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  • Scottish Surnames

    by David Ross ...
    Series series Traditional Scotland
    Surnames give us a sense of identity and belonging. Even in today's mobile society they can have strong links with particular areas. They are keys to our family history. And they always have an original meaning. This new collection of some 400 names, gathered from Shetland to Galloway, provides an informative and reliable guide to Scottish surnames from Abercrombie and Abernethy to Younie and ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Battleships

    An Illustrated History

    by David Ross ...
    Series series World's Greatest
    For more than 400 years, the big-gun warship stood as the supreme naval war machine. It was not only a major instrument of warfare, but a visible emblem of a nation’s power, wealth and pride.The World’s Greatest Battleships features 52 of the greatest warships to have sailed in the last 500 years. Beginning with English king Henry VIII’s flagship, Henry Grace à Dieu, the book covers all the main ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scottish History

    by David Ross ...
    Series series Traditional Scotland
    The 2000-plus years of Scottish history have seen a huge variety of events, from great national moments to personal achievements, each one helping to make and mould the character of the nation. This compendium takes note of the milestones – historical as well as cultural, serious as well as entertaining – but also of the many steps between them.Carefully chosen and researched for their interest ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • The Last Days of Disco

    by David Ross ...
    Series Book 1 - Disco Days
    Bobby and Joey's new mobile disco business seems like the answer to everything, until they lock horns with the local gangster … First in the critically acclaimed, hilarious and heartbreaking Disco Days Trilogy, by one of Scotland's finest writers.***Longlisted for the Authors' Club First Novel Award***'This is a book that might just make you cry like nobody's watching' Iain MacLeod, Sunday Mail ... Read more

    $8.09 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Awa' An' Bile Yer Heid!

    Scottish Curses and Insults

    by David Ross ...
    David Ross has produced an extraordinary, eclectic and hilarious collection of thematically arranged Scottish insults, abuse and invective which has been wonderfully illustrated throughout by Rupert Besley. The best insults, according to the author, occupy an indefinite space between wit and abuse, containing elements of both to varying degree; they must always sting the victim, or else they are a ... Read more

    $6.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Scottish Quotations

    by David Ross ...
    Series series Traditional Scotland
    The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words.This collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience from Roman Scotland to the present day. It covers a vast range of subject matter and demonstrates a remarkable variety of moods and tones, from the literary to the colloquial and bawdy. Packed with ... Read more

    $5.39 USD

  • Highland Herald

    Reporting the News from the North

    by David Ross ...
    From 1988 to 2017 David Ross was the Highland Correspondent of The Herald. His patch stretched from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to the Shetland island of Unst in the north; and from St Kilda, in the West, to the whisky country of Speyside in the east. From his home on the Black Isle he covered all the big stories, from the fight against a nuclear waste dump in Caithness to plans to remove ... Read more

    $10.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Auld Enemies

    The Scots and the English

    by David Ross ...
    For almost a thousand years, Scotland and England have been neighbour nations. For more than half that time, they were foreign countries, often at war. Four hundred years ago, they began to share a monarchy; three hundred years ago, they joined in a United Kingdom. A new concept of 'Britishness' arose, but for most purposes Scots remained Scots and English remained English, and the old sense of ... Read more

    $5.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • George and Robert Stephenson

    A Passion for Success

    by David Ross ...
    From poverty to immense wealth, from humble beginnings to international celebrity, George and Robert Stephenson's was an extraordinary joint career. Together they overshadow all other engineers, with the possible exception of Robert's friend Isambard Kingdom Brunel, for one vital reason: they were winners. For them it was not enough to follow the progress made by others. They had to be the best. ... Read more

    $19.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Highland Herald

    Reporting the News from the North

    by David Ross ...
    From 1988 to 2017 David Ross was the Highland Correspondent of The Herald. His patch stretched from the Mull of Kintyre in the south to the Shetland island of Unst in the north; and from St Kilda, in the West, to the whisky country of Speyside in the east. From his home on the Black Isle he covered all the big stories, from the fight against a nuclear waste dump in Caithness to plans to remove ... Read more

    $9.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not Another Workshop!

    by David Ross ...
    Life is too short to waste on unproductive workshops and draining meetings.We've all sat through workshops and meetings that drag. Perhaps participants were overwhelmed by "zoom fatigue" or there were plenty of opinions but no agreed way forward.This book provides a fail-safe methodology to address these common pitfalls and design and host workshops and meetings that produce real business outcomes ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Running Fitness - From 5K to Full Marathon

    by David Ross ...
    Running Fitness presents a structured and practical training guide aimed at a large portion of the running community, including beginners and those looking to improve in the sport. Author David Ross, a runner of many years experience, provides a training path that develops running capability from a simple 5K race up to full marathon, whilst making the sport easily accessible to those who wish to ... Read more

    $9.49 USD