CATEGORY: Biography and Autobiography
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Polar Crusader: Sir James Wordie – Exploring the Arctic and Antarctic
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A Gift of Time
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Stargazing
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Notes from the North: Incorporating a Brief History of the Scots and the English
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An Uncounselled King: Charles I and the Scottish Troubles, 1637-1641
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Secret Annexe
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Jackie Milburn: A Man of Two Halves
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Adventures of a Suburban Boy
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The McGovan Casebook: Experiences of a Detective in Victorian Edinburgh
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Oh Help!: The Making of an Archbishop
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High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Other Unforgiving Places
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In High Places
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The Flying Scotsman: The Graeme Obree Story
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The Canongate Burns
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Civil Warrior: The Extraordinary Life and Complete Poetical Works of James Graham First Marquis of Montrose
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Bikie: A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle
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Lydia: Wife of Hugh Miller of Cromarty
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Stapme: The Biography of Squadron Leader Basil Gerald Stapleton DFC, DFC (Dutch)
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George Lockhart of Carnwath, 1689-1727: A Study in Jacobitism
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An Area of Darkness
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David Robinson Reviews: Solitary Agents by David Goodman
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The Savage Landscape by Cal Flyn
‘It is their resistance to the intrusions of the outside world − culturally, economically, environme …
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The Shortest History of Scotland: A Q & A with Murray Pittock
‘We need to be better aware of that to understand the challenges and achievements of the past, and t …
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David Robinson Interviews: John Lister-Kaye
‘I enjoy stillness. It creeps up on you and becomes almost a force. I’ve had squirrels run over my f …
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Spring 2026 Round Up of Scots & Gaelic Releases
‘Discover Jansson’s uninhibited imagination full of love, kindness, and adventure.’
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Walking Edinburgh’s Lost Railways By Robin Howie and John McGregor
‘In earlier times it was a site where lovers came to relax and dream, hence the beautiful traditiona …
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