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£14.99

The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history of Scotland.This book traces the...

The Highland Clearances stands out as one of the most emotive chapters in the history o...

{"id":4562086264905,"title":"Argyll Folk Tales","handle":"argyll-folk-tales","description":"Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played a key part in the history of Scotland since prehistoric times. From the Irishsettlers who established the kingdom of Dál Riata, bringing with them the Gaelic language and the tales of Finn MacCool, to the Lords of the Isles, and the warring clans, their folk tales and legends are gathered together in this richly entertaining and beautifully illustrated book by Highland-based storyteller Bob Pegg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgyll Folk Tales Paperback edition by Bob Pegg","published_at":"2023-05-13T15:22:27+01:00","created_at":"2020-09-23T14:00:53+01:00","vendor":"Booksource","type":"Scottish Books","tags":["scottish","scottish-books","under-20"],"price":1299,"price_min":1299,"price_max":1299,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":31813251072073,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780752492155","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":14590859313225,"product_id":4562086264905,"position":1,"created_at":"2020-09-23T14:00:53+01:00","updated_at":"2020-09-23T14:00:53+01:00","alt":null,"width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053","variant_ids":[31813251072073]},"available":true,"name":"Argyll Folk Tales","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":1299,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780752492155","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":6764304465993,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053","\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales02.jpg?v=1600866056"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":6764304465993,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales01.jpg?v=1600866053","width":1000},{"alt":null,"id":6764304498761,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":900,"width":900,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales02.jpg?v=1600866056"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":900,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/argyllfolktales02.jpg?v=1600866056","width":900}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgyll is teeming with folk tales. The region has played a key part in the history of Scotland since prehistoric times. From the Irishsettlers who established the kingdom of Dál Riata, bringing with them the Gaelic language and the tales of Finn MacCool, to the Lords of the Isles, and the warring clans, their folk tales and legends are gathered together in this richly entertaining and beautifully illustrated book by Highland-based storyteller Bob Pegg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArgyll Folk Tales Paperback edition by Bob Pegg"}

Argyll Folk Tales

£12.99

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpers Argyll is teeming with folk tales. The...

Saints and sorcerers, haunted caves and bloody battles, fairy mounds and forsaken harpe...

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Islands of the Evening

£10.99

An exploration of Scotland's past through the eyes of a scholarly hiker ... Fourteen centuries ago, Irish saints journeyed to...

An exploration of Scotland's past through the eyes of a scholarly hiker ... . Fourteen...

{"id":8061499900155,"title":"A Scurry of Squirrels Paperback","handle":"a-scurry-of-squirrels-paperback","description":"Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed. Heavily persecuted until the 1960s, it has since become one of the nation’s most adored mammals. But we are now racing against time to ensure its long-term survival in an ever-changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the beautiful backdrop of Polly's Perthshire farm, where she works continuously to encourage wildlife great and small, she highlights how nature can, and indeed will, recover if only we give it a chance. In just two decades, her efforts have brought spectacular results, and numerous squirrels and other animals visit her wild farm every day","published_at":"2023-03-02T16:50:10+00:00","created_at":"2023-02-21T12:48:04+00:00","vendor":"Booksource","type":"Scottish Books","tags":["autumn","scottish","scottish-books","under-20"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":44389047927035,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9781780277752","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":39638499361019,"product_id":8061499900155,"position":1,"created_at":"2023-02-21T12:48:04+00:00","updated_at":"2023-02-21T12:48:04+00:00","alt":null,"width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684","variant_ids":[44389047927035]},"available":true,"name":"A Scurry of Squirrels Paperback","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":1,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9781780277752","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":32233292890363,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":32233292890363,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/ascurryofsquirrelspaperback01.jpg?v=1676983684","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan kits, eventually returning them to the wild.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this book she shares her experiences and love for the squirrel and explores how our perceptions have changed. Heavily persecuted until the 1960s, it has since become one of the nation’s most adored mammals. But we are now racing against time to ensure its long-term survival in an ever-changing world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet against the beautiful backdrop of Polly's Perthshire farm, where she works continuously to encourage wildlife great and small, she highlights how nature can, and indeed will, recover if only we give it a chance. In just two decades, her efforts have brought spectacular results, and numerous squirrels and other animals visit her wild farm every day"}

A Scurry of Squirrels Paperback

£9.99

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on...

Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabil...

{"id":7726507000059,"title":"The Book of Pebbles","handle":"the-book-of-pebbles","description":"by Christopher Stocks and Angie Lewin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is it we see in them, and why do we take them home to display on our shelves? Is it their inherent beauty, their infinite variation, or simply their associations with a happy time and place? In this book – part social history and part practical guide – writer and pebble collector Christopher Stocks unearths the sometimes surprising story of our love-affair with pebbles, and considers how the way we see them today has been influenced over the years by artists, authors and even archaeologists. Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world. She celebrates the experience of walking and sketching along the British coastline, often incorporating pebbles in her limited edition prints and paintings. Many of these feature in the book alongside a series of new images.","published_at":"2022-06-07T15:14:54+01:00","created_at":"2022-06-07T15:14:54+01:00","vendor":"Booksource","type":"Scottish Books","tags":["scottish-books","under-20"],"price":999,"price_min":999,"price_max":999,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":43110688981243,"title":"Default Title","option1":"Default Title","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780500023754","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":false,"featured_image":{"id":37552221421819,"product_id":7726507000059,"position":1,"created_at":"2022-06-07T15:14:55+01:00","updated_at":"2022-06-07T15:14:55+01:00","alt":null,"width":1000,"height":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295","variant_ids":[43110688981243]},"available":true,"name":"The Book of Pebbles","public_title":null,"options":["Default Title"],"price":999,"weight":0,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_quantity":2,"inventory_management":"shopify","inventory_policy":"deny","barcode":"9780500023754","featured_media":{"alt":null,"id":30118975176955,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295"}},"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295","\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles02.jpg?v=1654611297"],"featured_image":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":30118975176955,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles01.jpg?v=1654611295","width":1000},{"alt":null,"id":30118975504635,"position":2,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"width":1000,"src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles02.jpg?v=1654611297"},"aspect_ratio":1.0,"height":1000,"media_type":"image","src":"\/\/www.thesquarepegonline.co.uk\/cdn\/shop\/products\/bookofpebbles02.jpg?v=1654611297","width":1000}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"by Christopher Stocks and Angie Lewin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is it we see in them, and why do we take them home to display on our shelves? Is it their inherent beauty, their infinite variation, or simply their associations with a happy time and place? In this book – part social history and part practical guide – writer and pebble collector Christopher Stocks unearths the sometimes surprising story of our love-affair with pebbles, and considers how the way we see them today has been influenced over the years by artists, authors and even archaeologists. Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world. She celebrates the experience of walking and sketching along the British coastline, often incorporating pebbles in her limited edition prints and paintings. Many of these feature in the book alongside a series of new images."}

The Book of Pebbles

£9.99

by Christopher Stocks and Angie LewinWhy do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is it we see in...

by Christopher Stocks and Angie Lewin. Why do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is ...

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Seaweed Collector's Handbook

£9.99

Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - are largely unknown to us.In...

Seaweed is so familiar and yet its names - pepper dulse, sea lettuce, bladderwrack - ar...

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Argonauts of the Scottish Isles

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Robin Lloyd-Jones has been exploring the west coast and islands of Scotland in his sea kayak for more than forty...

Robin Lloyd-Jones has been exploring the west coast and islands of Scotland in his sea ...

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A Last Wild Place

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When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Highlands of Scotland,...

When Mike Tomkies moved to a remote cottage on the shores of Loch Shiel in the West Hig...

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Celtic Saints

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They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pioneering leaders of...

They may be coated in layers of myth and pious anecdote but dig deep enough and the pio...

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Celtic Blessings

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Writing well over a thousand years ago, the Celtic saints and their followers who penned them reflected not just the...

Writing well over a thousand years ago, the Celtic saints and their followers who penne...

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Midges

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Whether resident or tourist, no-one is spared from the bloodlust of Scotland’s most savage insect . . .The midge does...

Whether resident or tourist, no-one is spared from the bloodlust of Scotland’s most sav...

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