Scottish Books


James Beattie's the Minstrel and the Origins of Romantic AutobiographyJames Beattie's the Minstrel and the Origins of Romantic Autobiography
Best Price: $119.95
Using "The Minstrel" as a creative model, Everard King illuminates the sources and...
The Grave TattooThe Grave Tattoo
Best Price: $27.95
A 200 year-old-secret is now a matter of life and death. And it could be worth a fortune....
Children of Albion Rovers: An Anthology of New Scottish WritingChildren of Albion Rovers: An Anthology of New Scottish Writing
Best Price: $3.45
Hard-edged and iconoclastic, the new wave of Scottish writers and their godfather, Irvine Welsh,...
The Songs of Robert BurnsThe Songs of Robert Burns
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Rules of War (Jack Steel 2)Rules of War (Jack Steel 2)
Jack Steel, first met in Man of Honour, is a splendid hero on a new and dangerous mission....


Flesh House (Logan McRae)Flesh House (Logan McRae)
Best Price: $8.39
I've read the other MacBride mysteries and enjoyed them, but this one just didn't do it...
The Nameless Dead (Matt Wells)The Nameless Dead (Matt Wells)
Crime writer Matt Wells hasn't had much time for a career of late?he's been too busy...
The Scottish Enlightenment Reader (Canongate Classic)The Scottish Enlightenment Reader (Canongate Classic)
Edited and Introduced by Alexander Broadie.The Scottish Enlightenment is one of the great...
A Darker Domain: A NovelA Darker Domain: A Novel
Best Price: $0.70
Twenty-four years ago in Scotland a union man turned blackleg, that means he went scabbing. But...
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: A Novel (P.S.)The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: A Novel (P.S.)
Best Price: $7.37
I'm not one to accept that a novel is worthy of "classic" billing just because...


Selected Essays on Scottish Language and Literature: A Festschrift in Honor of Allan H. MaclaineSelected Essays on Scottish Language and Literature: A Festschrift in Honor of Allan H. Maclaine
Best Price: $109.95
This is a selection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field of Scottish studies,...
The Contribution to Literature of Orcadian Writer George Mackay Brown: An Introduction and a Bibliography (Studies in British Literature)The Contribution to Literature of Orcadian Writer George Mackay Brown: An Introduction and a Bibliography (Studies in British Literature)
Best Price: $144.28
This introduction presents George Mackay Brown in his Orkney setting and tells the reader about...
An Expression of Character: The Letters of George MacdonaldAn Expression of Character: The Letters of George Macdonald
Best Price: $19.88
This extensive collection of letters written by and for George MacDonald is a practical tool for...
Middle Scots Poets: A Reference Guide to James I of Scotland, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas (Reference Guide to Literature)Middle Scots Poets: A Reference Guide to James I of Scotland, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas (Reference Guide to Literature)
Best Price: $39.60
The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of OssianThe Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
I read this book while preparing a paper on Ossian. Ms. Stafford is, in my opinion, the leading...

Literature and Gentility in Scotland (Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto, 1980)Literature and Gentility in Scotland (Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto, 1980)Crossing the Border: Essays on Scottish LiteratureCrossing the Border: Essays on Scottish LiteratureScots and Its Literature (Varieties of English Around the World General Series)Scots and Its Literature (Varieties of English Around the World General Series)
Best Price: $114.90
This collection of articles is concerned with the Lowland Scots tongue, and with its...
West Highland TalesWest Highland Tales
Best Price: $13.50
The book is excellent! What is missing is the true history of my own clan The Honourable Clan...
A Thousand Sons (The Horus Heresy)A Thousand Sons (The Horus Heresy)
Best Price: $4.99
It's been quite some time since we last saw a `proper' Horus Heresy book. While Tales of...

Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830Acts of Union: Scotland and the Literary Negotiation of the British Nation, 1707-1830
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Acts of Union explores the political relationship between Scotland and England as it was...
The Novels of Mrs. Oliphant (Writing About Women)The Novels of Mrs. Oliphant (Writing About Women)
Best Price: $56.38
A Catalogue of Amphibians and Reptiles in Older Scots Literature (Berliner Beitrage Zur Anglistik, Bd. 5)A Catalogue of Amphibians and Reptiles in Older Scots Literature (Berliner Beitrage Zur Anglistik, Bd. 5)
Best Price: $90.95
Collected Poems: and Selected TranslationsCollected Poems: and Selected Translations
Best Price: $8.96
This edition of the complete poetry of Norman Cameron (1905-53) contains, in addition to the...
Language of Walter Scott (Language Library)Language of Walter Scott (Language Library)

Essays on C.S. Lewis and George Macdonald: Truth, Fiction, and the Power of Imagination (Studies in British Literature)Essays on C.S. Lewis and George Macdonald: Truth, Fiction, and the Power of Imagination (Studies in British Literature)
Best Price: $144.28
This volume goes beyond observations noting thematic connections between C.S. Lewis'...
Original Prints: New Writing from Scottish WomenOriginal Prints: New Writing from Scottish WomenJames Hogg: Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, Etc. : Mostly Written in the Dialect of the SouthJames Hogg: Scottish Pastorals, Poems, Songs, Etc. : Mostly Written in the Dialect of the SouthThe Mozart Conspiracy: A Novel (Ben Hope)The Mozart Conspiracy: A Novel (Ben Hope)
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International opera star Leigh Llewellyn sends a message to her former lover Ben Hope that she...
Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus Series)Resurrection Men (Inspector Rebus Series)
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Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he is sent to a kind of reform...

Ane Resonyng: Of Ane Scottis and Inglis Merchand Betuix Rowand and LionisAne Resonyng: Of Ane Scottis and Inglis Merchand Betuix Rowand and LionisA Bibliography of the Works of Neil GunnA Bibliography of the Works of Neil Gunn
Best Price: $8.00
The Oxford Book of Scottish Verse (Oxford Paperbacks)The Oxford Book of Scottish Verse (Oxford Paperbacks)
Best Price: $401.39
Spanning seven centuries of Scottish verse from the thirteenth to twentieth century, The Oxford...
Huntingtower (Oxford World's Classics)Huntingtower (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $212.44
A lesser known John Buchan work, 'Huntingtower' (published in 1922) is still a very...
Envoy ExtraordinaryEnvoy Extraordinary
Best Price: $501.01
Another fine work of Tranter. This is the second of four books telling the story of the...

The Governess and the Sheikh (Harlequin Historical)The Governess and the Sheikh (Harlequin Historical)
Best Price: $2.00
Seduction in the sand? Dark?hearted Sheikh Prince Jamil al?Nazarri commands his kingdom...
Dreaming the EagleDreaming the Eagle
Best Price: $3.86
Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle is the fantastic story of Boudica, warrior queen of the Iceni tribe...
The Civilized Imagination: A Study of Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen and Sir Walter ScottThe Civilized Imagination: A Study of Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen and Sir Walter Scott
Best Price: $21.95
The Civilized Imagination is a study of literature in a period of cultural change. As part of...
The New Penguin Book of Scottish VerseThe New Penguin Book of Scottish Verse
Best Price: $371.40
The New Penguin Book Of Scottish Verse is the first anthology to provide a history of the entire...
BuchananBuchanan

Selected Essays on Scottish Language and Literature: A Festschrift in Honor of Allan H. MaclaineSelected Essays on Scottish Language and Literature: A Festschrift in Honor of Allan H. Maclaine
Best Price: $109.95
This is a selection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field of Scottish studies,...
The Contribution to Literature of Orcadian Writer George Mackay Brown: An Introduction and a Bibliography (Studies in British Literature)The Contribution to Literature of Orcadian Writer George Mackay Brown: An Introduction and a Bibliography (Studies in British Literature)
Best Price: $144.28
This introduction presents George Mackay Brown in his Orkney setting and tells the reader about...
An Expression of Character: The Letters of George MacdonaldAn Expression of Character: The Letters of George Macdonald
Best Price: $19.88
This extensive collection of letters written by and for George MacDonald is a practical tool for...
Middle Scots Poets: A Reference Guide to James I of Scotland, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas (Reference Guide to Literature)Middle Scots Poets: A Reference Guide to James I of Scotland, Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, and Gavin Douglas (Reference Guide to Literature)
Best Price: $39.60
The Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of OssianThe Sublime Savage: A Study of James Macpherson and the Poems of Ossian
I read this book while preparing a paper on Ossian. Ms. Stafford is, in my opinion, the leading...

Literature and Gentility in Scotland (Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto, 1980)Literature and Gentility in Scotland (Alexander Lectures at the University of Toronto, 1980)Crossing the Border: Essays on Scottish LiteratureCrossing the Border: Essays on Scottish LiteratureScots and Its Literature (Varieties of English Around the World General Series)Scots and Its Literature (Varieties of English Around the World General Series)
Best Price: $114.90
This collection of articles is concerned with the Lowland Scots tongue, and with its...
West Highland TalesWest Highland Tales
Best Price: $13.50
The book is excellent! What is missing is the true history of my own clan The Honourable Clan...
A Thousand Sons (The Horus Heresy)A Thousand Sons (The Horus Heresy)
Best Price: $4.99
It's been quite some time since we last saw a `proper' Horus Heresy book. While Tales of...

The Steep Approach to GarbadaleThe Steep Approach to Garbadale
Best Price: $3.50
Since we share a common language and cultural heritage, you'd think Americans and Brits...
Children of the Dead EndChildren of the Dead End
Best Price: $15.00
Having read Children of the Dead End for the first time I was taken over by it.It is a story of...
Scotland PlaysScotland Plays
Best Price: $11.81
An engaging new collection of recent plays from Scotland.
Naming the BonesNaming the Bones
Best Price: $15.04
Professor Murray Watson is rather a sad sack. His family, his career, his affair...not even...
Las senoritas de escasos medios (Spanish Edition)Las senoritas de escasos medios (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $14.64
Set amongst the ruins of London during the difficult spring and summer seasons of 1945, this...

Los dados del destino/ A Risk Worth Taking (Best Seller) (Spanish Edition)Los dados del destino/ A Risk Worth Taking (Best Seller) (Spanish Edition)The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Best Price: $2.85
... Euphemia Lennox ... Great-Aunt Esme, that is. She's flighty at times, of course, but I...
Order in Chaos (Templar Trilogy)Order in Chaos (Templar Trilogy)
Best Price: $11.18
I discovered Jack Whyte about a year ago and have just finished this Trilogy. My favorite books...
Blind Eye (Logan McRae)Blind Eye (Logan McRae)
Best Price: $5.70
Blind Eye , the new Logan McRae thriller set in gritty Aberdeen, Scotland, from Stuart MacBride,...
Island Landfalls: Reflections from the South Seas (Canongate Classic)Island Landfalls: Reflections from the South Seas (Canongate Classic)
Selected and introduced by Jenni Calder.Ill health drove Robert Louis Stevenson from Scotland;...

The Testament of Cresseid and Other Poems (Penguin Classics)The Testament of Cresseid and Other Poems (Penguin Classics)
Best Price: $49.09
The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford Lives)The Laird of Abbotsford: A View of Sir Walter Scott (Oxford Lives)
Best Price: $274.02
Andrew Norman (A. N.) Wilson in THE LAIRD OF ABBOTSFORD: A VIEW OF SIR WALTER SCOTT showcases a...
Selected Poems and Prose of John DavidsonSelected Poems and Prose of John Davidson
The first collection of Davidson's poetry for 30 years, this new selection brings together...
Weep Not for Me: Women, Ballads, and Infanticide in Early Modern ScotlandWeep Not for Me: Women, Ballads, and Infanticide in Early Modern Scotland
Best Price: $30.44
This important and engaging book blends social, economic, literary, and cultural history into a...
The Man of Feeling (The Norton Library)The Man of Feeling (The Norton Library)
Best Price: $1.95
This novel provides so many of the pleasures of reading a book from another era and another...

Knights of the Black and White (A Templar Novel)Knights of the Black and White (A Templar Novel)
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Jack Whyte was born and raised in Scotland, but has lived in Canada for the last forty odd...
Broonie Silkies & FairiesBroonie Silkies & Fairies
Best Price: $92.80
Scott Dramatized (Manchester Medieval Sources Series)Scott Dramatized (Manchester Medieval Sources Series)
Best Price: $117.97
Today little is known about the important theatrical process of popularising a literary product....
The Kilt MakerThe Kilt Maker
Best Price: $24.74
This is the new novel from the well-loved Scottish storyteller. Kilt maker Kirsty Muir finds...
The Thirty-Nine Steps: A BBC Radio DramaThe Thirty-Nine Steps: A BBC Radio Drama
Best Price: $11.44
This is a wonderful radio dramatisation, complete with realistic sound effects and polished...

