Winter Round Up of New Scots and Gaelic Books
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David Robinson Reviews: Blurred Faces by Allan Radcliffe
‘Radcliffe writes with an enviably economical and engaging style.’
Alfred Buckham: Daredevil Photographer
‘ALFRED BUCKHAM (1879–1956) was a daredevil photographer. A maverick of early aviation, he created h …
‘She is still walking but he has stopped. She turns to find that he is waiting for a response to som …
David Robinson Reviews: Upon a White Horse by Peter Ross
‘Ross is always lucid, almost reverent, about the whole process of archaeological discovery.’
Abdullah’s Bear Needs a Name! by Yasmin Hanif
‘”Why don’t you guess?” said Abba. “You’ll know in your heart when you’ve found the right one.”‘
Anna (Nan) Shepherd was born in 1893 and died in 1981. Closely attached to Aberdeen and her native Deeside, she graduated from her home university in 1915 and for the next forty-one years worked as a lecturer in English. An enthusiastic gardener and hi …
Hachette UK is the UK’s second largest book publishing group. The award-winning adult publishing divisions are Orion; Little, Brown; John Murray Press; Hodder & Stoughton; Headline; Quercus; Octopus, and Bookouture. They publish fiction and non-fic …
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