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Agnes Owens |
ISBN:9781846970597 Category: Short Stories Author: Agnes Owens
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: The complete life work of Agnes Owens in short stories - everything from Gentlemen of the West, Lean Tales, People Like That and 14 brand new unpublished stories.
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Anna, Countess of the Covenant |
ISBN:9781841586687 Category: Scottish History Author: Mary McGrigor
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This is the extraordinary and rare account of the life of a seventeenth-century lady, based on a unique and moving collection of letters.
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Bestiary, The |
ISBN:9781846970467 Category: Poetry, Fiction Author: Sam Meekings
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: A Polygon newcomer, Sam Meekings presents thoughtful, light and earthy poetry. Each poem a fleeting moment that demands a long pause of reflection and moves off once again leaving a pensive smile.
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Blood in the Water |
ISBN:9781846970740 Category: Crime, Literature Author: Gillian Galbraith
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £6.99
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| Synopsis: The first exciting crime thriller book of the Alice Rice Mystery series by Gillian Galbriath, we are introduced to the implacable Alice Rice - intelligent, pragmatic and yet despite this is somehow disillusioned.
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Clyde Built |
ISBN:9781841585840 Category: Maritime Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This highly engaging book provides an original perspective on the examination of the American civil war and how the Scots and Scottish shipbuilding was crucial to the battle of nations.
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Dain do Eimhir |
ISBN:9781846970252 Category: Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic Author: Sorley MacLean
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: Written mostly during the 1930s, the sequence consists of forty-eight love poems addressing a universal ‘eimhir’, or woman.
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Dear Green Place and Fur Sadie, The |
ISBN:9781846970795 Category: Literature Author: Archie Hind
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This regular-looking book manages to weave a powerful yet modest narrative in 1960s Glasgow, the city of malaise. Introduction by Alasdair Gray.
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Folk Tales of Scotland, The |
ISBN:9781841586946 Category: Cultural Studies, Folklore Author: William Montgomerie
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: These stories are drawn from traditions in all parts of Scotland, for example ‘The Well at the World’s End’ from Islay; ‘The King of Lochlin’s Three Daughters’ from Inveraray; ‘Tam Scott and the Fin-Man’ from Orkney; and ‘The Last of the Picts’ from the Lowlands. This is the perfect gift for children, for parents wishing to pass on the riches of the Scots tradition to their children, and for overseas relatives and friends.
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Fringe of Gold |
ISBN:9781841587042 Category: Local History Author: (Editors) Duncan Glen, Tom Hubbard
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Illustrated with evocative woodcuts and photographs Fringe of Gold is the first anthology of its kind which offers a unique introduction to an often overlooked area of Scotland. A rich and diverse compilation in honour of the Kingdom of Fife.
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Gaelic Otherworld, The |
ISBN:9781841587332 Category: Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic, Folklore, Cultural Studies Author: John Gregorson Campbell
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £20.00
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| Synopsis: A fantastic volume embracing the supernatural in Gaelic superstition from the mid-nineteenth century.
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Hebridean Desk Diary 2009, The |
ISBN:9781841586625 Category: Stationery Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
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Price: £11.99
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| Synopsis: Even more popular than the Hebridean Pocket Diary, the Desk Diary will surely continue being our best selling stationery item. With new illustrations by Mairi Hedderwick.
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Hebridean Pocket Diary 2009, The |
ISBN:9781841586632 Category: Stationery Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
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Price: £5.99
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| Synopsis: With beautiful, full-colour artwork throughout, it is no wonder this little diary is a popular best-selling favourite time and time again.
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Highland Bagpipe and its Music, The |
ISBN:9781841586663 Category: Scottish Culture, Music Author: Roderick Cannon
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £10.99
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| Synopsis: The only comprehensive book of piping in print, Roderick Cannon provides a great wealth of information for those lovers of the pipes.
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Highland Clearances, The |
ISBN:9781841585420 Category: Scottish History, History Author: Eric Richards
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: This is the first fully documented study for many years of one of Scotland’s most emotive subjects.
