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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Enlightened evangelicalism Enlightened evangelicalism Jonathan M. Yeager John Erskine was the leading evangelical in the Church of Scotland in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Educated at Edinburgh University, he learned to appreciate the epistemology of John Lo… OL15587981W
Susan Boyle Susan Boyle Alice Montgomery An unauthorized biography of Susan Boyle, from her modest beginnings through her meteoric rise. Her success has proven that keeping faith in our dreams will allow us to unleash our God-given talents. OL17899464W
Eric Liddell Eric Liddell Janet Benge A biography of the Scottish missionary and runner who won a gold medal in the 1924 Olympics and went on to do missionary work in China. OL1881824W
You gotta get bigger dreams You gotta get bigger dreams Alan Cumming "A magical concoction of the mischievous, tender, whimsical, and debauched real-life adventures of Alan Cumming, told in his own words and pictures... In these forty-five picture essays, Cumming reco… OL20039637W
Gentle Johnny Ramensky Gentle Johnny Ramensky Robert Jeffrey "Gentle Johnny Ramensky is the astonishing tale of a boy reared in the poverty of the Gorbals who became one of the world's most extraordinary safe blowers. He spent more than forty years in jail. A … OL24266836W
The House of Elrig The House of Elrig Gavin Maxwell This is the personal story of Gavin Maxwell's boyhood, most of which he spent, in fact or in fancy, at the House of Elrig, a lonely, windswept house on the moorlands of Galloway. This is the house wh… OL2461958W
The Beatons The Beatons John Bannerman The interrelationships of the various Beaton families of medical reknown of Scotland. OL4921673W
Mother's Ruin Mother's Ruin Nicola Barry Nicola Barry grew up in well-to-do Murrayfield, Edinburgh. Her father was a hospital consultant, her mother was medically trained, her brothers boarders at public school. But behind the closed doors … OL9491981W