The 39 Steps
Alfred Hitchcock
1935
DVD
One of Hitchcock's "wrong man" spy sagas, this classic film follows a Canadian tourist in London (Robert Donat) who becomes entangled in an underground epsionage plot that leads him to a remote mountain town in Scotland. Part of the Criterion Collection.
(GBR493, $39.95) |
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Alastair Sawday's Special Places to Stay Scotland
Alastair Sawday
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
160 PAGES
Organized geographically, this opinionated guide includes authentic and unusual accommodations, each succinctly described.
(SCT162, $20.05) |
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Art of the Celts
Lloyd Robert Laing
Jennifer Laing
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1992
PAPER
216 PAGES
A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series, this is a broad introduction to Celtic art, from the 5th century B.C. to 1200 A.D.
(CLT02, $19.95) |
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Aunt Dimity And the Deep Blue Sea
Nancy Atherton
MYSTERY
2007
PAPER
304 PAGES
The newest addition to the Aunt Dimity series is sure to delight devoted fans and newcomers alike. A most cheerful and eccentric mystery set on a remote island off the shore of Scotland, where Lori Shepard gets drawn into a perilous whodunit, calling again on the supernatural counsel of Aunt Dimity.
(SCT117, $7.99) |
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Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain
Benedict le Vay
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
384 PAGES
From Longleat's Marquess of Bath and his 'set' of 62 'wifelets' to Biddeford's four acre Gnome Reserve, home to over a thousand of the little red-capped critters, and Chipping Campden's World Shin-kicking Championships, le Vay's book is an engaging and amusing read as well as being a practical travel guide. Lost for ideas? A calendar to the Eccentric Year is at hand - it's May so it must be the Randwick Wap religious cheese rolling festival. If you can wait a while August sees Tatton Park host the English Open Chainsaw Competition. Elsewhere, the guide details the Falkirk Wheel's triumph of eccentric engineering, which raises up to six boats at a time 155 feet from a canal to an aqueduct. However, if all this weirdness leaves you feeling a little jaded a trip to Salcombe, Devon and an encounter with Overbeck's Rejuvenator, just one of the items on display at the Electric Shock Museum, may ginger things up a bit...
(GBR586, $24.99) |
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Braveheart
Mel Gibson
HISTORY
2002
DVD
The legend of William Wallace is brought to life in this Academy Award winning film starring Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau. 177 minutes.
(SCT91, $19.99) |
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Brigadoon
Vincente Minnelli
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2005
DVD
In this 1954 Cinescope musical, Gene Kelly and Van Johnson play two Americans who stumble upon an enchanted Scottish village where each night passes as though it were a hundred years. Cyd Charisse plays the lovely lass who steals Gene Kelly's heart. 108 minutes. In color.
(SCT88, $19.97) |
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The British Isles, A History of Four Nations
Hugh Kearney
HISTORY
2006
PAPER
324 PAGES
A survey of 2000 years of British history from the Celts to the Romans, the Normans, to the rise (and fall) of the empire. With a welcome focus on the interaction of the Celts, Normans and other cultures that have made their home in Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England. Highly recommended.
(GBR88, $39.99) |
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Britons: Forging the Nations, 1707-1837
Linda Colley
HISTORY
2009
PAPER
442 PAGES
Winner of the 1992 Wolfson History Prize given in London for the best history accessible to general readers, this very interesting study of the formation of a national British identity recounts the joining of England, Scotland and Wales. This political, military and social history records how the ruling elite withstood threats from within and without from the Jacobites to the French, the path from Protestantism to profits via trade, war and empire, the making of the British ruling class, the women's sphere, and parliamentary reforms from the act of Union to the beginning of the Victorian Age.
(GBR81, $22.00) |
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The Careful Use of Compliments
Alexander McCall Smith
LITERATURE
2007
PAPER
288 PAGES
The fourth installment of the author's popular Isabel Dalhousie mystery series.
(SCT125, $14.00) |
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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
2010
PAPER
175 PAGES
This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe.
(MED07, $15.95) |
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A Celtic Miscellany
Kenneth Hurlstone Jackson
ANTHOLOGY
1975
PAPER
352 PAGES
A survey of Celtic literature through the ages from bardic elegies to heroic sagas.
(IRE93, $16.00) |
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Celtic Prayers from Iona
J. Philip Newell
RELIGION
1997
HARD COVER
96 PAGES
Inspired by the Gaelic prayers and poems of the 19th-century Scotsman Alexander Carmichael, Philip Newell and his wife developed this handsome hard cover book while wardens on the island.
(SCT21, $14.95) |
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The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
Barry W Cunliffe
HISTORY
2003
PAPER
161 PAGES
A concise, revealing social history of the Celts, by a reigning authority and popular writer.
(CLT03, $11.95) |
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Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Alan Crawford
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1995
PAPER
216 PAGES
A heavily illustrated, compact survey of the work of Scottish Art Nouveau designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh. An architect, decorator and painter, Mackintosh helped revolutionize art and design in 20th century Europe. This book in the acclaimed "World of Art" series examines his progress from the turn of the century through the 1920s.
(SCT24, $19.95) |
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Checkmate
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
608 PAGES
The sixth and final volume in the Lymond Chronicles finds Francis Crawford of Lymond in France, leading an army in battle against the English and trying to escape his past.
