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  Campaigning for Edinburgh

  Paperback | Pub: 05 Jun 2025

  £25.00

  In 1849 Henry Cockburn asked: what will Edinburgh look like in 1949 or in 2049? He inspired Britain’s first amenity society – the Cockburn Association – the city’s civic watchdog, which, since 1875, has campaigned to protect and enhance for...

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  Community

  Paperback | Pub: 05 Jun 2025

  £17.99

  Nature artist Jane Smith has been fascinated by wildlife communities and ecosystems her whole adult life. Starting from her own garden in Argyll, she travels to ten locations in the west of Scotland – from the towering cliffs of St Kilda and...

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  A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable

  Hardback | Pub: 21 Oct 2021

  £35.00

  INCLUDES 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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  A Land Won from Waste

  Hardback | Pub: 17 Apr 2025

  £75.00

  Drawing 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 land, waters, forests and wildlife. This volume...