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Glasgow: City Beautiful - John McDermott - Paperback
Containing over 300 full-colour photographs taken from around the city of Glasgow, this book will entertain locals and tourists alike.
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Played In Glasgow: Charting The Heritage Of A City At Play - Ged O'Brien - Paperback
Beyond the hallowed turf of Hampden Park - and the infamous rivalry between Celtic and Rangers - Glasgow has made its mark as one of Britain's sporting capitals. This book recalls the city's sporting history, exploring its greyhound tracks, racecourses and cricket clubs, as well as its many home-made 'doocots'.
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A Rosslyn Treasury: Stories And Legends From Rosslyn Chapel - P. L. Snow - Paperback
Rosslyn Chapel, eight miles south of Edinburgh, has captured the imagination of many in recent years. This extraordinary building, dating from the 15th century, has long been a place of pilgrimage for peope with widely differing interests. This book contains a treasure trove of stories about this remarkable building.
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Arbiter Of Elegance: A Biography Of Robert Adam - Roderick Graham - Hardback
Roderick Graham follows Adam's life and career from schooldays in Edinburgh through study in Italy and the establishment of his architectural practice in London. It explains his passionate ambition, not only to excel as an architect, but to be accepted as a gentlemen in that most snobbish period of our history.
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The Highland House Transformed: Modern Homes For Modern People, 1700-1850 - Daniel Maudlin - Paperback
This text examines the domestic architecture of the Scottish Highlands. Why are all the houses white boxes or in terraced village main streets? It explores why the houses and villages of the modern Highlands look the way they do and how they relate to history of the region.
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Scottish Castles And Fortifications - Richard Dargie - Paperback
Historian Richard Dargie explores over 100 Scottish castles and fortifications and examines why they were built and what their defences were, as well as revealing the battles, plotting and treachery that took place in and around them.
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A Life In Cities: An Architectural Autobiography - David Mackay - Paperback
Martorell, Bohigas and Mackay's work has helped shape many cities, fundamentally influencing the evolution of European architecture and city planning. In this book David Mackay reviews the places which have informed his experience and served as the focus of his creative endeavour.
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The Secrets Of Rosslyn - Roderick Martine - Paperback
For generations the tiny chapel of Rosslyn has been the subject of an extraordinary range of speculation and theories culminating in 'The Da Vinci Code'. While reviewing these theories Martine tells the story of this beautiful chapel, the glen in which it sits and the family that built it.
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Rosslyn Chapel Revealed - Michael Turnbull - Paperback
Rosslyn Chapel was designed by Sir William Sinclair in the 1440s. This book is intended for those who wish to understand the Chapel and the myths which have attached themselves to its splendour.
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Scottish Baronial Castles 1250-1450 - Michael Brown - Paperback
Devastated by the civil wars of the 17th century or by the neglect of their owners, the majority of Scottish baronial castles built between 1250 and 1450 survive as little more than skeletal ruins. The castles examined in this book provide the most impressive physical reminders of Scotland's medieval past.