(SCT94, $16.95) |
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
Glynis Ridley
HISTORY
2006
PAPER
240 PAGES
The entertaining history of a most unusual eighteenth-century European celebrity. Clara the Indian rhinoceros was brought to Europe in 1741 by the Dutch sea captain Douwemout Van der Meer, and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of heads of state such as Louis XV and Frederick the Great. A marvelous and unique look at the introduction of Eastern wildlife into the Western world.
(FRN536, $12.00) |
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Collins Complete Guide to British Wildlife
P. Sterry
FIELD GUIDE
2008
PAPER
384 PAGES
A one-volume photographic guide to British wildlife, covering everything from fungi to mammals, including plants, insects, birds and fish.
(GBR93, $34.95) |
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Companion Guide Edinburgh and the Borders Country
A.J. Youngson
GUIDEBOOK
2001
PAPER
420 PAGES
An introduction to the history, culture and architecture of this grand city and its outlying areas. Youngson covers in rich, personable detail the Old Town, 18th-century New Town and the gardens, castles and abbeys of the border country.
(SCT19, $34.95) |
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Culture Smart! Britain, A Quick Guide to Customs And Etiquette
Paul Norbury
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(GBR736, $9.95) |
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Curious Scotland, Tales From a Hidden History
George Rosie
HISTORY
2006
HARD COVER
244 PAGES
A journalist, playwright and raconteur, Rosie spins half-forgotten and neglected Scottish stories in this entertaining and unconventional history.
(SCT116, $23.95) |
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The Disorderly Knights
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
528 PAGES
The third volume in the Lymond Chronicles follows Francis Crawford of Lymond to Malta, where he has been sent to help the Knights of Hospitallers defend their island against the invading Turks. He soon finds, however, that the greatest danger to the Knights comes from within their own order.
(SCT95, $17.00) |
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
LITERATURE
2003
PAPER
144 PAGES
Stevenson's gothic classic set in Edinburgh -- a great horror story and allegory for the dual nature of man.
(SCT74, $3.95) |
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Dragonfly in Amber
Diana Gabaldon
MYSTERY
1993
PAPER
960 PAGES
The second in a series of time-travel mysteries set in 18th century Scotland.
(SCT102, $8.99) |
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Drums of Autumn
Diana Gabaldon
MYSTERY
1997
PAPER
1088 PAGES
The fourth in a series of time-travel mysteries set in 18th century Scotland and South Carolina on the eve of the American Revolution.
(SCT104, $8.99) |
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Edinburgh Map
Streetwise
2000
MAP
A laminated, folded map of Edinburgh at a scale of 1:12,000. Two Sides. 9.5x36 inches.
(SCT52, $7.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Great Britain
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
720 PAGES
With its 1,400 photos, maps and excellent introductory chapters, this guide is both a general introduction to Great Britain and a region-by-region look at its attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(GBR01, $30.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Scotland
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2012
PAPER
240 PAGES
A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, and a region-by-region synopsis of Scotland's attractions. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat.
(SCT40, $25.00) |
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The Falls
Ian Rankin
MYSTERY
2010
PAPER
464 PAGES
When a wealthy Edinburgh University student goes missing, inspectors Rebus and Clark uncover a bizarre secret in her e-mail correspondence.
(SCT150, $16.99) |
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A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe
Guy Mountfort
FIELD GUIDE
2001
PAPER
212 PAGES
Every birder has their favorite field guide, but you can't go wrong with this classic in the Peterson series: compact, illustrated and convenient, covering 698 species. With range maps.
(EUR15, $25.00) |
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The Fiery Cross
Diana Gabaldon
MYSTERY
2005
PAPER
1456 PAGES
The fifth in a series of time-travel mysteries set in 18th century Scotland.
(SCT100, $8.99) |
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Final Rounds, A Father, a Son, the Golf Journey of a Lifetime
James Dodson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1997
PAPER
272 PAGES
Golf magazine columnist Dodson tells the heartfelt story of a trip with his father, during his father's final months, to the great courses of Scotland and England. With plenty of golf lore and legend, and the wise conclusion that golf is mostly about who you choose to play with.
(GOL02, $16.00) |
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Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf
Ben Hogan
SPORT
1985
PAPER
127 PAGES
A master of golf provides instruction on improving your game in this 1957 classic.
(GOL11, $13.00) |
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Fodor's London's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
2012
PAPER
176 PAGES
This slim guide to London includes a separate map of the city's center and a 96-page pocket book with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(GBR08, $12.99) |
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Fodor's Scotland
Linda Cabasin
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
512 PAGES
A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(SCT129, $21.99) |
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Fodor's See It Scotland
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
376 PAGES
An inaugural volume in this new line of guides by Fodor's this book is notable for its especially vibrant presentation of the country. Each page displays full-color photos accompanied by much useful information on how to eat, sleep, shop, and sightsee in Scotland.
(SCT80, $22.99) |
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Footprint Scotland Highlands and Islands Handbook
Alan Murphy
GUIDEBOOK
2009
HARD COVER
495 PAGES
A well organized comprehensive guide in the British series with helpful sketch maps throughout.
