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Paperback | Pub: 04 Aug 2022£12.99St Andrews is without doubt one of Scotland’s most historic and beautiful cities. Once the ecclesiastical capital of Scotland, it played a prominent role in the nation’s political life until the seventeenth century. In addition, it is also home...
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Hardback | Pub: 06 May 2027£14.99As the spiritual centre of Scotland, the crucible of the Reformation, the site of the oldest university in the country, the story of this small town on the coast of Fife is the story of the nation. Its university – the third oldest in the...
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Hardback | Pub: 21 Nov 2024£75.00Drawing together the evidence of archaeology, palaeoecology, climate history and the historical record, this first environmental history of Scotland explores the interaction of human populations with the land, waters, forests and wildlife. This...
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E-Book | Pub: 02 Sep 2021£9.99Discover the technology that may take humanity to the stars. In May 2018 NASA called a press conference to announce the successful test-run of their tiny nuclear reactor KRUSTY (Kilopower Reactor Using Stirling Technology). This revolutionary...
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Paperback | Pub: 14 May 2026£25.00In 1985, Tilquhillie Castle, in the picturesque Royal Deeside region in Aberdeenshire, was a ruinous Z-plan Scottish tower house. Originally built in the middle of the sixteenth century for the important local Douglas family, it had been derelict...
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022£12.99
Few aspects of Scottish history inspire as fervent an interest as the wars with England. The exploits of not one, but two, national heroes – William Wallace and Robert Bruce – have excited the attention of a host of novelists, filmmakers,...
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Paperback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023£12.99This revised and updated edition of Aileen Smart’s best-selling book paints a fascinating picture of those villages north of the Clyde that helped forge Glasgow into one of Britain’s most energetic and vibrant cities. Although now...
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Paperback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023£12.99This revised and updated edition of Aileen Smart’s best-selling book paints a fascinating picture of those villages north of the Clyde that helped forge Glasgow into one of Britain’s most energetic and vibrant cities. Although now...
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E-Book | Pub: 07 Sep 2017£4.99
Droving was once the lifeblood of Scotland’s rural economy, and for centuries Scotland’s glens and mountain passes were alive with thousands of cattle making their way to the market trysts of Crieff and Falkirk. With the Industrial Revolution,...
