National Library of Scotland Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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William ShakespeareNational Library of Scotland“When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” — William Shakespeare (from ‘Macbeth’) This year is the 400th birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. Enjoy this #FirstFolio film > https://t.co/MI7DzD5LEy https://t.co/TPBOWNPnDS
Paperback, 2010
$33.75Member price:$16.88 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Rainbow Magic Pet Fairies Books #1-4: Katie the Kitten Fairy, Bella the Bunny Fairy, Georgia the Guinea Pig Fairy, Lauren the Puppy Fairy
Daisy MeadowsNational Library of ScotlandNarinder Dhami, a popular children’s author, is one of the contributors to the ‘Rainbow Magic’ series under the shared pen name Daisy Meadows. Collective pen names or ‘house names’ are often used for long running series of children’s stories. #PenNamesNLS https://t.co/hcby8T5a5s
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Macbeth
William ShakespeareNational Library of Scotland“When shall we three meet again? In thunder, lightning, or in rain?” — William Shakespeare (from ‘Macbeth’) This year is the 400th birthday of The First Folio, the first printed edition of Shakespeare’s collected plays. Enjoy this #FirstFolio film > https://t.co/MI7DzD5LEy https://t.co/TPBOWNPnDS
Paperback, Mass Market, 2003
$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dracula
Stoker BramNational Library of ScotlandSlains Castle in Aberdeenshire is associated with the author Bram Stoker, whose most famous work #Dracula was published #otd in 1897. This drawing of the castle was made by James Horsburgh c.1850. As seen in our @nlsarchives collections https://t.co/crdiJJyy0R
Hardcover, 2014
$23.95Member price:$21.56 + Free shipping10% off
Shadow Magic
Joshua KhanNational Library of ScotlandSarwat Chadda (@sarwatchadda) won the Concorde Book Award for young people’s fiction in 2018 with ‘Shadow Magic’ which was published under his pen name Joshua Khan. #PenNamesNLS https://t.co/8G1JEF8NL0
Paperback, 2017
$6.99Member price:$3.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Ulysses
James JoyceNational Library of ScotlandQuote (as you might expect) from 'Ulysses' by James Joyce. This year marks the centenary of its publication. Here's a copy printed in 1922 from our collections. https://t.co/i4zwPkIFun
Paperback, 1990
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Voyage Out.( is the first NOVEL by: Virginia Woolf ): novel
Virginia WoolfNational Library of Scotland@BBC_Culture @nlskelvinhall As adapted from Virginia Woolf's 1928 novel Orlando: a biography. Here are the editions in our collections > https://t.co/zN7VtHxojc
Paperback, 2016
$14.95Member price:$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
Isabella BirdNational Library of Scotland1/2 If you tune in to BBC2 on Monday at 9pm you’ll see Ruby Wax, Mel B and Emily Atack retrace the footsteps of Victorian explorer Isabella Bird through the Rocky Mountains > https://t.co/ZNelJoWa5e (Image from Isabella Bird’s book ‘A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains’) https://t.co/D05DAXjFb6
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Dracula
Bram StokerNational Library of ScotlandSlains Castle in Aberdeenshire is associated with the author Bram Stoker, whose most famous work #Dracula was published #otd in 1897. This drawing of the castle was made by James Horsburgh c.1850. As seen in our @nlsarchives collections https://t.co/crdiJJyy0R
Paperback, 2012
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dracula
Bram StokerNational Library of ScotlandSlains Castle in Aberdeenshire is associated with the author Bram Stoker, whose most famous work #Dracula was published #otd in 1897. This drawing of the castle was made by James Horsburgh c.1850. As seen in our @nlsarchives collections https://t.co/crdiJJyy0R
Paperback, 2003
$11.00Member price:$5.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book