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The Orkney Book
 | Price: £9.99 Supplier: Birlinn Ltd |
Donald Omand ran the University of Aberdeen's continuing education programme in the Highlands and Northern Isles and is well-known in the area. He has produced many books about the counties of Scotland and, in his retirement, he has added Orkney to the list.
The chapters are written by experts in their field and give a comprehensive overview of Orkney's history, right up to the present day, and provide an insight into other aspects of Orkney life.
Hardback, 274 pages
Published 2003
ISBN 1841582549
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| Geology and Landscape | John Flett Brown |
| The Early Peoples | Graham Ritchie |
| The Picts | Anna Ritchie |
| Viking and Late Norse Orkney | Colleen Batey |
| Orkney in the Middle Ages | Barbara E Crawford |
| The Reformation and the Stewart Earls | Peter Anderson |
| Agricultural Improvement | William PL Thomson |
| Modern Times | Sheena Wenham |
| Orkney Place-names | Doreen J Waugh |
| Agriculture in Orkney Today | Jim Chalmers |
| Fishing | James Coull |
| Tourism | Josh Gourlay |
| St Magnus Cathedral | Steve Callaghan |
| Kirkwall | Raymond Lamb |
| The Northern Isles | Jim Hewitson |
| The West Mainland | Tom Muir |
| The East Mainland | Sheena Wenham |
| The South Isles | Sheena Wenham |
| Transport and Communications | Tom Muir |
| The Canadian Connection | James A Troup |
| Stromness | James A Troup |
| Tales and Legends | Tom Muir |
| The Orkney Tongue | Gregor Lamb |
| The Literature of Orkney | David Drever |
| Customs and Traditions | Tom Muir |
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