(SCT62, $24.95) |
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
Alexander McCall Smith
MYSTERY
2006
PAPER
272 PAGES
From the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes detective Isabel Dalhousie, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and host of the Sunday Philosophy Club at her home in Edinburgh. In book two of the series, Isabel looks after her niece's delicatessen, meets an eclectic cast of characters, and ponders the mysteries of chocolate.
(SCT113, $14.00) |
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Frommer's 25 Great Drives in Scotland
David Williams
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
Produced in conjunction with the British Automobile Association, these full-color guides focus on scenic and out-of-the-way highways and byways. With detailed maps and suggestions on what to see and where to eat and sleep along the way.
(SCT141, $18.99) |
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Frommer's Day by Day Edinburgh
Barry Shelby
GUIDEBOOK
2012
PAPER
228 PAGES
A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food to hotels, neighborhoods and shopping. With a separate foldout map of the city center.
(SCT136, $14.99) |
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Frommer's Edinburgh & Glasgow
Barry Shelby
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout.
(SCT158, $17.99) |
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Frommer's Scotland
Darwin Porter
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
468 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide to the region with excellent recommendations for hotels, restaurants and excursions. With two-color maps throughout.
(SCT159, $21.99) |
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The Game of Kings
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
560 PAGES
The first volume in the sweeping Lymond Chronicles by a master of historical romance. Set in the 1500's in Edinborough, Scotland, Dunnett's story follows Francis Crawford of Lymand and his band of outlaws as they fight the English for the country they love.
(SCT93, $17.00) |
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Glasgow Map
A-Z
MAP
A convenient, folded and detailed city map of Glasgow at a scale of 1:19,000 in the excellent series by the Geographers' A-Z Map Company in Britain. One Side. 36x46 inches.
(SCT99, $15.95) |
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
Robert A. Scott
ART & ARCHITECTURE
2005
PAPER
294 PAGES
Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview.
(EUR190, $21.95) |
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The Grand Scuttle, The Sinking of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow in 1919
Dan Van Der Vat
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
240 PAGES
Drawing on archives and previously unpublished documents, Van Der Vat explores the hows and whys of the 1919 sinking of the German High Seas Fleet at Scapa Flow by its own officers and men.
(SCT130, $14.99) |
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Great Britain and Ireland Map
HEMA Maps
MAP
A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. Two Sides. 56x39 inches.
(GBR31, $10.95) |
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Great Britain and Ireland Map
HEMA Maps
MAP
A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. Two Sides. 56x39 inches.
(GBR31, $10.95) |
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Great Britain Map
Ordnance Survey
MAP
The Brits are famously in love with geography, and this is their homegrown, excellent map of Great Britain, at a scale of 1:625,000. Two Sides. 38x50 inches.
(GBR06, $14.95) |
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A Guide to the Stone Circles of Britain, Ireland and Brittany
Aubrey Burl
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
276 PAGES
An excellent guide to finding -- and understanding -- all the major sites, plus a few not-so-well known ones. It includes maps, black-and-white photographs, site diagrams, and a bibliography.
(GBR102, $37.00) |
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Here Is Where We Meet
John Berger
LITERATURE
2006
PAPER
256 PAGES
This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people.
(EUR189, $15.00) |
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Highlands and Islands of Scotland, Poetry of Place
Mary Miers
LITERATURE
2010
PAPER
160 PAGES
There are few landscapes in the western world more bewitching than the mountain glens of the Scottish Highlands and the scattered islands of the Hebrides. The beauty of this region, its tumultuous history and the musical and poetic nature of its people has produced a remarkable oral heritage. There are verses composed by gentle scholar saints, incantations and stirring panegyrics by the Gaelic bards, Jacobite songs and satires, laments inspired by love and exile, and great poems from the recent renaissance in the Gàidhealtachd, which address subjects that will resonate with anybody familiar with the region today.
(GBR998, $16.95) |
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A History of Scotland
J.D. Mackie
HISTORY
1978
PAPER
380 PAGES
Mackie reveals how the Scots long pursued an independent line -- i-n religion, law, culture and foreign policy -- that helped them keep at bay the Romans, the French and the English in concise history, covering the nation from the Mesolithic to modern times, vividly written and fair. This second edition carries the national story forward to the 1970s.
(SCT16, $18.00) |
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In Search of England
H.V. Morton
James Morris
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2002
PAPER
274 PAGES
The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. As in all of his many travel books, Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture, and especially, the history of a place with his own keen observations. First published in 1927 and now returned to print in a handsome paper edition with an introduction by Jan Morris.
(GBR368, $16.00) |
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An Innocent in Scotland, More Curious Rambles and Singular Encounters
David W. McFadden
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1999
PAPER
346 PAGES
A sequel to his rambles in Ireland, McFadden again taps local lore, personality and history in this most entertaining journey through Scotland. As more of an excuse to travel than a formula, the book is loosely modeled after Morton's 1920s "In Search of Scotland."
(SCT28, $18.95) |
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Insight Compact Guide Scottish Highlands
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
1998
PAPER
79 PAGES
A brief introduction to the Scottish Highlands with color photos, maps and suggested routes.
(SCT32, $7.95) |
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Insight Guide Scotland
Josephine Buchanan
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
346 PAGES
A thoroughly illustrated guide combining hundreds of photographs, excellent color maps and brief essays on the culture, history and nature of Scotland.
