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By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780271330
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2013
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


(Paperback)

By: Paul Murton

ISBN: 9781780274676
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A beautifully illustrated journey through the Hebridean islands.


(Hardback)

By: Polly Pullar

ISBN: 9781780277806
Readership/Audience: General
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.


(Paperback)

By: George Mackay Brown

ISBN: 9781904598909
Readership/Audience: General
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.


(Paperback)

By: Lucy Cruickshanks

ISBN: 9781846975776
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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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.


(Paperback)

By: Jim Swire

ISBN: 9781780276489
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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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.


(Hardback)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781846975899
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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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.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Ray Perman

ISBN: 9781780276809
Readership/Audience: General
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.


(Hardback)

By: Ray Perman

ISBN: 9781780276236
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
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.


(Hardback)

By: John Goodlad

ISBN: 9781780277912
Readership/Audience: General
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.


(Paperback)

By: Alistair Moffat

ISBN: 9781780274447
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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New edition of this definitive and accessible guide to Scotland's genetic history.


(Paperback)

By: Sue Lawrence

ISBN: 9781780274843
Readership/Audience: General
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


(Paperback)

By: Stuart McHardy

ISBN: 9781780277226
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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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.


(Hardback)

By: Phillip Hills

ISBN: 9781780276687
Readership/Audience: General
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.


(Paperback)

By: Seumas MacInnes

ISBN: 9781841589084
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2010
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: Liz Ashworth

ISBN: 9781780274690
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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New food bible that features over 40 recipes demonstrating the potato's enormous versatility as a cooking ingredient


(Hardback)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781846975370
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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InTiny TalesAlexander McCall Smith explores romance, ambition, kindness and happiness in thirty short stories that range in length from the short to the minuscule.


(Hardback)

By: Paul Strand

ISBN: 9781780274232
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2017
UK Publication Date: 12th January 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Classic book of black-and-white photographs in the Outer Hebrides.


(Paperback)

By: Jane Cooper

ISBN: 9781846975547
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2021
UK Publication Date: 20th May 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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To Learn the Futureis a charming and thoughtful collection to help and inspire teachers of all ages, withpoems grouped into five themes to provide resilience, compassion and well-being.


(Paperback, New Edition)

By: John Gillies

ISBN: 9781846976124
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Being a doctor is a privilege; it is also very demanding and can be stressful, and to be able to look after others, we need to look after ourselves. We offer you this little book of poetry,Tools of the Trade,as a friend to provide inspiration, comfort and support as you begin work.


(Paperback)

By: Richard Frazer

ISBN: 9781780275680
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The extraordinary story of a journey on one of the most renowned pilgrim routes in the world - the 1,000km 'Camino' to Santiago de Compostela in France and northern Spain.


(Paperback, New in B-Paperback)

By: Alec Crawford

ISBN: 9781780277400
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 3rd June 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the extraordinary true story of one of the most dangerous and audacious salvage operations ever, that of the RMSOceanic.This amazing search for and discovery of the wreck of theTitanics predecessor in the freezing waters off Shetland is a classic adventure story from one of the pioneers of deep-water recovery.


(Hardback)

By: Malachy Tallack

ISBN: 9781846973505
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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From the well-known story of Atlantis to more obscure tales from around the globe, gathered in this book are over twenty islands that have decidedly human origins, whether they are the products of imagination, deception or simply human error. They are phantoms, fakes and legends: an archipelago of ex-isles and forgotten lands.


(Paperback)

By: Scott Burns

ISBN: 9781913759186
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 6th June 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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We Can Boogiegoes behind the scenes of Scotlands revival, exploring the extraordinary story of the man who has led and shaped the team: Steve Clarke. It is a story told through the eyes of those who know him best. Former teammates and coaching colleagues lend their voices alongside an all-star cast of past and present Hampden favourites.

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