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Politics and Current Affairs Also available

Stalin’s Legacy 9781780270906 hbk £20.00

9781780271132 21 February 2013 B pbk 192pp, 8pp b/w plates Current affairs £7.99 Rights: World

Struan Stevenson has served as a Conservative Euro MEP for Scotland since 1999. He is President of the Climate Change, Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Intergroup and Chairman of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Iraq.

SO MUCH WIND

The Myth of Green Energy Struan Stevenson | Foreword by Bill Jamieson In this thought provoking and controversial book, Struan Stevenson evaluates the Scottish Government’s obsession with renewable energy, at the sane time looking at alternative sources of power to prevent the lights going our across the country. ‘This is a timely and important book, coming when more and more people are beginning to realise the folly of the SNP’s plans to make Scotland the‘Saudi Arabia of renewables’. It analyses the human, financial and environmental cost of wind turbines and shows how misguided current policy is. This should be compulsory reading for all national and local politicians, to encourage them to stop more wind turbines being erected; either that, or voters make the choice for them.’ – Martin Livermore of the Scientific Alliance

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Politics and Current Affairs

9781780271149 18 April 2013 B Pbk 448pp Environmental/Politics £12.99 Rights: World

All the books on this page are also available as eBooks

THE POOR HAD NO LAWYERS Who Owns Scotland and How They Got It ANDY WIGHTMAN

Who owns Scotland? How did they get it? What happened to all the common land in Scotland? Has the Scottish Parliament made any difference?

In The Poor Had No Lawyers, Andy Wightman takes the reader on a voyage of discovery into Scotland’s history to find out how landowners got their hands on the millions of acres of land that were once held in common. He tells the untold story of how Scotland’s legal establishment and politicians managed to expropriate land through legal fixes and reveals the truth about modern-day land grabbing. Have attempts at land reform succeeded, what are the full implications of the recent debt-fuelled housing bubble, should children have a legal right to inherit land and will the SNP government elected in 2011 resolve these and many other land rights issues? For all those with an interest in the future of Scotland, The Poor Had No Lawyers provides a frank and forensic analysis of one of the most important political topics of our time.

andy wightman was born in Dundee and gained a degree in forestry at Aberdeen University. He has worked as a ghillie, environmental scientist, and an environmental campaigner before becoming a selfemployed writer and researcher in 1993. He is the author of several books and a prominent analyst and critic of land reform process. He lives in Edinburgh.

‘Compulsive reading’ – Roger Hutchinson

‘Frank, fearless and at times ferocious… a remarkable book’ – The Herald ‘Superlative’ – The Scotsman

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Politics and Current Affairs

The Man Who Gave aWay his island

A Life of John Lorne Campbell of Canna Ray Perman

9781780271200 2 May 2013 B Pbk 240pp Biography £9.99 Rights: World

In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it becoming a rich man’s playground, to preserve a part of traditional Gaelic culture and show that efficient farming methods could be compatible with wildlife conservation and sustainability. But his determination to get the island left him burdened by debt, and even after he gave it to the National Trust for Scotland in 1981 he still had to fight to secure his legacy. This acclaimed book is an insightful and human portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most significant scholars of the Gaelic world, and of his 60-year partnership with Margaret Fay Shaw, who together created the world-famous library of Gaelic song and other material at Canna House.

HUBRIS

How HBOS Wrecked the Best Bank in Britain RAY PERMAN | Foreword by AliStAiR DARliNG

9781780271323 6 August 2013 B Pbk 256pp Current affairs £9.99 Rights: World

In 1995 Bank of Scotland celebrated 300 years as Britain’s oldest commercial bank. Voted ‘most admired bank’, respected by competitors, applauded by investors and trusted by customers, it looked forward to its next Tercentenary. Less than fifteen years later it was bust, reviled as part of the spectacular collapse of HBOS, the conglomerate it had joined. One of the highest-profile victims of the credit crunch, its spectacular fall caused seismic shock waves throughout the financial world. Once the bank of choice for the highrolling Monte Carlo mega-rich, its losses ran into tens of billions and it had to submit to a humiliating take-over by Lloyds.

Ray Perman was a journalist in London and Edinburgh for thirty years. He was a co-founder of the business magazine company Insider Publications and was Chief Executive of Scottish Financial Enterprise from 1999 to 2003. He now chairs a scientific research institute and the Access to Finance Expert Group for the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills. His biography of the Gaelic scholar and land campaigner John Lorne Campbell was published by Birlinn in 2010.

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Politics and Current Affairs

9781780271590 1 August 2013 B pbk 192pp Scottish/Politics £7.99 Rights: World

ScottiSh independence A weighing up the economics

In autumn 2014 those living in Scotland will face the most important political decision of a lifetime. Whether Scotland becomes an independent state once again, as it was before 1707, or remains within the United Kingdom will have profound consequences for everyone in Britain.There are many issues involved in this important choice, but a key part of the debate centres around the question of whether Scotland would prosper more or less after independence. How well off are we? Would we have a faster or slower growing economy if we were independent? What currency would we use – the pound, the euro or a new currency of our own? What should our energy policy be? There are those who would like to see a more egalitarian society, like Scandinavia, with a reduction in poverty and deprivation; would we be likely to achieve that? Would we continue to be in the European Union but with Scotland becoming a member in its own right? Is that right for Scotland and what problems might that involve? In this impartial, clearly expressed and thought-provoking book, economist Gavin McCrone addresses these, and many other, questionswhich are of vital importance in the run up to the referendum.

Gavin McCrone has studied , written and lectured about the Scottish economy over a period of many years. For over two decades he was Chief Economic Adviser to successive Secretaries of State for Scotland. He was successively head of two Scottish Government Departments – the Industry Department for Scotland and the Scottish Development Department.

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Politics and Current Affairs

9781780271385 1 August 2013 hbk 234 x 156mm 304pp Current Affairs £20.00 Rights: World

Ian Fraser an award-winning journalist, commentator and broadcaster who writes about business, finance, politics and economics. His work has been published by among others The Sunday Times, The Economist, Financial Times, BBC News, Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday, Independent on Sunday, the Herald, Sunday Herald, The Scotsman, Accountancy, CA Magazine and Citywire.

