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The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest and toughest battle of the Second World War, and for the course of it, the Western Highlands and islands of Scotland represented the front line. From 1939 to 1945, places like Oban, Tobermory, Tiree, Benbecula and Stornoway were important strategic bases and training centers for both the RAF and navy as they sought to protect vital Atlantic convoys from the German U-boat threat. Over many years of dedicated research, Mike Hughes has brought together both the photographs and memories of the men and women who served and lived in Oban and the Hebrides during World War Two. Gathered from around the world, the book forms a fascinating and unique record of the events, tragedies, landscapes and people of the war years in the west of Scotland.

Excerpt from The New Hebrides and Christian Missions: With a Sketch of the Labour Traffic, and Notes of a Cruise Through the Group in the Mission VesselSuccesses - The islands of Fila and Mel - The Rev. Joseph Annand Peculiar difficulties on these islands.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A group of resourceful kids start "solution-seekers.com," a website where "cybervisitors" can get answers to questions that trouble them. But when one questioner asks the true meaning of Christmas, the kids seek to unravel the mystery by journeying back through the prophecies of the Old Testament. What they find is a series of "S" words that reveal a "spectacular story!" With creative characters, humorous dialogue and great music, The "S" Files is a children's Christmas musical your kids will love performing.

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Paul Murton has spent half-a lifetime exploring some of the most beautiful islands in the world – the Hebrides. He has travelled the length and breadth of the Scotland’s rugged, six-thousand-mile coast line, and sailed to over eighty islands.In this book Paul visits each of the Hebridean islands in turn, introducing their myths and legends, history, culture and extraordinary natural beauty. In addition he also meets the people who live there and learns their story. He has met crofters, fishermen, tweed weavers, Gaelic singers, clan chiefs, artists, postmen and bus drivers – people from every walk of life who make the islands tick. This blend of the contemporary and the traditional creates a vivid account of the Hebrides and serves as unique guide to the less well known aspects of life among the islands.

This work spans the natural and human history of the Hebrides. Created from "The Hebrides - a Natural History", this volume - the second in a trilogy - covers the entire history of the islands, from the sea-beds to the mountains. Plant and animal communities are studied on a systematic level, as are th geology and climate. The book is a complete ecological profile of the archipelago. Although each work within the trilogy complements the other two, they each stand as individual volumes.

Excerpt from In the New Hebrides: Reminiscences of Missionary Life and Work, Especially on the Island of Aneityum, From 1850 Till 1877Hebrides by Baron Von Mueller, the plants having been collected by Mr. Campbell, but arranged and named by the learned Curator of the Melbourne Botanical Garden. But the Rev. Dr. Steel's volume, entitled The New Hebrides and Christian Missions, is really the history of the New Hebrides mission. It contains a vast amount of valuable information, collected with much pains, patience, and discrimination. He records fully and faithfully the toils, trials, and triumphs of the missionaries; defends them ably, and vindicates them successfully, from the aspersions cast upon them and the misrepresentations made against them by such writers as Meade and Brenchley - able men, but prejudiced and misinformed, and who unhappily accepted their information from sources utterly unreliable. Dr. Steel is remarkably well informed on missions, knows everything about the New Hebrides mission, writes with extreme care and accuracy, and is in full sympathy with mission work to the heathen.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A photographic journey through the Hebridean Islands by the bestselling author of the Lewis trilogy The landscape of the Outer Hebrides, with its stark cliffs, ghostly mists, and lonely beaches, has become a definitive character of Peter May’s Lewis trilogy. In Hebrides, readers will accompany him on an odyssey in prose and images, through a history of the Vikings "Long Island," and his own deep personal connection with the islands that influenced his bestselling work. Traveling as if alongside his protagonist Fin Macleod, he describes the island life—as bewitching as it is treacherous—his encounter with the bird-hunters of Sula Sgeir, the savage seas of Ness, and the churches of Eriskay. With extracts from the trilogy and specially commissioned photographs, this book places his writing and characters within the land that gave them form.

