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1. Moonfleet by John Meade Falkner [Historical Fiction] 2. Planetoid 127 by Edgar Wallace [Science Fiction/Suspense/Thriller] 3. Broken Men and Fallen Women by Rod MacDonald [Suspense/Thriller] 4. Ayrshire Idylls by Neil Munro [Classic Literature] 5. The Provost by John Galt [Classic Literature] 6. The Lost Chart by Neil M. Gunn & Dairmid Gunn [Historical Fiction/Suspense/Thriller] 7. Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa by Mungo Park [History/Travel] 8. Close and Other Stories by James Robertson [Horror] 9. The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner by James Hogg [Classic Literature] 10. A Crystal Age by W. H. Hudson [Fantasy]

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1	The A to Z of Paranormal Scotland [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Ron Halliday		From the earliest times to the present day, the story of Scotland has been interwoven with tales and traditions of paranormal activity. Ancient legends of ghosts and ghouls, hauntings and horror--from the handless spectre of Cawdor Castle and the White Lady of St Andrews, to the phantom stagecoach of Inverbervie and the Grey Man of Ben MacDhui. From all over Scotland, Ron Halliday has gathered together chilling examples of paranormal phenomena--like the Glenluce Devil and the Rerrick Poltergeist... more info>> 2001 Category: General Nonfiction	2 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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2	A Crystal Age [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by W. H. Hudson		A young man is transported into the future, to a changed earth where men live in peace with each other and in harmony with the planet. As he struggles to come to grips with the contrast with his old life, he falls in love with one of the women of the family who have 'adopted' him... 2002 Category: Fantasy	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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3	The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by James Hogg		The darkest corners of eighteenth century Edinburgh play host to this tale of evil and depravity, which with its complexity and insight has astounded readers since it's original publication in 1824. The story, which is split into two texts each giving a different account of the same hideous events, concerns one Robert Wringhim, a calvanist and religious fanatic, whose corruption by a strange and elusive companion that may or may not exist, leads to a series of gruesome murders. Not only a story ... more info>> 2002 Category: Classic Literature	2 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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4	Close and Other Stories [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by James Robertson		From the eerie closes of Edinburgh's Old Town to the white heat of the Australian Outback, nothing is quite what it seems in these haunting tales, as ordinary lives begin to unravel in bizarre, inexplicable and sometimes horrific circumstances. First published in 1991 in a run of only 1000 copies, this intriguing collection of stories by the best-selling author of The Fanatic. 2002 Category: Horror	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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5	Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Mungo Park		Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa is Mungo Park's account of his first expedition to discover the River Niger and the fabled city of Timbuctoo. Travelling with only native guides, or for the latter part of his journey alone, Park endured tremendous hardships: he was repeatedly robbed, spent several months imprisoned by a Moorish king, and came close to dying of starvation and thirst. He eventually reached the River Niger, and travelled along part of it's course, but was forced to turn ... more info>> 2003 Category: History
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6	The Lost Chart [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Neil M. Gunn & Dairmid Gunn		Neil Gunn, one of Scotland's most distinguished novelists of the 20th Century, was a prolific writer. His writing life spanned the Recession, the political crises of the 1930's, and the Second World War and it's aftermath; his novels, reflecting his constant philosophical quests, invariably depict two worlds--the world of here and now and the world in which the meaning of life and the essence of being are explored. From this evocative title comes a novel of suspense and mature reflection set in ... more info>> 2003 Category: Historical Fiction	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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7	The Provost [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by John Galt		The Provost is an ironic look at the career of a small town merchant and politician. Set in Irvine, in Ayrshire, it follows the life of James Pawkie, the Provost of the title. From his humble apprenticeship he progresses to owning his own shop, and eventually a large part of his home town. Simultaneously he becomes involved in local politics, and, starting with a seat on the town council he rises to be the Provost, the supreme position of local power, allowing him to manipulate everyone connecte... more info>> 2002 Category: Classic Literature
