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Bookshop Main Page Welcome to our Bookshop. From here you can read our collection of Book Reviews, mostly of books by Scots or about Scotland. From here you can also buy a wide selection of books and maps, the majority of which are on Scottish subjects, through our association with Amazon.co.uk The menu on the right together provide a complete list of all bookshop pages. The clickable map below also links to all geographical pages in the bookshop. Ordering and payment is via Amazon's well established and secure system. In purchasing items in this way you benefit from Amazon's prices and you also help support Undiscovered Scotland. How to Purchase: 1. Click on the book you want: opening a new Amazon window. 2. Buy via Amazon's secure systems. 3. Close the Amazon window to return here.		Featured Books Halcyon in the Hebrides by Bob Orrell (30 March 2012). To celebrate 60 years of sailing Scottish waters, the author single-handedly sailed Halcyon, a 32' wooden yawl, from Fairlie on the Clyde, round the Mull of Kintyre by way of numerous inner islands to Barra and to the Atlantic side of the Outer Hebrides, not often visited by cruising yachts. This is the fascinating and engaging story of his journey. Read our full review.
		Scotland: Mapping the Nation by Chris Fleet, Charles W. J. Withers & Margaret Wilkes (1 September 2011). This is the first book to take maps seriously as a form of history, from the earliest representations of Scotland by Ptolemy in the second century AD to the most recent form of Scotland's mapping and geographical representation in GIS, satellite imagery and SATNAV. Read our full review.
		Mary Queen of Scots Way by Paul Prescott (15 April 2012). This route crosses central Scotland from coast to coast, passing through many places strongly linked with Mary Queen of Scots. It runs for 107 miles (172 km) from Arrochar on Loch Long to St Andrews on the Fife coast. En route, it passes mountains, lochs and castles; and goes through welcoming villages and small towns with friendly pubs and B&Bs. Read our full review.
Scotland's Countryside Parks: Volume 1: West by Tom Prentice (30 April 2012). Subtitled "60 Walks in Scotland's Country Parks, Country Estates & Regional Parks" this book sets out 60 varied walks varying in length from 2 to 7 miles in countryside parks mostly accessible by public transport and close to urban centres across the western side of Scotland. Read our full review.		A Sink of Atrocity: Crime in 19th Century Dundee by Malcolm Archibald (26 April 2012). Dundee in the nineteenth century was a very dangerous place. Ever since the Circuit judge Lord Cockburn branded the city 'A Sink of Atrocity' in his Memoirs, the image of old Dundee has been one of poverty and crime - but what was it really like to live in the streets and closes of Dundee at that time? Read our full review.
The King's Park Irregulars: An Abigail Craig Mystery by David Wilson (1 April 2012). When Abigail Craig's friend, retired solicitor Alasdair Mills, is burgled and his prized possession, a pair of slippers that once belonged to Sir Walter Scott, is stolen, her life changes forever. The police have no leads so Alasdair convinces Abigail that they should do some investigating to track down the thieves themselves. Read our full review.		Bonnie Prince Charlie: A Life by Peter Pininski (12 March 2012). The life of one of Scotland's most romantic and tragic figures. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, known as 'Bonnie Prince Charlie', achieved international fame at the age of twenty-five as the man who led the Rising of 1745 against George II which nearly restored his exiled royal family, the Stuarts, to the thrones of Scotland, England and Ireland. Read our full review.

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