An Island Odyssey
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An Island Odyssey
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Author : Hamish Haswell-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2014-04-03
An Island Odyssey written by Hamish Haswell-Smith and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-03 with Travel categories.
In An Island Odyssey Hamish Haswell-Smith casts off in his forty-one-foot sloop Jandara, armed with his sketch pad and a route map of a journey first taken by Martin Martin in 1703. Haswell-Smith sets sail on a voyage that will take him to fifty-two different islands around the Scottish Coast, from Ailsa Craig in the Firth of Clyde to St. Kilda, Fair Isle and Bass Rock. Filled with natural history, local legend and landscapes and accompanied by the author's own distinctive sketches and watercolours An Island Odyssey is a delightful way to discover or rediscover the romance, beauty and inescapable magnetism of the Scottish Islands.
Pabay
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Author : Christopher A. Whatley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021
Pabay written by Christopher A. Whatley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021 with Pabay (Scotland) categories.
Pabay
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Author : Christopher Whatley
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2019-09-18
Pabay written by Christopher Whatley and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-18 with History categories.
“An island history almost without comparison . . . one of the finest Highland books of the 21st century” from the renowned Scottish historian (West Highland Free Press). The tiny diamond-shaped island of Pabay lies in Skye’s Inner Sound, just two and a half miles from the bustling village of Broadford. One of five Hebridean islands of that name, it derives from the Norse papa-ey, meaning “island of the priest.” Many visitors since the first holy men built their chapel there have felt that Pabay is a deeply spiritual place, and one of wonder. These include the great 19th-century geologists Hugh Miller and Archibald Geikie, for whom the island’s rocks and fossil-laden shales revealed much about the nature of Creation itself. Len and Margaret Whatley moved to Pabay from the Midlands and lived there from 1950 until 1970. Leaving a landlocked life in Birmingham for the emptiness of an uninhabited island was a brave and challenging move for which nothing could have prepared them. Christopher Whatley, their nephew, was a regular visitor to Pabay whilst they lived there. In this book, based on archival research, oral interviews, memory and personal experience, he explores the history of this tiny island jewel, and the people for whom it has been home, to create a vivid picture of the trials, tribulations and joys of island life. “If the island itself is a diamond, this work is a sparkling gem.” —The Press and Journal “Beautifully written, and presents a richly detailed and fascinating historical narrative . . . It’s as much a testimony to how people have shaped the island and how the island has shaped them.” —Dundee Courier
Boy He Cry
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Author : Roger Averill
language : en
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
Release Date : 2009
Boy He Cry written by Roger Averill and has been published by DoctorZed Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Two young Australians arrive unannounced on a remote Melanesian island and ask its residents if they can live with them for a year. Granted this request, cut off from the outside world, living without electricity, telephones, running water, two-way radios or even access to an ocean-going boat, Roger Averill and his anthropologist partner adapt to life in a subsistence culture and find themselves overwhelmed by the generosity of their hosts. Treacherous sea voyages, cyclones, a drug-induced psychotic episode and encounters with maverick American missionaries all add to the adventure. As the health of the couple steadily deteriorates from repeated bouts of malaria, their relationships with the islanders intensify to form deep and lasting bonds. In this way, amidst stories of love and detective magic, shape-changing witches, playful tree sprites, dwarf's hair and a dead merman, the most amazing transformation in Boy He Cry remains the way these people from vastly different cultures start out as total strangers but quickly become friends, even family.Rare, precious and beautiful, Boy He Cry is a spiritual odyssey into the heart of a remote culture
Rathlin
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Author : Bernard Davey
language : en
Publisher: Cottage Publications (UK)
Release Date : 2006-01-01
Rathlin written by Bernard Davey and has been published by Cottage Publications (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Rathlin (Northern Ireland) categories.
Fringed With Mud And Pearls
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Author : Ian Crofton
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2021-07-06
Fringed With Mud And Pearls written by Ian Crofton and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-07-06 with Travel categories.
Scotland has its rugged Hebrides; Ireland its cliff-girt Arans; Wales its Island of Twenty Thousand Saints. And what has England got? The isles of Canvey, Sheppey, Wight and Dogs, Mersea, Brownsea, Foulness and Rat. But there are also wilder, rockier places – Lundy, the Scillies, the Farnes. These islands and their inhabitants not only cast varied lights on the mainland, they also possess their own peculiar stories, from the Barbary slavers who once occupied Lundy, to the ex-major who seized a wartime fort in the North Sea and declared himself Prince of Sealand. Ian Crofton embarks on a personal odyssey to a number of the islands encircling England, exploring how some were places of refuge or holiness, while others have been turned into personal fiefdoms by their owners, or become locations for prisons, rubbish dumps and military installations. He also describes the varied ways in which England's islands have been formed, and how they are constantly changing, so making a mockery of human claims to sovereignty.
Island Odyssey
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Author : Cheryl Blaydon
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-09-01
Island Odyssey written by Cheryl Blaydon and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-01 with Fiction categories.
It's the eighties and Lily Harmon, newly single, embarks on a journey that lands her in the Caribbean. As she waits out the hurricane of the century on the island of St. Margeaux, Lily faces her fears by mentally walking through the accidental adventures that have become her life, all beginning with her arrival on the island of Puerto Rico. Swept into the arms of a Latin pilot, she had quickly discovered not only the natural beauty of the region, but also the very compelling joy of life without a guide. In the warm, sultry climate friendships thrive, romances flourish, and Lily's island odyssey is born.
Island Odyssey A History Of The Sans Souci Area Of Georgian Bay
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Author : Melville W. Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Sans Souci & Copperhead Association
Release Date : 1990
Island Odyssey A History Of The Sans Souci Area Of Georgian Bay written by Melville W. Davidson and has been published by Sans Souci & Copperhead Association this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Islands categories.
Odyssey Of The Islands
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Author : Carl Norman Taylor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1936
Odyssey Of The Islands written by Carl Norman Taylor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1936 with History categories.
Odysseus Island
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Author : Cochrane
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-12-12
Odysseus Island written by Cochrane and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-12 with categories.
'Thought provoking and captivating' DAVID HORSPOOL History Editor at the Times Literary Supplement. Odysseus' homeland of Ithaca, a breathtakingly beautiful island in the Ionian Sea, still attracts visitors who are intrigued by Homer's epic adventure. But can we connect today's Ithaca to the romantic island of Homer's Odyssey? Was Odysseus a real or a mythological figure? Architect and artist Jane Cochrane sets out to answer these questions while also describing the tale of her own long-standing connection with the island and the friendships made over the years within its tight-knit community. Combining thorough academic research with a sleuth's eye for detail, Jane uncovers the ancient history behind the island, inviting the reader to walk the old Homeric paths in the footsteps of Odysseus.