Scottish Gaelic Stories
Recorded Scottish Gaelic Readings (Cassettes)
*96-74 Sgeulachd Bhon Ghulin, cassette and booklet of Gaelic stories. $15.95.
Scottish Gaelic Poetry
*96-75 Introduction to Gaelic Poetry, Derick Thomson, 335 p., paper. A survey of Gaelic poetry through the ages with English translations by the author, himself an accomplished Gaelic poet (Ruairidh MacThòmais) and Professor Emeritus of Celtic from the University of Glasgow.
*96-76 Gair nan Clarsach ,The Harp's Cry, O Baoill, 245 p, paper,. Anthology of 17th C. Gaelic poetry with English translations with extensive discussions.....................$19.95
*96-77 Caran t-Saoghail (The Wiles of the World), edited by Donald Meek. An anthology of 19th century Scottish Gaelic Verse -- Gaelic with Enlish translations opposite. 485pp., pb ..... $37.95
*96-78 Scotland, O Gael an' Lawlander, 119 p. Poems by Derick Thomson, Donald MacAulay, Aonghas MacNeacail, and Myles Campbell, in Gaelic; translated into Scots by Derrick McClure. ... $19.95
Scottish Gaelic Readings (History, Short Stories, and Novellas)
*96-84 Amannan (10 stories by 7 authors), MacDonald (ed.), 105 pp, cloth. Was $13.95.
*96-85 Spuirean na h-Iolaire (The Eagle's Claw), Iain MacLeòid, 76 p., paper. Murder and mystery thriller involving a network of plotters $13.95.
*96-86 An Sgaile Dhorcha (The Mysterious Veil), Iain MacLeòid, 86 p. paper. Mystery thriller set in Skye with religious undertones. Out of Print
*96-87 Co Rinn E? (Who Done It?), Dòmhnall MacIobhair, 92 p., paper. A new detective story from a prolific Gaelic author. Out of Print.
*95-88 Grian 's Uisge (Sun and Water), Dòmhnall MacIobhair, 68 p., paper. A collection of Gaelic short stories. Out of Print
*95-89 Coinneach Odhar, Dòmhnall MacIobhair, 69 p., paper. The story of the 17th century Brahan seer who predicted the future of the Highlands.$9.95
*96-90 Dal Riata, Dick &;Bannerman, 29 p., paper. The story of the first Scots. Out of Print
*95-91 Deireadh an Fhoghair (End of Autumn), Tormod Caimbeul, 116 p., cloth. A short novel set in a remote island community. $13.95.
*96-92 Thall 's A-Bhos (Yonder, Hither, and Thither), Greum and MacIllIosa, 89 p., paper. Seven classic short stories translated into Gaelic by two Lewis men. $14.95.
*96-93 Callum Cille, Cairistiona Dick, 28 p., paper. The story of St. Columba, who brought Christianity to Iona and the Highlands of Scotland in 683 AD. Out of Print
*96-95 Seònaidh Mòr, Calum MacMhaoilean. Historical novella whose central character, a Lewis fisherman, touches on many foreign shores before settling down on Lewis. A sensitive treatment of fishing communities. Out of Print
*96-96 A' Chlach, MacIomhair, 90 p., paper. New information on the Stone of Destiny. Out of Print
*96-97 Eadar Peann is Paipear,MacIomhair, 228 p., paper. 47 stories in the Gaelic . Out of Print
*96-98 Carmina Gadelica, Hymns & Incantations,Carmichael, 688 p., paper. collected in the Highlands of the 19th centur, complete collection in one volume for the first time; Gaelic and English ..... $39.95
*96-99 Asterix an Cealtach, 48 p., paper. World famous Celtic hero vs Romans in the Gaelic OUT OF PRINT.
Novels by Gaelic Authors Writing in English
*106-1 Portrona by Norman Malcolm Macdonald. pb, 231 pp. The author's last work is a powerful yet poetic novel that represents the summation of his life's work. Its historical boundaries are set in two events linked with the island of Lewis -- the mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 and the sinking of HMY Iolaire in 1919. ...$19.95
*106-2 The Nessman by Alasdair Campbell, pb,266 pp. A biographical novel that traces the story of Colin from childhood to adolescence on the isle of Lewis to his life as a student on the mainland. The main theme is death -- of a father and a language but despite ths it often hilariously funny. .....$19.95
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