A comprehensive guide to Scotland’s malt whisky distilleries by the world-renowned authority on whisky, Charles MacLean. With photographs by John MacPherson.

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Journey back to the dark ages where the throne is splattered in blood and death lurks in every corner. Chilling and gory Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining.

This new edition of Made in Scotland features the stories behind a wide number of the best-known household names that originated in Scotland. It is a fascinating and nostalgic journey into the past and a wonderful celebration of Scottish industry.

A powerful novel set in the twelfth century that explores universal questions aligned with the concepts of guilt, goodness and personal sacrifice.

This hilarious novel charts the rise and fall (and perhaps the rise again) of Magnus Merriman – would-be lover, writer, politician, idealist and crofter – moved by dreams of greatness and a talent for farcical defeat.

Original, quirky and brilliantly insightful, this fan’s-eye account of the four golf majors of 2009 is a must for all lovers of sport and of golf; it is entertainment, travelogue and user manual to the most spectacular golf tournaments in the world.

In this book the remarkable story of how ancient North Britain became the medieval kingdom of Scotland is told.

This book has been seminal in bringing once again to the fore the injustices that have been inflicted on the Highlands in the name of government and landlord - injustices often lost in the name of dry statistics and academic balance.

The transformation of Shetland by the process of enclosure is placed in the wider context of agricultural and economic change on the British and international scene.

One of the world’s first global entrepeneurs, Sir Thomas Lipton’s life is one of fascination.

This is the inspirational story of a remarkable man who wanted to preserve the traditional Gaelic culture and wildlife.

‘Sensitive and moving’ – Country Life

‘A wonderfully rounded portrait’ – Scots Magazine

An insightful and evocative portrait of John Lorne Campbell, a man who purchased the Island of Canna in order to preserve its rich culture and heritage and to protect it from the whims of monied speculators. A poignant tale of one man's vision and his struggle to realise it.

In this fascinating book, Dane Love uncovers a strange collection of tales of devious fraudsters and curious hoaxes.

'Absorbing,' - Daily Telegraph

Based on exclusive interviews, Michael Grant and Rob Robertson reveal the huge contribution Scots managers such as Sir Alex Ferguson, George Graham, Jim McLean, Eddie Turnbull, Graeme Souness, Gordon Strachan, Kenny Dalglish, David Moyes, Alex McLeish and Walter Smith, as well as a host of others, have made to the world game.

A lively account of the Scottish football managers who brought their skills and personalities to bear on the beautiful game at home and abroad.

'If you wish to read some of the finest poetry ever written, are interested in the life and viewpoints of one of Scotland’s greatest ever poets, perhaps need to reaffirm what it is that makes poetry unique among all art forms and what it is that poets aspire to or simply want to witness how a true master executed his craft, then you will buy this book,' - The Eildon Tree

A celebration of MacCaig’s work on the one hundredth anniversary of his birth, featuring one hundred of his best poems, edited by Roderick Watson.

'Delicious … are the stunning and worldly sincerities she splatters around every time her pen takes a fresh breath' – Mark Twain

'A remarkably journal of a most singular girl. A very sweet book' – Liz Lochhead

This book transmits a living child, witty, word-drunk, conscience-battered, who died aged eight and lives still in her words. I loved it' – Candia McWilliam

After her tragic death at the age of eight all of Marjory Fleming's letters, poems and diaries were carefully preserved and eventually found their way into print. This new edition of the journals gives today's reader the opportunity to enjoy all that was 'wrote by M.F.' – the inimitable Marjory Fleming.

Blood-spattered Scottish history at its most wickedly entertaining. Crowned with exciting illustrations, this book is a heartbreaking royal romance that will leave you laughing your head off. One of eight volumes of the 'And All That' series.

Maxwell's Ghost is a classic account of the life and achievements of Gavin Maxwell, whose work and beliefs have attained an almost mythical status.

This readable yet informative book explores the castles of Hebridean myth.

This biography is based on a wide range of political and family letters never previously used. It opens a door on Victorian public and family life and contributes to an understanding of why Scotland so ardently embraced Gladstonian Liberalism.

Galt’s two great political novels date from around the passing of the Reform Act of 1832. The Member has claims to be the first political novel in the English language and is a tour de force of wit, observation, and a devastating critique of political self-seekings. The Radical is a study of narrow-minded, humourless fanaticism.

This book tells the remarkable story of how these temporary migrants, men ‘of spirit and enterprise’, endured dangerous work, freezing temperatures and separation from their kin in Scotland with the expectation of making some money and eventually returning to better prospects at home.

'... a textbook and a very useful one, addressing a real gap in the market' - Antiquity

The Britons are the least-known among the inhabitants of early Scotland. Like the Picts and Vikings, they played an important role in the shaping of Scottish history during the first millennium AD but their story is often neglected or ignored. This book redresses the balance by studying the northern Britons from the departure of Rome to the birth of medieval Scotland.

An anthology of early Scottish literature. It is suitable as a teaching text for school and university students.

