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Swimming with Seals
A memoir of intense physical and personal experience, exploring how swimming with seals, gulls and orcas in the cold waters off Orkney provided an escape from a series of life crises and help to deal with intolerable loss. By Victoria Whitworth. Shortlisted for the PEN Ackerley Prize. Paperback.
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Silent II
A Further Portrait of deserted Orkney buildings. Photographs of peaceful places and structures by Keith Allardyce. Colour and texture, light and shade combine to snatch beauty from 'ruckles o' auld stanes,' and slowly mouldering interiors. Glimpses of past lives are preserved, their tales save from oblivion by the historian and writer, Tom Muir. Paperback.
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Orkney: A Special Place
Richard Clubley loves Scotland's islands, but it is Orkney that has stolen his heart... Here he portrays them with stories he gathered from interviews of many local people, delving into the secrets of the islands. Paperback.
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The Outrun
A beautiful and inspiring first book by Amy Liptrot. Paperback. 2024 Film Tie-In Paperback Available Here
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Set in Stone
The Geology and Landscapes of Scotland. In this book, Alan McKirdy traces Scotland's amazing geological journey, explaining for the non-specialist reader why the landscape looks the way it does today. By Alan McKirdy. Paperback, with photographs and diagrams throughout.
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Exploring Papay
A wonderful booklet guide to the island of Papay. By Jocelyn Rendall with illustrations by Crispin Worthington and Inga Hourston.
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Graemsay: A History
The story of a hardy race of farmers, fishermen and seafarers who over time suffered famine and plague, war and impressment, and raised large families to seek their fortune across the globe. By Bryce Wilson. Hardback.
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A North Ronaldsay Yarn
A booklet on the sheep, their wool and their island. By Elizabeth Lovick.
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Matthew Forster Heddle
Mineralogist and Mountaineer. Biography of Orkney born Matthew Forster Heddle, Scotland`s greatest mineralogist. By Hamish H. Johnston. Paperback.
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Found Vol II
Beachcombing in Orkney, Volume II Portrait photographs of people with their unusual beach finds around Orkney. By Keith Allardyce. Paperback.
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Scotland's Islands: A Special Kind of Freedom
This is an anecdotal and personal exploration of some the 65 Scottish islands visited by Richard Clubley.
£ 9.99
