The Poor Had No Lawyers: Who Owns Scotland and How They Got it New Edition
For all those with an interest in urban and rural land in Scotland, this updated edition of The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a fascinating analysis of one the most important political questions in Scotland.
The Contini Cookbook
In this book Carina Contini shares 100 tried-and-tested dishes for sharing with family and friends including small plates, soups, hearty pastas, meat, seafood dishes, salads, drinks, dolci and other treats. The recipes come from many different parts of Italy, showcasing the rich variety of Italian regional cooking.
Edinburgh: The Autobiography
This is a brilliant, eclectic and colourful celebration of the history of Edinburgh through the eyes of those who witnessed it. Not simply a book about the great and good, the famous and infamous; there is testimony from ordinary folk who may not have made their mark on history but who have contributed to Edinburgh’s ever-expanding tapestry.
Dancing in the Streets
This is Glasgow journalist Cliff Hanley’s sparkling, unsentimental and uproariously funny account of growing up in the Gallowgate and then Shettleston in the 1920s and 1930s and his working life as a radio broadcaster and journalist in the 1940s and 1950s. One of the great Glasgow classics, first published in 1957, back in print after many years.
Edinburgh: A New History
Join Alistair Moffat in this concise and colourful account of Edinburgh, one of the UK’s top tourist destinations with 4 million visitors annually. This book is published to celebrate the 900th anniversary of the Founding of the City of Edinburgh.
The Scottish Vegan Cookbook
Vegan recipe developer Jackie Jones provides a huge selection of recipes for deliciously vegan versions of classic Scottish as well as newly designed dishes using healthy ingredients and cooking techniques, including braising, sprouting and steaming.
Scottish Vegan Baking
Scotland is renowned for its rich tradition of baking. In this sequel to The Scottish Vegan Cookbook, you will find all the recipes you might need for making vegan versions of classic Scottish bread, biscuits, fruit loaves, tarts and cakes.
The Gravity of Feathers
When the last inhabitants of St Kilda were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at ‘the edge of the world’ lost its permanent population after five millennia. This book tells the absorbing and eventful story of St Kilda from up to the evacuation and its aftermath, using previously untapped sources to provide fresh insights, and tell the true story.
A Swan's Neck on the Butcher's Block
Visceral, haunting and full of passion, verve and wit, this new collection from one of Scotland’s most original voices examines and explores the soul of humanity. A Swan’s Neck on a Butcher’s Block is an achingly honest, vivid collection that dares to challenge ideas of what it is to live and to be alive.
Vampire State
In this book, Ian Williams tells the terrifying story of China’s vampire economy and the single-minded and ruthless policy of the Party to bend economics and business to its own will. All this is part of realising President Xi Jinping’s ambition of China becoming the world’s pre-eminent economic, technological and military power.
The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I New in Paperback
In this new biography, the story of James VI and I is laid bare, and a welter of scurrilous assumptions penned by his political opponents put to rest. What emerges is a portrait of James as his contemporaries knew him: a gregarious, idealistic man obsessed with the idea of family, whose personal and political goals could never match up to reality.
An Eye on the Hebrides
Filled with wit and wisdom that is matched by her spell-binding illustrations, in this book Mairi Hedderwick portrays the Western Isles in all their diversity, with swift and perceptive cameos of everyday life drawn with humour and affection alongside gorgeous landscapes which capture the truly magical beauty of the Hebrides.
A Sketchbook of Edinburgh
In this evocative book Iain and Anne Fraser take the reader, both visitor and resident, on a personal journey through the centre of one of the world’s most unforgettable cities. Working with four talented local artists they reflect the character and cultural history of Edinburgh through 80 pages and 150 beautiful and original illustrations.
The Venison Bible
The perfect introduction to cooking venison from an acclaimed cookery writer whose MBE was awarded in 2014 for services to the venison industry. Features 40 easy-to-make recipes which showcase the enormous versatility of venison.
The Scottish Tattie Bible
Ever since the humble potato arrived from Peru around 1730 it has been a key component of the Scottish diet. In this book Liz Ashworth introduces the heritage and history of the potato and the numerous varieties available, including information on nutritional benefits, the tattie season and how to grow your own.
Scottish Baking
From acclaimed food writer Sue Lawrence, this is the ultimate celebration of the amazing variety of Scottish baking, from traditional favourites such as Selkirk Bannocks, Ecclechan tarts and Cloutie dumpling to modern recipes such as Haggis tartlets with red onion marmalade, Roast rhubarb and ginger blondies and Lemon curd and polenta cake.
The Chain Bridge Honey Bible
Liz Ashworth, in collaboration with one of the UK's oldest and largest honey farms, has come up with a selection of ancient and modern recipes to appeal to all.
The Scottish Baking Bible
Scottish baking is famous the world over. In this book, Liz Ashworth introduces a whole range of recipes arranged by theme – Bannocks, Breads and Scones; Biscuits; Tarts and Traybakes; and Cakes and Wee Fancies.
Churchill: The Scottish Years
Churchill: The Scottish Years tells the incredible story of how the god-fearing teetotaller Edwin Scrymgeour fought and won an election against Britain’s most famous politician. The story begins with their first electoral contest in 1908 and follows their political rivalry over the next five elections until Scrymgeour’s eventual victory in 1922.
