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Hamish Henderson    Hamish Henderson
ISBN:9781904598473
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Timothy Neat
Publication Date: November 2007
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis: The official authorised biography with author access to Hamish Henderson’s archive and previously unpublished
poems and letters.

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Hand, Heart and Soul    Hand, Heart and Soul
ISBN:9781841586106
Category: Art
Author: Elizabeth Cumming
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Hand, Heart and Soul is the first book to provide a national context for the work of Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Robert Lorimer, Phoebe Anna Traquair, and many new names that emerge from the shadows.


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Hand-book of Volapuk, A    Hand-book of Volapuk, A
ISBN:9781904598671
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Andrew Drummond
Publication Date: June 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

A stunning historical novel, as engaging as it is meticulously researched, that will appeal to fans of James Robertson, Magnus Mills and Hilary Mantel.

    
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Handfast    Handfast
ISBN:9781904598244
Category: Poetry, Fiction
Author: Edited by Lizzie MacGregor, (Introduction by) Liz Lochhead
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: HB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

How should we mark great occasions? With great words. Those seeking memorable words for their ceremonies of marriage or commitment, or simply want to take delight in an anthology of love poems, will find in this collection old favourites and brand new poems.


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Handsel    Handsel
ISBN:9781904598510
Category: Poetry, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Lizzie MacGregor
Publication Date: August 2005
Format: HB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

This is a selection of contemporary and classic Scottish poems on this subject, in Scots, English and Gaelic with appropriate translations and glossaries.

    
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Hard Man    Hard Man
ISBN:9781846970047
Category: Crime, Fiction
Author: Allan Guthrie
Publication Date: April 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He’s invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets.

        
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Hard Man    Hard Man
ISBN:9781846970221
Category: Crime, Fiction
Author: Allan Guthrie
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Has Pearce finally found his match? A time-served Edinburgh hard man, Pearce is still recovering from the recent loss of his mother in a stabbing incident in a post office robbery. He’s invited by the dysfunctional Baxter family to protect their pregnant 16-year-old daughter from Wallace, her 26-year-old husband, a man with a penchant for killing family pets.


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Harpoon at a Venture    Harpoon at a Venture
ISBN:9781899863280
Category: Industry, Social History, Natural History
Author: Gavin Maxwell
Publication Date: January 1998
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
This is the story of Maxwell's attempt to establish a shark fishery off the coast of Soay. It contains local Hebridean colour and anecdote.

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Harps' Cry, The / Gair nan Clarsach    Harps' Cry, The / Gair nan Clarsach
ISBN:9781874744139
Category: Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic
Author: (Editors) Colm O Baoill, Meg Bateman
Publication Date: January 1994
Format: PB
Price: £10.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This anthology gives us a last glimpse of the heroic age in Europe through the resonant poetry of the Gaelic tradition. English translations included.

    
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Harris    Harris
ISBN:9781841585239
Category: Local History, History
Author: Bill Lawson
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

A unique insight into Harris life, industry and its people through the ages.


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Hawkfall    Hawkfall
ISBN:9781904598183
Category: Short Stories, Fiction
Author: George Mackay Brown
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

This collection of eleven stories demonstrates the full range of George MacKay Brown’s literary talent.

        
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Head to Head    Head to Head
ISBN:9781841587776
Category: Sport
Author: Jeremy Ellwood and Fergus Bisset
Publication Date: October 2008
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:
Forty head-to-head discussions on golf’s most discussed talking points, from ‘Tiger Woods vs Jack Nicklaus’ to ‘Pull carts vs Carry bags’. It will appeal directly to every British golfer’s argumentative nature.

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Healers, The    Healers, The
ISBN:9781841830513
Category: Medicine
Author: David Hamilton
Publication Date: July 2003
Format: PB
Price: £10.99
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Synopsis: The inspiring but occasionally gruesome story of medicine in Scotland—from folk healers through to doctors like David Livingstone who made Scottish medicine world-famous.


