Showing all 12 results

• 101 Champagnes and other Sparkling Wines

  E-Book | Pub: 18 Oct 2018

  £9.99

  The definitive guide to champagne and other sparkling wines. Champagne is delicious; we love its flavour, we love its fizz. Champagne’s association with success, partying and fun are as ingrained in the wine as the bubbles themselves. As the...

• 

  101 Rums to Try Before You Die

  Hardback | Pub: 07 Jun 2018

  £12.99

  Rum, once the poor relation of the spirit world, has undergone a revival and is no longer seen just as the preferred tipple for tipsy pirates. The craft drinks movement has certainly stimulated the rum world, with high numbers of new artisan rum...

• Clans and Tartans of Scotland

  Paperback | Pub: 02 Jun 2022

  £6.99

  Throughout the world there exists an enduring fascination with our ancestry – who we are and where we come from. Nowhere is this more evident than with the generations of Scots who over the centuries have left their native Scotland to create a new...

• 

  A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable

  Hardback | Pub: 21 Oct 2021

  £35.00

  INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF NEW AND EXPANDED ENTRIES From ‘Aald Rock’ to ‘Zeenty-teenty’, A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable is an unputdownable gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends,...

• 

  The Essential Gaelic-English / English-Gaelic Dictionary

  Paperback | Pub: 15 Jul 2021

  £20.00

  Angus Watson’s Essential Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic dictionaries are well-established as one of the leading dictionaries of the Gaelic language. This combined dictionary is ideal for learners of Gaelic at all levels, and its generous...

• The Placenames of Scotland

  Paperback | Pub: 04 Aug 2022

  £12.99

  Placenames are a constant source of debate. Who was Edwin, whose name is said to live on in that of Scotland’s capital city? Are the ‘drum’ and ‘chapel’ still to be found in Drumchapel? And which ‘king’ had...

• Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks

  Paperback | Pub: 02 Feb 2023

  £14.99

  Scottish Gaelic in Twelve Weeks has been written both as a self-tuition course for beginners and also for use within the classroom. You may want to learn Gaelic because of a general interest in Celtic or Scottish history and culture, or because it...

• 

  Scottish Placenames

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Apr 2025

  £6.99

  Names are very important and can unlock vast amounts of information about places and their origins. The placename of Scotland are a goldmine of information about times past and the lives of early inhabitants. The different languages of their origin...

• 

  Scottish Plant Names: An A–Z

  Paperback | Pub: 02 Apr 2026

  £12.99

  Names are incredibly powerful things and are a crucial part of the way we see and classify the world around us. Plant names are especially fascinating in this respect. Some are simply descriptive or speak of ancient uses and remedies, whilst others...

• 

  Scottish Quotations

  Paperback | Pub: 02 May 2024

  £6.99

  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....

• The Surnames of Scotland

  Hardback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022

  £40.00

  First published by the New York Public Library in 1946, Black’s The Surnames of Scotland has long established itself as one of the great classics of genealogy. Arranged alphabetically, each entry contains a concise history of the family in...

• Whiskypedia

  Paperback | Pub: 11 Jul 2024

  £15.99

  The ultimate guide to Scotch whisky. Why does Scotch whisky taste as it does? Where do the flavours come from? How might they have changed over the years? The flavour of Scotch whisky is as much influenced by history, craft and tradition as it is by...