Whiskypedia: The Ultimate Guide to Scotch Whisky 6th Edition
Whiskypedia is the essential handbook for all whisky lovers and contains everything you need to know to become a connessieur, from understanding the label to regional differences. This edition has been fully revised and updated with new entries on all the latest distilleries.
The Last Sunset in the West: Britain’s Vanishing West Coast Orcas
This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the marine world in this age of climate change. A captivating yet poignant account, it takes the reader from the Western Isles of Scotland to Vancouver Island and elsewhere, seeking out Britain’s West Coast Community of orca to study them before we lose them forever.
The Hebrides New Edition
Paul Murton has spent half-a lifetime exploring some of the most beautiful islands in the world – the Hebrides. In this new and updated edition of his acclaimed book, Paul visits each of the Hebridean islands in turn, introducing their myths and legends, history, culture and extraordinary natural beauty.
A Sky Full of Kites
This is the inspirational story of the reintroduction of one of Britain's most majestic birds of prey. At a time when Britain's wildlife is in major decline, this is a tale of hope about the positive differences that people can make.
The Highlands and Islands of Scotland
In rich and telling detail, Alistair Moffat relates the remarkable story of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. The north is being renewed, the land is coming alive once more and this unique story ends on an upbeat note as the Highlands and Islands of Scotland look forward to a future of possibilities.
Nature Notebook: Highland Cow
This notebook features a stunning cover with artwork by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains lined paper, a head and-tail band, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened. This is one of a range of Birlinn nature notebooks with other iconic designs including the otter, red squirrel, puffin, seal and sea eagle.
Nature Notebook: Sea Eagle
This notebook features a stunning cover with artwork by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains lined paper, a head and-tail band, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened. This is one of a range of Birlinn nature notebooks with other iconic designs including the otter, red squirrel, puffin, seal and Highland cow.
The Scottish Nature Desk Diary 2025
This 112pp week-to-view diary features 33 stunning illustrations from wildlife artist Jane Smith including, birds, animals and plants set against magnificent scenery.
The Scottish Nature Pocket Diary 2025
This 112-pp week-to-view diary features 33 stunning illustrations from wildlife artist Jane Smith including, birds, animals and plants set against magnificent scenery.
The Macsween Haggis Bible
In this informative and light-hearted book, Jo Macsween of the famous family of Edinburgh haggis makers, expertly guides you through the myths and magic to a new realm of haggis appreciation that transcends neeps, tatties and Burns Night. Featuring fifty mouth-watering recipes.
The Scottish Food Bible
In this book Claire Macdonald celebrates the very best of home-grown ingredients - from oatmeal, dairy produce, meat and fish, fruit and vegetables and even whisky - in 60 imaginative recipes for starters, main course and puddings, as well as for sauces, dressings, baking and other treats.
The Scottish Soup Bible
Acclaimed cookery writer Sue Lawrence celebrates the enormous range of Scottish soups in this imaginative and practical collection of recipes, ideal for cooks of all abilities. Featuring the very best of local produce, some soups make ideal starters, others are a complete meal in themselves.
The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible
A tasty treat for Seumas MacInnes' fans and for anyone who has tasted the culinary delights of Glasgow's Cafe Gandolfi. You can now create these masterpieces in the comfort of your own home.
Blood and Gold
Blood and Gold is a powerful, dynamic fusion of African and Scottish myth and fantasy which explores the themes of racism, immigration and colonialism, and the acceptance of self, grief and loss.
Scottish Folklore New Edition
This book traces the roots and traditions of Scottish folklore and introduces all its key parts, combining a huge range of material from gypsy-lore and Arthurian legend to tales of magical beasts, demons and witches and lore associated with the natural world.
A-Z of locations throughout the country and the folklore associated with each place.
Scottish Quotations New Edition
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words. This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It reveals the spirit of Scotland in a truly unique way.
North Coast Journey: The Magic of Scotland’s Northern Highlands Fully Revised and Updated Edition
This is the essential guide to the north of Scotland. This book is full of practical information to get the most out of your trip through some of the country’s most spectacular scenery, together with stunning colour photographs and detailed maps. This is both the perfect planning tool and travelling companion.
The Bone Cave
The Bone Cave is a vivid account of a month-long journey in the Scottish Highlands. Walking and occasionally hitching, Dougie Strang follows a series of folktales to the locations in which they’re set, encountering along the way a depth of meaning to them that allows him to engage with the landscape from a different perspective.
The Scottish Gardens Colouring Book
Gardening is one of the most popular hobbies in the country. This book includes lots of garden-themed illustrations by bestselling artist Eilidh Muldoon to colour in. There’s something for everyone with green fingers in this superb and imaginative colouring book.
The Reivers: Raiders of the Borderlands Reissue
Only one period in history is immediately linked to the whole area of the Scottish and English Border country, and that is the time of the Reivers. Whenever anyone mentions Reiver, no-one hesitates to add Border. This book tells the tale of a land that was a no-man's-land but a land over which blood was shed on both sides of an invisible border.
