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Waverley Books publish books on Scottish history, Irish history, Welsh history, and also books on aspects of culture that reveal history and our heritage. We publish books for children, and adults.
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'Whisky in Your Pocket': 10th edition based on the original 'Malt Whisky Almanac' by Neil WilsonOur price: £9.99 Whisky in Your Pocket by Neil Wilson ISBN 9781849345330 10th edition based on the original 'Malt Whisky Almanac' by Neil Wilson
A Scottish Tradition: Tailors and Kiltmakers, Tartan and Highland Dress since 1868Our price: £25.00Available now
Are Ye Dancin’? The Story of Scotland's Dance Halls, Rock n Roll – And How Your Da met your MawOur price: £9.99Are Ye Dancin’ is a light look at personal stories and insider views of Scotland’s dance halls. There used to be more than 600 dance halls in Scotland, and the part they have played in Scottish culture after the 1950s is large. If you are nostalgic for the past, or are interested in just how great the dance hall scene was, this book with stories and pictures will entertain. Eddie Tobin captures the wit and humour of the characters in the dance halls across Scotland where he worked, with his own memories of what made this scene tick in a career that spans 50 years. Eddie’s introductions are followed by anecdotes and stories from people who worked in the halls, with people who went dancing there. In an easy-to-read style this book has more than 100 photographs, and is great for reading cover to cover, or just to dip into.
Bonnie Prince Charlie (The Corbies Scottish History and Heroes series)Our price: £3.99This colour illustrated book tells the story of Bonnie Prince Charlie - Charles Edward Stuart - in his quest for the return to the throne of the Stuart kings. The Corbies is a series of bestselling and treasured classics aimed at children aged 7+. He and his followers
believed the throne of Great Britain rightfully belonged to the House of
Stuart. He led the campaign, known as the Jacobite Risings of 1745, to
overthrow King George II. He failed and fled Scotland, after he lost the Battle of Culloden, via Skye, famously rowed by Flora MacDonald's helpers, and got to France and then Rome, where he died in 1788. Charles Edward Stuart was born in Rome, so came full circle.
Broths to BannocksOur price: £12.99Author: Catherine Brown
Dear Green Sounds: Glasgow’s Music Through Time and BuildingsOur price: £15.00Glasgow is home to music. 
Discovering Scotland's Lost RailwaysRRP: £30.00Our price: £20.00You save: £10.00 (33%)Author: Julian Holland
Ghostly Scotland - The Supernatural and the UnexplainedOur price: £7.99 Ghostly Scotland
Glasgow’s Grand Central Hotel: Glasgow’s most loved hotelOur price: £20.00Authors: Jill Scott and Bill Hicks
God Bless Mrs McGinty! My Life and The Sunday PostOur price: £7.99God Bless Mrs McGinty by Bill Anderson
Greyfriars Bobby (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99A constant favourite, this colour illustrated book tells the lovely story of a loyal dog who sat and waited for his master in Edinburgh. After his master died, the dog still waited for him by his grave in Greyfriars Kirk, and the local people of Edinburgh fed and looked after Bobby until he quickly became known as ‘Greyfriars Bobby’. 
Greyfriars Bobby (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Author: Eleanor Atkinson
Hauntings: True Life Sightings and Experiences of GhostsOur price: £7.99Author: Rebecca E Kidger
I Fought at Bannockburn (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99
This story is one of the most popular
Scottish battle stories of all time – how Robert the Bruce led the Scots
against King Edward II’s army at Bannockburn and won.
The exciting story is told from the point of view of a boy of 15 who fought in King Robert's army. The Corbies is a series of twelve bestselling and treasured classics aimed at children 7+. The books are illustrated in colour throughout and are simple, charming and colourful, helping children understand history in a very accessible way. Popular with teachers, the books provide an invaluable teaching aid.Trimmed Page Size: 167 x 114mm; Hardback; 32pp; spine: 10mm; Weight: 111g.
Ireland History of a NationOur price: £7.99Ireland History of a Nation - updated summer 2019. 
