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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Featured books

The Great Takeover:

£5.99


This book describes the dominance of materalist values, the media and business in all our lives and how this is leading to a loss of individual and collective wellbeing. Covering

Fags Booze Drugs + Children

£9.99


The aim of this book is to inform, educate and empower parents or carers of children and young people, about how drugs have the potential to damage their health and wellbeing. Many adults are particularly worried about the use of drugs by teenagers, and s

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

Nan's Rabbit

£5.99

#freetopiary – Peter Burnett

£6.99


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

Carnegie's Call - developing the success habit

£7.99


The inspiration for this book was a Scot. For such a small nation the Scots have been influential in so many areas of the planet’s development. Yet Scots have a problem with achievement. Why are so many Scottish people suspicious of our fellow countrymen

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

Annie's Loo – RAYMOND YOUNG

£9.99


February 10, 1972. 2.30pm. A big black car sweeps into Luath Street in Govan and stops outside number 10. Pat Lally, the chairman of Glasgow Corporation’s Housing Sub-committee on Clearance and Rehabilitation (later to become a well remembered Lord Provos

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

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