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Donald S Murray
April 21, 1923. The SS Metagamais inching out of Stornoway harbor, Scotland. On board are Finlay and Mairead, young and hopeful, destined for Detroit.
On the other side of the…
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A lighthearted and informative narrative about the history of herring and our love affair with the silver darlings.
‘There have always been lighthouses in my life. There has been a closeness and steadiness to our relationship, as if they have kept pace and in close contact with me.’
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Every year, ten men from Ness, at the northern tip of the Isle of Lewis, sail north-east for some forty miles to a remote rock called Sulasgeir. Their mission is…
Growing up on the edge of Lewis, the vastness of Russia never felt too distant for Donald S Murray. Inspired by the Russian canon, Red Star Over Hebrides draws upon…
Donald S Murray is widely recognised for his empathy and remarkable ability to convey emotion with restraint and poignancy. In this short collection of poems written during lockdown at his…
From the author of the prize-winning As the Women Lay Dreaming comes a remarkable ‘unreliable biography’ of Karl Kjerulf Einarsson: an artist and an adventurer, a charlatan and a swindler…
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Photographers Vianca Reinig and Philipp Schmidt captured the beauty of Scotland’s northernmost isle: Lewis and Harris. The books’ filmic sequence poetically brings to life the vibrant travel experience.
An evocative social history of Europe's peatlands, moors, bogs, and heaths.
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A poisoned breeze blows across the waves … Operation Cauldron, 1952: Top-secret germ warfare experiments on monkeys and guinea pigs are taking place aboard a vessel moored off the Isle…
A powerful, poignant and award-winning novel of the UK’s worst peacetime maritime disaster since the Titanic - the 1919 Iolaire tragedy off the coast of Isle of Lewis - written…
Vivid prose interspersed with poetry and illustrations, creating a colourful and insightful ficionalisation of life on remote St Kilda.
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Superb collection of new poems from Donald S Murray. All the writing has been inspired by the processes involved in the weaving of Harris Tweed and reflect an intense emotional…
David Murray
This simple, gospel-centered, 365-day Bible reading plan guides children ages 6-12 through the most important passages of the Bible, helping them see and appreciate the big-picture storyline of Scripture.
Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to the most important American statesmen, activists, and writers regardless of the historical era or political persuasion.
