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  • Mann at Sea

    Mann at Sea

    £14.99 - 1193 in stock

    Robert Hendry, who has traced his Manx ancestry back six hundred years, explores the link between the Island and the Sea...

    Listed Under: Books, Transport
  • T.E. Brown - His Life and Legacy

    T.E. Brown - His Life and Legacy

    £9.99 - 95 in stock

    T.E. Brown was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, in 1830, the son of the curate in charge of Old St. Matthew's Church. The family soon moved to Old Kirk Braddan, where the young Brown ..

    Listed Under: Biographic/General, Books
  • Douglas Centenary - (Hardback)

    Douglas Centenary - (Hardback)

    £9.99 - 68 in stock

    In this Centenary Year we celebrate the achievements of the men and women, members, officers and employees of the Corporation who have over the past hundred years, been responsible..

    Listed Under: Books, Historic
  • A Nation's Station

    A Nation's Station

    £9.99 - 138 in stock

    Manx Radio made its first tentative broadcasts from a caravan parked in a field near Douglas in the summer of 1964 and it was officially opened in November that year...

    Listed Under: Books, Historic
  • Wave to Your Daddy

    Wave to Your Daddy

    £9.99 - 64 in stock

    A four-year old child waits on the quayside for her father to come home from the war in Burma. The newly reunited family strive to adjust to their post-war life in a wartime Nissen..

    Listed Under: Biographic/General, Books
  • A Harvest of Memories

    A Harvest of Memories

    £8.99 - 98 in stock

    Harvey Briggs was born in Shropshire in 1920 and went to live in the Isle of Man when he was six. Since then, he has lived on two Manx farms and made a career as a farmer and agric..

    Listed Under: Biographic/General, Books
  • Manx Fairy Tales

    Manx Fairy Tales

    £8.95 - 348 in stock

    Her book of Manx Fairy Tales, collected in the west of the Island, remains the most authoritative and fascinating dealing with this subject of universal appeal. ..

    Listed Under: Books, Folklore
  • Old Times

    Old Times

    £7.99 - 180 in stock

    The following stories have been written and entered into the annual story competition by residents of Glenside over a period of nearly twenty years. I have had the privilege of org..

  • The Black Hound

    The Black Hound

    £7.99 - 692 in stock

    Attempting to unravel an ancient mystery, Ben and his friends, Jet and Alice, find themselves caught up in the dark Manx legend of the Moddey Dhoo...

    Listed Under: Books, Folklore
  • The Bells of St German's

    The Bells of St German's

    £7.99 - 568 in stock

    IN 1993 I became involved with a campaign to restore the bells of St German’s Cathedral, which had not been rung full-circle for perhaps 80 years. As we worked to raise funds, I ..

  • Foxgloves

    Foxgloves

    £7.99 - 1332 in stock

    THIS collection of short stories is set in the Isle of Man. Though they are different in time and place, they are linked in themes and concerns, all dealing with Island life...

    Listed Under: Biographic/General, Books
  • So Strong and So Fair

    So Strong and So Fair

    £7.99 - 160 in stock

    There is something very special, even magical, about the sea voyage to the Isle of Man. It is difficult to define yet once experienced, immediately elevates the heart and mind to t..

    Listed Under: Books, Transport