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Hardback. Zustand: Good. InBring Me the Sports Jacket of Arthur Montford, Aidan Smith mines Scottish football history for quirk, strangeness and charm, on a journey that takes him from Albania to Albion Rovers, great players are celebrated and so are great characters.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. This work describes the British Government's changing perception of the Highlander, from the dangerous ruffian to the hero of Waterloo. It describes previously isolated historical issues, particularly those concerning the church and military.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The islands off the west coast of Scotland contain some of the most spectacular and unspoilt scenery in Europe. Covering Eigg, Rhum, Skye, Raasay and others, this guide introduces the islands by way of a series of 25 graded walks of various distances. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Homeless World Cup was conceived during a discussion in a beach bar in Cape Town in 2001 between Mel Young and Harald Schmied, who were relaxing after an international conference about selling street papers.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. All proceeds from the book will go to the One City charity, which fights social exclusion in the city. Edinburgh's Lord Provost Lesley Hinds said: 'This book project is exactly what One City is all about. The idea of three successful Edinburgh authors, with very different perspectives, getting together to raise awareness and money by using their talent and creativity, is really exciting.'.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A perfect summer read for crime fans, this thriller is set on Spains Costa Blanca with a colourful cast of double-crossing characters. Its a criminally good cocktail of sun, crime, escapism and dark humour.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Stand alone novel from the author of the bestselling DCI Daley Series. Gangs of London meets The Sopranos.Terms of Restitution is a thrilling gangland tale of shifting alliances and deceit, punctuated by the real family problems that we all face and underpinned by Meyricks trademark dark humour throughout.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. In a series of delicately interlaced stories, four lives, separated by millenia, are touched by the mysterious Book of Crows - a mythical book in which the entire history of the world - past, present and future - is written down. A stunning, lyrical exploration on fate, authority and self-determination. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 'The Promised Land' relives those breathless moments on a month-by-month basis, delving into the training ground, the dressing room, into the minds of the players, management and coaches, and out onto the pitch with what was a special team, and the last of its type.

Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. Stuart Barnes has spent over forty years of his life immersed in rugby union, remembered as one of the most controversial playing names during the dying days of the English amateur era and now regarded as a controversial observers in the media ? on both television and in print ? with over two decades of broadcasting and journalistic experience to draw upon. Sketches from Memory combines autobiography with an objective and off-beat study of the sport from the author?s childhood in the 1970s, through the revolution of the transition to professionalism in the 1980s and 1990s, right up until the present day. Eschewing the more traditional form of the sports book, Barnes abandons chronology to allow past and present to mingle, presenting his memoirs as an alphabetical soup with the letters of the alphabet and not the numbers, dates and years of his life leading the narrative. It is a refreshing, beguiling and absorbing approach that allows the dedicated reader to complete the book in sequence, or the bed-side reader to flick from one letter to the next without losing the thread. Honest, insightful, funny and wise, Sketches from Memory is a fascinating study of the game of rugby union, exploring its myriad enchantments, controversies and world-famous characters like no other book has done before.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. This anthology of imaginative writing is arranged like St Andrews itself, where you can find an Art Deco cinema, a late medieval spire, and a 1970s residential block all on the same street.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A heart-warming stand-alone novel about trains and love! McCall Smith weaves a tale of four strangers who meet on a train. They have one thing in common - they have all been in love. They all have very different experiences to share, but as one of the character observes, loving others is the good thing we do in our lives. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. When the body of a retired sheriff is discovered in his grand house in the New Town of Edinburgh, Detective Sergeant Alice Rice finds herself hunting his killer.The search leads her to an unfamiliar world where wind-farm developers - with millions of pounds at stake - and protesters face each other with daggers drawn. Just as Alice thinks an answer is beginning to emerge, the sheriff's lover is killed in an apparent hit-and-run accident.An unlikely coincidence or, as the search widens, is Alice now investigating a double murder.…

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months. It is not going well, as Paul finds his domestic circumstances unsuited to concentrated hard work: Gloria has now moved in with him (not specifically invited) and has brought with her two extremely vocal and demanding Siamese cats. The cats give Paul no peace. Beginning to worry that The Philosophy of Food will never be written Paul calls on the aid of his cousin, Chloe, who suggests a radical course of action. She has taken a six-month lease on a house in a French village not far from Poitiers and invites him to join her there and get the book finished in peace. He needs no second bidding and it is not long before he escapes to France. Once there, however, Paul finds his fortunes tangled up with the fate of one eating establishment in the village: the infamous Second Worst Restaurant in France . …

Zustand: Good. After joining the the Lovat Scouts at the outbreak of the Second World War Donald Angus Gillies is sent on a mission to the Alps, where he meets Francoise, a young French Canadian SOE agent. The pair immediately form a close bond, but when Francoise is injured and captured, DA realizes his feelings for her are much, much stronger. After desperate attempts to find her, he has given up all hope. But a posting to Canada leads to some remarkable news, not just about Francoise but also about his own family.Reunited once more, Donald Angus and Francoise plan to live together in his beloved Ardnish, but have one further mission to complete first - a mission more dangerous than anything they have ever faced before . . .…

