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La's Orchestra Saves the World    La's Orchestra Saves the World
ISBN:9781846970924
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Alexander McCall Smith
Publication Date: November 2008
Format: HB
Price: £12.99
Stock Status: not yet published

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Synopsis:
La’s Orchestra Saves the World is another delightful story from Alexander McCall Smith, celebrating friendship and the healing power of music, told with the warmth and charm we’ve come to love from one of the nation’s favourite storytellers.

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Labanotation    Labanotation
ISBN:9780748663255
Category: Poetry, Fiction, Photography, Art
Author: (Editor) Alec Finlay
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Labanotation is a wonderful idea: take the greatest World Cup goal ever, the infamous Archie Gemmill goal from the 1978 Scotland v. Netherlands game, and transform it into dance.


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Lament    Lament
ISBN:9781904598527
Category: Poetry, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Lizzie MacGregor
Publication Date: August 2005
Format: HB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

This restorative collection of Scottish poems will help readers and listeners to accept a loss and celebrate a life, whether at formal religious or secular ceremonies, or at quiet personal commemorative service.

        
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Last Orders at Harrods    Last Orders at Harrods
ISBN:9781904598329
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Michael Holman
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: A witty, entertaining and satirical novel about life in sub-Saharan Africa.
        
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Leila    Leila
ISBN:9781846970160
Category: Classics, Fiction
Author: Robin Jenkins
Publication Date: June 2007
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Robin Jenkins returned to the Far East in the 1950s for Leila, a tender love story involving a Scottish teacher, Andrew Sandilands, and Leila, the exotically beautiful daughter of a local politician.

                
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Light Fantastic, The    Light Fantastic, The
ISBN:9781904598350
Category: Short Stories, Fiction
Author: Rhona Rauszer
Publication Date: June 2005
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: The Light Fantastic, Rhona Rauszer’s third collection of short stories, is permeated with a love and deep compassion for the people of Skye.
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Lightning Tree, The    Lightning Tree, The
ISBN:9780748663262
Category: Poetry, Fiction
Author: Valerie Gillies
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Valerie Gillies' vibrant new collection takes us on a journey across Scotland, exploring the inhabited landscape and the wild places.


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Little Black Dress    Little Black Dress
ISBN:9781846970030
Category: Short Stories, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Susie Maguire
Publication Date: March 2007
Format: PB
Price: £7.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Classic style never goes out of fashion. Since Coco Chanel invented it in 1926, the little black dress has become every woman’s wardrobe staple. Fifteen women of varied backgrounds offer a colourful range of views on the little black dress, all tailored by Susie Maguire into a simply stunning and elegant collection.

            
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Little Black Dress    Little Black Dress
ISBN:9781904598602
Category: Short Stories, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Susie Maguire
Publication Date: March 2006
Format: HB
Price: £12.00
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: Classic style never goes out of fashion. Since Coco Chanel invented it in 1926, the little black dress has become every woman’s wardrobe staple. Fifteen women of varied backgrounds offer a colourful range of views on the little black dress, all tailored by Susie Maguire into a simply stunning and elegant collection. 



         
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Love Me, I (Who Do You Love?)    Love Me, I (Who Do You Love?)
ISBN:9780748661848
Category: Literature, Fiction
Author: Gordon Legge
Publication Date: October 1994
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

Gordon Legge's second novel, the hugely entertaining follow-up to In Between Talking About the Football.

    
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Love is a Fervent Fire    Love is a Fervent Fire
ISBN:9781904598466
Category: Classics, Fiction
Author: Robin Jenkins
Publication Date: August 2005
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis: In Love is a Fervent Fire Jenkins plumbs the depths of the subtlest human emotions in a brilliant study of sexual psychology.         
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Luckenbooth    Luckenbooth
ISBN:9781846970184
Category: Poetry, Fiction
Author: (Editor) Lizzie MacGregor
Publication Date: August 2007
Format: HB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

From the great Scottish renaissance poet William Dunbar, Burns, Scott and Stevenson, to some of Scotland’s newest poetry by Robin Robertson and Stewart Conn, this book presents a choice of the finest poems about Edinburgh through the centuries. This selection includes some rare poems by forgotten masters, and includes well-loved writers like Spark, Crichton Smith and Norman MacCaig. 

    
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Lunderston Tales    Lunderston Tales
ISBN:9780748662210
Category: Classics, Fiction
Author: Robin Jenkins
Publication Date: January 1996
Format: PB
Price: £8.99
Stock Status: in stock

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Synopsis:

The small seaside town of Lunderston is the setting for these thirteen entertaining tales from Robin Jenkins.

        
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