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In Love With Death
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781780278339
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
176 Pages
Death is the inevitable fate of every single person on earth. How do we accept the inevitability of our own death? How do we live our lives with meaning? Will money lead us to happiness?
War Paths
Walking in the Shadows of the Clans
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781780278698
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
304 Pages
Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country’s history.
The Borders
A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780278919
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
640 Pages
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
Homecoming
The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278254
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
336 Pages
In this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary’s Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall.
The Fresh and the Salt
The Story of the Solway
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278490
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
336 Pages
Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year. The Fresh and the Salt is a beautifully written natural history of the Solway Firth, one of the largest estuaries in Europe, told through the people whose lives are linked to the firth and the enormous wealth of wildlife that call it home.
The Fire of the Dragon
China’s New Cold War
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278759
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
368 Pages
In this thought-provoking and alarming book, veteran China specialist and foreign correspondent Ian Williams examines how China’s aggressive foreign policy is arguably the biggest threat to our security and is a problem that not just the West – but the rest of the world – ignores at its peril.
Cafe Canna
Recipes from a Hebridean Island
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781780278513
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages
Perched on a beautiful Scottish island, Café Canna is one of the remotest restaurants in Britain. This book is a magnificent celebration of Café Canna and the close-knit island which is its lifeblood. Over 70 recipes showcase the enormous range of dishes produced locally – all of which can be replicated by cooking enthusiasts at home.
Polly
The True Story Behind 'Whisky Galore'
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780278506
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
176 Pages
In this book, acclaimed journalist and Hebridean expert Roger Hutchinson tells the true story of one of the most bizarre events ever to have happened in Scottish waters: when the ship SS Politician ran aground on Eriskay, laden with more than 260,000 bottles of whisky ... The true story behind Compton Mackenzie's classic novel, Whisky Galore.
In Love With Death
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 9781780278339
Pub Date: 2024-05-31
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
176 Pages
War Paths
Walking in the Shadows of the Clans
Price: $16.95
ISBN: 9781780278698
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
304 Pages
The Borders
A History of the Borders from Earliest Times
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781780278919
Pub Date: 2024-06-06
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
640 Pages
Homecoming
The Scottish Years of Mary, Queen of Scots
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278254
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
336 Pages
The Fresh and the Salt
The Story of the Solway
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278490
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
336 Pages
The Fire of the Dragon
China’s New Cold War
Price: $18.95
ISBN: 9781780278759
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
368 Pages
Cafe Canna
Recipes from a Hebridean Island
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781780278513
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Hardcover
Imprint: Birlinn
240 Pages
Polly
The True Story Behind 'Whisky Galore'
Price: $13.95
ISBN: 9781780278506
Pub Date: 2024-04-30
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Birlinn
176 Pages