 | Peat, Smoke and Spirit: The Story of Islay and Its Whiskies by Andrew Jefford
Buy used from: £11.50 A superb insight into Islay, its history, its people and its whisky
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 | Polly: True Story Behind "Whisky Galore" by Roger Hutchinson
Buy new: £2.97 / Used from: £1.03 The real story behind the story 'Whisky Galore.'
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 | Whisky Galore (Vintage Classics) by Sir Compton Mackenzie
Buy new: £3.23 / Used from: £0.89 The original whisky fiction. (Get the movie as well.)
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 | It's a Bad Thing Whisky, Especially Bad Whisky by Edward Burns
Buy used from: £12.80 The Victorian scandal which raged concerning the adulteration of whisky
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 | The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom by Alfred Barnard
The 1887 masterpiece which started the whole thing. A must for any whisky scholar.
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 | Scotch and Water: Illustrated Guide to the Hebridean Malt Whisky Distilleries by Neil Wilson
Buy used from: £15.95 A group of young Scots sail through the Hebrides visiting distilleries. Beautifully illustrated.
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 | Scotch Missed: Lost Distilleries of Scotland by Brian Townsend
Buy new: £6.74 / Used from: £2.75 The remnants and ruins of almost every Victorian working distillery in Scotland.
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 | Tales of Whisky and Smuggling by Stuart McHardy
Buy new: £3.57 / Used from: £1.20 A war between a hostile London government and an army of cottage whisky-makers.
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 | Wort, Worms and Washbacks: Memoirs from the Stillhouse by John McDougall
Buy new: £4.16 / Used from: £0.01 The memoirs of John McDougall, one of Scotland's best known whisky distillers.
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 | Make Your Own Scotch Whisky: The Diary of a Whisky Salesman by Rowland Emett
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £0.79 Don't get too excited - its illegal! A good laugh and well presented.
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 | Scotch: Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart
Buy new: £6.98 / Used from: £0.01 First published in 1951, but its still stands on its own.
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 | Scotch Whisky: Its Past and Present by David Daiches
Buy used from: £1.80 Scotch from the perspective of a professor of literature (which you can use to defend the debillitating effects of drinking too much Scotch.)
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 | Malt Whisky Companion by Michael Jackson
Buy new: £11.04 / Used from: £7.05 The default reference book if you insist on having an alphabetical list of bottles.
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 | Appreciating Whisky by Phillip Hills
Buy used from: £75.00 Full of solid factual stuff that you should really know if you are to drink succesfully.
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