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The Art of Fair Isle Knitting: History, Technique, Color and Pattern
by Ann Feitelson
Listed under Knitting

Castles & Ancient Monuments of Scotland
by Damien Noonan
(Paperback -- October )

Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom/13 Volumes Bound in 6 Books
by George E. Cokayne
Hardcover from Sutton Publishing

 

Crowded with Genius : The Scottish Enlightenment: Edinburgh's Moment of the Mind
by James Buchan
Hardcover from HarperCollins
 
The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment
by Alexander Broadie
Paperback from Cambridge University Press
 
Darien: The Scottish Dream of Empire
by John Prebble
(Paperback -- September )

Duel in the Sun: Tom Watson and Jack Nicklaus in the Battle of Turnberry
by Michael Corcoran
Listed under Golf in Scotland

From Bannockburn to Flodden: Wallace, Bruce, & the Heroes of Medieval Scotland
by Walter, Sir Scott, George Grant
Paperback from Cumberland House

From Glencoe to Stirling: Rob Roy, the Highlanders & Scotlands Chivalric Age (Tales of a Scottish Grandfather 3)
by Walter, Sir Scott, George Grant
Paperback from Cumberland House

From Gileskirk to Greyfriars: Mary Queen of Scots, John Knox & the Heroes of Scotland's Reformation
by Sir Walter Scott
This second of four volumes recounts the momentous events during the Reformation. With the colorful figures of John Knox, George Buchanon, and Mary Queen of Scots on center stage, Scott was able to delineate the distinctive differences between Scottish history and that of all other nations. --from the introduction by George Grant
Paperback: 288 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.95 x 8.43 x 5.50
Cumberland House; ISBN: 158182128X;

The Haggis: A Little History
by Clarissa Dickson Wright, Clare Hewitt, Clarissa Dickson Wright
Hardcover from Pelican Pub Co

A History of Scotland
by Bruce Lenman, et al
Paperback: 416 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.75 x 7.75 x 5.10
Publisher: Viking Press; 2nd edition (August 1984)
ISBN: 0140136495

Highland Swordsmanship: Techniques of the Scottish Sword Masters
by Sir William Hope, et al
Listed under Fencing

Highlanders: A History of the Gaels
by John MacLeod
(Paperback -- January )
 

Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Clans
by Fitzroy MacLean
Hardcover from Penguin Studio
 
How the Scots Invented the Modern World: The True Story of How Western Europe's Poorest Nation Created Our World and Everything in It
by Arthur Herman
"I am a Scotsman," Sir Walter Scott famously wrote, "therefore I had to fight my way into the world." So did any number of his compatriots over a period of just a few centuries, leaving their native country and traveling to every continent, carving out livelihoods and bringing ideas of freedom, self-reliance, moral discipline, and technological mastery with them, among other key assumptions of what historian Arthur Herman calls the "Scottish mentality." 

It is only natural, Herman suggests, that a country that once ranked among Europe's poorest, if most literate, would prize the ideal of progress, measured "by how far we have come from where we once were." Forged in the Scottish Enlightenment, that ideal would inform the political theories of Francis Hutcheson, Adam Smith, and David Hume, and other Scottish thinkers who viewed "man as a product of history," and whose collective enterprise involved "nothing less than a massive reordering of human knowledge" (yielding, among other things, the Encyclopaedia Britannica, first published in Edinburgh in 1768, and the Declaration of Independence, published in Philadelphia just a few years later). On a more immediately practical front, but no less bound to that notion of progress, Scotland also fielded inventors, warriors, administrators, and diplomats such as Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie, Simon MacTavish, and Charles James Napier, who created empires and great fortunes, extending Scotland's reach into every corner of the world. 

