Flight from the Croft by Bill Innes (10 January 2019).
As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed the impossible dream of becoming a pilot and this book
tells how that dream came to pass. The author's career of over forty years spanned a period of incredible advances in the air -
now regarded as a golden era in aviation. After gaining his RAF wings in Canada he really started to learn his trade by flying
Dakotas for British European Airways around the Highlands and Islands of Scotland before moving on to pilot a range of more
modern airliners for a number of airlines.
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Eyes Turned Skywards by Ken Lussey (31 May 2018).
Wing Commander Robert Sutherland has left his days as a pre-war detective far behind him. Or so he thinks. On 25 August 1942 the Duke of Kent, brother
of King George VI, is killed in northern Scotland in an unexplained air crash; a second crash soon after suggests a shared, possibly sinister, cause.
Bob Sutherland is tasked with visiting the aircraft's base in Oban and the first crash site in Caithness to gather clues as to who might have had reason
to sabotage one, or both, of the aircraft.
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Fifty Years of Adventure by Kev Reynolds (22 November 2018).
Fifty Years of Adventure is a compilation of tales by Cicerone authors commemorating Cicerone's 50th year. A story to celebrate each
year Cicerone has been publishing outdoor activity guidebooks, the collection is a delicious hotpot of adventures in their every shape
and form. Accompanied by outstanding photography, each page of this finely crafted anniversary book is a veritable visual delight. As
enchanting as it is inspiring.
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Murder in the Merchant City by Angus McAllister (7 February 2019).
Annette Somerville, a young single mother, earns her living in a high-class Glasgow sauna parlour, keeping her respectable
home life separate from her professional activities. During a series of murders in the city, Annette realises that all of
the victims have been regular customers. What should Annette do? No one else seems interested, and going to the police will
cost Annette her job. But Annette's new boyfriend could be the murderer's next victim.
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A Wee Bird Was Watching by Karine Polwart and Kate Leiper (18 October 2018).
A young girl and her mother settle in the woods for a night's sleep, after a long and tiring journey. But who will keep them safe
from harm? A wee bird is watching from the trees. And he knows just what to do. This is a vividly illustrated telling of a folk
tale that speaks to themes of displacement, migration and protection. The robin, one of the most recognisable birds, has become
a symbol variously of good luck, ominous portent and festive cheer.
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Star of Hope by Moira McPartlin (28 February 2019).
This third volume of The Sun Song Trilogy finds Sorlie and Ishbel working together in one last attempt to save Esperaneo.
What is the Star of Hope? All they know is that it will free the native race from slavery. Ishbel travels north through a
hostile artic forest while Sorlie heads for the southern dry lands. One final betrayal decides the fate of the mission and
their fight for freedom. The Sun Song trilogy explores life in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic Britain where society's
norms have broken down.
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The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie (7 February 2019).
It is 1911, and Jean is about to join the mass strike at the Singer factory. For her, nothing will be the same again.
Decades later, in Edinburgh, Connie sews coded moments of her life into a notebook. More than 100 years after his
grandmother's sewing machine was made, Fred discovers a treasure trove of documents. His family history is laid out
before him in a patchwork of unfamiliar handwriting and colourful seams. He starts to unpick the secrets of four
generations, one stitch at a time.
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Wild Light: Scotland's Mountain Landscape by Craig Aitchison (4 October 2018).
Wild Light is a stunning panoramic exploration of the Scottish landscape by photographer Craig Aitchison, winner of the
inaugural Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year competition. Produced over seven years and shot entirely using a
traditional Hasselblad film camera, this remarkable body of work captures the essence of the Scottish wilderness through
the seasons and portrays the Highlands and Islands at their most beautiful.
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Extreme Scotland: A photographic journey through Scottish adventure sports by Nadir Khan (4 October 2018).
In Extreme Scotland, award-winning adventure-sports photographer Nadir Khan takes us on a jaw-dropping tour through Scotland's
epic mountain landscape. Nadir showcases his work with some of the best adventure athletes in the world including Ines Papert
and James Pearson in a portfolio that has placed him at the forefront of adventure-sports photography in the UK.
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Down to the Sea by Sue Lawrence (21 February 2019).
When Rona and Craig buy a large Victorian house up from Edinburgh's Newhaven district once teeming with fishing boats they plan to
renovate and set it up as a luxury care home. But something is not quite right: disturbing sounds can be heard when the sea
mists swirl; their unpredictable neighbour makes it clear that the house was not always a happy family home.
And their characterful' historic pile has a gloomy cellar harbouring relics from days gone by. Meanwhile, back in the 1890s...
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Eilean: The Island Photography of Margaret Fay Shaw (18 October 2018).
Margaret Fay Shaw took her first photographs of the Hebrides in 1924 whilst travelling through the islands by bicycle.
Her collection of some 9,000 photographs and film were taken mainly on the Hebridean islands of Uist, Barra, Mingulay,
Eriskay, Canna and the Irish Aran Islands, and form a key part of the magnificent Campbell collections at Canna House,
where she and her husband made their home. This book features almost 200 of the best of her island
photographs.
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Stroke: A 5% chance of survival by Ricky Monahan Brown (22 January 2019).
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, Ricky suffers a catastrophic haemorrhagic stroke. Fortunately, his girlfriend Beth
is nearby. A few minutes later, the unconscious Ricky is wheeled into hospital with a 5% chance of survival. Beth begins an eight-week
vigil. Then Hurricane Sandy does to New York what the haemorrhage did to Ricky's brain. Amid the rubble of a battered city, brain injury,
and lost jobs, Beth and Ricky start planning for a future together. After all, this is a love story.
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Ghost by Helen Grant (19 February 2018).
Langlands House is haunted, but not by the ghost you think. Augusta McAndrew lives on a remote Scottish estate with her
grandmother, Rose. For her own safety, she hides from outsiders, as she has done her entire life. Visitors are few and far
between - everyone knows that Langlands House is haunted. One day Rose goes out and never returns, leaving Augusta utterly alone.
Then Tom McAllister arrives - good-looking and fascinating, but dangerous. What he has to tell her could tear her whole world apart.
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Calton Hill: And the plans for Edinburgh's Third New Town by Kirsten Carter McKee (6 September 2018).
Calton Hill stands on the eastern edge of Edinburgh's centre. Development began in the late eighteenth century with the intention of
changing the rural periphery into the new urban core of the city. This book considers how the architectural expression of Calton Hill
has been perceived, accepted and rejected as ideas surrounding cultural identity, governance and nationalism have changed over the last
200 years.
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In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin (4 October 2018).
In a house of lies, who can ever know the truth? Everyone has something to hide. A missing private investigator is found, locked in
a car hidden deep in the woods. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case
after a decade without answers. Every officer involved must be questioned, and it seems everyone has something to hide. But there is one
man who knows where the trail may lead – and that it could be the end of him: John Rebus.
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The Secret Life of the Mountain Hare by Andy Howard (18 October 2018).
Among the most captivating of creatures, the mountain hare has inhabited Britain's upland landscape since the last major ice age.
Andy Howard fell in love with mountain hares on first sight and they have been at the centre of his successful career as a wildlife
photographer. Here he introduces them not only as a species to be held as precious within the great wheel of nature, but also as
individuals with their own, delightful personalities.
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