The Forth Bridge A Picture History (Paperback) by SheilaMackay, H.G. Weaver Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2021 by Birlinn ISBN-13: 978-1-78027-696-0, ISBN: 1-78027-696-6
"The works were commenced in April 1883, and its highly to the credit of everyone engaged in the operation that a structure so stupendous and so exceptional in its character should have been completed within seven years' - HRH The Prince of ..."
The Forth Bridge(Updated) A Picture History by SheilaMackay, H.G. Weaver Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2011 by Birlinn Ltd Illustrated ISBN-13: 978-1-84158-935-0, ISBN: 1-84158-935-7
"'It may perhaps interest you if I mention a few figures in connexion with the construction of the bridge. Its extreme length, including the approach viaduct, is 2,765 yards, one and one-fifth of a mile, and the actual length of the cantilever portion of the bridge is one mile and 20 yards - about eight millions of rivets have been used in the bridge and 42 miles of bent plates used in the tubes, about the distance between Edinburgh and ..."
Mountain Music Mallorca by SheilaMackay, Geoff Macewan Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1997 by Sancho P Import ISBN-13: 978-0-9528837-0-8, ISBN: 0-9528837-0-8
Forth Road Bridge(Updated) by SheilaMackay Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2006 by The Mercat Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84183-019-3, ISBN: 1-84183-019-4
"The story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian age: the construction of the largest bridge in the world."
"In stories as intriguing as their title-"Pink Cigarettes," "Electric Blue Damsels,""Other People's Bathrobes"-Mackay demonstrates her uncanny ability to expose the menace of everyday life with humor and haunting accuracy. Harnessing Mackay's darkly comic vision, an astonshing originality, and vibrant prose, these remarkable short works provide "novel-worthy dimensions in a few pages" (The New York Times Book Review). "American readers n ..."
Behind the Facade Four Centuries of Scottish Interiors by SheilaMackay Hardcover, 184 Pages, Published 1996 by The Stationery Office/Tso International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-11-495239-6, ISBN: 0-11-495239-6
"The evocative illustrations included in the book come mostly from the National Monuments Record of Scotland and, married to Sheila Mackay's vivid text, guide readers behind the facades of private houses, from towerhouses to tenements, as well as houses which are open to the public. Brochs, baronial towerhouses, vivid painted ceilings, Renaissance carved furniture, corbels and crowsteps, Mary Queen of Scot's embroidery, glorious plasterw ..."
"This is a pictorial story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian Age - the construction of the Forth Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. This collection of photographs, taken over the seven years in which construction of the bridge was completed, bear witness to the dramatic scale of the project. The supporting captions provide details of the timescale, characters, achievements and tragedies involved in what the H ..."
Forth Bridge(Updated) A Picture History by SheilaMackay Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1990 by Moubray House Publishing Ltd Import ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-13-5, ISBN: 0-948473-13-4
"This is a pictorial story of the greatest engineering achievement of the Victorian Age - the construction of the Forth Bridge, the largest bridge in the world. This collection of photographs, taken over the seven years in which construction of the bridge was completed, bear witness to the dramatic scale of the project. The supporting captions provide details of the timescale, characters, achievements and tragedies involved in what the H ..."
Faces of Leith(1st Edition) by SheilaMackay, Richard Wilson Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 1989 by Hyperion Books ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-01-2, ISBN: 0-948473-01-0
"Scotland"
Bridge Across the Century(1st Edition) Story of the Forth Bridge by SheilaMackay Paperback, 44 Pages, Published 1985 by Hyperion Books ISBN-13: 978-0-948473-00-5, ISBN: 0-948473-00-2
"Bridge Across the Century: Story of the Forth Bridge"
The Scottish interior(1st Edition) Georgian and Victorian decor : a visual anthology of the domestic room in Scotland culled principally from the collections of the National Monuments Record of Scotland by Ian Gow, SheilaMackay Hardcover, 230 Pages, Published 1992 by Edinburgh University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7486-0220-9, ISBN: 0-7486-0220-8
"Scottish Renaissance Interiors is one of four volumes covering four centuries of Scottish interior style. The bonus of the publications are that they feature the interior of houses which have never been seen by the general public as well as National Trust for Scotland properties."
"Shena Mackay's perceptive black comedy takes us between New Zealand in 1909 where Jack McKenzie arrives from Glasgow to become a pastor in the New World, and present-day London where his descendants are leading very different existences. Past and present merge in Mackay's most poignant novel."