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Wildlife of the North Atlantic, A Cruising Guide •  Tony Soper •  Dan Powell
FIELD GUIDE • 2008 • PAPER • 176 PAGES
As interesting to read as it is useful, this compact guide, geared for a anyone venturing by sea across the North Atlantic from Britain to Iceland or Greenland, covers all the birds, whales, dolphins you are likely to see (along with a few fish and invertebrates). Each of the creatures is fully described with a page or two, including handsome large watercolor illustrations. (ATL26, $25.99)

Irish Fairy and Folk Tales •  W.B. Yeats
LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 380 PAGES
This volume combines two books of folklore edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic Renaissance in the early 20th century. These stories of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies are enchanting and entertaining. Originally published in 1918. (IRE04, $15.00)

The Crofter and the Laird •  John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1978 • PAPER • 159 PAGES • FAVORITE
In this volume, McPhee returns to his ancestral land, the island of Colonsay in the Scottish Hebrides, to tell the stories of people whose lives are deeply entrenched in their land. With his characteristic grace and admiration for his subjects, McPhee writes about this stark region where residents still live under an almost feudal system of farmers, crofter and lord. (SCT23, $16.00)

Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings •  John Haywood
REFERENCE • 1995 • PAPER • 144 PAGES
A thorough history of the Vikings as told through a series of innovative maps and excellent photographs of Viking artifacts. This book traces the route of the 9th-century Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World. (VIK02, $20.00)

The Celts: A Very Short Introduction •  Barry W Cunliffe
HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 161 PAGES
A concise, revealing social history of the Celts, by a reigning authority and popular writer. (CLT03, $11.95)

Great Britain and Ireland Map •   HEMA Maps
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A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. Two Sides. 56x39 inches. (GBR31, $10.95)

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Fodor's London's 25 Best •   Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops. (GBR08, $11.95)

Celtic Prayers from Iona •  J. Philip Newell • RELIGION • Inspired by the gaelic prayers and poems of the 19th-century Scotsman Alexander Carmichael, Philip Newell and his wife developed this handsome hard cover book while wardens on the island. (SCT21, $14.95)

How the Irish Saved Civilization •  Thomas Cahill • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages. (IRE07, $15.00)

Ireland, A Concise History •  Conor Cruise O'Brien • HISTORY • With its lively, even-handed tone and hundreds of photographs, this grand history by scholar and statesman O'Brien conveys the essence of the Irish experience. (IRE20, $19.95)

Scotland, A Concise History •  Fitzroy MacLean •  Magnus Linklater • HISTORY • With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively, authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)

The Aran Islands •  J.M. Synge •  Tim Robinson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands (as contrasted with mainland Ireland), drenched in the Celtic soul of the Irish. (IRE26, $14.00)

The Last of the Celts •  Marcus Tanner • HISTORY • Welsh journalist Tanner mixes anecdote, interview and research in this lively account of encounters with far-flung Celts from Scotland, Wales and Belfast to Brittany, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Trelew. (GBR527, $25.00)

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The Shetland Bus, A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Adventure •  David Howarth • HISTORY • The little-known story of a fleet of fishing boats that regularly journeyed across treacherous waters from the Shetland Islands to Norway, to bring relief and fortifications to Norwegians under Nazi attack. (NOR26, $16.95)

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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides •  Samuel Johnson •  James Boswell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson. (SCT07, $18.00)

Coasting, A Private Journey •  Jonathan Raban • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Raban's eloquent, anecdotal account of a solo circumnavigation of the British Isles in a 30-foot ketch, his first experience in a boat. It's an engaging account of the experience of the sea, and the people and places he encounters. (GBR591, $13.00)

Kingdom by the Sea •  Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux details his coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982 in this insightful book, which displays his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)

Seamanship, A Voyage along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles •  Adam Nicolson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Nicolson offers an engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. (GBR561, $13.95)

The People of the Sea •  David Thomson •  Seamus Heaney • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Fascinated by the Celtic seal tales of his youth, Thomson sets out for Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides and Western Ireland. His search yields this marvelously unclassifiable collection of stories, observations and traditional tales. (SCT68, $16.95)