(SCT64, $23.95) |
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The Isle of Skye, A Walker's Guide
Terry Marsh
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
A practical guide in the British series.
(SCT155, $21.95) |
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
Samuel Johnson
James Boswell
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1984
PAPER
429 PAGES
Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson. Witty and entertaining, these travel classics complement each other as Johnson describes the customs, education, religion, agriculture, and trade of the Scots, and Boswell records Johnson's behavior and conversation.
(SCT07, $18.00) |
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, With the Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides
James Boswell
Samuel Johnson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2002
HARD COVER
In 1773, the great Samuel Johnson -- then 63 -- and his young friend and future biographer, James Boswell, traveled together around the coast of Scotland, each writing his own account of the 83-day journey. Published in one volume, the very different travelogues of this unlikely duo provide a fascinating picture not only of the Scottish Highlands but also of the relationship between two men whose fame would be forever entwined.
(SCT134, $23.00) |
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Kidnapped
Robert Louis Stevenson
LITERATURE
2007
PAPER
240 PAGES
Set in 18th-century Scotland after the Jacobite Rebellion, this is a story of attempted murder, shipwreck, and kidnapping as told by a young Whig who has been deceived by his missing uncle. With great feeling for the Scottish landscape, history, and the local atmosphere, this classic tale of the conflict between Lowlanders and Highlanders mirrors the split sympathies of the author himself.
(SCT02, $9.00) |
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The Last of the Celts
Marcus Tanner
HISTORY
2006
PAPER
398 PAGES
Welsh journalist Tanner mixes anecdote, interview and research in this lively account of encounters with far-flung Celts from Scotland, Wales and Belfast to Brittany, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Trelew.
(GBR527, $25.00) |
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Life of St. Columba
Adomnan of Iona
Richard Sharpe
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1995
PAPER
395 PAGES
An early account of the life of St. Columba (521-97), the 6th-century abbot who established the monastery on Iona. Written by Adomnan of Iona at the turn of the 8th century, it introduces the profoundly spiritual man as well as his famous abbey. A Penguin Classic.
(IRE103, $17.00) |
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The Life of Walter Scott, A Critical Biography
John Sutherland
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1998
PAPER
386 PAGES
Sutherland's discerning biography digs beneath the myth to illuminate the life of Sir Walter Scott as not only a literary figure but also a social critic, and Scot.
(SCT92, $47.95) |
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Local Hero
Bill Forsyth
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2004
DVD
111 minutes.
(SCT90, $9.97) |
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Loch Assynt, Lochinver and Kylesku Map
Ordnance Survey
MAP
A detailed (1:50,000) regional map in the Landranger series by the British Ordnance Survey. It covers an area, including Loch Assynt, of 25 miles by 25 miles. One Side. 35x40 inches.
(SCT86, $19.95) |
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Lonely Planet Discover Great Britain
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
432 PAGES
Focusing on must-see and memorable places and experiences, this all color guide by the discerning editors at Lonely Planet, featuring hundreds of color photographs and maps, includes suggested tours and itineraries along with not-to-be-missed places to stay, eat, shop and see.
(GBR928, $24.99) |
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Lonely Planet Discover Scotland
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
320 PAGES
Focusing on must-see and memorable places and experiences, this all color guide by the discerning editors at Lonely Planet, featuring hundreds of color photographs and maps, includes suggested tours and itineraries along with not-to-be-missed places to stay, eat, shop and see.
(SCT170, $22.99) |
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Lonely Planet Edinburgh Encounter
Neil Wilson
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
176 PAGES
With a section of not-to-missed highlights and a calendar of annual events, this lively pocket guide organized by neighborhood includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, drink and play. With a double-sided pullout map.
(SCT138, $12.99) |
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Lonely Planet Scotland
Tom Smallman
Graeme Cornwallis
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
496 PAGES
In its hallmark style, this practical guide to Scotland by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. With a section of color photos and 50 maps.
(SCT37, $22.99) |
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Lorna Doone
R.D. Blackmore
LITERATURE
2009
PAPER
680 PAGES
A classic originally published in 1869, this historical novel is set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century during the reign of Charles II. A yeoman farmer living in Exmoor plans to rescue and marry a young aristocrat whose family killed his father.
(GBR83, $13.95) |
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Lost Balls: Great Holes, Tough Shots and Bad Lies
Charles Lindsay
John Updike
SPORT
2005
HARD COVER
128 PAGES
A lighthearted collection of photographs of the world's great golf courses and many ways one can lose a ball. With a forward by John Updike.
(GOL04, $29.99) |
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Macbeth
William Shakespeare
LITERATURE
1998
PAPER
214 PAGES
This edition of the Bard's tragedy is heavily footnoted, providing lots of commentary on the immortal text. Set in Scotland.
(SCT75, $5.95) |
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Make the Most of Your Time in Britain
Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
368 PAGES
The editors at Rough Guides celebrate their 30th year by bringing you Britain's 500 most inspirational travel experiences, from bushcraft to sea kayaking, tea dances to tall ships. An essential roundup of remarkable, not-to-be-missed activities, cultural curios and adventures.
(GBR999, $29.99) |
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Mammals of Europe
Priscilla Barrett
David W. MacDonald
FIELD GUIDE
2002
PAPER
320 PAGES
Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals, it's a comprehensive handbook, with detailed descriptions, range maps and commentary on behavior.
