George MacKay Brown and the Scottish Catholic Imagination (Bicket Linden)(Paperback)

George MacKay Brown and the Scottish Catholic Imagination (Bicket Linden)(Paperback)

This lively new study is the very first book to offer an absorbing history of the uncharted territory that is Scottish Catholic fiction. For Scottish Catholic writers of the twentieth century, faith was the key influence on both their artistic process and creative vision. By focusing on one of the

Short Stories of George Mackay Brown - (Scotnotes Study Guides) (Bicket Linden)(Paperback / softback)

George MacKay Brown: The Life (Fergusson Maggie)(Paperback)

George Mackay Brown was one of Scotland s most prolific and acclaimed writers, but hewas also a handful of paradoxes. He holds a wide international reputation despite rarely leaving his native Orkney. He never married, but some of his most poignant letters and poems were written to Stella

Rockpools and daffodils (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Carve the Runes - Selected Poems (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Beside the Ocean of Time (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Greenvoe (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Vinland (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

For the Islands I Sing - An Autobiography (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Golden Bird - Two Orkney Stories (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

These two long stories are set, like most of George Mackay Brown's work, in Orkney and in a period, the last quarter of the nineteenth century, when the pattern of island life, little changed since Viking times, was beginning to be threatened.The Golden Bird tells the story of the slow decline of

Magnus (Brown George MacKay)(Paperback)

First published in 1973 by the Hogarth Press, Magnus is George Mackay Brown's tour de force - his most poetic and innovative book. He links the twelfth-century story of the saintly Earl Magnus of Orkney's brutal murder at the hands of his cousin Hakon Paulson, to that of the philosopher Dietrich

Under Brinkie's Brae (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Letters from Hamnavoe (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Interrogation of Silence - The Writings of George Mackay Brown (Murray Rowena)(Paperback / softback)

Time in a Red Coat (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Simple Fire - Selected Short Stories (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

Orkney Tapestry (Brown George Mackay)(Paperback / softback)

First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet and a celebration of Orkney's people, language and history. Unavailable for many years, this new edition has a specially commissioned Introduction written by

Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination (Schmidt Katherine G.)(Pevná vazba)

Virtual Communion: Theology of the Internet and the Catholic Sacramental Imagination provides a theological account of the internet from a Catholic perspective. It engages digital culture by providing a context for media and mediation within the Catholic tradition, specifically focusing on the

The Seed Beneath the Snow: Remembering George MacKay Brown (Ramsey Joanna)(Paperback)

This tender and personal memoir by poet Joanna Ramsey gives an account of the last eight years in the life of George Mackay Brown, one of the greatest Scottish poets of the 20th century. It also provides a background to his poem A New Child: ECL 11 June 1993, ' which he wrote for Joanna's

Collected Poems of George Mackay Brown (Murray Brian)(Paperback / softback)

The poems of one of Scotland's finest poets collected in a single

Six Lives of Fankle the Cat (MacKay Brown George)(Paperback)

When the shopkeeper gives Jenny a skinny, black kitten she has no idea who she has adopted. Fankle is no ordinary cat. The fiercely clever feline has lived six lives so far: lives of adventure, danger, fortune and poverty. He's stared down angry pirates, started a blood feud, won a war, advised an

First and Second Timothy, Titus (Montague George T.)(Paperback)

In the second volume of the Catholic Commentary on Sacred Scripture (CCSS), George Montague offers a Catholic pastoral commentary on the letters to Timothy and Titus, presenting sound exegesis followed by reflection on the pastoral, theological, and practical applications of the text.The CCSS

Flowers in Felt & Stitch: Creating Floral Artworks Using Fleece, Fibres and Threads (MacKay Moy)(Paperback)

Packed with colour and style, this gorgeous and inspiring new book from Scottish artist Moy Mackay delves deep into the world of felt painting. The book includes an introduction to Moys use of colour and texture, as well as a useful section detailing what inspires her and how she forms these

Civilizing Money: Hume, His Monetary Project, and the Scottish Enlightenment (Caffentzis George)(Paperback)

Taking the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume as its subject, this book breaks new ground in focusing its lens on a little-studied aspect of Hume's thinking: his understanding of money.George Caffentzis makes both an intervention in the field of monetary philosophy and into Marxian