Local History

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See also: History & Archaeology

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  £7.99
  The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales From Glasgow's Meanest Streets
  Colin MacFarlane - Paperback - Mainstream
  Colin MacFarlane witnessed the last days of the old Gorbals as a major regeneration programme began in 1961, and, as a street boy, he had an insight into a community in rapid decline. In this book, he reveals what it was like to live in the old Gorbals.
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  Largo's Untold Stories
  Leonard Low - Paperback - Steve Savage
  The village of Largo in Fife has many larger than life characters in its history and Leonard Low ranges from the ancient Romans, to a little-known Scottish admiral, to witch trials, to the original Robinson Crusoe, to an unscupulous sea captain, and to an expedition to find the North West Passage. This book is full of fascinating stories about Largo.
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  £16.95
  Walking The Corbetts
  Brian Johnson - Paperback - Cicerone
  This guide describes routes up all 109 Corbetts north of the Great Glen. The Corbetts offer challenging ascents and descents on steep slopes.
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  Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets
  Jessica Fox - Paperback - Short Books
  Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she was seized by a moment of inspiration and tapped 'second hand bookshop Scotland' into Google. She clicked on the first link she saw. A month later, she arrived 2,000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown, on the west coast of Scotland, and knocked on the door of the bookshop she would be living in for the next month.
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  Hidden Aberdeen: History On Your Doorstep And Under Your Feet
  Fiona-Jane Brown - Hardback - Black & White Publishing
  Aberdeen is rich in history, much of it hidden. Now, in 'Hidden Aberdeen', Fiona-Jane Brown explores the city through new eyes, revealing new stories from the past and bringing the modern city to life.
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  Columba's Iona: A New History
  Rosalind Kay Marshall - Hardback - Sandstone
  In May 2013, it will be 1450 years since the arrival on Iona of Columba, the imperious Irishman who founded its famous monastery and became Scotland's best known Celtic saint. The author charts the many developments on the island throughout the centuries, investigating why it has had such an enduring influence on Scottish life.
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  £12.74
  Inverness
  James Miller - Paperback - Birlinn
  Drawing on archive material from a wide range of sources, James Miller looks at the past of the city on the Ness and conveys the drama of its long existence.
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  The Man Who Gave Away His Island: A Life Of John Lorne Campbell Of Canna
  Ray Perman - Paperback - Birlinn
  This is the story of a remarkable man and his triumph over adversity, bank managers and bureaucrats to fulfil his dream. Even after he gave it to the National Trust for Scotland he still had to fight to secure his legacy.
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  The Heart Of Glasgow
  Jack House - Paperback - NWP
  This guide stays within the bounds of what is referred to as 'the City' - the area resembling a cross and consisting of the High Street from as far north as the cathedral down to Bridgegate on the Clyde with the east-west thoroughfare stretching across the High Street through the Trongate and down what is now Argyle Street.
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  Force12: Memories Of Harris (1955-1964)
  Geoffrey Wilkinson - Paperback - Ellingham
  Following service as an agricultural officer in Zanzibar, Geoff Wilkinson returns to the island of Pemba for three years as a married man before starting a new life in the Hebrides. This is the fascinating story of his challenging and rewarding ten years on the island of Harris.