Luath Press imprint: 144 books

Rethinking Our Politics

The political and constitutional future of Scotland and the UK

by Henry McLeish
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

As the Scotland electorate wakes up in the day after the referendum, everything has changed and nothing has changed. Scottish and UK politics is broken, it desperately needs fixed. The future of Scotland will be centre stage, but so will our democracy and the future of a Union in decline.Our politics...

On the Trail of King Arthur

A Journey into Dark Age Scotland

by Crichton, Robin
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Crichton's bilingual French-English text draws on Mackintosh's own letters and journals to offer some touching insights into the restorative capacities of both travel and art.

The Glass Half Full

Moving Beyond Scottish Miserablism

by David Manderson, Eleanor Yule
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

In The Glass Half Full, filmmaker Eleanor Yule and academic David Manderson identify cultural miserablism as an important aspect of Scottish life. Yule and Manderson explore where this bleak take on Scottish life came from, its literary and cultural expressions, and in particular, identify this phenomenon...
by Robert Alan Jamieson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

An experimental novel on a grand scale, beautifully carried through. A Perth minister takes in a traumatised stranger who calls himself 'the son and heir to being lost'. When the stranger disappears, the events leading up to and following on from this are revealed. Shifting perspectives from a contemporary...

Voicing Scotland

Culture and Tradition in a Modern Nation

by West, Gary
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012

Voicing Scotland takes the reader on a discovery tour through Scotland

A Modest Proposal

For the Agreement of the People

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Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014

A political book which is ideal for anyone interested in the power of words, the social rights of citizens and the potential independence of Scotland.
by Barrington, John
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Early man would have been alert to wild, camp-following dogs warning of approaching danger. Present day people can be thankful for a much wider range of canine services. Part autobiography and part history, Of Dogs and Men is a celebration of our passion for the trusty sheepdog. Filled with lively anecdotes,...

Hands on Hearts

A Physio's Tale

by Rae, Alan, Kiddie
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Alan Rae was the physio at Hearts for over 20 years. He joined the club in 1982, languishing in the First Division and looking at the prospect of part time football. In that time he has seen 8 managers come and go as well as 3 owners and too many players to mention. Six years after leaving 'The Jambos'...
by Ann Kelley
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009

Gussie is a twelve year old girl from St. Ives in Cornwall. She is passionate about learning, wildlife, poetry, literature, and she wants to be a photographer when she grows up. But her dreams were put on hold as she struggled with a serious heart condition. Now she has got what she needed: a heart and...

Modren Scots Grammar

Wirkin wi Wirds

by Robinson, Christine
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Dealing with grammar in a modern way, with modern terminology, this book gives readers an understanding of the way language works. Providing readers with the vocabulary to think about and discuss Scots, English and other Modern languages, Modren Scots Grammar fits with the Curriculum for Excellence in...

Is the Baw Burst?

A Season in Division Three

by Iain Hyslop
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

As season 2012/13 draws to a close, the talking continues. League reconstruction is high on the agenda but consensus is a long way off. Rangers are rebuilding whilst others fall by the wayside. More upheaval is a certainty but one constant remains ... the followers of Rangers. A Season in Division Three...
by MacKay, John
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2007

With both his parents dead, his aunt Mary is his only remaining blood link. He leaves the fast-paced life of the city for the Outer Hebrides, where traditional values and beliefs are adhered to and respected. It is a life he neither belongs to nor understands. When she goes he will be the last of the...
by McHaffie, Hazel
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014

Time is running out for four-year-old Sebastian Zair. A rare blood disorder means that a stem-cell transplant is his only hope of surviving past childhood. His mother places her trust in the Pemberton Fertility Centre and a controversial IVF procedure which will allow her to select an embryo that is...
by Kelley, Ann
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008

This title, which won the 2007 Costa award, continues the story of Gussie, a precocious young girl diagnosed with a rare heart condition. Despite this, she is determined to live life to the fullest, experiencing typical adolescent problems such as love and parent troubles. While never complaining, she...
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