SHREDDED

The Rise and Fall of the Royal Bank of Scotland Ian Fraser The Royal Bank of Scotland was once one of the most successful and profitable financial institutions in the world; revered, admired and trusted by millions of savers and investors. A trusted employer for tens of thousands of people, with branches on nearly every high street in the land. Now, the very mention of the bank’s name causes fury and resentment, and the former CEO, Fred Goodwin, is regarded by many as the one of the principal culprits of the worst financial crash since 1929. Now, for the first time, award-winning financial journalist Ian Fraser reveals how the ‘light touch, limited touch’ approach to financial regulation of New Labour and the aggressive, confrontational, autocratic and reckless style of Fred Goodwin led to disaster, not just for the Royal Bank of Scotland, but for everyone in the UK. And as more toxic secrets are revealed about Libor rate fixing and excessive bonuses, he looks at the future for the bank and examines its chances of ever regaining the public’s trust.

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Politics and Current Affairs

9781780271224 1 August 2013 B pbk 160pp Scottish Transport/Politics £7.99 Rights: World

Who pays the ferryman Roy Pedersen

Who Pays The Ferryman is an informative and critical analysis of Scotland’s ferry services. It describes the ‘glory days’ of how, from modest beginnings, Scotland once led the world in maritime development. It contrasts the achievements of the past with the failures, waste and inadequacy of much of today’s state-owned ferry provision. In addition to showing how a more equitable fares regime can be devised, Roy Pedersen also addresses sensitive issues such as CO2 and other emissions, state versus private ownership, the place of trade unions and, most importantly of all how, the lot of our island and peninsular communities can be bettered through provision of efficient cost effective ferry services. Drawing on best practice at home and overseas, it sets out how Scottish ferry services can be revolutionised to be, once again, among the best in the world.

Roy Pedersen graduated from Aberdeen University. He has spent most of his working life in Inverness in economic, social and cultural development with HIDB and HIE, and more recently as proprietor of a consultancy business covering the diverse fields of transport and cultural development. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Transport.

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Politics and Current Affairs Also available

Megrahi: You Are My Jury – The Lockerbie Evidence 9781780270159 pbk £14.99

9781780271675 6 June 2013 B pbk 160pp Politics/Current Affairs £7.99 Rights: World

John Ashton is a writer, researcher and TV producer. He has studied the Lockerbie case for 18 years and from 2006 to 2009 was a researcher with Megrahi’s legal team. His other books include What Everyone in Britain Should Know about Crime and Punishment (with David Wilson) and What Everyone in Britain Should Know about the Police (with David Wilson and Douglas Sharp), both published by Blackstone Press.

Scotland’S ShamE

Lockerbie 25 Years On – Why It Still Matters John Ashton The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the small Scottish town of Lockerbie in December 1988 was one of the most notorious acts of terrorism in recent history. Its political and foreign policy repercussions have been enormous, and twenty-five years after the atrocity in which 270 lost their lives, debate still rages over the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, as well as his controversial release on compassionate grounds by Scotland’s SNP government in 2009.

John Ashton argues that the guilty verdict, delivered by some of Scotland’s most senior judges, was perverse and irrational, and details how prosecutors withheld numerous items of evidence that were favourable to Megrahi. It accuses successive Scottish governments of turning their back on the scandal and pretending that the country’s treasured independent criminal justice system remains untainted. With numerous observers believing the Crown Office is out of control and the judiciary stuck in the last century, politicians must address these problems or their aspirations for Scotland to become a modern European social democracy are bound to fail.

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Humour Also available

Delete This at Your Peril 9781841589190 pbk £6.99

why me? 9781841589190 pbk £6.99

9781841589206 7 February 2013 pbk 160pp Humour £6.99 Rights: World

BOB SERVANT

Hero of Dundee Bob Servant with Neil Forsyth In Delete This At Your Peril, Neil Forsyth introduced the fictional character Bob Servant to the UK and North America and his creation quickly gained a critically-led cult following. Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh picked Delete This At Your Peril for Esquire’s Funniest Books Ever Written. Sixty-four-years-old and resolutely single, Servant spends his days with a small number of trusted associates pursuing unlikely business opportunities, giving stern views on current affairs and ‘chasing skirt’. His outlook on life is one of unbridled ambition and self-belief as he constantly battles the local ‘boo boys’ for the respect that he undoubtedly deserves. Bob Servant: Hero of Dundee charts the hilarious, whimsical and action-packed life-story of Bob Servant, unveiling with touching bravery, a fearless romp through a life full of incident, from his rise from a childhood of abject poverty, through a career in the merchant navy, his establishment of the largest window- cleaning round in Western Europe and his part in Dundee’s infamous Cheeseburger Wars of the early 1990s, to his current standing as an ‘unemployed gigolo’ in Broughty Ferry.

Bob Servant is a sixty-four-year-old, semiretired resident of Dundee. He has previously worked as a merchant sailor and window cleaner, among other occupations, but now describes himself as ‘an unemployed gigolo’. Find out more about Bob and his world at www. bobservant.com. Neil Forsyth is an author and journalist. A fellow Dundonian and friend to Bob Servant for over twenty years, he now lives in London. He is also author of Other People’s Money, a biography of fraudster Elliot Castro, and a novel, Let Them Come Through.

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History

FASCIST SCOTLAND

Caledonia and the Far Right Gavin Bowd

9781780270524 16 April 2013 B Pbk 256pp Scottish History £12.99 Rights: World

On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess, deputy Führer of the Third Reich, entered Scottish airspace in an ill-fated attempt to discuss peace with the Duke of Hamilton. For the Nazis, Hess was the victim of ‘tragic hallucinations’. But how far had Hess really flown from reality? Although Fascism in Britain is normally associated with England, and especially the East End of London, and even then dismissed as a marginal political phenomenon, Fascism did find support in Scottish society. Scotland has provided its own cohort of idealists, fanatics and traitors for extreme racist, nationalist and authoritarian politics. From Dumfries to Alness, one of the main ideologies of the first half of the twentieth century found its standard-bearers. But when Fascism crossed the Cheviots, it found itself in a restless part of a multi-nation state, riven by sectarian hatreds. Rudolf Hess felt the natives looked at him ‘in a compassionate way’, but Scottish Fascism had to carve out a niche in a crowded market for bigotry.

