Top 10 Bestsellers 2011

  1. The Desperate Journey
  2. Mary, Queen of Scots
  3. Bonnie Prince Charlie and All That
  4. Sir John Macdonald
  5. Willie Gavin, Crofter Man
  6. The Flight of the Turtle
  7. Gnàthasan-Cainnt
  8. Santa is Coming to Glasgow
  9. Hebridean Island Hopping
  10. Sgeulachd Pheadair Rabaid
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    Bonnie Prince Charlie And All That
    Allan Burnett - Paperback - Birlinn
    This text features a real-life adventure with historical facts about Britain's royal rebel, Bonnie Prince Charlie. It tells of Charlie's ugly side as well as his bonnie side, explains why the Prince and his followers were called Jacobites, and also tells the truth about Charlie's romance with island girl Flora MacDonald.
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    The Desperate Journey
    Kathleen Fidler - Paperback - Kelpies
    The Murrays are forced to move to the slums of Glasgow - the first step in a journey that takes them across the seas to Canada, and to the Red River. All of the events described by Kathleen Fidler actually happened to the Red River colonists.
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    The Flight Of The Turtle: New Writing Scotland 29
    - Paperback - ASLS
    'New Writing Scotland' is the principal forum for poetry and short fiction in Scotland today. Every year it publishes the very best from both emerging and estblished writers, and lists many of the leading literary lights of Scotland among its past and present contributors.
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    £5.99
    Gnàthasan-Cainnt
    - Paperback - Clàr
    Most people are familiar with the most popular Gaelic sayings, all of which are contained in this lively collection, along with some more unusual offerings.
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    Hebridean Island Hopping: A Guide For The Independent Traveller
    Martin Coventry - Paperback - Birlinn
    Illustrated throughout with photographs, maps, and ferry points, 'Hebridean Island Hopping' covers everything needed to get the most from a visit to any of the Western Isles.
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    Mary, Queen Of Scots
    Elizabeth Douglas - Paperback - National Museums Scotland
    From her early life of luxury at the French court to her dramatic rule of her Scottish homeland; from a life of gaiety and popularity to years of banishment and execution - this book tells the story of Mary, Queen of Scots, one of Scotland's most famous historical figures.
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    Santa Is Coming To Glasgow
    Steve Smallman - Paperback - Hometown World
    It's Christmas Eve. Santa's packed up all the presents and set the Santa-nav to Glasgow. So what could possibly go wrong? Discover how Santa dashes from Auchinloch to Auldhouse, from Hogganfield to Pollockshields, from Halfway to Scotstoun, visiting ALL the places in between, while you are safely tucked up in bed and fast asleep!
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    Sgeulachd Pheadair Rabaid
    Beatrix Potter - Hardback - Grace Note
    This is 'The Tale of Peter Rabbit' translated into Scottish Gaelic, for all Gaelic-speaking children.
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    Sir John Macdonald: Lord Kingsburgh
    Norman Macdonald - Paperback - Lumphanan
    Descended from the Macdonalds of Sleat and the Macdonalds of Kingsburgh, Sir John Hay Athole Macdonald (1836-1919), Lord Kingsburgh, was one of the most prominent characters in late 19th and early 20th century Scotland.
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    Willie Gavin, Crofter Man: A Portrait Of A Vanished Lifestyle
    David Kerr Cameron - Paperback - Birlinn
    In the second book in David Kerr Cameron's great rural trilogy, the crofting life of a century ago is portrayed though the old memory of a single crofter, Willie Gavin.