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Vatersay Raiders, The    Vatersay Raiders, The
ISBN:9781841585536
Category: Local History, History
Author: Ben Buxton
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This book, the first about Vatersay, draws on detailed records to tell the remarkable story of the raiders: their struggle to escape from the poverty which, they claimed, the policies of the absentee landowner forced them to endure, the raiding and settlement of the island and the fraught process of dividing it up into crofts.


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Very Scotch Affair, A    Very Scotch Affair, A
ISBN:9781904598442
Category: Classics
Author: Robin Jenkins
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis: Set in Glasgow, Jenkins' novel tells the tale of Mungo Niven, a man who possesses a fiercely Scotch conscience and who feels trapped in a drab and unfulfilling existence.
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Vet in the Vestry with Poultry in the Pulpit    Vet in the Vestry with Poultry in the Pulpit
ISBN:9781899863044
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Alexander Cameron
Publication Date: Jan 1995
Format: HB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

The anecdotes and reminiscences from Alexander Cameron, a minister in both Ayrshire and Nairnshire. The book introduces a host of characters and incidents from the author’s experiences of life in these rural communities.


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Victorian Summer of the Clyde Steamers (1864 - 1888), The    Victorian Summer of the Clyde Steamers (1864 - 1888), The
ISBN:9780859765503
Category: Local History, Maritime
Author: Alan J. S. Paterson
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £10.99
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Synopsis:

This book traces the development of Clyde steamers from the middle of the 1860s to the eve of the railway invasion.


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Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line    Victorian Travel on the West Highland Line
ISBN:9781899863891
Category: Scottish History, Railways
Author: Anon
Publication Date: Jan 2002
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

This volume was originally published in 1894 to encourage the Victorian tourist to travel on the West Highland Line. The railway, which at that time had only just been completed, boasts more spectacular and romantic scenery than almost any railway in the world.


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View from North Lochs, A    View from North Lochs, A
ISBN:9781841586304
Category: Local History, Humour
Author: Aimsir Eachainn
Publication Date: Nov 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
Writing under the alias of ‘Aimsir Eachann’, Hector Macdonald was a weekly columnist who gave a voice to the Scottish Gael. This book is a collection of the very best of those remarkable columns.
        
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Vikings in America    Vikings in America
ISBN:9781841587011
Category: World History
Author: Graeme Davis
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis:
A groundbreaking new study on the discovery of America which preceded the voyage of Christopher Columbus.

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Villages Of Fife    Villages Of Fife
ISBN:9780859765725
Category: Local History
Author: Raymond Lamont-Brown
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

This book is an account of the people of Fife and their village and hamlet communities from medieval times to the present day.


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Villages of Glasgow    Villages of Glasgow
ISBN:9780859765626
Category: Travel, Social History, Cultural Studies
Author: Aileen Smart
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Packed with photographs and illustrations, this book investigates the individual identities and fascinating history of these communities north of the Clyde.


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Villages of Glasgow    Villages of Glasgow
ISBN:9780859765688
Category: Social History, Geography, Architecture
Author: Aileen Smart
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

In this book acclaimed local historian Aileen Smart turns her attention to the dozen or so villages on Glasgow's south side to present an up-to-date picture of life there through the years.


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Villages of Northern Argyll    Villages of Northern Argyll
ISBN:9780859765848
Category: Local History
Author: Mary Withall
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Argyll's historical importance goes back for thousands of years. As the centre of the kingdom of Dalriada the area was of seminal importance in terms of Gaelic culture, and was also of extreme significance in the spread of Celtic Christianity.


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Villages of Southern Argyll    Villages of Southern Argyll
ISBN:9780859765831
Category: Local History
Author: Marian Pallister
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Award-winning journalist Marian Pallister has brought together historical fact and contemporary reminiscence to give a fascinating insight into the origins and development of human settlement in this beautiful outpost of Scotland.


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Vinland    Vinland
ISBN:9781904598336
Category: Literature
Author: George Mackay Brown
Publication Date: May 2005
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:
Vinland, George Mackay Brown’s fourth novel, follows the turbulent life of Ranald Sigmundson, a young boy born into the Dark Ages, when Orkney was torn between its Viking past and its Christian future.
    
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Virtuous Discourse    Virtuous Discourse
ISBN:9781904607274
Category: Scottish History
Author: John Dwyer
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
Stock Status: reprinting

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Synopsis:
This original study takes the concept of virtuous discourse as its focus, and uses this as a tool to examine Scottish culture as represented in a variety of discourse types.

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Visiting the Bard    Visiting the Bard
ISBN:9781904598022
Category: Short Stories
Author: Alasdair Campbell
Publication Date: Jan 2003
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

The astonishing range and scope of Alasdair Campbell's writing is highlighted in this collection of short stories set in Lewis.


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Voice of the Bard, The    Voice of the Bard, The
ISBN:9780862418427
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Timothy Neat
Publication Date: Jan 1999
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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Synopsis:

The Voice of the Bard presents biographical portraits of fourteen poets and singers.


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Voices of Leith Dockers    Voices of Leith Dockers
ISBN:9781841830322
Category: Social History
Author: Ian MacDougall
Publication Date: Oct 2001
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

In their own vivid words, ex-dockers at one of Scotland’s busiest ports describe a vanished way of life. Exotic cargoes, strange incidents, foreign seamen, bullying bosses and labour disputes are recalled with wry humour.


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Voyage of the Scotia    Voyage of the Scotia
ISBN:9781841830445
Category: Maritime, Exploration
Author: R. N. Rudmose Brown et al.
Publication Date: Dec 2002
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

This gripping account of the 1902-4 Scottish national Antarctic Expedition tells a story of exploration and research in uncharted polar regions—a success story that has been forgotten in the wake of Captain Scott’s doomed trek.


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02/06/08 13:00
Alistair Moffat talks about recent books
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