Biography & Travel Writing

Adventure, memoir, storytelling and celebration of all things maritime meet in...

Wedlock is the remarkable story of the Countess of Strathmore and her marriage to...

In his first full autobiography the award-winning actor and bestselling author of...

Ken Smith has spent the past four decades in the Scottish Highlands. He lives alone,...

This is a book for anyone interested in wildlife, for art lovers, for tourists wanting...

Night Falls on Ardnamurchan has become a classic account of the life and death of a...

Thomas Telford's name is familiar; his story less so. Born in 1757 in the Scottish...

When Malcolm Alexander saw the job advert, 'urgent: island doctor needed', he applied...

In 1938 John Lorne Campbell bought the Hebridean isle of Canna. He wanted to prevent it...

At the age of thirty, Amy Liptrot finds herself washed up back home on Orkney. Standing...

They say that being a good doctor boils down to just four things: Shut up, listen, know...

This is the charming and poignant account of twenty-five years spent in Orkney. After...