Zustand: Very Good. After joining the the Lovat Scouts at the outbreak of the Second World War Donald Angus Gillies is sent on a mission to the Alps, where he meets Francoise, a young French Canadian SOE agent. The pair immediately form a close bond, but when Francoise is injured and captured, DA realizes his feelings for her are much, much stronger. After desperate attempts to find her, he has given up all hope. But a posting to Canada leads to some remarkable news, not just about Francoise but also about his own family.Reunited once more, Donald Angus and Francoise plan to live together in his beloved Ardnish, but have one further mission to complete first - a mission more dangerous than anything they have ever faced before . . .…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. A beautifully illustrated alphabet book for children aged 5-7 from award-winning children's author and illustrator Debi Gliori.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Inspired by terrifying actual events at theCultybraggan POW camp in Perthshire,Black Camp 21is a thriller that takes readers on a gut-wrenching journey from the battlefields of France to its shocking climax in a camp which still stands today.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. An entertaining and, we think, definitive anthology of extracts from autobiographies, biographies, novels, short stories and poems about the Scottish experience of childhood. It begins with accounts of childbirth and infancy and moves on to play and exploration, schooldays, adolescent crises and relationships with parents. The resulting narrative is nothing less than a brightly coloured tapestry of life in Scotland over the past few centuries. …

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest traditional Gaelic storytellers. Reminiscences of his life were first recorded - on tape in Gaelic - in the early years of the 1960s and later transcribed and translated by John Lorne Campbell into this English-language biography. Born in 1869 into a poverty-stricken crofting community on South Uist, Angus MacLellan spent his childhood and his youth with his family before travelling from the island to find work first in the militia and then on the farms of the mainland. His travels came to an end when he returned to assist and eventually to succeed, his parents on their croft on South Uist in 1896. Angus MacLellan's memory for detail and his gift for telling should bring to the reader a vivid picture of a harsh lifestyle encompassing two centuries of dramatic change.…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. Angus MacLellan was regarded throughout his own lifetime as one of Scotland's finest traditional Gaelic storytellers. Reminiscences of his life were first recorded - on tape in Gaelic - in the early years of the 1960s and later transcribed and translated by John Lorne Campbell into this English-language biography. Born in 1869 into a poverty-stricken crofting community on South Uist, Angus MacLellan spent his childhood and his youth with his family before travelling from the island to find work first in the militia and then on the farms of the mainland. His travels came to an end when he returned to assist and eventually to succeed, his parents on their croft on South Uist in 1896. Angus MacLellan's memory for detail and his gift for telling should bring to the reader a vivid picture of a harsh lifestyle encompassing two centuries of dramatic change.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. This title focuses on the history of the Highlands from earliest times to the present day. With sections on key areas of Highland history and life such as clanship, whisky and shinty amongst others.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A lively account of the Scottish football managers who brought their skills and personalities to bear on the beautiful game at home and abroad.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. The Kitchen God, a Chinese deity, has been challenged by the Jade Emperor to fathom the workings of the human heart. In the course of his quest, he follows the life of Jinyi and his wife Yuying, from their youth until their old age.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. The islands off the west coast of Scotland contain some of the most spectacular and unspoilt scenery in Europe. Covering Eigg, Rhum, Skye, Raasay and others, this guide introduces the islands by way of a series of 25 graded walks of various distances. Haswell-Smith, Hamish (illustrator).…

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. All proceeds from the book will go to the One City charity, which fights social exclusion in the city. Edinburgh's Lord Provost Lesley Hinds said: 'This book project is exactly what One City is all about. The idea of three successful Edinburgh authors, with very different perspectives, getting together to raise awareness and money by using their talent and creativity, is really exciting.'.…

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. Paul Stewart has returned to Scotland to continue his successful career. His agent and girlfriend, Gloria, has arranged for him to write The Philosophy of Food in Six Easy Chapters, a project he relishes but that will have to be delivered in six months. It is not going well, as Paul finds his domestic circumstances unsuited to concentrated hard work: Gloria has now moved in with him (not specifically invited) and has brought with her two extremely vocal and demanding Siamese cats. The cats give Paul no peace. Beginning to worry that The Philosophy of Food will never be written Paul calls on the aid of his cousin, Chloe, who suggests a radical course of action. She has taken a six-month lease on a house in a French village not far from Poitiers and invites him to join her there and get the book finished in peace. He needs no second bidding and it is not long before he escapes to France. Once there, however, Paul finds his fortunes tangled up with the fate of one eating establishment in the village: the infamous Second Worst Restaurant in France . …

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Golf clubs, the length and breadth of the UK, are hotbeds debate. This title looks at forty of golf's most disputed issues from the serious to the more light-hearted, examining them from opposing viewpoints in an entertaining and informed manner.

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. A perfect summer read for crime fans, this thriller is set on Spains Costa Blanca with a colourful cast of double-crossing characters. Its a criminally good cocktail of sun, crime, escapism and dark humour.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Throughout the world there exists an enduring fascination with our ancestry ? who we are and where we come from. Nowhere is this more evident than with the generations of Scots who over the centuries have left their native Scotland to create a new life in the New World ? North America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. The Scots are a remarkable race with a justifiably proud history and culture which they have successfully passed on through generations. This compact book sets out to identify the larger Scottish clan and family names, their tartans, septs (dependent family names), heraldic crests, mottos, ancestral lands and allegiances. This book features full colour photographs of each tartan as opposed to digital reproductions, allowing readers to see both the textures and patterns.…