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Robert Hay
Monks and Bishops

The Isle of Lismore has a long reputation as a holy island, beginning with the foundation of a monastery by St Moluag in the sixth century. Robert Hay tells the story of Moluag's monastery, recently redis…

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John Hunter
A Companion to the Small Isles

This book is the essential companion for those who wish to learn about and visit the Inner Hebridean islands of Eigg, Muck, Rum and Canna, known collectively as the Small Isles. As well as focusing on his…

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Gregory J. Kenicer
Scottish Plant Names: An A-Z

Names are incredibly powerful things and are a crucial part of the way we see and classify the world around us. Plant names are especially fascinating in this respect. Some are simply descriptive or speak…

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Graeme Macrae Burnet
Benbecula

Darkland Tales

On the 9th of July 1857, a twenty-five-year-old labourer named Angus MacPhee bludgeoned to death his parents and aunt in the crofting community on the remote Hebridean island of Benbecula.Five years later…

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Graeme Macrae Burnet
Benbecula

In July 1857, Angus MacPhee bludgeoned to death his parents and aunt on the Hebridean island of Benbecula. Five years later, Angus's brother Malcolm recounts the events leading up to the murders while try…

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Alexander McCall Smith
Bertie's Theory of Ice Cream

44 Scotland Street

"It's like ice cream, Mr Flynn," Bertie continued. "When you have ice cream, you need to eat it straight away, otherwise it melts. If there are people who haven''t got any, you should share…

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Alexander McCall Smith
Looking for You

The Perfect Passion Company

In this latest instalment of The Perfect Passion Company, Katie Donald, with the help of her enigmatic neighbour, William, continues her unwavering endeavour to help lonely hearts find love. With the tend…

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Alexander McCall Smith
McCall Smith, A: Pavilion in the Clouds

A brand new stand-alone novel from Alexander McCall Smith, The Pavilion in the Clouds is a beautifully evocative story, set mostly in 1930s Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka). This atmospheric novel, set in …

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Alexander McCall Smith
Pianos and Flowers

In Pianos and Flowers we are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are im…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Private Side of Friendship

Edinburgh, 1984. Six students are facing the end of an academic year, preparing to go their separate ways in a changing world. Years later, they meet for a reunion, for what may well be their last evening…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Private Side of Friendship

Edinburgh, 1984. Six students are facing the end of an academic year, preparing to go their separate ways in a changing world. Years later, they meet for a reunion, for what may well be their last evening…

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Alexander McCall Smith
The Winds from Further West

After a throw-away comment lands him in a difficult situation, Dr Neil Anderson's principles are put to the test. He ultimately leaves his job, his partner, and Edinburgh far behind for the seclusion and …

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Alexander McCall Smith
Trains and Lovers

A heart-warming stand-alone novel about trains and love! McCall Smith weaves a tale of four strangers who meet on a train. They have one thing in common - they have all been in love. They all have very di…

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Val McDermid
Queen Macbeth

Darkland Tales

In the fifth book in the critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series from Polygon Val McDermid plunges into medieval Scotland. Overturning Shakespeare's propaganda, the reader will encounter a new Lady Mac…

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Philip Miller
The Diary of Lies

The Shona Sandison Mysteries

In a darkening, post-COVID world, fearless investigative reporter Shona Sandison is seeking meaning - and her next big story. A secret contact inside the government has promised her something huge, but sh…

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Alistair Moffat
Bannockburn

Relive the battle for a nation.As 8,000 Scottish soldiers, most of them spearmen, faced 18,000 English infantrymen, archers and mounted knights in June 1314 near the Bannock Burn, many would have thought …

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Andres N. Ordorica
Holy Boys

The new poetry collection from Andrés N. Ordorica (picked as an Observer Best Debut Novelists for 2024), Holy Boys seeks to address the echoes of adolescence and the pains of living a life in the shadows …

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Marian Pallister
Argyll Curiosities

In this book Marian Pallister has looked extensively into places, people and events which are curiously layered, and has created a book that is overflowing with enchanting 'curiosities' and local historie…

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Frederick Rea
A School in South Uist

In 1889 Frederick Rea arrived from the Midlands to teach in South Uist, at that time one of the poorest places in the Outer Hebrides. Roads were often no more than rough tracks across the mountain moorlan…

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Jo Sharp, Val McDermid
This Door of the Seas

The singular event at the end of the 17th century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future took place on the other side of the world. Val McDermid and Geographer Royal for Scotland Jo Sharp unite in t…

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