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Healing Threads    Healing Threads
ISBN:9781841582771
Category: Botany, Natural History, Medicine
Author: Mary Beith
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Healing Threads is a unique introduction to the healing properties of nature that has fascinated generation after generation.


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Heart of the Antarctic, The    Heart of the Antarctic, The
ISBN:9781841580814
Category: Exploration, Autobiography/Biography
Author: Ernest Shackleton
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

This is the story of Shackleton's first polar expedition, part of his never-ending quest to reach the South Pole.


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Heartfelt    Heartfelt
ISBN:9781841584225
Category: Sport
Author: Aidan Smith
Publication Date: September 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

A lifelong Hibs fan takes on the challenge that TV’s Faking It and Wifeswap were too scared to even contemplate as he tries to follow his team’s hated rivals Hearts for an entire season.

    
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Heartfelt    Heartfelt
ISBN:9781841585109
Category: Sport
Author: Aidan Smith
Publication Date: October 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A lifelong Hibs fan takes on the challenge that TV’s Faking It and Wifeswap were too scared to even contemplate as he tries to follow his team’s hated rivals Hearts for an entire season.


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Heaven-Taught Fergusson    Heaven-Taught Fergusson
ISBN:9781862322011
Category: Fiction, Poetry
Author: Robert Fergusson
Publication Date: September 2003
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:

Eminent poets and critics combine in unique tribute to a poet of whom even Robert Burns stood in awe.


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Hebridean Birthday Book, The    Hebridean Birthday Book, The
ISBN:9781841584607
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: August 2006
Format: HB
Price: £5.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides, this large-format, hardback book is the perfect way to remember birthdays of friends and family.    


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Hebridean Desk Address Book, The    Hebridean Desk Address Book, The
ISBN:9781841583433
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2005
Format: HB
Price: £11.99
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Synopsis:
This is an address book which is attractively illustrated with acclaimed illustrator Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of seasonal Western Island scenes.

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Hebridean Desk Diary 2008, The    Hebridean Desk Diary 2008, The
ISBN:9781841585468
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2007
Format: HB
Price: £11.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is a hardback desk diary, illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides throughout the seasons. The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s sketches range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands. The 2008 diary contains a large number of new illustrations.


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Hebridean Desk Diary 2009, The    Hebridean Desk Diary 2009, The
ISBN:9781841586625
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
Price: £11.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Even more popular than the Hebridean Pocket Diary, the Desk Diary will surely continue being our best selling stationery item. With new illustrations by Mairi Hedderwick.


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Hebridean Island    Hebridean Island
ISBN:9781841583945
Category: Local History, History
Author: Angus Duncan
Publication Date: September 2005
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis: Hebridean Island reintroduces a way of life now lost to the land of Scarp.
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Hebridean Island Hopping    Hebridean Island Hopping
ISBN:9781841584409
Category: Guides, Travel
Author: Martin Coventry
Publication Date: June 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

The only guide to island hopping in Scotland – brilliantly informative and up to date.


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Hebridean Light    Hebridean Light
ISBN:9781841582719
Category: Photography, Art
Author: Gus Wylie
Publication Date: January 2003
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A magical collection of images that captures the essence of the beautiful and timeless world of the Hebrides.

    
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Hebridean Pocket Address Book, The    Hebridean Pocket Address Book, The
ISBN:9781841586595
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: October 2007
Format: HB
Price: £5.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is the pocket-sized address book which includes Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides over the four seasons. A Birlinn bestseller.         


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Hebridean Pocket Diary 2009, The    Hebridean Pocket Diary 2009, The
ISBN:9781841586632
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
Price: £5.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:
With beautiful, full-colour artwork throughout, it is no wonder this little diary is a popular best-selling favourite time and time again.
            
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Hebridean Traveller, The    Hebridean Traveller, The
ISBN:9781841582948
Category: Travel Writing, Travel
Author: Denis Rixson
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:

For centuries the Highlands and Islands of Scotland have cast their spell over visitors.


