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I Was There
First-person stories and period photographs present a unique insight into university lore from the vantage point of students and alumni.
Peter Manuel, Serial Killer
Peter Manuel was an icy-eyed psychopath and sexual predator, a petty thief and a relentless liar given to violent and uncontrollable rages. His unprecedented crimes presented the Scottish police and public with a new sort of criminal: the ruthless serial killer. Manuel was hanged at the age of thirty-one and convicted of seven murders, but suspected of many more. He slew many of his victims as they lay sleeping in bed, while others were picked up in lonely places and strangled or savagely beaten to death. Right up to his final arrest, he played a taunting game with the police, mocking their bungling attempts to trap him and continuing to kill with impunity - that is until he was trapped by his own vanity and arrogance. This definitive definitive biography recounts Manuel's chilling story from his birth in the USA to the moment the hangman's rope snapped his spine in Glasgow's notorious Barlinnie Prison.
Ill-Gotten Gains
Young Hector MacLeod is down on his luck in London, when he comes to the rescue of a woman and saves her from drowning. This act of heroism is witnessed by Sexton Blake's assistant, who brings Hector back home with him to dry off. Hector MacLeod's story will launch Sexton Blake into one of his widest-ranging cases, involving international trade, theft, and a missing inheritance!
The Living Age
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Edinburgh History of the Book in Scotland, Volume 2: Enlightenment and Expansion 1707-1800
Studies the book trade during the age of Fergusson and BurnsOver 40 leading scholars come together in this volume to scrutinise the development and impact of printing, binding, bookselling, libraries, textbooks, distribution and international trade, copyright, piracy, literacy, music publication, women readers, children's books and cookery books.The 18th century saw Scotland become a global leader in publishing, both through landmark challenges to the early copyright legislation and through the development of intricate overseas markets that extended across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Scots in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Dublin and Philadelphia amassed fortunes while bringing to international markets classics in medicine and economics by Scottish authors, as well as such enduring works of reference as the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Entrepreneurship and a vigorous sense of nationalism brought Scotland from financial destitution at the time of the 1707 Union to extraordinary wealth by the 1790s. Publishing was one of the country's elite new industries.
The Scots Law Times
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Macleod of Dare
In "Macleod of Dare," William Black intricately weaves a captivating tale exploring the themes of love, loyalty, and the clash of tradition and modernity. Set against the backdrop of the Scottish Hebrides, the narrative combines rich descriptive language with deeply introspective character development, enabling readers to traverse both the rugged landscape and the complexities of human relationships. Black's masterful narrative style employs a balance of poetic prose and engaging dialogue, echoing the influences of regional literature while grappling with social and cultural questions of the time. William Black, a prominent figure in late 19th-century literature, drew upon his Scottish herit...
