General Interest

Burns Supper Companion - This best selling book is an essential guide for anybody looking to hold a Burns Supper. It helps you not only set out the order of events for the evening, it also offers some good insight into the traditions that surround Robbie Burns Night.

Castles of Scotland - This book is the most complete and comprehensive guide to Scotland's wealth of Castles. Included are demolished buildings and forgotten sites. If you are interested in Castles in Scotland, than this book is a must have. It is a hard covered book.

Everyday Gaelic - Learn Gaelic. This book teaches you useful phrases, and builds your vocabulary. It takes a very systematic approach to learning how to speak the ancient language of Gaelic. There is an Audio cd that goes along with this, so that you can make sure you get your pronunciation correct.

The Flowers of the Forest - This book tells of how Scotland paid a huge price for the world in the First World War. Pre-war, Scotland was a workhorse and the "workshop of the empire" yet postwar, Scotland turned into a backwater forgotten place where emigration ran rampant. A fascinating story of how the First world war changed Scotland forever. This is a hardcover book.

Gaelic is Fun-Tastic - A Great little book that gets the beginner to build up their knowledge base of Gaelic words and phrases. Thee some funny cartoons, and examples of conversation. It is a great little book to peak your interest in the ancient language of Gaelic.

How the Scots Invented Canada - No matter where you enter the history of Canada – through exploration, politics, business, education or literature -- you... More

Scots Kith & Kin - This classic book is a great one for researching your family history. For anybody who is interested in the clans, then this is a must. The book lists all of the Scottish Surnames, and their links to the appropriate clans. Included in the back is a wonderful fold out map of Scotland with the clans listed.

The Age of the Clans - by Ron Wilson - This book is an exceptional look at the Scottish Clan system. It uncovers and explains some of the history behind the ancient clan system and follows it too the modern day. For anybody with links to a Scottish clan, this book is a real education of history in the Highlands of Scotland.

The Art of Kilt Making - This book is a step by step instruction book on how to make a traditional Scottish Kilt. The book takes you through everything you will need to know. It has extensive examples on pleating, and other useful hints. As well there is a history of the Kilt, and advise for altering, and evaluating kilts.

The Auld Scots Dictionary - Where did those marvelous old Scots words like drookit, glaikit, gawkie, flunkey, muckle etc. come from? Why would it be wrong to call a decent woman a dyke-louper, a byssim or a Maggie-rab? This rich distillation of the Scottish language will bring many hours of informative education and entertainment.

Tracing Your Irish Family History - by Anthony Adolph. This book is a great resource for anyone who has traces of Irish history in their ancestry. It gives you all of the tools that you will need to successfully find out about your long lost relatives.This book is up to date and includes information about searching for family on popular internet sites.

Tracing Your Scottish Family History - by Anthony Adolph. This book is a great resource for anyone who has traces of Scottish history in their ancestry. It gives you all of the tools that you will need to successfully find out about your long lost relatives.This book is up to date and includes information about searching for family on popular internet sites.