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8	Ayrshire Idylls [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Neil Munro		A collection of ten short stories by Neil Munro, best known as the author of the "Para Handy" tales, but also the creator of many more serious works. Ayrshire Idylls features four episodes from the life of Robert Burns, together with stories about Boswell and Doctor Johnson, John Galt and two tales of the Covenanters. Prior to its release as an eBook, Ayrshire Idylls had been out of print for several years. 2002 Category: Classic Literature	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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9	Broken Men and Fallen Women [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Rod MacDonald		Best selling author Paul Munro apparently has it all, but his comfortable life is about to be shattered. Returning to Edinburgh from wintering at his villa on an island in the Aegean, where he has completed his latest book, Paul discovers that his wife has brutally attacked her ex-husband in a flat the city's red-light district. As her case is investigated, Ruth's shocking past is gradually revealed. Meanwhile, recovering from his injuries in hospital Ben is plotting a terrible revenge, and nobo... more info>> 2003 Category: Suspense/Thriller
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10	Planetoid 127 [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Edgar Wallace		Tim discovers that Professor Colson, his former science teacher, is in contact with another world. The information the Professor is receiving has made him rich, but has also made him a powerful enemy, who will stop at nothing to use the Professor's discovery to his own ends. Planetoid 127 is one of the earliest examples of the 'twin worlds' science fiction theme, in combination with the traditional crime/thriller genre of which Edgar Wallace was an acknowledged master. 2003 Category: Science Fiction	3 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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11	Moonfleet [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by John Meade Falkner		"...it was evilly come by, and will bring a curse with it." Growing up the quiet coastal village of Moonfleet in Dorset, John Trenchard dreams of of the infamous Blackbeard's treasure--a great diamond stolen when he betrayed the King--and the wealth and happiness it would bring him. John's search for the treasure gets him involved with the local smugglers and forces him into hiding with a price on his head, little guessing the adventures and misfortunes he will face before he sees Moonfleet and ... more info>> 2003 Category: Historical Fiction	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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12	The House on the Borderland [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by William Hope Hodgson		On holiday in Ireland, two men discover a manuscript in the ruins of an old house, on the edge of a great pit. The manuscript describes the story of the recluse who was the last occupant of the house, believed by the locals to have been built by the devil, and the strange and terrifying experiences that befall him. After defending the house against an attack by evil swine-like creatures that appear from the pit below the house, he is transported through time and space to witness the end of the s... more info>> 2002 Category: Science Fiction	3 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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13	The Land of the Changing Sun [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by William N. Harben		Two men are stranded on a desolate uninhabited island in the Atlantic Ocean, from where they are rescued by a strange underwater craft and transported to a new world. Here they encounter a race of humans physically and mentally superior to those from their own world, living in a civilisation scientifically far more advanced than their own, under a sun that changes colour every hour. 2002 Category: Science Fiction	2 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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14	The Brownie of Bodsbeck [Secure Mobipocket] by James Hogg		The Brownie of Bodsbeck is the first novel by James Hogg, one of Scotland's greatest writers. It is set in the late seventeenth century, at the end of the "Killing Times", when the religous reformers, the Covenanters, were mercilessly persecuted by the King's forces. The Brownie of Bodsbeck is the story of the farmer of Chapelhope farm in the Scottish borders who is beset by problems--his farm is haunted by the mysterious Brownie, his daughter appears to be in league with the spirit world and a ... more info>> 2002 Category: Historical Fiction	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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15	Silbury Dawning: The Alien Visitor Gene Theory [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by John Cowie		Silbury Dawning presents the unique theory that the 'missing link' in our evolution was due to the arrival of an extra-terrestrial being or race of beings some 13,000 years ago that bred with, or somehow implanted its genetic material and educated our Homo sapiens ancestors. As per Darwin's theory, those Homo sapiens with the Alien Visitor gene had a significant advantage and began to replace those that did not--resulting in the human race that quickly evolved from a single point. The book argue... more info>> 2002 Category: General Nonfiction	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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16	Univers Parallèle and Other Short Stories [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Neal Sillars		Univers Parallèle is an exciting new collection of short stories which offer a snapshot of a wide variety of people's lives. There are nine stories in the collection, which are set in Scotland, Spain and America but all deal with universal themes. The majority of the stories deal with harsh realism and include moments of existential angst, while others go beyond the realms of what is normally accepted as everyday reality. 2003 Category: Mainstream
