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Tommy's Peace: A Family Diary, 1919-33
Thomas Cairns Livingstone - 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.
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Tracks Of My Years
Ken Bruce - Paperback - Pan Books
The Ken Bruce Show on Radio 2 is a national institution, much loved by millions of loyal listeners. Here, Ken reveals how his dream of working in radio kept him going through the wilderness years of accountancy, his stint at a car hire company, and finally a job at Radio Scotland before his move to Radio 2.
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The Tailor Of Inverness
Matthew Zajac - Paperback - Sandstone
'The Tailor of Inverness' is a story of journeys, of how a boy who grew up on a farm in Galicia (Eastern Poland, now Western Ukraine) came to be a tailor in Inverness. His life spanned most of the 20th century. Taken prisoner by the Soviets in 1939, he was freed in an amnesty in 1941. He then joined the thousands of Poles who travelled to Tehran then Egypt to be integrated into the British Army, and was resettled in Britain in 1948.
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Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets
Jessica Fox - Paperback - Short Books
Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she was seized by a moment of inspiration and tapped 'second hand bookshop Scotland' into Google. She clicked on the first link she saw. A month later, she arrived 2,000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown, on the west coast of Scotland, and knocked on the door of the bookshop she would be living in for the next month.
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Tomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
Andy Coogan - Paperback - Mainstream Publishing
Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-and-a-half-year nightmare of starvation, torture and disease. This is his story.
£55.00
The Third Duke Of Buccleuch And Adam Smith: Estate Management And Improvement In Enlightenment Scotland
Brian Bonnyman - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
This title examines the career of Henry Scott (1746-1812) with particular focus on his relationship with his tutor and friend, the philosopher Adam Smith, and the management of his extensive Scottish estates.
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Three Things You Need To Know About Rockets: A Memoir
Jessica Fox - Paperback - Short Books
Jessica Fox was living in Hollywood, an ambitious 26-year-old filmmaker with a high-stress job at NASA. Working late one night, craving another life, she was seized by a moment of inspiration and tapped 'second hand bookshop Scotland' into Google. She clicked on the first link she saw. A month later, she arrived 2,000 miles across the Atlantic in Wigtown, on the west coast of Scotland, and knocked on the door of the bookshop she would be living in for the next month.
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Tougher Than Bullets: The Heroic Tale Of A Black Watch Survivor Of The Korean War
Harold Davis - Hardback - Mainstream
As Harold Davis fell under heavy machine-gun fire, his body riddled with bullet wounds and life seemingly slipping away from him, he could not have realised that he was one of the Korean Wars fortunate soldiers. American medics sprang into action and against all odds saved the plucky young Scot. This is his remarkable story.
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Tomorrow You Die: The Astonishing Survival Story Of A Second World War Prisoner Of The Japanese
Andy Coogan - Hardback - Mainstream
Andy Coogan was born in Glasgow in 1917, the oldest child of poor Irish immigrants. He was tipped for Olympic glory, but a promising running career was interrupted by war service. His capture during the fall of Singapore marked the beginning of a three-and-a-half-year nightmare of starvation, torture and disease. This is his story.
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Traveller In Two Worlds: The Tinker And The Student
David Campbell - Hardback - Luath
This biography of Scottish storyteller Duncan Williamson traces the friendship between Williamson and David Campbell through their capers and quarrels. Campbell opens the door to Williamson's captivating 'other' world crammed with anecdotes, folklore and memories.