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Hebridean Visitors' Book, The    Hebridean Visitors' Book, The
ISBN:9781841584614
Category: Stationery
Author: Mairi Hedderwick
Publication Date: August 2006
Format: HB
Price: £11.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Features beautiful, full-colour paintings by Mairi Hedderwick. New addition to the successful range of Hebridean diaries and address books.

    
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Hebrideans, The    Hebrideans, The
ISBN:9781841583648
Category: Photography, Art
Author: Gus Wylie
Publication Date: October 2005
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis:

Gus Wylie’s association with the Hebrides as photographer goes back thirty years and has been a significant force in the shaping and development of his creative output.

        
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Hell and High Water    Hell and High Water
ISBN:9781841586229
Category: Conservation, Politics And Economics
Author: Alastair McIntosh
Publication Date: July 2008
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:
After Alastair McIntosh’s success with Soil and Soul which sold more than 10,000 copies, Birlinn Limited is pleased to introduce a major new work which critically examines climate change citing Scotland’s ecosystem as a microcosm for wider global effects.

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Hell of a Journey    Hell of a Journey
ISBN:9781841830728
Category: Travel Writing
Author: Mike Cawthorne
Publication Date: December 2004
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: Hiking across the entire Scottish Highlands on foot in one winter, Cawthorne provides a vivid and evocative celebration of Highland scenery and ecology.


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Herring Fishermen of Kintyre and Ayrshire    Herring Fishermen of Kintyre and Ayrshire
ISBN:9781899863907
Category: Industry, Social History
Author: Angus Martin
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £13.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:
This title explores more than 140 years of Scottish fishing history told through the fishermen's own memories and traditions, concentrating on the accounts of the earlier period when crews worked with oar and sail.

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Herself and Janet Reachfar    Herself and Janet Reachfar
ISBN:9781841582092
Category: Children's Fiction, Children's
Author: Jane Duncan
Publication Date: June 2002
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Jane Duncan’s stories of a little girl called Janet and her life on ’Reachfar’ farm are evocatively illustrated by Mairi Hedderwick and have become children’s classics.

    
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Hidden Glasgow    Hidden Glasgow
ISBN:9781841587202
Category: Local History, History
Author: Carol Foreman
Publication Date: July 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
From the golden merchant ship on top of the Merchant’s House, through the abandoned Britannia Panopticon Music Hall on Argyle Street, from the schoolroom in the attic of Trades House to the Lock Hospital for ’dangerous women’, this book takes us through the city of Glasgow.

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Hidden Scotland    Hidden Scotland
ISBN:9781841583488
Category: Local History, History
Author: Ann Lindsay
Publication Date: November 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Hidden Scotland is an indispensable guide to those keen to explore the more alternative histories and destinations on Scotland’s tourist trail.


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Highland Bagpipe and its Music, The    Highland Bagpipe and its Music, The
ISBN:9781841586663
Category: Scottish Culture, Music
Author: Roderick Cannon
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
Price: £10.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

The only comprehensive book of piping in print, Roderick Cannon provides a great wealth of information for those lovers of the pipes.


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Highland Clan MacNeacail (MacNicol), The    Highland Clan MacNeacail (MacNicol), The
ISBN:9781899272020
Category: Scottish History, History
Author: W. David H. Sellar and Alasdair Maclean
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £12.95
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Synopsis:

An entirely new account of the history of one of the oldest Hebridean clans from its origins in a remote Scandinavian past until its dispersal around the globe in modern times.


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Highland Clearances, The    Highland Clearances, The
ISBN:9781841585420
Category: Scottish History, History
Author: Eric Richards
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is the first fully documented study for many years of one of Scotland’s most emotive subjects.

