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By: Denzil Meyrick

ISBN: 9781846975202
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2020
UK Publication Date: 4th June 2020
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Voted Culture NL's Book of the Year for 2020


(Hardback)

By: Sarah Rankin

ISBN: 9781780278360
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2024
UK Publication Date: 18th April 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A brand-new new cookery book from Masterchef finalist Sarah Rankin, showcasing the extraordinary versatility of Scottish produce.Kithis a collection of practical, seasonal dishes mixing the traditional and the contemporary which celebrates the extraordinary versatility of Scotlands larder in a hundred recipes.


(Hardback)

By: Val McDermid

ISBN: 9781846976759
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In the fifth book in the critically acclaimed Darkland Tales series from Polygon Val McDermid plunges into medieval Scotland. Overturning Shakespeare's propaganda, the reader will encounter a new Lady Macbeth amidst a web of vicious intrigue.


(Paperback)

By: F.J. Watson

ISBN: 9781846976742
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Lies of the Fleshis a thrilling historical mystery that explores what happens when identities whether relating to gender, social position, or nationality are challenged within the crucible of war, showingthe conflict between Scotland and England at its brutal and bloody worst.


(Paperback)

By: Rab MacWilliam

ISBN: 9781909715745
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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An in-depth and eye-opening examination of one of football's most prestigious leagues, La Liga.


(Paperback)

By: Hamish Coghill

ISBN: 9781841587479
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2012
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Sets out to trace many of the lost buildings of Scotland's capital city and find out why they were doomed. This illustrated book offers an insight into an ever-changing cityscape.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Stephen Proctor

ISBN: 9781909715943
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Exhaustively researched and beautifully illustrated,Monarch of the Greenis a stirring and evocative history of the life of Young Tom Morris, and demonstrates how, in one dazzling decade, this young superstar dominated the sport like few others have ever done.


(Hardback)

By: Catherine Moorehead

ISBN: 9781780278315
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 5th October 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A legend among mountaineers, Doug Scott's expeditions, undertaken over a period of four decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalayas to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous 'epic' on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb.


(Paperback)

By: Eilidh Muldoon

ISBN: 9781780278643
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Young children will love these colouring books featuring simple illustrations of a variety of Scottish animals, with contents featuring:

Puffin * Ducks * Garden birds * Hedgehog * Hare * Owls * Capercaillie * Wildcat *Geese * Eagle * Scottie Dog * Pine marten * Squirrel * Badgers

And much more!


(Hardback)

By: Jen Stout

ISBN: 9781846976476
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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When Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, Jen Stout left Moscow abruptly, ending up on a border post in southeast Romania, where she began to cover the human cost of Russian aggression. Night Train to Odesabegins in Russia and continues to focus on people in Ukraine. It is the account of a young female reporter with no backup or security.


(Paperback)

By: Denzil Meyrick

ISBN: 9781846976377
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
UK Publication Date: 1st June 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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After a party of Oxford students arrives in town for a camping trip, one of the group seeks out an illegal high and is violently assaulted. These students are well connected, and bring further unexpected problems for Jim Daley. Ultimately, he and Scott will discover crimes as disturbing in nature as anything they have ever confronted.


(Paperback, Fully Revised and Updated Edition)

By: Brigid Benson

ISBN: 9781780278803
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2024
UK Publication Date: 2nd May 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the essential guide to the north of Scotland. This book is full of practical information to get the most out of your trip through some of the countrys most spectacular scenery, together withstunning colour photographs and detailed maps. This is both the perfect planning tool and travelling companion.


(Hardback)

By: Edward J. Cowan

ISBN: 9781780277875
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2024
UK Publication Date: 7th September 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The search for a Northwest Passage, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was one of the great maritime challenges, and it was not until the 1850s that the first one-way partial transit of the passage was made. This book charts the remarkable contribution to Arctic exploration made by the Scots whose role has often been overlooked.


(Paperback)

By: Talya Baldwin

ISBN: 9781780278889
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This beautifully illustrated picture book tells the story of St Kilda and its wildlife and the people that once lived there. The perfect book for enquiring minds, it is imaginative, engaging and cleverly conceived, and will delight young readers and keep grown-ups equally intrigued.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Alan Warner

ISBN: 9781846976612
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2024
UK Publication Date: 7th March 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of companions through the mountainous landscapes of the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Award-winning author Alan Warner traces the last journey through Scotland of Bonnie Prince Charlie, a man who history will come to define for his failure.


(Hardback)

By: Alan Warner

ISBN: 9781846975691
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th April 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In the aftermath of the disastrous Battle of Culloden, a lonely figure takes flight with a small band of companions through the mountainous landscapes of the north-west Highlands of Scotland. Award-winning author Alan Warner traces the last journey through Scotland of Bonnie Prince Charlie, a man who history will come to define for his failure.


(Paperback)

By: Steven Veerapen

ISBN: 9781846976131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2022
UK Publication Date: 5th May 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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At the court of Henry VIII a historian charged with proving the kings descent from King Arthur is found murdered, his body posed in a gruesome tableau.A reluctant Anthony Blanke is charged with investigating the crime, and his mission takes him through ancient monastic libraries and the back streets of London.


(Paperback)

By: Steven Veerapen

ISBN: 9781846976292
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Spring, 1523. The Kings chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars, but all is not well in Wolseys household. A visiting critic of the Cardinal is found brutally slain whilst awaiting an audience at Richmond Palace. Anthony Blanke, trumpeter and groom, is once again called upon to unmask a murderer.


(Paperback)

By: Alan McKirdy

ISBN: 9781780276076
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2019
UK Publication Date: 11th July 2019
Publisher: Birlinn General
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(Paperback)

By: Caroline Wickham-Jones

ISBN: 9781780272641
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2015
UK Publication Date: 12th March 2015
Publisher: Birlinn General
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In this updated edition of her best-selling book, Caroline Wickham-Jones, who has worked extensively on Orcadian sites for many years, introduces the history of the islands and provides a detailed survey of the principal places and sites of historic interest.


(Paperback)

By: Benedict Blathwayt

ISBN: 9781780278865
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Join Pebble the Pony on his adventure into town, where he makes friends with Miss Moss, who comes to the aid of the tired pony. Before long Pebble is a welcome visitor to Miss Mosss farm, and happily helps her when she is unable to go to town herself to go shopping.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN: 9781846975783
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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InPianos and Flowerswe are invited, through the medium of sepia images, to glimpse a world long departed. In these stories, inspired by long-lost photographs, the lives of the people in the frame are imagined and then explored, layer by layer.There are big stories in these simple pictures.


(Paperback)

By: Kirsty Wilson

ISBN: 9781780278049
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2023
UK Publication Date: 20th April 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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By reimagining how we design and use our gardens, we can all do our bit to support local wildlife, improve our health and help tackle the climate crisis. This book focuses on the activities and planting suitable for a Scottish climate but also contains lots of useful information relevant for gardeners throughout the UK.


(Paperback, New Edition)

By: Alastair McIntosh

ISBN: 9781780278131
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd February 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The islands of the Outer Hebrides are home to some of the most remote and spectacular scenery in the world hosting an astonishing range of mysterious structures. Over a twelve-day pilgrimage, often in appalling conditions, Alastair McIntosh returns to the islands of his childhood and explores the meaning of these places.

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