All Books A to Z by Title
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Peterhead: The Inside Story Of Scotland's Toughest Prison
£8.49
- Paperback - Black & White
Robert Jeffrey tells the story of the infamous Peterhead Prison in Scotland's far north-east. Built in the 1880s as part of an ambitious humanitarian plan to use convict labour to construct a 'harbour of refuge' on the town's wild, storm-battered coast, it became what some call Scotland's gulag. A cold and brutal place, it has held down some of Scotland's most violent criminals and most infamous prisoners, convicted of the most heinous of crimes. -
The Purchase
£7.64
- Paperback - Sandstone
In 1798, Daniel Dickinson, a young Quaker father and widower, leaves his home in Pennsylvania to establish a new life. He sets out with two horses, a wagon full of belongings, his five children, a 15-year-old orphan wife and a few land warrants for his future homestead. When Daniel suddenly trades a horse for a young slave, Onesimus, it sets in motion a struggle in his conscience that will taint his life forever, and sets in motion a chain of events that lead to two murders and the family's strange relationship with a runaway slave named Bett. -
Property, Trusts And Succession
£47.00
- Paperback - Bloomsbury Professional
Written by an expert author team, with the requirement of the LLB syllabus in mind, this book incorporates all the latest changes in legislation and will be a useful text for students. -
Priests Of Mars
£7.64
- Paperback - Black Library
An Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator fleet ventures beyond the borders of the Imperium, in pursuit of arcane technology. Who knows what perils may lie outside the dominion of mankind? -
Peter Doig - No Foreign Land
£24.95
- Hardback - National Galleries of Scotland
Over the past 20 years Peter Doig has established an international reputation as one of the finest painters working today. This catalogue looks in depth at the work he has produced since re-establishing contact in 2000 with his childhood home of Trinidad and moving there in 2002. -
The Politics Of International Law And International Justice
£22.99
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
What is international law? And what is international justice? This book shows that studying these questions together is essential. - The Politics Of International Law And International Justice
£70.00
- Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
What is international law? And what is international justice? This book shows that studying these questions together is essential. - Power And Propaganda: Scotland, 1306-1488
£19.99
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
The late medieval period of the 14th and 15th centuries was a nation-building time for Scotland. Many of the broader themes of late medieval European history played out on a Scottish stage in the same period. This tumultous time shaped political rhetoric, literature and culture from the sixteenth century to the present day and has proved to be a 'usable past' for scholars of late medieval Scottish history, definitively shaping modern Scottish concerns and 'national' identities. - Power And Propaganda: Scotland, 1306-1488
£55.00
- Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
The late medieval period of the 14th and 15th centuries was a nation-building time for Scotland. Many of the broader themes of late medieval European history played out on a Scottish stage in the same period. This tumultous time shaped political rhetoric, literature and culture from the sixteenth century to the present day and has proved to be a 'usable past' for scholars of late medieval Scottish history, definitively shaping modern Scottish concerns and 'national' identities. - Prelude To Terror
£6.79
- Paperback - Titan Books
New York art expert Colin Grant is sent to Vienna to bid on a priceless Old Master on behalf of a Texan millionaire. No sooner has Grant landed in Austria than his seemingly simple assignment turns into a nightmare, as he finds himself at the centre of a conspiracy to unleash a wave of international terrorism.
