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1	Whisky galore more books like this by Compton MacKenzie $5.95 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist 'Love makes the world go round? Not at all. Whisky makes it go round twice as fast.' The hilarious story of wartime bootlegging in the Scottish islands. Wartime food rationing is bad enough, but when the whisky supplies run out on the Hebridean islands of Great and Little Todday, nothing seems to go right. Then the fifty-thousand-bottle cargo of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.74! \| first editions
2	Written in Bone more books like this by Simon Beckett $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Forensic expert Dr. David Hunter ignites a harrowing murder investigation on a windswept Scottish island, unraveling a tale of menace, sexuality, and revenge. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.61! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides more books like this by Adam Nicolson $2.25 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist A riveting book for all readers who know and love a place where the sea meets the land. In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad -- "Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres . . . Puffins and seals. Apply . . ." -- and found the Shiants (the name means holy or enchanted islands). Adam inherited this almost ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Beautiful Just more books like this by Beckwith $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The island of Bruach provides the setting for more stories of life among the crofters. Packed with hilarious incident and evocative descriptions of glorious landscape and wildlife, Beautiful Just! is an enchanting evocation of crofting life in the Hebrides. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.90! \| first editions
5	All We Hold Dear more books like this by Kathryn Lynn Davis $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Seeking the truth about her past, young Eva Crawford discovers a battered journal that reveals the story of her ancestors from the viewpoints of its remarkable women, and she finds the strength to confront a disturbing truth. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Hills Is Lonely more books like this by Beckwith $6.95 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Originally published: London : Hutchinson, 1959 see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.20! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Sea for Breakfast more books like this by Beckwith $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The Sea for Breakfast finds "Miss Peckwitt" (as the islanders endearingly pronounce her name) settling into a home of her own on Bruach, and mastering -- with the help, and frequently the hindrance, of her fellow islanders -- such varied arts as peat-cutting, winkle-picking, and beachcombing. Originally published in 1961. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.79! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Rope in Case more books like this by Beckwith $3.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.05! \| first editions
9	Scottish Crofters: A Historical Ethnography of a Celtic Village more books like this by Susan Parman $7.50 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist SCOTTISH CROFTERS: A HISTORICAL ETHNOGRAPHY OF A CELTIC VILLAGE focuses on Geall, a community in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. With an understanding gained from an intimate, long-term relationship with Scotland, things Scottish, and the people of the community, the author describes Geall as a human community and places it in the wider cultural, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.16! \| first editions
10	The loud halo more books like this by Lillian Beckwith $4.88 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Filled with the same sort of happy spirits, eccentric characters, and amusing anecdotes which distinguished its predecessors, The Loud Halo brings to a humorous and spirited conclusion a wonderful trio of narratives. Originally published in 1964. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.49! \| first editions
11 view cover	Bruach blend more books like this by Lillian Beckwith $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist What can take the fire out of a fever and the ache out of loneliness? The answer according to Tearlaich is whiskey! And when he suggests to Lillian that the Islanders should have their own blend, Lillian can see his logic. Here is a pleasurable glimpse of the way the Islanders, with irreverent practicality, manage on the island of Bruach. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.64! \| first editions
12 view cover	Lightly poached more books like this by Lillian Beckwith $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
13 view cover	Shine of Rainbows more books like this by Beckwith $8.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The story of Thomas, a shy, frail orphan boy who goes to live with foster parents on an isolated croft on an island in the Hebrides. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.34! \| first editions
14	The Inner Hebrides and their legends more books like this by Otta F. Swire $10.95 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $10.95! first editions
15 view cover	Bay of Strangers more books like this by Beckwith $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.03! \| first editions
16 view cover	Seasons on Harris: A Year in Scotland's Outer Hebrides more books like this by David Yeadon (Illustrator) $1.99 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist For many armchair travelers the Outer Hebrides of Scotland epitomize the beauty and remoteness of island life. And the most dramatic of all the Hebrides is Harris, where the legendary Harris Tweed is woven by local crofters, reflecting the strength, durability, and integrity of life on Harris. Harris has dramatic mountains and huge, pristine sandy ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides more books like this by James Boswell $1.99 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: tlis motions feemed to her to be intended for her amufementi and when he flopped, fhe fluttered and made a little infantine noife, and a kind of fignal for him to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.25! \| first editions
18	Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland: And Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D more books like this by James Boswell, Samuel Johnson $8.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Samuel Johnson and James Boswell spent the autumn of 1773 touring the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. Detailed notes of their individual impressions are now published in this volume. Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands records his observations on the Scottish landscape and architecture, and the traditions and character of the Scots ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Island Apart more books like this by Beckwith $8.00 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Island-born Kirsty MacLennan marries Ruari MacDonald in order to escape city life and a menial job in a guesthouse to return to her beloved homeland. As she rediscovers her roots and adapts to married life on the idyllic Westisle, there is only one thing standing in the way of her future happiness - the brooding presence of her brother-in-law who ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.24! \| first editions
20 view cover	The journal of a tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson more books like this by James Boswell $8.25 (new softcover, see detail) add to wishlist Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: We sat till near two in the morning, having chatted a good while after my wife left us. She had insisted, that to shew all respect to the Sage, she would give up her ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $8.25! \| SVS
21 view cover	The West Highland Galley more books like this by Denis Rixson $30.00 (used hardcover, see detail)* add to wishlist In 1605, James VI was muched vexed by the inhabitants of Lewis, who apparently delighted in "blood, theft, reiffe and oppression". His councillors recognized that one of the principal causes of rebellion was the number of boats on the islands, which gave the rebels the facility for "both eschewing of apprehension when they are pursued as for ... see all copies from $26.44! new only from $33.47! \| first editions
22 view cover	The Highland omnibus more books like this by Compton Mackenzie $79.12 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist This work contains three stories, "The Monarch of the Glen", "Whisky Galore" and "The Rival Monster". The National Union of Hikers disturb the grouse on the Glorious Twelfth, the SS Cabinet Minister strikes a reef off the Outer Hebrides and a flying saucer descends on the shores of Loch Ness. see all copies from $10.37!
23 view cover	Rhanna more books like this by Christine Marion Fraser $5.14 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist On a bitter winter night in 1923, Fergus McKenzie loses his beloved wife in childbirth. Overcome by grief, he shuns the doctor, convinced he could have done more to save her. He also refuses to take notice of his daughter, Shona, until years later, when she falls in love with the doctor's son. see all copies from $1.99!
24 view cover	Sea room more books like this by Adam Nicolson $5.75 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist Adam Nicolson's father had answered a newspaper advertisement in the 1930s: "Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides. 600 acres. 500 ft basaltic cliffs. Puffins and seals. Cabin. Apply Col. Kenneth Macdonald, Portree, Skye." These were the Shiants, three of the loneliest of the British Isles, set in a dangerous sea, with no more than a stone ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $10.49!
25 view cover	Sula more books like this by Lavinia Derwent $1.99 (used softcover, see detail)* add to wishlist The island of Sula is the whole world to Magnus Macduff. He loves every inch of it and knows all the animals and birds. Magnus is not like the other children on the island. Often, instead of going to school, he makes his way up the shore to visit Old Whiskers the seal, or up Heathery Hill to sit with Mr Skinnymalink the hermit in his cave. Magnus ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.09! \| SVS

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