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Lost Causes

A Dr Steven Dunbar Thriller: Book 9

Ken McClure

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Huntingtower

John Buchan

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Age of the Passions

An Interpretation of Adam Smith and Scottish Enlightenment Culture

John Dwyer

The eighteenth century is often described as the age of reason. This book argues that it should also be considered the age of the passions. Eighteenth-century writers recognised the passions as the springs of human life and actions.

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The Balliol Dynasty

1210-1364

Amanda Beam

Examines the political ambitions and influences of the Balliol dynasty in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries in Scotland, England and France. This work highlights the relationship of Balliols with the English crown.

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The Black Douglases

War and Lordship in Late Medieval Scotland, 1300-1455

Michael Brown

Michael Brown analyses the rise and fall of the Douglas family as the dominant magnates of the south of Scotland, from the deeds of the Good Sir James Douglas in the service of Bruce to the violent destruction of the Douglas earls in the 1450s.

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The British Isles, 1100–1500

Comparisons, Contrasts and Connections

Professor Sir Rees Davies

This book is a pioneering attempt to show how the historical understanding of the period 1100–1500 may be enriched by adopting a ‘British Isles’ approach. Some of the chapters approach general issues such as political structures, aristocracies, law and literacy; others focus on more particular problems both between the countries and within them.

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The Pocket Guide to Beer

Featuring the BeerTubeMap

Joe Dick

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Trains and Lovers

'writing as warm as cocoa - exceedingly good’ - The Times

Alexander McCall-Smith

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The British Confederate

Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll, c1607-1661

Allan I. MacInnes

Introducing the Scottish Cromwell, this book reappraises the life of Archibald Campbell, Marquess of Argyll and seeks to rehabilitate his reputation as a Covenanting hero rather than a Covenanting villain. A case for the defence and a joy for history buffs.

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With the Argylls

A Soldier's Memoir

Ray Ward

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Mother

A Human Love Story

Matt Hopwood

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In Your Loving is Your Knowing

Elizabeth Templeton - Prophet of Our Times

Peter Matheson

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