(FG61, $38.50) |
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Mary Queen of Scots
Antonia Fraser
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1993
PAPER
613 PAGES
Claimant to the thrones of two nations by her royal birth, Mary lost her head by scandalizing her world with a foolish passion. Betrayed by those she trusted, she lost the power game to her cousin Elizabeth I. This richly readable biography, the story of a legend who was loved even en route to her death, illuminates Mary's age as well as the figure herself.
(SCT01, $20.00) |
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Michelin Green Guide Scotland
Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
384 PAGES
With the same focus on driving tours, detailed maps and the Michelin star system, the venerable Green Guides are even better -- organized regionally, in color and with an overview of history, art and culture.
(SCT36, $21.99) |
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Moon Scotland
Luke Waterson
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
500 PAGES
This up-to-date, practical guide features dozens of maps and a focus on the outdoors.
(SCT140, $22.95) |
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Moon Spotlight Scottish Highlands
Luke Waterson
GUIDEBOOK
2009
PAPER
207 PAGES
This handy guide focuses on where to go and what to do, including suggested tours and walks, hotels, restaurants and shops.
(SCT167, $11.95) |
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The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got That Way
Bill Bryson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1996
PAPER
270 PAGES
An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is a humorous and informative history of the English language that showcases Bryson's wry wit. He traces the development of the English language and its oddities from the Neolithic to present. Excellent.
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National Geographic Scotland
Robin McKelvie
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
320 PAGES
An abundantly illustrated guide to the country, with essays on history and culture and color maps.
(SCT168, $25.95) |
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No Laughing Matter
Peter Guttridge
MYSTERY
2004
PAPER
277 PAGES
The first book in the popular Nick Madrid series. A naked woman falls -- or is pushed -- from atop a hotel during the gentle journalist's trip to the Montreal Just For Laughs festival. To solve the mystery, Madrid, a self-deprecating, yoga-loving British journalist, must search the streets of Edinburgh and the secrets of Hollywood.
(CND256, $13.00) |
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Notes from a Small Island
Bill Bryson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1997
PAPER
324 PAGES
This is a farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. It is full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions with the natives who often astonish him (and the reader) with their observations and attitudes. A good-natured tour de force through the country's foibles as well as its charms, this is a congenial companion for any trip to the sceptered isle.
(GBR16, $14.99) |
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The Observations
Jane Harris
LITERATURE
2007
PAPER
416 PAGES
This marvelously atmospheric novel, solidly set in Victorian-era Edinburgh, follows the adventures of a savvy chambermaid, who lands a job at the castle.
(SCT124, $14.00) |
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Off in a Boat, Hebridean Voyage
Neil Miller Gunn
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
1990
PAPER
348 PAGES
A classic tale of a 1930s voyage through the Hebrides by the well regarded Scottish novelist, (who quit his dull job with the civil service, sold his house, bought a useless boat, and tooled around the Inner Hebrides. Gunn captures the romance and exhilaration of a small boat voy age, interweaving his own adventures with Norse and Celtic tales.
(GBR66, $18.95) |
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Outlander
Diana Gabaldon
MYSTERY
1996
PAPER
896 PAGES
Clare Randall is sent back in time from 1945 to 1743 in Scotland, where she falls in love with Scottish warrior James Fraser.
(SCT101, $8.99) |
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The Oxford Companion to Scottish History
Michael Lynch
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
768 PAGES
An illustrated, authoritative reference to Scotland from ancient times to today, organized as an encyclopedia and featuring contributions from a large panel of experts.
(SCT128, $23.95) |
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Pax Britannica, The Climax of Empire
James Morris
HISTORY
2002
PAPER
527 PAGES
The centerpiece of the trilogy "Pax Britannica," this entertaining history concentrates on the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, celebrated as a festival of imperial power and splendor. This is a historical travel book, focusing on how the empire looked and felt at the end of the 19th century, its structure and laws, imperial architecture, parks, gardens, arts, railroads, shipping, roads, the Royal Navy, mapping, and irrigation from India to Canada and Rhodesia.
(GBR10, $37.95) |
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Polly, The True Story Behind Whiskey Galore
Roger Hutchinson
HISTORY
1998
PAPER
155 PAGES
A history of the famous wreck of the S.S. Politician in the outer Hebrides in 1941. The ship was full of whiskey, the locals seized it, and the subsequent wrangling pitted the Hebrideans against the ship's owners. It's the event that is the basis for the novel and film Whisky Galore.
(GBR65, $18.00) |
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Portrait of Scotland
Colin Baxter
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
2000
PAPER
96 PAGES
An excellent short introduction to the beauty and mystery of the Scottish highlands and islands, featuring stunning color photographs by Colin Baxter.
(SCT87, $16.95) |
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Queens' Play
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
448 PAGES
In the second volume of the Lymond Chronicles, Francis Crawford of Lymond is chosen to escort the young Mary Queen of Scots from their native country to the courts of France. To protect the little girl at the center of so much political intrigue, Crawford must use all his skill and cunning.