Since the publication of The Blackhouse in 2011, the books of Peter May's groundbreaking Lewis Trilogy have enthralled millions of readers around the world with powerfully evocative descriptions of the Outer Hebrides.From its peat bogs and heather-coated hills, from its weather-beaten churches and crofters cottages to its cold clear rills choked with rainwater, the islands off the northwest coast of Scotland have been brought to vivid life by this accomplished novelist.Now, Peter May and photographer David Wilson present a photographic record of the countless locations around the Hebridean archipelago that so inspired May when he was bringing the islands of detective Fin McLeod's childhood to the page. From the tiny southern island of Barra to the largest and most northern island of Lewis, travel the storm-whipped North Atlantic scenery with May as he once again strolls the wild and breathtaking countryside that gave birth to his masterful trilogy of novels.

Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and the Western Islands of Scotland. Both kept detailed notes of their impressions and later published separate accounts of their journey together. The account of their great tour is one of the finest pieces of travel writing ever produced: it is a magnificent historical document and also a portrait of two extraordinary personalities.In the vivid prose of theses two famous men of letters, the Highlands and the Western Islands spring to life. The juxtaposition of the two very different accounts creates an unsurpassed portrait of a society which was utterly alien to the Europe of the Enlightenment, and straining on the brink of calamitous change. This great masterpiece, entertaining, profound, and marvellously readable is also our last portrait of a lost age and people.

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This is a personal record of Mairi Hedderwick's six-month solitary journey of the archipelago which forms the Western Isles of Scotland. It was on a chilly March morning that Mairi set off in an aged VW camper van to embark upon her journey, determined to fulfil a fantasy of travelling to every Hebridean isle. It was an exhausting but rewarding six months. The resulting account of her travels and the many sketches she made shows the reader the islands in all their diversity. There are cameos of everyday life drawn with humour, alongside landscapes of the Hebrides. Mairi Hedderwick is the author of "Highland Journey".

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This is a personal record of Mairi Hedderwick's six-month solitary journey of the archipelago which forms the Western Isles of Scotland. It was on a chilly March morning that Mairi set off in an aged VW camper van to embark upon her journey, determined to fulfil a fantasy of travelling to every Hebridean isle. It was an exhausting but rewarding six months. The resulting account of her travels and the many sketches she made shows the reader the islands in all their diversity. There are cameos of everyday life drawn with humour, alongside landscapes of the Hebrides. Mairi Hedderwick is the author of "Highland Journey".

Margaret Fay Shaw's life spans a century of change. Leaving home and school in Pennsylvania and Philadelphia aged 16, she crossed to Scotland to spend a year at school near Glasgow. It was there that her love for Scotland was born. After studying music in New York and Paris she returned to live for six years with two sisters in South Uist. Life on the island had changed little from previous centuries, and material comforts were few. But the island was rich in music and tradition, and Margaret Fay Shaw's collections of Gaelic lore and song are amongst the most important made this century, whilst her photography evocatively captures the aura of a vanished world.

This is a collection of traditional Gaelic songs from the Hebrides of Scotland, with musical scores and English translations. They were composed and sung by the women of the Isles, not only at their diversions, but also during almost every kind of work where more than one person is concerned, as milking cows, watching the sheep, weaving of cloth, grinding of grain, haymaking, and cutting down corn. This collection of Songs of the Hebrides is a valuable collection of Gaelic folk art, sharing the voices, stories, and experiences of the working women and men of the outer isles of Scotland, people whose voices very often did not make it into the official register.

A unique travel book and a useful sailing guide to the Western Isles and anchorages in the Hebrides

The Outer Hebrides Guide Book, second revisision 3rd edition (256 pages) ISBN 9780951785997 (12.95) Publication date May 2017. A major update of the "Outer Hebrides Guide Book" The new 256 page edition of the very successful Outer Hebrides Guide Book includes many new features and covers all of the latest archaeological discoveries, visitor attractions and many more less-frequented places. For the first time a series of itineraries are suggested. These cover all of the inhabited islands. Car or bicycle tours, walks, sites of interest and places to stop are all covereded. Index boxes are included in each section to aid navigation. The Introduction covers Natural and Curtural History in depth. Enviroment and Geology, as well as seasonal Birds, Wild Flowers and Animals are all described. Archaeology from the first settlers to Norse times is covered in depth. Medieval and Modern History, Placenames, Language and Modern Times complete this section. The Gazetteer deals with each area and island in turn, and includes many out of the way places and uninhabited islands as well as the main attractions. The final section includes information on Transport, Services, What to Do and See and Further Reading. Ordnance Survey maps are an essential addition. The book has over 600 Charles Tait images, as well as OS maps and some old prints. It is 140x220mm in size and provides a comprehensive source of information to the visitor.