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  • STONE OF DESTINY
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    STONE OF DESTINY
    IAN HAMILTON
    A Scottish national hero tells the story of a daring exploit that rocked Great Britain—and the love of country that inspired it.   Ian Robertson Hamilton was an unknown law student at Glasgow University—until Christmas Eve 1950. On that night, assisted by Alan Stuart, Gavin Vernon, and Kay Matheson, he took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster A...

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  • ORKNEY
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    ORKNEY
    CAROLINE WICKHAM-JONES
    “An unusual combination of illustrated guidebook and in-depth narrative” on the hidden treasures of these islands just north of Scotland (Scots Magazine).   An archipelago twenty miles north of mainland Scotland, Orkney for many centuries had a culture more Scandinavian than Scottish. Strong westerly winds account for both its scarcity of trees and its tradition of well-constru...

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  • THE FINAL CURTSEY
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    THE FINAL CURTSEY
    MARGARET RHODES
    The bestselling behind-the-scenes memoir of the royal family by a cousin who served in MI5—and as one of the Queen’s bridesmaids. Includes photos!   A Sunday Times number one bestseller in the United Kingdom, this is the intimate and revealing autobiography of Margaret Rhodes, first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II and niece of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. Margaret was born i...

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  • VIKINGS IN AMERICA
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    VIKINGS IN AMERICA
    GRAEME DAVIS
    Discover the evidence that Vikings walked on American soil—centuries before Columbus.   When Columbus claimed to have discovered America in 1492 and the Borgia pope declared it a New World for Catholic Spain, the Vatican started a five-hundred-year conspiracy to conceal the true story of Viking America.   In this groundbreaking new work by the author of The Early English Settle...

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  • TEARS FOR A TINKER
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    TEARS FOR A TINKER
    JESS SMITH
    More “heartwarming reminiscences” of Scottish Traveller life from the author of Jessie’s Journey and Tales from the Tent (Sunday Post).   In this book, Jess Smith concludes her riveting autobiographical trilogy, tracing her eventful life with Dave and their three children from their earliest years together. Their adventures and achievements are interspersed with stories of her ...

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  • THE FADED MAP
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    THE FADED MAP
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Dive into Northern Britain’s Dark Ages in “a book which gives a satisfying and convincing account of this little-known part of Scotland’s history” (Undiscovered Scotland).   Modern communications have driven motorways and pylons through the countryside, dwarfed us with TV and telephone masts, and drastically altered the way in which we move around, see, and understand Scotland....

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  • TRUE NORTH
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    TRUE NORTH
    GAVIN FRANCIS
    A journey through the far north from the Shetland Islands to Greenland and beyond: “A wonder-voyage . . . often beautiful” (Robert Macfarlane, author of Underland). The stark, vast beauty of the remote landscape of Arctic Europe has been the focus of human exploration for thousands of years. In this striking blend of travel writing, history, and mythology, Gavin Francis offers ...

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  • NO SORROW TO DIE
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    NO SORROW TO DIE
    GILLIAN GALBRAITH
    Scottish detective Alice Rice stalks a serial killer in this thriller steeped in “chilling realism” from the author of Blood in the Water (Edinburgh Evening News).   As Heather Brodie kisses her lover goodnight, her disabled husband lies dead, his throat cut from ear to ear. Who wanted Gavin Brodie dead? Many people, including Gavin Brodie. Crushed by an incurable illness, he p...

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  • THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN
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    THE GAP IN THE CURTAIN
    JOHN BUCHAN
    In an English country house, a strange experiment is about to take place: “A gem . . . unadulterated entertainment” (The New York Times).   In this unique blend of suspense, satire, and science fiction, Sir Edward Leithen settles in for a holiday weekend at Lady Flambard’s stately home in the Cotswolds. But the house party turns strange when one of the guests, the enigmatic phy...

