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This book describes the astonishing achievements of John Angus Mackay - a man whose intelligence, humanity, political nous, people skills, wit, steely resolve and courage, were such that, what lesser beings regarded as impossible, he made possible. Through his efforts in concert with a small group of others, a thousand year process of 'ethnic cleansing' of the Gaelic language and culture was challenged and new means created to rebuild that whi...

An informative and critical analysis of Scotland's ferry services, which play a hugely important role in contemporary Scottish life.

With a tiny team of trusted colleagues and without a penny of public funds, Andrew Banks, an Orkney farmer's son, built terminals and started operating a new frequent, cheap, short route between Orkney and the Scottish mainland. This title tells the story of an idea and of the man who battled against the odds to make that idea a reality.