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Nature and Travel

Nature and Travel

Fewer places on this planet have been as blessed by natural beauty as Scotland has been. The gentle slopes and rivers of the southern reaches have inspired poetry and paintings for centuries. Head north into the Highlands and you’ll find a kind of beauty that doesn’t exist anywhere else. From the glens to the mountains, from Loch Ness to Loch Lomond, writers who traffic in the natural world have had fewer greater places of inspiration than Scotland.

 

The same goes for travel writers. While ostensibly less populated than other parts of Britain, the freedom one feels while traveling through Scotland makes for incredible prose work. Walking in the footsteps of the clans, moving through the Highlands is like moving through time itself. With the best books and writers as a guide, readers will be able to find the very best spots and hidden gems in the country. Even for those with less time for traveling, picking up a great travel book allows you to embrace your inner adventurer without ever having to leave your living room!

 

East Neuk Books takes pride in our fantastic collection of Scottish nature and travel books. From classic tomes on travel in the times of olde to autobiographies of modern day travellers and guides, we have it all. Not only that, but our region-specific volumes will be of great interests not only to students of the natural world, but to those of history as well. And thankfully for the rest of us, the well-written prose allows for an easy read through territory that most of us have found only in the most academic of contexts.

 

So if you’re looking to buy nature and travel books online, take a gander at the great titles and authors below. From Gavin Maxwell to Jim Crumley to Mike Tomkies, you’ll be in the best of hands as you take a journey through the north of Britain and deep into the heart of Scotland.

111 places in fife that you shouldn't miss
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111 Places In Fife You Shouldn't Miss

Emons Verlag

111 Places In Fife You Shouldn't Miss by Gillian Tait.  Read about 111 places in Fife you shouldn't miss such as tourist attractions...

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50 Gems of Fife by Jack Gillon
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50 Gems of Fife by Jack Gillon

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The historic county of Fife is a natural peninsula on the east coast of Scotland, bordered by the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Tay. Alongside it...

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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.
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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat.

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A history of Fife from the earliest times to the present day, written by Gordon Brown and Alistair Moffat. Learn about the fascinating history of F...

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A History of Scotland: 38 by Allan I. Macinnes - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A History of Scotland: 38 by Allan I. Macinnes

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This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom’s genesis in the ninth century to the ...

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A Short History of the World According to Sheep - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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A Short History of the World According to Sheep

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From the plains of ancient Mesopotamia to the vast sheep farms of modern-day Australia, sheep have been central to the human story. Since our our ...

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A Traveller's History of Scotland - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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A Traveller's History of Scotland

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A Traveller's History of Scotland by Andrew Fisher. Scotland's story is chronicled by one of the country's best historians

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Abigay's Farm - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Abigay's Farm

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For the first time ever, Abigay arrives at her grandparents' farm, Willowfield, without her twin brother Gabriel. She misses him a lot. To make mat...

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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Adventures Of The Yorkshire Shepherdess

Pan Macmillan

Amanda Owen loves her traditional life on her hill farm alongside her nine children and husband Clive. And, as readers of her previous bestsellers ...

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All Creatures : Heartwarming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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All Creatures : Heartwarming Tales from a Yorkshire Vet

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

Yorkshire Vet Julian Norton has spent his days as a mixed practice vet treating animals across the bucolic Yorkshire Dales. Julian's voice and humo...

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Ancient Scotland by David Ross - East  Neuk Books Ltd
Ancient Scotland by David Ross - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Ancient Scotland by David Ross

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As well as illustrating and explaining standing stones, tombs, stone circles, hill forts and artefacts of the ancient races, the author portrays th...

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Animal Teams : How Amazing Animals Work Together in the Wild - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Animal Teams : How Amazing Animals Work Together in the Wild

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Have you ever asked why birds swoop and soar in a flock? Or wondered wherean army of ants is marching? This non-fiction book explains how animals w...

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Animals (Pocket Eyewitness) - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Animals (Pocket Eyewitness)

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Discover some of the strangest species in the animal kingdom in this brilliant mini book packed with pictures and bulging with fun facts.Pocket Eye...

