Subcategories
Archaeology.
Scapa Flow.
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.
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.
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.
A new and updated version of Orkney: A Historical Guide by Caroline Wickham-Jones. By Caroline Wickham-Jones. 2015 updated edition. paperback.
The remains of our neolithic ancestors found at Isbister give us an amazing picture of the people who lived here 5000 years ago. By John W. Hedges. Foreword by Colin Renfrew. Paperback. Published in 1984.