(Paperback, New Edition)

This new companion to Little Sparta tells the story of Ian Hamilton Finlay's extraordinary creation, exploring the underlying themes, and introducing and explaining the significance of the main elements and artworks in each part of the garden.

(Paperback, New in B-Paperback)

Little Wondertells the epic, and until now largely unchronicled, story of Lottie Dod, the first great heroine in womens sports. Dod was a champion tennis player, golfer, hockey player, tobogganist, skater, mountaineer, and archer.

(Paperback)

This is the inside story of St Johnstone's Historic Cup Double in Season 2020-21 one of the most remarkable achievements in Scottish football history.

(Paperback)

A reissue of one of the classics of Scottish history.

(Paperback, New in Paperback)

Muhammad Ali is one of the most remarkable sports personalities and celebrities of our time. He is a legend who transcended boxing and rose above all sport. A man of mythic proportions, Ali rose to become a prominent feature of our cultural landscape.

(Hardback)

The latest book in Birlinn's bestselling Mapping the City series, this time mapping Oxford.

(Paperback, Reprint)

Early historic Scotland was home to a variety of diverse peoples and cultures, all competing for land and supremacy. Yet by the eleventh century it had become a single, unified kingdom, known as Alba, under a stable and successful monarchy. How did this happen, and when A new and revised edition of a highly regarded book.

(Paperback)

This is an introduction to the Picts, for the general reader and historian alike, by leading experts. Based on evidence from recent excavations of major Pictish sites, as well as the latest historical research, this book offers a new viewpoint on a critical but little-known era of Scotlands history.

(Paperback, Reissue)

The extraordinary life of Grace OMalley, the worlds most famous woman pirate.

(Paperback, New edition)

Queen & Country: A Hew Cullen Mystery

(Hardback)

Revolutioncharts the dramatic story of Ange Postecoglous instant impact on Celtic and charts his life and times in football, through the eyes of those who know him best. This book provides an in-depth, fascinating insight into the making of a man and his unique football philosophy.

(Paperback)

Climate change is the greatest challenge to humankind today. Writer, scholar and broadcaster Alastair McIntosh sums up the present knowledge and shows that conventional solutions are not enough. In rejecting the blind alleys of climate change denial, exaggeration and false optimism, he offers a scintillating discussion of ways forward.

(Paperback)

Learn history the fun way in an entertaining and informative series of books about key people from Scotland's history

(Paperback)

Originally published in 2000 by Polygon to mark the 250th anniversary of Fergusson's birth, this new edition contains all Fergusson's finest poems in both Scots and English, and features a new introductory essay, revised orthography, a substantial section of notes and a glossary.

(Paperback)

Run Forever aims to distil the essence of the sport for readers who are looking for access, insights, and a way to get started, get fast, stay fast, and run forever

(Paperback)

26 First-Hand Accounts of Tackling the London Marathon

(Paperback)

This book is a compact colour guide of the largest survey of Scottish gardens ever mounted and the first such guidebook to all that Scotland can offer garden and plant lovers.

(Paperback)

Scottish Rugby 101 is a compendium of fascinating facts, quotes, stats, stories, personalities and trivia - a perfect stocking-filler for all fans of Scottish rugby.From the very first Test match in 1871 all the way through to the present day, Scottish rugby's rich history is distilled into 101 facts, stats and stories.

(Paperback, Reissue)

John Martyn is one of rock music's last real mavericks. Despite chronic addiction to alcohol and drugs, he produced a string of matchless albums. Loved by fans and critics, loathed by ex-wives and managers, he has survived the music business he despises for forty years.

(Paperback, 3rd Edition)

This completely revised edition of the Official Guide takes us through a number of places closely associated with St Cuthbert's life. The journey is full of historical interest and natural beauty.

(Paperback)

In 1950, Ian Robertson Hamilton, a law student, took the Stone of Destiny from beneath the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey, leading to the outrage of the English establishment. This book sets down the chain of events which led to his decision to go to London, remove the Stone and a minute-by-minute account of the act and the aftermath.

(Hardback)

Tales for Twilighttakes the reader on a 200 year journey of Scottish ghost stories, with unnerving tales by writers such as James Hogg in the early eighteenth century, all the way to James Robertson, very much alive in the twenty-first.

(Paperback)

Traces the author's eventful life with Dave and their three children, from their earliest years together. This memoir features their adventures and achievements that are interspersed with stories of her parents' childhood, her father's 'tall tales' and the eerie echoes of ghosts and hauntings that she has heard from gypsies and travellers.

(Paperback, Reprint)

Award winning food hero Iain R. Spink, whose tireless work promoting the Arbroath Smokie has garnered him national acclaim, presents here the story of the Scottish delicacy as well as over 30 mouth-watering recipes, including Arbroath Smokie and Leek Chowder. Another great addition to a series that includes the MacSween Haggis Bible.