Essays, Journals, Letters & Other Prose Works

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  Arthur Conan Doyle: A Life In Letters
  Arthur Conan Doyle - Paperback - Harper Perennial
  These remarkably candid and previously unpublished letters between Arthur Conan Doyle and his mother, dating from 1867 until her death in 1921, paint a fascinating portrait of one of Britain's most beloved authors and a complex man who both embodied and defied the conventions of his time.
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  The Assassin's Cloak: An Anthology Of The World's Greatest Diarists
  - Paperback - Canongate
  This is an anthology of some of the world's greatests diarists, including 170 wide-ranging, international contributions. It pays tribute to a fascinating genre that is at once the most intimate and public of all literary forms.
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  The Collected Letters Of James Hogg
  James Hogg - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
  James Hogg was a prolific writer of letters, and this compilation features his correspondence with the likes of Scott, Byron and Southey. It also includes some of the tender, if idiosyncratic, love letters he wrote to the Dumfriesshire girl he married at the mature age of 49 years old.
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  Forgotten Scottish Voices From The Great War
  Derek Young - Paperback - Tempus
  Using letters, diaries and first-hand accounts together with original photographs and illustrations, here is the real story of the experience of Scotland's soldiers in the First World War.
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  Scotlands Of The Mind
  Angus Calder - Paperback - Luath
  This is a collection of essays exploring the Scottish psyche through a range of historical, literary and cultural interests that have shaped the Scotland of today. The text concludes with an evaluation of Scots language and literature.
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  Outlandish Affairs: An Anthology Of Amorous Encounters
  - Paperback - Luath
  Each tale in this volume explores the different aspects of cross-cultural relationships often highlighting the awkward and humorous situations born from simple misunderstanding. There are also tales of lost love, haunting love and indefinable love all trying to break down the barriers of culture.
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  Travels Into The Interior Of Africa
  Mungo Park - Paperback - Eland
  Mungo Park, a surgeon, was sent by the African Association to explore West Africa & open trade routes along the Niger River to the fabled, gold-rich Timbuctu. His record of his travels brought a new image of Africa to the European public, though the continent claimed his life.
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  You Can't Catch Death: A Daughter's Memoir
  Ianthe Brautigan - Paperback - Canongate
  This story is the author's attempt to make sense of her famous father's suicide. What emerges is a moving account of a complex, witty, caring man who was torn apart by internal demons, and of a writer who became a hero of the 50s and 60s counter-culture.
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  From Lochnaw To Manitoulin: A Highland Soldier's Tour Through Upper Canada
  - Paperback - Natural Heritage Books
  This is the journal of Lieutenant Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, who served with the 93rd Highland Regiment from 1835-1842. His correspondence with his family in Scotland provide a wealth of information about military life at that time.