Subcategories
Archaeology.
Scapa Flow.
The epic story of a nation forged in ice, stone and bronze. By Neil Oliver. Paperback.
The story of the ships of Scapa Flow, their sinking and their salvage, using many previously unseen images of the recovery and subsequent removal of many of the German battleships and cruisers to Rosyth dockyard in Fife for breaking up. By Campbell McCutcheon. Paperback.
All the smaller airstrips in Orkney are described in this second book in the Airfield Focus Series on Orkney, the first being about the mainland airfields. An Airfield Focus special, by Peter V Clegg. A4 paperback, spiral-bound
This book tells the dramatic story of how the Royal Navy transformed ordinary citizens into first rate sailors and navy personnel during the Second World War. By Orkney resident, Angus Konstam. Paperback.
And the eccentric Sheriff Thoms. How one man's disputed fortune saved a Cathedral from ruin. By Paul Sutherland.
Bryce Wilson traces the town's colourful history over 400 years, with tales of merchant and entrepreneur, seafarer and explorer, whaler and fisherman, publican, pirate and privateer. Hardback.
An intriguing snapshot of crofting life in the county 130 years ago through evidence given to, what became known as, the Napier Commission, set up by the government to probe the plight of crofters in the Highlands and Islands. By William P.L. Thomson. Hardback.
Landscapes of Scapa Flow War - Peace - Nature By Tom Muir and Scapa Flow Partnership
Life in a 1950s School Hostel as remembered by Bertha M Fiddler. Paperback.
Orkney and Shetland by The Institute of Geological Sciences.