Around 1583–1596 Timothy Pont, a young graduate of the University of St Andrews, undertook the remarkable task of mapping Scotland. As far as we know, he was the first person to survey Scotland in any detail, and his maps would later form the basis of the first atlas of Scotland, produced by Blaeu in 1654. In this book, a range of experts from different disciplines shed new light on Pont’s mapping and on the insight he gives into 16th century Scotland, while the many illustrations provide a fascinating commentary on the past.

This book traces the background to the setting up of the National Health Services established in Scotland and England in 1948.

Neil Munro was regarded in his lifetime as the natural successor to Robert Louis Stevenson, and most widely known today for his great comic creation Para Handy, He was also a distinguished journalist and an important figure in British and especially Scottish literary circles of the first quarter of the twentieth century.

A moving, honest and yet humourous coming-of-age biography of a young boy from the Hebrides.

A comprehensive and complete guide to the mysterious islands of Orkney ranging in its breadth from prehistoric settlements to ongoing contemporary controversies of oil and, perhaps to a lesser extent, Scandanavian allegiance.

AVAILABLE MAY 2008

'There is not much to say about this book by way of introduction. It describes an undeservedly successful attempt to travel overland from Peking in China to Kashmir in India. The journey took seven months and covered about 3,500 miles . . .'

The story of mischievous Aberdeenshire boy Willie Fowlie - or the 'nickum', as his grandmother calls him - and his journey to adulthood. The course of his life completely changes, but can the 'nickum' ever atone for the decisions that he has made in his past?

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan is a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community.

Nine Against the Unknown is the story of nine great explorers; passionately written, the biographies are fascinating and revealing, the journeys dramatic and breathtaking.

An astonishing biography of a little-known Australian explorer.

A firebomb attack at a Plummer property thrusts Innes into the spotlight as he saves a child from the burning building. But when Plummer enlists his help to track down the arsonists, Innes finds himself dealing with more than the ENS and his rapidly overwhelming codeine addiction. Manchester needs a hero and Callum Innes is the closest it has.

Late on the evening of Saturday 2nd May 1685, the Anna set sail from Holland with a small heavily-bearded man called 'Mr Carr': so began the last desperate throw of the dice for the ninth earl of Argyll.

Limited to only 1,200 copies, this beautifully crafted book contains two-colour illustrations throughout and comes in a sumptuous hardback slip case taking McCall Smith’s best-selling novel to new heights of reading.

Numbered and signed by both the author and illustrator.

Two epic stories of nineteenth century Scots' emigres.

During the two world wars, the chain of island groups ­ Orkney, Shetland, the Faroes and Iceland ­ linking Europe to North America, acquired great strategic significance.

Frank Bardgett buttresses Rev. Alexander Young’s historical observations of the Highland Clearances providing further shrewd evidence in this tumultuous time in the early 20th century.

Bill Lawson is the foremost authority on the detailed history of the Western Isles of Scotland, and he now follows his successful Harris in History and Legend with a companion volume of the neighbouring isle of North Uist.

Northern Lights presents George Mackay Brown’s writings on many of the places, people, legends and seasons that formed his vision and work.

The book covers patterns of landownership and tenancy; agriculture; the work of the farmer and of the craftsmen within the community; and the trade links of the Isles.

This collection, written with irony and great tenderness, confirmed James Kelman’s status as one of the most significant writers in the UK, and remains as powerful, relevant and truthful as it was in the early 1980s.