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Calendar of Love, A |
ISBN:9781904598732 Category: Short Stories Author: George Mackay Brown
Publication Date: May 2006
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| Synopsis: A Calendar of Love is George Mackay Brown’s first collection of short stories set in Orkney.
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Calum's Road |
ISBN:9781841586779 Category: Local History, History Author: Roger Hutchinson
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This book is a parable: a moving story of stubbornly heroic resistance and of extraordinary personal achievement. It is the story of a statement made from the depths of one man’s heart in the most practical and indisputable of ways against the unnecessary destruction of his homeland.
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Calum's Road |
ISBN:9781841584478 Category: Local History Author: Roger Hutchinson
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: This book is a parable: a moving story of stubbornly heroic resistance and of extraordinary personal achievement. It is the story of a statement made from the depths of one man’s heart in the most practical and indisputable of ways against the unnecessary destruction of his homeland.
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Camanachd! |
ISBN:9781841583266 Category: Scottish History Author: Roger Hutchinson
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: In this revised and updated edition of his much-acclaimed book, Roger Hutchison provides a definitive history of the game of shinty.
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Campbells, The |
ISBN:9780859766623 Category: Scottish History, History Author: Stephen Boardman
Publication Date: Oct 2006
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Synopsis: The Campbell earls of Argyll have traditionally enjoyed a rather unsavoury historical reputation, viewed by their rivals with a mixture of fear, envy and respect. This book reassesses these negative images and the lords who dominated the medieval Clan Campbell.
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Canna |
ISBN:9781841582009 Category: Local History Author: John Lorne Campbell
Publication Date: Aug 2002
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| Synopsis: Martin Martin’s brief and matter of fact account of Canna, one of the most beautiful of all Hebridean islands, details the many major historical trends of the Hebrides that have touched it, from St Columba , who preached there in the sixth century, to the second half of the twentieth century.
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Cannae Sutra, The |
ISBN:9781841584843 Category: Humour Author: Rupert Besley
Publication Date: Nov 2006
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| Synopsis: All is revealed (well, not quite all – this is Scotland) in The Cannae Sutra, a ground-breaking exposé of the nation’s best-kept secrets.
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Canonmills and Inverleith |
ISBN:9780859764001 Category: Local History, History Author: Joyce M Wallace
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: Joyce M Wallace lovingly retells the history and heritage of these areas combined with lively anecdotes about the characters who populated them.
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Canticle of Love, A |
ISBN:9780859766593 Category: History of Religion, Scottish History Author: John Watts
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: This book traces the story of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, from the slums of Victorian Glasgow to the shanty towns of present-day Africa and among the ‘new poor’ at home. It is a colourful story, but it is more. In many ways it is an exemplar of the fortunes of all religious Congregations, and a microcosm of the Catholic Church itself, over the past century-and-a-half.
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Capital Caricatures |
ISBN:9781841586588 Category: Scottish History Author: (Editor) Sheila Szatkowski
Publication Date: Dec 2007
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Synopsis: This book represents a selection of the very best of John Kay’s famous caricatures of Edinburgh characters. His works illustrate a fascinating epoch in the history of the Scottish capital. The etchings and accompanying text bring alive the Edinburgh of the period, from the famous to the fashionable, and provides a lively introduction to the creativity of John Kay.
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Capital of the Mind |
ISBN:9781841586397 Category: Scottish History Author: James Buchan
Publication Date: Aug 2007
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| Synopsis: James Buchan beautifully reconstructs the intimate geographic scale and boundless intellectual milieu of Enlightenment Edinburgh, home to some of the finest minds and breathtaking innovations in architecture, politics, science, the arts, and economies.
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Caran An-t-Saoghail / The Wiles of the World |
ISBN:9781874744672 Category: Poetry, History, Gaelic, Anthologies Author: (Editor) Donald Meek
Publication Date: Mar 2003
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| Synopsis: The first general anthology of Gaelic verse and song of the nineteenth century to be published since 1879. Including translations, together with notes on sources and themes and an extended introduction.
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Cardinal of Scotland |
ISBN:9780859765220 Category: History of Religion, History, Autobiography/Biography Author: Margaret Sanderson
Publication Date: Mar 2001
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| Synopsis: The murder of David Beaton lies like a great shadow over the Scottish Reformation and this is the first modern account of this great prince of the church.
