Collection: Local Collection Non Fiction

The compelling story of over 5000 years of Scottish art, told by renowned contemporary Scottish artist and broadcaster Lachlan Goudie.

In this collection of writings the members of the Kintyre Writers' Circle have explored moving from one place to another using foot power, trams, boats, trains, bikes and other earth bound means, as well as moving into space, time, metaphysics and imagination.

Niel Black, a Scot from Ardentraive, Argyll, arrived in Melbourne in 1839 intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of the most successful and energetic squatters in the Western District of Victoria - a livestock breeder and a Member of the Legislative Council. Bla...

This booklet is the product of work by volunteers of the Written in the Landscape project. Its aim is to demonstrate the unique and valuable collection of rubbings of late medieval funerary monuments in Argyll collected by Lord Archibald Campbell between 1890 and 1906 and preserved in the Argyll ...

Poet and historian Angus Martin was born and bred in Campbeltown. He has employed his intimate knowledge of the history and families of his native community to produce the definitive account of the distillers, distilleries and related trades and industries which transformed a small west Highland ...

The first full catalogue of Glasgow Museums' internationally important collection of ship models, almost all of which were produced by Clyde shipyards or Glasgow-based ship owners.

This guide is the product of a collaborative effort between the authors and the volunteers of the Written in the Landscape Project. Its aim is to bring to life the people and places of a town now no longer extant and to set in context a period of significant change when the Dukes of Argyll planne...

Following the success of his debut, Jack P. Harland returns with his second 'Highland Journal' book. 'In My Stride' begins with a move to Aberdeen where Jack finds an eccentric new companion. Together, they set off to explore the Cairngorms, an area that was to surprise Jack and become his favour...

The Picts first appear in history when the Roman Empire was invading Britain. Their origins and the reason for their disappearance remain enigmatic; what is known of them today comes largely from archaeological data and the writings of their enemies. The Pictish culture played a key role in the e...