ITEMS in your basket   TOTAL     COMING SOON! From Huts to High Rises a history of housing in Kent by J. P. Hollingsworth From the Bronze Age to the digital age, the story of people and their houses in the South east of the British Isles. Old Moniaive by Isabelle C. Gow Scheduled for July Old Taynuilt by Guthrie Hutton Scheduled for June Old Rosehearty, Sandhaven and New Aberdour by Douglas Lockhart Scheduled for June Old Norwich by Michael Chandler Scheduled for June Old Belfast by Rose Jane Leslie Scheduled for June Old Lauder & Oxton by Bernard Byrom Scheduled for June PERCIVAL AIRCRAFT Edgar Percival, the man and his legacy. by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume Another signal work from Arthur Ord-Hume is in the offing! A substantial, hard-backed and fully illustrated volume spanning the life and works of famed Australian aircraft designer Edgar Percival will be published by Stenlake mid-year. Percival's Aircraft were known for the elegance of their design. The photographs in this volume bear witness to that fact and the addition of Arthur's expert commentary makes this a publication event not to be missed. Keep an eye on our Facebook page for updates and sneak previews. Lost Railways of West Sussex by Marie Panter Scheduled for June. Lost Railways of East Sussex by Marie Panter Scheduled for June. The Beginner’s Bee Book by Ted Hooper If you have ever had the ambition to keep your own bees and generate your own distinctive honey this is the book you will want to get. Written originally by Ted Hooper, author of The Bee Friendly Garden, and revised and updated by Clive de Bruyn and Margaret Watson, it walks you, step-by-step through the dos and don'ts of this fascinating hobby. The photographs are beautifully detailed and the text, written by someone whose love of bees is evident, is clear and insightful. At a time when colony collapse is threatening agriculture around the world more people are taking up the fight for these essential creatures. This book shows you how to go about joining the growing number of enthusiasts around the globe answering the challenge. The Complete Adventures of Chuggalug by James McClelland Scheduled for July. A completely re-vamped and expanded edition of our popular children’s series with new illustrations by Margaret Irving Miller and some brand new stories. The wee boy from pre-history gets into his usual scrapes. Thank goodness his animal friends are around to rescue him! The Highland Main Line by Neil T. Sinclair Scheduled for Spring. An early alert for this revised and updated edition of Neil Sinclair's original centenary publication, this will be of interest both to railway enthusiasts and to lovers of the Highlands and their history. Setting aside the spectacular scenery through which the Highland main line travels, Neil does not merely focus on the railway's history. Although the progress of the Highland line is the main thrust of the story, he also involves the communities through which the line passes and traces it's impact on the lives of ordinary folk along the way. The War Diary of Stirling Bomber Squadron 199 by John Reid Scheduled for August.. The title is still a working title and the format not completely decided but this book is generating some excitement in the office so we wanted to put it up on the website as ‘coming soon’ to give our aviation enthusiasts a heads up. Less pictorial and more narrative than our usual format, this book almost reads in places like a thriller, telling as it does, the true story of a war-time Stirling Bomber squadron, the personalities involved and the missions and mysteries that constituted their reality during some of the darkest days this country has seen. Railways of the Isle of Wight by Marie Panter Scheduled for June. THE CALEDONIAN, Scotland's Imperial Railway. A History by David Ross Scheduled for June. We believe this will become the definitive book about this famous railway and its history. It is the first full history of the Caledonian Railway ever to be published. Based on original source documents and contemporary newspapers and journals and fully referenced, it traces its development, through troubles both legal and commercial, as an operating railway and a business with its own distinctive style. Profusely illustrated, it is an essential book not only for those with an interest in the old railway companies and their often tumultuous relationships with each other, but for the light it sheds on Scottish society and commerce during the long high noon of industrialisation and growth. This is a sumptuous, beautifully illustrated, hardbound volume stuffed with facts and information no railway enthusiast can afford to be without. Charting, as it