Kith
A brand-new new cookery book from MasterChef finalist Sarah Rankin, showcasing the extraordinary versatility of Scottish produce. Kith is a collection of practical, seasonal dishes mixing the traditional and the contemporary which celebrates the extraordinary versatility of Scotland’s larder in a hundred recipes.
The Borders
A story of the border: a place of beginnings and endings, of differences and similarities. This is also the story of an ancient place; where hunter-gatherers penetrated into the virgin interior, where Celtic warlords ruled, the Romans came but could not conquer, and where the glittering kingdom of Northumbria thrived.
Everyday Gaelic
This new and expanded edition of the best-selling Everyday Gaelic has been compiled by an author with many years' experience in teaching the language to adults and children. This edition includes an audio download link to allow readers quick, easy and convenient access.
War Paths
Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country’s history.
Homecoming
In this book, Rosemary Goring tells the story of Mary’s Scottish years through the often dramatic and atmospheric locations and settings where the events that shaped her life took place and also examines the part Scotland, and its tumultuous court and culture, played in her downfall.
Cafe Canna
Perched on a beautiful Scottish island, Café Canna is one of the remotest restaurants in Britain. This book is a magnificent celebration of Café Canna and the close-knit island which is its lifeblood. Over 70 recipes showcase the enormous range of dishes produced locally – all of which can be replicated by cooking enthusiasts at home.
Polly
In this book, acclaimed journalist and Hebridean expert Roger Hutchinson tells the true story of one of the most bizarre events ever to have happened in Scottish waters: when the ship SS Politician ran aground on Eriskay, laden with more than 260,000 bottles of whisky ...
The true story behind Compton Mackenzie's classic novel, Whisky Galore.
The Fresh and the Salt
Shortlisted for the Lakeland Book of the Year.
The Fresh and the Salt is a beautifully written natural history of the Solway Firth, one of the largest estuaries in Europe, told through the people whose lives are linked to the firth and the enormous wealth of wildlife that call it home.
The Fire of the Dragon
In this thought-provoking and alarming book, veteran China specialist and foreign correspondent Ian Williams examines how China’s aggressive foreign policy is arguably the biggest threat to our security and is a problem that not just the West – but the rest of the world – ignores at its peril.
Italy’s Paradise
What is it that makes this exquisite part of Italy so seductive? Historian Alistair Moffat embarks on a journey into Tuscany’s past, underlining both the area’s regional uniqueness as well as the vital role it has played in the history of the whole of Italy.
Seafood Journey
Acclaimed cooker writer Ghillie Basan embarks on a journey around Scotland's coasts and islands to capture the essence of the nation’s seafood.
Beacon in the West
From 1918 to the modern day, Roger Hutchinson tells the story of the Stornoway Trust, and of the people who guided their pioneering estate into the relative security and prosperity of the 21st century. In doing so he paints a vivid portrait of a unique landholding experiment, of Highland land struggle and of the island of Lewis itself.
Mountain Guru
A legend among mountaineers, Doug Scott's expeditions, undertaken over a period of four decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the extraordinary drama of them all, from the Himalayas to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his famous 'epic' on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb.
Dublin: Mapping the City
Maps are essential tools in finding our way around, but they also tell stories and are great depositories of information. Through a carefully chosen selection of maps, the book traces the growth and development of Dublin from the early seventeenth century to the present day, offering a fascinating snap-shot of how the city has changed over time.
Northern Lights
The search for a Northwest Passage, connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific was one of the great maritime challenges, and it was not until the 1850s that the first one-way partial transit of the passage was made. This book charts the remarkable contribution to Arctic exploration made by the Scots – whose role has often been overlooked.
The Wisest Fool
In this new biography, the story of James VI and I is laid bare, and a welter of scurrilous assumptions penned by his political opponents put to rest. What emerges is a portrait of James as his contemporaries knew him: a gregarious, idealistic man obsessed with the idea of family, whose personal and political goals could never match up to reality.
Under the Radiant Hill
In this book, Robin Noble, who has been intimately involved with this corner of the north-west Highlands of Scotland his whole life, celebrates its rugged beauty and shares many intimate encounters with the resident wildlife which surrounded his cottage in its wooded glen under the 'long mountain' of Quinag.
War Paths
Acclaimed historian Alistair Moffat sets off in the footsteps of the Highland clans. In twelve journeys he explores places of conflict, recreating as he walks the tumult of battle. This is a unique exploration of many of the places and events which define a country’s history.
The Salt Roads
This book tells the extraordinary story of Shetland’s most enduring export. It ranges from the wild waters of the North Atlantic and the remote ice filled fjords of west Greenland to the Basque country, from the fishing grounds of Iceland to the Jewish shtetls of Poland and from the mountains of Faroe to the flat coastline of the Netherlands.
Wild Birds Pocket Notebook: Heron
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic heron in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, this notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
Wild Birds Pocket Notebook: Gannet
This notebook features a beautiful illustration of the iconic gannet in its natural habitat. With cover illustrations by fine art printmaker Sarah Ross Thompson, the notebook contains blank paper, with head-and-tail bands.
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