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Paperback | Pub: 03 May 2016£12.99
This anthology promises more of the up-and-coming and established names in British poetry, who have all shared the Neu! Reekie! bill. Many of the works are new, many are favourites read at the events; all are savoured, sublime, sumptuous voices...
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E-Book | Pub: 18 Oct 2018£9.99
The definitive guide to champagne and other sparkling wines. Champagne is delicious; we love its flavour, we love its fizz. Champagne’s association with success, partying and fun are as ingrained in the wine as the bubbles themselves. As the...
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Hardback | Pub: 07 Jun 2018£12.99Rum, once the poor relation of the spirit world, has undergone a revival and is no longer seen just as the preferred tipple for tipsy pirates. The craft drinks movement has certainly stimulated the rum world, with high numbers of new artisan rum...
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Paperback | Pub: 30 Oct 2025£7.99Take a deep breath and prepare for a journey through all twelve days of Yuletide with a cast of skaters skooshin, lassies birlin, sheep a-shooglin and the all-important five gowden rings. The stunningly beautiful illustrations bring this Scots...
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E-Book | Pub: 03 Nov 2016£7.99
A grisly murder. A vanishing corpse. A secret romance. A ghostly tale. An innocent accused. 1588. It is a dark and turbulent time. Scotland’s queen has been executed, the Spanish king seeks revenge, and the people of St Andrews cling desperately...
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Hardback | Pub: 05 Oct 2023£12.99
With a foreword by Alexander McCall Smith ‘That which is uncooked is destined to be cooked, if has been prepared with cooking in mind’ – The Enigma of Garlic Alexander McCall Smith’s 44 Scotland Street novels are loved and...
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E-Book | Pub: 11 Aug 2016£5.99
Over the centuries countless Scots have travelled to every conceivable corner of the globe – some to start a new life, others asentrepreneurs, explorers, missionaries, colonial administrators, soldiers and in a multitude of other contexts....
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E-Book | Pub: 22 Feb 2018£4.99
Two days before Christmas 2015, veteran crime journalist Russell Findlay was the target of a vicious attack on his own doorstep. An unknown assailant, disguised as a postman, hurled sulphuric acid in his face before attempting to stab him with a...
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Multiple-component | Pub: 27 Mar 2020£30.00Discover the adventure of a lifetime with these pulse-pounding, entertaining thrillers! From John Buchan’s legendary spy novel The Thirty-Nine Steps that defined a genre, to Richard Hannay’s modern day return with Castle Macnab, to the...
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022£8.99
Pressure for independence remains a major force in Scotland, but the case for it has changed substantially since the referendum of 2014. In the 2016 Brexit referendum, 60 per cent of the Scottish electorate voted to remain part of the European...
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E-Book | Pub: 18 Apr 2013£4.99
Patrick Paniter was James IV’s right-hand man, a diplomatic genius who was in charge of the guns at the disastrous battle of Flodden in September 1513 in which the English annihilated the Scots. After the death of his king he is tormented by...
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E-Book | Pub: 05 Nov 2012£20.00
Scotland has played an immense role in European high culture through the centuries, and among its cultural links none have been greater than those with France. This book shows that the links with France stretch back deep into the Middle Ages, and...
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Apr 2012£20.00
This book is the first volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research. It examines the evolution of the idea of ‘Celtic Scotland’, tracing the historiography of the...
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Oct 2012£25.00
By equal measure state-builder and political unifier and ruthless opportunist and bloody-handed aggressor, Alexander II has been praised or vilified by past historians but has rarely been viewed in the round. This book explores the king’s...
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Multiple-component | Pub: 20 Mar 2020£60.00Cosy up at home with this lovely selection of hardback gems from Alexander McCall Smith, Scotland’s master storyteller. From culinary misfortunes in the south of France, to lockdown poetry, there’s something here for everyone to...
