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Photographs of Edinburgh
A portrait of this World Heritage city - from the historic castle to the award-winning ScottishParliament building. Includes the Royal Mile, Medieval Old Town and Gerogian New Town
Scotland Panorama
In keeping with the highest standards of Scotland's most renowned photographer, this is Scotland at her best in an evocative new collection.
The Secret History of RDX
The noted historian offers “a compelling sociohistorical account of an often overlooked yet critical” WWII explosive twice as powerful as TNT (Choice). During the early years of World War II, American ships crossing the Atlantic were virtually defenseless against German U-boats. Bombs and torpedoes fitted with TNT barely dented the hulls of Axis naval vessels. Then, seemingly overnight, a top-secret manufacturing plant appeared near Kingsport, Tennessee, producing a sugar-white substance called Research Department Explosive, code name RDX. Twice as deadly as TNT and overshadowed only by the atomic bomb, RDX proved to be pivotal in the Battle of the Atlantic and directly contributed to th...
Winged Leviathan
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Shetland
Shetland is closer to the Arctic Circle than to London and was ruled by Norway for over 800 years - longer than it has been part of Scotland. This comprehensive guide traces the history, landscape and nature of Shetland from the earliest times to the present day. Distinctive maps, colour photographs and drawings combine the lively text to describe the dynamic mix of land, sea, life and legend that is the Shetland Isles.
Remembering Charles Rennie Mackintosh
This first biography of the world-renowned architect, artist, and designer conveys an intimate portrait of the man behind the achievements. Includes full-color illustrations of Mackintosh's work throughout.
Poor Things
Basis for the Major Motion Picture starring Emma Stone, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, and Willem Dafoe, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. "Witty and delightfully written" (New York Times Book Review), Alasdair Gray’s Poor Things echoes Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in this novel of a young woman freeing herself from the confines of the suffocating Victorian society she was created to serve. Winner of the Whitbread Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize In the 1880s in Glasgow, Scotland, medical student Archibald McCandless finds himself enchanted with the intriguing creature known as Bella Baxter. Supposedly the product of the fiendish scientist Godwin Baxter, Bella was resurrected for the sole pu...