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Argentum : The Adventures of a Silver Piece at Great Moments in History
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Argentum : The Adventures of a Silver Piece at Great Moments in History

The Book Guild

By James Leslie-Melville  3000 BCE, east Mediterranean. A slave digs a silver nugget out of the ground at an Anatolian mine, launching it on a jour...

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Beekeeping for Dummies - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Beekeeping for Dummies

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The fast and easy way to start and maintain a hive Beekeeping For Dummies is a practical, step-by-step beginner's guide to beekeeping. It gives you...

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Bell Rock Lighthouse : An Illustrated History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Bell Rock Lighthouse : An Illustrated History

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Since its completion in 1811, the Bell Rock Lighthouse has been revered as an industrial wonder of the world. The iconic tower was built on the Inc...

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Ben Nevis : Britain's Highest Mountain - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Ben Nevis : Britain's Highest Mountain

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Ben Nevis : Britain's Highest Mountain by Ken Crocket, Simon Richardson This 2nd edition of "Ben Nevis: Britain's Highest Mountain" brings the hist...

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Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Born Fighting : How the Scots-Irish Shaped America

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More than 27 million Americans today can trace their lineage to the Scots, whose bloodline was stained by centuries of continuous warfare along the...

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Castle Douglas Through Time - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Castle Douglas Through Time

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The market town of Castle Douglas, beside Carlingwark Loch in the southern Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway, is relatively new, though the ...

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Christina Mia Gardeski

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From mending fences to seedlings and combines, life on the farm changes from season to season. Discover what farmers do in winter. Learn how crops ...

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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Christmas at Cold Comfort Farm

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The title story tells of a typical Christmas at the farm before the coming of Flora Poste. It is a parody of the worst sort of family Christmas: Ad...

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Clanlands: Whiskey, Warfare and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Clanlands: Whiskey, Warfare and a Scottish Adventure Like No Other

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As stars of Outlander, Sam and Graham eat, sleep and breathe the Highlands on this epic road trip around their homeland. They discover that the rea...

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Class 20 Locomotives in Scotland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Class 20 Locomotives in Scotland

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With a wealthy of previously unpublished images comes a photographic celebration of Class 20 locomotives on the railways of Scotland.

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Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World
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Complete Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds of the World

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This comprehensive encyclopedia of the world's birds presents a fantastic visual guide to the major avian species and families, from America's tini...

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Cycling Climbs of Scotland
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Cycling Climbs of Scotland

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Presenting the sixth book in a series of eight UK regional cycling climb guides from the author of the bestselling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs and ...

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Cycling Scotland's North Coast
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Cycling Scotland's North Coast

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This cycling guidebook follows the course of a new cycling route around the North Coast of Scotland, described as Scotland's own Route 66. Since it...

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Diddly Squat

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Welcome to Clarkson's farm.An idyllic spot offering picturesque views across the Cotswolds, bustling hedgerows and natural springs, it's the perfec...

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Early Scottish Gardeners and Their Plants, 1650-1750 - East  Neuk Books Ltd
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Early Scottish Gardeners and Their Plants, 1650-1750

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This is a garden history which focuses not on garden design and horticulture, but on the plants themselves and the men who grew them. Forbes Robert...

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East Neuk of Fife Through Time by Jack Gillon - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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East Neuk of Fife Through Time by Jack Gillon

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Neuk is the Scots word for nook or corner, and the delightful East Neuk, with its string of picturesque fishing and farming villages, is one of the...

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Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Edinburgh's Literary Heritage and How it Changed the World

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Edinburgh has a literary tradition like no other. In 2004, the capital became the first ever UNESCO City of Literature and its book festival is the...

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Edinburgh: Photographic Memories - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Edinburgh: Photographic Memories

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Approximately 100 detailed period photographs from the Francis Frith archive with extended captions and full introduction. Suitable for tourists, l...