Herman examines the lives and work of these and many more eminent Scots, capably defending his thesis and arguing, with both skill and good cheer, that the Scots "have by and large made the world a better place rather than a worse place." --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com
Hardcover: 288 pages
Crown Pub; ISBN: 0609606352; 1st edition (November 20, )

 
King Hereafter
by Dorothy Dunnett
Historical novel on Macbeth

Kings & Queens of Scotland
by Richard Oram (Editor)
Paperback: 240 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.65 x 9.78 x 6.78
Publisher: Tempus Pub Ltd; (November )
ISBN: 0752419919

Kings and Queens of Scotland
by W. A. Ross
Book Description: The life stories of Duncan, Macbeth, and Mary, Queen of Scots, are told here along with the life stories of all the other monarchs, regents, and pretenders to the throne who have made up the turbulent history of Scotland. From the Celtic era to the present, this book tells the stories of the men and women who ruled Scotland-and the many who died trying. Vivid illustrations of the kings and queens, castles, and Scottish artifacts add to this book's historical appeal. 
Hardcover: 64 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.38 x 6.32 x 4.24
Publisher: Appletree Press; (April 1, )
ISBN: 0862816262
 

For Kirk and Covenant: The Stalwart Courage of John Knox
by Douglas Wilson, George Grant
Hardcover from Cumberland House
 
Montrose: A History
by John Buchan
Hardcover from Greenwood Publishing Group
1980

Lost Kingdoms: Celtic Scotland and the Middle Ages
by John L. Roberts.

Mary Queen of Scots
by Antonia Fraser
Listed under Mary Queen of Scots

Macbeth: Man and Myth
by Nick Aitchison
Paperback: 232 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 9.62 x 6.82
Publisher: Sutton Publishing; (March 1, )
ISBN: 0750926406
 

The Oxford Companion to Scottish History
by Michael Lynch
Hardcover from Oxford University Press
 
Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides
by Adam Nicolson
(Hardcover -- June )

Scotland: The Story of a Nation
by Magnus Magnusson
(Hardcover -- September 2, )

Scotland: A Concise History, Revised Edition
by Fitzroy MacLean, Magnus Linklater
(Paperback -- March )

The True Law of Kingship
by Jimmy H. Burns

In Search of Ancient Scotland, A Guide for The Independent Traveler
by Gerald M. Ruzicki, et al
(Paperback -- March 1, )

The Stuarts (A Royal History of England)
by Maurice Ashley, Antonia Fraser (Editor)
Listed under The Stuart Era

Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
by Ronald McNair Scott
(Paperback -- April )
 

The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France
by Maria Perry
(Paperback -- December )

The Origins of Freemasonry : Scotland's Century, 1590-1710
by David Stevenson (Author)
Listed under Freemasonry

Robert Bruce: And the Community of the Realm of Scotland
by Geoffrey Barrow
Paperback from Edinburgh Univ Press
1993
Special Order

Surnames of Scotland: Their Origin, Meaning and History
by George F. Black
Listed under Scottish Geneaology

Scottish-American Wills 1650-1900
by David Dobson
Listed under Scottish Geneaology

The Scrapbook of Old Tom Morris
by David Joy (Compiler), Old Tom Morris
(Hardcover -- November )
 

Scotland: A Concise History, Revised Edition
by Fitzroy Maclean, Magnus Linklater
Paperback from Thames & Hudson
 
Scotland2012 Calendar
by Edmund Nagele
Listed under Scotland Calendars
 
Highlanders: A History of the Scottish Clans
by Fitzroy MacLean
Hardcover from Penguin Studio
 
The Scots: A Photohistory
by Murray Mackinnon, Richard Oram
Hardcover from Thames & Hudson
 
In Search of Ancient Scotland, A Guide for The Independent Traveler
by Gerald M. Ruzicki, Dorothy A. Ruzicki, Dodie Ruzicki
Paperback from Aspen Grove Publishing
 
Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland
Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland
by Neal Ascherson
Hardcover from Hill & Wang Pub
 
Robert the Bruce: King of Scots
by Ronald McNair Scott
Paperback from Carroll & Graf
 
Mary Queen of Scots
by Antonia Fraser
Paperback from Delta
1993
 
The Art of Fair Isle Knitting: History, Technique, Color and Pattern
by Ann Feitelson
Hardcover from Interweave Press
 
Highland Swordsmanship: Techniques of the Scottish Sword Masters
by Sir William Hope, Donald McBane, Mark Rector, Paul Wagner
Paperback from Chivalry Bookshelf
 
In the Footsteps of William Wallace
by Alan Young, Michael J. Stead
Hardcover from Sutton Publishing
 
William Wallace: Brave Heart
William Wallace: Brave Heart
by James A. MacKay
Paperback: 288 pages
Mainstream Pub Co Ltd; ISBN: 185158823X;
 
William Wallace
by Graeme Morton

The Kings & Queens of Scotland
by Nicholas Best
ASIN: 0297824899 
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