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• Mull and the Clearances

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Oct 2024

  £7.99

  The Clearances are well known as one of the darkest periods of Highland history. Over a hundred-year period somewhere in the region of 150,000 people evicted from the land they had worked for generations; many were forced to start new lives...

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  The New History of Orkney

  Paperback | Pub: 23 May 2019

  £25.00

  For much of its history, Orkney had its own language, culture and institutions. The prehistoric inhabitants created monuments which are unmatched anywhere in Europe, and the medieval period saw the magnificent earldom that expressed itself through...

• The New Town of Edinburgh

  E-Book | Pub: 10 Oct 2019

  £30.00

  This collection of innovative essays celebrates the New Town of Edinburgh over the 250 years since its original creation. The contributing authors discuss the intellectual, economic and political contexts which provided the impetus for the city of...

• Night Falls on Ardnamurchan

  Paperback | Pub: 07 Apr 2022

  £9.99

  Since its first publication in 1984, Night Falls in Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a Highland community. The author weaves his own humorous and perceptive account of crofting with extracts from his father’s...

• Nightmare at Scapa Flow

  Paperback | Pub: 26 Sep 2019

  £7.99

  “The place where the German U-boat sank the British battleship Royal Oak was none other than the middle of Scapa Flow, Britain’s greatest naval base! It sounds incredible…” – William L Shirer, journalist, 18 October...

• North Uist

  Paperback | Pub: 27 Sep 2018

  £20.00

  A stranger, upon landing at Lochmaddy – the principal harbour of North Uist – is apt to receive an unfavourable impression from the vast expanse of bogs occupying its east side, which is also absolutely treeless and relieved only by a few hills...

• North Uist in History and Legend

  E-Book | Pub: 25 Mar 2022

  £20.00

  Like all the Hebrides, North Uist has a fascinating history and a landscape scattered with historic sites, from Neolithic burial chambers, Iron Age forts and medieval churches to battle-sites and townships forged in the days of kelp trade and...

• Northumbria AD 367-867

  Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027

  £14.99

  From the author of the bestselling The King in the North. The story of the lands between the Forth and Humber from the end of the Roman period to the Viking kingdom of York is one of the most richly fascinating in British history. This the age of...

• Northumbria AD 367-867

  Hardback | Pub: 09 Oct 2025

  £25.00

  From the author of the bestselling The King in the North. The story of the lands between the Forth and Humber from the end of the Roman period to the Viking kingdom of York is one of the most richly fascinating in British history. This the age of...

• Nursing Voices

  Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027

  £30.00

  This book describes the working lives of those employed in nursing in Dumfriesshire in the second half of the twentieth century. For much of the early part of this period, nursing was largely focused on patients with infectious diseases such as...

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  Old Skye Tales

  Paperback | Pub: 23 May 2019

  £8.99

  In this book William Mackenzie records a world of local legend, folklore and superstition, and charts the changes he saw in his lifetime in agriculture, education, the Church and, of course, emigration. He recounts the history of the leading...

• Onion Johnnies

  Paperback | Pub: 15 Jun 2023

  £9.99

  For almost 150 years until the late twentieth century, French Onion Johnnies (or ‘Ingan Johnnies’, as they were usually known in Scotland) were a familiar group of seasonal workers in towns and cities throughout Britain. In this book, nine Onion...

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  Orkney

  Paperback | Pub: 12 Mar 2015

  £10.99

  Orkney lies only 20 miles north of mainland Scotland, yet for many centuries its culture was more Scandanavian than Scottish. Strong westerly winds account for the scarcity of trees on Orkney and also for the tradition of well-constructed stone...

• Orkney Days

  Paperback | Pub: 21 Aug 2025

  £9.99

  This is the charming and poignant account of twenty-five years spent in Orkney. After her marriage to an islander, Christine Muir went to live on the tiny island of North Ronaldsay, where she and her husband brought up their four children and ran a...

• An Orkney Tapestry

  Paperback | Pub: 03 Jun 2021

  £12.99

  First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown’s seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the...

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  The Outer Hebrides

  Paperback | Pub: 01 Jul 2021

  £12.99

  The Outer Hebrides lie 40 miles to the west of mainland Scotland, forming a barrier to the North Atlantic. Culturally distinct from early prehistory, the islands contain a wealth of historical and archaeological monuments, including the standing...

• Place-names of Barra and Vatersay

  Paperback | Pub: 01 Apr 2027

  £20.00

  Place-names of Barra and Vatersay reveals the rich tapestry of Barra’s history, its oral tradition and geography through its captivating place-names, which show the strong connection between islanders, their land and the sea. Covering the...

• The Pocket Guide to Edinburgh’s Best Buildings

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Mar 2025

  £9.99

  As a world heritage site and one of the most visited cities in the world, Edinburgh boasts a huge range of buildings from all periods and in many different styles. In this book, architectural writer Robin Ward introduces 300 of the city’s most...

• The Pocket Guide to Glasgow’s Best Buildings

  Paperback | Pub: 04 Mar 2027

  £10.99

  Glasgow is one of the world’s most architecturally exciting cities — a Victorian city par excellence, adorned with opulent public buildings, mercantile palazzi, glittering art gal-leries and a Gothic Revival university, as well as the eccentric...

• Polly

  Paperback | Pub: 07 Mar 2024

  £8.99

  Early on a wartime winter’s morning in 1941, the 8,000-ton cargo ship SS Politician ran aground in the beautiful but treacherous seas of Scotland’s Outer Hebrides. Among its cargo were 260,000 bottles of whisky destined for the American...