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Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Edinburgh: Picturesque Notes

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First published in 1879 and now republished by Manderley Press, This book takes the reader through different areas of Edinburgh showing drawings an...

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English Pastoral : An Inheritance - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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English Pastoral : An Inheritance

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As a boy, James Rebanks's grandfather taught him to work the land the old way. Their family farm in the Lake District hills was part of an ancient ...

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Exploring The Fife Coastal Path - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Exploring The Fife Coastal Path

Birlinn General

This is the ideal guide to the whole route, so rich in history and natural beauty. Designed to be used by walkers on the Path or visitors to any po...

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Farewell Mr Puffin: A small boat voyage to Iceland - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Farewell Mr Puffin: A small boat voyage to Iceland

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The writer and broadcaster Paul Heiney set sail from the east coast of England bound for Iceland, propelled by a desire to breathe the cool, cl...

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Farm Business Management : The Decisive Farmer - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Farm Business Management : The Decisive Farmer

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Management research has shown successful farmers have quite distinct personal characteristics which most farmers have seldom thought about. Farmers...

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Farm to Trouble - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Farm to Trouble

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First in a new cozy mystery series from USA Today bestselling author Amanda Flower!Coming home to a run-down farm, gossipy neighbors, and a shady i...

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Fife Coastal Path by Sandra Bardwell - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Fife Coastal Path by Sandra Bardwell

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The Fife Coastal Path runs around the coastline of eastern Scotland for 117 miles (187 km) from Kincardine on the Forth to Newburgh on the Tay. Sta...

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Fife Pocket Map: The Perfect Way to Explore the Kingdom of Fife - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Fife Pocket Map: The Perfect Way to Explore the Kingdom of Fife

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Explore new places with handy pocket maps from Collins. Handy little full colour map of the coastal Kingdom of Fife. Detailed mapping and tourist i...

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Fife Street Atlas
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Fife Street Atlas

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Street atlas of all the towns and villages in Fife. Featuring the great clear Nicolson Digital Mapping

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Glasgow A History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Glasgow A History

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Located on the banks of the River Clyde, Glasgow was once the second city of the Empire, producing ships, locomotives, cars and heavy engineering f...

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Good Things From Farms : Phase 4 - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Good Things From Farms : Phase 4

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Big Cat Phonics for Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised has been developed in collaboration with Wandle Learning Trust and Little Sutton Prima...

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Green Shades : An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Green Shades : An Anthology of Plants, Gardens and Gardeners

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Elizabeth Jane Howard, acclaimed author of the Cazalet Chronicles, once said that she would certainly have been a gardener had she not become a wri...

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Growing Goats and Girls : Living the Good Life on a Cornish Farm - ESCAPISM AT ITS LOVELIEST - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Growing Goats and Girls : Living the Good Life on a Cornish Farm - ESCAPISM AT ITS LOVELIEST

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Ever dream of packing up and escaping to a simpler life on the land, just the Cornish landscape and a few cows and goats rising up to greet you ea...

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Gunn : The Origins of the Clan Gunn and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Gunn : The Origins of the Clan Gunn and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

If you belong to the Clan Gunn then this clan book is ideal for you -  makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Gunn an...

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Henderson : The Origins of the Clan Henderson and Their Place in History - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Henderson : The Origins of the Clan Henderson and Their Place in History

Lang Syne Publishers Ltd

If you belong to the Clan Henderson then this clan book is ideal for you - makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Hen...

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Horse - KINGDOM BOOKS LEVEN
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Horse

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This children's book shows how horses have played a pivotal part throughout human history. You will uncover the role of these majestic mammals, fro...

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How to Attract Birds to your Garden by Dan Rouse
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How to Attract Birds to your Garden by Dan Rouse

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Create a flourishing wildlife haven for your local wild birds!What if we told you that you can make a difference to your local birdlife from the co...

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How to Be a Cyclist
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How to Be a Cyclist

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Filled to bursting with essential reading for any would-be King of the road, this valuable manual is vital reading for all cyclists. Many pitfalls ...

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