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Horsieman, The |
ISBN:9781841586922 Category: Folklore, Autobiography/Biography Author: Duncan Williamson
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: In this new edition, one of Scotland’s best known storytellers vividly recreates the world of the nomad which has now long since disappeared. Wiliamson provides a refreshing simplicity that contrasts to our modern, technologically-led and increasingly complex lives.
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Imprimatur |
ISBN:9781846970764 Category: Fiction Author: Rita Monaldi & Francesco Sorti
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
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Price: £16.99
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| Synopsis: A thriller in the vein of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, this novel contains startling revelations that have been concealed for centuries, drawing on original papers discovered in the Vatican archives. First published to great controversy in Italy in 2002, Imprimatur was boycotted by the Italian press and publishing world. Despite this, the novel has gained European bestseller status.
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Jessie's Journey |
ISBN:9781841587028 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Jess Smith
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: A Scottish bestseller since its first publication, this humorous and poignant biography has a wide and modern appeal bringing to us the forgotten and naive ways of the travelling family.
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John Knox |
ISBN:9781841587219 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Rosalind K. Marshall
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Another compelling autobiography by Dr Marshall. John Knox is stripped bare in this revealing book, removing all myth surrounding a determined and peculiar man.
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Kane's Ladder |
ISBN:9781846970474 Category: Fiction, Literature Author: Carlos Alba
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: HB
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Price: £12.99
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| Synopsis: A funny, touching heart-warming debut novel that will strike a chord with anyone who has been an awkward kid at least once in their life.
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Lords of the Isles, The |
ISBN:9781841587189 Category: Scottish History, History Author: Raymond Campbell Paterson
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This book is the first modern account of one of the epic stories of Scottish History: the rise and fall of Clan Donald.
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Raising the Dead |
ISBN:9781841586700 Category: History of Science, History Author: Andy Dougan
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Raising the Dead looks at the sensational and compelling period of scientific research which may appear to us now to be a scientific curiosity like that of the fictional event of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein but actually made a significant difference to the lives we live today.
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Savage Night |
ISBN:9781846970191 Category: Crime Author: Allan Guthrie
Publication Date: Mar 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £8.99
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| Synopsis: Kidnapping and corpse mutilation are just a taste of what’s in store for Andy Park in Allan Guthrie’s violent fourth novel. Meanwhile Tommy Savage may not survive the night when he finds himself heading to a graveyard armed with a sword and a bag of cash to meet his masked blackmailer.
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Seal Morning |
ISBN:9781841586908 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Rowena Farre
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £7.99
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| Synopsis: Rowena Farre’s simply powerful and touching autobiography is a moving insight into the private affectation of the raw Scottish Highlands on an unassuming girl. Seal Morning is a fascinating read of discovery and identity.
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Tales from an Island |
ISBN:9781841587059 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Christina Hall
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This omnibus edition of Christina Hall’s memoirs brings together her two books, To the Edge of the Sea and Twice around the Bay.
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The Don |
ISBN:9781841587233 Category: Sport, Autobiography/Biography Author: Willie Miller with Rob Robertson
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £7.99
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| Synopsis: The first biography for eighteen years of one of Scotland’s greatest domestic and international players and now a popular TV and radio pundit.
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The History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland |
ISBN:9781904607571 Category: Scottish History, History Author: Donald Gregory
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £25.00
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| Synopsis: A long-awaited re-issue of a continual classic originally published in 1881.
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Vatersay Raiders, The |
ISBN:9781841585536 Category: Local History, History Author: Ben Buxton
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: This book, the first about Vatersay, draws on detailed records to tell the remarkable story of the raiders: their struggle to escape from the poverty which, they claimed, the policies of the absentee landowner forced them to endure, the raiding and settlement of the island and the fraught process of dividing it up into crofts.
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Where the Shadow Falls |
ISBN:9781846970757 Category: Literature, Crime Author: Gillian Galbraith
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: HB
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Price: £12.99
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| Synopsis: A new thrilling novel carefully laiden with mystery, deception and murder in which Alice Rice finds herself hunting a killer.
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Wild Land |
ISBN:9781841586915 Category: Photography, Art Author: Mark Hamblin and Peter Cairns
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £16.99
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| Synopsis: These beautifully captured images make a stunning book that reflects the great diversity and beauty of Scotland and its wildlife.
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