Sandstone Press

The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland

Clifton Bain

$34.99 • Hardback • 256 pages 9.8x7.9 • January 2022 HIS054000 978-1-912240-24-1

Clifton Bain now completes his trilogy with this look at the Peatlands of Britain and Ireland. A source of fuel for many generations, they are now a haven for wildlife and plants as well as a storehouse of greenhouse gasses. Their social history is one of exploitation and the value of mending and restoring is a major theme of the book. Like its predecessors, The Peatlands of Britain and Ireland will be a sumptuous volume richly illustrated with photographs and with drawings by the wildlife artist Darren Rees.

Higher Ground

A Mountain Guide's Life Martin Moran

$17.99 • Paperback • 352 pages 5.1x7.7 • January 2022 • BIO016000 978-1-913207-69-4

For decades Martin Moran made his living as a mountain guide based in the Scottish Highlands. He also climbed and guided in the Alps, Norway, and the Himalayas, experiencing life changing adventures. Humor was never far away, but neither was excitement and interest. Martin Moran lived life in the mountains to the full and this is his story.

An Eye to the Hills

Cameron McNeish

$29.99 • Hardback 320 pages • 6.5x9.4 June 2022 BIO026000 978-1-913207-86-1

For over four decades, Cameron McNeish has chronicled Scotland's majestic landscapes and the outdoor communities who inhabit them. While much has changed, especially in terms of conservation and access, the hills themselves remain little altered, as do the reasons people visit them. In revisiting this collection of essays and diary entries, Cameron shines the light of experience on memory, and renews his vision, keen to share his insights with the many people who love Scotland’s outdoors.

978-1-914518-04-1

Josephine Tey

A Life Jennifer Henderson Val McDermid

$19.99 • Paperback 504 pages • 5.1x7.7 January 2022 BIO007000

Josephine Tey was the pen-name of Elizabeth MacKintosh (1896-1952). Born in Inverness, MacKintosh lived several lives: Best known as Golden Age Crime Fiction writer Tey, she was also successful novelist and playwright Gordon Daviot. During her exceptional career, she had plays on simultaneously in the West End in London and on Broadway, and even wrote for Hollywood, all from her home in the north of Scotland. Celebrating the 125th anniversary of MacKintosh’s birth, this updated edition of the definitive biography includes a new preface.

Marram

Memories of Sea and Spider Silk Leonie Charlton

$13.99 • Paperback 288 pages • 5.1x7.7 June 2022 BIO026000 978-1-913207-97-7

From the southern tip of Barra to the ancient stone circle of Callanish, Leonie and her friend Shuna ride off the beaten tracks on their beloved Highland ponies. In lyrical prose, she recounts their journey through the Hebridean landscape, and finally confronts her fractured relationship with her late mother.

Puffins

Life on the Atlantic Edge Kevin Morgans

$34.99 • Hardback • 208 pages 9.6x9.6 • photos • July 2022 NAT043000 • 978-1-913207-77-9

Puffins are among the most recognizable and loved seabirds. Affectionately known as sea parrots and clowns of the sea, they find their way into the hearts of all who make the adventurous journey to see them. Their colorful appearance, quirky personalities, and approachability only enhance their charm and, for ornithologists and conservationists, their return to the UK and Ireland each Spring is a highlight of the wildlife calendar. From Skomer Island, off the coast of Wales, to Shetland and Fair Isle in the far north, wildlife photographer Kevin Morgans has lived as close to the colonies as any human being is likely to do, solo camping in some of Britain’s most remote places to record their lives in the captivating images so beautifully presented in this book.

Daughters of the North

Jean Gordon and Mary, Queen of Scots Jennifer Morag Henderson

$34.99 • Hardback • 480 pages 6.5x9.4 • May 2022 • BIO006000 978-1-913207-75-5

Mary, Queen of Scots’ marriage to the Earl of Bothwell is notorious. Less known is Bothwell’s first wife, Jean Gordon, who extricated herself from their marriage and survived the intrigue of the Queen’s court. Daughters of the North reframes this turbulent period in history by focusing on Jean, who became Countess of Sutherland: the most powerful woman in the north.

Along the Amber Route

St Petersburg to Venice C. J. Schüler

$13.99 • Paperback • 320 pages 5.1x7.7 • April 2022 • HIS010000 978-1-913207-99-1

Amber has long been a desirable commodity, surrounded by legend and used to create dazzling artifacts. Fascinated, C. J. Schüler follows the historic Amber Route from St Petersburg to Venice through three millennia of history. As he explores empires and the former Iron Curtain, current politics and his own family’s experience of persecution are never far from his mind.

The Wood That Built London

A Human History of the Great North Wood C. J. Schüler Rachel Lichtenstein

$29.99 • Hardback • 368 pages 6.5x9.4 • December 2021 HIS015000 • 978-1-913207-49-6

Standing in the busy streets of South London today, it is hard to imagine that much of this suburban townscape was once a vast wood, stretching unbroken for almost seven miles from Croydon to the Thames at Deptford. This compelling narrative history charts the fortunes of the North Wood from the earliest times: its ecology, ownership, management, and its gradual encroachment by the expanding metropolis.