Mavis's ShoeOur price: £7.99Author: Sue Reid Sexton
R. L Stevenson's Kidnapped - retold by John KennettOur price: £4.99TPS: 193 x 124mm
Robert Burns in Edinburgh - A literary guidebook with walking maps of Burns' time in EdinburghOur price: £14.99Robert Burns in Edinburgh - A literary guidebook with walking maps of Burns’ time in Edinburgh
Robert Burns in Your Pocket: A biography and selected poems of Scotland’s National PoetOur price: £9.99Robert Burns in Your Pocket has a clear and accessible biography of Burns and his work, with fifty-two (52) of Burns’ poems and songs, a comprehensive glossary of Scots words, and an index of first lines. Illustrated with line drawings of scenes from Burns’ life, this book also gives a brief introduction to each poem. The book makes an elegant gift or beautiful reference work for your own book collection.
Rue End Street: The sequel to Mavis’s ShoeOur price: £7.99Author: Sue Reid Sexton
Scottish Folk TalesRRP: £7.99Our price: £0.00You save: £7.99 (100%) This book is licensed to Lomond Books for sale in the UK. Waverley Books sells this book elsewhere in the world.
Scottish Ghosts (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Author: Lily Seafield
Scottish History Heroes and Heroines 5-book packRRP: £19.99Our price: £19.95You save: £0.04 (0%) SCOTTISH HISTORY HEROES AND HEROINES 5-book pack : William Wallace; Robert Bruce; Mary Queen of Scots; Rob Roy and Bonnie Prince Charlie 
Scottish Murders: 25 Stories of Scotland's bloodstained past Our price: £4.99Scottish Murders: 25 Stories of Scotland’s bloodstained past ISBN 9781849342056
Scottish Myths and Legends (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Author: Judy Hamilton
Scottish Names (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Author: George Mackay
Scottish Painting: 1837 to the presentRRP: £30.00Our price: £20.00Sale price: £0.00You save: £30.00 (100%)Author: William Hardie
Scottish Placenames (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Author: George Mackay
Scottish Songs (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99A collection of more than 80 traditional compositions arranged for voice and piano, the songs and ballads in this book that reflects the rich heritage of folk music in Scottish life. 
Scottish Trials: Noteworthy and Sensational Scottish TrialsOur price: £4.99Scottish Trials
Scottish Witches - The Story of the Persecution of Witches in Scotland (1563 - 1736)RRP: £5.99Our price: £3.99You save: £2.00 (33%)In sixteenth and seventeenth century Scotland, to be accused of being a 'witch' was extremely dangerous. An estimated 4000 witches were arrested, with 2000 put to their deaths in this period (from the first Act against Witches in 1563 to its repeal in 1736). Death was by strangulation at the stake, and burning, or drowning. The word of someone against you was enough evidence to be life-threatening in some cases. Today there is action to clear the names of those in Scotland who were accused and lost their lives. To date, unlike the witches of Salem, Massachusetts, USA, for example, Scotland's witches prosecuted under the law against them, have never been 'pardoned'. https://petitions.parliament.scot/petitions/PE1855
Tailored For ScotlandOur price: £20.00Tailored for Scotland Author : Deirdre Kinloch Anderson 
The Clans and Tartan Maps of Scotland (folded)Our price: £8.99
The Comic Legend of William McGonagallOur price: £9.79Author: Charles Nasmyth
The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert BurnsOur price: £7.99Robert Burns: The Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
The Glasgow Boys in Your PocketOur price: £9.99Author: William Hardie
The Glasgow Cookery BookOur price: £17.99This national bestselling cookery book is a perennial favourite. This is the Centenary edition. With over 1000 recipes, The Glasgow Cookery Book is sought-after, revered and reflects 100 years of expertise. For those not familiar with the book, this is not a 'Scottish cookery book', it is more of a tried and trusted Mrs Beeton, with a comprehensive factual how to approach for cookery and baking.
