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288,95 kr. A legend among mountaineers, Doug Scott's expeditions, undertaken over a period of four decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalayas to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous 'epic' on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb.
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118,95 kr. Burnt Offerings is the story of Besse Duncan, a young mother who is accused of witchcraft by the man who attempts to rape her. Destined to lose her daughter, her freedom and her life, this is the story of one woman's fight for vindication through a patriarchal landscape of torture and persecution while her life hangs in the balance.
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126,96 kr. With The 44 Scotland Street Cookbook fans can now immerse themselves in the world of Edinburgh's New Town and eat like their favourite characters. Anna Marshall has ransacked the pages (and cupboards!) of 44 Scotland Street to find all the best snacks, treats and dinners enjoyed by its inhabitants.
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133,95 kr. Delving into Bath's history, this book gathers a collection of stories about these weird individuals and their duels, telescopes, cakes, fizzy drinks, Bath Buns, Sally Lunns and plasticene. This compendium is of interest to Bath residents and visitors.
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133,95 kr. This book covers over one hundred of Fife's villages and hamlets and is arranged in a reader-friendly A-Z format, allowing each settlement to be located and enjoyed separately or as part of a wider specific area.
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218,95 kr. First published in four volumes in the early 1980s, Charles Smith's Historic South Edinburgh has become a much sought-after and extremely rare classic. This completely new edition combines all four volumes into one, and has been completely revised and updated with much new research and information.
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153,95 kr. Based on personal interviews with those who travelled to the New World on the Metagama and other ships, Jim Wilkie sets their story in the context of emigration in Lewis over the centuries, to produce a fascinating insight into one of the central events in the island's history.
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153,95 kr. In this book, Raymond Lamont Brown introduces the reader to some of Fife's most fascinating places, from the great abbeys of Lindores and Balmerino to the major towns of St Andrews, Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy. He also introduces some of the less familiar details from Fife's to produce the most complete introduction to this fascinating county.
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118,95 kr. Tales for Twilight takes the reader on a 200 year journey of Scottish ghost stories, with unnerving tales by writers such as James Hogg in the early eighteenth century, all the way to James Robertson, very much alive in the twenty-first.
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- A Collection of Ghost Stories
143,95 kr. A new editon bringing these chilling Scottish ghost stories back into print after more than 30 years.
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288,95 kr. Scotland has some of the best seafood in the world, so we why don't we eat more of it? Why don't we highlight the bounty of our seas and the people who fish, produce, sell, preserve and cook it? Acclaimed cooker writer Ghillie Basan embarks on a journey around Scotland's coasts and islands to capture the essence of our nation's seafood.
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102,96 kr. From the author of the global best-selling DCI Daley detective books, this is a series of nostalgic, humorous stories for fans of Scottish fiction like Neil Munro's Para Handy. Contains three stories featuring Sandy Hoynes and the crew of the Girl Maggie: A Large Measure of Snow, A Toast to the Old Stones and Ghosts in the Gloaming.
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246,96 kr. This is the first collected poems of Scotland's second makar, after Edwin Morgan, with new poems. Lochhead's work is refreshing, with a feminist agenda often plain to see, it is a particularly good introduction for those who shy away from poetry.
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110,96 kr. In this book, Robin Noble, who has been intimately involved with this corner of the north-west Highlands of Scotland his whole life, celebrates its rugged beauty and shares many intimate encounters with the resident wildlife which surrounded his cottage in its wooded glen under the 'long mountain' of Quinag.
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126,96 kr. Revolution charts the dramatic story of Ange Postecoglou's instant impact on Celtic and charts his life and times in football, through the eyes of those who know him best. This book provides an in-depth, fascinating insight into the making of a man and his unique football philosophy.
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173,95 kr. Everyday Gaelic was originally published by Gairm Publications in 1984 and had been reprinted many times. This is an expanded and updated edition which feature up-to-date orthography.
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343,95 kr. The search for a Northwest Passage, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was one of the great maritime challenges, and it was not until the 1850s that the first one-way partial transit of the passage was made. This book charts the remarkable contribution to Arctic exploration made by the Scots - whose role has often been overlooked.
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118,95 kr. Margaret Bryce has been having a hard time since dying in 2014. In a place beyond, we join Margaret as she revisits her life, from Aberdeen to Australia; Piper Alpha to Thatcher. A Country of Eternal Light is an utterly original, bitingly funny and poignant novel about grief and how we remain wanted by our loved ones, dead or alive.
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- A Voyage to St Kilda
178,95 kr. This text offers Martin Martin's narrative of his journey around the Western Isles, with information on custom, tradition and life, and an account of St Kilda, published in 1697, and Sir Donald Monro, High Dean of the Isles, visit after the fall of the Lords of the Isles, written in 1549.
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233,95 kr. All the poetry of Sorley Maclean, the most significant 20th century Gaelic poet, is gathered together in one volume for the first time. Over 150 poems, some never published before, are given in Gaelic alongside their English translation. Introduced by a biographical essay on his life, influences and impact.
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288,95 kr. In this new biography, the story of James VI and I is laid bare, and a welter of scurrilous assumptions penned by his political opponents put to rest. What emerges is a portrait of James as his contemporaries knew him: a gregarious, idealistic man obsessed with the idea of family, whose personal and political goals could never match up to reality.
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190,96 kr. Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country's history.
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