The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales from Glasgow's Meanest Streets
By: Colin Macfarlane
4.18
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean Ci…
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1. The Allegory of the Cave
By: Plato
4.25
Format: 144 pages,
Plato's Allegory of the Cave is what many believe to be the foundation of Western Philosophy. It ad… read more
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"How could they see anything but the shadows if they were never allowed to move their heads?"-Plato, The Allegory of the Cave
"Most people are not just comfortable in their ignorance, but hostile to anyone who points it out."-Plato, The Allegory of the Cave
"Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light"-Plato, The Allegory of the Cave
"Any one who has common sense will remember that the bewilderments of the eyes are of two kinds, and arise from two causes, either from coming out of the light or from going into the light Plato Alleg…"-Plato, The Allegory of the Cave
2. Poverty Safari
By: Darren McGarvey
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
People from deprived communities all around Britain feel misunderstood and unheard. Darren McGarvey… read more
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3. Le Freak: An Upside Down Story of Family, Disco, and Destiny
By: Nile Rodgers
3.72
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
NAMED ONE OF THE TOP 10 ROCK MEMOIRS OF ALL TIME BY ROLLING STONE From Chic to Daft Punk, Nile Rodg… read more
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4. Keep the Aspidistra Flying
By: George Orwell
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
London, 1936. Gordon Comstock has declared war on the money god; and Gordon is losing the war. Near… read more
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5. Bloody January
By: None
3.91
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
When a teenage boy shoots a young woman dead in the middle of a busy Glasgow street and then commit… read more
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6. Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks (Jack Parlabane, #5)
By: Christopher Brookmyre
3.00
Format: None pages,
Do you believe in ghosts? Do we really live on in some conscious form after we die, capable of comm… read more
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7. The Road to Wigan Pier
By: George Orwell , Richard Hoggart
3.92
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
In the 1930s, commissioned by a left-wing book club, Orwell went to the industrial areas of norther… read more
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"I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt."-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
"...there is always a temptation to think that industrialism is harmless so long as it is clean and orderly."-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
"According to Chesterton, tea-drinking’ is ‘pagan’, while beer-drinking is ‘Christian’, and coffee is ‘the puritan’s opium’."-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
"It is only when you meet someone of a different culture from yourself that you begin to realise what your own beliefs really are."-George Orwell, The Road to Wigan Pier
8. A Litter of Bones (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #1)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.29
Format: 327 pages, Kindle Edition
Was the biggest case of his career the worst mistake he ever made? Ten years ago, DCI Jack Logan… read more
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9. Shuggie Bain
By: Douglas Stuart
4.31
Format: 430 pages, Hardcover
Shuggie Bain is the unforgettable story of young Hugh "Shuggie" Bain, a sweet and lonely boy who sp… read more
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"Rain was a natural state of Glasgow. It kept the grass green and the people pale and bronchial."-Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain
"Opposite the gates was a low concrete building. Dozens of men were spilling out of its windowless structure and stood in dark clumps on the Pit Road. At first it looked like they were leaving chapel,…"-Douglas Stuart, Shuggie Bain
10. The Bookseller of Inverness
By: S.G. MacLean
4.08
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
After Culloden, Iain MacGillivray was left for dead on Drumossie Moor. Wounded, his face brutally s… read more
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11. Close to Home
By: Michael Magee
4.06
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
While growing up in West Belfast, Sean does everything he's supposed to do. He works hard, he stud… read more
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12. A Winter Grave
By: Peter May
4.07
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
It is the year 2051. Warnings of climate catastrophe have been ignored, and vast areas of the plane… read more
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13. Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography
By: Billy Connolly
4.42
Format: 356 pages, Kindle Edition
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals … read more
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"Blessed are those who yodel - for they shall never be troubled by offers of work."-Billy Connolly, Windswept & Interesting: My Autobiography
14. Mayflies
By: Andrew O'Hagan
3.96
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From the widely renowned author Andrew O'Hagan, a heartbreaking novel of an extraordinary lifelong … read more
