The island of Mingulay lies at the southern end of the Outer Hebrides. The island is now abandoned, and in this text Ben Buxton documents the story of the people who lived on the island and the reasons why they left.

From the Ice Age to the recent Scottish referendum, Alistair Moffat explores the history of the Scottish nation. As well as focusing on key moments, such as the Battle of Bannockburn and the Jacobite Risings, he details episodes that are perhaps less well documented. From prehistoric timber halls to inventions and literature, his tale explores the drama of battle, change, loss and invention, interspersed with the lives of ordinary Scottish folk -...

As an antidote to more sober accounts of Scotland's history, Ian Crofton offers a colourful chronology of the eccentric, the infamous, the bawdy, the horrific and the hilarious people and events that have spattered across the pages of our nation's history.

This fascinating selection of photographs traces some of the many ways in which central Glasgow has changed and developed over the last century.

'Caught in the Revolution' is Helen Rappaport's masterful telling of the outbreak of the Russian Revolution through eye-witness accounts left by foreign nationals who saw the drama unfold. Between the first revolution in February 1917 and Lenin's Bolshevik coup in October, Petrograd (the former St Petersburg) was in turmoil - felt nowhere more keenly than on the fashionable Nevsky Prospekt where the foreign visitors and diplomats who filled hotels,...

This book takes the reader on a journey from the wastes of Antarctica to the South African Highlands, from Canada's prairies to Australia's vineyards. It visits cities and deserted villages, scales mountain peaks and calls in at far-flung islands. All these places have one thing in common - the fact that they were named by, or after, Scots. The places named and the people they honoured provide a different way of looking at the influence of Scots overseas,...

The Battle of Culloden has gone down in history as the last major battle fought on British soil: a vicious confrontation between Scottish forces supporting the Stuart claim to the throne and the English Royal Army. But this wasn't just a conflict between the Scots and the English, the battle was also part of a much larger campaign to protect the British Isles from the growing threat of a French invasion. In Trevor Royle's vivid and evocative narrative,...

Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers - including T.E. Lawrence, Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle - 'A Line in the Sand' tells the story of the short but crucial era when Britain and France ruled the Middle East.

On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the 'Churchill factor', the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the 20th century. Taking on the myths and misconceptions along with the outsised reality, he portrays a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breathtaking eloquence, matchless strategising, and deep humanity.