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Instructions For A Heatwave
£6.79
- Paperback - Tinder Press
London, July 1976. It hasn't rained for months, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share. -
Island Wife: Living On The Edge Of The Wild
£7.64
- Paperback - Two Roads
A memoir of a woman's life on a remote Scottish island - from 19-year-old girl to wife of one to mother of five, hotelier, domestic miracle worker, to empty nester to writer. -
Irvine Welsh And The Trainspotting Phenomenon
£11.04
- Paperback - Polygon
In the mid-1980s Irvine Welsh's life was going nowhere fast. His teenage dreams of being a footballer or a rock star were over, and he was stuck in a series of white-collar jobs which he loathed. With the last throw of the dice, he started to write. In 1993 his debut novel - which centred on the desperate day-to-day struggles of a group of Edinburgh schemies and junkies - was published. This title offers the inside story of the 'Trainspotting' phenomenon, with contributions from the key players and rare, unseen photographs. -
The Island House
£6.79
- Paperback - Hodder
Posie Graeme-Evans' novel plunges the reader into a past that never dies and a love that reaches out across a thousand years, as a young archaeologist unearths ancient secrets and Viking treasure on a remote Scottish island. - In Praise Of Messy Lives
£11.04
- Paperback - Canongate
This powerful collection of essays ranges from pop culture to politics, from Hillary Clinton to Susan Sontag, from Facebook to Mad Men, from Joan Didion to David Foster Wallace to - most strikingly - the author's own life. -
The Interpretations
£7.64
- Paperback - Sandstone
The police believe that Tom Kingsmill killed himself by jumping off a bridge but Mike Delvan is convinced he is still alive. To solve this mystery Mike will not only have to excavate the past but examine the fears, prejudices and secrets of the people of his home town, Dalmore. -
The Illustrated Encyclopedia Of Tartan: A Complete History And Visual Guide To Over 400 Famous Tartans
£10.19
- Paperback - Southwater
A comprehensive, encyclopedic guide to more than 400 tartan designs that are interwoven with Scottish history, this work includes a wealth of information covering the origins of the word 'tartan' itself, how the fabric and patterns developed and how tartan became a symbol of resistance. - It Shouldn't Happen To A Midwife!: More Nursing Tales From The Swinging Sixties
£6.79
- Paperback - Black & White Publishing
In this sequel to 'It Won't Hurt a Bit', it's time for Jane Yeadon to move on from her training to her exciting new life as a midwife in the 1960s. It's a whole new challenge with a new set of intriguing colleagues far from home as she heads from Scotland to Belfast for a brand new adventure. - It Won't Hurt A Bit: Nursing Tales From The Swinging Sixties
£6.79
- Paperback - Black & White Publishing
This title presents the story of Jane Yeadon's journey from the farm she loved and the schoolwork she hated through to her nurse training and the many adventures along the way. -
Imprimatur
£8.49
- Paperback - Polygon
First published to great controversy in Italy in 2002, this internationally bestselling thriller sheds new light on the power struggles of 17th-century Europe. It is 1683. In Rome, a spy in the service of the French king uncovers a plot to unleash a weapon of mass destruction in the battle between Islam and the West.
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