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  • THE GRAND SCUTTLE
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    THE GRAND SCUTTLE
    DAN VAN DER VAT
    A true account of a unique event in naval history from “a superb storyteller” (Northern Mariner).   On June 21, 1919, the German High Seas Fleet, one of the most formidable ever built, was deliberately sent to the bottom of the sea at the British Grand Fleet’s principal anchorage at Orkney by its own officers and men.   The Grand Scuttle became a folk legend in both Germany and...

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  • ARTHUR AND THE LOST KINGDOMS
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    ARTHUR AND THE LOST KINGDOMS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    A “fascinating historical detective work” that pins down the real story of the legendary medieval king and the court of Camelot (Spectator).   The Holy Grail, the kingdom of Camelot, the Knights of the Round Table, and the magical sword Excalibur are all key ingredients of the legends surrounding King Arthur. But who was he really, where did he come from, and how much of what w...

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  • RAISING THE DEAD
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    RAISING THE DEAD
    ANDY DOUGAN
    A “pleasingly ghoulish” look at the real-life Dr. Frankensteins of the nineteenth century and their legacy in modern medicine (Telegraph).   Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, Frankenstein, introduced readers to the concept of raising the dead through scientific procedures. Those who read the book were thrilled by this incredible Gothic adventure. Few, however, realized that Shelley’s ...

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  • PARA HANDY
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    PARA HANDY
    NEIL MUNRO
    A collection of beloved short stories starring the Scottish seaman and his quirky crew.   Master mariner Para Handy, a.k.a. Peter Macfarlane, has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News in 1905. He and his crew—Dougie the mate, Macphail the Engineer, Sunny Jim, and the Tar—all play t...

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  • THE FOLK TALES OF SCOTLAND
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    THE FOLK TALES OF SCOTLAND
    NORAH MONTGOMERIE / WILLIAM MONTGOMERIE
    “Norah and William Montgomerie had performed a magical transformation of their own by draping fairy tales in tartan” (The Herald).   The classic folk tales of Scotland were passed down from storyteller to storyteller, and from the first sentence, they held the attention of listeners and readers as though a spell had been cast over them, transporting them to a magical realm wher...

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  • JOHN KNOX
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    JOHN KNOX
    ROSALIND K. MARSHALL
    A bestselling biography of one of the Reformations’ central characters from the author of Mary Queen of Scots: Truth or Lies.   Following John Knox’s career in Scotland, England, France, Switzerland, and Germany, Rosalind K. Marshall explains in straightforward terms the issues and beliefs which concerned the theologian so deeply. She also focuses on his relationship with the o...

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  • SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL TALES
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    SCOTTISH TRADITIONAL TALES
    Stories of heroes, clans, and more in a collection that “savours the Scottish rendering of old folk tales . . . A treasure house of the oral tradition” (The Wee Review).   All over the world, traditional tales were told at the fireside until books, newspapers, radio, and television took their place. This is an entertaining collection from Scotland, recorded and collected by res...

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  • THE HALDANES OF GLENEAGLES
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    THE HALDANES OF GLENEAGLES
    NEIL STACY
    “The story of a remarkable Scottish family set against the great sweep of Scotland’s history . . . [a] remarkable piece of research” (Magnus Linklater, former Scottish editor of The Times).   The Haldanes have been in Scotland for over eight hundred years, and their story illustrates many of the defining themes of Scotland’s history. Haldanes played significant roles in the Bru...

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  • FIVE DAYS FROM DEFEAT
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    FIVE DAYS FROM DEFEAT
    WALTER REID
    A historian explores “with forensic precision” the dramatic turning point that changed the course of the Great War (The Scotsman).   On March 21, 1918, Germany initiated one of the most ferocious offensives of the First World War. During the so-called Kaiserschlacht, German troops advanced on Allied positions in a series of attacks that caused massive casualties, separated Brit...

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  • SUPREME SACRIFICE
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    SUPREME SACRIFICE
    WALTER REID / PAUL BIRCH / GORDON MASTERTON
    A unique book that follows the story of World War I through the lives and deaths of seventy-two soldiers in one small Scottish village.   The war memorial in the Scottish village of Bridge of Weir lists seventy-two men who died during the First World War. Their deaths occurred in almost every theater of the war. They were awarded very few medals, and their military careers were...