IF HITLER COMES

Preparing for Invasion: Scotland 1940 Gordon Barclay

9781843410621 4 April 2013 246 x 189mm pbk 288pp History £20.00 Rights: World

Between May 1940 and the summer of 1941 the British people expected a German invasion that, had it succeeded, would have enslaved them into the Nazis’ racist war. This period saw an unparalleled effort to prepare the defence of the UK against invasion. Scotland’s nationally important heavy industries, vital Royal Navy bases, and one of the UK’s key ports, were very vulnerable to the sort of airborne attack that had devastated the defences of Belgium. Everyone was certain that a Fifth Column of Nazi sympathisers and agents was working actively to spread rumours and despair, and to aid the invasion forces, and in reality the country was far from united.

Although the 1939–45 War is the most written-about war in history there is no account of the heroic efforts made in those months to prepare Scotland for the inevitable invasion, and how the defences were intended to be used. This book tells that story, against the wider history of the period and its people, and describes what was built, and what now survives.

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History

The Highland Clearances Eric Richards

This is the first documented study of one of Scotland’s most emotive subjects for many years. It traces the origins of the Clearances from the eighteenth century to their culmination in the crofting legislation of the 1880s, showing how the process of clearance was part of a wider European movement of rural depopulation. Eric Richards describes the appalling conditions and treatment suffered by the Highland people, yet at the same time illustrates how difficult the choices were that faced even the most benevolent landlords in the face of rapideconomic change. The Clearances were the most rugged and painful of many ‘attempted’ solutions to the problem of how to maintain a population on marginal and infertile land. In drawing attention away from the mythology to the hard facts of what actually happened, this book offers a balanced analysis of events which created a terrible scar on the Highland and Gaelic imagination, the historical legacy of which still lies unresolved in the twenty-first century.

9781780271651 2 May 2013 B pbk 512pp History £12.99 Rights: World

Flodden

A Scottish Tragedy Peter Reese In the breadth of bitter-sweet Scottish history there is no more poignant, not more important, battle than Flodden. Before Scotland’s disastrous defeat at the hands of the English under the Earl of Surrey, a proud country under its dynamic Stewart king, James IV, was emerging as a distinct and flourishing nation within Europe. With defeat the inevitability of Scotland’s Reformation and union with England is hard to deny. Flodden was an ignominious and disastrous moment for the Scots, all the more so for being a largely unnecessary encounter, fought with superior numbers and arms, which left the country weak, exposed and leaderless.

In this bestselling study of one of the most famous battles in history, Peter Reese recreates the drama and calamity of the battle fought just south of the River Tweed on 9 September 1513. Drawing together the political, military and historical background to the conflict, he examines the two armies and their leaders and explains the crucial tactical moves both before and during the encounter. The result is a thoroughly researched yet always accessible and realistic account of the battle Scotland has tried to forget.

9781780271712 4 July 2013 B pbk 224pp History £20.00 Rights: World

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History

THE MAKERS OF SCOTLAND Picts, Romans, Gaels and Vikings Tim Clarkson

9781780271736 1 August 2013 B Pbk 272pp Scottish History ÂŁ9.99 Rights: World

During the first millennium AD the most northerly part of Britain evolved into the country known today as Scotland. The transition was a long process of social and political change driven by the ambitions of powerful warlords. At first these men were tribal chiefs, Roman generals or rulers of small kingdoms. Later, after the Romans departed, the initiative was seized by dynamic warrior-kings who campaigned far beyond their own borders. Armies of Picts, Scots, Vikings, Britons and Anglo-Saxons fought each other for supremacy. From Lothian to Orkney, from Fife to the Isle of Skye, fierce battles were won and lost. By AD 1000 the political situation had changed for ever. Led by a dynasty of Gaelic-speaking kings the Picts and Scots began to forge a single, unified nation which transcended past enmities.

The PicTs A History Tim Clarkson

9781780271682 2 May 2013 B pbk 240pp Scottish History ÂŁ9.99 Rights: World

The Picts were an ancient nation who ruled most of northern and eastern Scotland during the Dark Ages. Despite their importance in Scottish history they remain shrouded in an aura of myth and misconception. In the ninth century they were absorbed by the kingdom of the Scots and lost their unique identity, their language and their vibrant artistic culture. The Pictish nation seemingly vanished, leaving few traces but many unanswered questions. The most puzzling of these questions surround the great monuments that still survive in the landscape of modern Scotland: standing stones decorated with incredible skill and covered with enigmatic symbols. These stones are the vivid memorials of a powerful and gifted people who have bequeathed no chronicles to tell their story, no sagas to describe the deed of their kings and heroes. Tim Clarkson was worked in academic librarianship before setting up a business with his wife. He gained an MPhil in archaeology (1995) and a PhD in medieval history (2003) from the University of Manchester. He is author of The Men of the North (2010) and The Makers of Scotland (2012).

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History

Iron road

The Railway in Scotland P.J.G. Ransom The story of Scotland’s railways begins in the 18th century, when horses pulled coal waggons along rails of wood. In the Victorian era a national railway network was built, and during the golden age of Edwardian times steam trains carried everything and everybody, from commuters and industrial materials to tourists holidaying in the countryside. The railway’s dominance as a transport network was first challenged by Depression and road transport in the 1930s, but overwhelming competition appeared with the prosperity of the 1960s, when Britain’s financially mobile masses began rely on cars for pleasure and business. Much of the railway network disappeared, steam was replaced by diesel and electric traction, and it seemed Scotland’s proud rail system was in rapid decline. Yet fifty years on, at the present day, passenger numbers and railway mileage are on the increase again, and heritage railways and museums are working hard to preserve Scotland’s railway identity.

