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Books I couldn't put down.
Shadow Behind the Sun: Flight from Kosovo: A Woman's Story (Non-Fiction)Shadow Behind the Sun: Flight from Kosovo: A Woman's Story (Non-Fiction) by Remzija Sherifi
Buy new: £5.57 / Used from: £3.33
A wonderful book. Informative but deeply moving, finally uplifting.
Herzog (Penguin Classics)Herzog (Penguin Classics) by Saul Bellow
Buy used from: £4.64
Among the mayhem, some of the best descriptive writing in English.
All of Us: The Collected PoemsAll of Us: The Collected Poems by Raymond Carver
Buy new: £11.19 / Used from: £9.04
'And did you get what you wanted from this life, even so?'
White River: A Journey up and down the River FindhornWhite River: A Journey up and down the River Findhorn by Jamie Whittle
Buy new: £6.46 / Used from: £4.50
An environmental gem with great 'feel'. This writer will become very influential.
On the Atlantic Edge: A Geopoetics Project: Reprint (Non-Fiction)On the Atlantic Edge: A Geopoetics Project: Reprint (Non-Fiction) by Kenneth White
Buy new: £6.36 / Used from: £3.00
A gem! White will become increasingly influential and well known.
Hegarty and the Doleful Dancer (Sandstone Vista) (Sandstone Vista Series)Hegarty and the Doleful Dancer (Sandstone Vista) (Sandstone Vista Series) by Leon Murphy
Buy new: £5.36 / Used from: £0.15
A very funny, very short book. I think we'll hear more of Daniel Hegarty.
Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland (Non-Fiction)Between Weathers: Travels in 21st Century Shetland (Non-Fiction) by Ron McMillan
Buy new: £7.39 / Used from: £5.52
The best travelogue ever!
The Crossing (Border Trilogy) (paperback)The Crossing (Border Trilogy) (paperback) by Cormac McCarthy
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To my mind the best of the Border Trilogy. Better than his more recent work.
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr.The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Jr. by Martin Luther King
Buy new: £7.17 / Used from: £4.90
The greatest man of the 20th Century?
Parallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and SocietyParallels and Paradoxes: Explorations in Music and Society by Edward W. Said
Buy new: £5.99 / Used from: £6.01
One of those special books I keep going back to.
George MacLeod: Founder of the Iona CommunityGeorge MacLeod: Founder of the Iona Community by Ron Ferguson
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £9.00
Another candidate for greatest man of the 20th Century.
Gods, Mongrels and Demons: 101 Brief but Essential LivesGods, Mongrels and Demons: 101 Brief but Essential Lives by Angus Calder
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A book to picked away at like meat on a chicken bone.
Sabbath's TheaterSabbath's Theater by Philip Roth
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Hilarious! Sabbath is without any recommending feature.
The Radical Field: Kenneth White and Geopoetics (Non-Fiction)The Radical Field: Kenneth White and Geopoetics (Non-Fiction) by Tony McManus
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £3.76
This is a tremendously readable book by an extremely good writer. So this is what geopoetics is!
The Kerracher Man (Non-Fiction)The Kerracher Man (Non-Fiction) by Eric MacLeod
Buy new: £5.48 / Used from: £3.73
Quite simply, a delightful book.