Non-Fiction: Biography

The remarkable story of Ralph Milne.

Ralph Milne was born in Dundee and lived out many a young footballer’s dream. On leaving school he signed for Dundee United and gradually forced his way into a team full of great players. However, behind the scenes his volatile relationship with manager Jim McLean culminated in him leaving for Charlton. Many believe he could and should have done so much more but a personal battle with alcohol probably decided otherwise. In the eyes of Dundee United fans he will always be a legend and was inducted into the club’s Hall Of Fame earlier this year. This is his remarkable story.

In O is Fir Ingin, Stewart recalls life in the 1940s and 50s and recounts tales from school, days spent playing games and singing songs in the streets with her friends, Christmases with her family and, later, as a teenager coming of age, the world of entertainment Dundee provided with its picture houses and dance halls.

It Won’t Hurt a Bit is the story of Jane’s journey from the farm she loved and the schoolwork she hated through to her nurse training and the many adventures along the way.

Celtic & Me – Confessions from the Jungle is the funny, original story of Dominik Diamond’s very public life as a Celtic supporter.

Tam McGraw was one of the most feared gangsters in Glasgow. Before his death from natural causes in July 2007, he had built up a huge crime empire which stretched from Glasgow to the Canaries.

Nacho Novo is the most revered foreign player Rangers have had since iconic figures like Brian Laudrup and Jorg Albertz. He became an instant favourite with the Ibrox faithful in the summer of 2004 when he famously rejected overtures from arch-rivals Celtic and signed for Rangers.

The true story of one of Glasgow’s most controversial detectives and his battle with the criminals and violent street gangs of the city.

Ted McMinn tells all about his controversial footballing career, his journeys from East Kilbride to Derby, Sevilla and Australia, and his eventful lifestyle both on and off the pitch, in his remarkable autobiography. Now available in paperback for the first time!

Spurs and Rangers star Graham Roberts tells all in his sensational autobiography - now available in paperback for the first time!

Bertie never shirked a tackle as a player and there are still no holds barred long after the boots have been put away. It's the book everyone wanted and it’s a sensational read.

Graham Roberts is a true football legend. Utterly uncompromising both on and off the pitch for Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Rangers, Roberts had a talent which was the envy of many. Now he tells the full story of his incredible career and also of the high profile court cases which he took on and won. Graham was never a man to pull his punches, and his no-holds-barred story is a sensational must-read.

The controversial autobiography of Dutch football legend Arthur Numan, winner of three League titles, four Scottish Cups and three League Cups during his time with Rangers, who still lives in Scotland and remains a well-loved figure with the fans.

McGraw was a ruthlessly efficient gangster who built a crime empire based on fear and cunning, violence and drugs. They called him The Licensee – but not because of the pub he owned. Street players knew what it meant: Licensed to Commit Crime.

Graeme Pearson is one of the UK’s most outspoken and respected senior police officers. This is the remarkable, revealing and compelling story of one man’s determination to succeed and his life fighting crime.

Bertie Auld's autobiography is every bit as explosive and volatile as the man himself. He never shirked a tackle as a player and there are still no holds barred long after the boots have been put away. It's the book everyone wanted and it’s a sensational read.

Ted McMinn is one of football’s cult heroes. In a rollercoaster career that took in Scotland, England and Spain, Ted became a firm favourite with the fans first at Rangers and then at Derby County.

George Connelly was hailed as the greatest Scottish footballing talent of his generation, but at the age of just twenty-six he walked away from football and a glittering career. Now George reveals the incredible story of why he abandoned his dreams and the team he loved, and finally answers the question that has intrigued football fans for thirty years: Whatever became of George Connelly?

Derek Johnstone is a Rangers legend who also played for Chelsea and Scotland and was player-manager of
Partick Thistle. DJ: The Derek Johnstone Story is an honest, unmissable and heartfelt account of the life of a genuine footballing legend and a candid insight into his life both on and off the pitch.

Back in the early seventies, when the once-brilliant Lisbon Lions were preparing to receive their pensions, George Connelly appeared to be not just the apple of Jock Stein’s eye but the finest tree in the orchard. Celtic’s Lost Legend now breaks his silence for the first time and reveals why he walked away from the game and the team he loved.

The Gilmour family is the longest lasting boxing dynasty in the world and has ruled boxing across Scotland for more than a century. A Boxing Dynasty is the controversial story of a remarkable family and a must for fight fans.

In October 1970, a raw 16-year-old kid from Dundee exploded on to the Scottish footballing scene. Now, some 37 years on from the day that changed his life forever, one of Scotland’s most colourful and often controversial characters tells his own story.

At 8.15 am on 16 May 2004, Vicky Jack stood on top of the world. After seven gruelling years, she had fulfilled her ambition to climb the Seven Summits the highest peaks on the seven continents and now she had reached the top of the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. In doing so, she became, at the age of fifty-one, the oldest British woman to climb Everest and the first Scotswoman to complete the Seven Summits challenge. The Sky’s the Limit is Vicky’s story.

No-one could rule bloody Glasgow, they said. Arthur Thompson proved them all wrong.

Arthur Numan, winner of three League titles, four Scottish Cups and three League Cups during his time with Rangers, remains a well-loved figure with the fans and a prominent sports pundit on TV and radio. Now, Arthur takes us through his time at Ibrox, all the way from his £4.5 million signing in 1998 to his surprise retirement in 2003.

Walter Norval was a man marked by destiny to be a career criminal in one of Britains hardest cities.