does, the impact a single transport endeavour can have on the communities through which it passes and the industry which springs up in its wake, it is also of major interest to historians, archaeologists, sociologists and anyone who finds the industrial heritage of the British Isles of interest. The book is also a work of art in itself. Burns and Ayrshire by David Williams Scheduled for October. A new Burns book is always an event worthy of attention, which is why we added this to our ‘Coming Soon’ list well ahead of time. The make-up of the book is still in design but runs to a whopping 480 pages and judging from the wealth of first class material we have seen so far it is well worth the wait. Keep an eye on our Facebook page and this site for more news. New for March  The Country Houses, Castles and Mansions of Renfrewshire by John Fyfe Anderson A lovely little gem of a book about the history and architecture of these houses built for the rich and famous of Scotland's feudal and industrial...more £9.00   Ayrshire’s Last Days of Colliery Steam by Tom Heavyside A beautiful book with some dramatic pictures of the final days of these steam workhorses of Ayrshire's deep pit mining industry, some of which which...more £9.00   New for December  Old Bordesley Green by John Bick The name of this part of wider Birmingham is thought to be derived from an ancient area of demesne pasture and a record exists, referenced as la Grene...more £9.00   Old Achill Island by Hugh Oram Achill is the largest island off the west coast of Ireland and is famed for its wild, windy and stunningly beautiful landscapes. It is also the site...more £9.00   Old Bridge of Earn by Morag Lloyds Bridge of Earn developed around the first bridge over the river which dates from at least the time of Robert the Bruce, who was known to have...more £9.00   Old Inverkeithing by Edward Robinson The medieval town of Inverkeithing has much to offer its visitors. Site of what is reputed to be the best surviving example of a medieval friary...more £9.00   Old Ochiltree by Alex F Young Described in the 19th century Ordinance Gazetteer of Scotland as ‘a pleasant little place’ with 'a post office under Cumnock, with money...more £9.00   Old Torry & Aberdeen Harbour by Rosie Nicol Torry is one of the oldest parts of Aberdeen. Records show a community existing as far back as 900 years. It was once a Royal Burgh in its own right...more £9.00   Old Aberlour by Fraser Dyer The town of Aberlour is known for many things. It is famous for the Aberlour Childcare Trust which began with an orphanage in the town and now...more £9.00   Townhead in the 70s by Peter Mortimer and Duncan McCallum Townhead is the oldest part of Glasgow and is the site of Glasgow Cathedral dedicated to St.Kentigern also known as St Mungo, and Glasgow's oldest...more £9.00   New for November  Bilton Banks – The Pit and its People by Barry Stewart Gritty and down-to-earth stories and photographs from this close-knit North Eastern mining community. The towns and villages that arose around the...more £16.00   New for October  Old Gardenstown with Crovie and Pennan by Kay Beaton These three picturesque fishing villages in Gamrie Bay have a long and at times quite lively history. In 1004 the Gardenstown Church of St John the...more £9.00   Old Insch by Ann Dean Although Insch has a long history of settlement, its growth has been a stop and start affair. It was granted a charter as a burgh of barony in 1677...more £9.00   Old Dunkeld and Birnam by P J G Ransom At the entrance to the Scottish Highlands, Dunkeld once marked the transition, in the form of the Highland Line, from Lowland Scotland to the Gaelic...more £9.00   Old Zambia’s Railway and More by Gordon Shepherd This book gives a fascinating insight into the people and places along the colonial rail routes before independent Zambia was born. Offering...more £9.00   Pleasures of the Firth Two Hundred Years of the Clyde Steamers by Andrew Clark In August of 1812, the Clyde's first steamer was launched. Named 'The Comet' after a meteor that had caused quite a stir the previous year, she...more £40.00   Old Snowdonia and the Llŷn Peninsula by Bernard Byrom Some of Wales' most spectacular scenery is to be found around Snowdonia so we felt that this impressive collection of photographs required a larger...more £16.00   New for September  Old Kinlochleven and the Highland Aluminium Industry by Guthrie Hutton As the introduction to this fact-filled little book says ‘At the end of the 19th century Kinlochleven did not exist‘. It was a combination...more £9.00   Stenlake Publishing, 54-58 Mill Square, Catrine, Ayrshire, KA5 6RD Telephone/Fax 01290 551122 Email info@stenlake.co.uk page design by Sunnyfield