Angry Island, Hunting the English •  A. Gill • ANTHOLOGY • A comic manual to the English by a splendidly irreverent London critic. Gill includes scathing chapters on voice, humor, drink, animals, garden, sport and class. (GBR715, $14.00)

Celtic Prayers and Incantations •  Alexander Carmichael • LITERATURE • An authoritative edition of poems and blessings as collected by folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912) over 40 years, when Gaelic was still widely spoken in the Skye, Uist, Oban and other islands of the Hebrides. (CLT4, $7.95)

Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney •  Hermann Palssom •  Paul Edwards • LITERATURE • A fusion of myth and legend, circa A.D. 1200, by an unnamed Icelandic author. The medieval chronicle has its center of action among the Orkney Islands, describing their conquest by Norwegian kings during the Viking expansion of the ninth century. (VIK07, $15.00)

Sun Dancing, A Vision of Medieval Ireland •  Geoffrey Moorhouse • LITERATURE • This wonderfully inspired combination of scholarship and historical fiction, set at the monastery on Skellig Michael, carries the reader back to Ireland's early monastic tradition. (IRE13, $17.95)

Birds of Europe •  Lars Svensson •  Dan Zetterstrom •  Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • This second revised edition of our favorite guide to birds of Europe has been brought fully up to date with revised text and maps along with added illustrations. (FG47, $29.95)

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	Wildlife of the North Atlantic, A Cruising Guide • Tony Soper • Dan Powell FIELD GUIDE • 2008 • PAPER • 176 PAGES As interesting to read as it is useful, this compact guide, geared for a anyone venturing by sea across the North Atlantic from Britain to Iceland or Greenland, covers all the birds, whales, dolphins you are likely to see (along with a few fish and invertebrates). Each of the creatures is fully described with a page or two, including handsome large watercolor illustrations. (ATL26, $25.99)
	Irish Fairy and Folk Tales • W.B. Yeats LITERATURE • 2004 • PAPER • 380 PAGES This volume combines two books of folklore edited by the Nobel Prize-winning poet who spearheaded the Celtic Renaissance in the early 20th century. These stories of changelings, ghosts, mermaids, demons, saints, priests and fairies are enchanting and entertaining. Originally published in 1918. (IRE04, $15.00)
	The Crofter and the Laird • John McPhee CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 1978 • PAPER • 159 PAGES • FAVORITE In this volume, McPhee returns to his ancestral land, the island of Colonsay in the Scottish Hebrides, to tell the stories of people whose lives are deeply entrenched in their land. With his characteristic grace and admiration for his subjects, McPhee writes about this stark region where residents still live under an almost feudal system of farmers, crofter and lord. (SCT23, $16.00)
	Penguin Historical Atlas of the Vikings • John Haywood REFERENCE • 1995 • PAPER • 144 PAGES A thorough history of the Vikings as told through a series of innovative maps and excellent photographs of Viking artifacts. This book traces the route of the 9th-century Viking merchants and explorers throughout Europe and on to the New World. (VIK02, $20.00)
	The Celts: A Very Short Introduction • Barry W Cunliffe HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 161 PAGES A concise, revealing social history of the Celts, by a reigning authority and popular writer. (CLT03, $11.95)
	Great Britain and Ireland Map • HEMA Maps MAP A nicely detailed map showing both Great Britain and Ireland at a scale of 1:750,000. Two Sides. 56x39 inches. (GBR31, $10.95)

