Places & Peoples: General Interest
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Add to Basket100 Days On Holy Island: A Writer's Exile - - Paperback
£9.99
This volume is an account of one man's self-imposed exile to a remote island off the coast of North-East England. Eschewing the usual historical or religious portrayal, Mortimer gives an account of a confirmed ubanite in a small, tight-knit community cut off twice daily by the tides. -
Add to BasketAberdeens Around The World: Strandloopers, Turpentine And Little Green Ants - - Paperback
£14.99
Scottish place-names can be found on every continent. Aberdeen appears on maps of Canada and America, and China and Australia. This book takes you on a journey to discover the stories of these other townships which share more than just a name. -
Add to BasketAnother Nip Around The World - - Paperback
£7.99
This sequel to Nip around the World takes the reader on a month by month tour of sales manager Greenwood's contacts as he sells his single malt worldwide. Both humorous and enlightening, the anecdotes are accompanied by witty illustrations. -
Add to BasketArgyll - - Paperback
£9.99
This title forms part of a series of images of Scotland's beautiful scenery taken by some of its finest photographers. These books are not simply pictures of what we can see from our car window, nor simply misty landscapes, but photography which gets to the heart of both the landscape and its human component. -
Add to BasketArgyll & The Isles: Including Bute And Cowal - - Paperback
£5.95
With island, sea and mountain all in a grand and complex pattern, Argyll is one of the most beguiling parts of Scotland, for tourist, wildlife enthusiast, historian or photographer. In this guide the best Argyll and the isles are described. -
Add to BasketAround Orkney - Paperback
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Add to BasketAuld Acquaintance: Great Scots Characters I Have Known - - Paperback
£8.99
Ben Coutts is known for his achievements as farmer, politician, and broadcaster on Radio Scotland. In this collection of reminiscences, he recalls some people from the rich variety of characters he has encountered over the years. -
Add to BasketAyrshire & Arran: An Illustrated Architectural Guide - - Paperback
£9.95
An essential companion to Ayrshire and Arran, this architectural guide provides comprehensive coverage of the many and varied buildings to be found in the area -
Add to BasketBairnsangs: Nursery Rhymes In Scots - - Paperback
£3.00
Bairnsangs in the result of the collaboration in 1955 of three influential Ayrshire men. Together they wrote these nursery rhymes in Scots under the name of Sandy Thomas Ross. -
£7.95Bare Feet And Tackety Boots: A Boyhood On Rhum - - Paperback
The last survivor of those who were born and raised on the island of Rhum before the First World War presents a social history and personal anecdote of a way of life gone not long ago but already almost forgotten.








