A personal approach that sheds fresh light on Stevenson's work and relationships - why did he burn the first draft of 'The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'? Was he a victim of his volatile wife's neurosis?

Features a contemporary series of essays examining different aspects of Glasgow in a historical and cultural context, revealing a unique, amusing and sometimes critical, perspective of this city. This title pays an affectionate homage to Glasgow, with interesting details about the social, religious or architectural history of the city.

James McGrory is a Celtic legend, remembered today as the greatest goal-scorer in the history of Scottish soccer. His record of 550 goals in his 15-year career at Parkhead from 1922 to 1937 is unlikely to be surpassed and will stand forever as a memorial to a player who was a typical product of the period between the two world wars. At a depressing time when wages were low and work was scarce, his feats on the field provided a welcome and much-needed escape for the thousands of ordinary, cloth-capped Scottish working men who packed the dirt terracing to cheer on every move he made. Heroes are Forever tells the full story of McGrory's life and career, and is set against the vivid background of the inter-war period. It is a portrait of a loyal, modest, and inspirational man who lifted the hearts of his countrymen and raised the spirits of a nation.

Charles Rennie Mackintosh can be described as the greatest-ever Scottish architect, a water colourist of genius or a capricious interior designer with a flair for unstable furniture. He is an almost impenetrable figure in the history of Scottish art and architecture. This is a biography of the architect and artist.

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In turn of the century Glasgow, Denis O'Neil falls in love with Tina Keith, but the O'Neil family moves to New York while the Keith family moves to New Zealand