Miss Blaine's Prefect and the Vampire Menace by Olga Wojtas (14 February 2020).
The intrepid librarian Shona McMonagle, erstwhile Marcia Blaine Academy prefect and an accomplished linguist and martial
artist, finds herself in an isolated French mountain village, Sans-Soleil, which has no sunlight because of its topography.
It's reeling from a spate of unexplained deaths, and Shona has once again travelled back in time to help out. Shona is soon
drawn into a full-blown vampire hunt, involving even Count Dracula himself.
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The Danger of Life by Ken Lussey (10 May 2019).
It is late 1942. Group Captain Robert Sutherland's first week in charge of Military Intelligence 11's operations in Scotland is not going smoothly.
An investigation into a murder at the Commando Basic Training Centre in the Highlands take an even darker turn that draws Bob in personally. He is also trying
to discover who was behind an attempt to steal an advanced reconnaissance aircraft; and then Monique Dubois in MI5 asks for his help with an operation
of hers in Glasgow that has gone badly wrong.
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When we get to the Island by Alex Nye (21 November 2019).
Hani is 12 and invisible, and yet everyone wants to capture him. After escaping from Syria with his sister, he finds himself working in
atrocious conditions in Scotland. When his sister disappears, he begins a perilous journey to find her, across some of the
wildest terrain in Scotland. Mia is also on the run. When she helps Hani
escape, the two become inseparable. Her dream is to reach the island where she was last happy,
when her parents were alive, and find their little house.
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Duddingston: its story in 50 objects by Duddingston Conservation Society and Jacquetta Megarry (15 October 2019).
Duddingston is less than two miles from central Edinburgh. Yet it has its own identity. It has several outstanding grade-A Listed
buildings, including 12th century Duddingston Kirk and 18th century Duddingston House. It is also home to Scotland's oldest
pub, the Sheep Heid. With over 100 photographs, a self-guided walking tour map and concise, readable text, this short book
will reveal hidden secrets of a part of Edinburgh known to few.
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The Graveyards and Cemeteries of Edinburgh by Charlotte Golledge (15 February 2020).
In medieval Edinburgh the dead were buried in the city's churchyards, with internment in the church reserved for the wealthy, but in
the post-Reformation years both rich and poor were buried in the grounds of the churches. By the nineteenth century the city centre
churchyards were overcrowded and new outer town cemeteries created. In this book local historian Charlotte Golledge takes readers
on a tour through the history of Edinburgh's burial grounds
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They Once Were Shipbuilders: 1 Leith-Built Ships by R. O. Neish (15 November 2019).
Leith-Built Ships is a testimony to the skill of the men who built the ships and to those who sailed or served on them. This is
Volume I of a three-volume series about the almost-forgotten part that Leith played in our great maritime heritage and is the culmination
of the author's lifetime experience of shipbuilding. Leith had begun building ships some 400 years before the great shipyards of the Clyde
and these vessels reached all corners of the globe, touching many people's lives.
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Die Every Day: For the rest of your life by Gordon Bickerstaff (6 October 2019).
A woman is murdered in a Glasgow city hotel room. Police have everything they need to charge a suspect. If he faces trial,
the truth will cause international outrage and the government will fall. Faceless mandarins in corridors of power are
determined he will remain silent. Lambeth Group agent, Zoe Tampsin, is ordered to make him plead guilty. What she discovers
will place her next in line to be murdered. Who is pulling the strings? What secrets are they hiding?
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Day Walks in the Cairngorms: 20 circular routes in the Scottish Highlands by Helen & Paul Webster (5 March 2020).
Written by the founders of the Walkhighlands website. The walks are in the Cairngorms National Park and range from 6 to 18 miles
and from gentle rambles to more challenging day walks. Together with stunning photography, each route features Ordnance Survey
1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment stops and local
information.
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Wrecked: A Gus Dury novel by Tony Black (5 November 2019).