(SCT98, $16.95) |
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Raven Black
Ann Cleeves
MYSTERY
2008
PAPER
384 PAGES
Winner of Britain's coveted Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award, Ann Cleeves introduces a dazzling new suspense series to U.S. mystery readers. Raven Black begins on New Year's Eve with a lonely outcast named Magnus Tait, who stays home waiting for visitors who never come. But the next morning the body of a murdered teenage girl is discovered nearby, and suspicion falls on Magnus. Inspector Jimmy Perez enters an investigative maze that leads deeper into the past of the Shetland Islands than anyone wants to go.
(GBR700, $14.99) |
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Red Bones
Ann Cleeves
MYSTERY
2009
HARD COVER
400 PAGES
The fouth book in the Shetland Island quartet of murder mysteries by the Duncan Lawrie Dagger Award winner.
(SCT157, $24.99) |
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Right Attitude To Rain, An Isabel Dalhousie Mystery
Alexander McCall Smith
MYSTERY
2007
PAPER
320 PAGES
From the author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes detective Isabel Dalhousie, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics and host of the Sunday Philosophy Club at her home in Edinburgh. In this third installment in the series, the mystery unfolds when suspicious Texan visitors arrive in Scotland.
(SCT112, $21.95) |
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The Ringed Castle
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
544 PAGES
In the fifth volume of the Lymond Chronicles, Francis Crawford of Lymond becomes an advisor to the tsar of Russia, Ivan the Terrible. As Francis struggles to modernize the court at Muscovy, there are those in England making their own plans for him.
(SCT96, $18.95) |
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Lawrence James
HISTORY
1996
PAPER
704 PAGES
An epic history of the empire's achievements from 1600 to the present, Lawrence spices the book with quotes from private letters and diaries -- and good writing. He captures the mission and destiny that drove adventurers and explorers to travel the world in the name of God and king. From the imperial adventures of Drake to Lawrence of Arabia, the impact of the empire on natives, colonials, and the British at home, the lure of wealth tempered by moral misgivings, British sea power, the American War of Independence.
(GBR72, $24.99) |
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Rob Roy
Sir Walter Scott
LITERATURE
1995
PAPER
501 PAGES
Adventure in the highlands of 18th-century Scotland starring the dashing outlaw Rob Roy MacGregor. Part of the "Penguin Classics" series, this book contains explanatory notes and an introduction that sets it in its historical context.
(SCT20, $11.00) |
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Rob Roy
Michael Caton-Jones
HISTORY
2002
DVD
In 1713 Scotland, Highlander Rob Roy is forced to borrow money from a local aristocrat to help his clan. When the money is stolen, he must use all his courage and cunning to survive. 139 minutes.
(SCT89, $14.94) |
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Rough Guide Celtic Music
Various
MUSIC
2005
AUDIO CD
A carefully chosen sampling of Celtic music.
(GBR801, $14.98) |
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Rough Guide Scottish Highlands and Islands
Rob Humphreys
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
616 PAGES
A comprehensive guide in the hip, literate and very informative Rough Guide style. It's divided cleanly between practical information and illuminating background on culture and history.
(SCT132, $19.99) |
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A Rum Affair, A True Story of Botanical Fraud
Karl Sabbagh
SCIENCE
2001
PAPER
296 PAGES
One might be put off by a book sold as " A True Story of Botanical Fraud," but nevertheless, this intriguing tale of bogus scientific claims and fierce debates is captivating. The plot centers around whether some mysterious plants, said to be found on the Scottish Isle of Rum, even exist.
(SCT57, $15.00) |
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Rum, Nature's Island
Magnus Magnusson
GUIDEBOOK
2000
PAPER
160 PAGES
A general overview of the Scottish Isle of Rum, covering history, culture, geography, nature and practical travel information. Focusing primarily on the ecology of the island, it was published in cooperation with Scottish Natural Heritage.
(SCT56, $14.95) |
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Scotland the Autobiography, 2,000 Years of Scottish History by Those Who Saw It Happen
Rosemary Goring
HISTORY
2009
PAPER
512 PAGES
Editor Rosemary Goring draws letters, testimonials, journal entries, and more, from sources as varied as Mary, Queen of Scots and Adam Smith, Oliver Cromwell and Robert Louis Stevenson. Moving all the through ancient history to today, her account of Scotland's history is colorful and engaging.
(SCT163, $18.95) |
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The Scotland Visitor Guide, The Ultimate Guide to Scotland's Attractions
Colin Baxter Photography
GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
288 PAGES
Discover and explore the many fascinating attractions of Scotland with this beautifully illustrated guide, from castles and ancient monuments to gardens and wildlife parks. Color maps, complete practical information for travelers, and stunning color photographs by renowned Scottish photographer Colin Baxter make this book a lovely souvenir as well as a useful guide.
(SCT135, $21.95) |
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Scotland's Golf Courses
Robert Price
GUIDEBOOK
2003
PAPER
240 PAGES
A guide to more than 500 golf courses in Scotland -- the birthplace of the sport and still a favorite destination for dedicated duffers.
(SCT72, $25.00) |
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Scotland, A Short History
Christopher Harvie
HISTORY
2002
PAPER
200 PAGES
A brief history, through the formation of the recent Scottish Parliament, by a leading Scottish scholar and writer.
(SCT77, $19.99) |
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Scottish Art
Murdo MacDonald
ART & ARCHITECTURE
2000
PAPER
224 PAGES
A generously illustrated volume in the "World of Art" Series introducing the individuals and themes that have distinguished Scottish art through the ages. With 183 illustrations, 55 in color.
