Biography

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Isabella MacIver Thomson – The First Lewis Woman in Athabasca
Embark on an extraordinary journey with Isabella or Ishbel as she was known as she ventures from the shores of Stornoway to the wilds of Fort Chipewyan.

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Nunton – The Land and its People
Flora MacDonald
Nunton – The Land and its People is a biographicak continuation of a Hebridean childhood from 1952 to 1966.

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Somhairle MacGill-Eain – Na Bhriathran Fhèin
Although Somhairle MacGill-Eain wrote the poetry for which he is internationally renowned in Gaelic, there is no book written in Gaelic which would introduce the man and his work to Gaelic readers, until now.

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Rotal
Maggie Smith (Editor)
Accounts of fishing in the Outer Hebrides.

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Water Over Silver
William J Turner
A biography of the life of John Macintosh Mathieson.

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Gaelic Guerrilla: John Angus Mackay, Gael Extraordinaire
Roy N. Pedersen
Many individuals have contributed to this linguistic and cultural renaissance. One man, John Angus Mackay, however, stands out. Without his heroic efforts, a whole range of key Gaelic developments could never have achieved the success they have.

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Eadar Dà Shaoghal
Dòmhnall MacLeòid
Based on the successful radio series, ‘Eadar Dà Shaoghal’ (Between Two Worlds), Donald MacLeod’s stories vividly portray the sights and sounds and emotions of his boyhood in the Isle of Bernera, Lewis.

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Seòl Mo Bheatha
Donald E. Meek
The autobiography of Professor Donald E. Meek. Well-known as a Gaelic and Celtic academic who spent his working life in the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen.

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Flight From the Croft
Bill Innes
A frequently amusing account of one man’s pursuit of an unlikely dream in a golden era of commercial aviation expansion.

As a barefoot lad in the Outer Hebrides, Bill Innes dreamed th

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Ceit an Tàilleir à Beàrnaraigh
Alison Dix (Editor)
The biography of Ceit Dix from Berneray, along with local songs, stories and folklore, many of which were recorded by the School of Scottish Studies. Edited by Ceit’s granddaughter, Alison Dix.

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A Family in Skye 1908-1916
Isobel Macdonald
A beguiling acount of an extraordinary island childhood and a classic of early 20th century Hebridean social history.

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The Assynt Crofter
Judith Ross Napier
The biography of Allan MacRae by Judith Napier, who, along with a small group of fellow crofters, led to victory the ground-breaking Assynt Crofters Trust land buy-out.

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