Luath Press imprint: 144 books
Haud Ma Chips, Ah've Drapped the Wean!
Glesca Grannies' Sayings, Patter and Advice
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
An hilarious and often wise collection of Scots saying straight from the mouths of the Grannies of Glasgow. With each snippet accompanied by a straightforward English translation, this is your introduction to the unique wisdom of the 'Glesca Granny'.
Small Nations in a Big World
What Scotland Can Learn
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Small northern European states have been a major point of reference in the Scottish independence debate. For nationalists, they have been an 'arc of prosperity' while in the aftermath of the financial crash, unionists lampooned the 'arc of insolvency'. Both characterisations are equally misleading. Small...
Born Under a Union Flag
Rangers, the Union & Scottish Independence
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Born Under a Union Flag is a collection of contributions by a range of people from the worlds of football, politics, academia and literature. The book addresses a variety of tensions involved in Rangers Football Club and the Scottish independence debate. Harry Reid, for instance, offers an overview...
Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special
A Long Suffering Supporter Continues his Search for the Soul of Scottish Football
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
In the 2010/11 football season, Iain Hyslop embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels led to the production of the first edition of this book -- the unofficial review of Scottish Football. This...
Stramash!
Tackling Scotland's Towns and Teams
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2010
Fatigued by bloated big-game football and bored of a samey big cities, Daniel Gray went in search of small town Scotland and its teams. At the time when the Scottish club game is drifting towards its lowest ebb once more, Stramash singularly falls to wring its hands and address the state of the game,...
The Guga Stone
Lies, Legends and Lunacies from St Kilda
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
In 1930, the last inhabitants of the isle of St Kilda were evacuated to the mainland. Shortly afterwards, following several acts of vandalism by local fishermen, Calum MacKinnon was sent back to the island to guard against further damage. Alone on the deserted island, he begins to re-imagine the conversations...
by Maxwell, Stephen
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Spanning four politically and socially tumultuous decades, Stephen Maxwell's writings explore the origins and development of the modern Scottish Nationalist movement. As an instrumental member of the SNP and a life-long socialist, Maxwell's work provides an engaging contemporary insight into the debate...
Britain Rebooted
Scotland in a Federal Union
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Why Scotland should be independent, what policies might be pursued by an independent Scotland, and so on. But as an academic might say, there is a gap in the literature: what about the case for Scotland remaining part of the UK? A New Union: Scotland in a Federal UK argues for a whole scale transformation...
Arguing for Independence
Evidence, Risk and the Wicked Issues
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Following an introductory chapter exploring why political argument deals in probability and plausibility across interdependent areas of social activity not certainty in individual areas, this book offers a case for independence under six main headings -- the democratic case, the economic case, the social...
Sir Walter Scott's The Heart of Midlothian
Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Edinburgh, 1736: an indignant crowd has gathered in the Grassmarket to watch the execution of a smuggler. Opening with the start of the Porteous Riots, The Heart of Midlothian is one of Walter Scott's most famous historical novels, featuring murder, madness and seduction. Following his brutal suppression...
Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe
Newly Adapted for the Modern Reader by David Purdie
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Ivanhoe follows Wilfred of Ivanhoe, part of one of the few Saxon families at a time when English nobility was dominated by the Normans, who is out of favour with his father for his allegiance to the Norman king, Richard the Lionheart. The gripping storyline beautifully captures the 12th century tensions...
by Smith, Donald
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
Donald Smith's third historical novel investigates where Mary Queen of Scots' history ends and legend begins through the captivating use of contemporary prose ballad. Smith seeks a truthful narrative about not only Mary Carmichael but also Seton, Beaton, Livingston and Fleming by integrating firsthand accounts and dramatic testimony. It marks 500 years since Flodden and the Birth of John Knox.
by Kelley, Ann
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2005
It was after I ate King that everything started to go wrong in our entire family, as if someone had put an evil spell onto us, a hex - like a bad fairy godmother had said at my birth, when you are eleven you are going to be struck by a sorrow so big it will be like a lightning bolt. There will be grief...
by Hutton, Alasdair
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
The Tattoo Fox is the story of a young fox who makes her home at Edinburgh Castle. Intrigued by everything she hears about the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, she endeavours to find out more. Her quest takes her to some of Edinburgh's most famous landmarks as she befriends the local animals and sees...