Luath Press Ltd: 85 books
by Catherine Hermary-Vieille
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Opening in the Danish dungeon where James raves at the end of his days, the book tells the story of his life from childhood to the betrayal by a spurned lover that leads to his imprisonment. Born in a climate of religious schism the young James Hepburn, Lord of Bothwell, soon finds himself divided...
by Hazel McHaffie
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
When Doris is found directing traffic in the middle of the night, her daughter Jessica is forced to put her in a home. Clearing out the family house in preparation for selling it, Jessica comes across secrets her mother kept from her long before her memory began to erode under Alzheimer's Disease....
by Douglas Skelton
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Meet Davie McCall -- not your average henchman. Abused and tormented by his father for fifteen years, there is a darkness in him searching for a way out. Under the wing of Glasgow's Godfather, Joe 'the Tailor' Klein, he flourishes. Joe the Tailor may be a killer, but there are some lines he won't cross,...
Aiblins
New Scottish Political Poetry
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
Aiblins is a selection of new Scottish political poetry. The poems in this collection reflect the tumultuous, rapidly evolving nature of contemporary Scottish politics. They also stand as a testament to the deep engagements poets are making with the political landscape today, not only by reflecting...
by Alan Riach, Alexander Moffat
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
Arts of Independence takes a hard look at the most neglected aspect of the argument for Scotland's distinctive national identity: the arts. The proposition is that music, painting, architecture, and, pre-eminently, literature are the fuel and fire that makes imagination possible. Following the success...
Blossom
What Scotland Needs to Flourish
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
Blossom is an account of Scotland at the grassroots through the stories of people I’ve had the good fortune to know – the most stubborn, talented and resilient people on the planet. They’ve had to be. Some have transformed their parts of Scotland. Some have tried and failed. But all have something...
by Mat Guy
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
This is a book celebrating all that is great with the game of football, as seen through the eyes of clubs and fans rarely bothered by satellite television cameras and the riches of the elite game, a vibrant world of humour, warmth and friendship worth far more than all the wealth of the Premier League.
Why...
by Cameron Taylor, Alistair Murray
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2016
The iconic character, Shakespeare's Macbeth, is one of the best known in the English language, but few know that he was a real person with his own story off stage. Macbeth was not the monstrous caricature created by Shakespeare; he was a real man who was born in Moray, part of the Kingdom of Alba,...
A Nation Changed
The SNP and Scotland Ten Years On
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
A Nation Changed? Provides the first detailed and wide-ranging analysis of the SNP in office. It looks at how Scotland has changed and not changed during that time, and the challenges that lie ahead. The book examines the SNP's record, its role as a government and as a party, detailed policy issues...
The Price of Scotland
Darien, Union and the Wealth of Nations
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
The Price of Scotland covers a well-known episode in Scottish history, the ill-fated Darien Scheme. It recounts for the first time in almost forty years, the history of the Company of Scotland, looking at previously unexamined evidence and considering the failure in light of the Company's financial...
Scotland, the UK and Brexit
A Guide to the Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The unexpected outcome of the 2017 UK general election means that the UK Government lacks a clear mandate on Brexit and also that the Scottish Government lacks a clear mandate on holding a second Independence Referendum consequent to the material change in circumstance which will be brought about...
A Nation Again
Why Independence will be Good for Scotland (and England too)
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2014
As the Scottish people prepare for their biggest ever collective decision with a proposed referendum near at hand, The Independence Book forcefully sets out the Case for Independence. The Imperative of Independence is demonstrated by varied distinguished authors, including contributions from Neil...
Women Saying No
Making a Positive Case Against Independence
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
If a majority of us decide to vote YES on 18 September 2014, then that divorce from the rest of the UK is easy to do. No expensive lawyers. No cost except the travel to the polling station… No need to lift a finger. Just a cross on a ballot paper. But before you say, that’s great, think on…...
The people we could be
or how to be £500 better off, build a fairer society and a safer world
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2014
We live in a time of crises in a state with no moral purpose. This generation could become great by tackling Scotland’s domestic problems, and the wider issues facing the world. That is only possible if we take charge, set the goal of equality and give ourselves twenty years to transform our society....