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Birlinn Limited is an independent publishing house based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Established in 1992 by Managing Director Hugh Andrew,〔(Royalsoced.org.uk )〕 Birlinn Limited is composed of a number of imprints, including: *Birlinn publishes Scottish interest books, from biography to history, military history and Scottish Gaelic. The name comes from the old Norse word ''birlinn'', meaning a long boat or small galley with 12 to 18 oars, used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages.〔(The Birlinn or Heraldic Galley )〕 *Polygon Books publishes literary fiction and poetry, both classic and modern, from Scottish writers such as Robin Jenkins, George Mackay Brown, and the author of ''The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency'', Alexander McCall Smith. Polygon Books was originally set up by students of Edinburgh University in the late 1960s.〔(Polygon Publishers )〕 *Mercat Press, founded in 1970 and acquired by Birlinn in 2007, now an imprint publishing walking and climbing guides. ''Mercat'' is the Scots language word for "market" or "trade".〔(Mercat - definition of Mercat by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia )〕 *Academic books about Scotland are published under the imprint John Donald. ==Notable authors and works== * ''Martin C. Strong''〔(Folklib.net )〕 * ''The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 1: Pioneers & Early Legends'' (2010) * ''The Great Folk Discography, Vol. 2: The Next Generation'' (2011) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Birlinn (publisher)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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