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  • Illuminated by Water

    Fly Fishing and the Allure of the Natural World

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    In its blending of nature writing and memoir—also touching on the connection of time, beauty, and memory—Illuminated by Water is an elegiac tribute to fly fishing and the natural world.Illuminated by Water is a book about the author’s own decades-long passion for fly fishing and how it has shaped the way he sees and thinks about the natural world. That passion is shared and made legible here, not ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    Sonny is working on a whaling ship in the South Atlantic, reckoning with the most vicious storms he has ever seen. It’s a brutal way to make a living. When he finally returns to his Shetland home to build a life with his wife and young son, the legacy of his time at sea is felt by all of them.In present day Shetland, Jack is an old man, living alone in the cottage where he grew up, in the shadow ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Valley at the Centre of the World

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    Longlisted for the Ondaatje PrizeShortlisted for the Highland Book Prize'The thing he felt ending was not just one person, or even one generation; it was older, and had, in truth, been ending for a long time . . . It was a chain of stories clinging to stories, of love clinging to love. It was an inheritance he did not know how to pass on.'Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, of harsh weather, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Un-Discovered Islands

    An Archipelago of Myths and Mysteries, Phantoms and Fakes

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    A critically acclaimed author invites readers on fascinating adventures to the mysterious and forgotten corners of the map.Be prepared to be captivated by the astounding tales of two dozen islands once believed to be real but no longer on the map. These are the products of the imagination, deception, and human error: an archipelago of ex-islands and forgotten lands. From the well-known story of ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Antlers of Water

    Writing on the Nature and Environment of Scotland

    by Jacqueline Bain, Anne Campbell, Jim Carruth, Linda Cracknell, Jim Crumley, Alec Finlay, Gavin Francis, David James Grinly, Jen Hadfield, Lesley Harrison, Sally Huband, Amy Liptrot, Gerry Loose, Hayden Lorimer, Garry Mackenzie, Karine Polwart, Chris Powici, Chitra Ramaswamy, Jess Smith, Dougie Strang, Em Strang, Malachy Tallack, Amanda Thomson ...
    'Luminous' The Times'Beautiful’ Caught by the RiverBringing together contemporary Scottish writing on nature and landscape, this inspiring collection takes us from walking to wild swimming, from red deer to pigeons and wasps, from remote islands to back gardens, through prose, poetry and photography.Edited and introduced by Kathleen Jamie, and with contributions from Amy Liptrot, Jim Crumley, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

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    That Beautiful Atlantic Waltz

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    Narrated by Malachy Tallack ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 54 min

    Sonny is working on a whaling ship in the South Atlantic, reckoning with the most vicious storms he has ever seen. It’s a brutal way to make a living. When he finally returns to his Shetland home to build a life with his wife and young son, the legacy of his time at sea is felt by all of them.In present day Shetland, Jack is an old man, living alone in the cottage where he grew up, in the shadow ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Sixty Degrees North

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    The sixtieth parallel marks a borderland between the northern and southern worlds. Wrapping itself around the lower reaches of Finland, Sweden, and Norway, it crosses the tip of Greenland and the southern coast of Alaska, and slices the great expanses of Russia and Canada in half. The parallel also passes through Shetland, where Malachy Tallack has spent most of his life.In Sixty Degrees North, ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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    Valley at the Centre of the World, The

    by Malachy Tallack ...
    Narrated by Robert Williamson ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 20 min

    Shetland: a place of sheep and soil, close ties and an age-old way of life. A place where David has lived all his life, like his father and grandfather before him. A place where Sandy, a newcomer but already a crofter, may have finally found a home. A place that Alice has fled to after the death of her husband. In the wind and sun and storms from the Atlantic, these islanders must decide: what is ... Read more

    $40.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • Myths, Gods, and Rituals of Aztec Mythology

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