The incredible story of Belle Stewart, one of Scotland’s most famous travellers and folk singers, written by her daughter. Includes a selection of the Stewarts’ songs and stories.   

This compelling biography untangles the truth from the mythology surrounding this determined and extraordinary man.

A biography of an extraordinary man, this book also paints a remarkable portrait of the life and times of a beautiful part of Scotland from the late Victorian era to the middle of the twentieth century.

'Deeply moving. His determination and single-mindedness was and still is a true inspiration to me,' - Sir Chris Hoy

This is the amazing story of a man who took on the cycling world and rewrote the record books, whose achievements inspired a major feature film starring Johnny Lee Miller but whose hardest-won battles would be against himself.

A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.

The name and writings of Hugh Miller, born in Cromarty in 1802, have always been and still are well known. Apart from an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography, his wife, Lydia, born in Invemess in 1812, has remained undeservedly in obscurity. Now, in this book, she is at last brought on stage.

Rowena Farre’s simply powerful and touching autobiography is a moving insight into the private affectation of the raw Scottish Highlands on an unassuming girl. Seal Morning is a fascinating read of discovery and identity.

In this new edition, one of Scotland’s best known storytellers vividly recreates the world of the nomad which has now long since disappeared. Wiliamson provides a refreshing simplicity that contrasts to our modern, technologically-led and increasingly complex lives.

Born in Aberdeenshire in 1838, Thomas Blake Glover was a widely-travelled merchant and a key figure in the industrialisation of Japan.

This is the first book-length analysis of the Jacobite mind and it challenges the prevailing stereotypes about the kind of man who became a Jacobite.

Clap Hands for the Singing Molecatcher is both hilarious and deeply moving in its splendid account of the writer’s childhood on a remote country estate in Morayshire in the 1940s and 1950s; laughter, tragedy and dramatic incident thread their way through the life of a growing boy and the lives of the people he observes. 

The murder of David Beaton lies like a great shadow over the Scottish Reformation and this is the first modern account of this great prince of the church.

This is the first comprehensive and up-to-date biography of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742­–1811) and his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Melville (1771­–1851).

Betsy Whyte’s story is a unique description of a largely vanished way of life and the story of a people who have suffered much hardship and intolerance.

This selection of 180 [new] letters - destined to become another classic in the tradition of the Memorials - provides much fresh information about his career as advocate, judge, Whig activist, genial family man and pioneer in building conservation.

The Voice of the Bard presents biographical portraits of fourteen poets and singers.

This double volume covers Naomi Mitchison's Edwardian childhood in Oxford and Scotland, as well as the development of her very personal thoughts and ideas during her teenage years as she grew to womanhood.

The first biography for eighteen years of one of Scotland’s greatest domestic and international players and now a popular TV and radio pundit.

An extraordinary tale of surprising endeavours involving one man’s struggle to resuscitate two whisky distilleries from the brink of no return - Bruichladdich and Port Charlotte distilleries - on the small Hebridean island of Islay.

Iain Thomson mixes his own personal story with Scotland’s historical past in a melting-pot of ideas, snapshots and autobiographical accounts, which conjure up the vital past and continuing force of the elusive Highland spirit.

George Mackay Brown wrote this beautiful and touching book in the years before his death in 1996. He did not want it published while he lived. An astonishing posthumous autobiography.

Betsy Whyte was a gifted, natural storyteller and this remarkable memoir brings to life her joys and sorrows - the bitter and sweet ’red rowans’ and ’wild honey’ - in a way that no work of the imagination can.

The striking autobiography of the prolific author Doris Davidson.

Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening News nearly a hundred years ago. This definitive edition contains all three collections published in Neil Munro’s lifetime, as well as a new story never previously published which was discovered in 2001.

The Hunt for Rob Roy investigates new and controversial sources that shake modern conceptions of a well-marked man.

The Soap Man brings to light a little known civil war between crofter and laird, lower and upper class, on the isle of Lewis.

The Great Infidel gives a rounded picture of the man, the century in which he lived, his thought, and, above all, his humanity.

    

This is the tale of John MacLean - a rebel, a streetfighter, an international traveller, a seafarer - born from a sleepy Hebridean society. An extraordinary tale.

First published in 1928, the personal account of John Wilson’s experiences is both compassionate and humorous, providing a valuable insight into the social and educational conditions of the Gaelic Highlands and Islands.

Throughout his lifetime, Angus MacLellan was regarded as one of Scotland’s finest traditional Gaelic storytellers - this definitive autobiography demonstrates his rich skill of the oral tradition.

Iain Thomson’s classic book vividly captures the splendour of one of Scotland’s most awesome landscapes that shaped his family’s life.

One of the world’s first global entrepeneurs, Sir Thomas Lipton’s life is one of fascination.

This is the first biography to be written of a man who can truly be said to have changed the face of British political life.

Two epic stories of nineteenth century Scots' emigres.

Deeside is intimately connected with the Royal family, and this fascinating account of one of Scotland’s most beautiful and evocative areas is the story of Royal Deeside and how it acquired its name.

Frederick G. Rea was an English teacher who became headmaster of Garrynamonie School in South Uist in the 1890s. His love and respect for the islands is wonderfully conveyed in this vivid testament.

This omnibus edition of Christina Hall’s memoirs brings together her two books, To the Edge of the Sea and Twice around the Bay.

A powerful and entertaining book that offers a deep insight into traditional traveller culture.

Ian Donnachie’s engaging yet judicious study is the first biography of Robert Owen for fifty years.

A moving, honest and yet humourous coming-of-age biography of a young boy from the Hebrides.

This family saga emerged through the chance survival of an archive of documents covering a dozen generations of a family that lived in Atholl in Highland Perthshire.

This autobiography is testament to a remarkable woman as well as a powerful pleas in defence of a Gaelic culture and world under threat.

The Endless Tide is a sweeping, imaginative, provocative work which functions on a micro- and macro-level, examining the continual cycle of humanity, and Scotland’s part in the process.

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An astonishing biography of a little-known Australian explorer.

In providing an all-round portrait of the man and his achievements, Michael Smith’s book places James Wordie in his rightful place amongst the greatest of British explorers.

What happened to Shirley could happen to anyone. Might you be the next person to pay the terrible price of innocence? A true story of persistence and endurance brought to the forefront of the Scottish political consciousness by a mere fingerprint.

Featuring new sections on the Wallace of literature and present-day perceptions, this book provides a more authentic picture of the greatest of Scotland’s heroes than has been previously available, placing the crude distortions and inaccuracies such as Braveheart in their proper context.

The Tartan Pimpernel is the remarkable autobiography of Donald Caskie, minister of the Scots Kirk in Paris at the time of the German invasion in 1940. A true story of heroism and sacrifice in occupied France during the Second World War. 
    

James Graham, Fifth Earl of Montrose, is considered to be one of the most controversial and romantic figures in Scottish history. This biography aims to show that he was constant in his beliefs and heroic in his principled moderation in spite of the historic evidence of his cruelty.

This major biography traces Sharp’s development from Presbyterian minister to archbishop, examining how he manoeuvred his way through the Civil Wars, the Protectorate and the Restoration.

A team of leading historians and critics from both Scotland and England investigate what is known of medieval warrior William Wallace's career from contemporary sources, most of which, unusually for a national hero, were created by his enemies.