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  From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Scottish Cultural Press, Dalkeith, Scotland, 2006. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. In the period before and just after the Act of Union in 1707, English writer Daniel Defoe - the author of "Robinson Crusoe" and "Moll Flanders" - was employed by the English government as a spy. This is the account of his activities in Scotland.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2007. Binding: Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket: New.
New hard cover in new dustjacket. Illustrated. Glover, born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1838, moved to Japan at the age of 21, where he became Japan's first major industrialist, befriended samurai rebels and helped introduce coal mining, railways, trawl fishing and other industries - including Mitsubishi and Kirin beer. This is his life story.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: John Donald, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2001. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. A detailed study of Cardinal Beaton's public, professional and private life.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Granada, London, 2008. Binding: Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket: New.
New hard cover in new dustjacket. First volume of memoirs by critically acclaimed Scottish writer.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: John Donald, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Biography of Robert Owen, the Scottish industrialist who in the 19th century used his wealth to improve the conditions of the poor and the working class and set up the model village of New Lanark.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Tuckwell, East Linton, Scotland, 2000. Binding: Hard Cover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket: New.
New hardback in new dustjacket. Illustrated. The story of the turbulent life and times of one of Scotland's most iconic historical figures.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Sandstone Press, Dingwall, Scotland, 2008. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. The author has spent many years in emergency response and development and in the early 1980s worked as a teacher in Dongola in Nubia. In Darfur he encountered the beginnings of the struggles that would lead to genocide.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Natural Heritage Books, Toronto, Canada, 1999. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. The journal of Lieutenant Andrew Agnew, of the 93rd (Sutherland) Highlanders regiment, describing his tour of duty in 1839 in Manitoulin, in Canada.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: John Donald, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. A biography of the earliest named Christian figure associated with Scotland: St Nynia (also known as Ninian). This book also contains the first ever English translation of the Latin text "Miracula Nynie Episcopi" and a new translation of Ailred's 12th century "Vita Niniani".
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Neil Wilson, Glasgow, Scotland, 2007. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. The author worked on the famous "puffer" boats off the west coast of Scotland from 1966 until the end of the boats in 1994. In this book he recounts his various experiences - both funny and sad.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: John Murray, London, 2007. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Award winning biography of the world famous Scottish poet and novelist George Mackay Brown.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Mercat, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2009. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. The final volume of Jess Smith's memoirs of growing up and living as a traveller in Scotland. In this final volume she bids farewell to her gypsy life and settles down to a "scaldy" (not-traveller) life.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Mercat Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2000. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Love letters exchanged between Scotland's national poet Robert Burns and his married lover, Clarinda.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: A & C Black, London, 1903. Edition: First Edition. Binding: Hard Cover. Condition: Fair.
Fair hard cover with bumping to corners and wear to boards and spine. First edition.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Memoir of a soldier who was captured in 1944, and became a prisoner of war and virtual slave of the Nazis in the mines of Silesia. He escaped three times, on one of these meeting his future wife.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2006. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. This biography of the world famous Scottish king combines up to date scholarship with lucid explanations of the medieval era, revealing Bruce's enormous historical significance.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Comprehensive biography of the life and times of the famed 17th and 18th century Scottish outlaw and jacobite.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Birlinn, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Autobiography of the minister of the Scots Kirk in Paris at the time of the German invasion in 1940. He stayed in France and helped establish a network of safe houses and escape routes for Allied soldiers and airmen trapped in occupied territory.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Mainstream, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Memoir of an abusive childhood.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: NMS Publishing, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Biography of one of Bonnie Prince Charlie's leading lieutenants during the 1745 uprising.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Lang Syne, Glasgow, Scotland, 2007. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Contains the text of Forbes' "Rebellion" and "The Flora MacDonald Story"
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Appletree Press, Belfast, 2008. Illustrator: Dodds, Jane. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New hard cover in new dustjacket. Illustrated. A short biography of Scotland's most famous poet.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Duckworth, London, 1975. Binding: Hard Cover. Condition: Good.
Good hard cover, with some bumping to corners. Previous owner's name inside. Illustrated.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Polygon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2005. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fine.
Fine soft cover. Illustrated. Autobiography of a direct descendant of the MacLeod and MacKinnon clans of the Scottish island of Skye. She lived through two world wars and became an actress, before finally returning to her beloved Skye.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Cualann Press, Dunfermline, Scotland, 2007. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fine.
Fine soft cover. Illustrated. An account of the author's first 21 years, before he became a famous and respected clinical psychologist, academic and writer.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Galloway Gazette Press, Newton-Stewart, Scotland, 1929. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Good.
Good soft cover, with some creasing. Pamphlet of 31 pages.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Sutton, Stroud, Gloucestershire, England, 2005. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Tells the story of the Scot who created the Oregon Trail, in the early 19th century.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Luath, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1998. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. A history of the Scottish Daily Express by someone who joined the newspaper shortly after it is was set up and eventually became managing editor.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Pheonix, London, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. First volume of diaries from this maverick British politician.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Mercat, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Autobiography of someone who escaped the poverty of Glasgow slums through working in casinos throughout the world.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Macdonald, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Good.
Good soft cover, with copyright page missing. A collection of essays, remiscences and letter from and about the Scottish poet Robert Garioch.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: HMSO, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fair.
Fair soft cover, with creasing and wear to cover and spine. Illustrated. Biography of Mary Queen of Scots.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: iUniverse Inc, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fine.
Fine soft cover. Illustrated. Jamie Gasking died, aged 11, at the Falls of Bruar in Scotland in July 2003. This is his father's memorial to him and a celebration of his son's short life.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: iUniverse Inc, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fine.
Fine soft cover. Illustrated. Jamie Gasking died, aged 11, at the Falls of Bruar in Scotland in July 2003. This is his father's memorial to him and a celebration of his son's short life.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: iUniverse Inc, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2004. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: Fine.
Fine soft cover. Illustrated. Jamie Gasking died, aged 11, at the Falls of Bruar in Scotland in July 2003. This is his father's memorial to him and a celebration of his son's short life.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Luath, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2003. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. Illustrated. Biography of one of the most famous of all Scottish heroes.
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From Scotland
Loch Croispol |
Publisher: Arrow, London, 2007. Binding: Soft Cover. Condition: New.
New soft cover. The author's account of the abuse he suffered in a Scottish children's home.
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