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The Battle Of Flodden 1513
John Sadler - Paperback - The History Press
The Battle of Flodden in 1513 was the largest battle ever to take place between England and Scotland. When King James IV was killed while leading a charge, and many of their officers were killed, the Scots were left in disarray and the English victory was decisive.
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Batsford's Glasgow Then And Now
Carol Foreman - Hardback - Batsford
This archive tour takes many of the classic archive photos of Glasgow and compares them to the scene today. It reveals a transition from an industrial city based around the Clyde, its docks and great shipyards, to a modern 21st-century economy. Some 70 historic photographs of Glasgow's past are paired with specially commissioned contemporary views taken from the same vantage point.
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Britain's DNA: A People's History
Alistair Moffat - Hardback - Birlinn
Hidden inside all of us - every human being on Earth - is the story of our ancestry. Printed on our DNA are the origins of our lineages, the time in history and prehistory when then arose, the epic journeys people have made across the globe. Based on new research involving the most wide-ranging sampling of DNA ever made in Britain, Alistair Moffat, shows how all of us who live on these islands aare immigrants.
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Burns Night: A Freestyle Guide
Boyd Baines - Hardback - Saraband
This is a cheeky guide which provides you with all the inspiration you need to host and toast one of the world's greatest birthday parties. Whether you're a veteran of this great tradition or you're going to your first Supper, this guide has the lowdown, from addressing the haggis to toasting the bard's immortal memory.
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Banffshire
William Barclay - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Banffshire by W. Barclay was first published in 1922 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the county.
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Berwickshire And Roxburghshire
W. S. Crockett - Paperback - Cambridge University Press
The 'Cambridge County Geographies' were designed to provide a series of concise guides to British regions. This guide to Berwickshire and Roxburghshire by W. S. Crockett was first published in 1926 and contains numerous illustrative figures as well as a list of the chief towns and villages within the area.
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Britain's Last Frontier: Walking The Highland Line
Alistair Moffat - Hardback - Birlinn
This is a record of a trip made by best-selling author Alistair Moffat and veteran journalist and broadcaster James Naughtie in which they walk the Highland Line, tracing its route from the River Clyde through Perthshire and the North-east.
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Bye, Bye B&B: More From Behind The Scenes At A Highland B&B
Joan Campbell - Paperback - Luath
More laugh-out-loud tales from the pen of Joan Campbell, mixed with some sound advice about running, or staying in, a successful B&B.
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Beatniks And Beehives: The Swinging Sixties
Bob Dewar - Paperback - Birlinn
The Sixties put an end to post-war drabness in a psychadelic explosion of colour, fashion, music, new attitudes and revolution (sexual and otherwise). In a hundred pen-and-ink drawings, acclaimed illustrator Bob Dewar celebrates the decade when everyone turned on, tuned in and dropped out - or at least just hung out.
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Banff Through Time
Julian Watson - Paperback - Amberley
The ancient county town of Banff has a wealth of fine 18th century architecture which makes it unique in the north of Scotland, allowing it to be described as a miniature Edinburgh. This selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which Bath has changed and developed over the last century.