The Malt Whisky Map of Scotland (rolled and folded in a tube edition)Our price: £9.99Prepared by publisher and whisky writer Neil Wilson and James McEwan. James is a former master distiller of Bruichladdich, and helped to developArdnahoe whisky on Islay. This map is fully updated for2019 and features every distillery in production alongwith those that have closed since 1960. This edition of the map is rolled and folded in the tube.The map size is 974 x 674mm. Tube length: 360 mmThere have been whisky maps before, but this new map is the bestavailable. With over 120 active distilleries in Scotland, Scotland is the world's largest producer of whisky, followed by the USA, and Japan. For those who love statistics, in 2008 Scotland produced 534 million litres of whisky - that's a lot of whisky. This map is in full colour, and with a wealth of distillery information on the reverse, the map gives a full view of the whisky-producing regions of Scotland.The regional boundaries of these have been redrawn in an attempt to simplify this aspect of the industry. James McEwan’s unique (and funny) notes are incorporated on the reverse, along with a distillery directory, websiteaddresses, cooperage notes, cask information, Landranger OS map references and some interesting distillery terms.The map shows distilleries that have visitor facilities, with their details on the rear of the map. So if your interest is purely academic, or that of an enthusiast andwhisky lover, this new map is ideal. We invite you to come to Scotland and put our map to the test!
The Story of Iona and St Columba (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This colour illustrated book tells the story how St Columba sailed with the monks to the Scottish island Iona and built an abbey, which became Iona Abbey. The Corbies is a series of twelve bestselling and treasured classics aimed at children 7+. The books are illustrated in colour throughout and are simple, charming and colourful, helping children understand history in a very accessible way. Popular with teachers, the books provide an invaluable teaching aid.Trimmed Page Size: 167 x 114mm; Hardback; 32pp; spine: 10mm; Weight: 111g.
The Story of Mary Queen of Scots (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This illustrated colour children’s book explains the story of story of Scotland’s youngest Queen, Mary Queen of Scots and how she was imprisoned because she was seen as a threat to Queen Elizabeth I. The Corbies is a series of twelve bestselling and treasured classics aimed at children 7+. The books are illustrated in colour throughout and are simple, charming and colourful, helping children understand history in a very accessible way. Popular with teachers, the books provide an invaluable teaching aid.Trimmed Page Size: 167 x 114mm; Hardback; 32pp; spine: 10mm; Weight: 111g.
The Story of Rob Roy (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This colour illustrated book tells the story of the popular Scottish folk hero, Rob Roy. Rob Roy was the nickname for Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor, who has been described as a Scottish Robin Hood. 
The Story of Robert the Bruce (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This story of Robert the Bruce explains how this fair and strong man became Scotland’s warrior king and secured Scotland’s independence from England.
The Story of Scotland's Flag (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This illustrated colour children’s book explains the story of how Saint Andrew’s Cross, or The Saltire, became Scotland’s flag.
The Story of William Wallace (The Corbies series)Our price: £3.99This illustrated colour children’s book tells the thrilling story of how Sir William Wallace, the Scottish patriot and national hero, led his army against the English at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in 1297.
Traditional Scottish Recipes (Waverley Scottish Classics series)Our price: £4.99Generations of Scots have grown up on recipes using oatmeal and oats, curly kail (cabbage), haddock, potatoes, offal (haggis), and soups made with a good ham hough. This book combines traditional, classic recipes with Scottish family favourites – complete with tips – handed down within families to produce a tried and tested, working cookbook of 86 recipes.
VictoriaOur price: £9.99Publication date 1/3/19
W. B. YEATSOur price: £7.99 W B Yeats - a biography by David Ross
Wales History of a NationOur price: £7.99Wales History of a Nation
Writing on the Road: Campervan Love and the Joy of SolitudeOur price: £8.99Writing on the Road:
Young Robert BurnsOur price: £3.99Ideal for children aged 6 - 12, this colour illustrated book explains the early life of Robert Burns and how he grew up to be Scotland's best known poet and lyricist. One of the Corbies series, this book is a tried and tested and trusted classic, and has been selling since 1992. Suitable for schools and homework projects, this book explains Burns' early life in Alloway. Today, Burns is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide. Known best for poems such as Auld Lang Syne and My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose, Burns is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, and he is seen as a leader of the Romantic movement. After his death he was a source of inspiration to the founders of liberalism and socialism and today he is a cultural icon not just in Scotland. His work is taught in many countries such as Russia and Canada. He is regarded as one of the greatest Scots.