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	Records of Kendale Vol 1 William Farrer £25.00 Volume one. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1998 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Redan Ridge: The Last Stand Peter Weston £8.00 In September 1916, over two hundred men from the Herefordshire Regiment were transferred to the 11th Border Regiment to make good the losses for the Somme campaign but within weeks, 54 would perish in the final battle of the 1916 Somme operation fought on Redan Ridge. This is their story. Published by : Peter Weston Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Register of Gilbert Welton, Bishop of Carlisle 1353 - 1362 R.L. Storey (ed) £25.00 Published by : Canterbury and York Society Published date : 1999 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	Return of the Black Death Susan Scott & Christopher Duncan £7.99 Currently in hiding, the Black Death, or something like it, could re-emerge at any time, and with today's highly mobile community the consequences would be catastrophic. Published by : Wiley Published date : 2007 Format : 127mm x 195mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Roads and Tracks of the Lake District Paul Hindle £9.99 Surveys the history of Cumbrian roads from the time of the Romans within social and geographic changes and outlines early tourist routes. Published by : Cicerone Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Roman Britain A New History Guy De La Bedoyere £24.95 An illuminating new account of Britain as a Roman Province. This book reassesses the period in the combined light of archaeological and textual evidence. It describes the very latest discoveries, including new mosaics and the only stadium found in Britain. Published by : Thames and Hudson Published date : 2006 Format : Large Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Roman Britain Map £6.25 This is part of the Historical Map and Guides series. The map includes a list of key dates, events and archaeological evidence. An informative text describes many aspects of Roman life and is illustrated with photographs, maps and diagrams. Published by : Ordnance Survey Published date : Fifth Edition Format : Folded map. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Roman Coins From North-West England: Second Supplement David Shotter £15.95 A comprehensive reference work illustrating hundreds of Roman coins found in Cumbria, Lancashire and Cheshire. Published by : University of Lancaster Published date : 2000 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Roman Waterlogged Remains and Later Features at Castle Street, Carlisle Michael R. McCarthy; E. Allison £14.00 Written by two authors from the Carlisle Archaeological Unit, this volume contains details of excavations in 1981 and 1982. Complete with 6 microfische, which are also available as four separate fascicule books. E.mail us for details. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1991 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Romans and Britons in North-West England David Shotter £13.50 This new edition has been comprehensively reworked and enlarged to reflect the exciting changes that have occured in recent years, including new excavations and the discovery of new sites. Published by : University of Lancaster Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Shadows in the Mist - The Life and Death of King Arthur August Hunt £17.00 What little we can learn about King Arthur must be gleaned from accounts of his battles written in the 9th century AD. Published by : Hayloft Published date : September 2006 Format : 230mm x 190mm large paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Ships Of West Cumberland Desmond G Sythes £10.00 Desmond G Sythes, the author of this remarkable series of articles is still remembered in the Whitehaven area from his time as the lighthouse keeper at St Bees Head from 1963 to 1969. The Friends of Whitehaven Museum are delighted to be able to make these articles available to a new generation of local history enthusiasts. Published by : Francis Trevor Ward Published date : 2006 Format : Small paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Shipwrecks of the North West Coast Catherine Rothwell £14.99 The north-west coast of England is renowned for a number of reasons, not the least being its fierce storms with the inevitable loss of life, damage, shipwrecks, attending lifeboats and emerging heroism which such perilous situations aroused. Published by : The History Press Published date : January 2010 Format : 248mm x 172mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Slate From Coniston Alastair Cameron £13.99 Second impression. A history of the Coniston slate industry, although the author makes no apologies for the fact that he occasionally strays from the topic of 'slate' to one of the village in general. The history of the industry is inseparable from the history of the village. The culture and personality of the village is as unique as the volcanic slate extracted from its hills. Published by : Cumbria Amenity Trust Mining History Society Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 £16.00 Part 39: The Border Regiment. Published by : J.B. Howard and Son Published date : Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Steam and Speed: Railways of Tyne and Wear from the Earliest Days Andy Guy £12.95 Track the epic story of rail in the North, from the earliest wooden waggonways to modern times - the pioneers, the workers, the locomotives and the revolutionary engineers who changed the face of the world. Published by : Tyne Bridge Publishing Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Strongholds of the Border Reivers Keith Durham £11.99 In the year 1296, Edward I of England launched a series of vicious raids across the Anglo-Scottish Border in his attempt to annexe Scotland. Published by : Osprey Published date : March 2008 Format : 182mm x 248mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Sufferings of Early Quakers - 1650s to 1690: Northern England Joseph Besse; Michael Gandy (ed) £12.00 Featuring Cumberland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland and the Isle of Man. Published by : William Sessions Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	Support in the Sky £5.00 A history of No 14 Maintenance Unit, or 14MU, Royal Air Force Carlisle. Published by : Published date : 2006 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Tales of Old Northumberland Joan Morgan £6.99 Northumberland has a great wealth of stories from the past. Some are ancient legends, others from the pages of history; but all bring to life moments of drama and mystery, romance and heroism.The local characters involved in this book include Jacobite rebels, a hermit, rioters, smugglers, witches, borders reivers, wealthy money-lenders, fishwives and ghosts. Published by : Countryside Books Published date : Sept 2006 Format : 140mm x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Tales of the Border Reivers £2.99 Selected and retold by staff at Sandhill Press, this is a collection of tales of turbulent times in the Border country during the 16th century. Published by : Sandhill Press Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Adventure of English: The Biography of a Language Melvyn Bragg £14.99 BOOK ON CD Melvyn Bragg shows us the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. Published by : Hodder Headline Audiobooks Published date : 2003 Format : Three CDs Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Anatomy of the Helm Wind David Uttley £9.95 A unique study which examines the only named wind in Britain. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Antique County Maps of Cumberland John Higham £11.99 The lavishly illustrated story of the printed maps of Cumberland. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1997 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Antique Maps of Cumberland & Westmorland £15.00 This CD contains illustrations (many in colour), with brief textual notes of about 200 antique maps of Cumberland and Westmorland, covering the period from the late 16th century to the late 19th century. Over 100 of these can be examined on your computer in larger than life detail. The CD contains full text of John Higham's book - 'The Antique County Maps of Cumberland', updated and expanded, together with a sophisticated search facility. Published by : John Higham Published date : 2003 Format : CD Rom Click here to read the reviews Quantity: