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Ultima Thule    Ultima Thule
ISBN:9781904598367
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Rhona Rauszer
Publication Date: June 2005
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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The stories collected here make up Rhona Rauszer’s biography, an oral narrative composed and recorded by her over a period of twelve years (1992–2004).

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Unbearable Lightness of Scones, The    Unbearable Lightness of Scones, The
ISBN:9781846970573
Category: Fiction, Literature
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publication Date: July 2008
Format: HB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:
The story of Bertie and his dysfunctional family continues in this fifth instalment of 44 Scotland Street alongside the familiar cast of favourites – Big Lou, Domenica, Angus Lordie, Cyril and others.

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Uncharted Waters    Uncharted Waters
ISBN:9781862322455
Category: Politics And Economics
Author: Malcolm Chalmers and Willian Walker
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:

This book considers the complex issues which arise from operating the nuclear deterrent out of a devolved Scotland that has attained a very limited autonomy and has no rights to determine defence and foreign policy


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Under Fishbone Clouds    Under Fishbone Clouds
ISBN:9781846971020
Category: Fiction
Author: Sam Meekings
Publication Date: May 2009
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis: 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.
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Under the Hammer    Under the Hammer
ISBN:9780859766067
Category: Military History, Military and Adventure
Author: Fiona Watson
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £16.99
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Synopsis: Fiona Watson examines the process of conquest and attempted colonisation of one medieval kingdom by another, concentrating on that most vital aspect of conquest: the maintenance of garrisons.
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Union of England and Scotland 1603-1608, The    Union of England and Scotland 1603-1608, The
ISBN:9781904607267
Category: British History, History
Author: Bruce Galloway
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £20.00
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After examining the principal similarities and differences between England and Scotland at the turn of the seventeenth century, this book studies the integration of the political, economic, legal and religious institutions of the two nations after the

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Union, The    Union, The
ISBN:9781841586281
Category: History, British History
Author: Michael Fry
Publication Date: October 2007
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
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Synopsis:

In this fresh and challenging look at the origins of the United Kingdom, the first full study for four decades, Michael Fry traces the fault-lines of the present time right back to the treaty drawn up between the ruling classes of Scotland and England three centuries ago.


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Union, The    Union, The
ISBN:9781841585161
Category: History, British History
Author: Michael Fry
Publication Date: October 2006
Format: HB
Price: £20.00
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Synopsis:

First full examination of one of the defining events in Scottish history.

    
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Unknown Hebrides, The    Unknown Hebrides, The
ISBN:9781841583525
Category: Art, Photography
Author: John MacPherson
Publication Date: September 2005
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

This book forms part of a new and exciting series of images of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery taken by some of its finest photographers.


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Unravelling the Ripple    Unravelling the Ripple
ISBN:9780748663033
Category: Photography, Art
Author: Helen Douglas
Publication Date: January 2001
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
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Synopsis:

A portrait of a Hebridean tideline by Helen Douglas.


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Unstoppable Force, An    Unstoppable Force, An
ISBN:9781841587738
Category: World History, Scottish History, History
Author: Lucille H Campey
Publication Date: October 2008
Format: PB
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:
This book provides the first exhaustive study of the great Scottish exodus to Canada written in modern times. This book is essential reading for those who wish to understand why they came and the enormity of their achievements in Canada.

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Urquhart Castle and the Great Glen    Urquhart Castle and the Great Glen
ISBN:9780713487480
Category: History, Scottish History
Author: Nick Bridgland
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £15.99
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Synopsis: Urquhart Castle, and the surrounding Great Glen, has a tumultuous and fascinating history: a home to the Picts, a royal fortress in the Wars of Independence, fought over by the Highland clans, and a forlorn relic in the first Jacobite rising.
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