(SCT48, $14.95) |
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The Scottish Empire
Michael Fry
HISTORY
2003
PAPER
608 PAGES
A provocative history of Scottish dabbling in imperial adventures. The author, a Glaswegian journalist, scholar and politician, tackles (with glee) contradictory impulses and dramatic events in the history of this nation in the making. In tracing Scots derring-do from prehistory to modern times, Fry doesn't shy away from barbarian episodes -- or the humdrum reality of life back home.
(SCT67, $29.95) |
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The Scottish Islands, The Bestselling Guide to Every Scottish Island
Hamish Haswell-Smith
GUIDEBOOK
2008
HARD COVER
546 PAGES
This informative and humorous guide to exploring the Scottish Islands includes color illustrations and relief maps of the main islands. This bestselling guide captures the charm of the islands and takes the reader on descriptive tours as it covers population, wildlife and access to the islands organized geographically.
(SCI288, $44.95) |
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Scottish Literature
Douglas Gifford
Sarah Dunnigan
Allan Macgillivray
LITERATURE
2002
PAPER
1040 PAGES
An overview Scotland's literature, organized chronologically in six sections, from medieval times to today. Not exactly an anthology, this volume is a comprehensive critical history and analysis of Scottish literature compiled by a group of experts.
(SCT71, $52.00) |
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Seamanship, A Voyage Along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles
Adam Nicolson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2007
PAPER
192 PAGES
A stylish writer with a romantic streak, Nicolson offers a direct, engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. He recruits his sailor-friend George; buys a nice, squat wooden boat (the Auk) for the six-month voyage; and drags along a television crew to pay for the trip. Nicolson is the author of the superb Sea Room, Life in the Hebrides.
(GBR561, $13.95) |
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September
Rosamunde Pilcher
LITERATURE
1991
PAPER
613 PAGES
This novel about relationships and secrets within families and between neighbors reads like a literary soap opera.
(SCT110, $8.99) |
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The Shetland Bus, A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Adventure
David Howarth
HISTORY
2008
PAPER
236 PAGES
David Howarth, author of "We Die Alone," tells another little-known story of courage and survival during World War II. This time he writes of the "Shetland Bus," a fleet of fishing boats that made regular journeys across treacherous waters from the Shetland Islands to Norway, in order to bring relief and fortifications to Norwegians weathering Nazi attacks. Howarth, who was second in command at the Shetland base, knows the story first-hand, and brings out the ferocity of the storms and battles endured by a few hundred brave men.
(NOR26, $16.95) |
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Sir James Wordie, Polar Crusader: Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic
Michael Smith
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2004
HARD COVER
371 PAGES
The first biography of Sir James Wordie, whose many polar adventures took him from the Heroic Age of Shackleton and Scott to the modern era. Chief Scientist on Shackleton's Endurance expedition, in later life he was instrumental in planning the first climbing of Mount Everest in 1953 and played a key role in Vivian Fuchs's ground-breaking first crossing of the Antarctic continent between 1955 and 1958.
(SCT109, $35.00) |
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Southern Scotland & Northumberland Map
Ordnance Survey
MAP
A fine locally grown map of southern Scotland, including Oban, Dundee, Stranraer, Carlisle and Edinburgh, at a scale 1:250,000. One Side. 37x50 inches.
(SCT34, $14.95) |
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The Story of Britain
Roy Strong
HISTORY
2002
PAPER
596 PAGES
A beautifully illustrated and rousing history of Britain from prehistory until the 1990s -- a balanced, well written overview of a huge subject.
(GBR71, $49.95) |
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The Sunday Philosophy Club
Alexander McCall Smith
MYSTERY
2005
PAPER
256 PAGES
The first book in McCall-Smith's Sunday Philosophy Club series, set in Edinburgh and starring detective Isabel Dalhousie, the editor of the Review of Applied Ethics. It all starts when a man falls to his death outside a concert hall.
(SCT114, $14.00) |
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The Thirty-Nine Steps
John Buchan
LITERATURE
2008
PAPER
160 PAGES
Buchan introduces his hero Richard Hannay in this 1915 novel of action and political intrigue. A war hero, Hannay returns to England only to become the suspect for a murder--though innocent, he must flee to Scotland. We also carry the classic Hitchcock film based on the novel.
(EUR304, $11.00) |
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Time Out Edinburgh
Will Fulford-Jones
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
320 PAGES
An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine.
(SCT118, $19.95) |
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Time Out Scotland
Time Out
GUIDEBOOK
2010
PAPER
320 PAGES
An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine.
(SCT169, $19.95) |
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To the Ends of the Earth, Scotland's Global Diaspora
T. M. Devine
HISTORY
2011
HARD COVER
336 PAGES
Devinse traces famous stories--from the Highland Clearances and emigration to the Scottish Enlightenment and empire--, removing layers of myth and sentiment to reveal the no-less-startling truth of the Scottish emigration from the 1700's to the present day. Devine is the Sir William Fraser Professor of Scottish History and Palaeography at the University of Edinburgh and director of the Scottish Centre of Diaspora Studies.
