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The story of the National Youth Orchestra of Iraq is here told by its musical director from its inception to its eventual end.

Johnny Jackson has just turned 75. He used to be famous, but his dead brother Duke was a hero. This is a novel about brothers, lovers and all that's lost in the longing to get what you want.

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Published in partnership with the National Trust for Scotland, it pays tribute to the craftspeople, gardeners, managers, guides and more, who have made the Trust's properties so special.

An unusual and humorous dictionary of whiskey terms, places and folklore, it provides a window into the processes to celebrate the wonderful world of scotch! Brilliantly illustrated by Ben Averis.

For one brilliant season in 1983 the sport of fell running was dominated by the two huge talents of John Wild and Kenny Stuart - this is the story of that season and provides an intimate look at these two men.

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A warm and contemporary crime novel, it includes a cast of supporting characters and a dark thread running throughout, from the bestselling author of four YA novels.

Senior Irish diplomat, Marty Ransom, is torn between duty to his country and loyalty to the Anglo-Irish tradition in which he was raised. When he meets Alison, a Home Office employee now transferred to the British embassy in Dublin, Marty's fidelities are once again split.

In the corner of the door lintel a cobweb shone like silver. Like me the spider works through instinct. It just gets up and gets on with the job without thought. Every so often it turns out something perfect. On the wind lashed coast in the far north a group of men assemble on a construction site. The Ness and Struie Drainage Project will dominate their lives for the next few months as they toil through the daylight hours and into the night, e...

Describes the odyssey undertaken by the author, travelling every mile of railway track in the UK, describing the people he met and the adventures that befell him. He's aided and abetted by the ghost of classic author Daniel Defoe, who completed his own journey in the 1720s.

A tale of old resentments, disappointments, unspoken revelations and fragile but enduring love. 'It's a book with dark undercurrents, and storytelling that makes it fast and compelling' "Daily Record

The 5th novel from the editor at Sandstone Press, this is about love, marriage and the damage people do to each other in ordinary families.

A look at the lives of Jane Austen and Dorothy Wordsworth - the sister of William Wordsworth. Veevers compares their upbringing, education, home lives, loves and creative worlds.

A quirky and engaging title, it tells the story of a young courier from London who goes on an improbable journey to Norway. McGrandle works as a BBC journalist.

Sarah Tierney's short story, "Five Miles Out" was made into a short film by the acclaimed director, Andrew Haigh.

A woman receives an email from her son which reads: 'I am sacred. Comfot me.' Does he mean scared? Does he mean come for me or comfort me. Shortly after that she learns of his death, an apparent road traffic accident on a French country road.

The autobiography of the former Leader of the Cairngorm Mountain Rescue Team.

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From Cambridge to Malaysia and a nunnery in the mountains of Tibet, "The House Of Trembling Leaves" is the timeless story of two mothers and a daughter, of war and survival, but most of all of an undying friendship.