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Castles of Scotland, The |
ISBN:9781841584492 Category: Scottish History Author: Martin Coventry
Publication Date: Sep 2006
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| Synopsis: The Castles of Scotland is the most complete and comprehensive guide available to the nation’s wealth of castles. This new edition is the culmination of ten years’ research, and covers more than 2700 castles as well as mansions and historic houses.
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Catherine Carswell |
ISBN:9780859766852 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Jan Pilditch
Publication Date: Mar 2007
Format: PB
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Synopsis: Catherine Carswell, the Scottish novelist, biographer, and critic is recognised as a substantial figure in the Scottish literary Renaissance.
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Celebrations |
ISBN:9781841586069 Category: Food And Drink Author: Claire Macdonald of Macdonald
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Celebrations is a recipe book containing supremely practical and exquisite dishes, aimed at those of us who love to entertain but have to cope with busy lives as well.
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Celtic |
ISBN:9781841831244 Category: Sport Author: Dean Hayes
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: Celtic: 100 Heroes of the Modern Game is a fascinating compendium of facts and a superb tribute to the men who have brought skills, thrills and glory to Celtic Football Club in the modern era.
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Celtic Place-names of Scotland, The |
ISBN:9781841583235 Category: Scottish History Author: W. J. Watson
Publication Date: Jan 2004
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| Synopsis: First published in 1926, this remains the best and most comprehensive reference guide to the Celtic place-names of Scotland.
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Celtic Travellers |
ISBN:9780114958299 Category: Scottish History Author: Donald Smith
Publication Date: Aug 2007
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Celtic Warfare 1595-1763 |
ISBN:9781904607021 Category: Military History, Military and Adventure Author: James Michael Hill
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: This book provides a comprehensive study of the military tactics and weapons of the Celtic peoples.
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Centre of Excellence |
ISBN:9781841584218 Category: Sport Author: David Barnes
Publication Date: Jun 2006
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: Now as revered for his repartee and after dinner speaking as he was for his incisive breaks on the park, Jim Renwick’s actions – both on and off the field – have made him one of the best known and popular figures in the rugby world. This intimate and revealing biography is sure to be one of the most entertaining sports biographies of recent years.
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Challenge to Westminster, The |
ISBN:9781862321526 Category: Politics And Economics Author: (Editors) H.T Dickinson and Michael Lynch
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: Westminster has taken a great constitutional leap in the dark, with the creation of a Scottish parliament and legislative assemblies in Wales and Northern Ireland. This collection of essays provides the historical context for the constitutional challenges facing the United Kingdom.
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Chancer, A |
ISBN:9781846970405 Category: Literature Author: James Kelman
Publication Date: Aug 2007
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| Synopsis: Polygon relaunches James Kelman’s backlist with four classic titles – Not Not While The Giro, The Busconductor Hines, A Chancer and his very first short story collection, An Old Pub Near The Angel in 2007. Each book features a new afterword in which the mature author reflects on his work and its development.
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Charles I and the Making of the Covenanting Movement 1625-1641 |
ISBN:9781904607038 Category: History of Religion, History Author: Allan I. MacInnes
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
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Price: £25.00
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| Synopsis: This important book offers a reinterpretation of the origins of the Covenanting movement and the relationship between the crown and Scotland from 1625 onwards, placing greater emphasis on the rise of nationalist feeling in Scotland.
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Charlie Knows the Words |
ISBN:9780748663200 Category: Literature Author: Roz Paterson
Publication Date: Jan 2002
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| Synopsis: Karen MacKenzie’s tiny ambitions are knocked off-course when she finds herself in the arms of Charlie McGuigan, a man 26 years her senior who hasn’t had a date in a decade and who initiates her in the ways of hard drinking, heavy smoking and surreal hangovers.
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Children of the Black House |
ISBN:9781841582689 Category: Crofting Author: Calum Ferguson
Publication Date: Jan 2003
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| Synopsis: 2006 RATCLIFF PRIZE - HIGHLY COMMENDED Children of the Black House is a fascinating glimpse into life on the Hebridean island of Lewis from the closing years of the nineteenth century up to the 1970s in which Calum Ferguson draws on his mother Mairead's reminiscences, presenting her experiences and conversation in the first person.
