glasgow
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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: 11 Jul 2019£8.99Scotland’s largest city features a huge variety of buildings from every period, as well as parks, open spaces and the great River Clyde. This book features 23 views, from Glasgow Cathedral, George Square and the People’s Palace to Kelvingrove...
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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: 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
Winner of the Shamus Award for the Best First P.I. Novel The Goldenacre – a masterpiece by the painter and architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh – has been given to the people of Scotland. The beautiful canvas, the last work by the artistic...
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Hardback | Pub: 19 Oct 2023£25.00
Liz Lochhead is one of the country’s leading poets. Her work has paved the way and inspired some of the most inspirational voices writing in Scotland today, including Ali Smith, Kathleen Jamie, Jackie Kay and Carol Ann Duffy. In A Handsel, the...
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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...
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Paperback | Pub: 21 Sep 2017£16.99
Discover the ultimate chronicle of a nation. In this book, Alistair Moffat brings vividly to life the story of Scotland, from the dawn of prehistory through to the twenty-first century. Ambitious, richly detailed and highly readable, Scotland: A...
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Hardback | Pub: 02 Nov 2023£17.99Glasgow for Bertie is the promised land. The city of pies and Irn Bru, far from his controlling mother, Irene – his place of escape. But how will he respond to the news of the proposed merging of Edinburgh and Glasgow? A new member of Bertie’s...
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Paperback | Pub: 20 Oct 2014£20.00
This book traces the history of relations between the kingdom of Strathclyde and Anglo-Saxon England in the Viking period of the ninth to eleventh centuries AD. It puts the spotlight on the North Britons or ‘Cumbrians’, an ancient people...
