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 narrative drive of his thrillers is unsurpassed.' - Evening Standard

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.

This book provides the first detailed account of the course of Scottish politics in the reign of Charles II. It focuses on the years from 1667 to 1673, when, for the only time in the Restoration era, Scottish political leaders were able to make policy for Scotland with minimal interference from London and with Scottish interests chiefly in mind. With his effective use of unpublished correspondence, Maurice Lee makes a substantial and original contribution to the history of Restoration Scotland.

A stylish and enthralling thriller set in 1978, which explores America's influence on Europe and the causes of terrorism.

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.

This is an hilarious collection of email exchanges starring the anti-hero of spam, Bob Servant. Wickedly funny and anarchic, these spammers have met their match!

A travel writing classis, this is a unique and authoritative account of Martin Martin’s great journey around the Western Isles, Orkneys and Shetlands.

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

The Dictionary of Scottish Painters is considered an essential reference for any one interested in Scottish art. It contains alphabetically arranged entries on some 2000 painters, both major and minor figures, who have worked in Scotland since 1600.

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

The spectacular conclusion to the Last Orders at Harrods trilogy. Fans of Alexander McCall Smith will love Michael Holman's charming and entertaining novels.

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.

The first biography for eighteen years of one of Scotland’s greatest domestic and international players and now a popular TV and radio pundit.

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.

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 . . .

When seven-year-old Amanda Chapman is admitted to hospital with acute renal failure, her parents are in despair. Their hope is renewed when Amanda is accepted for treatment in a pioneering, state-of-the-art dialysis unit in an exclusive private hospital in Glasgow, but behind the lavish hospital corridors, private rooms and friendly staff lies something much more sinister. Dr Dunbar goes undercover to find out.

A glorious omnibus edition of Dr Finlay's adventures during the inter-war years, based on the author's own experience as a doctor. This collection revives Conin's masterpiece and celebrates favourite characters from the BBC-adapted perennial favourite. 

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.

A moving and poignant memoir of life in the north-west of Scotland just after the outbreak of the Second World War, Margaret Leigh recounts the years she spent as a crofter, an activity which enabled her to experience the land in all its moods and capture the essence of this remote and beautiful part of Scotland in finely crafted prose.

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.

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.

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.                

Partly inspired by the real-life killings of prostitutes in Ipswich, Gillian Galbraith’s third novel explores a hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs.

'The unpleasant, unlovely social underbelly of Edinburgh is seen in all its horror ... thoroughly recommended,' - Dorothy L. Sayers Society

Partly inspired by the real-life killings of prostitutes in Ipswich, this third Alice Rice mystery sees the detective in the hunt for a serial prostitue murderer and explores the hidden world where sex is bartered for money and drugs.