This edition is releasing to celebrate the release of the award winning film adaptation, starring Hermione Corfield, Will Fletcher and Mark Gatiss and directed by Richie Adams. Cinematic release set for May 2022 in UK and Irish cinemas. Winner of the Edinburgh International Film Festival Audience Award 2021. Kirsty MacLeod is a beautiful young woman, coveted by all the young men of her island village. She dreams of America, of following the setting sun west to a better life. She meets the ...

When Cal MacCarl gets a phone call to his bachelor flat in Glasgow asking him to come to the bedside of his Aunt Mary, dying miles away on the Isle of Lewis, he embarks on a journey of discovery. With both his parents dead, his Aunt Mary is his only remaining blood link. When she goes he will be the last of the family line and he couldn't care less. In the days between his aunt's death and funeral he is drawn into the role of genealogy detective. In a place where everyone knows everything ...

This book is the story of a changing Scotland as it was heard and seen by the people of Scotland. We all may have our ideas about where we are headed as nation and a society, but none of us knows. That makes what lies ahead so fascinating. Just like what's gone before. JOHN MacKAY John MacKay is one of Scotland's best known broadcasters. His career as a reporter, anchor and presenter has spanned from the Thatcher Years to the Independence Referendum and beyond. MacKay has been witness to t...

Dr. John Mackay arrived in Hong Kong in 1963 and has experienced in every major shift and development in the territory since then. He was for many years one of Hong Kong's most respected physicians, and was instrumental in the growth of one of the largest medical practices in the city. But in 1993, he decided that there was more to life than work and he resigned in order to travel the world and pursue a wide range of other interests. This book, the first volume in Dr. Mackay's memoirs, rel...

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland brings together a vivid range of historical, traditional, and imaginative stories rooted in Scottish life, memory, and folklore. Across its pages, readers meet Covenanting hardship, Highland legend, crime, superstition, festival scenes, false alarms, and everyday heroism, all rendered in distinctive regional voices and dramatic turns of fate. The collection moves easily from grim tragedy to comic relief, from haunted recollection to sentimental...

A critical study analyzing exaggerated travel tales and separating fact from romanticized adventure narratives.

Wilson's tales of the borders and of Scotland Volume XXIII presents a gathered set of regional stories that combine folklore, local history, and imaginative reconstruction to portray community life shaped by hardship and tradition. The narratives focus on border regions marked by conflict, loyalty, superstition, and endurance, drawing attention to ordinary people facing moral tests and unexpected turns of fate. Many pieces highlight courage, betrayal, generosity, and regret, showing how re...

The Faa’s Revenge, And Other Tales by John Mackay Wilson is a captivating collection of stories steeped in Scottish folklore, myth, and legend. This audiobook transports listeners into a world of intrigue, adventure, and the supernatural, where every tale weaves a rich tapestry of local color, mystery, and moral lessons.Wilson’s stories explore the lives, struggles, and triumphs of his characters, often blending the ordinary with the extraordinary....

The Faas Revenge and Other Tales by John Mackay Wilson and various authors is a captivating anthology of short stories that blend suspense, drama, and timeless moral lessons. Each tale explores human nature, justice, and the consequences of actions, offering readers a rich tapestry of narrative styles and themes. Ideal for lovers of classic literature, short story enthusiasts, and those interested in early 19th-century storytelling, this collection highlights the artistry and insight of Wi...

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The Swimmer is one of the very first literary sports novels. Although not a competitive swimmer himself, Mackay was a passionate swimmer and well acquainted with the scene of competitive swimming and diving in Berlin around 1900. This historical picture of the sports world at that time will be familiar to today´s readers in many ways, but may surprise us in its details, for example, of competitions no longer widely practiced, such as "diving for plates" and "swimming with obstacles." For t...

The sources of legends are not often found in old sermons; and yet it will be admitted that there are few remarkable events in man's history, which, if inquired into, will not be found to embrace the elements of very impressive pulpit discourses. Even in cases which seem to disprove a special, if not a general Providence, there will always be found in the account between earth and heaven some desperate debt, mayhap an accommodation bill, which justifies the ways of God to man. It may even be ...