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The follow-up to the international best-selling novel The Art of Hearing Heartbeats. This spirited novel explores the most inspiring and passionate terrain: the human heart following the interwoven stories of two women living thousands of miles apart and separate lives yet sharing a similar existence.

First in a compelling new series of crime novels, packed with accurate police procedure and gritty, dark humour.

Presents the story of wartime bootlegging in the Scottish islands. Wartime food rationing is bad enough, but when the whisky supplies run out on the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday, nothing seems to go right. Then the fifty-thousand-bottle cargo of the shipwrecked S S Cabinet Minister brings salvation.

In The Last Wolf, Jim Crumley explores the place of the wolf in Scotland - past, present and future - and challenges many of the myths that have been regarded for centuries as biological fact.

William Wallace set an example of constancy and perseverance and became the Guardian of Scotland. Even his terrible death in London in 1305 can be seen as a victory as it provided inspiration for continuance of struggle against English domination. This book investigates various aspects of Wallace's life and character.

Set in nineteen sixties' Glasgow, The Dear Green Place is an absorbing portrait of the struggles and conflicts of a working-class hero and would-be novelist Mat Craig whose desire to define himself as an artist creates social and family tensions. Published in 1966, it won the Guardian Fiction Book of the Year and Yorkshire Post's Best First Work.

Divided into six sections, the collection opens with 'Edinburgh is a Story', a commissioned poem performed at the opening of the 2022 Edinburgh International Festival.The collection then delves into the past and into the unwritten women of Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. With vignettes of the unheard voices from Stevenson's gothic masterpiece, this is a powerfully vivid evocation that gives new meaning to the tale. In her longest piece in the book, Fractals (a way if seeing infinity), Hannah looks at the recent past and takes the reader on a journey from the old inherited wounds to the trauma of tearing open again these chasms within recent discourses and events.

A fascinating new approach to capture the history of Scotland's capital city with full colour sketches from four different local artists.

Ever since the humble potato arrived from Peru around 1730 it has been a key component of the Scottish diet. In this book Liz Ashworth introduces the heritage and history of the potato and the numerous varieties available, including information on nutritional benefits, the tattie season and how to grow your own. The recipes are organized in themed sections: Breakfasts, Snacks, Soups, Traditional Favourites, Salads, Pies, Puddings, Baking and Biscuits (including gluten free), recipes from Further Afield and Drinks.In addition to basic potato dishes (boiled and steamed; mashed; roast, sauted, chips, wedges and baked), she also includes a mouth-watering selection of recipes, from Tattie Scones, Norwegian Potato Pie and Haggis Frittata to Hot Tattie Salad, Rumbledthumps, Cheese Cottage Potato Pudding and Orkney Tattie Wine.

After a throw-away comment lands him in a difficult situation, Dr Neil Anderson's principles are put to the test. He ultimately leaves his job, his partner, and Edinburgh far behind for the seclusion and remote beauty of the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland. There love once again blossoms, and Neil's life is forever changed.

From acclaimed food writer Sue Lawrence, this is the ultimate celebration of the amazing variety of Scottish baking, from traditional favourites such as Selkirk Bannocks, Ecclechan tarts and Cloutie dumpling to modern recipes such as Haggis tartlets with red onion marmalade, Roast rhubarb and ginger blondies and Lemon curd and polenta cake.

This collection is a visceral depiction of the difficult love between a father and son and what happens when that love is lost. In his debut, Thomas Stewart examines the death of his father whilst exploring questions of grief, guilt, mental health, identity, sexuality and masculinity.

Everyone has a dark side.The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde follows the story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with the 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde. Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug: a chemical that can turn him into something else - his monstrous alter-ego.Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. But the hunt is on, through fog-bound London for a killer. The final revelation of Hyde's true identity is a chilling exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil.With an introduction by Denise Mina.

This is a beautifully conceived picture flat in which Debi Gliori describes and illustrates all kinds of things you might see over the course of a single day in the Hebrides.Inspired by the landscape, seascape, weather, animals and birds, this is not simply an exquisite alphabet book, but also a wonderful celebration of some of the most magnificent scenery in Britain.

This is a true story about a real place. A place hidden behind the waves. The Vikings saw it in their dreams, and sometimes sea birds call its name. It's a dot on a map. The blink of an eye. The beat of a wing. Storms and songs and stickleback stop by on their travels.This is St Kilda. A tiny group of islands; an archipelago: Hirta, Boreray, Soay, Dùn. They call them The Islands at the End of the World.Come on an adventure, far away across the sea to the mysterious St Kilda to discover its story.

Skye is a dinosaur who loves playing with her friends. When a gang of four big, bullying dinosaurs spoil the fun and chase her into the woods, Skye outwits them one by one. This charming story is all about being who you are, standing up for yourself and shows that every has hidden skills and talents.

Visceral, haunting and full of passion, verve and wit, this new collection from one of Scotland's most original voices examines and explores the soul of humanity. A Swan's Neck on a Butcher's Block is an achingly honest, vivid collection that dares to challenge ideas of what it is to live and to be alive.

Rabbits is the much-anticipated, long awaited new novel from columnist Hugo Rifkind. It is a story of drugs, aristocracy, death and disputed inheritance, set in the 1990s - it's Iain Banks meets The Secret History, a journey into a different class and a coming-of-age story in a changing Scotland.