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Children of the Dead End |
ISBN:9781841580005 Category: Literature Author: Patrick MacGill
Publication Date: May 2005
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| Synopsis: Although written as fiction, Children of the Dead End is Patrick MacGill's autobiography.
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Children of the Tempest |
ISBN:9781899863990 Category: Folklore, Literature Author: Neil Munro
Publication Date: Jan 2004
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| Synopsis: A tale of greed and love, smugglers and kidnapping set in the wild Outer Hebrides.
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Christian Watt Papers, The |
ISBN:9781841583082 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Christian Watt
Publication Date: Jan 2004
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| Synopsis: At the age of forty-seven Christian Watt began to write down recollections of her life; she continued until her death at the age of ninety in 1923. Her writings offer a vivid insight not only into the life of the north-east of Scotland during the middle and later part of the nineteenth century, and into the twentieth, but also on events of national and international interest. Previously privately published, this book has not been widely available for many years.
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Church of the Covenant 1637-1651, The |
ISBN:9781904607311 Category: History of Religion, History Author: Walter Makey
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: Who were the ministers and elders who ruled the Church of Scotland? What was the nature of the Scottish Revolution? This book, which draws on many new sources, attempts to answer these questions.
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Circle of Light |
ISBN:9780859765442 Category: History of Religion Author: Alison Gray
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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| Synopsis: Alison Gray in this book reconstructs the story of Catholic Orkney from records which the destruction and distortion of the Reformation have rendered both fragmentary and often misleading.
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Clan MacFarlane |
ISBN:9781899863570 Category: Scottish History Author: Angus FacFarlane
Publication Date: Jan 2001
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| Synopsis: Fact and legend are combined in this study of the clan MacFarlane, its enemies, loyalties and struggles.
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Clan O'Byrne of Leinster AD 400-1700 |
ISBN:9781899863839 Category: Scottish History Author: Paul J. Burns
Publication Date: Jan 2001
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| Synopsis: A historical account of the fifth largest family distilled from all available sources.
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Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher |
ISBN:9781841585956 Category: Autobiography/Biography Author: Roderick Grant
Publication Date: Apr 2007
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| Synopsis: Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher is both hilarious and deeply moving in its splendid account of the writer’s childhood on a remote country estate in Morayshire in the 1940s and 1950s; laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes.
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Clearance and Improvement |
ISBN:9780859766951 Category: Scottish History, History Author: T. M. Devine
Publication Date: Dec 2006
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| Synopsis: Based on thirty years of research by Professor Tom Devine, this book is a collection of essays covering the great transformation of rural Scotland which broadly occurred between the 1760s and the middle decades of the nineteenth century.
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Clergy and the Clearances, The |
ISBN:9780859766265 Category: History of Religion, History Author: David Paton
Publication Date: Sep 2006
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Synopsis: A fresh perspective and original research regarding this pivotal time in Scottish history.
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Clyde Built |
ISBN:9781841584249 Category: Maritime Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: May 2006
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: A fascinating book with a very full account of Scotland’s part in the American Civil War of 1861-61.
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Clyde Built |
ISBN:9781841585840 Category: Maritime Author: Eric Graham
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: This highly engaging book provides an original perspective on the examination of the American civil war and how the Scots and Scottish shipbuilding was crucial to the battle of nations.
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Clyde Puffer, The |
ISBN:9781899863129 Category: Local History, Maritime Author: Dan McDonald
Publication Date: Jan 1996
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| Synopsis: Dan McDonald was one of few landsmen to sail with the puffermen, and here are his memories illustrated with a collection of photographs.
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Clyde at War, The |
ISBN:9781841581873 Category: Maritime Author: Brian D Osborne, Ronald Armstrong
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: This book is a magnificent picture of a nation at war and the mighty river which was its lifeline.
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Clyde at War, The |
ISBN:9781843410188 Category: Maritime Author: Brian D Osborne, Ronald Armstrong
Publication Date: Nov 2005
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| Synopsis: AVAILABLE OCTOBER 2005
Told primarily through numerous period photographs – including those taken by Luftwaffe reconnaissance missions – and with reference to a wide variety of sources written sources, this bo
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Colintraive and Glendaruel |
ISBN:9781841584003 Category: Local History Author: Bridget Paterson
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: This is the first history of this beautiful part of the Cowal peninsula since Archibald Brown’s acclaimed book of 1908, and presents the story of Colintraive and Glendaruel from the end of the last Ice Age to the present day.
