This provocative book on conservation and the outdoors from one of Britain's leading walkers and writers will both provoke and illuminate the wild land debate.
The Passion of Harry Bingo: Further Dispatches From Unreported Scotland is the second volume of selected journalism from one of Scotland's most popular writers. It follows the highly successful public
Imagine a world where poverty has been eliminated and global warming has been brought under control. That's the world envisioned by Solar Dividends. Starting from the premise that no one owns the sun,
Mickey Bell has HIV, is on the dole, and survives in the high flats in Drumkirk. Mickey once took the Journey of the Pipes from the leaky kitchen tap - out of Glasgow, to the edge of the Highlands, th
A Shetland travel narrative since Victorian times, in which the author spent weeks exploring scenic landmarks, archaeological treasure troves and remote islands. It is suitable for lovers of lyrical t
Approaching his middle forties, Gavin Boyter wondered what his life was all about. An ordinary runner, he came to wonder if an ordinary runner might be capable of John O'Groats to Land's End, the long
One day, two Americans arrive at Dan Moller's door anxious to buy his side of the correspondence he has had with the mysterious author JD Salinger. They have a price in mind but can Dan really sell th
Approaching the end of his nine year stint as a BBC journalist in Beijing, Michael Bristow decided he wanted to write about the country's modern history. To assist him he asked for the help of his lan
The Whisky Dictionary is both a celebration of the world of whisky and a window into it. Iain Hector Ross has ranged deep, far and wide into the industry to capture whisky speak in a single guide.
Ursule in 1864 lives the life of a kitchen skivvy in Paris. Dexter in 1965 is an American GI in Vietnam. Dante in 2015 is a Catholic priest in Palermo, Sicily. For Ursule the Prussians are closing in.
In the final part of his autobiographical trilogy Chris McIvor relates the story of his years in Morocco, his encounter with its history, geography and culture told through the people he met and the p
Sandlands is a short story collection with a powerful sense of place, and with several characters appearing in more than one story. The collection is inspired by the landscape of coastal Suffolk and i
Hamish Brown has been an outdoorsman for more than sixty years. In Walking the Song, he presents not an autobiography or some overview of life, but a very personal record of his many journeys and inte
Weary of her Yorkshire county life of grouse moors and hunt balls, Amelia Dalton threw herself instead into running a deep sea trawler amongst the closed community of fishermen in NE Scotland in the '
Robbie has a choice: look after his daughter or look after his client. Can the two be combined to give the best of both worlds? Robbie aims to find out, and his attempts lead him into the alien worlds
