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Book Introduction
Nikesh talks about why he had written his book, The Boxer.
  1. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  2. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  3. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  5. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  6. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  7. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  8. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  9. What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
    03:02
    What Can Boys Learn From This Novel?
  10. Ideas and inspirational teachers
    05:32
    Ideas and inspirational teachers
  11. A Dog with Nice Ears
    07:10
    A Dog with Nice Ears
  12. How do you come up with names for your characters?
    01:09
    How do you come up with names for your characters?
  13. Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
    01:05
    Would any of your characters make a good therapet?
  14. Our Tower reading
    06:12
    Our Tower reading
  15. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  16. Reluctant reader to avid writer
    08:03
    Reluctant reader to avid writer
  17. A sudden idea
    01:52
    A sudden idea
  18. Questions from pupils
    02:50
    Questions from pupils
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