Fewer places on this planet have been as blessed by natural beauty as Scotland has been. The gentle slopes and rivers of the southern reaches have inspired poetry and paintings for centuries. Head north into the Highlands and you’ll find a kind of beauty that doesn’t exist anywhere else. From the glens to the mountains, from Loch Ness to Loch Lomond, writers who traffic in the natural world have had fewer greater places of inspiration than Scotland.
The same goes for travel writers. While ostensibly less populated than other parts of Britain, the freedom one feels while traveling through Scotland makes for incredible prose work. Walking in the footsteps of the clans, moving through the Highlands is like moving through time itself. With the best books and writers as a guide, readers will be able to find the very best spots and hidden gems in the country. Even for those with less time for traveling, picking up a great travel book allows you to embrace your inner adventurer without ever having to leave your living room!
East Neuk Books takes pride in our fantastic collection of Scottish nature and travel books. From classic tomes on travel in the times of olde to autobiographies of modern day travellers and guides, we have it all. Not only that, but our region-specific volumes will be of great interests not only to students of the natural world, but to those of history as well. And thankfully for the rest of us, the well-written prose allows for an easy read through territory that most of us have found only in the most academic of contexts.
So if you’re looking to buy nature and travel books online, take a gander at the great titles and authors below. From Gavin Maxwell to Jim Crumley to Mike Tomkies, you’ll be in the best of hands as you take a journey through the north of Britain and deep into the heart of Scotland.
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Fraser writes about this beautiful area of Scotland with a style that will delight any historian or follower of social history; observing the detai...
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For more than 2000 years the people of St Kilda remained remote from the world. Its society was viable, even Utopian; but in the nineteenth century...
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Unhappily land-locked in his early adult life, Frank Fraser Darling's fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s. S...
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The iconic figure of Robert the Bruce has gone down through the centuries as one of the most remarkable leaders of all time. With equal parts tenac...
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Following on from the new "Pocket Mountains Town and Country" series of shorter walks, this guidebook explores the stunning coast and countryside o...
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If you belong to the Clan Lamont then this clan book is ideal for you - makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Lamont...
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In 1560, Mary of Guise moved the Scottish Court to Leith, a site that is now Parliament Street, off Coalhill. Serving Edinburgh’s shipbuilding and ...
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While canvassing for the Scottish independence referendum in 2014 Neil Findlay made a discovery. Visiting the home that used to be his grandparent...
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If you belong to the Clan Lindsay then this clan book is ideal for you - makes a great gift idea. This clan book features the origins of Clan Lind...
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Line by Line: Scotland is an illustrated guide to the country’s railway, showcasing a collection of images captured over around twenty years. A cel...
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n the 60 years that Yorkshire farmer Roger Nicholson has lived at Cannon Hall Farm near Barnsley, he has turned what was once a humble small family...
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In this guide, Arthur Stewart traces ten long distance routes offering the keen backpacker a wide range of options.
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This guidebook describes 21 mountain biking routes in central and southern Scotland. It includes the 7stanes trail centre in Dumfries and Galloway,...
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My Scotland : By Its Famous Sons and Daughters by Anne Graham, Michael Hamilton An excellent collection of beautiful shared memories and photograph...
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A beautiful fact-filled sticker book perfect for nature lovers. The fifth in a glorious sticker book series created for the National Trust, this bo...
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Calming, thought-provoking, poetic and honest, Notes from Walnut Tree Farm is a collection of writing and musing by documentary-maker, environmenta...
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Recent aerial photography has revealed the antiquity of this small area at the edge of the East Neuk in Fife. Experts believe they have identified ...
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In 1725 an extensive military road and bridge-building programme was implemented by the British crown that would transform 18th-century Scotland. A...
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What happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new? When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to tend ...
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With Outlander's Scotland by Phoebe Taplin, you can follow in the footsteps of Claire and Jamie with this guide to the inspiring locations where Di...
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Pabay : An Island Odyssey by Christopher Whatley (Author) The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye's Inner Sound, just two and a half m...
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'Anyone who has any interest in what we eat, how we produce it or how we should manage the landscape for our children should read this book' Monty ...
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Saddle up and jump into the wonderful world of horses with the perfect guide for any fan who wants to know everything about horses and ponies. Disc...
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