Aberdeen is a city shaped by its geography, climate and architecture. Like the land from which it grew, it projects qualities of hard work and fortitude, firm solidity, a bold self-confidence and soaring aspiration.

In this new and expanded edition of his much acclaimed book, Bob Smith introduces some of the most intriguing and eccentric details about the North-East’s premier city.

This is an astonishingly assured first novel. Written with great realism and sense of time and place, Andy Drummond creates a haunting and hallucinatory world where nothing is as it seems.

Based on contemporary documents and histories, Roderick Graham paints a unique picture of Mary, Queen of Scots, as a young girl adrift in the dangerous seas of sixteenth-century politics and examines the events that would tragically lead her to the executioner’s block.

A new example of the diverse pathways and the multiple dimensions of Kenneth White's method in that highly original type of travel-writing he calls the waybook.

This is the first overview of Highland society ever to be written which covers the period from the rise of Somerled to the first clearances.

The complete life work of Agnes Owens in short stories - everything from Gentlemen of the West, Lean Tales, People Like That and 14 brand new unpublished stories.

In AD 800 Scotland was shared between four peoples: the powerful kingdom of the Picts, who held sway over most of the landmass of Scotland; the kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll; the kingdom of the Britons in Strathclyde; and the divided and declining king

Alba: Celtic Scotland in the Medieval Era is the first such volume to scrutinise in detail the history of the Highlands and Islands incorporating the most up-to-date research.

This biography describes Alexander III’s life, reign and kingdom as well as examining the relationship between Scotland and other European countries.

Hamish Henderson was one of the most significant figures in the cultural life of Scotland during the twentieth century; a man of extraordinary intellectual versatility and a committed humanitarian.

An impressive compendium which thoroughly investigates French and other prisoners of war during the period of the Napoleonic War.

Illustrated with colour maps and photographs, this guide introduces the visitor to the wealth of castles, churches, harbours, milestones and red-roofed ‘little houses’ that Fife has to offer.

Anatomy Acts explores the social, cultural and scientific significance of anatomy in Scotland over the past 500 years. Accompanying catalogue to touring exhibition, opening May 2006 in Edinburgh.

As the last Roman troops left Britain, a new phase opened in the history of what was to become Scotland.

Anstruther: A History is written by a local author with a deep understanding of Anstruther, who conveys her enthusiasm for her subject in elegant prose and well-chosen pictures.

A commanding history of the most northern outpost of the Roman Empire.

Published to coincide with the quincentenary of Buchanan’s birth in 2006. Here, for the first time ever, Polygon presents a selection of Buchanan’s work, translated and accompanied by the work

Walter Reid’s ground-breaking biography is the first study of Haig that takes into account modern military scholarship, giving a more rounded picture of the private man than has previously been available.

The author brings together archaeology, legend and history to produce a textured tapestry of the region and its people.

A unique and comprehensive picture of an area rich in history, archaeology and geology.

Argyll, Dalriada or Earra-ghaidheal, 'the Coastland' or 'Boundary of the Gael', is one of the most beautiful and historically significant parts of Scotland.

Robert McGeachy tells the story of a revolution – one that would extend to the rest of the Highlands and Islands – set in train when Argyll’s leading families turned their backs on clanship and embraced an explicitly capitalist approach to the management of their estates.

A champion of the folk scene and oral tradition, Hamish Henderson looms large in any history of Scottish culture.

Thorbjorn Campbell gives an original, fascinating and comprehensive account of Arran’s long and eventful history.

This book examines the work in an area of Scotland famous for its potato growing and agriculture, during a period of great change, when the process altered from being very labour-intensive to being completely mechanised.

Based on original archive material and interviews with surviving members of SOE and Czech military intelligence, this story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich is as exciting and strange as a spy thriller.     

AVAILABLE MAY 2007

Born in Aberdeenshire in 1838, Thomas Blake Glover was a widely-travelled merchant and a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan.

A unique combination of illustrated guidebook and engrossing narrative, this is a chronological history of Atholl and Gowrie from prehistoric times to the present day, including maps of the district and site plans.

Early fifth century, Europe, and two old friends, now bitter rivals, face each other on the battlefield. Attila, leader of the Huns, is confronted by Aetius, the last of the great Roman generals. In the epic battle that ensues, the stakes for Attila and Artius could not be higher as the fate of both their empires hangs in the balance.

This book provides a unique record of the long contest of verbal warfare across the Border over the centuries.

A unique combination of illustrated guidebook and engrossing narrative, this is a chronological history of Ayrshire from prehistoric times to the present day, including maps of the region, site plans and illustrations of the major buildings and ruins.<