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(Paperback)

By: Ian Buxton

ISBN: 9781780277530
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This new book from bestselling drinks writer Ian Buxton builds on the tremendous success of101 Gins to Try Before you Die. It includes background details on distilleries and craft artisans, tasting notes and tips on the must-try latest gins as well as the eternal classics and longstanding favourites.


(Paperback, New in B-Paperback)

By: Carrie Dunn

ISBN: 9781913759094
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This book tells the story of womens football in England since its 19th-century inception through pen portraits of its trailblazers. Find out about the women who broke barriers and set records the legends of the game who built the foundations of the stage upon which todays stars flourish.


(Hardback)

By: Ian Buxton

ISBN: 9781780275444
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2018
UK Publication Date: 7th June 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Ian Buxton, the UKs No.1 bestselling author on spirits, takes us on a tour of the different colours, flavours, creation methods and characteristics, and makes his pick of the best rums in the world. Whether you like your rum in cocktails, or prefer to sip it neat, this is the only book on rum you will ever need.


(Hardback, Centenary Edition)

By: Muriel Spark

ISBN: 9781846974427
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2017
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A Far Cry from Kensington, Muriel Sparks eighteenth novel, was first published in 1988.


(Hardback)

By: Liz Lochhead

ISBN: 9781846976513
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2024
UK Publication Date: 19th October 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is the first collected poems of Scotlands second makar, after Edwin Morgan, with new poems. Lochheads work is refreshing, with a feminist agenda often plain to see, it is a particularly good introduction for those who shy away from poetry.


(Paperback)

By: Mike Tomkies

ISBN: 9781780277035
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st April 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, he found a place which was to provide him with the most profound wilderness experience of his life.


(Paperback)

By: Douglas Skelton

ISBN: 9781846975639
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2021
UK Publication Date: 5th August 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Book three in the Rebecca Connolly Thrillers - set against the stunning backdrop of the Scottish Highlands,A Rattle of Bonesis a tale of injustice and mystery, and the echo of the past in the present.


(Paperback)

By: Polly Pullar

ISBN: 9781780277042
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2021
UK Publication Date: 1st July 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild. In this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed.


(Paperback, New in Paperback)

By: Robert J. Harris

ISBN: 9781846975967
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: May 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd February 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Sherlock Holmes returns in a brand new adventure, pittingthe worlds greatest detective against a new incarnation of its most notorious killer. Thistribute is inspired by the classic Universal Pictures Sherlock Holmes film series starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce, which updated Holmes and Watson to wartime London.


(Paperback)

By: Jenni Fagan

ISBN: 9781846976766
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2025
UK Publication Date: 5th September 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Visceral, haunting and full of passion, verve and wit, this new collection from one of Scotlands most original voices examines and explores the soul of humanity. A Swans Neck on a Butchers Block is an achingly honest, vivid collection that dares to challenge ideas of what it is to live and to be alive.


(Paperback)

By: Andrew Jeffrey

ISBN: 9781780277882
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2023
UK Publication Date: 6th October 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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When Mary Curran became suspicious of hairdresser Jessie Jordans frequent trips to Nazi Germany in 1937, she could not have known that she would become one of the worlds most successful amateur spycatchers. This is her untold true story, the story of how a Nazi spys letter, intercepted in Scotland, broke spy rings across Europe and America.


(Paperback)

By: Russell Findlay

ISBN: 9781780274997
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Feb 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A fascinating and unique perspective on the Scottish crime scene by an acclaimed investigative journalist


(Paperback)

By: Gavin McCrone

ISBN: 9781780277622
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A balanced and objective assessment of the financial consequences of Scottish independence from Gavin McCrone, one of the UKs top economists with decades of involvement in the devolution and independence debates.


(Paperback, Reissue)

By: Mairi Hedderwick

ISBN: 9781780279152
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 22nd August 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, in this book Mairi Hedderwick portrays the Western Isles in all their diversity, with swift and perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humour and affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides.


(Paperback)

By: Debi Gliori

ISBN: 9781780279046
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Oct 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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A beautifully illustrated alphabet book for children aged 5-7 from award-wining childrens author and illustrator Debi Gliori.


(Paperback)

By: Iona Lee

ISBN: 9781846976322
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Dec 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd August 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Iona Lees debut collection charts the journey of the writer, artist and performer into adulthood. Written in a unique voice, Iona playfully toys with thematic devices in this entertaining exploration of art and artifice, absence and impermanence, truth and tale telling.


(Paperback)

By: Fiaz Rafiq

ISBN: 9781909715974
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2021
UK Publication Date: 6th May 2021
Publisher: Birlinn General
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From humble beginnings in a small village in Austria, Arnold Schwarzenegger has come to symbolise the opportunities that exist for anyone willing to work hard. Fiaz Rafiq uses in-depth interviews with Schwarzenegger's peers to tell the life story of the one-time Governator, featuring exclusive interviews.


(Paperback, New edition)

By: Benedict Blathwayt

ISBN: 9781780273655
Readership/Audience: Children
Publication Date: Aug 2016
UK Publication Date: 23rd May 2016
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Originally published by Walker Books this is a new edition of a perennial children's favourite featuring 3 new spreads.


(Paperback)

By: Norman MacCaig

ISBN: 9781846974496
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2018
UK Publication Date: 5th July 2018
Publisher: Birlinn General
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The first and only collection based on MacCaig's poetry written in or about his beloved Assynt in Sutherland.


(Paperback)

By: Hannah Lavery

ISBN: 9781846976070
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2022
UK Publication Date: 3rd March 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Blood Salt Springis a meditation on where we are exploring ideas of nation, race and belonging. Much of the collection tackles the isolation and traumas of 2020, but it also looks to find some meaning and makes an attempt to heal the pain and vulnerabilities that were picked and cut open again in the recent cultural shifts and political wars.


(Paperback)

By: Mollie Hughes

ISBN: 9781780277448
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jan 2023
UK Publication Date: 15th September 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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This is a unique guide to the best locations in Scotland for all wild-water sports, including paddleboarding, kayaking, wild swimming and surfing,beautifully illustrated with stunning photography and maps throughout.


(Hardback)

By: Ian Stephen

ISBN: 9781780277905
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jul 2023
UK Publication Date: 2nd March 2023
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Boatlinesis an alternative tour round the coasts of Scotland, moving from boat to boat through past and present. This fascinating journey through Scotland's vessels should appeal both to those who do put to sea and those with a more general interest in the maritime world and its traditions.


(Hardback)

By: Aidan Smith

ISBN: 9781909715561
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 2023
UK Publication Date: 3rd November 2022
Publisher: Birlinn General
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InBring Me the Sports Jacket of Arthur Montford, Aidan Smith mines Scottish football history for quirk, strangeness and charm, on a journey that takes him from Albania to Albion Rovers, great players are celebrated and so are great characters.


(Paperback)

By: Russell Jones

ISBN: 9781846976544
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2024
UK Publication Date: 4th July 2024
Publisher: Birlinn General
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Whencurmudgeonly pensioner Dot wins the lottery, her newfound friend Max helps her make a bucket list of all the things shes always wanted to do but never had the chance.Bucket Listis a humorous feel-good, life-affirming novel about the power of friendship, community and lemon drizzle cake.

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