9781841587288 1 August 2013 250 x 246mm Pbk 336pp Scottish/Transport £20.00 Rights: World

The Union

England, Scotland and the Treaty of 1707 Michael Fry In this fresh and challenging look at the origins of the United Kingdom, Michael Fry focuses on the years which led up to the Union of 1707, setting the political history of Scotland and England against the backdrop of war in Europe and the emergence of imperialism. He rejects the long-held assumption that the economy was of overwhelming importance in the Scots’ acceptance of the terms of the Treaty, showing how they were able to exploit English ignorance of and indifference to Scotland to steer the settlement in their own favour. The implications of this have influenced the dynamics of the Union ever since, and are only being fully worked out in our own time. ‘lively and intelligent’ – The Scotsman

9781780271552 6 June 2012 B pbk 352pp Scottish/History £9.99 Rights: World

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Local interest

ARRAN

A History Thorbjørn Campbell

9781780271101 4 April 2013 B Pbk 304pp Local History £10.99 Rights: World

Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure house of stunning scenic beauty. Its history stretches back more than 5,000 years to the great stone circles whose remnants still stand sentinel on the eerie plain of Machrie in the south-west. In this book, K.T.S. Campbell gives an original, fascinating and comprehensive account of Arran’s long and eventful history, and also includes a selection of traditional Arran songs and stories, originally collected by William Mackenzie before the First World War.

A Season in Strathglass John Fowler

9781780271576 4 July 2013 pbk 192pp Category: ? £9.99 Rights: ?

The three Scottish Highland glens of Affric, Cannich and Strathfarrar which make up Strathglass are places of craggy hills, ancient pinewoods and many waters. John Fowler has made frequent journeys there during which he has spent time with deerstalkers, joined naturalists on moorland surveys and wandered among the ancient pines of the Caledonian forest. He also met a cast of remarkable characters: Sister Petra Clare, a nun who creates lustrous religious icons; Stuart, whose home is like a hobbit’s, a cabin of delights which he constructed in the woods to fit his modest stature; George, man of many trades, living encyclopedia of all things local and eloquent raconteur; Old Duncan , prince of stalkers, a hale ninety-something whose vivid reminiscences of life in the glen make fascinating reading; Iain Thomson, guardsman, shepherd, cattleman, deep-sea sailor, farmer now turned author; and a host of others. In this book John Fowler offers a fascinating, poignant and affectionate portrait of this remarkable land and its people.

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Local interest

Lost GLasGow

CAROL FOREMAN

In this informative and beautifully illustrated book, Carol Foreman traces Glasgow’s history through buildings which have been demolished, but which once played a central part in the life of the city. Beginning with the medieval age, she goes on to look at a massive selection of buildings right through to the 1930s. The result is a fascinating picture of how the city evolved and how major events over the centuries affected its trade, people and environment. Churches, banks, hospitals, theatres, cinemas as well as domestic buildings all feature in this illuminating journey through Glasgow’s rich architectural past.

9781841582788 18 April 2013 234 x 156mm pbk 224pp Local History £20.00 Rights: World

LOST DUNDEE

Charles McKean and Patricia Whatley with Kenneth Baxter Lost Dundee brings the second city of renaissance Scotland back to life showing, through previously undiscovered photographs and drawings, the life and the maritime quarter of this great port. It illustrates Dundee’s transformation into a major Georgian town at the centre of the flax trade between St Petersburg and the USA, with the development of major public buildings a result of the influx of wealth into the region. The book goes on to examine Dundee’s next transformation into the jute capital of the world. Its identity was transformed by the arrival of railways, which separated the town from the sea, and by the great mills and factories which engulfed it on both sides. The pressures upon mediaeval Dundee proved so great that in 1871 the process of replacing it with grandiose Victorian boulevards began.

9781780271064 18 August 2013 C Pbk 272pp Local History £12.99 Rights: World

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Local interest | Motivational self-help

The hisTory of sT KildA

Kenneth Macaulay foreword by Roger Hutchinson

9781780271217 2 May 2013 B Pbk 160pp Scottish History £7.99 Rights: World

As one of the most remote corners of the British Isles, the island archipelago of St Kilda has long held a fascination for travellers from mainland Britain and beyond. The unique way of life and customs of its inhabitants has generated an enormous amount of literature over a period of hundreds of years. Kenneth Macaulay’s book is one of the most significant works ever written about the islands, and is a description of what he saw there on his visit of 1763, at which time the population had dwindled to just 88.

In addition to giving vivid descriptions of the islanders themselves and their living conditions, Macaualay also offers a huge amount of information on the animals and birds found there – the sheep and cattle, and above all the wildfowl, which were used for a huge variety of purposes, including oil, shoes and medicine as well as food.

The SpiriT of SucceSs

How to Connect Your Heart to Your Head in Work and Life Norman Drummond Who are you? 9781780271569 18 April 2013 200 x 148mm pbk 208pp Self-help/Business £7.99 Rights: tbc

Why are you living and working in the way that you are? What might you yet become and do with your life?

The answer to these three fundamental questions lie at the heart of this revolutionary guide to changing the way we live and work. If we work with our heart as well as our head, we can get beyond simply functioning to realise our true potential. We will discover the things in life which make us feel whole, excited, creative and motivated. In touch with our humanity, we will become better leaders too – more inspirational, more visionary, more understanding. Introducing us to the invaluable principles and practices which can redefine our lives – as they have countless others – Norman Drummond gives meaning and purposes to our working lives, and connect us to the true spirit of success.

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Travel and Adventure

The WesT highland Way The Official Guide Bob Aitken and Roger Smith

Opened in 1980, the West Highland Way was Scotland’s first Long Distance Route and remains the most popular, with more than 15,000 walkers tackling it each year. It runs from Milngavie, on the outskirts of Glasgow, to Fort William. The 152km route passes along the east of Loch Lomond, the largest expanse of fresh water in Britain, and across Rannoch Moor, Scotland’s grandest wilderness, through some of the finest scenery of mountain and stream, woodland and moorland, that Scotland has to offer. This tenth edition of the Official Guide has been revised and updated to include recent modifications to the route, is accompanied by a full-colour folding map and packaged in a practical plastic wallet.

9781780271156 4 July 2013 pbk 176pp Travel Guides £16.99 Rights: World

Life CyCLe

A Bike Ride Round Scotland (and Back to Childhood) Gary Sutherland A casual conversation between Gary Sutherland and his brother Stewart about going on a bike ride leads to an extraordinary trip in which they travel the length and breadth of Scotland.

