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W. G. Gillies    W. G. Gillies
ISBN:9781873830000
Category: Art
Author: W. Gordon Smith
Publication Date: Jan 2006
Format: HB
Price: £20.00
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Synopsis:
A spirited and sensitive biography of W. G. Gillies.  As one of Scotland’s greatest twentieth century artists his output was prodigious, exhibiting over 3,000 paintings and producing even more.

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Walk of the Week 2    Walk of the Week 2
ISBN:9781841830919
Category: Walking And Climbing
Author: Glen McBeth and Peter Evans
Publication Date: Oct 2005
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: Volume 2 in the series, this fantastic collection is a must–have companion, whether for the seasoned walker or the family looking for a great day out.    
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Walking with Murder    Walking with Murder
ISBN:9781841584096
Category: Literary Criticism, Literature
Author: Ian Nimmo
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: Few who have read Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped can resist its appeal. Ian Nimmo takes us on the very same journey of Stevenson's classic novel.
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Wall, The    Wall, The
ISBN:9781841586755
Category: Local History
Author: Alistair Moffat
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: HB
Price: £16.99
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Synopsis:
In conjunction with a major 6-part ITV series presented by Alistair Moffat and Dame Tanni-Grey Thompson, this book is the perfect accompaniment to a long-awaited series.

AVAILABLE MAY 2008
                
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Wallace Book, The    Wallace Book, The
ISBN:9780859766524
Category: Autobiography/Biography, Scottish History
Author: (Editor) Edward J. Cowan
Publication Date: Feb 2007
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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Synopsis:

A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.

        
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Wanderer and His Charts, The    Wanderer and His Charts, The
ISBN:9781904598152
Category: Essays
Author: Kenneth White
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

Following on from the same author’s On Scottish Ground, this book shows Kenneth White on his tracks outside Scotland, before zooming in on his return.

    
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Wars of the Bruces, The    Wars of the Bruces, The
ISBN:9780859766531
Category: History
Author: Colm McNamee
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Biographies have appeared of the various leading personalities involved, but this is the first systematic study to link up the various theatres of war and to discuss the effects of the Bruce Wars

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Warshipbuilding on the Clyde    Warshipbuilding on the Clyde
ISBN:9780859765305
Category: Local History, Shipbuilding
Author: Hugh Peebles
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

After the First World War, upwards of 40 of the Clyde's total output of ships was produced in the warship yards.


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Water Power in Scotland 1550-1870    Water Power in Scotland 1550-1870
ISBN:9781904607281
Category: Agriculture And Farming, Social History, History
Author: John Shaw
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £30.00
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This important and comprehensive study provides an in-depth understanding of how water power was used in Scotland from the sixteenth to the late nineteenth century.


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Water is Best    Water is Best
ISBN:9780859766579
Category: Scottish History
Author: Alastair Durie
Publication Date: Jun 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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This study examines the enthusiasts and practioners who ran the hydros, the personnel and patients, the visitors and the guests, and looks at why the Scottish hydros were so successful whereas the

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Waters of the Heart    Waters of the Heart
ISBN:9781841587264
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Doris Davidson
Publication Date: Jul 2008
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

Cissie McGregor finds herself homeless and her child has been taken. She will fight back, but she must finally confront the consequences of those events long ago in Aberdeen when her childhood innocence was shattered …


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Well at the World's End, The    Well at the World's End, The
ISBN:9781846970276
Category: Classics
Author: Neil M. Gunn
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:
The academic Peter Munro travels an emotional and physical trail that leads him into the Scottish Highlands, helping him to discover a great realisation. A classic Polygon novel.

AVAILABLE JUNE 2008
    
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Well of the Heads, The    Well of the Heads, The
ISBN:9781841583853
Category: Scottish History
Author: Stuart McHardy
Publication Date: Jul 2005
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

This collection illustrates the drama and dynamism of a society that lived close to nature, had little in the way of material wealth but possessed an intellectual treasure-house of story and song.


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West Coast Tales    West Coast Tales
ISBN:9781841583464
Category: Maritime
Author: Walter Weyndling
Publication Date: May 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: West Coast Tales, like Weyndling’s first book of stories Ferry Tales, is a collection of memories from the beginning of his career as an apprentice in a Glasgow shipyard during the Second World War to his time working as a ship surveyor.
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West Country Cheesemakers    West Country Cheesemakers
ISBN:9781841585079
Category: West Country, Food And Drink
Author: Michael Raffael
Publication Date: May 2006
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

WINNER OF THE MEDIA AWARD, BRITISH CHEESE AWARDS 2006

The West Country is world-renowned for its cheeses and has been a centre for cheeses of excellence for centuries.


