In 1945, John Randall was the first Allied officer to enter Bergen-Belsen, the concentration camp that revealed the horrors of the Holocaust to the world. Randall was one of the men handpicked for sui
Culloden marked the end of clan culture and was the harbinger of the Highland Clearances. It ensured the inevitability of the American Revolution and increased the outpouring of Scots across the globe
For the first time since his death in 1987, this astounding biography reveals the extraordinary truth behind the legend, the man, and the cyclist. His list of "firsts" alone makes him worthy
The essential guide to experiencing Scotland's truly dramatic, extensive, and ever-varying coastline on foot?Compiled in a user-friendly format?with maps and illustrations throughout,?this guide provi
In 100 GAA Greats, John Scally celebrates the most significant players Gaelic games have brought us in their 125-year history. He selects those footballers, hurlers, managers, and camogie players who
Not only has Glasgow produced some incredible personalities, it has also been witness to some of the greatest happenings of our times. These outstanding people and epoch-making events are featured in
Placing the greatest of Scotland’s poets within the true context of his times, this biography?reveals him as a Scottish patriot of the heart, but also a man who was pragmatically a British patriot?and
Two films and numerous books have attempted to tell the shocking story of two of Britain’s most ruthless gangs. For 20 years, the Essex Boys firm and their successors, the New Generation, controlled a
Henry Allingham is the last British serviceman alive to have volunteered for active duty in World War I and one of very few people who can directly recall the horror of that conflict. In Kitchener’s L
It was meant to be a two-week?vacation to celebrate her sister’s birthday, but for Schapelle Corby it ended up a waking nightmare. Arrested at Denpasar airport after marijuana was found in her luggage
Thischilling insight into the world of violent criminal gangs is a follow-up to the bestselling Essex Boys. Here, former gang member Berhard O’Mahoney returns to the scene of the crime to
Looks at several lesser-known episodes in Celtic's history, including: the fascinating link between Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and a dramatic Ne'erday match at Celtic Park; and the unforgettable ni
Sport can offer catharsis in times of crisis, but not this time. Liston was a mob fighter with a criminal past, and rumours were spreading that Clay was not just a noisy, bright-eyed boy blessed with
"Ringside" is a bountiful collection of the most memorable boxing stories by legendary fight-game writer Budd Schulberg. Schulberg takes us all the way back to an epic bare-knuckle contest in England
Irish tells the story of how Glasgow would not have become the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution, had it not been for the labors and skills of the tens of thousands of Irish who flooded in durin
Nazi Gold is the real-life story of the theft of a fabulous treasure—the German national gold and foreign currency reserves, which disappeared in transit following the collapse of the Nazi regi
A major film, co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie Pitt. Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious ch
This is the definitive, unique account of the disaster in which 96 men, women and children were killed, hundreds injured and thousands traumatised. It details the appalling treatment endured by the be
Aden, 20 June 1967: two army Land Rovers burn ferociously in the midday sun. The bodies of British soldiers litter the road. Thick black smoke bellows above Crater town, home to insurgents who are fig
In the 1970s, an age long before World Cups, rugby union to the British public meant Bill McLaren, rude songs and, most of all, Wales. Between 1969 and 1979, the men in red shirts won or shared eight
Voices from the Back of the Bus provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at international rugby at the height of a golden period. Recounted with genuine warmth and much humor, over a hundred players rec
The rugby union has undergone immense change in the past two decades?introducing a World Cup, accepting professionalism, and creating a global market in players. This resource covers all of the great
SynopsisAden, 20 June 1967: two army Land Rovers burn ferociously in the midday sun. The bodies of nine British soldiers litter the road. Thick black smoke bellows above Crater town, home to insurgent
SynopsisIn 1972, Sir Robert Mark was appointed Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police by Home Secretary James Callaghan with orders to clean up the force. Mark famously said when appointed that ‘a go
The story of the Town Below the Ground is one of the most disturbing in the annals of Scottish history. For almost 250 years, Edinburgh was surrounded by a giant defensive wall and, unable to expand
Over a hundred gripping tales of murder and mystery, ghosts and ghouls, body-snatching and witch-burning reveal the darker side of genteel Edinburgh's history. Ghostly Tales & Sinister Stories of
