Allan Morrison: 17 books
Auld Lang Syne!
Reliving A Scottish Childhood
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
An A-Z of over 600 words and phrases from bestselling humour author Allan Morrison. Each term is explained and every example evokes some nostalgic memory of how things used to be when growing up in Scotland between the wars. Some of the terms have been out of use for a generation or more while some...
by Allan Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
Allan Morrison's penchant for collecting couthy Scots sayings over the years has resulted in a rich seam of books over the past five years. This latest is no different as Allan has given dad's their chance to have their say in this surefire bestseller. 'Away An' Ask Yer Mother!' is a compilation of...
Lies and Truths Ma Mother Telt Me!
Your Scottish Mother's Favourite Sayings
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Allan Morrison has again scoured the hearts and minds of Scots at home and abroad to bring this hilarious compilation of sayings which reveal the inner workings of that most formidable of personalities ... your mother! Over 350 lies and 250 truths are here and when you utter them you should have a scowl on your face and a lump in your throat!
Oor Wee School Wis A Rare Wee School!
Classroom Capers from Scottish Schoolchildren
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
A collection of utterances from the mouths of Scottish schoolchildren over the last 70 years which have been gathered by best-selling author Allan Morrison. These frequently hilarious snippits cover a huge range of situations and subject areas.
Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff A Bus!
Scots Grandchildren on their Grannies
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
A unique collection of sayings which reveal the true relationship between Scottish grandchildren and their Grannies. From the affectionate to the plain daft, this compilation by bestselling author Allan Morrison is sure to tickle the funny bones of Scots of all ages at home and abroad. Granny trying...
Cummoangetaff!
The Adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, The Glasgow Tramcar Clippie
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2011
The French visitors to Glasgow looked on blankly, as Big Aggie shouted out instructions to the queue of people waiting to board her tram on Argyle Street. 'If them that's cummin' oan'll get aff, them that's gettin' aff'll get oan better!' These adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, the Glasgow tramcar...
by Allan Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Jokes classic, jokes new, jokes modern, old and blue...they're all here in Allan Morrison's book. From one-liners to shaggy dog stories, from Q&As to riddles, this book has the lot. Hot topi include: Glasgow versus Edinburgh; Scotsmen; Scotswomen; The Scottish Parliament; kilts and bagpipes and...
See You Jimmy!
The Humour, the People and the Patter o' the Clyde Shipyards
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Allan Morrison has produced another Xmas cracker with 'See you Jimmy!' The Humour, The People and the Patter o' The Clyde Shipyards, a natural follow-up to the adventures of Big Aggie MacDonald, the Glasgow tramcar clippie in 'Cummoangetaff!'. Featuring the sorts of high-jinks and capers as made famous...
Dead Jammy!
The Life and Deaths of Scottish Undertaker Jammy Stewart
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2013
There is an old saying that there are only two certain things in life ... death and taxes. Now while taxes are no laughing matter and death is never a thing of levity, this never made Jammy Stewart a dour or overly respectful undertaker. Jammy, a Highlander by origin, was a streetwise and quick-witted...
by Allan Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
A frequently hilarious and often wise collection of Scots sayings which our Grannies always seemed to have to hand for all manner of situations and circumstances. They cover marriage, cooking, the home, money, sex, the Kirk, the future, health, happiness, poverty, travel, death, birth and a lot more....
'Naw First Minister!'
Irascible Big Nellie Nellis becomes Scotland's First Minister... pity help Scotland!
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
With no party having a majority it was decided the position of First Minister should go to neutral, AGSTLO (‘Ah’m Gonnae Sort This Lot Oot’ party) MSP, Big Nellie Nellis, a controversial imposing lady with the relics of beauty still on her face, unapologetically long legs which look as though...
by Mark Twain, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2019
This book contains the following works arranged alphabetically by authors last names The Black Cat [Edgar Allan Poe] The Man Who Knew Too Much,The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare [G.K Chesterton] The Hound of the Baskervilles,The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [Arthur Conan Doyle] The Nebuly Coat [John...
by Wilkie Collins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2012
The theme of this Megapack is classic mystery and crime fiction from the Victorian era. We have taken the liberty of extending the qualifying publication dates to the end of World War I, since that event marked more of a turning point in world literature than the advent of the Edwardian Age. Certainly...
by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allan Poe, G. K. Chesterton
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2019
Detective fiction is a subgenre of crime fiction and mystery fiction in which an investigator or a detective—either professional, amateur or retired—investigates a crime, often murder. The detective genre began around the same time as speculative fiction and other genre fiction in the mid-nineteenth...
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