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E-Book | Pub: 04 Apr 2013£7.49
Two clubs, dedicated to proclaiming the joys of libertine sex, thrived in mid and late 18th-century Scotland. The Beggar’s Benison (1732), starting from local roots in Fife, became large and sprawling, with branches in Edinburgh, Glasgow...
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Paperback | Pub: 10 Oct 2019£10.00
Almost eighteen years in the making, this collection is a love poem to a rural community in Scotland. The freshness of its language brings the daily grind, its joys and harsh realities, to vivid life; its final elegies form a moving testament to a...
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Paperback | Pub: 10 Oct 2019£20.00The history of the Clyde and the great ships that were built there is well known. Less familiar and equally important, however, is the story of how the great river was made suitable for shipping. The dredging of the Clyde and the building of the...
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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: 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...
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E-Book | Pub: 20 Apr 2015£5.99
In the grey streets of Glasgow, Martin is dreaming of the mist-shrouded islands of his youth. Behind her desk in the travel agency his wife Jean dreams of faraway places in the sun that beckon from the brochures. Their marriage frays in the silence...
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Mar 2023£10.00
Far Field is the third and final book in The Auchensale Trilogy, a series of poetry cycles capturing the changing rural landscape of the West of Scotland. Following on from its predecessors Black Cart and Bale Fire, the book consists of three...
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Paperback | Pub: 03 Jun 2021£14.99At the time of its construction, the Forth Bridge was the largest bridge in the world, and to this day it remains a breathtaking monument to the vision and confidence of the Victorian age which created it. For seven years, thousands of men from all...
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Paperback | Pub: 21 Sep 2023£12.99It is time to bin – once and for all – the nonsense that Gaelic was never spoken in Glasgow. In fact, Glasgow’s place-names tell us that Gaelic has been spoken in Glasgow for around a thousand years. Showcasing new research from the...
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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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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: 14 Feb 2020£9.99From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers F.C., one of the most famous and powerful names in British sport, was sold to venture capitalist Craig Whyte in 2011 . . . for £1. When Whyte walked through the gates at Ibrox,...
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Paperback | Pub: 05 May 2022£14.99‘A memoir which is also a work of art’ – Allan Massie, The Scotsman The story begins with Campbell, aged 14, in a police cell in Glasgow. He’s been charged with stealing books – five Mickey Spillane novels and a copy of Peyton...
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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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E-Book | Pub: 01 Apr 2023£9.99
Discover the critically acclaimed Rebecca Connolly thrillers today. From the dark shores of the island of Stoirm to the stunning Scottish Highlands, to the streets of Glasgow and the moors of Culloden, join investigative reporter Rebecca Connolly as...
