Luath Press imprint: 144 books
by Killick, John
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
This book is not about the past, which has gone. Or the future, which is uncertain. But it is for those who want to improve the lives of people with dementia and themselves in the Here and Now. The book is not written by an expert but by a man seeking to find new approaches concerning dementia who wishes...
Peak Water
How We Built Civilisation on Water and Drained the World Dry
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Civilisation is thirsty... it never stopped to think what would happen if the water ran out. ALEXANDER BELL Peak water is the point when the available water is not enough to meet the demands of the world's growing population. We might live on a watery world, but we are exhausting accessible supplies....
All Art is Political
Writings on Performative Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
All Art is Political: Writings on Performative Art is a collection of recent conversations and writings by Glasgow based writer and curator Sarah Lowndes (author of Social Sculpture: The Rise of the Glasgow Art Scene). The book opens with a previously unpublished conversation from 2008 between Lowndes,...
Caledonian Dreaming
The Quest for a Different Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Caledonian Dreaming examines the state of contemporary Scotland, the independence referendum, and its wider consequences. In this accessible book, Hassan challenges the myths that define modern Scotland and its place in the United Kingdom. He forensically examines the shortcomings of Scottish society...
Caleb's List
Climbing the Scottish Mountains Visible from Arthur's Seat
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Edinburgh. 1898. on the cusp of the modern age. Caleb George Cash mountaineer, geographer, antiquarian and teacher stands at the rocky summit of Arthur's Seat. His reason for standing there was to chart which mountains were visible from his point on the summit -- The Arthurs. He came up with a list of...
Walking with Wildness
Experiencing the Watershed of Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
The Watershed of Scotland is a line that separates East from West and divides those river basin areas which drain towards the North Sea on the one hand, and those which flow west into the Atlantic Ocean on the other. It meanders from Peel Fell on the English border all the way to the top at Duncansby...
by Campbell, Angus Peter
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
I loved her from the moment I saw her, and that love has never wavered. It has encased every choice I have ever made, and I have never done anything in my life which didn't involve her image somewhere... I'm so sorry for it all This is the latest English-language novel from award-winning Gaelic poet,...
The Tree That Bleeds
A Uighur Town on the Edge
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2011
In 1997 a small town in a remote part of China was shaken by violent protests that led to the imposition of martial law. Some said it was a peaceful demonstration that was brutally suppressed by the government; others that it was an act of terrorism. When Nick Holdstock arrived in 2001, the town was still bitterly divided.
by Barrington, John
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
This work looks at the everyday life of John Barrington, a shepherd to over 750 Blackface ewes who graze near some of Britain's most beautiful hills overlooking Loch Katrine.
by Roger Hunt
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2011
On 26 November 2008, India came under a series of horrific terrorist attacks which killed more than 150 people, and injured hundreds more. Scottish banker Roger Hunt was staying at the Oberoi Trident Hotel in Mumbai and found himself caught up in the siege. Trapped in his hotel room, defenceless against...
A Model Constitution for Scotland
Making Democracy Work in an Independent State
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
A Model Constitution for Scotland sets out a workable model for Scotland's future and includes detailed constitutional proposals and informed discussion on the topic. The independence debate has to break out of political elites and address the 'after independence' question. Elliot Bulmer's book is an...
by Dilys Rose
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Pelmanism Noun [mass noun] - a system of memory training - a card game in which matching pairs must be selected from memory from cards laid face down A young woman steps reluctantly from the train platform, arriving to visit the estranged father she has been running from for over two years. What follows...
Scotland The Growing Divide
Old Nation, New Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Scotland: The Growing Divide is the follow-up to Scotland: The Road Divides, which was released in 2007 to significant media interest across the UK. A book ahead of its time, several of the conclusions and predictions in The Road Divides have now become a political reality. Five years on, and now facing...
Charlie, Meg and Me
An epic 530 mile walk recreating Bonnie Prince Charlie's escape after the disaster of Culloden
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
For the first time, Bonnie Prince Charlie's arduous escape of 1746 has been recreated in a single journey. The author, along with his faithful border collie Meg, retraces the Prince's epic 530 mile walk through remote wilderness, hidden glens, modern day roads and uninhabited islands. Gregor Ewing tells...