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  • An Orkney Tapestry

    by George MacKay Brown ...
    First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to the Orkney Islands, Brown approached the writing from a unique perspective and went on to produce a rich fusion of ballad, folk tale, short story, drama, and environmental writing. The book, written at ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Six Lives of Fankle the Cat

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    Series series Classic Kelpies
    When the shopkeeper gives Jenny a skinny, black kitten she has no idea who she has adopted. Fankle is no ordinary cat. The fiercely clever feline has lived six lives so far: lives of adventure, danger, fortune and poverty. He's stared down angry pirates, started a blood feud, won a war, advised an empress and leapt onto the moon. Fankle tells Jenny tales of his former lives -- with the king of ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Magnus

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    This profound and poetic novel has been described as George Mackay Brown's most innovative work. He recounts the tale of the murder of the Earl of Orkney in the 12th century and links it to the story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German theologian imprisoned and executed by the Nazis during World War Two. A fascinating meditation on the eternal questions of guilt, goodness and sacrifice from one of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Beside the Ocean of Time

    by George Mackay-Brown, George Mackay Brown ...
    In this novel set on the fictitious island of Norday in the Orkneys, George Mackay Brown beckons us into the imaginary world of the young Thorfinn Ragnarson, the son of a crofter. In his day-dreams he relives the history of this island people, travelling back in time to join Viking adventurers at the court of the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople, then accompanying a Falstaffian knight to the ... Read more

    Was $4.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Scottish Placenames

    by George Mackay ...
    This popular and interesting book explains how over 2000 towns, villages and lochs in Scotland got their names, with placename origins explained. ... Read more

    $3.74 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Beside the Ocean of Time

    by George Mackay Brown, George Mackay-Brown ...
    WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY AMY LIPTROTSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 1994WINNER OF THE SALTIRE SOCIETY LITERARY AWARD 1994'Intimate, humorous, effortlessly combining the strands of history and folklore, the past and the present, this is a deceptively simple book, like a tale told to a child. But its echoes sound on unforgettably. A whole universe is created from a grain of Orkney sand' Independent< ... Read more

    Was $5.99 USD Now $2.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • A Time to Keep

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    The second collection of stories published by George Mackay Brown, this volume includes 12 stories arising from both ancient and modern life on the island of Orkney. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Selected Poems 1954 - 1992

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    A compilation of poetry written by George Mackay Brown over a 30-year period, which represents his favourite work. These poems reflect the richness of the Orkney Island community where he lives - a community permeated with its past and still close to the natural world. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Vinland

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    In his fourth novel, George Mackay Brown takes us to an Orkney torn between its Viking past and its Christian future.Set in the early 11th Century, it tells the story of Ranald Sigmundson, who turns his back on a successful life of political intrigues and battles to design a ship to take him on a journey even greater than the first great voyage of his life, the one to Vinland. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Greenvoe

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    The small Orcadian community of Greevoe has remained unchanged for generations. Now a shady government project, Operation Black Star, threatens to destroy the islander's way of life.George Mackay Brown's first novel describes a week in the life of the islanders as the come to terms with the repercussions of Operation Black Star in a masterful mix of prose and poetry from one of Scotland's greatest ... Read more

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  • The Wreck of the Archangel

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    This collection of the poetry of George Mackay Brown centres on the theme of journeys - including an ill-fated 19th century trip ending off the Orkney island of Westray, from which the book takes its title. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Portrait of Orkney

    by George Mackay Brown ...
    Portrait of Orkney is a personal account of a people, their history and their way of life, and of a landscape that has shaped them, and been shaped by them. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD