The story revolves around the comings and goings at No. 44 Scotland Street a fictitious building in a real street in Edinburgh. Immediately recognisable are the Edinburgh chartered surveyor stalwart of the Conservative Association who dreams of membership of Scotland’s most exclusive golf club. We have the pushy Stockbridge mother and her prodigiously talented five-year-old son who is making good progress with the saxophone and with his Italian. Then there is Domenica Macdonald who is that type of Edinburgh lady who sees herself as a citizen of a broader intellectual world. In McCall Smith’s hands such characters retain charm and novelty simultaneously arousing both mirth and empathy. 44 Scotland Street is vintage McCall Smith tackling issues of trust and honesty snobbery and hypocrisy love and loss but all with great lightness of touch. Clever elegant and funny this is a novel that provides huge entertainment but which is underpinned by the moral dilemmas of everyday life and the characters’ struggles to resolve them.

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Cushtie Cushion is the most amazing squashable, squishable, cuddleable, hugable pillow you will ever feel. Cushtie Cushion has a gorgeously soft, smooth, stretchy covering and is filled with thousands of tiny super-soft polystyrene micro-granules. Words cannot describe how lovely and smooshable it is. Everyone who gets hold of the Cushtie Cushion is amazed by its squishability and squeezability and they think its the nicest, playful pillow they have ever touched. Cushtie Pillow is great for relieving stress, cat naps or power naps on the sofa, in bed, under your desk at work or on planes, trains and automobiles. Cushtie Cushion dimensions 35 cm in length and 16 cm in diameter) and it comes with a really handy protective drawstring bag, all of which makes it an ideal travel companion. We have Cushtie Pillows in blue, pink, black or as a red heart cushion. We stock a large range of different cushties. To see our full cushtie range simply type “cushtie” into the search engine on your left.

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World’s First Solar Video Camera battery charger

• Supplied with unique CamCaddy power cradle which charges virtually every type of digital camera, DSLR or camcorder battery using its variable slider bar and adjustable contact pins Metallic push button “Power Halo” indicates how much power remains in Freeloader Pro’s battery Ten power adaptors provided for:  iPod, iPhone, iTouch, Nano etc Nokia phones using both standard and mini adaptors All current Samsung, LG and Sony Ericsson phones, Nintendo DS Lite Mini USB adaptor for Motorola phones, Blackberry and most smartphones, Garmin / SatMap and most GPS, Bluetooth headsets, PDA’s 4mm tip for Sony PSP, Archos and most MP4 players, 2 way radios, portable DVD players, e-books, digital cameras and PDA’s Any device powered by USB

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The SAS Survival Handbook was written by John ‘Lofty’ Wiseman who served in the SAS for 26 years. A real classic this invaluable book is crammed with everything you need to know about surviving in the wild in any climate on land or sea. The SAS Handbook is the Special Air Service’s complete course in being prepared for any type of emergency. ‘Lofty’ talks you through real strategies for surviving in any type of situation from accidents to escape procedures including chemical and nuclear attacks to successfully adapting to various climates (polar tropical desert) to identifying edible plants and creating a fire. Build a shelter trap a fish catch a passing crocodile find water in the desert read the stars for navigation even know which wild mushrooms are ok to eat.

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