East of West, West of East by Hamish Brown (19 July 2018).
This extraordinary book tells the story of a remarkable family caught in Japan at the outbreak of the Second World War in the
Pacific. With letters, journal extracts and notes from Hamish Brown's parents, as well as his own recollections, it brings the
era to life: not only life in the dying days of the British Empire, but also the terrible reality of the invasion of Singapore
into which they escaped. Hamish Brown is a legendary climber, walker, traveller and author with many books to his name.
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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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Stitch Up by William McIntyre (16 August 2018).
Everything is good for Robbie Munro, newly married and living in the country with wife and child. Until his wife takes up employment
abroad just as old flame, Jill Green, asks him to investigate the unexplained death of her partner. Another killer on the loose is
child-murderer Ricky Hertz, whose twenty-year-old conviction is under scrutiny. Did Robbie's father fabricate evidence at the trial?
The only way to prove ex-Police Sergeant Alex Munro, is innocencent is for Robbie to show there was no miscarriage of justice.
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Never Proven by Bill Daly (9 November 2018).
IT consultant John Preston is found murdered on the streets of Glasgow, mobile missing, a hefty cash sum in his jacket. To DCI Charlie
Anderson, it smells like a trap: a victim lured to his death by someone he knew. On the same night, two local villains enact a grisly
crucifixion scene in the toilets of a run-down pub. In Anderson's fourth assignment, coppers' instincts count for nothing. Nor, it seems,
does the truth. As the cases keep intertwining, a trail of shocking revelations keeps the answers just beyond reach.
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Phillimore's Edinburgh by Jan Bondeson (15 July 2018).
In his day, Reginald P. Phillimore (1855–1941) was one of Britain’s leading postcard artists. Although some of his Edinburgh postcards
are easy to come by, others are exceedingly rare. Phillimore’s Edinburgh makes use of his ninety-five Edinburgh postcards, with explanatory
text and a few supplementary illustrations. It presents a unique picture of the great city and will appeal both to those who know and love
Edinburgh and to postcard collectors.
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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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There's Always the Hills by Cameron McNeish (15 February 2018).
From his home in the Cairngorms, Cameron McNeish reflects on a life dedicated to the outdoors. He has for almost forty years written and talked
about walking and climbing in Scotland. A prolific author, he has led treks in the Himalayas and Syria, edited The Great Outdoors Magazine,
establishing it as Britain's premier walking publication, created new long-distance walks and made television series, campaigned for Scottish
independence and raised a family with his wife, Gina.
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The Right Hand Man by Lee Cooper (6 July 2018).
Deep in various criminal empires, Davie Rhodes is a vindictive, deadly and notorious bare-knuckle legend without remorse for his victims.
From a grim childhood in the Glasgow Gorbals slums, to working for The Godfather, then gunrunning for the IRA, he’s a survivor. In the
shadows between cities, he leaves a trail of destruction his own blood must resolve. And after causing his wife’s suicide, he flees
Aberdeen, abandoning son Joe to work for Jack Gallagher in Liverpool’s seedy underworld.
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The Restless Wave: My Two Lives with John Bellany by Helen Bellany (19 April 2018).
John Bellany was one of the most innovative 20th century British artists, a man whose work was described by the "Guardian" as "at once realist,
expressionist and surrealist". Helen Bellany married him twice. This beautifully-written book is the story of their turbulent lives together. At once
biography and autobiography, this is a searingly, sometimes shockingly, honest account of a relationship that encompassed both the sublime joy of true love
and the utter despair of failure, rejection and the fear of imminent death.
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The Mountains are Calling: Running in the High Places of Scotland by Jonny Muir (17 May 2018).
The exhilarating story of the runners who go to high places. From its origins in the Highlands, hill running in Scotland remains as pure and traditional
as sport gets. Jonny Muir explores the history and culture of the sport, and meets the legends of hill running who are revered for their extraordinary
endurance, up to and including the supreme test: Ramsay's Round, a continuous loop of 24 of Scotland highest mountains within 24 hours.
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The Cyber Puppets by Angus McAllister (15 May 2018).
His life was like a soap opera, but that was only the start of his troubles... Scott Maxwell was worried. Not about his wife Fiona's
unfaithfulness, or about his brother-in-law Wilson Laird's scheming. Scott was more concerned about his lack of free will, his
frequent memory lapses, and the fact that no-one noticed when his father-in-law Hector was replaced by an imposter. And when the
reality around him collapsed, plunging him into a devastated future world, it was time for Scott to be seriously alarmed!
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A History of Scotland's Landscapes by Fiona Watson & Piers Dixon (8 March 2018).
It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us, in the pattern of fields, forests, hills and mountains, roads,
railways, canals, lochs, buildings and settlements. A History of Scotland's Landscapes explores the many ways that we have used, adapted
and altered our environment over thousands of years. Full of maps, photographs and drawings, it offers a remarkable new perspective
on Scotland.
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When The Clyde Ran Red: A Social History of Red Clydeside by Maggie Craig (8 March 2018).
This book paints a vivid picture of the heady days when revolution was in the air on Clydeside. Through the bitter strike at the huge Singer
Sewing machine plant in Clydebank in 1911, Bloody Friday in Glasgow's George Square in 1919, the General Strike of 1926 and on through the
Spanish Civil War to the Clydebank Blitz of 1941, the people fought for the right to work, the dignity of labour and a fairer society for
everyone, while living in overcrowded tenements in Glasgow.
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Places in the Darkness by Chris Brookmyre (19 July 2018).
There has never been a homicide on Ciudad de Cielo. It's the 'city in the sky', where hundreds of scientists and engineers live and work
in Earth's orbit, building the colony ship that will one day take humanity to the stars. When a mutilated body is found on CdC, the eyes
of the world are watching. Top-of-the-class Detective Blake is sent to team up with CdC's Freeman. But the mismatched duo must learn to
cooperate quickly, before they become the killer's next victims.
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Prestwick Airport Through Time by Peter C. Brown (15 July 2018).
Prestwick Airport is a major international freight hub. It also has the second-longest runway in Scotland. Its aviation history began in
1913 when it was developed for the Royal Flying Corps, and during the Second World War it was involved in fitting and maintaining military
aircraft delivered from the USA. Post-war, it retained a military role, while a civilian airport grew alongside to accommodate commercial
air travel. Prestwick quickly became the transatlantic gateway to Scotland.
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The Walrus Mutterer by Mandy Haggith (21 March 2018).
Northern Britain, Iron Age. Rian, a carefree young woman and promising apprentice healer, is enslaved by a spiteful trader and
forced to make a perilous sea voyage. They are in search of the fabled hunter known as the Walrus Mutterer, to recover something
once stolen. The limits of Rian's endurance are tested not only by the cruelty of her captor, but their mysterious fellow passenger
Pytheas The Greek and the merciless sea that constantly endangers both their mission and their lives.
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