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An old farm dog looks back on her life in this spin-off from 'THISTLE SOUP', Peter Kerr's heart-warming memoir of country times past. Set in Scotland's 'Garden County' of East Lothian, 'JEN' is the humour-spiced story of a 'working' Border collie whose fun-loving nature prompts her to uphold a staunch conviction that work is for creatures of a lesser intellect than her own. For her, freedom is what life is all about. Dictated by Jen herself, her thoughts are translated as faithfully as possible into a form that can be understood by beings not blessed with a dog's gift of wordless communication. Often hilarious, occasionally sad, this collie's tale points to the down-to-earth farmyard philosophies of a slightly sweary, doggedly self-assured yet ultimately vulnerable old four-legged friend. A book that will appeal in equal measure to folks already familiar with the crafty quirks and endearing eccentricities of Border collies and to those yet to have the pleasure.

GOBLIN HALL is named after a haunted chamber (known locally as Goblin Ha') that lies hidden beneath the ruins of Yester Castle near Gifford in south-east Scotland. It is the story of two young children, lured into the subterranean lair of Zorn, a brilliant but evil sorcerer who is using them as bait in a trap to ensnare his arch rival of many centuries, a lovable but dippy old wizard called Mungo. Although Mungo has lost most of the skills that once raised him above all other exponents of the mystic arts, he alone has any chance of rescuing the children from Zorn's clutches ... if only he can summon up The Power... As they make their way through the underworld, the children are subjected to ordeal after ordeal, each more nightmarish than the last. Meanwhile, Zorn and his army of malicious 'Keelie' goblins are secretly watching their every move and waiting to do their worst.Will Mungo's band of good-guy 'Kiltie' goblins, armed with laser-firing bagpipes and backed up by a talking jackdaw and a flying piglet who speaks American slang, have what it takes to win the day? Not only do the children's lives depend on it, but also the well-being of the entire mortal world as well.

A QUIRKY CALEDONIAN CAPER - from the bestselling author of Snowball Oranges... Lord Strathsporran, the chinless-wonder laird of a Highland estate, plays host to a motley mix of international house guests who are paying sweetly to join him on a grouse-shoot. Fortune favours the devious when the seriously skint laird and two of his visitors juggle their disparate skills to pull off what promises to be an extremely lucrative scam. But lucrative for whom? Chicanery stalks the turrets of Strathsporran Castle. But who's conning who? An already complicated scenario is compounded by furtive flirtations crossing social barriers more eagerly than a prudent grouse would wing it off the moor at dawn on the Glorious Twelfth. And there's even a sighting of at least one Loch Ness Monster when the tangled threads of this offbeat drama finally unravel.

Spring sees Peter Kerr and family relaxing into a supposedly simpler way of life, growing oranges on their little valley farm in Mallorca. But there are surprises aplenty and to test their resolve, stamina and sense of humour. An engaging account of tranquilo life from the author of Snowball Oranges, celebrating all the charm of Mallorca.

When the sleepy Scottish village of Cuddyford is colonised by well-heeled retirees and big-city commuters, Jigger McCloud, a Jack-the-lad local farmer with a talent for playing the fiddle and an eye for the ladies, isn't slow to make a quick buck at their expense. Life seems rosy for Jigger and his oddball-but-loveable family, until he tries to scam a mysterious foreign millionaire, who arrives on the scene with plans to develop the area in ways that appeal neither to Jigger nor his milch cow incomers. The folk of Cuddyford, native and otherwise, promptly close ranks. Comic shenanigans, quirky characters and sinister ploys abound, and it's Bert, Jigger's scruffy little hamburg-craving dog, who turns out to be the hero of the piece as the McClouds and their beloved Cuddyford teeter on the brink of disaster.

In this humour-tinged romantic adventure, Doogie O'Mara, a young Scottish veterinary student, applies for a gap-year job as a tour rep in Africa, where he also hopes to find time to study the wildlife. Instead, he finds himself on Mallorca, thrust in at the deep end of the madcap package tour business - a fish out of water, for whom the nearest thing to wildlife appears to be the hordes of rowdy holidaymakers pouring off the gannets (charter planes) from the UK. Problems are bound to arise, and they do, as does the bewitching influence of Mallorca and a beautiful young Mallorquina called Catalina. When the time finally comes for Doogie to leave the island, he must decide if there's more to life than a secure career as a vet back in Scotland.

In this, the third humour-spiked Bob Burns Investigates mystery, the droll Scots detective is once more aided by his sexy forensic scientist ladyfriend, Dr Julie Bryson, and abetted by keener-than-bright rookie cop, Andy Green. Working undercover on a cruise liner bound for the Canary Islands, Bob and his two sidekicks have plenty to cope with in an intriguing story of deceipt and double-dealing sparked off by the discovery of a severed finger in a passenger's quiche lorraine. Does the finger belong to an alleged man-overboard victim? Was the man overboard pushed, or did he commit suicide? Is it all just a cleverly contrived insurance scam? Shipboard shenanigans are the order of the day as Bob Burns Investigates the Cruise Connection.

The book presents a novel perspective on postwar British politics, challenging prevailing scholarly views. The author emphasizes continuity and gradual evolution as key characteristics of this period, suggesting a more nuanced understanding of political developments rather than a narrative of abrupt change.

Peter Kerr, who has a nose for the absurd and the shocking, develops his concerning arguments about the gradual erosion of our human rights, particularly in Great Britain and the United States.