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TOM ATKINSON

Tom AtkinsonTOM ATKINSON, along with his wife Rene, founded Luath Press in Barr, Ayrshire in 1981. Tom had recently returned to Scotland and, finding there were no good descriptive guides to the popular parts of Scotland, set about writing and publishing the Luath Guides Series. Other books by other writers followed including a number of popular titles that have remained in print for many years, such as Mountain Days and Bothy Nights, Bare Feet and Tackety Boots, Highland Geology Trail, Red Sky at Night and more. Tom retired from Luath Press in 1997, but continues to contribute to the company, most recently with the Napier's History book, which he wrote with his daughter, Dee.

TOM'S BOOKS

NW HighlandsThe North West Highlands

The obvious beauty and hidden delights of the mountainous lands from Fort William to Ullapool.

N HighlandsThe Northern Higlands

"The essence of Scotland's far north and west is emptiness. Emptiness of people, that is, but of nothing else that brings delight to any tired soul"

W HighlandsThe West Highlands

A guide book to Inveraray, Glencoe, Loch Awe, Loch Lomond, Cowal, the Kyles of Bute, and all of Argyll.

SW ScotlandSouth West Scotland

A guide book to the best of Kyle, Carrick, Galloway, Dumfries-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire.

Poems to be Read AloudPoems to be Read Aloud

Tom's personal selection of doggerel and verse ranging from the tear-jerking Green Eye of the Yellow God to the rarely-printed, bawdy Eskimo Nell. Much borrowed and rarely returned, this is a very popular book. Great stuff for reading aloud in good company, preferably after a dram or two. 

Napier's HistoryNapier's History of Herbal Healing

The first concise history of world herbalism - A history of herbalism in Scotland - An account of Napiers, Britain's leading herbalists.

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