                            
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Highland Folk Ways    Highland Folk Ways
ISBN:9781874744429
Category: Scottish Culture, Folklore
Author: Isabel F. Grant
Publication Date: April 2007
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

Highland Folk Ways vividly describes the many aspects and artefacts of our ancestors’ lives - the clothes, cooking utensils, weapons, food and the implements for fishing, farming and building are all meticulously depicted and placed in historical context.


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Highland Lady in Dublin 1851-1856, The    Highland Lady in Dublin 1851-1856, The
ISBN:9781841584089
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: (Editors) Patricia Pelly and Andrew Tod
Publication Date: September 2005
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is the penultimate volume of Elizabeth Grant's vivid memoirs and diaries.


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Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, The, 1750-1950    Highland Pipe and Scottish Society, The, 1750-1950
ISBN:9781904607762
Category: Scottish Culture, Music
Author: William Donaldson
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
Price: £30.00
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Synopsis:

This is the first history of the musical culture of the worldwide piping community.


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Highlands, The    Highlands, The
ISBN:9780114952938
Category: Guides
Author: Joanna Close-Brooks
Publication Date: August 2007
Format: PB
Price: £10.95
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Hill Walks    Hill Walks
ISBN:9780114958060
Category: Walking And Climbing
Author: Ruaridh Pringle
Publication Date: August 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Hired Lad, The    Hired Lad, The
ISBN:9781841831145
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Ian Campbell Thomson
Publication Date: May 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: Ian Campbell Thomson relives his time as a young farmworker on a Stirlingshire farm after the Second World War. It is a touching coming-of-age tale and a tribute, full of humour, to a disappearing culture.


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Historic South Edinburgh    Historic South Edinburgh
ISBN:9780859765404
Category: Local History, History
Author: Charles J Smith
Publication Date: October 2000
Format: HB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is the story – spanning eight centuries – of the growth of the South Side of Edinburgh, from the Grange to Craiglockhart, from Bruntsfield to Swanston, with a special emphasis on Morningside.

    
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History of the Highland Clearances, The    History of the Highland Clearances, The
ISBN:9780901824967
Category: History, Scottish History
Author: Alexander MacKenzie
Publication Date: August 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: In the 19th century, many of the inhabitants of the highland glens were cleared out, often by force. MacKenzie’s impassioned history brings the distress of the age unforgettably to life.


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History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, The    History of the Western Highlands and Isles of Scotland, The
ISBN:9781904607571
Category: Scottish History, History
Author: Donald Gregory
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A long-awaited re-issue of a continual classic originally published in 1881.


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Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945    Hitler's War Directives 1939-1945
ISBN:9781843410140
Category: Military History
Author: (Editor) Hugh Trevor-Roper
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This book presents all of Hitler's directives, from preparations for the invasion of Poland (31 August 1939) to his last desperate order to his troops on the Eastern Front (15 April 1945), whom he urges to choke the Bolshevik assault 'in a bath of bloo

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Holyrood and Canongate    Holyrood and Canongate
ISBN:9781841584041
Category: Local History, History
Author: Patricia Dennison
Publication Date: October 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

This is the first book to trace the complete history of the Abbey of Holyrood and its burgh of Canongate from prehistoric times to the present day.


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Honest Trade, An    Honest Trade, An
ISBN:9780859766739
Category: Industry, Social History
Author: (Editors) Alistair McCleery, David Finkelstein and Jennie Renton
Publication Date: September 2008
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis:

This book provides a lively account of bookselling and booksellers through the life histories of key and representative figures in the Scottish trade, told in their own words.


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Hope That Kills Us, The    Hope That Kills Us, The
ISBN:9781904598008
Category: Anthologies, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Adrian Searle
Publication Date: January 2003
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Specially commissioned stories from some of our country’s best contemporary writers and startling new voices.

    
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Horseman's Word, The    Horseman's Word, The
ISBN:9781841580944
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Timothy Neat
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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The Horseman’s Word presents a fascinating group of twelve Scottish horsemen, blacksmiths and rural workers from Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Argyll, Perthshire, Fife and the Scottish Borders. They are the stories of men whose lives have helped shape a nation.


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Horsieman, The    Horsieman, The
ISBN:9781841586922
Category: Folklore, Autobiography/Biography
Author: Duncan Williamson
Publication Date: April 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

In this new edition, one of Scotland’s best known storytellers vividly recreates the world of the nomad which has now long since disappeared. Wiliamson provides a refreshing simplicity that contrasts to our modern, technologically-led and increasingly complex lives.


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House of Elrig, The    House of Elrig, The
ISBN:9781841582580
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Gavin Maxwell
Publication Date: January 2003
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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This is the personal story of Gavin Maxwell's boyhood, most of which he spent, in fact or in fancy, at the House of Elrig, a lonely, windswept house on the moorlands of Galloway.


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House of Lyall, The    House of Lyall, The
ISBN:9781841584720
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Doris Davidson
Publication Date: July 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Doris Davidson is one of Scotland’s best-loved romantic novelists.

    
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House with the Green Shutters, The    House with the Green Shutters, The
ISBN:9781904598589
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: George Douglas Brown
Publication Date: January 2005
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Published in 1901 and described by George Douglas Brown as ‘a brutal and bloody work’, this bestselling classic was a furious reponse to what Brown called ‘sentimental slop’ – the representation of Scotland as a cosy rural idyll.
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Hugh MacDonald    Hugh MacDonald
ISBN:9780859765602
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: John Watts
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

As well as being the first biography of this pivotal figure and an important landmark in the religious history of Scotland, this is also an exciting and moving story of a fascinating man in a time of persecution and disruption.


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Hunt for Rob Roy, The    Hunt for Rob Roy, The
ISBN:9780859765909
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: David Stevenson
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: in stock

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This is the first life of Rob to written by an experienced historian, based on a full range of sources. The picture that emerges is one of a remarkable life­ but not a heroic one.


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Hunt for Rob Roy, The    Hunt for Rob Roy, The
ISBN:9781841584836
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: David Stevenson
Publication Date: January 2004
Format: PB
Price: £7.99 £5.99
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Synopsis:

The Hunt for Rob Roy investigates new and controversial sources that shake modern conceptions of a well-marked man.

    
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Hunting Grounds    Hunting Grounds
ISBN:9781841585864
Category: Sport
Author: Gary Sutherland
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Come rain, shine, sleet and snow, Gary Sutherland visits each of the 42 football grounds in Scotland during one season, documenting the singing, the swearing and the sheer nonsense of what occurs every Saturday afternoon. 


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Hunting Grounds    Hunting Grounds
ISBN:9781841587356
Category: Sport
Author: Gary Sutherland
Publication Date: August 2008
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Come rain, shine, sleet and snow, Gary Sutherland visits each of the 42 football grounds in Scotland during one season, documenting the singing, the swearing and the sheer nonsense of what occurs every Saturday afternoon.


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Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland    Hunting and Hunting Reserves in Medieval Scotland
ISBN:9781904607304
Category: Sport
Author: John M. Gilbert
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £30.00
Stock Status: in stock

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A comprehensive study of hunting and hunting reserves in medieval Scotland, this book contains extensive legal and estate records; a plate section illustrating many aspects of medieval hunting; and a full critical edition of the Forest Law.


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Hymn to a Young Demon    Hymn to a Young Demon
ISBN:9781846970023
Category: Gaelic Poetry, Gaelic
Author: Aonghas MacNeacail
Publication Date: July 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: Aonghas MacNeacail’s poetry sweeps to new heights with this collection in both Gaelic and English. 

    
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Hypocrites' Isle    Hypocrites' Isle
ISBN:9781846970870
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Ken McClure
Publication Date: August 2008
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis: Dr Frank Simmons digs beneath the surface of the cancer research industry and unearths corruption more destructive than the disease itself. Famed for his meticulous research and uncanny predictions McClure has built a reputation worthy of Michael Crichton.
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