This is the fourth collection of adventure tales by Robert Louis Stevenson in the Canongate Classics series. The book includes: "The House of Eld", "The Song of Morrow", "Will O' the Mill", "The Treasure of Franchard", "The Sire de Maletroit's Door", "Treasure Island" and "The Black Arrow".

Tales Until Dawn is an extraordinary collection of texts recorded from the lyrical and adept Gaelic speaker Joe Neil MacNeil. Translated by John Shaw, this book truly captures the breadth and richness of the Gaelic speaking community which covers and records many genres and subjects in this comprehensive collection.

Tales and Traditions of the Lews is a marvellous pot pourri of local history, myth and legend from prehistoric times to the present day; it brings alive the island of Lewis in a way few other histories can.

First published in 1928, the personal account of John Wilson’s experiences is both compassionate and humorous, providing a valuable insight into the social and educational conditions of the Gaelic Highlands and Islands.

This omnibus edition of Christina Hall’s memoirs brings together her two books, To the Edge of the Sea and Twice around the Bay.

In the current climate where politics and politicians are held in low esteem, Judy Steel looks back to a less cynical time. She writes with a light touch, as a storyteller rather than a historian or an analyst. The world of politics that she knew has disappeared, as has much else that she has lived through, but this memoir allows them to live on.

This collection of stories and memories spans a century of life on farms and around the enchanting villages of Chapeltown and Scalan.

Inspired by bards, writers and images of the past, Alasdair Roberts has collected and revitalised a huge number of traditional tales which transport the reader to the heart of this remote and beguiling landscape.

‘Of all the publications marking Burns’s 250th anniversary, the most luxurious is Birlinn’s sumptuous Tam o’Shanter’ – The Herald

‘Alexander Goudie’s Tam o’Shanter paintings represent an unparalleled achievement in 20th-century Scottish painting’ – The Scotsman

Tam o' Shanter is widely regarded as Robert Burns' masterpiece. This magnificent edition of the poem features the work of Alexander Goudie, one of Scotland's greatest 20th century artists, who was inspired by the poem to produce some of his most powerful and imaginative paintings, which capture all the menace and comedy of Burn's poem.

The Tartan Pimpernel is the remarkable autobiography of Donald Caskie, minister of the Scots Kirk in Paris at the time of the German invasion in 1940. A true story of heroism and sacrifice in occupied France during the Second World War. 
    

A Runyonesque romp through the demi-monde that lurks beneath Edinburgh’s genteel façade. Douglas Findlay takes a trip down memory lane in this hilarious memoir of his time as a cabbie in post-war Edinburgh.

In the decade since Terry Farrell and Partners founded their office in Scotland, three major buildings and two public squares have been designed and constructed in the capital. This book, lavishly illustrated in colour throughout, explores the philosop
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'Excellent,' - West Highland Free Press

For over half a century Duncan Macpherson (1882–1966) a pharmacist at Kyle of Lochalsh, created a vast photographic record of Highland life. Together with an introductory essay and expended captions which explore the background to the photographs, The Land Where I Belong is an enticing glimpse into a body of work of enormous aesthetic and historical interest.

'With Charlie Allan the problem isn't a lack of fascinating stories, it must surely be choosing which to include and which to leave out,' - Scots Magazine

In this, the sequel to the successful The Truth Tells Twice, Charlie Allan continues the wonderful story of his family farm and surrounding community in the North-east of Scotland, as the running of the farm comes under his guidance.

This is the extraordinary story of Theoderic the Goth, a man who rose to the equal of Emperors, who raised his people to a pinnacle of power and wealth. It is a story that spans Europe, from the intrigues and wiles of Constantinople to the battlefields of the future France, from North Africa to the Balkans.

This is the extraordinary story of Theoderic the Goth, a man who rose to the equal of Emperors, who raised his people to a pinnacle of power and wealth. It is a story that spans Europe, from the intrigues and wiles of Constantinople to the battlefields of the future France, from North Africa to the Balkans.

