Established in 1992, we are coming up to 20 years of trading. As well as producing our own annual list of new titles, Argyll operates as a contract publisher for various organisations (see contract publishing, above).

The Argyll book list is made up of all the categories in book shop (above) and includes biography, history, current affairs, wildlife and Scottish interest and local books. Argyll also publish a small amount of fiction and run a fiction imprint, Thirsty Books.

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Waverley Route - DAVID SPAVEN

£20.00


**Collectors' Edition Hardback** What was so important about this railway that drove hundreds of citizens to break the law, led by a Church of Scotland minister? Why was the railway allowed to close? Who or what should we 'blame' for its loss? And more p

Our Hillman Imp

£9.99


Paul Coulter takes a nostalgic look at the Hillman Imp motor car built in Linwood, Scotland from 1963 until 1976. The Hillman Imp was a rival to the Mini and had many innovations that were soon adopted by other motor manufacturers. The Imp however met a

The Hidden Story of the Kilsyth Weavers

£9.99


What is the story of the Kilsyth weavers? In the age before Kilsyth became a coal mining town most Kilsythians were handloom weavers, operating their own businesses from their own cottages. They were visibly represented in the Burgh’s coat of arms by t

1813 Year of Waverley – CHRIS HARVIE

£5.99


Chris Harvie’s 1814 Year of Waverley guides you through Walter Scott’s life and exciting times including Scott’s career in Edinburgh and the Borders, as invalid, schoolboy, lawyer, translator, his first successes as a ballad-collector and poet – backgroun

Stirring The Dust - Mary McCabe

£14.99


Extraordinary things unfold in Stirring the Dust. A corpse left unburied for fear of infection; a paranormal great-great aunt; bigamous and incestuous marriages; a runaway wife and her gypsy rover. Dramatic episodes in the past are linked with the pres

AfterNow: what next for a healthy Scotland?

£5.99


The authors of this visionary book look at health in Scotland and beyond health to the main social, economic, environmental and cultural challenges of our times. By setting out the 'challenges of modernity' and showing how we are living through a 'change

#freetopiary – Peter Burnett

£6.99


Consumerism, passivity, apathy and distraction. The internet is no place to attempt changing anything that matters.

Scots Crisis of Confidence, The - CAROL CRAIG

£9.99


In this brand new edition, Carol Craig further exposes Scots’ attitutes to and predeliction for negativity. She offers a refreshingly different analysis of the big themes of Scottish culture. Already a successful book, reflecting Scotland’s changed politi

Always is – DAVID TOMASSINI

£6.99


The urge to understand what ‘may always be’, through imagination and memory, is the leitmotif in this collection of poems by Scots emigré David Tomassini.

Scotland's Local Food Revolution: MIKE SMALL

£5.99


This book lifts the lid on the unsavoury reality of our current food system including horsemeat in processed beef products, the unsustainable movement of food round the globe, and how supermarket shopping generates massive waste. It’s an indictment of a f