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Synopsis In the 18th Century shotgun weddings were not unusual, but in most cases it wasn't the bride that was holding the gun. So began the stor...

Synopsis Shaun Bythell owns The Bookshop, Wigtown - Scotland's largest second-hand bookshop. It contains 100,000 books, spread over a mile of shelv...

Synopsis Subtitled : Owling With Laughter. A bumper collection of the decade's funniest stories, as published every day in The Herald's 'Diary' c...

Synopsis This is a collection of the author's thoughts on a wide range of subjects from poverty and unemployment to disco dancing and dog racing,...

Synopsis Author : W.H. Murray. The Scottish Mountaineering Club's definitive guidebook to Scotland's Mountains written by one of Scotland's foremos...

Synopsis Fifty years ago Gavin Maxwell went to live in an abandoned house on a shingle beach on the west coast of Scotland. A haven for wildlife - ...

Synopsis Edited by W. Gordon Smith. A collection of paintings by Scottish artist Jack Vettriano, whose style calls to mind the days of Bogart's H...

Synopsis "These are the ideas we research and campaign for. These are the ideas we stand for. These are the ideas that will transform Scotland an...

Synopsis With Foreword by Billy Connelly. Alternative humour had not been heard of when Chic Murray, a comic Colossus, bestrode the stage. His st...

Synopsis These journals cover the period from 1848 to 1882 provide a fascinating insight into the days she spent with her family in her much belo...

Synopsis Everyone thinks they know the real Gordon Ramsay: rude, loud, pathologically driven, stubborn as hell. But this is his bestselling real ...

Synopsis Over the three decades to the publication date, it is commonly argued, Scotland achieved 'a form of cultural autonomy in the absence of ...

Synopsis In the twenty first century, organised religion would seem to have lost its grip on humanity, and yet people seek spiritual guidance as ...

Synopsis Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2009. In Cairngorm John (his call sign when in contact with search and rescue helicopters) he ...

Synopsis An inspirational guide to great leadership, from the most successful football manager of all time. What does it take to lead a team to wor...

Synopsis Immensely detailed and fully illustrated guide to genealogy in Scotland - a thorough guide to researching your Scottish family tree. Durin...

Synopsis A guide to 52 days out in Scotland, with over 200 things to do and places to go. Written by the Broons family, its full of wee stories, p...

Synopsis The book is the 2nd autobiography of a Glaswegian called Robert Douglas. In the first Night Song of The Last Tram we left Robert a long wa...

Synopsis A part of the Exploring the British Isles series from the Reader's Digest. This volume focuses on the Highlands and Islands with Alistair ...