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In 1941 an 8,000-ton cargo ship ran aground in the Sound of Eriskay in the Outer Hebrides. In the difficult war years any gift from the sea was welcome, and the SS Politician had among her cargo a quarter of a million bottles of whisky. The events that followed inspired Compton Mackenzie's novelWhisky Galore.Using eyewitness accounts, historical papers, and official documents, this book tells the

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Hutchinson tells the moving story of a stubbornly heroic resistance and of extraordinary personal achievement. It is the story of a statement made from the depths of one man's heart in the most practical and indisputable of ways against the unnecessary destruction of his homeland.

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Thirty years ago, the Gaelic language and culture which had been eminent in Scotland for 1,300 years seemed to be in the final stages of a 200-year terminal decline. The language itself was commonplace only in the scattered communities of the north-west Highlands and Hebrides. By the early years of the 21st century, however, a sea-change had taken place. Gaelic—for so long a subject of mocke

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Often referred to as the "wickedest man alive, " Aleister Crowley had a shocking reputation. Stories abound of drugs, orgies, sacrificial rites, and the tragic deaths of those who associated with him. His early life, however, was one of considerable achievement. One of the most accomplished mountaineers of his generation, he was also the friend and literary model to a host of celebrated figures. A

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The Soap Manbrings to light a little known#x00a0;civil war between crofter and laird, lower and upper class, on the isle of Lewis. Lord Leverhulme's attempt to revolutionise the lives and environment of the people of Lewis and Harris after the First World War was one of the most extraordinary events in the island's history. This is the story of the battle to preserve a way of life which led ultima

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This is the full story, unofficial and uncensored, of Newcastle United Football Club. From its birth in the 1890s to its rebirth in the 1990s, it tells of a small soccer club, long in the shadow of an enormous rival, which grew to eclipse that rival—and every other club in Great Britain. The book describes the attacking sides of the 1930s and the Cup giants of the 1950s; gives us the Europea

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"For almost all his life, Calum MacLeod lived in the north of the Hebridean island of Raasay, where he worked as a crofter, postman and tender of the Rona lighthouse. Yet, due to clearance and neglect, the population of northern Raasay dwindled during his lifetime to just two people - Calum and his wife." "Calum had an idiosyncratic response to this decline. One spring morning, he took his homemad

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The 1966 World Cup victory was the single greatest British sporting achievement. Alf Ramsey took a national team whose fortunes were at their lowest ebb, and made them world champions. "'66!" is the story of a sporting adventure that catapulted football unwillingly into the future.

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This text tells the story of one institution that has stood at the centre of the revival of the Gaelic language, Sabhal Mor Ostaig, the Gaelic College in Skye. The text examines how a venerable culture was given hope for the future at the point when all seemed lost.

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This is the first full history of shinty, the game introduced to northwest Scotland along with Christianity and the Gaelic language 1,500 years ago from the north-east of Ireland. By the middle ages shinty had become the village sport from Gairloch to Galashiels and the deeds of its great players had become the stuff of legend. It survived the turmoil of Scottish history and is now one of the last

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