RELIGION
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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: 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: 06 Jun 2024£4.99Seumas MacInnes, one of Scotland’s premier restaurateurs and owner of the iconic Cafe Gandolfi in Glasgow, is not afraid to take issue with the national bard over the sobriquet ‘Great chieftain o’ the puddin race’. Without...
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Jun 2021£9.99The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, the Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of 420 million years of Scottish history and achievement. Involving a...
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Paperback | Pub: 07 May 2026£9.99‘Oh, she hated and loved in a breath!’ Faced with the choice between her harsh farming life and the seductive world of books and learning, the spirited Chris Guthrie decides to remain in rural Scotland. But as the devastation of the...
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E-Book | Pub: 10 Dec 2012£9.99In 1612, George Sinclair, an illegitimate son of a Caithness laird, became a Norwegian national hero. Along with almost 300 of his followers, Sinclair was killed in an ambush in Norway while marching to join the king of Sweden’s army. Sinclair...
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E-Book | Pub: 01 Aug 2011£4.99‘While the army of the Goths makes war, the Romans may live in peace.’ AD 468. With the last Roman emperor of the West deposed, the Empire is in ruins – a plaything for the barbarian armies that rampage across it. This...
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Hardback | Pub: 06 Aug 2026£12.00
The Darien Venture was the singular event at the end of the seventeenth century that fundamentally altered Scotland’s future. ‘A powerfully clear account . . . Highly recommended for anyone interested in the colonial history of...
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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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E-Book | Pub: 06 Oct 2011£9.99
Trevor Royle examines Scotland’s role in the Second World War from a wide range of perspectives. The country’s geographical position gave it great strategic importance for importing war materiel and reinforcements, for conducting naval...