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West Highland Railway    West Highland Railway
ISBN:9780859766241
Category: Railways
Author: John McGregor
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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Centred on the West Highland Railway, which opened to Fort William in 1894 and to Mallaig in 1901, this book describes the late nineteenth century ‘railway mania’ in the Highlands – and its immed

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West Highland Tales    West Highland Tales
ISBN:9781841587035
Category: Folklore
Author: Fitzroy MacLean
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:
Introducing yet again the 5th reprint of this successful title, this book continues to offer a marvellous introduction to the stories and islands of the West Highlands by one of its most famous authors and personalities.

AVAILABLE MAY 2008
    
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West Highland Way, The    West Highland Way, The
ISBN:9781841831022
Category: Walking And Climbing
Author: Bob Aitken and Roger Smith
Publication Date: Aug 2006
Format: PB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

From the outskirts of Glasgow to Fort William, the West Highland Way is one of the UK’s most popular long distance route. This 8th edition of the Official Guide has been updated to include recent modifications to the route.


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West Highlands, The    West Highlands, The
ISBN:9781841583532
Category: Photography
Author: John MacPherson
Publication Date: Sep 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

John MacPherson conveys the various moods of this remote and austere part of the British Isles in a series of photographs which convey the unique spirit of this extraordinary place.

    
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Whalehunters    Whalehunters
ISBN:9781841830650
Category: Local History
Author: Malcolm Archibald
Publication Date: Oct 2004
Format: PB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

Malcolm Archibald vividly evokes the lives of Scottish whalers in his history, using log books and journals, custom and company records to accurately portray their working lives and their families.


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Wheel of Fortune    Wheel of Fortune
ISBN:9781841830643
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Archie Morrison and Joe Pieri
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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When I was Young: The Islands    When I was Young: The Islands
ISBN:9781841580395
Category: Scotland, Crofting, Agriculture And Farming
Author: Timothy Neat
Publication Date: Apr 2005
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A fascinating record of Scotland on the very edge of memory.
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When Piping Was Strong    When Piping Was Strong
ISBN:9781904607526
Category: Cultural Studies, Music
Author: Joshua Dickson
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis:

When Piping was Strong provides an unprecedented history of Gaelic Scotland’s most resilient of musical treasures: the piping tradition of the southern Outer Hebrides.


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Where the Shadow Falls    Where the Shadow Falls
ISBN:9781846970757
Category: Literature, Crime
Author: Gillian Galbraith
Publication Date: Apr 2008
Format: HB
Price: £12.99
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Synopsis:

A new thrilling novel carefully laiden with mystery, deception and murder in which Alice Rice finds herself hunting a killer.


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Where the Whaups are Crying    Where the Whaups are Crying
ISBN:9781841581491
Category: Social History, Poetry, History, Fiction, Anthologies
Author: (Editor) Innes MacLeod
Publication Date: Jan 2001
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A vibrant and vivid anthology from Scotland’s greatest writers.


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Whisky Dream    Whisky Dream
ISBN:9781841586816
Category: Local History, Industry, Autobiography/Biography
Author: Stuart Rivans
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis:

An extraordinary tale of surprising endeavours involving one man’s struggle to resuscitate two whisky distilleries from the brink of no return - Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte distilleries - on the small Hebridean island of Islay.


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Whisky Men, The    Whisky Men, The
ISBN:9781841582993
Category: Food And Drink, Industry
Author: Gavin D. Smith
Publication Date: Sep 2005
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This is a book that gets beyond the gloss and hype that surrounds Scotland’s national drink to celebrate the unsung heroes who are the backbone of the whisky industry.

    
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White Cockade,The    White Cockade,The
ISBN:9781841584416
Category: Scotland, Military History, History
Author: Stuart McHardy
Publication Date: May 2006
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

A great collection of tales from an exciting period of history retold by one of Scotland’s most well-known storytellers.

    
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Wild Harvesters    Wild Harvesters
ISBN:9781841583822
Category: Scottish History
Author: Bill Finlayson
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:
Wild Harvesters is an introduction to the first people to live in Scotland.

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Wild Land    Wild Land
ISBN:9781841586915
Category: Photography, Art
Author: Mark Hamblin and Peter Cairns
Publication Date: May 2008
Format: PB
Price: £16.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

These beautifully captured images make a stunning book that reflects the great diversity and beauty of Scotland and its wildlife.


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Wilderness Journeys, The    Wilderness Journeys, The
ISBN:9781841586977
Category: Travel, Travel Writing
Author: John Muir
Publication Date: Aug 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

This collection, including the never-before-published Stickeen, presents the finest of Muir’s writings, and imparts a rounded portrait of a man whose generosity, passion, discipline and vision are an inspiration to this day.


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William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet'    William Dunbar, 'The Nobill Poyet'
ISBN:9781862321960
Category: Essays, Autobiography/Biography
Author: (Editor) Sally Mapstone
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

The publication of Priscilla Bawcutt's complete edition of The Poems of William Dunbar provides the opportunity for a critical stocktaking on Dunbar studies and the chance to map out areas in which more extensive enquiry should be undertaken.


