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• The Mercat Anthology of Early Scottish Literature 1375-1707

  Paperback | Pub: 30 Oct 2008

  £25.00

  This large-scale anthology of early Scottish Literature, now revised, has been designed as a teaching text for use by school and university students. Longer works are either presented complete – e.g. James I, King is Quair; as long extracts...

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  Midges

  Paperback | Pub: 06 May 2021

  £5.99

  Whether resident or tourist, no-one is spared from the bloodlust of Scotland’s most savage insect . . . The midge does not like sunlight and thrives in the wet, so the Scottish summertime brings perfect climatic conditions for this ruthless wee...

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  Moder Dy

  Paperback | Pub: 23 May 2019

  £10.99

  Winner of the Highland Book Prize. ‘The old Shetland fishermen still speak with something like reverence of the forgotten art of steering by the moder dy (mother wave), the name given to an underswell which it is said always travels in the...

• Oyster

  Paperback | Pub: 01 Sep 2017

  £12.99

  Oyster is the second collection from prize-winning Edinburgh poet Michael Pedersen. From Grez-sur-Loing and festive nights to sizzling summers stretched out in the Meadows and Portobello, Michael Pedersen’s unique brand of poetry captures a...

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  The Poems of Norman MacCaig

  Paperback | Pub: 09 Nov 2009

  £25.00

  This collection of Norman MacCaig’s poems is offered as the definitive edition of his work. It has been edited by his son, Ewen. A prolific writer, MacCaig left about 600 unpublished poems after his death; 99 have been selected for inclusion...

• Scotland: Her Story

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Feb 2020

  £12.99

  Scotland’s history has been told many times, but never exclusively by its women. This book takes a unique perspective on dramatic national events as well as ordinary life, as experienced by women down the centuries. From the saintly but severe...

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  Scottish Traditional Tales

  Paperback | Pub: 31 May 2018

  £12.99

  All over the world traditional tales used to be told at the fireseide until their place came to be taken by books, newspapers, radio and television. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by researchers from the...

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  Stories from South Uist

  Paperback | Pub: 17 Apr 2025

  £10.99

  This is an extraordinary collection of tales from one of the very greatest Gaelic storytellers, Angus MacLellan, and translated by one of Scotland’s finest Celtic Scholars, John Lorne Campbell. The stories in the book include every type of...

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  Tobermory and Other Stories

  E-Book | Pub: 17 Jun 2014

  £5.99

  At a country house party Cornelius Appin announces that he has discovered a method by which animals can be taught to speak. His latest pupil is none other than Tobermory, the ginger cat belonging to his hosts, Sir Wilfred and Lady Blemley. As the...