Birlinn Origin

Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail...

In 'Hebridean Sharker' Tex Geddes describes his exploits during the 1950s as a hunter...

Highland Folk Ways vividly describes the many aspects and artefacts of our ancestors...

In 1830, the little Hebridean island of Lismore was one of the granaries of the West...

The story of Islay, Jura and Colonsay is one of the most fascinating amongst all the...

In August 1956 a young shepherd, his wife, two-year-old daughter and ten-day-old son...

In this best-selling biography of John Knox, Rosalind K. Marshall traces the life of...

This book explores the western seaboard of Scotland - the Hebrides, Argyll and the Isle...

Knoydart - the northern edge of the 'Rough Bounds' is one of the most evocative names...

This island of Lismore boasts a remarkably rich heritage, both in terms of historic...

The Highland Clearances are a well-documented episode in Scotland's past but they were...

Written by a man who has gone on to become both an award-winning historian of the...