In order to recapture some of the magic of childhood years spent cycling around their home town of Hopeman on the Morayshire coast, the Sutherland brothers – older but none the wiser – set off from the back gate of the house they grew up in on a journey of a thousand miles. From the mountains of the Highlands to the traffic-snarled streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow, they ate up Scotland on two wheels and became boys again, pedalling for all they were worth on a road trip of a lifetime that brought pain and laughter in equal measure.

9781780271361 1 August 2013 B pbk 224pp Travel/Adventure £8.99 Rights: World

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True Crime

CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE Scotland’s Deadliest Drugs War Russell Findlay

Caught in the crossfire were brave parents in Milton, Glasgow, who opposed their community centre being used as a taxpayer-funded gang hut by the Lyons. Against the odds, they won their six-year battle which exposed a murky nexus between police officers, politicians and the underworld. 9781780271637 7 March 2013 B pbk 304pp True Crime £7.99 Rights:World

This is the explosive story of how the Daniel–Lyons feud engulfed a community and spread from the mean streets into the corridors of power.

THE GLASGOW CURSE William Lobban

This chilling and disturbing memoir tells the story of one of Glasgow’s most notorious criminals. In his own words, William Lobban tells how he was born in Exeter Prison to a violent, schizophrenic mother. His upbringing in the East End of Glasgow was just as bleak, and he ended up in care, destined for a life of violence and insecurity.

9781780271262 3 October 2013 C Pbk 288pp True Crime £9.99 Rights: World

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Memoir

Angels of Mercy

nurses on the Western front Eileen Crofton | Foreword by Tam dalyell This is the story of the wartime experiences of a group of women who ran a field hospital near the trenches during World War I, often under conditions of great hardship. The text draws on the women’s diaries and letters home. The Scottish Women’s Hospitals unit offered their services to France and opened a hospital in the ancient Abbey of Royaumont, near Paris. The hospital operated from 1915 to 1919 and became famous for its nursing care, cleanliness and efficiency, recognised by the French authorities as a key wartime hospital.

9781843410638 4 July 2013 B pbk 320pp History £9.99 Rights: World

In the Front LIne

A Doctor’s Life in War and Peace Alec Glen At the outbreak of the First World War, recently qualified young doctor Alec Glen joined the army and served as a medical officer for the duration. Early on he provides a shattering account of the hopeless slaughter at Gallipoli,where he survived almost certain death many times as his companions fell around him. Only 100 men survived of his battalion of 1,000. His later service in the Middle East and Mesopotamia is an astonishing tale of courage and endurance, interwoven with spells of leave,during which the Scot encountered exotic experiences undreamed of back home.

9781780271309 6 August 2013 234 x 156mm hbk 288pp Autobiography £16.99 Rights: World

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Nature

Land of Mountain and fLood

The Geology and Landforms of Scotland Alan McKirdy, John Gordon and Roger Crofts Foreword by Vanessa Collingridge 9781841586267 2 May 2013 230 x 228mm pbk 272pp History £20.00 Rights: World

Scotland is justly famed for its wonderful scenery of mountains, lochs, islands, wild rocky places and sandy beaches. All this is evidence of a wonderfully exciting geological history which began 3,500 million years ago and is still continuing. In Land of Mountain and Flood, three eminent Earth scientists explain Scotland’s place in the geological history of the planet, unravelling and explaining the present-day landscape and how it came to be the way it is. Containing a wealth of clearly presented information and enhanced throughout with specially commissioned illustrations, diagrams and photographs, this is an essential and engaging book for anyone interested in the world around them.

Flora CeltiCa

Plants and People in Scotland William Milliken and Sam Bridgewater

9781780271699 1 August 2013 250 x 246 pbk 328pp Natural History/ Reference £20.00 Rights: World

Flora Celtica: Plants and People in Scotland documents the evolving relationship between the Scots and their environment from the Stone Age to the present day. Based on a mixture of detailed research and information provided by the public, it explores the remarkable range of ways that native plants have been, and continue to be, used in in Scotland. The information is presented in a clear and accessible format and is laced with quotations, illustrations, case studied and practical tips.

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History and Biography

Harpoon at a Venture Gavin Maxwell A shark fishery based on the tiny Hebridean island of Soay was the beginning of Gavin Maxwell’s enduring love affair with the west coast of Scotland. This, his first book, tells the whole story – the challenge and drama of the shark hunt, the development of catching techniques and equipment, the men who worked with him and some of the frustrations of starting a new enterprise in post-war Scotland. Every chapter is packed with action and anecdote. In each there are also beautifully observed descriptions of sky, sea and the individual islands of the Hebrides as well as their wildlife – from gannets, puffins, Manx shearwaters and fulmars to seals, dolphins and whales.

9781780271804 1 August 2013 B pbk 288pp Biography/ Memoir £9.99 Rights: World

Argyll

Land of Blood and Beauty Mary McGrigor foreword by The Duke of Argyll Argyll’s great names, deeds and institutions resonate through the annals of Scottish history, from Dunadd (the ancient capital of the kingdom of Dal Riata) and St Columba (who brought Christianity to the Picts) to the Lordship of the Isles (at its height one of the most powerful political entities in the British Isles), the clan rivalries (which reached their climax in the seventeenth century) and the terrible Clearances of the nineteenth century (when tens of thousands were forced to leave their homeland). This book is a comprehensive study of Argyll and the Inner Hebrides. Mary McGrigor, who has lived in Argyll for many years, brings the past alive in this fascinating account which not only introduces the history, but also examines the physical remains which are Argyll’s direct links with its past, from pre-Christian and Medieval sculpture to churches, great castles and houses. She also explores the industry of the area, from farming and forestry to fishing and whisky distilling, and writes about the main towns.

9781780270715 4 July 2013 248 x 188mm Pbk 112pp Colour plates throughout Local History £9.99 Rights: World

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Art, architecture and design

9781780271347 4 July 2013 C pbk 456pp Biography/Architecture £14.99 Rights: World

Rosemary Hannah is gained exceptional first-hand knowledge of Mount Stuart when she lived on the island of Bute. In 2000 she was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Durham for a thesis on the third marquess. She has published in academic journals, including Architectural History, on the interface of art, architecture and patron in the Victorian period. She is currently Church History Co-ordinator for the Theological Institute of the Scottish Episcopal Church.

