Browse all our Christmas gift recommendations below!
Jigsaws and Notebooks
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| Pub: 06 Jul 2023£19.99
The isle of Skye is one of the most dramatically beautiful of all the Hebridean islands. At fifty miles long, it is also the largest of the Inner Hebrides and boasts a rich history and a huge range of wildlife. It is also a top destination for…
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| Pub: 07 Jul 2022£19.99
This unique and delightful map of mainland Scotland and the Hebrides, from the collection of the National Library of Scotland, is a magnificent pictorial map of Scotland. Not just annotated with beautiful calligraphy, it also includes dozens of…
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| Pub: 06 Jul 2023£19.99
Iona is one of the most beautiful of all the Scottish Hebrides, and full of historical associations. It was here that St Columba came by boat in 563 from Ireland, bringing Christianity to Scotland and establishing a monastery that became one of the…
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| Pub: 07 Jul 2022£19.99The Forth Rail Bridge is one of the world’s great engineering feats, and one of its most well-known. When it opened in 1890, the cantilevered bridge had one of the world’s longest spans, at 541 metres. Its distinctive and innovative design marks…
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic gannet in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, the notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic heron in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic oystercatcher in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic heron in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
Journeys into the Past
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Hardback | Pub: 07 Sep 2023£30.00
Surprisingly, the remarkable story of the Scottish role in the discovery of the Northwest Passage – a long desired trade route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific – has not received a great deal of attention. This book charts the extensive…
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Hardback | Pub: 26 Oct 2017£35.00Winner of the Saltire Society Research Book of the Year Whilst documents and other written material are obvious resources that help shape our view of the past, maps too can say much about a nation’s history. This is the first book to take maps…
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Hardback | Pub: 03 Nov 2022£22.00The story of the Bamburgh Sword – one of the finest swords ever forged. In 2000, archaeologist Paul Gething rediscovered a sword. An unprepossessing length of rusty metal, it had been left in a suitcase for thirty years. But Paul had a suspicion…
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Hardback | Pub: 02 Mar 2023£16.99People are drawn to the harbours and boats of Scotland whether they have a seafaring background or not. Why do boats take on different shapes as you follow the complex shorelines of islands and mainland? And why do the sails they carry appear to be…
For Crime & Thriller Fans
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Jun 2023£8.99
Be sure your sins will find you out . . . one day. A potent new drug has hit the streets of Kinloch, and DCI Daley and Scott are struggling to catch the notorious gang behind this evil trade. After a party of Oxford students arrives in town for a…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 May 2022£8.99
‘Beautifully written … a unique tale told in a unique voice’ – S.G. Maclean Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII’s court welcomes the Imperial emperor, Charles V. Anthony Blanke, the son of the king’s late ‘black…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Feb 2019£8.99
Annette Somerville, a young single mother, earns her living in a high-class Glasgow sauna parlour, scrupulously keeping her respectable home life separate from her professional activities. During a series of murders in the city, seemingly…
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Feb 2022£8.99
LONDON, 1942. A killer going by the name of ‘Crimson Jack’ is stalking the wartime streets of London, murdering women on the exact dates of the infamous Jack the Ripper killings of 1888. Has the Ripper somehow returned from the grave? Is…
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Jun 2019£8.99
After the death of leading haematologist Professor Anstruther, antiquarian book dealer Anthony Sparrow is tasked with clearing out his mansion of its books and papers. He soon begins to question the real circumstances of the old man’s death: was…
