Books In Brief…

Edinburgh At Work Malcolm Fife

The author explores the working life of this great city, from humble beginnings to its current status as a leading financial centre. Photos and illustrations provide the ideal accompaniment to the text. £14.99 Amberley

The Concise Field Guide To The Haggis

Stephen Bowers

A humorous look at this Scottish delicacy, as Bowers imagines it in a series of real-life persona. Katrina Mcintosh’s illustrations add to the pithy-ness of the book. £12.99 Haggis Horde Cool Scots

Greg Moodie

Cartoonist Moodie paints his own pictures of Scottish celebrities through the ages, and gives them his own “coolness” rating. Maggie Bell is “stoney cool” while Robert Burns is “red hot cool”. £12.99 Luath The Grey Wolves Of Eriboll David M. Hird

Detailed account of the surrender of the German U-boat fleet in Sutherland’s Loch Eriboll at the end of the Second World War and the Allied naval operation which controlled the situation. £18.99 Whittles