All Books A to Z by Title
Don't know where to begin? Our Reading Guides pick out the best books in Travel, Humour, or The Highland Clearances. And check out our Author Interviews for further inspiration!
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The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales From Glasgow's Meanest Streets
£7.99
- 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. -
The Riverman: Pitch Black
£9.99
- Paperback - Sphere
This is a collection of two Chief Inspector Lorimer novels from Alex Gray - 'The Riverman' and 'Pitch Black'. -
Robert Craufurd: Wellington's Wayward Martinet
£16.99
- Hardback - Pen & Sword Military
To most students of the Peninsular War the name Robert Craufurd usually evokes images of a battle-hardened martinet, flogging his men across Portugal and Spain, driving them hard. However, it is only half of the picture of this most complex character and it is the other half that has never before been revealed. -
The Royal Stuarts: A Family History Of Triumph, Tragedy And Failure
£12.99
- Paperback - Pimlico
Drawing on the accounts of historians past & present as well as the representation of the Stuarts in novels & plays, Allan Massie gets beyond the stereotypes & presents a nuanced history of a remarkable family. He tells the story of an influential but often ill-fated dynasty, a bloody & tragic story full of drama & incident. -
Tommy's Peace: A Family Diary, 1919-33
£11.04
- Paperback - Mainstream
Thomas Cairns Livingstone began to note his day-to-day experiences in 1913 and continued faithfully for the next 30 years. With each witty and well-observed entry, he recorded events at home and abroad through times of war and peace, joy and sadness. In this follow-up to 'Tommy's War', the focus is on the post-war years. - 101 Whiskies To Try Before You Die
£7.99
- Paperback - Hachette Scotland
This is a whisky guide with a difference. It is not an awards list. It is not a list of the 101 'best' whiskies in the world in the opinion of a self-appointed whisky guru. It is simply a guide to the 101 whiskies that enthusiasts must seek out and try in order to complete their whisky education. -
Add to BasketModernism And Magic: Experiments With Spiritualism, Theosophy And The Occult
£70.00
- Hardback - Edinburgh University Press -
King Of Cuba
£12.74
- Paperback - Sandstone
El Comandante, an ageing Castro-like dictator, shambles about his mansion in Havana, visits a dying friend, tortures hunger strikers and grapples with the stale end of his life that is as devoid of grandeur as his nearly 60-year-old revolution. Over in Florida, Goyo Herrera, a Miami exile in his 80s, plots revenge against the same El Comandante whom he blames for stealing his beloved, ruining his homeland and taking his father's life. Shifting between the two men with resonance and humour, Cristina Garcia's novel plumbs the passions and realities of these two Cubas - on the island, and off. -
The Extinction Of Snow
£7.64
- Paperback - Sandstone
A woman receives an email from her son which reads: 'I am sacred. Comfot me.' Does he mean scared? And does he mean 'come for me' or 'comfort me?' Shortly after that she learns of his death, an apparent road traffic accident on a French country road. A piece of music plays over in her head telling her that something is not right about the version of events she has been told. She decides to investigate, and this leads her on a bewildering journey across England, on to Paris, and eventually to the French village where he died. - Angel Academy
£5.99
- Paperback - Usborne
Join Gabrielle for even more out-of-this-world adventures at Angel Academy. The book combines the perennially popular themes of angels and boarding school.
