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A Natural History of Sea Serpents by Adrian ShineA Natural History of Sea Serpents, re-examines the cold-case enigma of sea serpents and monsters described by impeccable witnesses over three centuries. These reports have sometimes intrigued and puzzled the most eminent scien... more...
Across the Edge by Peter ClutterbuckAuthor, photographer and explorer Peter Clutterbuck’s love of adventure developed as a child growing up within the British Army. Subsequently, Peter’s thirst for adventure, and his work as an engineer in the energy sector, have taken him to... more...
Antarctica: Deadly Allure by Roderick Rhys JonesIn 1944 Britain became the first country to build a permanent scientific base in Antarctica and the subsequent 40 years were characterised by small groups of men living in tiny remote huts, through long dark winters, with travel by dog sledge, and annu... more...
Beautiful Beasts, Beautiful Lands by Mark InfieldWhen Lake Mburo National Park in Uganda was created in 1983, thousands lost their land and livelihoods. Three years later people reclaimed the land and set out to destroy the park and its wildlife. Reduced in size and settled throughout, the park seeme... more...
Bones by Graeme MenziesArchibald Menzies (1754–1842) is recognized as an accomplished botanist but, as author Graeme Menzies has discovered, that is only a part of his story. In this compelling new biography, the author reveals that Archibald Menzies was a remarkable p... more...
BP Shipping Pictorial by Ray SollyThis is an in-depth appraisal of the 30-year post Second World War period that covered significant changes in the history of British Petroleum Shipping. These major changes were vital to the development of the company’s fleet from modest 12,000 s... more...
Dangerous Animals of Southern and Eastern Africa by Jeff Williams, Patricia GoodwinThis book provides a comprehensive, detailed, evidence-based review of the seven animals officially described as 'dangerous' by the professional association of Field Guides in South Africa. To this number the authors have added crocodiles. The ... more...
Daughters of the North by Jennifer Morag HendersonThis is the first biography of Jean Gordon, who is best known as the first wife of the notorious Earl of Bothwell. Bothwell divorced Jean in order to marry Mary, Queen of Scots, and Jean and her family were closely involved in all of the major events o... more...
Dictionary of Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships from 1905 by Thomas A. Adams, MBERoyal Fleet Auxiliaries are distinctive in the maritime world civilian-crewed Merchant Navy ships owned by the Crown working under naval orders. This Dictionary showcases both the famous and the often overlooked ships that have supported the Royal Navy... more...
Donald Watson Bird Artist and Writer by Roger CroftsDonald Watson was a seminal figure in the wildlife art and ornithological world from the late 1950s onwards. Since his death in 2005, his work has lived on through active public demand for his outstanding paintings of birds and the continued reading of... more...
From Cassackia to Kazakhstan by Erlan KarinFrom Cassackia to Kazakhstan is a collection of fascinating historical maps. The uniqueness of the collection lies in the fact that all the geographical maps presented are original and authentic historical documents from the 16th to the 20th centu... more...
Great Misconceptions by Ian ParsonsThe term rewilding has become part of the common vernacular and with it has come a lot of misunderstanding and even misuse. This has led to a great many misconceptions about what the word actually means. Great Misconceptions brings together different w... more...
Hairy-foot, long-tongue by David J. PerkinsThis introductory book explains bee biology and diversity complemented with beautiful drawings and photographs. It forms an essential companion to a field guide, an accessible and affordable alternative to a technical handbook.
Th... more...
Kabul: Final Call by Laurie BristowOn 15 August 2021, the world watched in horror as Kabul fell to the Taliban, almost exactly 20 years after western-backed Afghan forces overthrew the Taliban government in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. During those 20 years the United States, the ... more...
Kayaking the Sea Roads by Ed Ley-WilsonKayaking the Sea Roads is a personal journey by sea kayak into the heart of the sea roads that make up our Scottish Highlands and islands. Blending the intensity of the journey with a careful observation of the natural world a... more...
Landscape Change in the Scottish Highlands by James FentonThe Scottish Highlands have a strong appeal to the public imagination. Indeed, as a result of the writings of Sir Walter Scott, they are now symbolic of Scotland as a whole: a land of mountains, glens and lochs, of golden eagles and red deer; a land wi... more...
Leaving Lethinnis by Rory PutmanIn this sequel, Rory offers a further collection of pen-portraits from those early years in the place he has called Lochuisge. In the tradition of Lillian Beckwith’s The Hills is Lonely, or Sybil Armstrong’s A Croft in Clachan<... more...
Life at the Edge by Ken CrossanThis book is a wonderful selection of inspiring photographs reflecting life along 147 miles of fretted Caithness coastline in the far north of Scotland. Divided into five broad habitats: harbours; seas; beaches, dunes and links; sea cliffs and stacks; ... more...
Losing Sight of the Shore by Wendell McConnahaFor one hundred years Scottish medical explorers were at the forefront of exploration within the British Empire, as exemplified by these five individuals. This dominant role was facilitated by the convergence of four events: the unification of Scotland... more...
