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£9.74
Va Va Froome: The Remarkable Rise Of Chris Froome
David Sharp - Paperback - Birlinn
This is a portrait of a wonderful sporting anomaly. An honest, intelligent, thoughtful, bookish 27-year-old with a hidden steely determination. Chris Froome is the African who will fight to capture the crown of the Tour de France from Bradley Wiggins in 2013.
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£20.00
The Verdict: Life, Laughter And The Law
Irvine Smith - Hardback - Black & White
Legendary Sheriff Irvine Smith QC is one of the most formidable lawyers of his generation. Called to the Bar in 1953, he was involved as Counsel in some of Scotland's biggest cases and also defended five capital murder trials before the abolition of the death penalty. Here he gives his expert verdict on life, laughter and the law.
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£19.95
Van Gogh's Twin: The Scottish Art Dealer, Alexander Reid 1854-1928
Frances Fowle - Hardback - National Galleries of Scotland
A friend of Whistler and Van Gogh, Alexander Reid was one of the most outstanding art dealers of his time. In this text, Frances Fowle examines the career of a man who was often a stubborn and difficult individual, as well as 'a prince among dealers'.
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Viktor Schauberger: A Life Of Learning From Nature
Jane Cobbald - Paperback - Floris
This work offers a concise introduction to Viktor Schauberger's life and thinking. It takes the reader on a journey through his discoveries, interspersed with anecdotes which illustrate how his mind worked.
£12.74
Vet In Harness
James Herriot - Book with sound disc - Hachette Digital
This is James Herriot's fourth volume of superb memoirs. The Yorkshire dales have never seemed more beautiful for James - now he has a lovely wife by his side, a partner's plate on the gate and the usual menagerie of farm animals, pets and owners demanding his constant attention and teaching him a few lessons along the way.
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£7.64
A Very Unimportant Officer: My Grandfather's Great War
Alexander Stewart - Paperback - Hodder
The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War, edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart. This book is a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare punctuated with flashes of dark humour.
£18.99
A Very Unimportant Officer: Life And Death On The Somme And At Passchendaele
Alexander Stewart - Hardback - Hodder & Stoughton
The extraordinary letters and diaries of Captain Alexander Stewart, who served during the First World War, edited by his grandson, Cameron Stewart. This book is a vivid and moving picture of trench warfare punctuated with flashes of dark humour.
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View From The Surgery
Ken B. Moody - Paperback - Troubador
Loveable old curmudgeon Dr Moody is a general practitioner in the Scottish Borders who writes of his experiences in a regular column in local newspapers. Now, for the first time, he has allowed his friend and confidant David Carvel to select and assemble the best of these articles for a wider readership.
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£11.04
Very Private And Public Relations
Jim Dunn - Hardback - Thorogood
Scurrilous, witty and painfully honest, this is an autobiography about growing up under-nourished, under-privileged and gay in 1950s Glasgow.
£6.79
Voices In The Street: Growing Up In Dundee
Maureen Reynolds - Paperback - Black & White
Born in Dundee in 1938, Maureen Reynolds grew up in wartime Scotland, a young girl surrounded by adult concerns and as she came of age, a whole generation seemed to suddenly do the same, with the rise of the Teddy Boy and rock'n'roll.