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Scotiana’s Books for Christmas: ‘A Drop in the Ocean’

A Drop in the Ocean Polly Pullar Birlinn 2014

 

“A watercolour painting hangs above my bed. A treasured possession, it depicts a Hebridean shoreline: turquoise, black, grey and moody, a surging sea with foaming waves leads the eye to the distinct shapes of Rum’s forbidding peaks. In the foreground there […]

December 5th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Rebus: Consultant Detective in ‘Even Dogs In The Wild’ by Ian Rankin

Its no secret about how we all, here at Scotiana.com, feel about Ian Rankin’s books featuring John Rebus adventures on the crime scenes of Edinburgh, but for those who may not know it…we LOVE Rebus!

To discover his complex character is simply fascinating and now, with his announced retirement and transitionning into a consultant […]

September 27th, 2015 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Authors, Books, Detective Novels | Leave a comment

Scotiana’s selection of books for Christmas…

Young woman decorating the Christmas tree – Marcel Rieder 1898

Dear readers,

In a very few days it will be Christmas! Hectic times again. 🙂

Ye Olde Christmas Shoppe 145 Canongate © 2012 Scotiana

Many of us are busy preparing the coming festivities, some of us haunting frozen paths in the […]

December 17th, 2014 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Books | 3 comments

Great Scottish books and magazines for Christmas…

 

Dear readers,

Christmas trees are glittering everywhere in crowded city streets, in the heart of towns and villages, in big stores and tiny shops while we are still looking for the best ideas of gifts to put under the little Christmas tree which is waiting for us at home.

December 12th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Books | Leave a comment

Inspector Rebus flat’s address on Arden Street finally revealed!

Remember reading in Rankin’s Inspector Rebus series that his famous detective, John Rebus, lived on Arden Street in the residental affluent area of Marchmont in Edinburgh?

Since that moment, all fans of Rebus were on a quest to discover the exact Arden Street’s flat number that was home to the much revered Scottish detective of […]

November 30th, 2013 | Tags: , , | Category: Books, Detective Novels | One comment
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