	Fodor's London's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops. (GBR08, $11.95)
	Celtic Prayers from Iona • J. Philip Newell • RELIGION • Inspired by the gaelic prayers and poems of the 19th-century Scotsman Alexander Carmichael, Philip Newell and his wife developed this handsome hard cover book while wardens on the island. (SCT21, $14.95)
	How the Irish Saved Civilization • Thomas Cahill • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This best-selling history tells the generally unknown story of Ireland's preservation of classical learning in the Dark Ages. (IRE07, $15.00)
	Ireland, A Concise History • Conor Cruise O'Brien • HISTORY • With its lively, even-handed tone and hundreds of photographs, this grand history by scholar and statesman O'Brien conveys the essence of the Irish experience. (IRE20, $19.95)
	Scotland, A Concise History • Fitzroy MacLean • Magnus Linklater • HISTORY • With 250 well-integrated illustrations, this lively, authoritative history covers the romantic figures and bloody battles from the early clans up to the present. (SCT15, $19.95)
	The Aran Islands • J.M. Synge • Tim Robinson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A much-loved turn-of-the-century account of the islands (as contrasted with mainland Ireland), drenched in the Celtic soul of the Irish. (IRE26, $14.00)
	The Last of the Celts • Marcus Tanner • HISTORY • Welsh journalist Tanner mixes anecdote, interview and research in this lively account of encounters with far-flung Celts from Scotland, Wales and Belfast to Brittany, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Trelew. (GBR527, $25.00)
	The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got That Way • Bill Bryson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is an informative linguistic history which showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.99)
	The Shetland Bus, A WWII Epic of Escape, Survival and Adventure • David Howarth • HISTORY • The little-known story of a fleet of fishing boats that regularly journeyed across treacherous waters from the Shetland Islands to Norway, to bring relief and fortifications to Norwegians under Nazi attack. (NOR26, $16.95)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
	A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides • Samuel Johnson • James Boswell • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Written when Johnson was 63 and Boswell 32 in 1773 (when they had been friends for ten years), these travel journals were the result of a three-month trip to Scotland. Johnson observed Scotland, and Boswell observed Johnson. (SCT07, $18.00)
	Coasting, A Private Journey • Jonathan Raban • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Raban's eloquent, anecdotal account of a solo circumnavigation of the British Isles in a 30-foot ketch, his first experience in a boat. It's an engaging account of the experience of the sea, and the people and places he encounters. (GBR591, $13.00)
	Kingdom by the Sea • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux details his coastal journey around the British Isles in 1982 in this insightful book, which displays his occasional ill temper alongside his celebrated ability to combine social history with a good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)
	Seamanship, A Voyage along the Wild Coasts of the British Isles • Adam Nicolson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Nicolson offers an engrossing account of a coastal voyage from Cornwall, along the western coast of Ireland, out to the Faeroes and to Orkney in this brief hymn to the sea. (GBR561, $13.95)
	The People of the Sea • David Thomson • Seamus Heaney • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Fascinated by the Celtic seal tales of his youth, Thomson sets out for Shetland, Orkney, the Hebrides and Western Ireland. His search yields this marvelously unclassifiable collection of stories, observations and traditional tales. (SCT68, $16.95)
	Angry Island, Hunting the English • A. Gill • ANTHOLOGY • A comic manual to the English by a splendidly irreverent London critic. Gill includes scathing chapters on voice, humor, drink, animals, garden, sport and class. (GBR715, $14.00)
	Celtic Prayers and Incantations • Alexander Carmichael • LITERATURE • An authoritative edition of poems and blessings as collected by folklorist Alexander Carmichael (1832 - 1912) over 40 years, when Gaelic was still widely spoken in the Skye, Uist, Oban and other islands of the Hebrides. (CLT4, $7.95)
	Orkneyinga Saga, The History of the Earls of Orkney • Hermann Palssom • Paul Edwards • LITERATURE • A fusion of myth and legend, circa A.D. 1200, by an unnamed Icelandic author. The medieval chronicle has its center of action among the Orkney Islands, describing their conquest by Norwegian kings during the Viking expansion of the ninth century. (VIK07, $15.00)
	Sun Dancing, A Vision of Medieval Ireland • Geoffrey Moorhouse • LITERATURE • This wonderfully inspired combination of scholarship and historical fiction, set at the monastery on Skellig Michael, carries the reader back to Ireland's early monastic tradition. (IRE13, $17.95)
	Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • This second revised edition of our favorite guide to birds of Europe has been brought fully up to date with revised text and maps along with added illustrations. (FG47, $29.95)