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Our Highland Home | |||
| Victoria and Albert in the Scotland | Scottish Interest | |||
| Jeanne Cannizzo | ||||
| National Galleries of Scotland 2005 56 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1903278589 | ||||
| Published Price £9.95 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| An account of Victoria and Albert's love affair with Scotland published to accompany an exhibition at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2005, covering their early journeys to Scotland and their stays at Balmoral, illuminating their private lives away from London. | ||||
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Writing Scotland | |||
| How Scotland's Writers Shaped the Nation | Scottish Interest | |||
| Carl MacDougall | ||||
| Polygon 2004 224 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1904598234 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| A look at the history of Scottish literature from Burns to the present day with comments from contemporary authors on a variety of themes from landscape, superstition and tartan myths to religion, travel and language. | ||||
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Ultima Thule | |||
| The Life of an Island Daughter: Eilean a' Cheo | Scottish Interest | |||
| Rhona Rauszer | ||||
| Birlinn 2005 192 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1904598366 | ||||
| Published Price £8.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Rhona Rauszer's third collection of autobiographical short stories written during the 1960s and 70s when she was regularly engaged by the BBC, written for radio audiences and reflecting her involvement with live drama and theatre performances. | ||||
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The Sporting Scot | |||
| An Anthology of Scottish Sport | Scottish Interest | |||
| Brian D Osborne; Ronald Armstrong (Edited by) | ||||
| Birlinn 2003 228 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841582824 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| An anthology of Scottish sport and its relationship to Scottish literature, with extracts from novels, short stories and verse together with journalism, reports and sports analysis, demonstrating the occasional overlaps between the two disciplines. | ||||
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Scotland's Sporting Curiosities | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Jim Craig | ||||
| Birlinn 2005 192 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 1841583367 | ||||
| Published Price £9.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| A reference work of Scottish sportsmen and their achievements from the earliest times up to the 2004 Olympics with stories and anecdotes, divided into chapters on individual sports from rugby and football to table tennis and curling. | ||||
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Living Memories | |||
| A Portrait of Edinburgh in the Last Century | Scottish Interest | |||
| Jennifer Veitch | ||||
| Birlinn 2005 148 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1841584525 | ||||
| Published Price £12.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Steeped in history and culture, Edinburgh's cobbled streets and narrow closes are evocative of centuries gone by, yet Scotland's capital is no stuffy monument to the past. Delving into the photographic archives of the Edinburgh Evening News, Jennifer Veitch tells the story of Edinburgh's transformation from provincial centre to cosmopolitan city between the 1950s and the reconvening of the Scottish Parliament in 1999. | ||||
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The House of Elrig | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Gavin Maxwell | ||||
| Birlinn 2002 208 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841582581 | ||||
| Published Price £6.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Gavin Maxwell's autobiographical novel telling of his boyhood which he spent mostly at the House of Elrigh, a lonely house on the moorlands of Galloway, where he developed an interest in animals and a love of the wilderness. | ||||
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Further Traditions of Trinity and Leith | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Joyce M Wallace | ||||
| John Donald 1990 148 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0859762823 | ||||
| Published Price £7.50 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Stories of the people and places of Trinity, the western dormitory suburb of the Port of Leith, including the area's schools, museums, monuments and associated artists such as Horatio MacCulloch, Erskine Nical and JD Fergusson. | ||||
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Traditions of Trinity and Leith | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Joyce M Wallace | ||||
| John Donald 1997 240 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0859764478 | ||||
| Published Price £9.95 | Sale Price £4.99 | |||
| Over the years the port of Leith has tended to be overshadowed by Edinburgh and in many histories of the capital city the seaward suburb of Trinity has been given no more than a passing glance. This book redresses the balance, revealing the history of an area remarkable for the beauty of its well-preserved Georgian and Victorian architecture, its secluded and original character and its association with figures such as Sir Walter Scott, John Ballantyne and Archbishop Davidson. | ||||
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The Red Door | |||
| The Complete English Stories, 1949-76 | Scottish Interest | |||
| Iain Crichton Smith | ||||
| Birlinn 2001 570 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1841581607 | ||||
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The Scotland Visitor Guide | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| Wendy Price | ||||
| Colin Baxter 2003 280 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1841071676 | ||||
| Published Price £10.00 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| Arranged in chapters on each of the 14 VisitScotland (Scotland's tourist board) regions, the entries in this colourful guide cover every kind of tourist attraction - from nature reserves and ancient monuments to golf courses and steam trains - with short descriptions and practical information on facilities, opening times, admission, directions, contact telephone numbers and websites. There are also introductions, maps and tourist and travel information for each area, and an index of places. | ||||
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Scotland for the Holidays | |||
| A History of Tourism in Scotland, 1780-1939 | Scottish Interest | |||
| Alastair J Durie | ||||
| Tuckwell 2003 206 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1862321213 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £9.99 | |||
| This is a study of the 'selling' of Scotland as the land of heather, kilts and single malt whisky, from its 18th century beginnings until the Second World War put a temporary halt to the annual arrival of grouse shooters and day trippers. Social historian Alastair Durie examines the development of transport and the appeal of sports and health-giving pursuits across the Lowlands and Highlands. | ||||
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'Rebellious and Contrary' | |||
| The Glasgow Dockers, 1853-1932 | Scottish Interest | |||
| William Kenefick | ||||
| Tuckwell 2000 284 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1862321809 | ||||
| Published Price £16.99 | Sale Price £6.99 | |||
| Described by Ernest Bevin, leader of the TGWU, as 'rebellious and contrary', when they seceded and formed an independent Scottish union in 1932, the Glasgow dockers were at the forefront of dock trade unionism in Britain in the 19th and 20th centuries. This study looks in detail at the nature of the port transport industry on Clydeside, the central importance of Glasgow, and the dock labour force that serviced the transport industry on the Glasgow waterfront. | ||||
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Johnny Gibb of Gushetneuk | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| William Alexander | ||||
| Tuckwell 1995 312 pages | ||||
| Paperback 1898410445 | ||||
| Published Price £11.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| A Scottish classic, this is the most famous novel by William Alexander (1826-1894). A masterly study of power and its effects on every level of society, written in radical demotic Scots, it tells of the struggle for the control of land and the impact of the great Disruption of 1843. Introduction by William Donaldson. | ||||
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The Hidden Places of Scotland | |||
| Scottish Interest | ||||
| James Gracie | ||||
| Travel 2001 400 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 1902007743 | ||||
| Published Price £10.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
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