Edinburgh’s Gus Dury is back ... and so are his troubles. After swearing off the drink and reviving his flagging writing career on a webzine,
Dury stumbles across a missing person's case that he can't say no to. He thinks the job’s a slam-dunk, one missing employee, one decent-sized
paycheck, but, when he’s woken by police and told the man he’d just found has been tortured to death, Dury realises he’s already over his head.
Warring drug gangs, corrupt cops and the siren’s call of drink all want to see Dury wrecked.
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The Viking Isles: Travels in Orkney and Shetland by Paul Murton (10 October 2019).
Paul Murton has long had a love of the Viking north - the island groups of Orkney and Shetland - which, for centuries, were
part of the Nordic world. Today this fascinating Scandanavian legacy can be found everywhere - in physical remains, place-names,
local traditions and folklore, and much else besides. This is a personal account of Paul's travels in the Viking north. It also
serves as a practical guide to the many places of interest.
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The Secret Life of the Cairngorms by Andy Howard (1 October 2019).
Andy Howard is a leading wildlife photographer located in the Scottish Highlands, whose principal subjects are mountain hares, otters,
red squirrels and birds. His new book follows him deep into the Cairngorms National Park and is illustrated with a stunning selection
of his nature photography. He celebrates the wildlife and landscape of the Cairngorm National Park and questions the sustainability
of tourism in such an environment.
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The Unreliable Death of Lady Grange by Sue Lawrence (19 March 2020).
Edinburgh, January 1732: It's Lady Grange's funeral. Her death is a shock: still young, she'd shown no signs of ill health.
But Rachel is, in fact, alive and kicking. She's been brutally kidnapped by the man who has falsified her death - her husband
of 25 years, a pillar of society with whom she has raised a family. Her punishment, perhaps, for railing against his infidelity
- or for uncovering evidence of his treasonable plottings against the government. A novel based on real events.
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At the Crossroads of Time: How a Small Scottish Village Changed History by Andrew C. Scott (15 February 2020).
Unlike many other small villages in the UK, Lesmahagow has many claims to fame because of its location and geological heritage
and due to many of its sometime residents having taken up influential roles. Andrew C. Scott’s family lived in the village for
more than three centuries, and in this book he explores the fascinating story of this unassuming settlement. Given its extraordinary
legacy, Lesmahagow may well claim to be a village that changed the world.
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The British Lighthouse Trail: A Regional Guide by Sarah Kerr (9 September 2019).
Lighthouses have been used as aids to maritime navigation for centuries. They are highly recognisable and beloved features of our coastline
and waterways, treasured by communities and captivating visitors. But how many are there and is it really possible to visit them all? The
British Lighthouse Trail is the only book of its kind to provide a comprehensive listing of all lighthouses in Scotland, England, Wales,
Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and Channel Islands accompanied by practical advice on how to reach them.
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Insurrection: Scotland's Famine Winter by James Hunter (10 October 2019).
When Scotland's 1846 potato crop was wiped out by blight, the country was plunged into crisis. In the Hebrides and the West
Highlands a huge relief effort came too late to prevent starvation and death. Further east, meanwhile, towns and villages from
Aberdeen to Wick and Thurso, rose up in protest at the cost of the oatmeal that replaced potatoes as people's basic foodstuff.
As a bitter winter gripped and families feared a repeat of the calamitous famine then ravaging Ireland, grain carts were seized
and the military confronted.
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The Crown Agent by Stephen O'Rourke (7 November 2019).
A ship adrift, all hands dead. A lighthouse keeper murdered in the night. The Crown needs a man to find the truth.
In 1829, disillusioned young doctor, Mungo Lyon, is recruited by the Crown to investigate a mysterious murder and shipwreck off the coast of
Scotland. His adventures lead him on a pursuit across the Scottish countryside, to kidnap and treason, an unwanted trip to the West Indies,
an insurrection and love.
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