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In Hong Kong, Lee Chen meets a young Scott named Matt Macdonald and they are attracted to each other, but they have many cultural differences to overcome, complicated by the fact that Lee's father does not approve of the relationship and wants her to date a Chinese man, Wang, who is very jealous.

Explains how Scotland earned the respect of the rest of the world during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through its contributions to science, philosophy, literature, education, medicine, commerce, and politics.

"A rigorous yet fascinating account of Scotland's involvement in the American Civil War -- an involvement that prolonged this bloody conflict by several years and left a technological legacy that was the foundation of Scotland's world-class shipbuilding industry."--from front flyleaf.

Jana Bibi, a Scottish fortune-teller, inherits her grandfather's house in India and hopes to attract tourists when the town is threatened by a government dam.

Ralph is not like other mice. He is always looking for a new adventure. When a young guest arrives with a shiny miniature motorcycle, Ralph knows that it is his lucky day and takes it out for a spin. A Scottish lad has a tough decision to make. He will have to decide if he wants to be a Highlander like his father's people or a Lowlander like his mother's people. Maybe he will be able to combine his hunting and herding skills into something special.

Mary Mackenzie travels from Britain to China so that she can marry the man she is betrothed to, but when she arrives, she falls in love with a young Japanese nobleman, and she must choose between her love and her country.

In 1857, after her uncle evicts thirteen-year-old Tess and her father from their Scotland home and they are forced to immigrate to Vancouver Island, Canada, she forms her own opinions about social and class differences.