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Paperback | Pub: 17 Nov 2006£12.99William McGonagall was born in Edinburgh in 1830. His father was a poor hand-loom weaver, and his work took his family to Glasgow, then to Dundee. William attended school for eighteen months before the age of seven, and received no further formal...
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Paperback | Pub: 15 Jun 2017£4.99Ever since the humble potato arrived from Peru around 1730 it has been a key component of the Scottish diet. In this book Liz Ashworth introduces the heritage and history of the potato and the numerous varieties available, including information on...
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Paperback | Pub: 28 Jun 2007£10.99
William Wallace has always been one of the great heroes of Scottish history. By no means prepared by birth, education or training for leadership, Wallace nevertheless rose to prominence during the Wars of Independence, leading forces which broke the...
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Paperback | Pub: 18 Aug 2016£4.99William Wallace and All That is a real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scot-land’s legendary hero. Join Sir William Wallace on his fearsome quest to free the Scots from villainous King Edward and his evil empire. Growl with...
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Paperback | Pub: 18 Aug 2014£20.00Along the coast of Fife, in villages like Culross and Pittenweem, history records that some women were executed as witches. Nevertheless, the reality of what happened the night that Janet Cornfoot was lynched at Pittenweem is hard to grasp as one...
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Jun 2014£7.99
This is the inspiring and charming true story of one of the Second World War’s most unusual combatants – a 500-pound cigarettesmoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as a mascot by the Polish Army in Iran, Wojtek soon took...
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E-Book | Pub: 24 Jun 2013£5.99
The Yellow on the Broom is the first part of Betsy Whyte’s autobiography. Not only is it a fascinating insight into the life and customs of traveller people in the 1920s and 1930s, it is also a thought-provoking account of human strength and...
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Hardback | Pub: 15 Jul 2021£12.99Once upon a time in Botswana there was a little girl called Precious, who grew up to become a famous detective. But even as a young girl she had an extraordinary ability to solve mysteries. This volume contains all her first adventures, from the...
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E-Book | Pub: 19 May 2016£9.99
The Ultimate History of Northern Soul. Young Soul Rebels is the intimate story of Britain’s most fascinating underground music scene – northern soul. Stuart Cosgrove has been a well-known collector on the scene for decades, and here he takes the...
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E-Book | Pub: 01 Aug 2023£7.99
It’s Time for Crime! Calling all crime aficionados! Get your fix with our bumper crime subscription bundle. From classic locked room mysteries from John Dickson Carr, to Denzil Meyrick’s global smash hit, Whisky From Small Glasses,...
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E-Book | Pub: 25 Dec 2016£0.99
Yule is the fifth instalment of 1588: A Calendar of Crime, a collection of short stories published in step with the sixteenth century calendar. Despite prohibitions on celebrating Yule, the old traditions still persist among the tenant farmers on...