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Jul 2020£8.99
‘A hugely entertaining, deftly told crime caper’ – Irish Independent A CRIME READERS ASSOCIATION Read of the Month When Daniella Coulstoun’s estranged mother Effie dies in Spain under suspicious circumstances, she feels it’s her…
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Jun 2022£9.99
‘An outstanding mystery thriller… Noir fans won’t want to miss it’ – Publishers Weekly (Starred) ‘A riveting, brutal journey into the high stakes world of legacy art and inherited wealth’ – Denise Mina,…
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Jul 2023£9.99
We come from the mist, and to the mist we will return . . . Fergus MacGregor told people he was going to Pitlochry for the day but was never seen again. Years later, Rebecca witnesses his deeply religious mother holding an annual ritual in the…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Apr 2022£8.99
‘An immersive and entertaining read’ – Alistair Mabbot, The Herald The year is 1317, and young squire Benedict Russell has joined the English-held garrison of Berwick-upon-Tweed after the spectacular Scottish victory at Bannockburn…
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Feb 2023£9.99
‘Brilliant debut. The Darker the Night pulled me in from the start and didn’t let go’ – Jeremy Bowen, BBC International Editor NPR’s Book of the Day A referendum on Scottish independence is only days away, and the campaign…
For Sports Fans
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Hardback | Pub: 02 Sep 2021£17.99
Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Football Book of the Year 2022 One of the Financial Times Top 5 Best Sports Books of the Year The 1970 World Cup is widely regarded as the greatest ever staged, with more goals per game than any World Cup since. But…
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Hardback | Pub: 16 Jun 2022£25.00
Shortlisted for the 2023 Sports Book Awards for Best Sports Writing of the Year Shortlisted for the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award The Long Golden Afternoon tells the story of the transformative generation of golf that followed the rise…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Sep 2023£9.99
From Socrates to Arthur Montford, via Bovril, Buckfast and, of course, pies, this is a unique journey through the extraordinary world of Scottish football. Packed with anecdotes and observations, Andy Bollen wallows in a nostalgic haze, a time of…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 Apr 2018£8.99No bicycle repair was ever made easier by turning your bike upside down. White shorts are for other people. A helmet perched on the back of your head is perfect if you ride your bike backwards – These and a host of other handy pointers jostle…
Perfect Poetry
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Hardback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023£25.00
Liz Lochhead is one of the leading poets writing in Britain today. Her debut collection, Memo for Spring (1972), was a landmark publication. Writing at a time when the landscape of Scottish poetry was male dominated, hers was a fresh, new voice,…
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Aug 2023£10.00
Iona Lee’s debut collection charts the journey of the writer, artist and performer into adulthood. Written in a unique voice, Iona playfully toys with thematic devices in this entertaining exploration of art and artifice, absence and impermanence,…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Sep 2022£10.00
These poems are alive with electricity, pulsating with a frequency that vibrates throughout. In a journey from there to here, The Bone Library examines and interprets all of human life. Throughout the collection Jenni Fagan responds to broader…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 Jul 2018£12.99
‘Two Men at Once’ is one of Norman MacCaig best known poems. He was indeed two men at once: Edinburgh, the city where he was born and lived as a teacher and poet, was his home, but no other place shaped his poetry more than Assynt in…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 Mar 2020£14.99Hailed by some as the most important Scottish poet since Burns, Hamish Henderson lived an epic life against the backdrop of some of the defining social, political and cultural battles – both national and international – of the twentieth century….
