Dad’s Army tells the remarkable story of how the cricketers of a little Scottish village marched all the way to Lord’s and won the National Village Cup in 1985. With an introduction by Sir Ian Botham.

The Dambuilders: Power from the Glens is a vivid account of the schemes, and includes eyewitness stories from many of the workers - from dam builders, engineers, tunnel tigers, linemen - who made the electrification of the Highlands a reality and now, often for the first time, tell what it was like.

A Gripping tale by one of the few men who risked his life breaking east through the Iron Curtain.

Norman Harper and Robbie Shepherd are back with a third collection of stories which show the wit and wisdom of North-East Scotland at their finest.

When Sir Harry Lauder left a concert on Deeside he was mystified that his jokes had not got the response received elsewhere; it perked him up when, from the spilling audience, he heard a voice say, ’Fit a gran comic. It took me aa ma time nae ti lach.’

A unique and authoritative account of Martin Martin’s great journey around the Western Isles, Orkneys and Shetlands.

When the emigrant German Werner Kissling died in a nursing home in Dumfries in 1988, few realized that he left behind him one of the most extensive and exquisite photographic records of the Hebrides ever made.

When the emigrant German Werner Kissling died in a nursing home in Dumfries in 1988, few realized that he left behind him one of the most extensive and exquisite photographic records of the Hebrides ever made.

The Discovery of the Hebrides tells of the exploration of exploitation of these remote islands, using the records and journals of visitors through the centuries.

Modern gypsies find themselves at a crossroads. The challenge today is how to retain a separate culture and lifestyle when the foundations underpinning their distinctive existence have been removed. Dreams of the Road goes some way in preserving this rich culture, collecting together memories, anecdotes, the fears and the hopes of older gypsies living in the South-west of England.

Folklore, social comment and economic history are interwoven in this fascinating account of Scotland’s droving trade.

This anthology spans almost a thousand years of Gaelic verse, bringing together for the first time the poetry from the millennium c.600–1600 AD, when Scotland shared its rich culture with Ireland.

THE NLS SALTIRE RESEARCH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2006

This collection of seminal articles by the foremost living authority on the oral tradition of the Scottish Highlands covers many aspects of life, history and literature, from clan sagas to Clearances, from the supernatural to Sorley MacLean.