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"Go gently with people's pain. It's the same as yours."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He drank like that, too: as if oblivion was a perfect place to be by yourself."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"He was a friend to friendship itself and never expected people to be better than they were."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
"It wasn’t a matter to fight over: some families are made up of strangers and nothing can change it."-Andrew O'Hagan, Mayflies
15. Spaceships Over Glasgow
By: Stuart Braithwaite
3.88
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Born the son of Scotland's last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for… read more
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16. Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
By: Ben Macintyre
4.26
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
The definitive and surprising true story of one of history’s most notorious prisons—and the remarka… read more
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17. The Abandoned Seamstress
By: Molly Britton
4.11
Format: 282 pages, Kindle Edition
Abandoned on the streets by a mother who doesn't want them, Maggie and her young brothers are force… read more
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18. A Long Time Dead (The Misty Isle, #1)
By: J.M. Dalgliesh
4.38
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
You can’t stay dead forever… A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote C… read more
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19. Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
By: Ryan North
4.40
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic… read more
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"A coisa mais importante que aprendi em Tralfamadore é que, quando uma pessoa morre, ela apenas parece estar morta. Mas continua bem viva no passado, e é uma bobagem chorar quando ela é enterrada. Tod…"-Ryan North, Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
20. The Last Bloody Straw (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #5)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.53
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
How do you solve a murder when everyone's a suspect? Tormented by the recent loss of a colleague, … read more
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21. Blood and Treachery (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers, #4)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.44
Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition
How far would you go to bury the truth? While searching for a missing hill walker, Glencoe Mountai… read more
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22. Where the Pieces Lie (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers Book 19)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.59
Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition
Experience the pulse-pounding new thriller from multi-million selling Scottish crime fiction author… read more
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23. On Days Like These: The Incredible Autobiography of a Football Legend
By: Martin O'Neill
4.12
Format: 362 pages, Kindle Edition
Martin O’Neill has had one of the most incredible careers in football – winning European Cups, capt… read more
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24. In Cold Blood (Wild Fens #3)
By: Jack Cartwright
4.55
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
The darkest secrets can be found in the coldest hearts... When the fog clears one December morning… read more
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25. Tall Tales and Wee Stories: The Best of Billy Connolly
By: Billy Connolly
4.09
Format: 336 pages, Kindle Edition
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Connolly's raucous run through his life is as furious, funny and foul-m… read more
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26. Night Comes Falling (DCI Bone Scottish Crime Thrillers Book 6)
By: T.G. Reid
4.34
Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition
Keep your enemies close, but the dead closer.When a morning jogger discovers a dead body on the out… read more
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27. The Toffs in the Tenement
By: Ron Windward
4.05
Format: 111 pages, Kindle Edition
A funny and uplifting story about life in the tenements of Bridgeton, Glasgow in 1968, follow the N… read more
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28. The Real Gorbals Story: True Tales from Glasgow's Meanest Streets
By: Colin Macfarlane
4.18
Format: 260 pages, Kindle Edition
Colin MacFarlane was born in the Gorbals in the 1950s, 20 years after the publication of No Mean Ci… read more
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29. A Killer of Influence (DCI Logan Crime Thrillers #20)
By: J.D. Kirk
4.76
Format: 415 pages, Kindle Edition
What price would you pay for fame?Following a convention in the Scottish Highlands, eight social me… read more
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30. Glasgow: The Real Mean City: True Crime and Punishment in the Second City of the Empire
By: Malcolm Archibald
3.67
Format: 299 pages, Kindle Edition
There cannot be many cities where crime could mean anything from singing a seditious song to steali… read more
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31. Brickwork: A Biography of The Arches
By: Kirstin Innes
4.35
Format: 207 pages, Paperback
Nightclub, theatre, creative hub, party place, and one of the most important venues in Scotland, Br… read more
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