(SCT177, $32.95) |
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To the Lighthouse
Virginia Woolf
LITERATURE
1989
PAPER
209 PAGES
Childhood, distilled. Woolf drew on memories of family holidays in Cornwall to write this wonderful, clear-sighted novel, in which the Ramsay family goes on holiday in the Hebrides. First published in 1927 -- and full of light and air, comings and goings, fulfillment and unfulfillment -- it's a modernist classic which is also, quite simply, a pleasure.
(SCT41, $13.95) |
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Trainspotting
Irvine Welsh
LITERATURE
1996
PAPER
344 PAGES
You may have seen the movie, but Irvine Welsh's novel is a far darker, albeit moving, tale of junkies set in a bleak version of Edinburgh. It has a fine sense of place, plenty of dirty words, and loads of black humor, all delivered in a thick Scottish accent. It also has glossary of slang terms for the uninitiated, just in case you didn't know what "nondy" means.
(SCT85, $14.95) |
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The Translator
Leila Aboulela
LITERATURE
2006
PAPER
208 PAGES
Sammar, a young Sudanese widow and devout Muslim working as a translator at a Scottish university, falls in love with her Scottish superviser. In lyrical yet understated prose, Aboulela deftly explores faith and bridging cultural gaps.
(MDE112, $12.00) |
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A Traveller's Companion to Edinburgh
David Daiches
ANTHOLOGY
2004
PAPER
229 PAGES
A splendid introduction to the city.
(SCT108, $16.95) |
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A Traveller's History of Scotland
Andrew Fisher
HISTORY
2009
PAPER
256 PAGES
This brief history of Scotland through the 1990s is wide-ranging, accessible and necessarily condensed. With a useful chronology, a list of monarchs and a historical gazetteer, this book marches confidently through the centuries. Fisher, a proud Scotsman himself, focuses on the vitality and resilience of the nation.
(GBR40, $14.95) |
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Vikings, The North Atlantic Saga
William Fitzhugh
Elisabeth Ward
HISTORY
2000
PAPER
432 PAGES
Published in conjunction with a Smithsonian exhibit, this excellent book explores the culture and history of the Vikings, and especially their well documented voyages to North America. Featuring 400 color photographs, the book also includes lively essays on Viking art, religion, daily life and colonies. It's especially good on Viking expansion and settlements in North America.
(VIK11, $34.95) |
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Voyager
Diana Gabaldon
MYSTERY
1994
PAPER
1072 PAGES
The third in a series of time-travel mysteries set in 18th century Scotland.
(SCT103, $8.99) |
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Whisky, Kilts, and the Loch Ness Monster, Traveling Through Scotland With Boswell and Johnson
William W. Starr
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2010
HARD COVER
240 PAGES
On his 3,000 mile literary pilgrimage, Starr traced the path (in reverse) James Boswell and Samuel Johnson took through Scotland in 1773, beginning and ending in Edinburgh and making stops at Glasgow, Culloden, Loch Ness, the Isle of Skye and more. He combines biography, history, comic asides and passages from Boswell's and Johnson's accounts to create a multifaceted travelogue. He also ventured to the Outer Hebrides and the Orkney Islands, the outer reaches of Scotland where 18th century travelers dared not tread.
(SCT166, $29.95) |
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White Nights
Ann Cleeves
MYSTERY
2009
PAPER
400 PAGES
In this second of Dagger Award winner Cleeves's "Shetland Island Quartet" (after Raven Black), Inspector Perez finds a murdered man, last seen causing an amnesia-induced ruckus at an art gallery. Cleeves hails from Yorkshire, England.
(SCT137, $14.99) |
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White People, Indians, and Highlanders
Colin G. Calloway
HISTORY
2010
PAPER
392 PAGES
White People, Indians, and Highlanders illustrates how these groups alternately resisted and accommodated the cultural and economic assault of colonialism, before their eventual dispossession during the Highland Clearances and Indian Removals. What emerges is a finely-drawn portrait of how indigenous peoples with their own rich identities experienced cultural change, economic transformation, and demographic dislocation amidst the growing power of the British and American empires.
(SCT172, $24.95) |
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Wild Mountain Thyme
Rosamunde Pilcher
LITERATURE
1996
PAPER
294 PAGES
When a former lover shows up on her doorstep with his two year old son in hand, Victoria Bradshaw's life is changed completely. The unlikely trio travel to Scotland together.
(SCT111, $7.99) |
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William Wallace, Brave Heart
James MacKay
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
1996
PAPER
288 PAGES
MacKay separates myth from legend in this rich account of one of Scotland's greatest heroes. He delves into medieval Scotland, setting the life of William Wallace in its historical context.
(SCT30, $16.99) |
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Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries
Ornella D'Alessio
Marco Santini
FOOD
2005
HARD COVER
324 PAGES
Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. The authors, both Italian journalists and wine connoisseurs, provide helpful tips alongside the hundreds of magnificent color photographs.
(EUR191, $35.00) |
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Winter Tales
George MacKay Brown
LITERATURE
2006
PAPER
240 PAGES
These twelve short stories capture the characters and atmosphere of George Mackay Brown's native Orkney.
(SCT115, $11.95) |
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AAA Spiral Guide Scotland
Hugh Taylor
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
208 PAGES
A lively, handy guide to the highlights of Scotland, with a convenient easy-read binding, color photos and maps. Also includes insightful articles and on the history and culture of the country.
(SCT126, $17.95) |
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