History & General Interest Books

Historic Environment Scotland Publication  John R Hume is Scotland’s foremost expert on industrial heritage. John’s greatest passion was – and is –...

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 buil...

New Historic Environment Scotland Publication  ‘There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our rel...

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 ...

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, fores...

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...

Coorie - the Scottish version of hygge is explored in this beautiful book, The Art of Coorie by Gabriella Bennett. Including lifestyle, home and tr...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

There are strange relics hidden across Scotland’s landscape. Forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still...

Award winning photographer Dougie Cunningham takes you to the most photogenic locations in Scotland in this photo-location and visitor guidebook. E...

The Hebridean Baker, Coinneach MacLeod is known for his unique style and wholesome and delicious traditional Scottish bakes which have won him many...

The builder of the White House, the hero of Aboukir Bay, a murderer who inspired Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde....66: The House that Viewed the World Set i...

Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it has meant to women through the ages. In mesmerising prose, she explore...

Unlock the sustainable and ethical art of the apothecary, and explore its rich folklore and history. Discover the hidden delights in your own garde...

Discover plants that will clean the air you breathe, help you get a good night’s sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, help you get well soon, boost yo...

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...

A wall in the distant north cuts the world in two. Ruthless seaborne warriors raid the coasts from their war galleys, yearning to regain lost glori...