Unhappily l&-locked in his early adult life the authors' fortunes changed when he began visiting Scotland's west coast in the 1930s He made temporary homes with his family on some of the remotest Hebridean islands so he could study the habits of grey seals & seabirds This book tells about his life on island ...

The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands & 6289 smaller ones Some like the Isle of Man resemble miniature nations with their own language & tax laws; others like Ray Island in Essex are abandoned & mysterious places haunted by myths ghosts & foxes There are resurgent islands such as Eigg which have been liberated from capricious owners to be run by their residents; holy islands like Bardsey the resting place of 20000 saints & still a site of spiritual questing; & deserted islands such as St Kilda famed for the evacuation of its human population & now dominated by wild sheep & seabirds In this evocative & vividly observed book Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in the British Isles as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic Our small islands are both places of freedom & imprisonment party destinations & oases of peace strangely suburban & deeply wild They are places where the past is unusually present but they can also offer a vision of an alternative future Meeting all kinds of islanders from nuns to puffins from local legends to rare subspecies of vole he seeks to discover what it is like to live on a small island & what it means to be an islander ...

An enticing exploration of the smallest islands of the British Isles from the award-winning bestselling author of The Butterfly Isles 368 pages Barkham Patrick (Y) ...

The islands still lie beneath the dense fog The farther you go over the island with your balloon the more the fog lifts & you explore the breathtaking landscape Use the local wind skilfully to save energy Because you still need it often enough to accelerate or decelerate Steer completely against the wind at the right time to reach your goal You will discover the neighbouring landscape where the balloon is by placing tiles on the adjacent fields This is how cities are built monuments are erected & landscapes grow As the first of the game round you have the possibility to get more landscape tiles As the last one you will probably only get one tile but you can determine the wind direction which can also be a decisive advantage Once a player has connected all the landscapes to the balloon yard the game ends ...

Prepare for a mystical journey of exploration across uncharted lands in Islands in the Mist The islands still lie beneath the dense fog The farther you go over the island with your balloon the more you reveal of the breathtaking landscape Use the local wind skilfully to save energy
- you still need it often enough to accelerate or decelerate Steer completely against the wind at the right time to reach your goal Discover neighbouring landscapes by placing tiles on the adjacent fields & watch cities being built monuments form & landscapes grow Once a player has connected all the landscapes to the balloon yard the game ends Playing time 45 mins Suitable for 2-4 players aged 6
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BOOK 3 IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR Sequel to To Sail a Darkling Sea & Under a Graveyard Sky A hardened group of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization With the world consumed by a devastating plague that drives humans violently insane what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron the only hope for the salvation of the human race Banding together with what remains of the US Navy Wolf Squadron & its leader Steve Smith not only plans to survive—he plans to retake the mainland from the infected starting with North America The next step produce a vaccine But to do that Wolf Squadron forces led by Smith’s terrifyingly precocious daughters Sophia & Faith must venture into a sea of the infected to obtain & secure the needed materials & if some of the rescued survivors turn out to be more than they seem Smith just might be able to pull off his plan Once more exhausted & redlining Wolf Squadron forces must throw themselves into battle scouring the islands of the Atlantic for civilization&s last hope Meet the Author John Ringo brings fighting to life He is the creator of the Posleen Wars series which has become a New York Times best-selling series with over one million copies in print The series contains A Hymn Before Battle Gust Front When the Devil Dances Hell’s Faire & Eye of the Storm Adding another dimension to his skills Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (Ghost Kildar Choosers of the Slain Unto the Breach A Deeper Blue & with Ryan Sear Tiger by the Tail) His techno-thriller The Last Centurion was also a national bestseller A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series Into the Looking Glass Vorpal Blade Manxome Foe & Claws That Catch the last three in collaboration with Travis S Taylor His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few There are an additional five collaborative spinoffs from the Posleen series The Hero written with Michael Z Williamson Watch on the Rhine Yellow Eyes & The Tuloriad all written with Tom Kratman & the New York Times bestseller Cally’s War & its sequels Sister Time & Honor of the Clan all with Julie Cochrane In addition Ringo is the author of military science fiction series Troy Rising with entries Live Free or Die The Hot Gate & Citadel His science-based zombie apocalypse Black Tide Rising series

