Luath Press Ltd - Independent Scottish Book Publishers
Luath Press has been a leading independent Scottish publisher for over 25 years. Our online shop contains over 200 Scottish books including modern fiction, history, tourist guides, and poetry. To be the first to hear about out latest book releases, sign up for our newsletter Book Banter by clicking here
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The Fatal Sleep Highly Commended in BMA Book Awards
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The Fatal Sleep, the insightful look into one of Africa's most deadly, and yet marginalised diseases - sleeping sickness - has been Highly Commended in the Popular Science category of the 2008 BMA Medical Book Competition.
The author, Peter Kennedy, has devoted much of his working life to researching sleeping sickness in Africa, and this first-hand account shares his trials and experiences, evoking our empathy with the affected patients, together with an explanation of the disease, including its history and its future. Interweaved with African geography and history, his compassionate story reveals what it is like to be a young doctor falling in love with Africa, and tells of his building of a vocation in the search for a cure for this cruel disease.
The Fatal Sleep is also shortlisted for the main prize in the Popular Science category, whose winner will be announced at an awards ceremony on Tuesday 9 September.
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Scotsman Recommends Reader Offer
A new travel guide to Scotland edited by The Scotsman's deputy editor David Lee is now available. Scotland Recommends: The Word-of-Mouth Guide to Scotland has been compiled from entries in the hugely popular Recommends supplement free with The Scotsman every Wednesday, whose contributors are oridinary members of the public.
Abandoning the idea of a boring and authorative travel guide Scotland Recommends gives the reader, whether local or visitor, an insight into the weridest and most wonderful places in Scotland - from hidden shopping gems to the best place to get fish suppers. Get a slice of some inside knowledge in Scotland Recommends.
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The Price of Scotland Gains Prestigious Award
The Price of Scotland, a highly praised history of the ill-fated Darien Project and its role in the subsequent Union between Scotland and England in 1707, was recently awarded the prestigious Hume Brown Senior Prize for Scottish History. This prize is awarded to a previously unpublished author whose work makes an original contribution to Scottish History.
The attempt by the Company of Scotland to establish a colony at Darien in Central America is one of the best known episodes in late seventeenth century Scottish history. The catastrophic failure of the scheme, one of Scotland's worst losses, was followed a few years later by the Treaty of Union in 1707 which dissolved the Company and ended the existence of the Scottish Parliament. Douglas Watt charts the Darien Scheme from its inception to its demise against the financial background of the period, looking at previously unexamined evidence and considering both the political and financial implications of this key moment in history.
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Celtic and Rangers Fans Take to the Stage
You have read the play now see it performed live!
What happens when you lock up a Celtic fan with a Rangers fan on the day of the Old Firm Match? Fireworks! That's What. A humorous and insightful look at the bigotry that exists between Glasgow's famous football giants Celtic and Rangers. Are they singing your tune?
'Explosive' THE EVENING TIMES
'Witty and provocative' THE SCOTSMAN
Play contains strong language. Recommended age 16+
For details about the dates and locations of forthcoming performances check out our events page.
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Book of the Month
Self-Help in the 21st Century
Self Help by by Samuel Smiles was a ground-breaking text at the time of its publication in the nineteenth century as he interviewed leading figures of the day to gain their thoughts on life and sucess. Malcolm Good revitalises Smiles' concept and brings it to modern day Scotland
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