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• The Man Who Gave Away His Island

  Paperback | Pub: 07 Apr 2022

  £9.99

  In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it becoming a rich man’s playground (like so many other islands and Highland estates), to preserve a part of traditional Gaelic culture and show that...

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  Putting the Tea in Britain

  Hardback | Pub: 03 Jun 2021

  £14.99

  ‘Deserves to sell like hot cakes’ – Allan Massie,The Scotsman Shortlisted for the Saltire Society History Book of the Year From the Indian Mutiny to the London Blitz, offering a ‘nice cup of tea’ has been a stock British response...

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  A Quite Impossible Proposal

  E-Book | Pub: 24 Sep 2020

  £18.99

  In the 1890s, the people of north-west Scotland grew tired of Government Commissions sent to consider a railway to Ullapool.  Despite rock-solid arguments in favour of such a railway, neither government nor the big railway companies lifted a finger...

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  Salt

  Paperback | Pub: 14 Sep 2023

  £20.00

  Discover the story of Scotland, salt and the world. Salt is a vital commodity. For many centuries it sustained life for Scots as seasoning for a diet dominated by grains (mainly oats), and for preservation of fish and cheese. Sea-salt manufacturing...

• Sunset on Hibs

  Paperback | Pub: 02 Oct 2025

  £14.99

  ‘If you think you know everything there is to know about Hearts owner Wallace Mercer’s bid to buy Hibs, think again. Stunning new light is cast on one of Scottish football’s biggest-ever stories’ – Alan Pattullo David Duff...