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Based on the harrowing personal recollection of survivors and rescuers, newspaper reports and original research, Les Wilson tells the story of two terrible maritime disasters in Islay's memory, paying tribute to the astonishing bravery of the islanders, who risked their lives pulling men from the sea, caring for survivors and burying the dead.

A revealing account of George Orwell’s late years, spent on the Scottish island of Jura, where he wrote Nineteen Eighty-Four—the novel that defined the twentieth century.Revered across the globe for his incisive vision, Orwell wrote compelling literature that denounced totalitarian regimes and exposed the insidious nature of propaganda. His works are as influential and relevant today as they were decades ago. And yet this great writer was, eve...

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The history of tea in Britain, which began with an audacious Scot who risked his life to smuggle tea plants out of Imperial China. Shows how the history of tea is bound up with the history of Scotland.

An enthralling account of two of the worst naval disasters of the First World War, both of which took place off the island of Islay

Set in Glasgow and a remote "hippy" community on the west coast of Scotland, this is a story of love, rivalries, ecological politics, murder, suicide, high values and low commedy. The hapless and slightly pompous protagonist, Jonathan Armour does not always understand the story he is telling, but he tells it beautifully.