THE GRAND DESIGNER Third Marquess of Bute Rosemary Hannah

When the third Marquess of Bute (1847–1900) met the renowned Gothic designer William Burges it marked the start of a lifetime’s collaboration with architects and artists, producing work ranging from the High Victorian Gothic exuberance of Cardiff Castle and Castell Coch to the ostentation of Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute and the sumptuous restoration of the Renaissance Falkland Palace. This fascinating biography tells the story of a rich eccentric, whose learning, insight and kindness produced extraordinary results in architecture and life, a man who combined being amongst the richest men of the age with artistic patronage of an almost incomprehensible scale. ‘a detailed and fascinating account’ – The Times

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Art, architecture and design

9781780271330 6 September 2013 234 x 190mm pbk 128pp Art/History £9.99 Rights: World

The GreaT TapesTry of scoTland

Alistair Moffat and Susan Mansfield Foreword by Alexander McCall Smith The brainchild of bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith, historian Alistair Moffat and artist Andrew Crummy, The Great Tapestry of Scotland is an outstanding celebration of thousands of years of Scottish history and achievement, from the end of the last Ice Age to Dolly the Sheep. Like the Bayeux tapestry, the Great Tapestry of Scotland has been created on embroidered cloth, and is annotated in English, Gaelic, Scots and Latin.

This book tells the story of this unique undertaking – one of the biggest community arts projects ever to take place in Scotland – and reproduces in full colour a selection of the panels from the completed tapestry, together with descriptive and explanatory material. It is published to coincide with the completion of the tapestry in August 2013. See www.scotlandstapestry. com for further details.

Alistair Moffat is a former Director of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Director of Programmes at Scottish Television. He now runs the Borders and Lennoxlove book festivals and is currently Rector of St Andrews University. He has written numerous books, including Tuscany, The Faded Map, The Sea Kingdoms, The Borders and The Scots: A Genetic Journey, all of which are published by Birlinn.

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Food and Drink

The Stornoway Black Pudding Bible 9781841589084 156 x 112mm pbk £4.99

THE ITALIAN SAUSAGE BIBLE 9781780270500 A Pbk £5.99

9781780271057 8 January 2013 A pbk 112pp Food & Drink £4.99 Rights: World

Jo Macsween is a haggis aficionado, food lover and blogger. She grew up doing her homework in the offices of her family’s butcher’s shop, inhaling the wonderful aroma of freshly steamed haggis. Eventually joining the business in 1992, she is the driving force behind the evolution of Macsween of Edinburgh into a national brand synonymous with haggis-making excellence. Jo continues to be a passionate and enthusiastic ambassador for haggis, introducing a new generation to the virtues of this much maligned dish.

THE MACSWEEN HAGGIS BIBLE Jo Macsween | Illustrations by Bob Dewar

Scotland’s national dish is a source of endless jokes and stories and yet provokes huge curiosity. Unloved by some and passionately consumed by others, haggis has a bit of a bad-boy image to contend with. It can lay claim to an ancient lineage, a ritualistic annual celebration and an eight-verse tribute penned by none other than our national poet, Robert Burns. Its place in Scottish culture is assured for ever. But how did we reach this contradictory place of aversion and passion? 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 mouthwatering recipes, Jo rewrites the rules and demonstrates that haggis

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SCOTTISH COOKERY Catherine Brown

Attitudes to food and cooking have undergone a radical transformation in recent years, and the concept of using local produce has revolutionised the culinary world. Nowhere has this been taken up more enthusiastically than in Scotland, which boasts a vast and varied assortment of home-grown produce, including cheese, fish, game and vegetables. Catherine Brown’s acclaimed Scottish Cookery was one of the first books to highlight the richness and diversity of Scotland’s local larder, explaining how to get the best out of such ingredients in hundreds of mouth-watering and imaginative recipes. This new edition features all the original recipes which sealed the book’s reputation as the leading Scottish cookery book, as well as many new dishes, fascinating culinary anecdotes and practical information on sourcing Scottish produce.

9781780271088 4 April 2013 B Pbk 496pp Food & Drink £12.99 Rights: World

The Puffer Cookbook Mandy Hamilton and David Hawson

In 1975 the last surviving Clyde Puffer was found derelict in Whitby Harbour. It was lovingly restored and now plies up and down the

West Coast of Scotland throughout the summer every year, carrying thousands of passengers on an idyllic cruise through some of the finest scenery on earth. Part of the experience which has drawn Puffer enthusiasts back again and again are the delicious meals prepared for them in the tiny galley, which has no electricity but limitless supplies of boiling water as befits a steam vessel! Mandy Hamilton and David Hawson have had the inspired idea of combining the wonderfully varied recipes that have been cooked on board over the years with stunning photography of unforgettable land and seascapes, and with David’s exuberant paintings of food, fish, flowers, fauna and the wonderful Puffer itself. The result is a unique cookbook that captures the magic of the Clyde and the Hebrides. Lovers of Scotland, anyone who enjoys cooking and the Puffer’s innumerable fans will treasure it as the perfect souvenir of happy summer days.

9781780271040 2 May 2013 240 x 195mm hbk 160pp Food & Drink £14.99 Rights: World

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Mairi Hedderwick Hebridean Stationery

HEBRIDEAN CALENDAR 2014 Mairi Hedderwick

9781780271231 19 June 2013 300x300mm 24pp Stationery £9.99 Rights: World

This beautiful calendar features distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s best-loved authors and artists, it is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides throughout the seasons. Mairi Hedderwick’s drawings, produced over a period of forty years, expertly capture the unique character of each island and the diversity of land and seascapes, from wind-swept machair and dramatic cliffs to rolling hills and secluded woods.

HEBRIDEAN DESK DIARY 2014 Mairi Hedderwick

9781780271248 19 June 2013 230x170mm hbk 128pp Stationery £12.99 Rights: World

This hardback desk diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s bestloved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides.

The paintings have been collected over the past forty years and show the changing faces of the landscapes. Mairi’s sketches range across many of the isles from Arran to Tiree, expertly capturing the essence of these beautiful and diverse islands.

