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By: N.E. Solomons
ISBN: 9781846976148
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Publication Date: Dec 2022
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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On a mountain road in the Balkans, former Olympic cyclist Heather Bishop and her journalist boyfriend Ryan race each other for fun. But when Ryan rounds a bend in the road, Heather cycles after him only to find that he has disappeared. A suspenseful crime novel that will appeal to fans of Nordic crime and smart, atmospheric thrillers.
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By: Liz Ashworth
ISBN: 9781780274850
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Publication Date: Sep 2017
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The only book to feature bere - one of Scotland's most ancient and nutritious grains
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By: Alistair Moffat
ISBN: 9781780275543
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Publication Date: Jul 2018
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A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
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By: A.D. Cameron
ISBN: 9781841584034
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Publication Date: Nov 2005
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"The Caledonian Canal" records the history of one of Scotland's most massive engineering projects, from Thomas Telford's first survey in 1801 into the twenty-first century.
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By: Edwin Morgan
ISBN: 9781846975424
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Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Introduced by Jackie Kay, this selection of poems include the famous Strawberries and One Cigarette and four from Morgan's autobiographical sequence, Love and a Life - love in all its aspects.
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By: Edwin Morgan
ISBN: 9781846975431
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Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2020
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By: Edwin Morgan
ISBN: 9781846975462
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Publication Date: Apr 2020
UK Publication Date: 2nd April 2020
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By: James Miller
ISBN: 9781780275734
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Publication Date: Sep 2019
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James Miller tells the dramatic and sometimes surprisingly humorous story of travel and transport in the Highlands. This thought-provoking book will appeal to all who like stories of travel and transport, and are interested in how changing modes of transport have affected the ways of life in the Highlands.
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By: Ian Williams
ISBN: 9781780277813
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Publication Date: Dec 2022
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In this thought-provoking and alarming book, veteran China specialist and foreign correspondent Ian Williams examines how Chinas aggressive foreign policy is arguably the biggest threat to our security and is a problem that not just the West but the rest of the world ignores at its peril.
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By: George Mackay Brown
ISBN: 9781846975080
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Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 27th June 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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These two long stories are set, like most of George Mackay Brown's work, in Orkney and in a period, the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when the pattern of island life, little changed since Viking times, was beginning to be threatened.
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By: Alistair Moffat
ISBN: 9781780271330
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Publication Date: Sep 2013
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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
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By: Paul Murton
ISBN: 9781780274676
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Publication Date: Aug 2017
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A beautifully illustrated journey through the Hebridean islands.
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By: Polly Pullar
ISBN: 9781780277806
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Publication Date: Oct 2022
UK Publication Date: 21st July 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The Horizontal Oak is an intensely moving and uplifting autobiography from acclaimed author an naturalist Polly Pullar.She reflects on how the love of nature has shaped her life, given her the strength to forgive and understand her parents, and help her find an equilibrium.
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By: George Mackay Brown
ISBN: 9781904598909
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Publication Date: Jul 2006
Publisher: Birlinn General
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George Mackay Brown's posthumously published collection of short stories, released in1998, two years after the author's death. Like his previous collections, A Time to Keep and A Calendar of Love, this volume explores Brown's concerns with history, spirituality, legend and storytelling.
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By: Lucy Cruickshanks
ISBN: 9781846975776
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Publication Date: Apr 2022
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In a dystopian Britain of the near future, two survivors of a genocide, Thea and Dom, are on a journey to uncover the truth behind an illegal adoption ring and to find a missing baby. Their search for the truth puts both of their lives in danger and uncovers that new Free and Equal Britain is not just a memory.
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By: Jim Swire
ISBN: 9781780276489
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Publication Date: May 2021
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The Lockerbie Bombing is co-written by Dr Jim Swire, whose daughter Flora died when Pan Am Flight 103 was bombed. This is his searing story, which has taken over three decades and across several continents to find the truth behind the atrocity.
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By: Alexander McCall Smith
ISBN: 9781846975899
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Publication Date: Aug 2021
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A brand new stand-alone novel from Alexander McCall Smith, The Pavilion in the Cloudsis a beautifully evocative story, set mostly in 1930s Ceylon (now known as Sri Lanka). This atmospheric novel, set in the pre- and post-war years in both Ceylon and Scotland poses the question of what it is to be home.
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By: Ray Perman
ISBN: 9781780276809
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Publication Date: Nov 2022
UK Publication Date: 4th August 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the colourful story of how Edinburgh rose to be one of the top 10 financial centres in Europe and how the crisis of 2008 decimated its banking, insurance and investment institutions. Written by award-winning journalist Ray Perman who has reported on the Edinburgh financial industry for 40 years.
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By: Ray Perman
ISBN: 9781780276236
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Publication Date: Oct 2019
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This is the colourful story of how Edinburgh rose to be one of the top 10 financial centres in Europe and how the crisis of 2008 decimated its banking, insurance and investment institutions. Written by award-winning journalist Ray Perman who has reported on the Edinburgh financial industry for 40 years.
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By: John Goodlad
ISBN: 9781780277912
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Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st September 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This book tells the extraordinary story of Shetlands most enduring export. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic and the remote ice filled fjords of west Greenland to the Basque country, from the fishing grounds of Iceland to the Jewish shtetls of Poland and from the mountains of Faroe to the flat coastline of the Netherlands.
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By: Alistair Moffat
ISBN: 9781780274447
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Publication Date: Mar 2017
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New edition of this definitive and accessible guide to Scotland's genetic history.
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By: Sue Lawrence
ISBN: 9781780274843
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Publication Date: Jun 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Brand new food bible containing traditional as well as more innovative soup recipes. This the ideal gift for cooks of all abilities
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By: Stuart McHardy
ISBN: 9781780277226
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Publication Date: Jun 2021
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All over the world people associate the bagpipes with Scotland. In this informative and entertaining book Stuart McHardy introduces Scotland's national instrument - its history, development and repertoire - and examines the part that the piper himself has played in Highland and Lowland society over the centuries.
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By: Phillip Hills
ISBN: 9781780276687
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Publication Date: Sep 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Told for the first time, this is the extraordinary story of how an obscure Victorian Scottish minister invented the technology which may take us to the stars.Phillip Hills weaves science and history together to tell the story of one of the most exciting scientific developments the world has ever seen.
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