Fiction and Poetry from the Outer Hebrides

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  Ath-Aithne Martin MacIntyre
  Whether in Aldershot, Uist, Glasgow, Nicaragua or elsewhere, the characters are brought to life with intelligence, passion and humour. Love, war, death, passion, belonging, identity, uncertainty, desire, tragedy and joy are just some of the themes running through these 18 short stories.
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  Beacon On The Shore Mary Withall
  A small, sheltered quarrying community in Eisdalsa, one of the Western Isles, has three new inhabitants to get used to. Their relationships with each other are sensitively depicted against the backdrop of the island's triumphs and tragedies.
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  Children Of Tempest: A Tale Of The Outer Isles Neil Munro
  A romantic love story set in the Outer Hebrides in the late 18th century involving the fate of the famous Loch Arkaig treasure, which disappeared in the aftermath of the 1745 Jacobite Rising.
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  The Dark Ship Anne MacLeod
  This saga spans three generations on the Isle of Lewis and has at its heart the story of the sinking of the Iolaire in 1919. The ship was bringing troops back from WWI and sank on its entry to Stornoway Harbour, with most on board perishing.
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  Devilweed Bill Knox
  While searching for a missing lobster boat, Chief Officer Webb Carrick sees the 40ft Thrift, the floating branch of the Bank of Central Scotland. The Thrift is adrift in Hebridean waters, her decks awash, her three main staff missing. Carrick finds all the hallmarks of an apparent robbery - only the ship's safe is untouched.
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  Far Inland Peter Urpeth
  As a young man, Sorley McRath turned his back on Hebridean Island life for life in Glasgow where, ultimately, he runs an antiquarian bookshop. But events soon prove to him that his inherited powers are far greater than he knew. Set on the Isle of Lewis and in Glasgow, this book draws on Gaelic and Inuit mythology and spirituality to inform a contemporary tale.
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  Heartland John MacKay
  Iain Martin hopes that by returning to his Hebridean roots and embarking on a quest to reconstruct the ancient family home, he might find a new purpose. But as Iain begins working on the old blackhouse, he uncovers a secret from the past which forces him to question everything he ever thought to be true.
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  The Island Pilgrimage Fay Sampson
  Margaret has a precious, delicate friendship with Brian, the minister of her church. But when they take a group of teenagers to the Hebrides, their relationship crosses a dangerous threshold. As they rehearse a musical, the barrier between the spiritual and the physical is breached. Are their spouses right to react jealously?
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  Là A' Dèanamh Sgèil Do Là Aonghas Phàdraig Caimbeul
  It is a novel which begins in the Torrin/Elgol area of Skye in 2010, when an old man comes to the door carrying a bag of winkles on his shoulders.
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  A Love Of Innocence Robin Jenkins
  A moving story of two young boys growing up haunted by dark secrets from the past.

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  Carmina Gadelica: Hymns And Incantations
  This is a collection of lyric poems and prayers from the Gaelic tradition of oral poetry, gathered from the highlands and islands of Scotland.
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  Homers Iain F. MacLeod
  1967. Alex and Mary are 'homers', sent from care homes in Glasgow to the islands to live with a new family. They are thrown into the kaleidoscope of island life: the teacher who barks in a strange language; the Minister and his penchant for Elvis; Andrena with her fetish for Hebridean delicacies.