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Jun 2021£12.99
In this new Selected Poems, Kathleen Jamie explores the multi-faceted world of George Mackay Brown’s Orkney, the poet’s lifelong home and inspiration. George Mackay Brown’s concerns were the ancestral world, the communalities of work, the…
Colouring Books
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Paperback | Pub: 22 Mar 2016£8.99A unique Scottish colouring book suitable for adults as well as children featuring 20 of the country’s most iconic places, including: Edinburgh Castle * Forth Rail Bridge * St Andrews * HMS Discovery, Dundee * Balmoral castle * Loch…
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Apr 2017£8.99A unique Scottish colouring book suitable for adults as well as children featuring 23 of the festival city’s most iconic places, including: Edinburgh Castle * Victoria Street * Grassmarket * St Giles * National Museum of Scotland * The Mound…
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Paperback | Pub: 11 Jul 2019£8.99Iconic views of Glasgow in the latest of Birlinn’s series of colouring books, all featuring Eilidh Muldoon’s inimitable artwork. Includes: Glasgow Cathedral • Kelvingrove Museum • Riverside Museum • Gallery of Modern Art • Pollok…
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Paperback | Pub: 10 May 2018£8.99As an outstanding exponent of Art Nouveau and leader of the ‘Glasgow Style’, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s buildings, designs and paintings are known the world over. In this book Eilidh Muldoon shares her passion for one of the…
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Mar 2021£8.99Stretching for almost 10,000 miles (including numerous islands), the coastline of Scotland is one of the most varied in the world, from beautiful sandy beaches and flower-laden machair to dramatic cliffs and sea stacks. In this book Eilidh Muldoon…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 May 2022£8.99Featuring iconic animals from red deer, golden eagles and Highland cows to red squirrels, pine martens and salmon as well as the plants, trees and flowers which thrive in mountain, forest, moor and seashore, this book is the ideal way to explore…
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Paperback | Pub: 18 May 2023£8.99There are many things which define Scotland, from unicorns, Rabbie Burns, and the Forth Road Bridge to Celtic knotwork, whisky and tartan. This colouring book features designs inspired by and featuring many of the symbols which signify Scotland to…
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Paperback | Pub: 20 Jul 2017£8.99The Hebrides contain some of Scotland’s most breathtaking scenery, magnificent castles, picturesque villages and towns, as well as numerous monuments and other features of interest. In this book, suitable for adults and children alike, Eilidh…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Jul 2021£8.99The Great Tapestry of Scotland is one of the most ambitious community arts projects ever undertaken. The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, it was created by a team of over a…
Luxury Hardbacks
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Hardback | Pub: 02 Nov 2023£25.00Scotland has some of the best seafood in the world, so we why don’t we eat more of it? Why don’t we highlight the bounty of our seas and the people who fish, produce, sell, preserve and cook it? Acclaimed cooker writer Ghillie Basan embarks on a…
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Hardback | Pub: 20 Jul 2023£40.00Around the year 1885, Alfred Barnard was secretary of Harper’s Weekly Gazette, a journal which featured facets of the wine and spirit trade. In order to provide his readers with the history and detailed descriptions of the whisky-making…
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Hardback | Pub: 03 Nov 2022£30.00
One of the greatest stories of world exploration ever told. By the late eighteenth century, the river Niger was a 2,000-year-old two-part geographical problem. Solving it would advance European knowledge of Africa, provide a route to commercial…
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Hardback | Pub: 09 Oct 2015£35.00The rich diversity of Scotland’s railway network has never before been the subject of a specialist atlas. This book showcases 181 topographical and railway maps, telling the story of the country’s railways from the early nineteenth…
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Hardback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023£35.00Maps can tell much about the story of a place that traditional histories fail to communicate. This is particularly true of Edinburgh, one of the most visually stunning cities in the world and a place rich in historical and cultural associations….
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Hardback | Pub: 04 Oct 2010£30.00The Hebrides of Scotland – around 500 diverse islands – form the north-western Atlantic fringe of Europe. This book surveys the cultural landscape of this dramatically beautiful, complex and conflicted area, with emphasis on what may be…
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Hardback | Pub: 11 Jul 2019£14.99Of the wide range and diversity of British products that are now household names, both at home and abroad, the Scots can take pride in the fact that many of them began in Scotland. When people first spread Robertson’s Golden Shred Marmalade on…
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Hardback | Pub: 25 Jul 2019£14.99In this imaginative, informative and amusing miscellany, award-winning journalist John MacLeod explores some of the well-known symbols of Scottish culture (as well some of the quirkier ones) and looks beneath the surface to shatter some long-held…
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Hardback | Pub: 21 Oct 2021£35.00INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF NEW AND EXPANDED ENTRIES From ‘Aald Rock’ to ‘Zeenty-teenty’, A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable is an unputdownable gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends,…