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  • PENELOPE'S WEB
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    PENELOPE'S WEB
    CHRISTOPHER RUSH
    “A book about war that, like The Naked and the Dead or Catch-22, manages to be about very much more” (Brian Morton, author of Starting Out in the Evening).   Odysseus is returning to Ithaca after nearly twenty years—half of it spent as a soldier and the other half as a soldier of fortune. During his absence, his wife, Penelope, has remained faithful, despite Odysseus being miss...

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  • SCOTLAND
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    SCOTLAND
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    Five hundred million years of Scottish history from the author of Arthur and the Lost Kingdoms: “Deserves a prominent place in the history canon” (Scots Magazine).   Covering the Ice Age to the recent Scottish Referendum, the acclaimed historian and author explores the history of the Scottish nation. Focusing on key moments such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite ris...

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  • IN SEARCH OF ANGELS
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    IN SEARCH OF ANGELS
    ALISTAIR MOFFAT
    “This account of four west coast journeys in search of the remnants of the earliest Christian missionaries is intriguing . . . Moffat is an engaging guide.” —The Scotsman Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints brought the Word of God to the Hebrides and Scotland’s Atlantic shore. These “white martyrs” sought solitude, remoteness, even harshness, in places apart from the world whe...

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  • TREASURE ISLANDS
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    TREASURE ISLANDS
    ALEC CRAWFORD
    “Crawford’s absorbing account of his first adventures in the salvage trade . . . an unusually likeable, as well as interesting, memoir.” —The Scotsman In 1971 Alec Crawford is determined to make his fortune from ship salvage. Early attempts lead nowhere until he teams up with a new partner, Simon Martin. Diving in Hebridean waters, they explore remains of the Spanish Armada, an...

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  • TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
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    TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS
    TRISTRAM CLARKE
    The revised and updated 7th edition of the bestselling guide to easily discovering more about your Scottish ancestry. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Archives of Scotland are available online they can be consulted by anyone from whatever country. Tracing Your Scottish ...

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  • SCOTTISH HOME RULE
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    SCOTTISH HOME RULE
    BEN THOMSON
    A proponent of Scottish Home Rule offers a clear and concise introduction to the merits of the policy and the history of the movement. Every debate about the Scottish constitution should include the topic of Scottish Home Rule, and if there is to be another referendum in Scotland then Home Rule should be one of the options on the ballot paper. Yet, for all its importance, Home ...

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  • RIDERS ON THE STORM
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    RIDERS ON THE STORM
    ALASTAIR MCINTOSH
    A journey into science and spirituality to help us reconnect with soil, soul, and society from “one of the world’s leading environmental campaigners” (BBC TV). Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. While the coronavirus sheds a light on the vulnerability of our interconnected world, the effects of global warming will be permanent, indeed catastrophic, wit...

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  • SCOTTISH PROVERBS
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    SCOTTISH PROVERBS
    COLIN S.K. WALKER
    Proverbs, once described as ‘the wisdom of many and the wit of one’, offer unique insights the way of life and the social mores of past generations. This book features an introduction which explores the role of proverbs in Scottish culture and over 1,000 proverbs arranged in easily accessible A–Z format. Many have been commonly used for hundreds of years, but modern sayings are...

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  • REGENERATION
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    REGENERATION
    ANDREW PAINTING
    In 1995 the National Trust for Scotland acquired Mar Lodge Estate in the heart of the Cairngorms. Home to over 5,000 species, this vast expanse of Caledonian woodlands, subarctic mountains, bogs, moors, roaring burns and frozen lochs could be a place where environmental conservation and Highland field sports would exist in harmony. The only problem was that due to centuries of ...

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  • A LAST WILD PLACE
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    A LAST WILD PLACE
    MIKE TOMKIES
    When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland, he found a place which was to provide him with the most profound wilderness experience of his life. Accessible only by boat, the cottage he renamed ‘Wildernesse’ was to be his home for many years, which he shared with his beloved German Shepherd, Moobli. Centred on differe...

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