Titles Coming Soon from Black and White Publishing

Duncan Shearer’s incredible rise from non-league football to the international stage was a football fairytale. Beneath this seeming fairytale, however, lies a heart-rending story of personal tragedy and a heartwarming tale of triumph in the face of adversity.

Billy Bremner is a football icon. During his years playing for Leeds Utd and Scotland his passion for the game and his commitment to the cause made him an all-time footballing legend.

Kevin Drinkell has always put himself in the firing line. Now he lifts the lid on his rollercoaster life in football...

Lawrie Reilly is one of Hibernian and Scotland’s greatest ever players. As a key member of Hibs’ legendary Famous Five forward line, he played a prominent part in the most successful period in the club’s history. Now in Last Minute Reilly, Lawrie Reilly tells the fascinating story of his life for the first time.

The Scottish Sun's infamous A to Z brings you the lurid tales from the  dressing rooms of Scottish football clubs. It is the place on a Monday  where players, managers and backroom staff dish all the dirt.

Through promotions, cup final heroics and championship glory there has been one common thread running through Dundee United’s glorious  history. The bond between the Tannadice faithful and their playing idols has been an endearing constant for generations of United supporters.

The Granite Mile – The Story of Aberdeen’s Union Street with its spectacular illustrations and expert commentary is one of the most important books to come out of Aberdeen. Union Street is rightly acknowledged as one of the finest thoroughfares in Britain and has seen significant change and development through the ages. This is the fascinating story of how it all happened and of the triumphs and disasters along the way.

The 1970s had so much more to offer than just bell-bottom trousers and disco music...

Fairytales happen. They happen in Glasgow. They’re happening now.

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. I Said No Thanks is a no-holds-barred insight into life as an Old Firm star.

A must-have for anyone interested in the changing facade of the Scottish highlands, this stunning collection features images and observations of  life in Aberdeen and the North-east from days goneby.

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 this new book Katie spends a day at the zoo, meeting some of the bonnie, braw animals and birds that stay there, among them the tiger ‘in his strippit coat’, the koalas with ‘hairy lugs’, and an array of bright and beautiful birds and reptiles. But Katie’s favourite animals are kept till last... Who could that be bringing up the rear of the penguin parade? Katie is as cheery and inquisitive as ever, and there are lots of things to look at and point to in Karen Sutherland’s wonderful illustrations.

Wherever Scots gather they tell jokes and stories. And the very best of these much-loved tales find their way to the daily Diary column of Scotland’s best-selling quality newspaper, The Herald. In this volume we gather the very best tales from the column, proving that ordinary Scots are still the natural comedians of the world.

In Geordies vs Mackems & Mackems vs Geordies 2, Ian Black takes another look at the funny side of the enduring rivalry between Newcastle and Sunderland.

Nestled down, hidden behind the Glasgow Art Galleries, is a line of seven rented houses. Though quiet and out of sight alongside the River Kelvin, they accommodate seven very different families, along with their problems, schemes and secrets. Despite their efforts to retreat within separate lives, each household will soon find themselves mixed up in the problems of the others, as malicious schemes and secrets are exposed in Margaret Thomson Davis’s new thriller, Kelly’s of Kelvingrove.