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Coll and Tiree |
ISBN:9781841580890 Category: Local History Author: Erskine Beveridge
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: First published in 1903, this is the classic account of the history and archaeology of Coll and Tiree and the neighbouring Treshnish Isles.
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Colonsay |
ISBN:9781899863365 Category: Natural History, Ornithology, Botany, Local History Author: Murdoch McNeill
Publication Date: Jan 2001
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: A facsimile re-print of the 1910 edition describing climate, geological formation, plants – their uses and their local and Gaelic names. Also legends, ruins and place-names.
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Colour of Black and White, The |
ISBN:9780954407520 Category: Poetry Author: Liz Lochhead
Publication Date: Jan 2005
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The Colour of Black and White is Liz Lochhead’s first collection of poems for more than a dozen years, and, for her, the most important since the award-winning Dreaming Frankenstein and Collected Poems in 1984.
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Coloured Lights |
ISBN:9781904598534 Category: Short Stories Author: Leila Aboulela
Publication Date: May 2005
Format: PB
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Synopsis: Coloured Lights is the first collection of short stories from award-winning writer Leila Aboulela, author of the award-winning The Translator (1999).
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Columba And All That |
ISBN:9781841585710 Category: Children's Non-Fiction, Children's Author: Allan Burnett
Publication Date: Sep 2007
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| Synopsis: Witness magic and miracles as Columba confronts the Loch Ness Monster and mysterious painted warriors. Blood-spattered Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining.
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Complete Patter, The |
ISBN:9781841581286 Category: Humour Author: Michael Munro
Publication Date: Sep 2007
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Michael Munro has won the eternal gratitude of Glaswegians for his efforts in popularising their city’s dialect, universally known as ’the patter’.
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Condottiere |
ISBN:9781904598718 Category: Literature Author: Edward John Crockett
Publication Date: Jan 2006
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| Synopsis: A classically told adventure that brings fourteenth-century Italy vividly to life, this will appeal to fans of Bernard Cornwell and Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose.
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Conserving Nature |
ISBN:9781904607472 Category: Conservation, History, Natural Author: (Editors) Ian Boyd and Roger Crofts
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
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Stock Status: reprinting
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| Synopsis: This book commemorates the late John Morton Boyd (1925–1998), one of the most influential figures in nature conservation of Scotland.
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Consider an Island / Eilean Sgitheanach |
ISBN:9781904598121 Category: Short Stories Author: Rhona Rauszer
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Rhona Rauszer has had a long and varied life, but she has always been drawn back to her ancestral homeland, Skye, the setting of these stories.
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Constitutions and National Identity |
ISBN:9781859330036 Category: Scottish History Author: T J Barron et al.
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: PB
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Cornkister Days, The |
ISBN:9781841587103 Category: Music, Scottish Culture, Cultural Studies Author: David Kerr Cameron
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £8.99
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| Synopsis: David Kerr Cameron describes the rural upheavals and developments of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries towards the landscape we recognise today. The third in Cameron's trilogy of rural life. With an introduction by Jack Webster.
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Country Houses of Scotland |
ISBN:9781899863006 Category: Scottish History, Architecture Author: J.R.A Connachan-Holmes
Publication Date: Jan 1995
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| Synopsis: One hundred of the very best country houses from the whole of Scotland.
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Country Life in Scotland |
ISBN:9781841586991 Category: Scottish Culture, Cultural Studies Author: Alexander Fenton
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
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Price: £9.99
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| Synopsis: Alexander Fenton is acknowledged as Scotland’s leading expert on rural life and offers his readers an improved version of the classic Scottish Country Life.
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Cousins at War |
ISBN:9781841584164 Category: Literature Author: Doris Davidson
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: The sequel to her best-selling novel Brow of the Gallowgate, follows the next generation of the Ogilvie family through the Second World War. Under a calm surface, passion and resentment are stirring.