Following the huge success of the previous diaries, this new 2014 version is set to enjoy continued success.

HEBRIDEAN POCKET DIARY 2014 Mairi Hedderwick

9781780271255 19 June 2013 156x110mm hbk 128pp Stationery £7.99 Rights: World

This hardback pocket diary is illustrated throughout with Mairi Hedderwick’s beautiful sketches of the Hebrides through the seasons. Featuring distinctive full-colour paintings by one of Scotland’s bestloved authors and artists, this exquisite diary is a wonderful celebration of the extraordinary natural beauty of the Hebrides.

Following the huge success of the previous diaries, this new 2014 version is set to enjoy continued success.

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Children’s

The Tobermory CaT

Written and Illustrated by Debi Gliori

In the village of Tobermory, on the Scottish island of Mull, lives a very special ginger cat. But once upon a time he didn’t think he was special at all – not like the woolly cats of Loch Ba, the singing cats of Staffa or the fishing cats of Fishnish.

But now everyone knows about him. He’s the cat who has become a legend in his own lifetime by simply being himself. He’s the cat who dances on top of the fish van; the cat who speaks to otters; the cat who drives the big yellow digger; the cat who rides on top of cars. He’s the Tobermory Cat. ‘will delight all those who love the Isle of Mull and cats’ – The Times

9781780271316 4 July 2013 224 x 259 pbk 32pp Childrens’ Fiction £5.99 Rights: World

WORLD WAR I

Scottish Tales of Adventure Allan Burnett World War I: Scottish Tales of Adventure is a gripping collection of eight true-life stories from the battlefields of the First World War (1914– 18). It recounts the terrible struggle for survival in muddy trenches where young soldiers dodged bullets, poison gas and high- explosive shells while waiting for the order to go over the top and face the enemy. It brings to life the thrills and spills of the Royal Flying Corp, where airmen flew daring reconnaissance missions under heavy fire. It tells of brave doctors and nurses who treated the wounded in makeshift wards in tents amid the bombs and gunfire. These stories of excitement, heartache, heroism and victory, all based on personal diaries, letters and memoirs, bring to life a variety of Scottish war stories from the Western Front, Gallipoli and Africa in a way that will leave young readers informed, moved and inspired.

9781841589329 1 August 2013 B Pbk 112pp Children’s, Military History £4.99 Rights: World

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William Wallace

The Faded Map

The Silent Weaver

WHEN I HEARD THE BELL

DriftwooD anD tangle

THE BORDERS

Andrew Fisher 9781841585932 History 272pp 7 March 2013 £8.99 B pbk

The Loss of the Iolaire John MacLeod 9781841588582 History 304pp 18 April 2013 £9.99 200 x 148mm Pbk

Alistair Moffat 9781841589589 History 288pp 18 April 2013 £9.99 B pbk

Roger Hutchinson 9781841589718 Biography 192pp 18 April 2013 £8.99 B pbk

Margaret Leigh 9781841588988 Local History/Memoir 224pp 18 April 2013 £8.99 B Pbk

A History of the Borders from Earliest Times Alistair Moffat 9781841584669 History 608pp 18 April 2013 £12.99 B Pbk

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Children of the dead end Patrick MacGill Introduction by Brian D. Osborne 9781841580005 Scottish/Irish History 336pp 7 March 2013 £8.99 B pbk

Nightmare at Scapa Flow The Truth about the Sinking of HMS Royal Oak H.J. Weaver 9781843410423 Military History 272pp 18 April 2013 £7.99 B pbk

Tracing Your ScoTTiSh anceSTorS

Orkney

The National Archives of Scotland 978180270227 Scottish History 208pp 2nd April 2012 £12.99 B pbk

A Historical Guide Caroline Wickham-Jones 9781780270012 Local History 240pp 4 April 2013 £9.99 B pbk

John Knox

Tea aT Miss CransTon’s

Rosalind K. Marshall 9781841587219 History 256pp 18 April 2013 £9.99 B pbk

Anna Blair 9781780271125 Memoir 220pp 18 April 2012 £7.99 pbk

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THE FOLK TALES OF SCOTLAND The Well at the World’s End and Other Stories Retold by Norah & William Montgomerie 9781841586946 Folk tales 272pp 4 April 2013 £12.99 B hbk

Land of Mountain and fLood The Geology and Landforms of Scotland Alan McKirdy, John Gordon and Roger Crofts 9781841586267 History 272pp 2 May 2013 £20.00 230 x 228mm pbk

Hebridean SHarker Tex Geddes 9781780270340 Local History 184pp 2 May 2013 £9.99 B Pbk

On the CrOfter’s trail In Search of the Clearance Highlanders David Craig 9781841588018 Local History 384pp 6 June 2013 £9.99 B pbk

The TarTan PimPernel Donald Caskie 9781843410355 History 272pp 2 May 2013 £7.99 B pbk

Seal Morning Rowena Farre 9781841586908 Biography 168pp 2 May 2013 £7.99 B pbk

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ST VALERY The Impossible Odds

Shallow GraveS in Siberia

Edited by Bill Innes 9781843410393 Local History 280pp £9.99 B pbk

Michael Krupa Introduction by Neal Ascherson 9781843410126 Military and Adventure 208pp 18 April 2013 £7.99 B pbk

CALUM’S ROAD

a Gift of Time

Roger Hutchinson 9781841586779 Biography 208pp 18 June 2013 £7.99 B pbk

Flora Maxwell Stuart 9781780271798 Biography 272pp 6 June 2013 £10.99 216 x 138mm pbk

Night Falls oN ardNamurchaN The Twilight of a Crofting Family Alasdair Maclean 9781841581590 History/Crofting 224pp 18 April 2013 £8.99 B pbk

The forth bridge

Sheila Mackay 9781841589350 Local History 112pp 4 July 2013 £10.99 234 x 156mm pbkpbk

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The Caledonian Canal A.D. Cameron 9781841584034 Scottish Industry 240pp 16 May 2013 £9.99 216 x 138mm pbk

Scapa Britain’s Famous Wartime Naval Base James Miller 9781843410058 Military and Adventure 192pp 4 July 2013 £10.99 260 x 189 mm pbk