Never to Return by Roderick G MacleanNever to Return tells the story of the Russian convoys and the heroes who sailed in them with particular focus on HMS Achates.
Roderick G Maclean has gathered primary and secondary source material to give a detailed and illu... more...
Nothing for Something, the Violet Charlesworth Story by Mark BridgemanRecounted for the first time and in detail, this is the unbelievable true story of the Edwardian confidence trickster who fooled the world – three times.
Violet Charlesworth, the beautiful young heiress to a fortune was briefly the most... more...
Of the Trees and the Birds by Ian ParsonsTrees and birds go together, and they have done for millions of years, evolving long before we did. Over their long and shared history, they have formed numerous relationships, some of which are basic and obvious to us, like a bird using a tree to perc... more...
Scottish Monuments and Memorials by Roger SmithThis is an extraordinary book, with its origin in the author’s long-standing interest in monuments and memorials, arising from many years of wandering Scotland’s hills and glens. The Covid-19 lockdown provided an opportunity to look into th... more...
Ships’ Figureheads by Andrew PetersOver centuries past, powerful nations and empires have expressed their might and control in part through the strength of their navies and their industrial and commercial prowess through fleets of vessels whether powered by sail or later steam. The desi... more...
Shipwrecks of the Dover Straits by Stefan PanisThe Dover Straits is the resting place for many wrecks and this book reveals the stories behind a selection of these unfortunate vessels. This highly pictorial account shows the wrecks and the numerous artefacts found. The gallery of photographs for ea... more...
The Atomics by Iain Grant, James B GunnThe UK Government’s 1954 decision, made without any community consultation or public inquiry, to centre the country’s fast reactor R&D nuclear programme at Dounreay’s disused military airfield in Caithness, eight miles west of the... more...
The Dido Papers by John Johnson-AllenAfter two years at the Britannia Naval College at Dartmouth, Bryan Godfrey Faussett joined his first ship, HMS Dido in June 1879. From the day he joined her he wrote long letters home to his family and friends. The Dido went to West A... more...
The Dummy Drome by Rob MoreThe Dummy Drome is a well-researched story about an aerodrome that wasn’t really there – this was RAF Wick’s decoy airfield near Sarclet, by Thrumster in Caithness.
The featureless landscape was grazed by she... more...
The Girl Who Killed A Nation by Treive NicholasThe Girl who Killed a Nation is a fast-paced tale that is deeply reflective, readable and down to earth, and will draw in lovers of travel, history, and personal memoir. It is a true African story that will change readers’ percepti... more...
The Highland Cow and the Horse of the Woods by Roy DennisAppalled by the catastrophic decline of the capercaillie – once a common and widespread bird in Scotland – Roy Dennis has come up with solutions. The numbers of capers in Scotland’s pine forests have tumbled from 20,000 in the 1960s t... more...
The Irish Lightkeeper's Legacy by Martha Power BaxterIn June of 1837, as a teenaged Queen Victoria assumed the throne, an Irish Catholic peasant laboured from dawn to dusk farming land owned by the Marquess of Ely, a powerful peer of the Queen’s realm. Alexander, Alec, Power, a lowly estate worker,... more...
The Lost Chart by Neil M. GunnUnlike most of Gunn’s novels, The Lost Chart is set in a city – the city of Glasgow and its sea approaches. The untypical choice of background for the story is not the only departure from Gunn’s usual approach to his novels. The book ... more...
The Men who Invented Britain by John HannavyThis liberally illustrated book provides a highly informative account of many of the key players in this most fascinating era in Britain’s industrial development.
It is a wonderful treasure trove of photographs, drawings, patents, and e... more...
The Other Landscape by Neil M. GunnNeil M Gunn, one of Scotland’s most distinguished 20th century authors, wrote over a period of 30 years, starting in 1926 and ending in 1956 with his so-called spiritual autobiography The Atom of Delight. Two years before this he wrote his last n... more...
The Story of a Honeymoon in 1814 by Michael J RichardsThis book presents a social history based on archival material from three generations of the Caldcleugh, Lewis and Ancrum families and their friends’ journals, diaries, paintings and letters, from 1749 to 1898. The story unfolds with a honeymoon ... more...
Walking Edinburgh's Lost Railways by Robin Howie, John McGregorWithin the City of Edinburgh, there are many miles of “dismantled railway” that have been transformed into smooth, gently-graded, tarmac routes, ideal for pedestrians of all ages (especially young families), for cyclists and for joggers. Th... more...
Wild Galloway by Ian CarterIan Carter has always loved wildness and living in places where wildlife takes centre stage. His new home is tucked away between the high, heather-clad hills of Bengairn and the shining, silver Solway with its merse, mudflats and spectacular c... more...
Wild Places, Wild Encounters by Glen CousquerThis is a book about reconnecting to nature wherever we find ourselves living and the personal benefits that can ensue. It explores how we can appreciate the natural world on our doorstep in line with the latest research from a range of disciplines, in... more...