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Building conservation publications from the Engine Shed, ranging from detailed technical papers to advice for conservation beginners.
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![A person standing on a slipway watching a boat as it sails down the river](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/a592871b-ac92-4556-8047-af3f0104b5f2/a-life-of-industry.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Life of Industry
The Photography of John R Hume
John R Hume is Scotland's foremost expert on industrial heritage. In A Life of Industry, author Daniel Gray tells John's story, and the story of what has been lost – and preserved.
![A Work of Beauty](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/9eb752fd-f763-4ff4-b423-a58600bfbed3/A%20Work%20of%20Beauty.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
A Work of Beauty
Alexander McCall Smith's Edinburgh
Alexander McCall Smith curates his own story of Edinburgh, combining his incisive wit with a wealth of stunning imagery drawn from Scotland’s national collection of architecture and archaeology.
![Building Knowledge: An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/480975be-ae89-447c-923c-a5bb00f87aa5/Building%20Knowledge.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
Building Knowledge
An Architectural History of the University of Glasgow
Appealing to a wide audience this is a prestigious publication which celebrates some of Glasgow's most recognisable buildings.
![A lighthouse and a boat on the sea](https://app-hes-pubs-prod-neu-01.azurewebsites.net/imageprocessor/487e7842-f531-4282-863f-af3f0101d500/for-the-safety-of-all.jpg?mode=pad&width=400&height=400&bgcolor=ffffff)
For the Safety of All
A Story of Scotland’s Lighthouses
Donald S Murray explores Scotland's lighthouses through history, storytelling and the voices of the lightkeepers.
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Mousa to Mackintosh
The Scottishness of Scottish Architecture
The architecture of Scotland exists in many forms. In Mousa to Mackintosh, Frank Arneil Walker examines the recognisable and recurring features evident in Scotland’s buildings across the centuries to build a picture of ‘Scottishness’ in architecture.
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Signal Boxes
This booklet provides a glimpse of the history, special interest and way of life associated with signal boxes.
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Who Built Scotland
25 Journeys in Search of a Nation
Experience a new history of Scotland told through its places. Writers Kathleen Jamie, Alexander McCall Smith, Alistair Moffat, James Robertson and James Crawford pick twenty-five buildings to tell the story of the nation.