Includes:: Under a Graveyard Sky & To Sail a Darkling Sea A veteran of the 82nd Airborne Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction More from this Author Strands of Sorrow Under a Graveyard Sky To Sail a Darkling Sea The Hot Gate Citadel

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BOOK 3 IN THE BLACK TIDE RISING SERIES FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR Sequel to To Sail a Darkling Sea & Under a Graveyard Sky A hardened group of survivors fights back against a zombie plague that has brought down civilization With the world consumed by a devastating plague that drives humans violently insane what was once a band of desperate survivors bobbing on a dark Atlantic ocean has now become Wolf Squadron the only hope for the salvation of the human race Banding together with what remains of the US Navy Wolf Squadron & its leader Steve Smith not only plans to survive—he plans to retake the mainland from the infected starting with North America The next step produce a vaccine But to do that Wolf Squadron forces led by Smith’s terrifyingly precocious daughters Sophia & Faith must venture into a sea of the infected to obtain & secure the needed materials & if some of the rescued survivors turn out to be more than they seem Smith just might be able to pull off his plan Once more exhausted & redlining Wolf Squadron forces must throw themselves into battle scouring the islands of the Atlantic for civilization&s last hope Meet the Author John Ringo brings fighting to life He is the creator of the Posleen Wars series which has become a New York Times best-selling series with over one million copies in print The series contains A Hymn Before Battle Gust Front When the Devil Dances Hell’s Faire & Eye of the Storm Adding another dimension to his skills Ringo created nationally best-selling techno-thriller novels about Mike Harmon (Ghost Kildar Choosers of the Slain Unto the Breach A Deeper Blue & with Ryan Sear Tiger by the Tail) His techno-thriller The Last Centurion was also a national bestseller A more playful twist on the future is found in novels of the Looking-Glass series Into the Looking Glass Vorpal Blade Manxome Foe & Claws That Catch the last three in collaboration with Travis S Taylor His audience was further enhanced with four collaborations with fellow New York Times best-selling author David Weber March Upcountry March to the Sea March to the Stars & We Few There are an additional five collaborative spinoffs from the Posleen series The Hero written with Michael Z Williamson Watch on the Rhine Yellow Eyes & The Tuloriad all written with Tom Kratman & the New York Times bestseller Cally’s War & its sequels Sister Time & Honor of the Clan all with Julie Cochrane In addition Ringo is the author of military science fiction series Troy Rising with entries Live Free or Die The Hot Gate & Citadel His science-based zombie apocalypse Black Tide Rising series

Includes:: Under a Graveyard Sky & To Sail a Darkling Sea A veteran of the 82nd Airborne Ringo brings first-hand knowledge of military operations to his fiction More from this Author Strands of Sorrow Under a Graveyard Sky To Sail a Darkling Sea The Hot Gate Citadel

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Tke this visual tour of some of irelands most famous places Visit their most picturesquehistorical & colourful locations & absorb some of the storeies of the peoplethe places & their past Number of discs 3 Language English DVD Release Date 1 Oct 2007 ...

OS Explorer is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling The OS Explorer range now

Includes:: a digital version of the paper map accessed through the OS smartphone app OS Maps Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways

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Many travellers have had their imaginations captured by the beautiful Hebridean island of Islay & have been moved to write about it among them the renowned Thomas Pennant & Martin Martin But Ileachs
- the natives of Islay
- have also been inspired to record their experience These have included Gaelic bards the folklorist John Francis Campbell & the crusader for crofters' right John Murdoch Then there were the business writers of Islay
- the estate factors distillery managers & public servants with their revealing memos legal documents & accounts of their endeavours & there were the 'non-professional' writers
- the diary & letter writers whose intensely personal musings give us startling insights into the lives of the ordinary Ileachs that historians all too often ignore The written records of Islay are varied rich & rewarding This anthology distils the essence of Islay through a very personal selection of writing Some of the writing is profound some of it quirky but all reveals a fascinating aspect of Islay that together presents a revealing & moving 'people's history' of Islay



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