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An t-Eilean: Skye – Places & People
Coinneach Maclean
An t-Eilean:Skye, Places and People, is a richly illustrated romp around Skye and adjacent Raasay.

£15.00
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Bho Pheairt gu Hiort (more arriving soon)
Iain Taylor
If you are interested in place-names, but unsure what some of them mean, this is the book for you.

£11.99
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Travels in Another Country
Coinneach Maclean
Until relatively modern times Scotland was largely a Gaelic-speaking nation. Areas that were described by Doctor Johnson in 1775 as being as remote and as unknown as Borneo or Sumatra became one of the first sites of modern mass tourism and the subject of more travel writing than any other part of Scotland.

£20.00
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Scottish Plant Names: An A to Z
Gregory J. Kenicer
This book delves into the botany of language, and although the focus is very much on Scots, Gaelic and English, the influences of many other tongues can be seen throughout.

£16.99
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Reul-eòlas
John A. MacLeod
A Gaelic astronomy book.

£2.99
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Rotal
Maggie Smith (Editor)
Accounts of fishing in the Outer Hebrides.

£12.00
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The Changing Outer Hebrides
Frank Rennie
“This is a remarkable and intimate portrait of Galson crofting township in all its varied aspects, but encompassing not just the whole island of Lewis, but the Hebrides, the Highlands, and indeed beyond.”

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Reading the Gaelic Landscape
John Murray
Reading the Gaelic Landscape is essential for those interested in the Scottish Highlands and its ancient, living language.

£18.99
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Literature of the Gaelic Landscape – Song, Poem and Tale
John Murray
Following on from the best-selling Reading the Gaelic Landscape, this new titles allows you to discover where songs, poems and stories were set in the landscape of the Scottish Highlands.

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Craobhan
C.M. & L. Storey & C. Dillon
A variety of trees are described in detail, with each account accompanied by a full-page illustration of the tree and numerous smaller drawings of leaves, branches, products made from the tree etc.

£5.50
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Gaelic Names of Plants, Fungi & Animals
Ellen I. Garvie
Gaelic names with English and scientific equivalents, mainly compiled from published literature.

£2.00
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Fluraichean
NicIlleathain, M & Dillon, C
There is a short description to be found in this booklet on about 50 or so flowers that grow in Scotland.

£4.95
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