Places & Peoples: General Interest

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  Bonnie Scotland
  Graeme Wallace - Hardback - GW
  This is a large-format pictorial book featuring over 200 images of Scotland's most famous and scenic views.
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  Shetland
  Norman S. Newton - Paperback - Pevensey
  This text provides a useful guide for the discerning tourist and island devotee, including everything the visitor needs to know about the islands' heritage, landscape, climate, flora and fauna.
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  The Wee Book Of Fife
  Shirley McKay - Paperback - Black & White
  Fishing villages such as Elie, Anstruther and Crail all feature in this collection of photographs comparing old with new, as well as the historic town of Dunfermline with its magnificent abbey, Culross with its crow-stepped roofs, industrial Kirkcaldy and St Andrews, home of golf and Scotland's oldest university.
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  The Most Beautiful Villages Of Scotland
  Hugh Palmer - Hardback - Thames & Hudson
  Thirty-five of Scotland's most beautiful villages are treated to Hugh Palmer's superb photography and informative commentaries in this latest addition to the bestselling series.
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  The Wee Book Of Aberdeen
  Norman Adams - Paperback - Black & White
  Famously banned from entering the annual 'Britain in Bloom' competition to give other towns a chance, Aberdeen is one of the UK's most attractive cities. Including images of Aberdeen's distinctive landmarks, this work chronicles the city's many different facets.
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  The Wee Book Of Edinburgh
  Jan-Andrew Henderson - Paperback - Black & White
  Edinburgh is a city of contrasts, a fact reflected in this collection of photographs taken in the 20th century. Images of the Georgian House and the Forth Railway Bridge are included beside more intimate shots of the Newhaven fishwives and crowded trams on Princes Street.
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  Scotland's Mountains Before The Mountaineers
  Ian Mitchell - Paperback - Luath
  Ian Mitchell tells the story of explorations and ascents in the Scottish Highlands in the days before mountaineering became a popular sport - when Jacobites, bandits, poachers and illicit distillers traditionally used the mountains as sanctuary.
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  Nairn In Darkness And Light
  David Thomson - Paperback - Vintage
  Set in the 1920s, David Thomson's sensitive autobiography of his formative years recreates the community of Nairn, with its fishermen and townsfolk, its crofters and its prosperous upper-middle-classes.
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  Edinbuggers V Weegies (and Vice Versa!)
  Ian Black - Paperback - Black & White
  Ian Black has collected the jokes, the songs and the stories of why citizens from Edinburgh and Glasgow are rivals.
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  The Island Whisky Trail: An Illustrated Guide To The Hebridean Distilleries
  Neil Wilson - Paperback - Angels' Share
  This guide for the whisky enthusiast covers the distilleries of the Hebrides and the west coast of Scotland. It includes photographs along with travel and local information on established distilleries, such as Bunnahabhain and Bowmore, and newer ones, such as Kilchoman on Islay.