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Ate The Dog Yesterday: Maritime Casualties, Calamities And Catastrophes
Graham Faiella - Paperback - Whittles
This title presents true-life stories about mariners' dreadful experiences at sea during the heyday of deep-sea commercial sailing in the 19th century.
£12.74
Inverness
James Miller - Paperback - Birlinn
Drawing on archive material from a wide range of sources, James Miller looks at the past of the city on the Ness and conveys the drama of its long existence.
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The Man Who Gave Away His Island: A Life Of John Lorne Campbell Of Canna
Ray Perman - Paperback - Birlinn
This is the story of a remarkable man and his triumph over adversity, bank managers and bureaucrats to fulfil his dream. Even after he gave it to the National Trust for Scotland he still had to fight to secure his legacy.
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Fresche Fontanis: Studies In The Culture Of Medieval And Early Modern Scotland
- Hardback - Cambridge Scholars Publishing
'Fresche Fontanis' contains 25 studies presenting major new research by leading scholars in Scottish culture of the late 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The three-part collection includes essays on the prominent writers of the period: James I, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, John Bellenden, David Lyndsay, John Stewart of Baldynneis, William Fowler, Alexander Montgomerie, Andrew Melville and Alexander Craig.
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The Heart Of Glasgow
Jack House - Paperback - NWP
This guide stays within the bounds of what is referred to as 'the City' - the area resembling a cross and consisting of the High Street from as far north as the cathedral down to Bridgegate on the Clyde with the east-west thoroughfare stretching across the High Street through the Trongate and down what is now Argyle Street.
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The Knights Templar And Scotland
Robert Ferguson - Paperback - The History Press
This text intertwines Templar and Scottish history, beginning with an overview of the Templars, then applying this to Templar life in Scotland. It describes the Templar arrests in France and contrasts this with the Templar Inquisition at Holyrood. It then follows the Templars from Bannockburn to the present.
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Scotland's Future: The Economics Of Constitutional Change
- Hardback - Dundee University Press
The people of Scotland are set to make history in 2014. As the country's future governance continues to provoke debate and inspire opinion, 'Scotland's Future' takes an impartial view of constitutional change and what it means for Scotland.
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Force12: Memories Of Harris (1955-1964)
Geoffrey Wilkinson - Paperback - Ellingham
Following service as an agricultural officer in Zanzibar, Geoff Wilkinson returns to the island of Pemba for three years as a married man before starting a new life in the Hebrides. This is the fascinating story of his challenging and rewarding ten years on the island of Harris.
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Lost Glasgow: Glasgow's Lost Architectural Heritage
Carol Foreman - Paperback - Birlinn
Carol Foreman tells a story of the development of a great city through the ages. Her work traces Glasgow's history primarily through buildings which have been demolished, but which played a central part in the city's story at one time or another.
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Scapa: Britain's Famous Wartime Naval Base
James Miller - Paperback - Birlinn
Through two world wars, Scapa Flow was the main anchorage of the British Home Fleet. This text tells the story of Scapa through photographs that have been culled from collections in the Imperial War Museum and many other sources.