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William McGonagall    William McGonagall
ISBN:9781841584775
Category: Poetry
Author: William McGonagall
Publication Date: Nov 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

William McGonagall’s poetry is Scotland’s alternative to Robert Burns, and as every bit engaging in this comprehensive collection.

            
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William Wallace    William Wallace
ISBN:9781841585932
Category: Scottish History
Author: Andrew Fisher
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

Featuring new sections on the Wallace of literature and present-day perceptions, this book provides a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland’s heroes than has been previously available, placing the crude distortions and inaccuracies such as Braveheart in their proper context.

    
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William Wallace And All That    William Wallace And All That
ISBN:9781841584980
Category: Children's Non-Fiction, Children's
Author: Allan Burnett
Publication Date: Jun 2006
Format: PB
Price: £2.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Blood-spattered Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining. Bursting with brilliant illustrations, this book will have you shouting ’Freedom!’ after every page!


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Willie Gavin, Crofter Man    Willie Gavin, Crofter Man
ISBN:9781841587097
Category: Music, Scottish Culture, Cultural Studies
Author: David Kerr Cameron
Publication Date: Jun 2008
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

A portrait of crofting life in the bare and sometimes bitter landscape of Scotland’s North-east lowlands. The second part of Cameron’s trilogy of rural life.

With an introduction by Jack Webster.

    
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Winter Tales    Winter Tales
ISBN:9781904598879
Category: Short Stories
Author: George Mackay Brown
Publication Date: Sep 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Winter Tales is a superb collection of tender and compassionate tales, focussing on light and darkness, winter and its festivals, by one of the greatest story-tellers of the 20th century.


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Wish I Was Here    Wish I Was Here
ISBN:9780748662814
Category: Anthologies, Poetry, Cultural Studies, Photography, Art
Author: (Editors) Alec Finlay, Kevin MacNeil
Publication Date: Jan 2000
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

Wish I Was Here represents the diversity of languages, dialects and cultures in contemporary Scotland.


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Witch Wood    Witch Wood
ISBN:9781846970719
Category: Fiction, Literature
Author: John Buchan
Publication Date: Aug 2008
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

Buchan’s favourite of all his novels, Witch Wood deals with the hypocrisy that can lie beneath god-fearing respectability. The book is set in the terrifying times of the first half of the seventeenth century when the Church of Scotland unleashed a wave of cruelty and intolerance. Minister Sempill witnesses devil worship in the ’Witch Wood’ and is persecuted. With an introduction by Allan Massie.

    
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With the Battlecruisers    With the Battlecruisers
ISBN:9781841581262
Category: Maritime
Author: Filson Young
Publication Date: Mar 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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This is Filson Young's unique account of life inside the Grand Fleet, and the sole eyewitness account of the British navy at the outbreak of the First World War.


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With the Grain    With the Grain
ISBN:9781841584324
Category: Scotland, Art
Author: (Editor) Giles Sutherland
Publication Date: Jun 2005
Format: PB
Price: £16.99
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Synopsis: Giving Tim Stead a definitive label is difficult. His life’s work extended to many areas, blurring the lines between furniture design and sculpture, business and conservation, poetry and teaching.
    
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With the Grain    With the Grain
ISBN:9781841584232
Category: Scotland, Art
Author: (Editor) Giles Sutherland
Publication Date: Jun 2005
Format: HB
Price: £25.00
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Synopsis: Giving Tim Stead a definitive label is difficult. His life’s work extended to many areas, blurring the lines between furniture design and sculpture, business and conservation, poetry and teaching.
    
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Work    Work
ISBN:9781904598831
Category: Short Stories
Author: (Editor) Bernard MacLaverty
Publication Date: Jul 2006
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Well-known names and talented new writers are all to be found in this volume of the very best entries to one of Britain’s biggest and most prestigious short story competitions – The Scotsman and Orange Short Story Award 2006.


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World According to Bertie, The    World According to Bertie, The
ISBN:9781846970177
Category: Literature
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: HB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:

The World According to Bertie is the fourth in the No. 44 Scotland Street series and revolves around the many colourful characters who live there. 

                
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World's End, The    World's End, The
ISBN:9781841587493
Category: Current Affairs
Author: Tom Wood and David Johnston
Publication Date: Sep 2008
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis: The World’s End is a true account of the deaths of two young girls in 1977, and their family’s struggle through the thirty-year investigation that followed.
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Worms of Euston Square, The    Worms of Euston Square, The
ISBN:9781841831008
Category: Crime
Author: William Sutton
Publication Date: Aug 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Writing Scotland    Writing Scotland
ISBN:9781904598237
Category: Literary Criticism
Author: Carl MacDougall
Publication Date: Jan 2004
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Writing Scotland is a major eight-part television series, made by Hopscotch Films, written and presented by Carl MacDougall and scheduled to be broadcast on BBC2 Scotland and BBC4 in 2004.

    
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