‘A funny, irreverent and moving 21st-century look at human nature, and an intriguing rewiring of a classic’ DOUG JOHNSTONE, THE HERALD

'Brilliant, touching, funny and clever’ WEST HIGHLAND FREE PRESS

'MacNeil's novel, though drawing on Stevenson's novella, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, is never slavishly derivative. His Method Actor's Guide is, in its finest glinting moments, that "whole new thing" of which Hemingway wrote, and from first to last an enticing read,' - Tom Adair, The Scotsman

After a bike crash in a foggy Edinburgh, troubled young actor Robert Lewis wakes to find that life has changed for the darker. And the weirder. A Method Actor's Guide to Jekyll and Hyde is a dark, maniacal thriller that explores many kinds of duality - individual, social and cultural, and is a heartfelt tale about the search for belonging and the nature of love and desire. It is also bloody funny.

Now thy enemy! And have a laugh at the same time with this pocket-szed guide to the scourge of the Scottish summer - the midge.

The first edition of this book rapidly topped the list of bestsellers and has continued to sell well, turning up in places as far away as German schlosses, Brisbane bedsides and Canadian log cabins!

With an introduction by Stuart Kelly.

Regarded by many critics as one of the finest historical novels ever written, Midwinter tells the tale of Alastair Maclean, confidant of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, who embarks on a secret mission to raise support for the Jacobite cause in the west of England.     

The story of a great family in the evolving kingdom of the Scots, cross-border lords who gave unambiguous allegiance to the Scottish Crown, mighty subjects of successive Scottish kings.

The first substantial social history of mineworkers in Scotland to encompass the entire span of commercial mining, from its origins in the Middle Ages to the extinction of deep coal mining.

After his passing, Ray Ward’s son discovered his father’s memoirs of the Second World War in the basement of their family home. The Mirror of Monte Cavallara is a very personal, poignant and revealing account.

An inspired study of human nature, The Missionaries charts a voyage of self-discovery for Andrew Doig, a university student who finds himself embroiled in a passionate debate over his defence of the inhabitants of St Sollas.  

Pull up a chair and join Mma Ramotswe at the table as she celebrates the flavours of the bestselling series The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency.

Until now there have been no rational studies of the age, sex and status of Scottish migrants. This book opens up entirely new perspectives on one of the classic subjects of Scottish history. Using detailed information from census readings, Jeanette Brock’s impressive study quantifies the out-migration by country and region.

A collection of poetry and song by former Mod Medallist, the late Donald McNeill and other Colonsay bards.

This indispensible anthology contains selections of the best works by Scotland’s most acclaimed modern Gaelic poets.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This volume is one of a series of five which have been published as teaching and learning materials for the University of Dundee/ Open University Distance Learning Course in Modern Scottish History.

This remains the essential history of Moidart and its people, and is not only a charming book for the general reader, but an important contribution to the literature of the Gaelic Highlands, preserving many unique records from oblivion.

Set in the chaotic aftermath of the First World War and after the death of her father, Renee and her mother are forced to open up their home to two lodgers. The impressionable Renee begins to form unusual attachments and romantic self-illusions which only spurs a cycle of self-effacement. A subtle treatment of human relationships during a time of flux.

James Graham, Fifth Earl of Montrose, is considered to be one of the most controversial and romantic figures in Scottish history. This biography aims to show that he was constant in his beliefs and heroic in his principled moderation in spite of the historic evidence of his cruelty.

This book analyses the origins, development and impact of British army recruiting in the Scottish Highlands in the period from 1739 to 1815.

'This book will make you laugh. That’s a promise,' - Ronnie Black, The Scotsman

Giving a voice to the Scottish Gael at the end of the 20th century, the late Hector Macdonald (writing as the great Aimsir Eachainn) scribed the brilliant weekly column A View from North Lochs for the West Highland Free Press. This book is the second collection of columns.

Introduced by Hew Strachan, Mr Standfast is the third of five Richard Hannay thrillers.

Brigadier-General Richard Hannay is recalled from active service on the Western Front and tasked with a secret mission to catch a dangerous German agent who is at large in Britain.

The second exciting installment of Nury Vittachi’s ’The Feng Shui Detective Novel’ Series!

The first serious history ever written of one of the most beautiful and most visited of Hebridean islands, this text is the product of fifteen years’ research. It is lavishly illustrated with a wealth of previously unpublished pictures. The result is one of the most important books on Hebridean history yet written, told throughout with humour and masterful characterisation.

This collection of photographs of the island of Mull and its neighbouring isles forms part of a new and exciting series of images of Scotland’s most beautiful scenery taken by some of its finest photographers.

Murdo Macrae is one of the most extraordinary and fascinating of Iain Crichton Smith’s literary creations.

'A pleasure to dip into and browse ... the book forms an informal social history' - Facts & Fiction

Ewan McVicar, one of Scotland’s best-known storytellers and song writers, has collected songs in over 40 Scottish schools to create this new condensed compendium of the ‘hidden’ songs of Scots childhood.

A new thriller from a hugely popular crime writer that will grip and satisfy his many fans. My Life as a Man begins with a nation in the grip of anti-war fever, and ends with an old man’s discovery that life can still surprise him.

When factory owner Bernard Morton fires him from his first job, Harry Glass protests by impulsively going off with Morton’s car and the intriguing Mrs Morton.

This book is a history of the small town of Cromarty, north of Inverness at the tip of the Black Isle peninsula. Although it has less than 750 inhabitants, Cromarty is viewed by its residents as a town rather than a village, which reflects the settlement’s beginnings as a royal burgh and its days as a leading port for the northern Highlands.