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17	The Cold Embrace & Other Classic Ghost Stories [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader] by Bram Stoker		A new collection of classic ghost stories, some well known and some long forgotten, by the masters of the genre, including Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker and Henry James. Category: Horror	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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18	My Schools and Schoolmasters [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader] by Hugh Miller		My Schools and Schoolmasters is Hugh Miller's account of his extraordinary life--from the hardships of his early life in Cromarty, in North Eastern Scotland, where he originally worked as a stonemason, to his later years as a scientist, journalist, lecturer and defender of Christianity against the Evolutionists. By the time of his tragic suicide in 1856, Miller's pioneering work in the field of Geology had secured his place as one of the foremost thinkers of his time, while his writing--on subje... more info>> Category: History
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19	Kidnapped [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader] by Robert Louis Stevenson		Kidnapped is a fast paced story of murder, politics, history and friendship. It follows the travels of the young David Balfour, as he travels from his home village to the outskirts of Edinburgh to meet his uncle, and start to make his way in life. His uncle, however, betrays him and David is taken forcibly aboard a brig bound for the Carolina's and a life of slavery. His luck changes when he meets Alan Breck Stewart, a Jacobite hunted by King George's troops, who's boat they hit on the voyage. A... more info>> Category: Classic Literature	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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20	Catriona [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader] by Robert Louis Stevenson		Written in 1893, Catriona is the sequel to the highland adventure Kidnapped. Again it follows the young David Balfour, and picks up from the last novel with David trying to secure safe passage to France for his companion Alan Breck Stewart, and to clear both their names of the murder of Colin Campbell of Glenure the "Red Fox". The political complexities surrounding the murder of the Red Fox become very clear to David after he speaks with the advocate Prestongrange, in an atmospheric and evocativ... more info>> Category: Classic Literature
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21	Confessions of a Justified Sinner [Secure Mobipocket] by James Hogg		The darkest corners of eighteenth century Edinburgh play host to this tale of evil and depravity, which with its complexity and insight has astounded readers since it's original publication in 1824. The story, which is split into two texts, each giving a different account of the same hideous events, concerns one Robert Wringhim, a calvinist and religious fanatic, whose corruption by a strange and elusive companion that may or may not exist, leads to a series of gruesome murders. Not only a story... more info>> Category: Horror
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22	Sunspot [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Garth Jones		Sunspot is the ultimate luxury space holiday resort for the super-rich. When completed, it will allow tourists to enjoy vacations in the comfort of its computer controlled environment, in orbit round the fiery planet of Morasmus. Its sophisticated systems will be capable of responding to each individual guest's preferences, even down to controlling the conditions within their own personal airspace. The more courageous amongst the guests might use the resort as a base for visiting the surface of ... more info>> 2003 Category: Science Fiction	1 Reader Ratings: Great Good OK Poor
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23	Don't: A Manual of Mistakes and Improprieties More or Less Prevalent in Conduct and Speech [Secure Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe] by Censor		Written in the latter part of the nineteenth century as a guide to socially acceptable behaviour and speech, Don't contains many injunctions that are still relevant today. It also offers view of the manners of a bygone age that can be viewed as both humourous and entertaining: Don't talk when your mouth is full--never, in fact, have your mouth full. It is more healthful and in better taste to eat by small morsels. Don't drink wine or spirits in the morning, or often at other times than at dinne... more info>> 2004 Category: Self Improvement
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