Mainstream Digital imprint: 404 books
Last of the Free
A History of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
Written by award-winning Scottish historian James Hunter, this groundbreaking and definitive account reveals how the Highlands and Islands of Scotland have evolved from a centre of European significance to a Scottish outpost. Never before has the history of the region been recounted so comprehensively...
The Hate Factory
Thirty Years Inside with the UK's Most Notorious Villains
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Convicted murderer Billy Ferris has endured more than three decades behind bars in many of Britain's prisons. In The Hate Factory, he candidly documents his experiences in jail with some of the UK's most notorious criminals.
Jailed for life in 1977 for a crime of passion, Ferris experienced...
by Jim Grindle
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
This volume is a superb guide to the best walks in the Lake District, one of Britain's most popular areas for walking and climbing. Jim Grindle has brought together not only the most outstanding walks in Lakeland but also routes in tranquil places where you can escape from the crowds. Each of the...
Scottish Exodus
Travels Among a Worldwide Clan
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
Millions of Scots have left their homeland during the last 400 years. Until now, they have been written about in general terms. Scottish Exodus breaks new ground by taking particular emigrants, drawn from the once-powerful Clan MacLeod, and discovering what happened to them and their families. These...
Robert Burns
The Patriot Bard
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Following the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns (1759-96), Patrick Scott Hogg presents the greatest of Scotland's poets within the true context of his times. Exploding the Burns myth, Robert Burns: The Patriot Bard replaces the ram-stam lad of popular cliché with the real, living Burns...
Love Hurts
Motorways, Madness and Leeds United
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2012
Most relationships between a fan and a favourite football team go way beyond the casual. Almost always that relationship is a torrid, steamy and passionate love affair. A love affair that rarely lives up to expectations. A love affair that seldom satisfies and, most of the time, just plain hurts.
So...
Bikie
A Love Affair with the Racing Bicycle
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2012
Bikie lays bare the true heart of cycling. Every grass-roots enthusiast, keen racing man and elite professional has one thing in common: he loves his bike and riding it.
The author pinpoints the source of his love, tracing its development in the individual, how it draws people into a community...
Wise Women
Wit and Wisdom from Some of the World’s Most Extraordinary Women
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
'A woman is like a teabag - only when in hot water do you realise how strong she is' - Nancy Reagan
Women are never at a loss to express themselves, and smart women will have something to say for every occasion.
Wise Women is a hilarious, ribald and revealing collection of observations...
Air
The Breath of Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Pollution is an ever-growing threat to our planet and manifests itself most dramatically in its impact on the natural environment which surrounds us. But just as trees are dying daily because of environmental pollution, so too are humans suffering. Air pollution has led directly to an increase in...
by Jan de Vries
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2011
Allaying the doubts and fears which surround the most natural and yet probably the most traumatic experience a woman will go through, Pregnancy and Childbirth takes you step by step through conception, pregnancy, labour and the care of your baby. Calling upon a lifetime's experience in helping couples...
by Reg McKay, Paul Ferris
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2012
On Glasgow's meanest streets life started well for the young Paul Ferris. How did he become Glasgow's most feared gangster, deemed a risk to national security?
Arthur Thompson, Godfather of the crime world and senior partner of the Krays, recruited young Ferris as a bagman, debt collector and...
Blood on the Streets
A Murderous History of Limerick
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2013
Limerick is known as the Treaty City, commemorating the site where peace was made during one of Ireland’s bloody wars. However, since the 1980s the city’s reputation has been tainted by gang feuds, earning it the infamous nickname ‘Stab City’.
In Blood on the Streets, Anthony Galvin...
Ring of Death
Famous Kerry Murders
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013
To all appearances, Kerry is an idyllic tourist destination. Yet scratch beneath its scenic surface and the sordid secrets of the county known as 'the Kingdom’ flow free like blood . . .
Some of the most notorious murders in the history of Ireland have taken place in Kerry, including a two-day...
Red Men
Liverpool Football Club - The Biography
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
In Red Men, a unique and exhaustively researched history of Liverpool Football Club, John Williams explores the origins and divisive politics of football in the city of Liverpool, and profiles the key men behind the emergence of the club and its early successes.
The first great Liverpool manager,...