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(Hardback)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780276472
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 22nd July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A lavish, large format hardback featuring the artwork of The Great Tapestry of Scotland, an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history.


(Paperback)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780277097
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 22nd July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This book tells the story of this unique undertaking - one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland - and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material


By: Jim Crumley

ISBN: 9781841589732
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2011
UK Publication Date: 19th September 2011
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Great Wood of Caledon - the historic native forest of Highland Scotland - has a reputation as potent and misleading as the wolves that ruled it.Jim Crumley shines a light into the darker corners of the Great Wood, to re-evaluate some of the questionable elements of its reputation.


(Hardback)

By: Mairi Hedderwick

ISBN: 9781780275383
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Accompanying the immense success of the Hebridean diaries and address books, Birlinn has added a birthday book to its attractive range ofHebridean stationery. Illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick's beautiful sketches of the Hebrides, this hardback book is the perfect way toremember birthdays of friends and family.


(Hardback)

By: Angus & Patricia MacDonald

ISBN: 9781841583150
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2010
UK Publication Date: 4th October 2010
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Hebrides of Scotland - around 500 diverse islands - form the north-western Atlantic fringe of Europe. This book surveys the cultural landscape of this dramatically beautiful, complex and conflicted area, with emphasis on what may be interpreted through aerial photography.


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: George Douglas Brown

ISBN: 9781846975387
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Desmond Seward

ISBN: 9781780276762
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
UK Publication Date: 4th March 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the first full, modern history of the Jacobite cause in its entirety as it played out in Scotland, England, Ireland, Europe and even America. Based on the latest research,The King over the Waterweaves together all the strands of this gripping saga into a vivid, sweeping narrative.


(Paperback)

By: David Turner

ISBN: 9781839830020
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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On 13 October 1939, HMS Royal Oak, one of the British navy's top battleships, was destroyed at the Royal Navy's main anchorage at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The audacious attack, by a German U-boat, was the first major blow against Britain of the Second World War. Over 800 lives were lost, including sailors as young as 14.

This book


(Paperback, Reprint)

By: Tim Kirby

ISBN: 9781780276274
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
UK Publication Date: 17th April 2025
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Scotland is renowned for the huge range of its wildlife, which comes in all shapes and sizes. In this book Tim Kirby introduces 45 of them, from the iconic red deer and golden eagle to the Highland cow and ubiquitous midge.


(Paperback)

By: Ron Butlin

ISBN: 9781780275574
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2018
UK Publication Date: 17th April 2025
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Bleeters come and bleeters go, they never, never stay -if it's not raining nowmore rain is on the way.It's widely reported that Eskimos have over 50 words for snow.


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: Jo Macsween

ISBN: 9781780278964
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this informative and light-hearted book, Jo Macsween of the famous family of Edinburgh haggis makers, expertly guides you through the myths and magic to a new realm of haggis appreciation that transcends neeps, tatties and Burns Night. Featuring fifty mouth-watering recipes.


By: Ron Butlin

ISBN: 9781846972911
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Following on from the runaway success ofThe Magicians of Edinburgh, renowned poet and novelist Ron Butlin conjures up Scotland's past, present and future in this new collection. From Skara Brae and the Roman invasion to the independence referendum and beyond, the former Edinburgh Makar explores what Scotland means to itself and to the world.


(Paperback)

By: Norman MacCaig

ISBN: 9781846971716
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2022
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 is a celebration of MacCaig's life 2010 is the hundredth anniversary of his birth and it features 100 of his best poems, edited by his son Ewen.


(Paperback)

By: Norman Thomson

ISBN: 9781780277936
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 2nd June 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Moray Way consists of all or part of three previously existing routes: the Moray Coast Trail, the Speyside Way and the Dava Way. Together they cover a huge and varied range of landscapes.This book is the ideal guide to much of what this beautiful and richly historical part of Scotland has to offer.


By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780277370
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Night Before Morning is a gripping, page-turning thriller based on an alternative version of events at the end of the Second World War in the vein of Robert Harris and John Buchan. Alistair Moffat has created a chilling post-1945 world where Britain has been occupied by the Nazi forces.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Carla Lamont

ISBN: 9781780277561
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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From Masterchef: The Professionalsquarter-finalist Carla Lamont,The Ninth Waveis a practical working cookbook which will guide both beginners and experienced cooks through the fresh and adventurous cuisine served at the award-winning Ninth Wave restaurant on Mull.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780276083
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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(Hardback, Centenary Edition)

By: Muriel Spark

ISBN: 9781846974410
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Only Problem, Muriel Sparks seventeenth novel, was first published in 1984.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780275093
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2018
UK Publication Date: 10th May 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this book Alan McKirdy explores the Outer Hebrides, together with the volcanic rocks that build the outposts of Rockall, St Kilda and the Shiants, tracing their extraordinary journey through time and across the globe.


By: Nikki Welch

ISBN: 9781780271446
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2015
UK Publication Date: 21st October 2014
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Pocket Guide to Wine enables wine lovers to find out more about the wines they already like and to make informed choices asthey explore further.


(, Authorised Edition)

By: John Buchan

ISBN: 9781846970290
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2018
UK Publication Date: 12th April 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Written in 1916, The Power House was the first adventure of prosperous Scots lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen and tells of a young lawyer fleeing murderous establishment figures and villains. The Power House is a classic Buchan thriller one of the best. The hero, Leithen, is often considered to be Buchan's altar ego.


(, Reprint)

By: Mandy Hamilton

ISBN: 9781780271040
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2013
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In 1975 the last surviving Clyde Puffer was found derelict in Whitby Harbour. It was lovingly restored and now plies up and down the West Coast of Scotland throughout the summer every year. This is a glorious celebration of the last-surviving Clyde Puffer, delicious cooking and the scenery of the West Coast of Scotland.


(Paperback)

By: Karine Polwart

ISBN: 9781780276649
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2022
UK Publication Date: 14th October 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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An exquisite retelling of a well-known traditional tale by one of Scotland's most well-known songwriters and storytellers and illustrated by an artist renowned for her paintings of animals both real and mythical.


(Paperback)

By: Denzil Meyrick

ISBN: 9781846974120
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2018
UK Publication Date: 6th September 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Sixth in a compelling series of crime novels, packed with authentic police procedure, plot twists and gritty humour.

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