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Orkney Life, People & Places
All about Orkney Life, people and places - then and now.
Orkney Life, People & Places There are 102 products.
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Dialect and Language
Dialect and Language.
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Islands/Places & Life
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Biographical
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Orkney: A Special Way of Life
After moving permanently to the island he's always dreamed of, Richard Clubley here sets out to capture the experience of life on Orkney... Paperback.
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An Orkney Tapestry
By George Mackay Brown. First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. A new edition published to celebrate 50 years since its first publication and also the George Mackay Brown centenary in 2021.
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George Mackay Brown: The Wound and the...
In this highly acclaimed biography, Ron Ferguson tracks his friend's literary and spiritual journey, including his controversial move from Presbyterianism to Roman Catholicism. By Ron Ferguson. Preface by Richard Holloway. Paperback.
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Shapinsay Square Dance
The Shapinsay Dancing Affair. The vivid tale of a pivotal moment in Orkney's age of improvement: when David Balfour, the new laird of Shapinsay in 1846, contested the elders of the island's Secession Churches decision to discipline their flock for participating in the 'sinful' dance he gave. By Paul J. Sutherland. Paperback.
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Finding True North
The Healing Power of Place. A wise and powerful memoir about recovery and the healing power of place. By Linda Gask. Paperback.
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Loose Talk Collected
Five years' worth of the popular Orkney Today 'trials of middle age' column by Les Cowan.
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The Little General and the Rousay Crofters
Crisis and conflict on an Orkney estate. By William P.L. Thompson
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The Seed Beneath The Snow: Remembering...
Joanna Ramsey recalls George Mackay Brown's final eight years. Paperback.
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My Island
The true story of a silent challenge. Hamish Rosie was born a healthy baby at his home on the windswept island of South Ronaldsay, off the north coast of Scotland, but at only ten months he contracted meningitis, leaving him profoundly deaf. By Maggie Gordon. Illustrated bu Hamish Rosie.
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North to South
Tales of my travels from Alaska to New Zealand. By Kate Barrett. A4 Paperback.
£ 15.00