West Highland TalesWest Highland Tales
Best Price: $12.94
In the Highlands of Scotland the Seanachie, or Bard, occupies an honored place in the household...
Chapters Due (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Ultramarines)Chapters Due (Warhammer 40,000 Novels: Ultramarines)
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War is unending in the life of a Space Marine. After defeating tau forces, Captain Uriel Ventris...
James Hogg: Poetic Mirrors : Comprising the 'Poetic Mirror' (Scottish studies)James Hogg: Poetic Mirrors : Comprising the 'Poetic Mirror' (Scottish studies)
Best Price: $59.80
The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A NovelThe Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs: A Novel
Best Price: $4.23
It's an entertaining book. The ending is somewhat predictable. I bought it because I wanted...
DivisionsDivisions
Best Price: $4.69
This volume comprises The Cassini Division and The Sky Road. The Cassini Division: In...

Rules of War (Jack Steel 2)Rules of War (Jack Steel 2)
Best Price: $7.15
In the early 18th century the British army led by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, were the...
Kieron Smith, BoyKieron Smith, Boy
Best Price: $0.88
I had cousins at sea. One was in the Cadets. I was wanting to join. My maw did not want me to...
The Bruce (Canongate Classic)The Bruce (Canongate Classic)
Edited and introduced by A.A.M. Duncan.A! Fredome is a noble thingFredome mays man to haiff...
Sword of StateSword of State
Best Price: $134.48
Nigel Tranter is always a delight to read -- even this work written when the author was almost...
The Kilt MakerThe Kilt Maker
Best Price: $20.10
This is the new novel from the well-loved Scottish storyteller. Kilt maker Kirsty Muir finds...

The Scottish TheatreThe Scottish Theatre
Best Price: $27.00
Playwrights, directors, journalists, and distinguished critics trace the develoment of companies...
A Study of George Macdonald and the Image of Woman (Studies in British Literature)A Study of George Macdonald and the Image of Woman (Studies in British Literature)
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This study examines the theory that MacDonald wrote his fantasies out of his private inner...
Sir Walter Scott (Twayne's English Authors Series)Sir Walter Scott (Twayne's English Authors Series)
Best Price: $60.36
The Letters of Hugh MacDiarmidThe Letters of Hugh MacDiarmidThe Righteousness of Life: William Soutar : A Poet's Scottish Predilection for Philosophy (European University Studies Series XIV: Anglo-Saxon Language & Literature)The Righteousness of Life: William Soutar : A Poet's Scottish Predilection for Philosophy (European University Studies Series XIV: Anglo-Saxon Language & Literature)
Best Price: $42.95
Rather than emphasizing William Soutar's role as a major protagonist of the Scottish...

The Dogstone & Nasty, Brutish and Short (Methuen Drama)The Dogstone & Nasty, Brutish and Short (Methuen Drama)
Best Price: $8.33
Presented by the National Theatre of Scotland and the Traverse Theatre as a double-bill as part...
The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
Best Price: $4.48
I wasn't sure about this book at first, but in the end I found it a compelling story. It is...
Extraordinary PeopleExtraordinary People
Peter May is a wonderful writer. I am collecting all his books, and so far have not been...
Perspectives: Poems 1970-1986Perspectives: Poems 1970-1986Glimmer of Cold Brine: A Scottish Sea AnthologyGlimmer of Cold Brine: A Scottish Sea Anthology

Kieron Smith, BoyKieron Smith, Boy
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How is it possible that no one else has reviewed James Kelman's new novel? Maybe the...
The Vanishing Act of Esme LennoxThe Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox
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A lifetime of betrayal is tucked inside this small but powerful novel, terrible secrets finally...
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner (Oxford World's Classics)
Best Price: $6.68
One of the supreme masterpieces of Romantic fiction and Scottish literature, The Private...
What BecomesWhat Becomes
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The best short stories I've read in a long, long time. They have enough mystery to keep you...
The First Person: and Other StoriesThe First Person: and Other Stories
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It takes great skill to balance something surreal with the reality of person and place. Ali...

The First Person and Other StoriesThe First Person and Other Stories
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Ali Smith's world is at times bleak and lonely, at times rich and full, but in all cases a...
Rain: PoemsRain: Poems
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In this, his first volume of original verse since the award-winning Landing Light , Don...
Poems in Scots & English (Everyman's Library (Paper))Poems in Scots & English (Everyman's Library (Paper))
Best Price: $18.85
This book is part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and...
  
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