It's been a while since I posted an update of new books available.... Trace Your Orkney Ancestors by James Irvine The Fungus Flora of Orkney Braes Woodland Diary: The First Ten Years : Charting the progress and involvement of the Rousay community in growing trees. The Scottish Islands by By Hamish Haswell-Smith A new, third edition, of the "acknowledged Rosetta Stone of island hopping". Hawkfall and other stories : A collection of eleven George Mackay Brown stories, first published in 1974. All the above available from www.orcadian.co.uk/orkneybooks Also of interest is: Civilization One by Christopher Knight/Alan Butler : Pushing back the veil of civilization, the authors identify the contours of an advanced culture in Britain that predates the Egyptians, using a field of megaliths to draw conclusions about their capacity to make complicated measurements of celestial and earthly dimensions. There's also a new title out there dealing with "Eskimos in Europe" which, I believe, covers Orkney's 17th Century Finfolk sightings. I've not been able to find details of this book online though. -- Sigurd Towrie Blackhall - Kirbister - Stromness - Orkney Heritage of Orkney: www.orkneyjar.com Home: sigurd@orkneyjar.com Work: sigurd.towrie@orcadian.co.uk