Bloody Orkney by Ken Lussey (29 June 2021).
Bloody Orkney is a fast-paced thriller set in Scotland during World War Two. It’s November 1942. Bob Sutherland, Monique
Dubois and the Military Intelligence 11 team fly in to review security in Orkney, home to one of the most important and most
heavily defended naval anchorages in the world. But an unidentified body has been found. It becomes clear that powerful men
have things they’d rather keep hidden and MI11’s arrival threatens the status quo. Then Bob stumbles over a ghost from his
past and things get far too personal.
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Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World by Jan-Andrew Henderson (21 May 2021).
Edinburgh has a literary tradition like no other. In 2004, the capital became the first ever UNESCO City of Literature and its book festival is the largest public celebration of the
written word on the planet. But that is merely scratching the surface. For centuries, work written, set and published in the city, or directly influenced by Edinburgh, has changed the
face of the world. This book tells the fascinating history of Edinburgh’s literary legacy, and shows where it can still be found.
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Phosphate Rocks: A Death in Ten Objects by Fiona Erskine (17 June 2021).
As the old chemical works in Leith are demolished a long deceased body encrusted in phosphate rock is discovered. Seated at a
card table he has ten objects laid out in front of him. Whose body is it? How did he die and what is the significance of the
objects? A mix of science and anecdote, layered and interconnected stories present the chemical works as a complex, beautiful,
dangerous and integrated whole; and explores what happens to those left-behind as manufacturing work disappears.
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Everyday Magic by Charlie Laidlaw (26 May 2021).
Carole Gunn leads an unfulfilled life and knows it. She's married to someone who may, or may not, be in New York on business and
the family's deaf cat has just been run over by an electric car. But Carole has decided to do something different. She's decided to
revisit places that hold special significance for her. She wants to better understand herself, and whether the person she is now is
simply an older version of the person she once was. Instead, she's taken on an unlikely journey to confront her past, present and future.
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Finding True North: The Healing Power of Place by Linda Gask (18 March 2021).
Beneath the wide skies of Orkney Linda Gask recalls her career as a consultant psychiatrist and her lifelong struggle with her
own mental health. After the favelas of Brazil, the glittering cities of the Middle East, and the forests of Haida Gwaii, will
she find perspective, spiritual relief, and healing in her new home? Her troubled past is never far away. "An illuminating and
enlightening book about the importance of place."
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In a Veil of Mist by Donald S Murray (11 March 2021).
Operation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments are taking place aboard a vessel moored off the Isle of Lewis.
Local villagers Jessie and Duncan encounter strange sights on the deserted beach nearby and suspect the worst. And one government
scientist wrestles with his own inner anguish over the testing, even if he believes extreme deterrent weapons are needed. When a
noxious cloud of plague bacteria is released into the path of a passing trawler, disaster threatens.
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Big Trails: Great Britain & Ireland: The best long-distance trails by Kathy Rogers and Stephen Ross (22 October 2020).
An inspirational guide to the most iconic, spectacular and popular long-distance trails in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
and Ireland. This guide provides everything you need to plan and explore further, including a general overview of the trails, specific
technical information, overview mapping, key information and stunning photography. Accompanying detailed maps are available for some
of the walks, including the West Highland Way.
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The Sins of Allie Lawrence by Philip Caveney (30 November 2020).
After a blazing row with her mother, sixteen-year-old Allie Lawrence runs away from the family home in Killiecrankie,
with no plan other than to go to Edinburgh to 'be an actor.' Then a chauffeur-driven car pulls up beside her and she's
offered a lift by its handsome and mysterious passenger, Nick. Against her better judgement, she accepts - and soon
discovers that he is a 'manager', who claims he can make all her dreams come true. She just needs to sign a contract...
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Scottish Plant Lore: An Illustrated Flora by Gregory J. Kenicer (21 May 2020).
