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  • Cover scan of The Book Of Lost Books
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    The Book Of Lost Books - Stuart Kelly - Hardback
    Beginning with the earliest hominids, 'The Book of Lost Books' traces various pieces of literature which, for a variety of reasons, cannot be read. Each entry describes the reasons for the loss - it may have been destroyed, or left incomplete at the time of the author's death.
  • Cover scan of Lying Awake
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    Lying Awake: An Unfinished Autobiography And Other Posthumous Papers - Catherine Carswell - Paperback
    Carswell's rich and full range of interests and contacts, from D. H. Lawrence and Lady Tweedsmuir to a range of Soviet ambassadors, weave through the rich tapestry of this book of autobiographical reminiscences. Carswell wrote The Camomile.
  • Cover scan of Neil Gunn
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    Neil Gunn - J. B. Pick - Paperback
    Neil Gunn is now generally accepted as the most significant novelist the Highlands of Scotland has produced. This study examines the scope and depth of his work and assesses him as a writer of European stature.
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    Neil Gunn - J. B. Pick - Hardback
    Neil Gunn is now generally accepted as the most significant novelist the Highlands of Scotland has produced. This study examines the scope and depth of his work and assesses him as a writer of European stature.
  • Cover scan of Scottish Fiction And The British Empire
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    Scottish Fiction And The British Empire - Douglas S. Mack - Paperback
    Douglas Mack argues that writers with roots in non-elite Scotland such as James Hogg and Lewis Grassic Gibbon from the past and Irvine Welsh and James Kelman from the present actively challenge the Imperial Grand Narrative. He shows that Scottish fiction was influential in subverting the assumptions that underpinned the Empire.
  • Cover scan of Sir Walter Scott
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    Sir Walter Scott - Harriet Harvey Wood - Paperback
    Providing a brief account of the life of Sir Walter Scott, this text charts his development as a poet and novelist, and justifies his claims to attention as a major 19th century novelist and a seminal influence on later writers.
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    Treasure Islands: A Guide To Scottish Fiction For Young Readers Aged 10-14 - Paperback
    Compiled by teachers, 'Treasure Islands' is an examination of Scottish children's fiction. As well as reviews of 160 books, it contains suggested age and reading levels and bibliographic information.
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    Walter Scott And Scotland - P. H. Scott; Saltire Society - Paperback
    In 'Scott and Scotland: the Predicament of the Scottish Writer', published in 1936, Edwin Muir raised but did not pursue the question of the effect on Walter Scott of Scotland's loss of independence. Picking up where Muir left off, this book sets out to place Scott in his proper historical context.