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001			on1260692694
003			OCoLC
005			20220421120815.0
008			210715t20222021nyua e 000 pdeng
010			_a 2021026982
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dYDX _dOCLCO _dBDX _dOCLCF _dGK8 _dOCLCO _dHBP _dRNL _dON8 _dIH9 _dOCLCO _dUAP _dNFG
020			_a9780593315989 _q(hardcover)
020			_a0593315987 _q(hardcover)
035			_a(OCoLC)1260692694
042			_apcc
092			_a821.92 _bM122
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aMcCall Smith, Alexander, _d1948- _eauthor. _94750
245	1	0	_aIn a time of distance : _band other poems / _cAlexander McCall Smith ; with illustrations by Iain McIntosh.
250			_aFirst United States edition.
250			_aFirst American edition.
263			_a2204
264		1	_aNew York : _bPantheon Books, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_aviii, 150 pages : _billustrations ; _c21 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"Originally published in hardcover in Great Britain by Polygon Books, an imprint of Birlinn Limited, Edinburgh, in 2020."--Title page verso.
505	0	0	_gIn a time of distance. _tA washing line outside a Croft house -- _tTaste and memory -- _tIn a time of distance. _gJourneys. _tOur journeys -- _tThe train arriving at Platform Two -- _tAdelstrop revisited -- _tThe language of pilots -- _tCollege of Hypnotherapy, next right -- _tQuality provisions for Ever -- _tNot Rus in Urbe but Suburbia in Rure -- _tA typology of angels -- _tHousehold gods -- _tHoly river -- _tMustard field, Rajasthan -- _tFeel glorious -- _tDo not lean again -- _tNe pas. _gA Scottish four seasons. _tSpring -- _tSummer -- _tAutumn -- _tWinter. _gInterlude: seven sonnets. _tSixty talks to Eighteen -- _tEighteen replies to Sixty -- _tForty intervenes, remembers Horace -- _tAdventure and uncertainty -- _tIt takes a village to raise a child -- _tKing James VI of Scotland reflects on the loss of his only friend when young -- _tLove unforgotten. _gOf the animals. _tPrimate cousins -- _tThe gentleness of whales -- _tElephants -- _tKangaroos -- _tThe dung beetle -- _tTortoise -- _tCheetah -- _tPolar bear -- _tCrocodile -- _tLion -- _tSmall, insignificant antelope -- _tGiraffe, zebra -- _tOur world, their world. _gOf love & longing. _tLove over Scotland -- _tOn clouds over Mull: a love song -- _tNocturnal blessing -- _tLove lost -- _tOn looking at a child. _gOf books & reading. _tThe goodness of books -- _tThe book becomes -- _tMoveable type -- _tWhat the book is -- _tOn the bedside table -- _tRemembering Muriel Spark -- _tGraham Greene -- _tA maker of beautiful books -- _tLibrary of Congress. _gPlaces. _tGreece -- _tThe Oracle at Delphi -- _tGoodbye to the Ionian -- _tScotland -- _tSt. Kilda -- _tDear one -- _tScotland's claim -- _tEdinburgh -- _tA fragile beauty -- _tThe seven hills of Edinburgh -- _tThe Castle Rock -- _tCraiglockhart Hill, a century ago -- _tArthur's seat and geology -- _tImagined conversation on Blackford Hill -- _tCorstophine Hill -- _tOn Calton Hill -- _tBraid Hills. _gUnrelated poems. _tNorthland -- _tWolves -- _tThe Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg -- _tFrom a Mumbai Hotel -- _tFish, and the thoughts of fish -- _tSaving an Oak Tree -- _tFriendship.
520			_a"In these delightful poems, Alexander McCall Smith writes about his travels, from Africa to Greece, London to Dubai, and back home to Scotland. He shares his gentle, inimitably McCall Smith-esque observations on life, love, and beauty, reminding us how deeply satisfying it can be to take in the world around us with all our senses, and with all our mind and heart"-- _cProvided by publisher.
600	1	0	_aMcCall Smith, Alexander, _d1948- _xTravel _vPoetry.
650		0	_aEnglish poetry _y21st century. _9228113
655		7	_aAutobiographical poetry. _2lcgft _9305018
655		7	_aPoetry. _2lcgft _96749
655		7	_aTravel writing. _2lcgft _96889
700	1		_aMcIntosh, Iain, _eillustrator. _94755
994			_aC0 _bNFG
999			_c346118 _d346118