All about Orkney Life, people and places - then and now.
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Mineralogist and Mountaineer. Biography of Orkney born Matthew Forster Heddle, Scotland`s greatest mineralogist. By Hamish H. Johnston. Paperback.
Beachcombing in Orkney, Volume II Portrait photographs of people with their unusual beach finds around Orkney. By Keith Allardyce. Paperback.
This is an anecdotal and personal exploration of some the 65 Scottish islands visited by Richard Clubley.
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.
Lesser known aspects of St Magnus Cathedral. Edited by Steve Callaghan and Bryce Wilson. Paperback.