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Auld Enemies

Auld Enemies


ISBN: 9781841582436
Category: Humour
Author: David Ross
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
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Synopsis:

This book provides a unique record of the long contest of verbal warfare across the Border over the centuries.


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Awa' An' Bile Yer Heid!

Awa' An' Bile Yer Heid!


ISBN: 9781841585949
Category: Humour
Author: David Ross
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £5.99
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Synopsis:
A comprehensive guide to Scottish insults - sharp, witty and funny!
            
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Murdo

Murdo


ISBN: 9781841580586
Category: Humour, Literature, Fiction
Author: Iain Crichton Smith
Publication Date: January 2001
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

Murdo Macrae is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating of Iain Crichton Smith’s literary creations.


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Dash O Doric

Dash O Doric


ISBN: 9781841583242
Category: Humour
Author: Robbie Shepherd and Norman Harper
Publication Date: November 2004
Format: PB
Price: £5.99
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Synopsis:

Norman Harper and Robbie Shepherd are back with a third collection of stories which show the wit and wisdom of North-East Scotland at their finest.


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Robbie Shepherd’s Doric Columns

Robbie Shepherd’s Doric Columns


ISBN: 9781841585246
Category: Humour
Author: Robbie Shepherd
Publication Date: September 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

For the first time, over fifty of Robbie Shepherd’s Press and Journal Doric columns have been brought together in one collection, with superb illustrations by Graham MacLennan.


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The Cannae Sutra

The Cannae Sutra


ISBN: 9781841584843
Category: Humour
Author: Rupert Besley
Publication Date: November 2006
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

All is revealed (well, not quite all – this is Scotland) in The Cannae Sutra, a ground-breaking exposé of the nation’s best-kept secrets.

                
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MacRory's Breeks

MacRory's Breeks


ISBN: 9781841582054
Category: Humour
Author: David Ross
Publication Date: January 2002
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
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Synopsis:

The inimitable humour of the Highlander through the ages.


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Robert the Bruce And All That

Robert the Bruce And All That


ISBN: 9781841584973
Category: Humour, Children's Non-Fiction
Author: Allan Burnett
Publication Date: June 2006
Format: PB
Price: £2.99
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Synopsis:

A real-life adventure packed with historical facts about Scotland’s warrior king. Blood-spattered Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining.

    
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Dash O Doric

Dash O Doric


ISBN: 9781841582504
Category: Humour
Author: Robbie Shepherd and Norman Harper
Publication Date: January 2003
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:

When Sir Harry Lauder left a concert on Deeside he was mystified that his jokes had not got the response received elsewhere; it perked him up when, from the spilling audience, he heard a voice say, ’Fit a gran comic. It took me aa ma time nae ti lach.’

    
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Stanley Baxter's Bedside Book of Glasgow Humour

Stanley Baxter's Bedside Book of Glasgow Humour


ISBN: 9781841582467
Category: Humour
Author: Stanley Baxter with Alex Mitchell
Publication Date: October 2003
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
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Synopsis:

Glasgow humour has always been characterised by a scant regard for caution and reserve, and its extrovert and often surreal nature. No one exemplifies all these aspects better than Stanley Baxter, Glasgow’s best known and greatest comic genius.


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The Crack

The Crack


ISBN: 9781841582498
Category: Humour
Author: Michael Munro
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £5.99
Stock Status: reprinting  

Synopsis:

In this new and expanded edition of his best-selling book, Michael Munro has produced a hilarious compendium of the wit and wisdom of Glasgow.

            
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The Man Who Sold Nelson’s Column

The Man Who Sold Nelson’s Column


ISBN: 9781841586120
Category: Humour
Author: Dane Love
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:

In this fascinating book, Dane Love uncovers a strange collection of tales of devious fraudsters and curious hoaxes.


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Midges

Midges


ISBN: 9781841583860
Category: Humour
Author: Alasdair Roberts
Publication Date: August 2010
Format: PB
Price: £4.99
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Synopsis:

Now thy enemy! And have a laugh at the same time with this pocket-szed guide to the scourge of the Scottish summer - the midge.


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The Complete Patter

The Complete Patter


ISBN: 9781841581286
Category: Humour
Author: Michael Munro
Publication Date: September 2007
Format: PB
Price: £5.99
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Synopsis:

Michael Munro has won the eternal gratitude of Glaswegians for his efforts in popularising their city’s dialect, universally known as ’the patter’.

        
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Parliamo Glasgow Audio CD

Parliamo Glasgow Audio CD


ISBN: 9781841587585
Category: Humour, Audio CD
Author: Stanley Baxter
Publication Date: October 2009
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: in stock  
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Synopsis:
For the first time this hilarious book is available on audio CD. It is the essential guide to understanding the intricacies and nuances of one of Britian’s most colourful dialects by the multi-faceted comic actor and impressionist Stanley Baxter.
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The Parliamo Glasgow Omnibus

The Parliamo Glasgow Omnibus


ISBN: 9781841587745
Category: Humour
Author: Stanley Baxter
Publication Date: October 2008
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:
This hilarious book is the essential guide to understanding the intricacies and nuances of one of Britian’s most colourful dialects.
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A View from North Lochs

A View from North Lochs


ISBN: 9781841586304
Category: Essays, Fiction, Humour
Author: Aimsir Eachainn
Publication Date: November 2007
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
Stock Status: not in stock  

Synopsis:
Writing under the alias of ‘Aimsir Eachann’, Hector Macdonald was a weekly columnist who gave a voice to the Scottish Gael. This book is a collection of the very best of those remarkable columns.
        
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More Views From North Lochs

More Views From North Lochs


ISBN: 9781841588056
Category: Humour
Author: Aimsir Eachainn
Publication Date: November 2009
Format: PB
Price: £9.99
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Synopsis:
Giving a voice to the Scottish Gael at the end of the 20th century, the late Hector Macdonald (writing as the great Aimsir Eachainn) scribed the brilliant weekly column A View from North Lochs for the West Highland Free Press. This book is the second collection of columns.
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Chic Murray's Funnyosities

Chic Murray's Funnyosities


ISBN: 9781841588483
Category: Humour
Author: (Editor) Robbie Grigor
Publication Date: October 2009
Format: PB
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

The definitive collection of Chic Murray's one-liners and best comedic moments.


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Just Daft: The Comic Genius of Chic Murray

Just Daft: The Comic Genius of Chic Murray


ISBN: 9781841587561
Category: Humour
Author: Chic Murray
Publication Date: October 2009
Format: DVD
Price: £14.99
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Synopsis:
Celebrating the comic genius of Chic Murray, this DVD includes some of his finest sketches and routines.
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