General Interest Books

For most of recorded history, women have been sidelined, if not silenced, by men who named the built environment after themselves. Now is the time ...

HES holds the National Collection of aerial photography for Scotland with millions of images dating from the 1920s to the present day. These photog...

As seen on TV! Prepare yourself for a journey into the skies above Scotland. In this book, you will travel in both space and time, starting in the ...

Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and ...

 Winner of the CWA Short Story Dagger Award  In Bloody Scotland, twelve of Scotland's best crime writers use the sinister side of the country's bui...

Archaeologists Angela Gannon and George Geddes spent over 9 months living and working on St Kilda, and have been part of a team which has been rese...

This comprehensive guide to the Small Isles – illustrated with a wealth of photographs, maps and drawings – takes readers on a tour of both place a...

This is a pre-order, you will be notified once your order has been despatched. From their faithful camper van to boats, kayaks, bicycles, and motor...

The Dunimarle Collection is an exceptional collection of fine and decorative arts, assembled during the late 18th and 19th centuries. It includes p...

Midhope and more is a 68 page book of illustrations and memories from 10 Outlander filming locations, in and around Edinburgh. Created in conjuncti...

The Victorians were the harbingers of the modern age, their society driven by curiosity, a zeal for invention, and an enormous appetite for economi...

Athletics, bowling, cricket, curling, football, golf, Highland games, horse-racing, swimming and tennis are just some of the sports that saw a huge...

Over the past 10,000 years, every inch of Scotland has been shaped, changed and moulded by it's people. Scotland’s Landscapes tells the enduring st...

Scotland’s vibrant and bloody past captures the imagination, but there is far more to Scottish history than murder and mayhem, tragedy and betrayal...

This compelling book tells the story of the First World War through Scotland's people and places. It explores the buildings where, one hundred year...

During restoration of St Vigeans Church in the 1870s, a collection of Pictish sculpture emerged, reused as building material. This collection, incl...

Known as Scotland's Cradle of Christianity, Whithorn was an important centre of worship and pilgrimage as early as the 5th century.  Roy Ritchie's ...

For for the first time, the story of the University and its buildings can be told through a wealth of never-before-published archive material, rang...

It is easy to overlook how much of our history is preserved all around us – the way the narrative of bygone days has been inscribed in fields, fore...

The builder of the White House, the hero of Aboukir Bay, a murderer who inspired Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, a decadent society hostess… Set in 66 Queen...

The Honours of Scotland tells the turbulent story of the Honours – Scotland’s crown jewels – and the equally dramatic tale of the Stone of Destiny....

Longlisted for the 2020 CWA John Creasey New Blood Dagger Award Longlisted for The McIlvanney Prize 2020 Just outside a sleepy Highland town, a gam...

This environmental book will teach young ecologists how our actions affect the Earth, the good and the bad. From pollution and litter to renewable ...

Stephen Millar and Alan McCredie took to the streets of Scotland’s largest city to depict the multitude of groups, both old and modern, that make u...