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Description for Secret Aberdeen
Paperback. The latest in our popular 'Secret' series, Secret Aberdeen sheds new light on the secrets and historic events that have occurred in, and shaped, this oil-rich city on the northern shores of Scotland. Series: Secret. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100. BIC Classification: 1DBKSH; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 165 x 10. Weight in Grams: 298.
Aberdeen is not a boastful city, preferring to wear its many distinctions lightly. Which of its institutions produced three Nobel laureates and who became the first Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)? Which prominent Aberdeen doctor was involved in setting up the NHS in Britain? What has the popularity of coffee to do with Aberdeen's engineering past? Where in Nepal and the Falkland Islands would you find a not-so-little piece of Aberdeen? Aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of Europe but lights once glimmered on whale blubber before offshore gas came ... Read more
Aberdeen is not a boastful city, preferring to wear its many distinctions lightly. Which of its institutions produced three Nobel laureates and who became the first Director General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)? Which prominent Aberdeen doctor was involved in setting up the NHS in Britain? What has the popularity of coffee to do with Aberdeen's engineering past? Where in Nepal and the Falkland Islands would you find a not-so-little piece of Aberdeen? Aberdeen is the oil and gas capital of Europe but lights once glimmered on whale blubber before offshore gas came ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Secret
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445649146
SKU
V9781445649146
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-43
About Lorna Dey
Lorna was born on the Black Isle in the Highlands but has lived in and around Aberdeen most of her life. Once a lecturer in History at Aberdeen College, she went on to teach in schools, later in collaboration with Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums, scripting and producing a DVD, called Object Lesson, as an aid for teaching local history ... Read more
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