THE STORY OF MY BOYHOOD AND YOUTH

Midges

Alasdair Roberts Illustrated by Bob Dewar 9781841583860 Humour 96pp 13 June 2013 £4.99 A pbk

John Muir Introduction by David M. Anderson 9781780271279 Biography 168pp 13 June 2013 £7.99 B pbk

Hand, Heart and Soul The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland

The Highland Bagpipe and Its Music Roderick D. Cannon 9781841586663 Scottish/Music 216pp 1 August 2013 £10.99 C pbk

Elizabeth Cumming 9781841586106 Art & Design 256pp 1 August 2013 £20.00 250 x 246 pbk

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BOSWELL’S

EDINBURGH JOURNALS, 1767-1786 Hugh M. Milne

9781906566616 2 May 2013 Royal pbk 622pp Scottish History/Biography £20.00 Rights: World

James Boswell’s relish for life, unflinching honesty and wide social contacts make him one of the raciest and most entertaining of all diarists. This is a one-volume edition of the journals he kept while making his living as an advocate in eighteenth-century Edinburgh. Hugh Milne’s introduction and notes remove the barriers that time has placed between us and Boswell. The result is a book in which an extraordinary personality lives before us upon the page. Boswell embodied in himself all the extremes and contradictions of his time and place. This was the Edinburgh of the Enlightenment, and among his friends he counted thinkers like David Hume and Adam Smith, and entertained eminent visitors like Dr Johnson. Boswell was alive to every new social or political idea and was interested in all the drama of human life, whether high or low. All Boswell’s public and private doings, and his inner debates about religion and the meaning of life, go unedited into his journal. His vivid description of a whole gallery

AN INTRODUCTION TO SCOTTISH ETHNOLOGY

also available as an eBook

A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology Volume 1 Edited by Alexander Fenton and Margaret A. Mackay

9781906566067 4 July 2013 Royal hbk 528pp Scottish Ethnology £60.00 Rights: World 9781906566708 4 July 2013 pbk 528pp Scottish Ethnology £25.00 Rights: World

John Donald

The publication of An Introduction to Scottish Ethnology sees the completion of the fourteen-volume Scottish Life and Society series, originally conceived by the eminent ethnologist Professor Alexander Fenton. The series explores the many elements in Scottish history, language and culture which have shaped the identity of Scotland and Scots at local, regional and national level, placing these in an international context. Each of the thirteen volumes already published focuses on a particular theme or institution within Scottish society. This introduction provides an overview of the discipline of ethnology as it has developed in Scotland and more widely, the sources and methods for its study, and practical guidance on the means by which it can be examined within its constituent genres, based on the experience of those currently working with ethnological materials. Theory and practice are presented in an accessible fashion, making it an ideal companion for the student, the scholar and the interested amateur alike.

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THE NORTHERN EARLDOMS

Orkney and Caithness from AD 870 to 1470 Barbara Crawford

This is a story of the time when the Northern Isles of Scotland were part of a different national entity which explains the background to the nonGaelic culture of this locality, when links across the North Sea were as important as links with the kingdom of Scotland to the south. 9781904607915 4 July 2013 Hardback, Royal octavo 448pp Scottish History £25.00 Rights: World

PIPING TRADITIONS OF THE OUTER ISLES of the West Coast of Scotland Bridget Mackenzie

This is the fifth and last book in the piping traditions series and covers the Outer Isles from Mingulay to Lewis. Written for all piping enthusiasts, this is not an academic study but instead aims to pass on the piping lore that used to be handed down with the music to piping pupils, but is no longer.

9781906566715 1 August 2013 Paperback Royal octavo 336pp Scottish History £25.00 Rights: World

VOICES OF SCOTTISH JOURNALISTS Recollections by 22 Veteran Scottish Journalists of their Life and Work Ian MacDougall

Newspaper journalism is a romantic profession. The men and women who wrote for newspapers in the twentieth century started work

in a ‘Hold the front page!’ atmosphere: hot metal, clicking typewriters and inky fingers. In this fascinating collection, the latest in the Scottish Working People’s History Trust series, Ian MacDougall has captured the memories of 22 veteran journalists from a wide range of newspapers all over Scotland, some local, some national.

9781906566630 1 August 2013 C pbk 736pp Scottish History/Oral History £25.00 Rights: World

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John Donald – Reprints New Perspectives on the Irish in Scotland Edited by Martin J. Mitchell

9781904607830 Scottish History 288pp 7 March 2013 £20.00 Royal paperback

Irish immigration to Scotland has had a significant impact on the social, economic, political, religious and cultural life of Scotland. Irish immigrants and their descendants were vital to the success of the Scottish economy during the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century, and they played an important role in the creation of the trade union and labour movements. . Some of Scotland’s major institutions, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Orange Order and Glasgow Celtic Football Club, would either not exist or be insignificant if there had been little or no Irish immigration. This edited collection bringstogether the leading scholars of the subject. New perspectives are offered on themes such as communal relations and sectarianism, the relationship between the Catholic Irish and their clergy, Catholic devotional life, the Famine, Irish immigrant political activities, the impact which the Protestant Irish had on the Scottish Episcopal Church, Orangeism, Catholic Irish involvement in the First World War and the experience of the Catholic community in Scotland since 1945. This book provides a major reassessment of the Irish immigrant experience, and offers fresh insights into the development of modern Scotland.of characters and situations makes its pages compulsively readable.

Scottish Place-names W. F. H. Nicolaisen

9781906566364 Scottish History 320pp 7 March 2013 £20.00 Royal pbk

John Donald

This book, the result of twenty years’ meticulous research, remains the only comprehensive and systematic study of Scottish place-names. From names which date from the dawn of time - such as the river names Tay and Avon - to more modern place-names, such as Fort William and Helensburgh, W.F.H. Nicolaisen brings to life the rich tapestry of history which has shaped Scotland over thousands of years. When first published in 1976, Scottish Place-names was welcomed by reviewers for its innovative thinking and for setting new standards in place-name studies in Scotland. Three further printings within a few years responded to an obvious demand for the kind of overview and methodological guide it provided. The revised edition, first published in 2001, responded to the huge surge of interest in, and study of, Scottish place-names and included an updated preface and additional bibliography.

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