crìochan. Chur i seachad ùine o chionn ghoirid mar oileanach aig Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann. Thagh I Girl in Hyacinth Blue le Susan Vreeland agus leabhar a chaidh a’ sgrìobhadh ann an 1935 - Highways and Byways in the West Highlands le Seton Gordon.

Rugadh agus thogadh Adam ann an Kentucky ach e a-nis a’ fuireach ann an Alba agus ag obair aig Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann mar neach-oideachaidh.

‘S e The Witch le Ronald Hutton a chiad leabhar a thagh e agus tha e cuideachd a’ moladh The Last Wolf le Jim Crumley.

Aig deireadh a’ phrògram, bidh Priscilla agus Adam a’ taghadh dè an leabhar ‘s fheàrr leotha a-mach às na ceithir leabhraichean a bha iad a’ moladh.  

In this episode, Anna Macleod chats with Priscilla Scott and Adam Dahmer about books of special interest to them.

Priscilla is from Argyll but currently lives in the Borders. She recently completed a course at Edinburgh University and has chosen two diverse books, beginning with Susan Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Her second recommendation is Seton Gordon's Highways and Byways in the West Highlands, a book written in 1935 about an area she knows well.

Adam hails from Kentucky but is now working as a tutor at Edinburgh University. His two books are Ronald Hutton's The Witch and Jim Crumley's The Last Wolf, a book that explores the place of the wolf in Scotland.

At the end of the show, each guest is tasked with choosing which of the four books they would like to take home with them.

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