Scotland's plants define its landscape. Plants have shaped the country's domestic economy and culture over centuries, providing
resources for agriculture and industry as well as food, drink and medicines. They have even inspired children's games and been
used as components in magical charms. Drawing together traditional knowledge with the work of some of the country's finest
botanical artists, this book is a magnificent celebration of Scottish plant lore.
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Fake News by C.J. Dunford (31 May 2021).
When four high school children, and one dog, suffer at the hands of online media they come up with a plan to show everyone how little
they should trust what they read on the internet (actually, the dog only supplies moral support). They launch their own news site that
details amazing, shocking, fascinating, utterly believable but totally untrue stories. Their intention is always to come clean, and never
to target anyone, but success goes to their heads. Before long they are enmeshed in a world of spies and aliens.
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The Other Side of Stone by Linda Cracknell (31 March 2021).
This book centres around a Perthshire woollen mill, revisiting it over three centuries through characters as diverse as a 19th Century
stone mason and modern-day architect. The primary timeline follows Catharine, a cotton spinner from Paisley and fierce suffragette, who
has followed her husband home to the village where he’s taken on a job at the local mill. Both militant members of the Labour movement,
it is through her connection to the mill that the interweaving of the other stories is revealed.
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Scottish Military Aerodromes of the 1920s and 1930s by Malcolm Fife (15 October 2020).
The end of WWI brought with it the closure most military aerodromes in Scotland. It, however, retained its links with naval aviation. In the latter part of the 1920s
Auxiliary Air Force squadrons were formed at Edinburgh and Glasgow manned by civilians. In the 1930s the RAF built new airfields and re-opened First World War sites.
RAF flying boats were also active. The development of airline services, air ambulance and private flying and gliding are also covered. As are aerodromes that were
planned but never built.
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Roman Britain by Denise Allen and Mike Bryan (15 September 2020).
The Romans ruled Britannia for more than 350 years, leaving an indelible mark on our landscape, glimpses of which can still be seen at sites and museums in
England, Wales and Scotland.This book provides the history of the best Roman villas, forts, walls and bathhouses, as well as the hidden gems which the
uninitiated might pass by. It also explains how these remnants of the past fit into the bigger story, pointing out details which have their own tale to
tell, connecting us with the people who lived here 2,000 years ago.
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The House With 46 Chimneys by Ken Lussey (10 November 2020).
Life changes dramatically for Kaleb, Jude and Sequoia when they move to live with their aunt in a rural corner
of central Scotland. It’s the beginning of April 2020, the early days of the coronavirus lockdown.
Three local children they meet – in a socially distanced way – draw them into a two-century old family
mystery involving the haunting of the nearby ruins of Dunmore Park. Do they try to right a wrong that was
done in 1828, a wrong that has had consequences ever since? Or is doing so simply too dangerous?
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A Friendship in Letters: Robert Louis Stevenson & J.M. Barrie by Michael Shaw (13 November 2020).
Though they never met, Robert Louis Stevenson and J. M. Barrie developed a warm friendship, revealed in these amusing and gossipy
letters, with vivid commentary on each other's literary work. Until recently, Barrie's side of the correspondence was presumed
lost by his biographers. This epistolary volume reunites Barrie's letters with Stevenson's and contextualises them through an
engaging introduction and a series of appendices, including a delightful short story by Barrie.
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Happiness is Wasted on Me by Kirkland Ciccone (29 October 2020).
Cumbernauld was built to be the town of the future...that is, if the future looked like a really rubbish episode of Doctor Who. It's also home to Walter Wedgeworth,
a child stuck in a uniquely dysfunctional family. When 11-year-old Walter discovers the corpse of a baby inside a cardboard box, he resolves to ignore it. But the child's
fate haunts Walter. Walter's journey will lead him from childhood to adulthood; school, college, bereavement, Britpop, his first job, Blackpool, the Spice Girls,
and finally...face-to-face with a child killer.
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