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Jo Sharp, Val McDermid
This Door of the Seas

The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland's future. It took place on the other side of the world, amid the jungle-coastline at the…

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Ron Shaw
St Cuthbert's Way

This 100k (60 mile) walk was opened in 1996 and has rapidly increased in popularity, with thousands of walkers walking all or parts of it every year. Visiting a number of places closely associated with St…

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Douglas Skelton
A Rattle of Bones

The Rebecca Connolly Thrillers

Longlisted for McIlvanney Scottish Crime Book of the YearIn 1752, Seamus a'Ghlynne, James of the Glen, was executed for the murder of government man Colin Campbell. He was almost certainly innocent.When b…

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Douglas Skelton
The Other Side of Fear

The Rebecca Connolly Thrillers

Someone has big plans for Stoirm, and they'll stop at nothing to get what they want. Investigative journalist Rebecca Connolly returns to the Scottish island to find out who is terrorising the locals, plu…

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Jane Smith
Community

Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from Argyll, she travels from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and the peatlands of Lewis …

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Muriel Spark
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Edinburgh, 1930, and the world is on the brink of change. Leading the charge is the free-spirited Miss Jean Brodie, but while Miss Brodie manipulates and charms 'her girls' - known as the Brodie Set - wit…

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R. Scott Spurlock
Cromwell and Scotland

This book examines the role of religion in the story of Oliver Cromwell's invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland. Analysis of the printed propaganda produced by the Scots and the English makes it …

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Martin Stewart
Loose Threads

Three homicidal maniacs. Two radioactive shoes. One body in a suitcase. When Dr David Cairney, a politics lecturer, goes missing on the way home from his retirement party, his wife asks ex-boxer and journ…

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Lucy Stewart
The Japanese Garden

At the turn of the twentieth century, Scottish adventurer Ella Christie returned home from a trip to Japan inspired to build her own Japanese garden.As might be expected from a woman who thought nothing o…

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Frances Stickley,
Fly High, Little Puffling

Puffling gains confidence watching other young animals take their first steps, discovering support amid daunting skies.Join Little Puffling on an adventure!Little Puffling watches the other birds soaring …

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Dougie Strang
The Bone Cave

"Much more than a travelogue... it's the author's exploration of the connections between the places he visits and elements of Scottish folklore that make this such a special book." -- Undiscover…

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Alison Stroak, Fiona Shepherd, Jonathan Trew
Glasgow's Greatest Hits

Dive in to Glasgow's vibrant musical heritage with this guide to the people, places and events which have shaped the city's world-renowned music scene. With decades of experience between them, Fiona Sheph…

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Alessandra Thom
Summer Hours

A short, vivid, wry debut novel from a fresh literary voice who has just won a New Writers Award from the Scottish Book Trust. Set in the haze of an unusually hot Edinburgh summer, Summer Hours is a story…

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Steven Veerapen
Overlord

The true story behind the infamous life of Henry VIII. Henry VIII is England's most famous king. He is simultaneously the virtuous Renaissance prince gone wrong, the psychopathic, paranoid tyrant, the rel…

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Steven Veerapen
Witches

Witches have been culturally relevant for centuries, but where did our perception of witches - good and bad - come from? Steven Veerapen traces witches, witchcraft, and witch-hunters from the explosion of…

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William J. Watson
The Celtic Placenames of Scotland

Widely hailed by enthusiasts as one of the most detailed reference books on the subject of Celtic Place-names, this toponymical study provides background and derivation for the length and breadth of the c…

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Bill Williams, Roger McStravick
The King of Clubs

This is the story of Champion Golfer Allan Robertson (1815-1859).Until now, Robertson's role had been as a member of the supporting cast in the story of leading light Tom Morris. Between 1840 and 1859 the…

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Scottish Love Poems

Love in all its forms is celebrated in this diverse and highly accessible poetry anthology with poems from Robert Burns to Norman MacCaig, and Liz Lochhead to William Letford. Scotland's rich poetry canon…

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St Kilda: My Island Home

Christina MacDonald MacQueen (1884-1959) was born on St Kilda and grew up there at the close of the 19th century. Yearning for the bright modern world beyond the island, she was the first woman to leave o…

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West of the Ocean

Most books about the Vikings in Britain end in 1066, with the death of Harald Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. For Scotland, however, the Viking Age was only the beginning of a relationship with…

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