Dad’s Army tells the remarkable story of how the cricketers of a little Scottish village marched all the way to Lord’s and won the National Village Cup in 1985. With an introduction by Sir Ian Botham.

This is the story of an orphaned American girl who arrives in Scotland to stay with relatives. Against all odds and without losing her new family, she manages to become an actress in London and to liberate herself from the religious attitudes of small town Scotland.

Written mostly during the 1930s, the sequence consists of forty-eight love poems addressing a universal ‘eimhir’, or woman.

The Dambuilders: Power from the Glens is a vivid account of the schemes, and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers - from dam builders, engineers, tunnel tigers, linemen - who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality and now, often for the first time, tell what it was like.

The newest and most talented of Scottish writers have plumbed their depths, creating a set of demons for a modern age. The range of visions and voices collected in this book – all investigating the heart of darkness, all written with a chilling skill – are enough to confirm Scotland as one of the most imaginative homes of world Gothic.

This book draws together an authoritative selection of all the writings needed to begin discovering the full story of Hamilton Finlay’s early work, his themes, preoccupations and vision of the philosophical transformed by the everyday.

The Dancing Floor is one of Buchan’s most unusual and surprising tales. His characters, including the familiar Leithen who features in all four novels of the series, find themselves in a religious war of sorts in Greece. His descriptions of the island setting, the flora and fauna are magical, but terrible things are about to happen . . .    

A Gripping tale by one of the few men who risked his life breaking east through the Iron Curtain.

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.

The narrator, Drost, tells the story, through a series of waking dreams, of his life in Bronze Age Scotland from his childhood, as the chosen companion and help-mate of his future "king", up to his own approaching death.

Norman Harper and Robbie Shepherd are back with a third collection of stories which show the wit and wisdom of North-East Scotland at their finest.

When Sir Harry Lauder left a concert on Deeside he was mystified that his jokes had not got the response received elsewhere; it perked him up when, from the spilling audience, he heard a voice say, ’Fit a gran comic. It took me aa ma time nae ti lach.’

This major study of a formidable Scottish monarch is also the first in-depth treatment of four decades of crucially formative Scottish history.

A fascinating look at the life of Anne, Duchess of Hamilton; a great Scottish lady of the seventeenth century.

An examination of why deer forests were not popular with the majority of crofters in Victorian and Edwardian times, and how forests served to marginalise and impoverish local people.

A unique and authoritative account of Martin Martin’s great journey around the Western Isles, Orkneys and Shetlands.

When the emigrant German Werner Kissling died in a nursing home in Dumfries in 1988, few realized that he left behind him one of the most extensive and exquisite photographic records of the Hebrides ever made.

When the emigrant German Werner Kissling died in a nursing home in Dumfries in 1988, few realized that he left behind him one of the most extensive and exquisite photographic records of the Hebrides ever made.

A comprehensive guide, with a historical emphasis, to the ancient counties of Moray, Banff and Nairn.

This companion volume to the popular Borders 1, by the same author, is a guide to the Borders heartland.

The Discovery of the Hebrides tells of the exploration of exploitation of these remote islands, using the records and journals of visitors through the centuries.

Continuing his anecdotal account of pastoral work, this book includes the shock and the pain of the Lockerbie disaster, but concentrates on life, love and humour in a rural ministry.

With the barbed-wire leash of parole freshly clipped from his throat and his Private Investigation business an unpleasant memory, Cal Innes is looking forward to continuing his job as caretaker at Paulo’s Lads’ Club. But a prodigal boxer, Liam, needs someone to go with him to his first major amateur tournament in Los Angeles. That someone is Cal . . .

Failed PI businessman, Cal Innes, babysits prodigal amateur boxer, Liam, on his first major tournament in Los Angeles. It soon turns into something more sinister, as rumours of a rigged competition fly around. As Cal’s codeine habit and Liam’s temper grow out of control, the City of Angels doesn’t seem quite so heavenly.

This new edition of Dream State has been completely revised, updated and expanded to take account of new work by the existing contributors and to usher in thrilling new talents.

A welcome reissue of a book that has reprinted 8 times and sold more than 20,000 copies.

Modern gypsies find themselves at a crossroads. The challenge today is how to retain a separate culture and lifestyle when the foundations underpinning their distinctive existence have been removed. Dreams of the Road goes some way in preserving this rich culture, collecting together memories, anecdotes, the fears and the hopes of older gypsies living in the South-west of England.

First published in 1946, The Drinking Well is part of a Polygon series of Neil M. Gunn republications. Iain Cattanach lives happily in a small tight-knit Highland village, but his self-sacrificing mother has other plans for him.

Folklore, social comment and economic history are interwoven in this fascinating account of Scotland’s droving trade.

Kenneth Buthlay’s edition of A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle is widely considered to be the best edition of all and provides extensive commentary and notes, taking the reader through MacDiarmid’s complex and often opaque use of language. 

This anthology spans almost a thousand years of Gaelic verse, bringing together for the first time the poetry from the millennium c.600–1600 AD, when Scotland shared its rich culture with Ireland.

This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742­–1811) and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771­–1851).

Abdul Wahab, an Afghan science teacher, is eagerly anticipating the arrival of his British fiance, Laura Johnstone, in the capital of his home country. Having met while Abdul was a student at Manchester University, the couple are eager to settle down in Isban. However, Abdul is not the only one interested in Miss Johnstone’s arrival.

THE NLS SALTIRE RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2006

This collection of seminal articles by the foremost living authority on the oral tradition of the Scottish Highlands covers many aspects of life, history and literature, from clan sagas to Clearances, from the supernatural to Sorley MacLean.