James Robertson
Author
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Language
English
Description
Exiled to Jamaica in 1746, Sir John Wedderburn made a fortune, returning to Scotland with Joseph Knight, a black slave. Now, in 1802, Sir John is settling his estate, and wants to find his former slave. Can old wounds that once touched the heart of Scottish law ever heal?
Author
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Douglas Findhorn Elder is in a sorry state. He's just turned fifty, split up from his girlfriend and been pushed out of his job in an ailing national newspaper. On the night of his birthday, he makes an unexpected new friend: a talking toad. So begins a wild goose chase that will lead Douglas out of his cosy house in Edinburgh and across the country - all the way to crumbling Glentaragar House in the distant West Highlands. Awaiting him along the...
Author
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
21 years after his wife and daughter were murdered in the bombing of a plane, Alan Tealing still does not know the truth of what really happened. Obsessed by the details of what he has come to call The Case, he is sure that the man convicted of the atrocity was not responsible.
11) Balach na bonaid
Author
Publisher
Big Sky
Pub. Date
2012
Language
Gaelic
Description
This is the tale of a young boy called Neil. He lives in a wee white house beside the sea. Neil shares his home with his Granny and a wee, grey Cat. There are some other animals nearby, like the sly, sleekit Selkie, the muckle, handsome Stag, and the crabbit Craw.
Author
Publisher
B&W
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A simple, funny, colourful introduction to Burns, 'Wee Rabbie's Rhymes' will entertain the bairns and encourage parents and teachers not only to recite the lines from the poems but perhaps also to sing the tunes to songs like 'Ca the Yowes' and 'Ye Banks and Braes', 'A Red, Red Rose' - and, as a grand finale, 'Auld Lang Syne'.
Publisher
Historic Environment Scotland
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson, and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation.