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  Once Upon A Crime: I Grew Up In Britain's Hardest City, Where The Only Way To Survive Was On Your Wits
  Jimmy Cryans - Paperback - John Blake
  This is the true story of Jimmy Cryans. It is a story of growing up in Glasgow's East End during the 50s and 60s and how he became involved in a life of crime. Jimmy speaks about the various characters he met and his dealings with some of Britain's major criminals. Jimmy's story also reveals his lifelong quest to find himself.
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  The Christian Watt Papers
  Christian Watt - Paperback - Birlinn
  At the age of 47, Christian Watt began to write down her recollections of her life. She continued until her death at the age of 90 in 1923. Her writing is fuelled by her sense of family pride, her anger at social injustice, her hatred of war and her profound religious faith. Her courage and compassion are everywhere evident.
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  Storming The Falklands: My War And After
  Tony Banks - Hardback - Little, Brown
  Tony Banks and his comrades were plunged into a war of night attacks and vicious close-quarters combat as they sought to liberate the Falkland Islands. In 'Storming the Falklands', Tony gives his vivid and harrowing first-hand account of the bloodiest conflict British troops had faced in years.
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  Spade Among The Rushes
  Margaret Leigh - Paperback - Birlinn
  Margaret Leigh was already a successful author when she made the decision to leave her home in England and become a crofter in the West Highlands. This is a lucid account of her experiences in Moidart during the Second World War.
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  The Yellow On The Broom: The Early Days Of A Traveller Woman
  Betsy Whyte - Paperback - Birlinn
  Betsy Whyte was born into a family of travellers who roamed the Scottish countryside between the wars. This vivid description of a childhood on the road amidst a misunderstood people is a rich evocation of a vanishing world.
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  Black Watch: Liberating Europe And Catching Himmler
  Tom Renouf - Paperback - Abacus
  Tom Renouf draws on his own personal experiences - as well as his unique archive of interviews with veterans amassed over 20 years as secretary of the 51st Highland Division Veterans' Association - to paint a picture of the Battle of Normandy, the liberation of Holland, the Battle of the Bulge and many more memorable World War 2 events.
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  Through The Doors Of Time
  George Wilson - Paperback - Book Guild
  In the second book of George Wilson's entralling meditations, the author traces the next phase of his life during which he continued work in heavy industry which took him and his family to Scotland, Wales and Africa.
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  As If I Was A Real Boy: A Single Adopter And Her Adult Son Look Back
  Gordon Mackenzie - Paperback - BAAF
  When Gordon was ten years old, he had been living in a psychiatric hospital for three years with undiagnosed mental health issues. Jeannie decided to adopt him as a single parent, with all the challenges this can bring. But together, they built a loving family. This is their story.
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  The Moneymaker
  Janet Gleeson - Paperback - Bantam
  Set in the 18th century, this is the true story of John Law, mathematical genius, duellist, inveterate gambler, womaniser and inventor of the first paper money.
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  Steall à Iomadh Lòn
  Seonaidh Ailig Mac a' Phearsain - Paperback - Clàr
  A fascinating and compelling memoir by a man who has spent a significant part of his life involved in Gaelic development, both in his native Scotland and in Canada, where he now lives. He has been a broadcaster, essayist, educationalist and poet, not to mention head of PR at a Canadian nuclear power plant.