Written a century ago, in the Scottish town once dubbed the 'whisky capital of the world', this report formed the cornerstone of the nascent Japanese whisky industry.

The story of those who took trade unionism and working class politics to countries of the Scottish Diaspora, forming trade unions where they settled, often when membership could mean dismissal, eviction and deportation. Each chapter is a short history of a trade union or political party told through the biographies of the Scots who helped shape it.

Some of the best of Fred Urquhart's ghost stories are gathered in this volume. Throughout he displays the great skill in characterisation and dialogue that he is noted for, and, as in all his work, his native Scotland is seldom far away.

David Potter, the sports writer best known for his books on football, takes on a subject close to his heart in this illustrated survey of 250 years of the history of cricket in Scotland.

Until this, Mitchison's second SF novel, appeared in 1973, science hadn't featured much in her work, but was important in her life. Her Haldane father and brother were scientists, and her three sons all became professors of science. The novel is dedicated to Jim Watson, author of The Double Helix - which in turn is dedicated to Mitchison herself.