In providing an all-round portrait of the man and his achievements, Michael Smith’s book places James Wordie in his rightful place amongst the greatest of British explorers.

Seawolves is an exciting and thorough examination of Scots connected to piracy, whether they are victims or villains, real or literary.

The Tartan Pimpernel is the remarkable autobiography of Donald Caskie, minister of the Scots Kirk in Paris at the time of the German invasion in 1940. A true story of heroism and sacrifice in occupied France during the Second World War. 
    

An astonishing biography of a little-known Australian explorer.

This meticulously researched book is a reference guide to shipping losses off the coast of Scotland from Stonehaven northwards to Duncansby Head, then westwards to Cape Wrath and the Minch. A thoroughly informative read aimed at both specialists and the general reader with an interest in this specialist area.

A great collection of tales from an exciting period of history retold by one of Scotland’s most well-known storytellers.

Including a unique selection of war-time photography, Osborne and Armstrong draw on a wide variety of sources in writing this fascinating and moving book.

Evan Mawdsley’s lucid account of this vast and complex subject explains in detail the power struggles and political manoeuvres of the war, providing a balanced analysis of why the Communists were victors.

Flodden is widely regarded as one of Scotland's most ignominious military defeats; a battle that need never have been fought and a historical event that has been firmly engraved in Scotland's national consciousness ever since.

After his passing, Ray Ward’s son discovered his father’s memoirs of the Second World War in the basement of their family home. The Mirror of Monte Cavallara is a very personal, poignant and revealing account.

To War with the Black Watch is a sharp, witty and moving insight into Scots–Italian relations in the latter part of the Second World War.

In the early decades of the nineteenth century, the naturalist and ornithologist George Clayton Atkinson set out from Newcastle to explore Skye and the Outer Hebrides, including the remote island of St Kilda.