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Warriors of the Word
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Michael Steven Newton |
Words have always held great power in the Gaelic traditions of the Scottish Highlands: Bardic poems bought immortality for their subjects; satires threatened to ruin reputations and cause physical in… |
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Being a Scot
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Sean Connery,Murray Grigor |
Summary:Being a Scot is a vivid and highly personal portrait of Scotland and its achievements. With Murray Grigor, co-writer, film-maker, friend and fellow Scot, Sean's personal quest has been to see… |
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On the milk
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Willie Robertson |
As a fourteen year old bursting with energy and life, Willie lied about his age to get a job on the milk truck. Well, maturity was called for. Delivering milk may not be everyone's idea of a glamorou… |
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The outrun
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Amy Liptrot |
When Amy Liptrot returns to Orkney after more than a decade away, she is drawn back to the Outrun on the sheep farm where she grew up. Now she finds herself standing at the cliff edge, trying to come… |
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Book of Untruths
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Miranda Doyle |
1 volume ; 22 cm |
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The Wee Book of Calvin
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Bill Duncan |
A collection of essays and aphorisms about Scottish Calvinism. This is Scottish literary humour at its finest. 'A work of contemporary shamanism, with all the bluff, poetry, deranged humour, sleight-… |
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Of Scottish ways
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Eve Begley |
Examines the traditions, history, government, religion, and other aspects of Scottish life. |
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War and Border Societies
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A. Goodman |
Examines the organisation behind societies which were 'organised for war' on a day to day basis. Drawing on a substantial body of Anglo-Scottish archive material the authors trace the first developed… |
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