This is a fascinating story, at times uplifting, heartrending, inspiring and haunting, proving that there really is only one, inimitable, Dixie Deans.

‘Rich and diverse anthology of old and new voices from the margins of the nation … themes of love, space and place run throughout’ – The Shetland Times

With poems exploring the themes of love, language, landscape, identity and belonging, These Islands, We Sing is a significant and heartfelt celebration of poetry and place.

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‘Rich and diverse anthology of old and new voices from the margins of the nation … themes of love, space and place run throughout’ – The Shetland Times

With poems exploring the themes of love, language, landscape, identity and belonging, These Islands, We Sing is a significant and heartfelt celebration of poetry and place.

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A supernatural mystery based on the Clydebank Blitz and written for 9–12 year old readers. Pete's whole family has suddenly and unexpectedly moved from London to Scotland and in their new house he hears unexplained voices. He meets new friends in the abandoned air raid shelter in the back garden but gradually realises that all is not as it seems.

Introduced by Stuart Kelly, this is the first of the five Hannay novels.

Recently returned from South Africa, adventurer Richard Hannay is bored with life, but after a chance encounter with an American who informs him of an assassination plot and is then promptly murdered in Hannay’s London flat, he becomes the obvious suspect and is forced to go on the run.

Scapa Flow is known worldwide. In two world wars it was the northern base which sheltered ships of the Royal Navy and Allied fleets from both storm and enemy attack. This book tells a fascinating history of a little seaway in the furthest reaches of Scotland's coast.

The Thistle is the unlucky local football team of Drumsagart, a drab industrial town in Lanarkshire. When the team’s luck begins to change, the whole town unites to support them.

A powerful and perceptive semi-autobiographical novel, which captures the true spirit of a traditional fishing community in the very north of Scotland's isolated coasts.

Award winning chef Shirley Spear brings to life the story of the Three Chimneys restaurant in Skye – a winning combination of recipes, culinary essays, personal anecdotes and stunning photography.

Introduced by Christopher Hitchens, this is the fourth of the five Richard Hannay novels.

Hannay is living peacefully in the Cotswolds with his wife family until three separate visitors tell him of three children being held hostage by a secret kidnapper.

Regarded as Hogg's most ambitious work of fiction, this tale is an extraordinary combination of the fantastic, the funny, the serious and the historically realistic. Ranging from Galloway to Northumberland, the main focus of the story is to be found in the Scottish Borders.

"Shirley McKay is an intelligent and entertaining novelist who deserves to be better known. TV producers take note: these books, with their vividly realised settings, just beg to be dramatised” - Scots Magazine               

In the swell of a storm, a ship is wrecked in St Andrews harbour. A young Flemish sailor, the last man aboard, collapses and dies at the inn.

‘Intoxicating mix of dramatic crime and repressed passion’ – New Books

In the swell of a storm, a ship is wrecked in the harbour. The cargo brings devastation to St Andrews as squabbling turns to tragedy. Hew traces the ship to its source in Ghent, where he uncovers a strange secret and finds his principles tested to the core.

An intriguing piece of fiction of a single mother set in the harsh conditions of post-war Britain.         

'We have waited a long time for a book such as Trevor’s Royle’s A Time of Tyrants, and I can think of no-one better qualified to tell Scotland’s wartime story' - The Scotsman

A stunning exploration of Scotland's place during the Second World War and the role she played both as a strategic outlay but also as a humanitarian haven.

A Time to Keep is George Mackay Brown’s second volume of short stories inspired by both ancient and modern life on the island of Orkney.

The captivating real story of the 11 heroes of Glasgow Rangers' victorious 1972 European Cup Winner's Cup campaign, tracing the twists and turns, as experienced by the players, of the team's progress to that triumphant night in the Nou Camp.

A highly entertaining and informative accountof Scotland’s culture and character in the eighteenth century as told by two of Britain’s most notorious men of literature.

