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Biographical & Family History There are 61 products.
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Passion Partners
The Piety of George Mackay Brown & Gerard Manley Hopkins. By Alison Gray. Paperback.
£ 21.00 -
When Kitty Came To London
How a Linklater family from Orkney met the Pyotts in London's Docklands. By Teresa Pyott. Paperback.
£ 9.99 -
The Cornish Viking - Volume 1
An autobiography covering the six years Chris and his wife spent in Orkney in the 1980s. This volume follows him through days on large ships and then getting trapped in the rat race in London. With his family, he escapes to the Orkney and Shetland Islands and pioneers new ferry services. By Chris Marrow. Paperback.
£ 14.01 -
A Glisk of Sun
Selected works of 'Countrywoman' Bessie Skea. George Mackay Brown Fellowship. Paperback.
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The Life & Times of Charles Dunning
Knight of Baháʼu'lláh to the Orkney Islands. By Dr Keith Munro. Paperback.
£ 16.99 -
The Elusive Captain William Cromarty
A biography of Captain Cromarty (hailing from South Ronaldsay, Orkney), and his extraordinary life as mariner, pioneer settler, farmer, harbour pilot, navigator and explorer and respected citizen in colonial New South Wales. By Leslie Kilmartin. Paperback.
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Dear Mum - Letters From Orkney to Sheffield
Susan was always a bit of a nomad... she has now landed in Orkney. Will she settle? September 1944 and the war in Europe is stuttering on... Wren 94167, Mary Walker, is posted to Scapa Flow, Orkney, where there is bacon and eggs a-plenty... she is a wireless telegraphist and enjoys a busy social life. However, she still finds time to write home and tell...
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Stanley Cursiter - A Life of the Artist
This book pulls together, for the first time, the disparate threads of Stanley Cursiter's life and career as an artist and public figure of national importance. Born in Kirkwall, Orkney, in 1887, and described as a 'renaissance man' and a 'rare spirit', Cursiter was remarkable for the range of his accomplishments and sheer painterly skill. By Pamela...
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The Instant
Follow on from 'The Outrun'. Wishing to leave behind the isolation of Orkney island life, Amy Liptrot books a one-way flight to Berlin. She rents a loftbed in a shared flat and starts to look for work - and love - through the screen of her phone. By Amy Liptrot. Paperback.
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An Orcadian Odyssey: A Memoir (PB)
A Memoir by Bryce Wilson. Paperback Hardback version available here
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Pentland Hero
The story of the vision and tenacity of one man - Andrew Banks, a quietly spoken Orkney farmer's son - who, with a tiny team of trusted colleagues and without a penny of public funds, started operating a new, frequent, cheap, short sea crossing between Orkney and the Scottish Mainland. By Ron N. Pederson. Paperback.
£ 9.99
