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Agnes Owens
Gentlemen of the West

A vivid portrait of a 22-year-old bricklayer's life reveals stark, enduring realities.Gentlemen of the West is Agnes Owens' first novel. It is the acutely observed series of episodes in the life of the na…

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Agnes Owens
Jen's Party

Agnes Owens Centenary Editions

In Jen's Party, soon-to-be fifteen-year-old Jen immediately regrets agreeing to her crazy Aunt Belle's plan for a birthday party which involves, among other notions, flirting with the town's entire male p…

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Agnes Owens
Like Birds in the Wilderness

Agnes Owens Centenary Editions

A working-class man leaves a slowing west of Scotland building trade for oil north, then wilderness and drink claim him.The building trade in the west of Scotland has slowed and Mac leaves for the oil-ric…

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Agnes Owens
People Like That

Agnes Owens Centenary Editions

Lean Tales comprises Agnes Owens' complete life's work in short stories. Witty and dark, Owens' spare prose shocks and delights. Her talent for pithy, unsettling tales is as sharp as ever, confirming her …

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Bill Paterson
Tales from the Back Green

A keenly observed memoir of a 1950s Glasgow boyhood, shaped by post-war challenges, characters, and change.Veteran actor Bill Paterson brilliantly evokes his 1950s Glasgow boyhood in this beautifully writ…

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Ray Perman
James Hutton

James Hutton revolutionized thinking about how Earth formed, founding modern geology through evidence-based theory.Discover one of the Scottish Enlightenment's brightest stars.Among the giants of the Scot…

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Stephen Proctor
Matchless

Perfect golf ambition shaped Joyce Wethered and Glenna Collett's rivalry, paving women's professional tour.Winner of the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award'Finally - a book that truly captures the inspir…

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Polly Pullar
In the Company of Sheep

From Dartmoor to Shetland, sheep culture, native breeds, and the shepherds behind rural life unfold through vivid accounts.A masterclass in why sheep count' - Mark Stephen, presenter of BBC Radio Scotland…

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Ron Shaw
St Cuthbert's Way

Walk the 60-mile route from Melrose to the Holy Island causeway, linking St Cuthbert sites with natural beauty.This 100k (60 mile) walk was opened in 1996 and has rapidly increased in popularity, with tho…

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Douglas Skelton
A Rattle of Bones

The Rebecca Connolly Thrillers

Longlisted for McIlvanney Scottish Crime Book of the YearIn 1752, Seamus a'Ghlynne, James of the Glen, was executed for the murder of government man Colin Campbell. He was almost certainly innocent.When b…

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Martin Stewart
Loose Threads

A politics lecturer's disappearance and a suitcase body spiral into murder, radioactive shoes, and coded espionage.Three homicidal maniacs. Two radioactive shoes. One body in a suitcase.When Dr David Cair…

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Lucy Stewart
The Japanese Garden

A Scottish adventurer draws from Japan to create a vast Japanese garden, built by a woman and spanning cultural worlds.At the turn of the twentieth century, Scottish adventurer Ella Christie returned home…

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Dougie Strang
The Bone Cave

Follow old folktales through the Scottish Highlands, where myths shape understanding of place, ecology, and memory.This is a book about stories - old stories of people and place, and of the more-than-huma…

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Alessandra Thom
Summer Hours

In a hot Edinburgh summer, a stagnating woman accepts dubious freelance money and becomes trapped by desire.Everything about this book is alive' - Maria SledmereIt's a hot Edinburgh summer, and Roisin's l…

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Steven Veerapen
Overlord

The true story behind the infamous life of Henry VIII. Henry VIII is England's most famous king. He is simultaneously the virtuous Renaissance prince gone wrong, the psychopathic, paranoid tyrant, the rel…

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Steven Veerapen
Witches

Discover how one man's obsession changed the world. Witches - whether broomstick-riding spell-casters or Wiccan earth-worshippers - have been culturally relevant for centuries. For centuries, too, belief …

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Bill Williams, Roger McStravick
The King of Clubs

Witness the rise, rivalry, and tragic death of legendary golfer Allan Robertson, celebrated as the King of Clubs.This is the story of Champion Golfer Allan Robertson (1815-1859).Until now, Robertson's rol…

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Scottish Love Poems

At times of high emotion, people tend to turn to poetry to express their thoughts and emotions. Whether it's the first time you fall in love or on the occasion of a wedding, poetry can be best communicate…

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St Kilda: My Island Home

Christina MacDonald MacQueen (1884-1959) was born on St Kilda and grew up there at the close of the 19th century. Yearning for the bright modern world beyond the island, she was the first woman to leave o…

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Sure and Steadfast

Jim Wallace - Lord Wallace of Tankerness - was for decades an influential Liberal politician. This short tribute volume includes contributions from friends, family and colleagues on every aspect of Jim's …

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