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Hardback | Pub: 05 Nov 2026£14.99
Jim Wallace – Lord Wallace of Tankerness – was for decades an influential Liberal politician who achieved the rare distinction in politics of being disliked by almost nobody. A long-standing Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland, he…
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Hardback | Pub: 05 Nov 2026£30.00Your ultimate guide to the world’s most popular type of whisky. Blended Scotch is the foundation of the whisky industry, and it is by far the world’s most popular type of whisky. Yet relatively little has been written about it – until…
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Hardback | Pub: 19 Nov 2026£100.00In 1901 Andrew Carnegie founded an educational trust in Scotland to make its universities more available to the country’s ‘deserving and qualified youth’, to improve their status, and to extend research. The result was the Carnegie Trust for…
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Paperback | Pub: 07 Jan 2027£9.99
A mother’s love, a mother’s wrath . . . A night at the theatre for Dr Jack Cuthbert proves to be the beginning of a baffling backstage murder investigation. There is no doubt who the victim is – a star of the most prestigious West End stages…
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Feb 2027£10.99Scotland’s largest city has always been one of the most vibrant, varied and fascinating places in the country. This new history of Glasgow begins with the river, for the Clyde made the city flourish. From prehistory to the Romans, to Mungo and the…
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Feb 2027£12.00Across the globe, language is being used to control and to harm; politicians wield it like a weapon. Far away, deep in a silent cave, the Creature awakens, and soon words begin to disappear from the world. Tired of being immortal Victor…
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Feb 2027£8.99Scotland has one of the richest traditions of myth and legend in the world. This colouring book features some of the best known and most colourful characters which feature in stories whose origins are lost in the mists of time. As well as the…
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Box Set | Pub: 04 Mar 2027£19.99
This beautiful jigsaw puzzle includes vignettes of the best-known birds found in Scotland in all kinds of habitats, from sea cliffs, shore and farmland to mountain, garden and fresh water. Includes: Arctic tern * Barnacle Geese * Blackbird *…
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Box Set | Pub: 04 Mar 2027£19.99This stunning collage of Glasgow features more than 60 iconic buildings and other landmarks spanning many centuries, from Glasgow Cathedral. Glasgow School of Art and Kelvingrove Museum to the Armadillo, Kingston Bridge and the Finnieston Crane. …
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Mar 2027£12.99
Bere is the native barley of Orkney. In the past it was an important multi-use crop and a Scottish staple, its use declined as more easily processed crops, such as oats, were introduced. The Agronomy Institute UHi Orkney continue to grow beds of…
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Hardback | Pub: 04 Mar 2027£17.99In this latest instalment of The Perfect Passion Company, Katie Donald, with the help of her enigmatic neighbour, William, continues her unwavering endeavour to help lonely hearts find love. Word of Katie’s expertise spreads quickly, and more…
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Paperback | Pub: 04 Mar 2027£9.99
Journalist Shona Sandison investigates sinister crimes forged in the shadows of Edinburgh’s buried past. After being caught in a deadly blast that rips through the city’s Old Town, Sandison unearths a dark trail that uncovers the…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027£7.99The Utterly Otterley family live in a cosy burrow near the river where everything is just about perfect. Until Pa Utterly Otterley wakes up one morning and decides it’s time to find a new home.
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027£14.99In April 1596, an audacious raid was led by Sir Walter Scott, the Bold Buccleuch, to free a hostage from the previously impregnable Carlisle Castle. This prisoner, unlawfully taken on a Truce Day by the English march warden Lord Scrope, was none…
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Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027£12.99
The Caledonian Pinewoods once covered huge swathes of the Scottish Highlands and are a living testament to more than 9,000 years of cultural and ecological history. Now, at a time of nature and climate emergency, their future hangs in the balance. …
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Board Book | Pub: 01 Apr 2027£6.99My First Scottish Colours is a bright and interesting colours book. Eilidh Muldoon’s distinctive illustrations introduce young readers to basic colours set amid unique Scottish landscapes, featuring green tractors, purple thistles, pink ice creams…
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Board Book | Pub: 01 Apr 2027£6.99My First Scottish Shapes is a bright and vibrant shapes book. Eilidh Muldoon’s distinctive illustrations introduce young readers to nine basic shapes through typically Scottish scenes. The book encourages young readers to spot shapes in nature, in…
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Hardback | Pub: 06 May 2027£14.99As the spiritual centre of Scotland, the crucible of the Reformation, the site of the oldest university in the country, the story of this small town on the coast of Fife is the story of the nation. Its university – the third oldest in the…
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| Pub: 06 May 2027£9.99
This notebook features a cover with artwork by artist Louise Day. The Silver Birch notebook has blank, unlined paper and contains head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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| Pub: 06 May 2027£9.99
This notebook features a cover with artwork by artist Louise Day. The Bluebell notebook is lined, and contains head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.
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Paperback | Pub: 20 May 2027£12.99The two island groups of Orkney and Shetland have much in common. In each the grey stone houses and treeless landscapes are scoured in winter by stinging gales, and in summer lie under the endless days of the ‘simmer din’. Originally Norwegian,…
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Hardback | Pub: 01 Jul 2027£12.99
This almanac, specially created for Scotland, features a cornucopia of fascinating seasonal information – from tide tables, phases of the moon and the weather to festivals, folklore, recipes, songs and stories. Being a seasonal almanac, it…
