Books from Black & White Publishing
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The Enforcer: A Life Fighting Crime
By Graeme PearsonWe arrived to find the shop owner had three trusted staff who had worked with him for a number of years. The four staff dispensed loans from behind a ...
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stane
By J. K. RowlingJ. K. Rowling's debut novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone has already been translated into a staggering 79 languages--Itchy Coo's Scots translation will be language number 80.
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Light & Dark
By Margaret Thomson DavisSend for the Reverend Marshall. I need to speak to somebody.' 'You can speak to me, madam.' 'No, somebody else. I need help and advice.' 'I can give you all the help and advice you need. And I am advising you that what you need just now ...
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What's It All About Ralphie?
By Ralph Milne, Gary RobertsonThe first thing you need to do is get on the phone to Gordon Taylor at the PFA and explain the situation.' Paul was famously offered a retirement package from the club but turned it down. I remember an episode when he'd reported himself ...
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Banged Up!: Doing Time in Britain's Toughest Jails
By David LeslieThe statement was expanded by an officer specialising in antiespionage, who said Waldberg and Meier had been told to concentrate on listening to conversations for talk about troop and naval movements, aerodromes, gun emplacements, ...
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The Tobacco Lords Trilogy
By Margaret Thomson DavisOutside of Glasgow, Donald McPhee, the shepherd, peered from his cottage window. The cottage was perched on top of a steep bank on one side of the river. Across the other side were the fields in which his sheep grazed and rising from ...
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Glorious Gentlemen: Tales from Scotland's Stalkers, Gillies and Keepers
By Bruce SandisonMcCarthy,. Thurso. River,. Caithness. Salmon fishing seriously damaged my mind. Only the River Thurso in Caithness saved me from certain insanity. My relationship with Salmo salar up until I cast a fly into the Thurso's peatstained flow ...
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Vermin
By William A. Graham"When an expensively dressed, well-spoken Englishman walks into the Dundee office of Allan Linton and Associates, Inquiry Agents, and says he's heard that Allan has a talent for finding people, it seems like a pretty ordinary case.
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The Herald Diary 2014: Another Stoater
By Ken SmithJOHN Fisher's updated book on British comedians, Funny Way to Be A Hero, recounts how Edinburgh's Ronnie Corbett met his future stage partner Ronnie Barker when Corbett was working between jobs as a barman in a London club for actors.
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Call Me Sister: District Nursing Tales from the Swinging Sixties
By Jane YeadonA porter puffed out instructions, 'Easy does it. One, two, and... three!' They lifted Meg effortlessly, carried her out of the ambulance and to the accompaniment of her groans, lowered her onto the trolley. Then, they took off, ...
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Real Hard Cases: Unsolved crimes reinvestigated
By Les Brown, Robert JeffreyThe report on the original postmortem, carried out by Scottish pathologists, included the opinion that the major abdominal injury was consistent with falling on an object similar to the bollards on Wick harbour.
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John Hartson's Celtic Dream Team
By Iain King, John HartsonI've got to admit, I can never work out Jim's nickname 'Cairney'. Apparently it comes from an old TV show called That Man Craig. The actor who played the lead role was called John Cairney so Jim became Cairney!
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Celtic FC - the Ireland Connection
By Brian McGuirkCharlie Gallagher Charlie Gallagher was born on 3 November 1940 in Glasgow to Irish parents from County Donegal. He was the cousin of fellow Celtic player Paddy Crerand. Gallagher first played for St John's (Gorbals) Boys' Guild in 1952 ...
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Still Breathing: The True Adventures of the Donnelly Brothers - From Organised Crime to Kings of Fashion
By Anthony Donnelly, Christopher Donnelly, Simon SpenceArthur's partner in crime was often 'Little' Albert Gibbons. He was the nephew of the wellrespected Davies brothers, 'Ginger' and Georgie – young men who drove Bentleys and had interests that included car dealing, haulage and pubs.
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The Herald Diary: Panda to your Every Desire
By Ken SmithAMERICAN author Gary Shteyngart was signing copies of his bestselling book Super Sad True Love Story at Glasgow's Aye Write! book festival when a fan put in front of him a book encased in a plastic cover. Perhaps Gary, who signed the ...
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McGraw: The Incredible Untold Story of Tam 'The Licensee' McGraw
By Reg McKayStephen and Alan Moffat, brothers from Easterhouse, John McCall from Cranhill and one other – the bold Billy McPhee. Calls went to the cop cars. ... He would help him just as he'd help most other blokes in the same situation.
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Villains: It Takes One to Know One
By Paul Ferris, Reg McKayIt was the summer of 2005 when an old pal, Stephen 'Steph' Menzies, called me up. It was great to hear from him after a good few years. We'd first met in jail, Glenochil, where I spotted him as a young blood constantly giving the screws ...
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Lighting Candles: A Paramilitary's War with Death, Drugs and Demons
By David LeslieIt came in March 1979 with the sensational murder of Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary Airey Neave. The politician, who had escaped from the German prisonerofwar camp at Colditz Castle, was driving his car from the House of Commons car ...
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Hearts' Greatest Ever Season: The 50th Anniversary Celebration
By Mike BuckleWhen they were awarded a free kick thirty yards out, Danny Paton hit a screamer that Wright only caught sight of as it came bouncing out from the back of the net. The lead did not last long, as straight from the kickoff Rangers went up ...
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Peterhead Porridge: Tales From the Funny Side of Scotland's Most Notorious Prison
By James Crosbie... he have stickyout, batlike ears that might have accounted for his unusual sobriquet. It, therefore, raises the question – just how exactly did John Higgins earn this name? Let's start by saying that it all came down to.