A highly entertaining and informative account of Scotland’s culture and character in the eighteenth century as told by two of Britain’s most notorious men of literature.

This is the first biography in over 100 years of the great Tom Morris of St Andrews, who presided over one of the most illustrious periods in the history of golf, who – more than anyone before or since in any game – stamped his individual character upon his sport and who, in large measure, made golf what it is today.

This is the full, unofficial and uncensored story of one of the greatest football clubs in the world.

The guide provides an authoritative survey of the vast range of material held in the National Archives of Scotland—dealing with houses, streets, estates and farms, administrative divisions of Scotland as well as schools, businesses and recreational activities.

Scotland has one of the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research. This book details internet developments, including a chapter on family history on the web. It also points to traditional resources, explaining step by step how to research records of births, marriages and wills.

In presenting the full story of Bristol’s involvement in the slave trade, as well as its subsequent demise, Victoria Coules’ original and timely book shows how port cities around Britain profited from the slave trade.   

Broadie looks at the evolution of philosophy from the beginning of the fifteenth century in Scotland.

'Sheila Stewart is a natural storyteller.’ – English Dance and Song

Foreword by Jess Smith

Sheila Stewart is the last in the line of the Stewarts o’ Blair, a travelling family who have made a unique contribution to the musical and oral traditions of Scotland.

The Billy Connolly of the Gàidhealtachd’ – Calum Macdonald, Runrig

Tricksters takes the reader on a rambunctious journey around Scotland with endearing but oddly-matched couple, Murdo and Rachel.

Winner of 2007 Dundee International Book Prize

As a child Arabella Cordon idolises her Father, but his enthusiasm is reserved for steam engines, motorcycles and Margaret Thatcher.

On the day Thatcher comes to power, Arabella’s life changes irrevocably. Alone and adrift in London, she takes a job as a striptease artist in Soho. She is determined to leave the past behind but her identity and survival seem inextricably linked to her childhood and the question of what a father is.

This anthology brings together for the first time the poetry of five languages - Latin, Welsh, Gaelic, Anglo Saxon and Norse – in an accessible, scholarly anthology of translations that form a spectacular window on Scotland's past. Ranging from war to religion, nature to love, the quality and power of these poems display the riches of a vanished world.

‘The rhythmic quality of it is quite astonishing. In talking about the inspiration of the work and so on we mustn’t forget the sheer brilliance of the use of words.’ – Prospect, BBC Radio Scotland 

True Confessions and New Cliches is the the best of Liz Lochhead 'live' - her raps, songs, sketches and monologues from her plays and revues, which have made her a performer to relish.

An inspiring narrative of one man’s exploration within the fringes of the arctic circle. A truly unique perspective.

'If you like strong opinions, this is the book for you,' - Ronnie Black, The Scotsman

A unique record of the isolated way of life on St Kilda in the early part of the twentieth century, based on seven handwritten notebooks written by the Rev. Donald Gillies, containing reminiscences of his childhood on the island of Hirta. It provides a first-hand account of the living conditions, social structure and economy of the community in the early 1900s, before the evacuation of the remaining residents in 1930.

The first ever biography of the celebrated yet controversial doctor catapults the reader directly into the centre of 19th century world affairs.

For the first time, a full canon of twentieth-century Scottish Gaelic verse is available in one handsome volume.

'Takes the reader on a delicious trip,' – Sunday Telegraph

The first, definitive history of Tuscany written in English.

'Takes the reader on a delicious trip,' – Sunday Telegraph

Ever since the days of the Grand Tour, Tuscany has cast its spell over the British. Alistair Moffat trys to understand why in this the first, definitive history of Tuscany written in English.

Covering his childhood and student years, David Daiches recalls a unique period between the two world wars. One of the sons of Edinburgh's Chief Rabbi, his autobiography is a meditation on religious tolerance, and his father's vision of a society that could respect and synthesize cultural difference is of relevance to modern Scotland.

A-format edition of the first novel from Allan Guthrie, one of crime fiction’s toughest new writers.