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Cowal |
ISBN:9781874744085 Category: Local History Author: Elizabeth Rennie
Publication Date: Jan 1993
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| Synopsis: This book tells the story of Cowal through its monuments and sites. From the first settlers to the present day, Cowal has been fought over, visited, and lived in, leaving a legacy everywhere in the landscape.
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Crack, The |
ISBN:9781841582498 Category: Humour Author: Michael Munro
Publication Date: Sep 2007
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| Synopsis: In this new and expanded edition of his best-selling book, Michael Munro has produced a hilarious compendium of the wit and wisdom of Glasgow.
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Cradle of the Scots |
ISBN:9781841580418 Category: Anthologies Author: (Editors) Brian D. Osborne and Ronald Armstrong and Ronald Renton
Publication Date: Jan 2000
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| Synopsis: This book is a celebration of the rich literary tradition of Argyll - a land which has produced many of Scotland's finest writers.
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Craiters |
ISBN:9781898410737 Category: Short Stories, Fiction Author: Alexander Fenton
Publication Date: Mar 1995
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: Wry, dry, moving and humorous, these tales capture the flavour of the North-east as never before and are written in the dialect of the area as it has been used over the last six decades.
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Crisis of the Democratic Intellect, The |
ISBN:9780948275180 Category: Scottish History Author: George Davie
Publication Date: Jan 1986
Format: HB
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| Synopsis: A sequel to George Davie's seminal study, The Democratic Intellect.
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Crofter and the Laird, The |
ISBN:9781899863242 Category: Autobiography/Biography, Local History Author: John McPhee
Publication Date: Jan 1998
Format: PB
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| Synopsis: John McPhee lived in Colonsay 1969 and recorded his experiences in this blend of anthropology and art, capturing the tensions which both support and threaten a small community.
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Crofts and Crofting |
ISBN:9781841830711 Category: Crofting Author: Katharine Stewart
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Format: PB
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Price: £8.99
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Synopsis: Katherine Stewart updates the crofting story for the twenty-first century. This book is a concise guide to the history, working methods and future outlook for this unique way of life.
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Cromwell Against the Scots |
ISBN:9781862320642 Category: Scottish History, History Author: John Grainger
Publication Date: Mar 1997
Format: PB
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Price: £14.99
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| Synopsis: This book examines the causes of the war and charts Cromwell’s campaign in Scotland from the landing of Charles II in northern Scotland to the fall of Dunottar Castle two years later.
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Cromwell and Scotland |
ISBN:9781904607779 Category: Scottish History, History Author: R. Scott Spurlock
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Format: PB
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Price: £25.00
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| Synopsis: This study seeks to restore the causal role of religion to its proper place in the story of Oliver Cromwell’s invasion and subsequent occupation of Scotland.
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Cromwellian Scotland |
ISBN:9780859765107 Category: British History, History, Politics And Economics Author: Frances Dow
Publication Date: Mar 1979
Format: PB
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Price: £15.99
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| Synopsis: This book examines the turbulent relationship between England and Scotland between 1637 and 1660.
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Cross of St Andrew, The |
ISBN:9781841585185 Category: History of Religion Author: Ursula Hall
Publication Date: Dec 2006
Format: PB
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Price: £10.99
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| Synopsis: First modern biography of Scotland’s patron saint and the history of his most distinctive symbol with beautiful illustrations and photographs throughout.
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Cup of Kindness, A |
ISBN:9781862322929 Category: Scottish History, History Author: Justine Taylor
Publication Date: Mar 2003
Format: HB
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Price: £20.00
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| Synopsis: This book provides the first comprehensive history of the Royal Scottish Corporation, covering four centuries of Scottish aid in the English capital from 1603-2003.
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Cupar |
ISBN:9781841584102 Category: Local History Author: Paula Martin
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Format: PB
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Price: £16.99
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| Synopsis: This informative, meticulously researched book is a fascinating companion to Cupar. Comparisons with other towns help to provide a rounded picture of this burgh, one of many historic small Scottish towns.
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Curewife, The |
ISBN:9780954407544 Category: Literature Author: Claire-Marie Watson
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Format: PB
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Price: £8.99
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| Synopsis: The Curewife is the winner of the Dundee Book Prize 2002 and is the story of Grissel Jaffray, the last woman to be burnt as a witch in Dundee.
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