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Hardback | Pub: 11 Jul 2019£20.00In this evocative book Iain and Anne Fraser take the reader, both visitor and resident, on a personal journey through the centre of one of the world’s most unforgettable cities. Working with four talented local artists (Irina, Cat, Keli and…
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Hardback | Pub: 12 Jan 2017£25.00Tir a’Mhurain is a collection of photographs that reflects the impressions gathered by Paul Strand and his wife Hazel during their 3-month visit to the Hebrides in 1945. Juxtaposing people and landscape, Strand’s beautifully sequenced…
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Hardback | Pub: 07 Nov 2019£40.00Gaelic Scotland is one of the world’s great treasure-houses of song. In this anthology, Anne Lorne Gillies has gathered together music and lyrics from all over the Gaelic-speaking Highlands and Islands – an extraordinary tradition that…
Step Into Nature
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Hardback | Pub: 21 Jul 2022£16.99
‘Peppered with humour, empathy and kindness’ – Sunday Post Ever since her pet sheep Lulu accompanied her to school at the age of seven, animals and nature have been at the heart of Polly Pullar’s world. Growing up in a remote…
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Hardback | Pub: 05 Oct 2023£14.99This is a book about stories – old stories of people and place, and of the more-than-human world. A vivid account of a journey through the Scottish Highlands, The Bone Cave follows a series of folktales and myths to the places in which they’re…
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Oct 2022£18.99Shortlisted for the Scottish Nature Photography Book Awards Washed by the surging waves of the Atlantic Ocean, the island chain of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides lies at the very edge of Europe. From white shell sands, peaty moors and gnarly…
Pocket Gems
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2021£6.99Customs play an important part in all societies and offer fascinating insights into a country’s history and culture. Scotland boasts a multitude of unique customs, many of which can be traced back to the times of the Druids, Celts and Romans. This…
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Paperback | Pub: 23 Jul 2020£9.99New edition of the bestselling guide to whisky. The ever-expanding world of whisky can be a daunting one, with a deluge of new brands, distilleries and literature on the subject making it all but impossible for the amateur whisky drinker to find…
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Paperback | Pub: 16 Jun 2014£4.99Scottish produce is celebrated the world over. The demand for game, for example, far exceeds what can be supplied, and Scottish cheeses surpass many from mainland Europe. In this book Claire Macdonald celebrates the very best of home-grown…
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Paperback | Pub: 21 Oct 2014£7.99Learning about wine can be a daunting task. With terms like assemblage, batonnage and cuvee; ullage, terroir and vielles vignes, it’s not surprising that many people are put off and simply reach for the nearest bottle of red or white in the…
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Paperback | Pub: 23 Jul 2015£4.99A postcard-sized version of Debi Gliori’s bestselling book. The ideal gift, featuring the whole of the original Tobermory Cat. Just put a stamp on it and post it! In the village of Tobermory, on the Scottish island of Mull, lives a very…
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Paperback | Pub: 05 May 2022£6.99Being a doctor is a privilege; it is also very demanding and can be stressful, and to be able to look after others, we need to look after ourselves. We offer you this little book of poetry, Tools of the Trade, as a friend to provide inspiration,…
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Apr 2020£7.99Writing well over a thousand years ago, the Celtic saints and their followers who penned them reflected not just the cares and concerns of their own times, but also gave voice to the universal human experience – the hopes, fears, joys and…
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Apr 2020£7.99They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of Celtic Christianity are revealed as reassuringly human individuals, responding to their faith by deliberately living on the edges of…
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99
This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99
This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99
This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 08 Jun 2023£9.99
This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 176 pages of lightly lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic gannet in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, the notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic heron in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic oystercatcher in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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| Pub: 10 Aug 2023£7.99
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic heron in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2021£6.99Proverbs, once described as ‘the wisdom of many and the wit of one’, offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations. This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Oct 2021£4.99In today’s world of ready meals and snacking, the value of healthy eating has never been more important. Seafood is one of the healthiest things you can put on your plate: fish is good for the heart, improves circulation, keeps your joints…
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Paperback | Pub: 06 Jan 2022£6.99
Introduced by Alan Johnson. ‘All animals are equal. But some animals are more equal than others.’ Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs…
