![Geomorphology and Groundwater [Hardcover] [Jan 01, 2017] Quan Cui, Ph.D.](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1678281954l/84890748._SX318_.jpg)
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It intrigued me that literary people raved about the poems MacDiarmid wrote while living in Shetland, especially 'On a Raised Beach', while I found them hard to appreciate. As a Shetlander and a geographer who knew the place fairly intimately, including the steep storm beaches (and lack of post-glacial isostatic uplift necessary for raised beaches), I found his battering-ram approach to using geological terminology a bit indigestible. We all have moments of epiphany when we discover something pr
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― Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'
― Ayont the Thistle: A gallimaufry of poetry and prose to mark the centenary (1926 - 2026) of Hugh MacDiarmid's 'A Drunk Man looks at the Thistle'
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Rivers are the veins that carry life-giving water across the landscape.
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