The fiddle has long played an important part in Scottish musical tradition: here are lively stories that reflect that importance.

The inimitable humour of the Highlander through the ages.

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.

A collection of Ian Stephen's short stories with recipe-poems and children's drawings, Mackerel & Creamola is a rich portrayal of contemporary life in the Hebrides, drawing on the author's deep knowledge of sea lore.

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.

Alan Lugton’s remarkable book on The Making of Hibernian is now published for the first time in paperback.

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.

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

Challenging the conventional interpretation of Mary of Guise as the defender of Catholicism whose regime climaxed with the Reformation Rebellion, Pamela Ritchie shows that she was, on the contrary, a shrewd and effective politician, whose own dynastic

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.

Matthew and Sheila is a story of family secrets, obsession and tragedy, set against the backdrop of a small Scottish town and the haunting beauty of the Western Isles.

This is an essential short introduction to a man who is a byword for poetic awfulness, as well as providing a fascinating snapshot of Victorian Scotland.

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

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. With an introduction by Stuart Kelly.

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.  

This book is the first extended study, in the Post-Reformation period, of the impact of the Gaels (in the west of Scotland and the north of Ireland) on each others’ religious heritage.

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 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.

Moleskin Joe is one of Patrick MacGill's most memorable of characters. Humourous, poignant and vivid, Moleskin Joe is an unmissable read.

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.

David Ascoli's account of Britain's crucial contribution to the opening months of the Great War is a worthy monument to those who gave so much to save France.

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.

A classic of local history, first published in 1968, Morvern Transformed is a fascinating description of the way of life of a community and the pressures both from within and without which altered it for ever.

The Movie Traveller is the first comprehensive sightseeing guide dedicated to the most popular art-form of the twentieth century: the cinema!

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

AVAILABLE MAY 2008

This is the first serious history ever written of one of the most beautiful and most visited of Hebridean islands.

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.

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.

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.

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.