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365: Stories by James Robertson
Category: Accessories
365 is James Robertson's innovative collection of 365 stories, each 365 words long. In 2013, James Robertson wrote a story every day. Each was exactly 365 words long. A year later, on a daily basis, the stories were published on the Five Dials website. Now the 365 stories are gathered together in one vo ...Show more
And The Land Lay Still by ROBERTSON JAMES
Category: Fiction
"And the Land Lay Still" is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes o ...Show more
Epstein - Dead Men Tell No Tales by Dylan Howard; Melissa Cronin; James Robertson
Category: True Crime
This is--for the first time--the full and unedited story behind the sick life and mysterious death of Jeffrey Epstein that is being called one of the most significant scandals in American history He was the billionaire financier and close confidant of presidents, prime ministers, movie stars and Bri ...Show more
Keg Bottle Can: Best Beers for Every Occasion by Luke Robertson; James Smith
Category: Food & Wine
The book celebrates the best of Australian craft beer, from easy-to-drink crisp lagers and pale ales to stouts, porters and sours. Keg Bottle Can presents 150 Australian brews, organised by beer-drinking occasion: from the refreshing after-work beverage to beers that challenge your perception and palate ...Show more
News of the Dead by James Robertson
Category: Fiction
A sweeping novel from critically-acclaimed author James Robertson, displaying centuries of change in the atmospheric Scottish highlandsHidden in the breath-taking mountains of wild Scotland, Glen Conach is the home of secrets and stories, of fables and folklore. Over hundreds of years, three lives are w ...Show more
News of the Dead by James Robertson
Category: Fiction
A sweeping novel from critically-acclaimed author James Robertson, displaying centuries of change in the atmospheric Scottish highlandsHow do our roots in the land define us?Hidden in the breath-taking mountains of wild Scotland, Glen Conach is the home of secrets and stories, of fables and folklore. Ov ...Show more
Robert the Bruce: King of Scots by James Robertson
Category: History
In this exciting and visually stunning book, the most talented Scottish novelist of his generation teams up with Jill Calder, whose bold and colourful illustrations are a perfect complement to one of the most dramatic tales in Scottish history. In addition to the big set pieces from the Bruce story - no ...Show more
The Civil War by Alan Axelrod; Mort Künstler (Illustrator); James I. Robertson
Category: Education | Series: See American History Ser.
The Civil War takes readers on a chronological journey of the most important events of the conflict with action-packed illustrations by Mort K nstler--the most collected Civil War artist in the world--and inquiry-based text award winning historian and author James I. Robertson, Jr. With close readings o ...Show more
The Professor of Truth by James Robertson
Category: Accessories
"The Professor of Truth" is the newest novel by Saltire prizewinner James Robertson. Twenty-one years after his wife and daughter were murdered in the bombing of a plane over Scotland, Alan Tealing, a university lecturer, still does not know the truth of what really happened on that terrible night. Obse ...Show more
The Reiver Rat - The Highway Rat in Scots by Julia Donaldson; James Robertson (Translator); Axel Scheffler (Illustrator)
Category: Picture Books
Gie's yer bridies and bannocks, Yer puddens and teacakes tae! For I am the Rat, the Reiver Rat, And whitiver I want I'll hae. Caw cannie when the Reiver Rat's aboot. He ll pauchle yer scran. . . and yer hert! In this brilliant new Scots translation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's classic tale, f ...Show more
The Testament of Gideon Mack by James Robertson
Category: Classics
If the devil didn't exist, would man have to invent him? For Gideon Mack, faithless minister, unfaithful husband and troubled soul, the existence of God, let alone the Devil, is no more credible than that of ghosts or fairies. Until the day he falls into a gorge and is rescued by someone who might just ...Show more
The Wild West - 1804-1890 by James Robertson; Mort Kunstler (Illustrator)
Category: Education | Series: See American History Ser.
K#65533;nstler's paintings bring history to life with striking portrayals of the events of America's Wild West, starting in 1804, when Lewis and Clark made their first expeditions, to 1890, when the American frontier was declared "vanished." The epic artworks faithfully capture the incredible landscapes ...Show more