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Archaeology.
Scapa Flow.
In the first half of the 19th century, thousands of women and girls were employed throughout Orkney plaiting straw. 'The Strawplaiters of Orkney' reveals the forgotten history of the working lives of women and girls in the islands. By Fiona Grahame. Paperback.
Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history. By Fiona Grahame & Martin Laird. Illustrated hardback.
The 'Mighty Oak' disaster at Scapa Flow. By Dilip Sarkar MBE, FRHistS, in fellowship with the HMS Royal Oak Association. Hardback.
PRE-ORDER FOR EARLY DECEMBER The second of a two-volume work outlining the impact of war on everyday life in Orkney. By Emile Flett. Hardback.
The Famed Lewis Awakening that Never Occurred and the Glorious Revival that Did (Lewis & Harris 1949-52). By local author Tom Lennie. Paperback.
The Early History of a Danish/Norwegian and Scottish Royal Burgh, and a Study of its Royal Charters. By Spencer J, Rosie. Paperback.
HG-79: Taking The Fight to Hitler's U-Boats. 'This gripping story of a vitally important wartime convoy battle is long overdue' Dan Snow. By local author Angus Konstam. Hardback.
A biography of Captain Cromarty (hailing from South Ronaldsay, Orkney), and his extraordinary life as mariner, pioneer settler, farmer, harbour pilot, navigator and explorer and respected citizen in colonial New South Wales. By Leslie Kilmartin. Paperback.
Rare wool, wild isles & one woman's journey to save Scotland's original sheep. The story of the remarkable little horned sheep known as the Orkney Boreray... By Jane Cooper. Hardback.
Life on a small Orkney Island. By Kirsty Sinclair. Large paperback with colour photos throughout.
Orkney and Caithness from AD 870 to 1470. By Barbara E. Crawford. Paperback.