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By: Peter Aitchison

ISBN: 9781912476855
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotlands past but they were not unique. The process began in the Scottish Lowlands nearly a century before, when tens of thousands of people were moved from the land by estate owners who replaced them with livestock or enclosed fields of crops. This book tells that forgotten story.


(Paperback)

By: Tim Clarkson

ISBN: 9781780271736
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 15th July 2013
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A history of the social and political changes over the course of the first millenieum AD, charting the leadership of tribal chiefs and Roman Generals, and how the initiative was seized after their departure by the dynamic warrior kings of the Picts, Scots, Vikings, Britons, and Anglo-Saxons.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781846976902
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 3rd October 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Perfect Passion Companyshows Alexander McCall Smith at his most perceptive, playful, and generous. This novel offers a glimpse inside the psychology of matchmaking, the search for love and companionship, and the mysterious spark of attraction that can, at times, catch hold of us all.


(Hardback)

By: Paul Gething

ISBN: 9781780277844
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the story of the Bamburgh Sword one of the finest swords ever made. Alongside that, it gives a fascinating insight into the world of experimental archaeology where archaeologists attempt to recreate an artefact or structure of the past using only the technologies and materials available at the time.


(Paperback, New edition)

By: Tim Clarkson

ISBN: 9781780274034
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2016
UK Publication Date: 20th June 2016
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this book Tim Clarkson pieces together all the historical evidence to tell the story of the Pictish people from their emergence in Roman times to their eventual disappearance.


(Paperback, New edition)

By: Angus Watson

ISBN: 9781841588087
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2016
UK Publication Date: 16th November 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A condensed bilingual dictionary based on Angus Watson's best-selling Gaelic/English dictionary.


(Paperback, New Edition)

By: Blair Bowman

ISBN: 9781780276885
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2021
UK Publication Date: 23rd July 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The ever-expanding world of whisky can be a daunting one, with a deluge of new brands, distilleries and literature on the subject making it all but impossible for the amateur whisky drinker to find their way. Blair Bowman provides a compact and accessible, easy-to-use guide to help budding whisky enthusiasts on their way.


(Paperback, 3rd)

By: Norman MacCaig

ISBN: 9781846971365
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2009
UK Publication Date: 9th November 2009
Publisher: Birlinn General
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By the time of his death in January 1996, Norman MacCaig was known widely as the grand old man of Scottish poetry, honoured by an OBE and the Queen's Medal for Poetry. This book features 778 poems.


(Paperback, New Edition)

By: Andy Wightman

ISBN: 9781780278834
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2025
UK Publication Date: 7th November 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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For all those with an interest in urban and rural land in Scotland, this updated edition of The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a fascinating analysis of one the most important political questions in Scotland.


(Paperback)

By: Denzil Meyrick

ISBN: 9781846973406
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2016
UK Publication Date: 23rd March 2016
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Rat Stone Serenade: A D.C.I. Daley Thriller


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780274454
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions Reiver, no-one hesitates to add Border. This book tells the tale of a land that was a no-man's-land but a land over which blood was shed on both sides of an invisible border.


(Paperback)

By: Evan Mawdsley

ISBN: 9781780274799
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A comprehensive and enthralling account of one of the most important historical events of the twentieth century


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By: Liz Ashworth

ISBN: 9781780279077
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Scottish baking is famous the world over. In this book, Liz Ashworth introduces a whole range of recipes arranged by theme Bannocks, Breads and Scones; Biscuits; Tarts and Traybakes; and Cakes and Wee Fancies.


(Paperback)

By: Eilidh Muldoon

ISBN: 9781780276861
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Stretching for almost 10,000 miles (including numerous islands), the coastline of Scotland is one of the most varied in the world, from beautiful sandy beaches and flower-ladenmachairto dramatic cliffs and sea stacks. In this book Eilidh Muldoon has drawn 23 views celebrating the huge diversity of Scotlands coasts.


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By: Eilidh Muldoon

ISBN: 9781780277639
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Featuring iconic animals from red deer, golden eagles and Highland cows to red squirrels, pine martens and salmon as well as the plants, trees and flowers which thrive in mountain, forest, moor and seashore, this book is the ideal way to explore Scotlands amazing range of animals, flora and fauna.


(Paperback)

By: Eilidh Muldoon

ISBN: 9781780278063
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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There are many things which define Scotland, from unicorns, Rabbie Burns, and the Forth Road Bridge to Celtic knotwork, whisky and tartan. This colouring book features designs inspired by and featuring many of the symbols which signify Scotland to residents and visitors alike all imaginatively depicted for colour to be added.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781846975479
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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(Paperback)

By: Allan Gaw

ISBN: 9781846977206
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2025
UK Publication Date: 2nd January 2025
Publisher: Birlinn General
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No one who meets Dr Jack Cuthbert forgets him. Tall, urbane, brilliant but damaged, this Scottish pathologist who works with Scotland Yard is the best the new DCI has seen. But Cuthbert is a man who lives with secrets, and he still battles demons brought back from the trenches.


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By: Benedict Blathwayt

ISBN: 9781780274126
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This sticker atlas is a stimulating and fun way to introduce children to the various regions of Scotland and introduce the immense variety of the country's landscape, flora and fauna, and places of cultural significance. Ben Blathwayt is renowned for his beautiful and detailed illustrative work, which is ideal for this medium.


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: Seumas MacInnes

ISBN: 9781780278988
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A tasty treat for Seumas MacInnes' fans and for anyone who has tasted the culinary delights of Glasgow's Cafe Gandolfi. You can now create these masterpieces in the comfort of your own home.


(Paperback)

By: John Buchan

ISBN: 9781846971570
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
UK Publication Date: 29th June 2010
Publisher: Birlinn General
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After distinguished service in the First World War, Richard Hannay settles down with his wife Mary and their son. However, news comes to him of three kidnappings. With no more than a few tantalisingly cryptic lines of verse as clues, he is soon on the trail of Dominick Medina - a charismatic polymath but a man 'utterly and consumedly wicked'.


(Paperback)

By: Debi Gliori

ISBN: 9781780271316
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Sep 2013
UK Publication Date: 26th June 2013
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In Tobermory, on the Scottish island of Mull, there lives a very special cat. But once upon a time he didn't think he was very special at all.


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: Nichola Fletcher

ISBN: 9781780279008
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 1st August 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The perfect introduction to cooking venison from an acclaimed cookery writer whose MBE was awarded in 2014 for services to the venison industry. Features 40 easy-to-make recipes which showcase the enormous versatility of venison.


(Paperback, Reprint)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780274553
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
UK Publication Date: 6th March 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Hadrians Wall is the largest, most spectacular and one of the most enigmatic historical monument in Britain.In this book, based on literary and historical sources as well as the latest archaeological research, Alistair Moffat considers who built the Wall, how it was built, why it was built and how it affected the native peoples.

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