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	Quilts & Coverlets Rosemary E. Allan £25.00 The collection of quilts and coverlets at Beamish Museum is an important folk art survival in the British Isles. Published by : The Beamish Museum Published date : June 2007 Format : 225mm x 290mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Raiders & Reivers John Sadler £7.99 This is a book about the turbulent history of the Anglo-Scottish border - three hundred years of strife and mayhem that shaped the character of both nations. This is a book guaranteed to excite the reader with its vivid descriptions and fascinating historical detail, and will appeal to the general reader and to young people. Published by : Ergo Press Published date : 2006 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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:

	Records of Kendale Vol 2 William Farrer £25.00 Volume two. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1999 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Remember the Fields Where We Played? John Hurst £9.00 Sporting and spectacular times in the history of Penrith. As the author notes, local sport creates rivalries, but it also contributes to community strength through bringing people together in shared activity and mutual enjoyment. This book celebrates the sports played on Penrith's foundry and football fields for more than 100 years. Published by : Cumberland and Westmorland Herald Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Ring of Memories: Fairs and Livestock Auction Marts of Scotland 1800 to 2004 John A. Thomson £12.95 Following at least five generations of livestock salesmen and with some fifty-five years as an auctioneer, John Thomson, with his lifetime experience, is uniquely placed to tell the story of the fading fairs and the rise and tribulations of the auction marts of Scotland over the past two centuries. Published by : J & M Thomson Published date : 2005 Format : 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:

	Seaton Past and Present Compiled by Ethel Fisher £8.99 This book has been published to commemorate the 125th anniverary of the foundation stone being laid to build the lovely church of St. Paul, in 1882. There is no dialogue relying instead on the photographs to tell the history of Seaton in Cumbria. Published by : Published date : August 2007 Format : 210mm x 295mm softback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Senhora Small Fry: Mary Barker and the Lake Poets David Bradbury £4.75 This book is a short introduction to the life of a woman who for over 150 years has existed largely as a series of footnotes, in works about a variety of great and goodish people who, for one reason or another, encountered her and whose lives were made Published by : Past Presented Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	She Was Loved: Memories of Beatrix Potter Josefina de Vasconcellos £11.95 Josefina de Vasconcellos gives a fascinating insight into her great friendship with Beatrix Potter. Accompanying the text are works by Beatrix Potter herself, including previously unpublished paintings and a series of nature drawings from the Armitt Trust Published by : Titus Wilson Published date : 2003 Format : 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:

	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:

	Solway Winds John D. Wells £12.99 This book is mainly focussed on the small seafaring town of Maryport, on the West Cumbrian coast of the Solway Firth. Compiled by John Wells, a native of the town, it is an affectionate tribute in stories, articles, poems and photographs. Published by : Pitcairn Publishing Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Steam City - Carlisle Howard Routledge £18.95 The history of Carlisle as a major railway centre has been well documented over the years, the seven different railway companies that served the city prior to the 1923 Grouping leaving a legacy that lasted well into the 1960's. Published by : Irwell Press Published date : November 2007 Format : 215mm x 305mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Strong Lad Wanted For Strong Lass: Growing Up In Carlisle Hunter Davies £8.99 Hunter Davies is one of the country's best known writers and journalists, author of over 30 books. This is his fascinating personal story of growing up in Carlisle in the 1950's. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Autobiography of William Farish: The Struggles of a Hand-Loom Weaver William Farish £35.00 Born at Carlisle in 1818, William Farish first started work as bobbin wheel operative at the age of eight, graduating to the loom two years later. His autobiography was privately printed in 1889, adn includes an account of the hardship and poverty of his childhood. Published by : Caliban Books Published date : 1996 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Baroness of Belsfield by Windermere Ian Jones £8.00 This is the story of a remarkable lady, an off-comer of common but respectable birth who, by great fortune, inherited considerable wealth, espoused an aristocratic title, and built as her principle seat one of the finest houses to grace the shores of Windermere. Published by : Ian Jones Published date : June 2008 Format : 238mm x 160mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Beatles, Football and Me Hunter Davies £18.99 Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans, been an influential journalist, and written ground-breaking books for over forty years. He wrote the only authorised biography of the Beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC, 'The Glory Game', years before football writing became fashionable. His story starts on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and moves on to his early years in Fleet Street at the height and heart of the 1960s - which is when he wrote his first novel, 'Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush' later a cult film. Published by : Headline Review Published date : 2006 Format : Small hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Bowder Stone - A history Liz Hodgson £4.00 The Bowder Stone is really a legend in time which gives this huge lump of rock an added interest. It is no longer just a stone that has fallen from above. Published by : P3 Publications Published date : August 2007 Format : 146mm x 210mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle Floods: A Photographic Record David Ramshaw £5.00 On Saturday 8th January 2005 the citizens of Carlisle woke up to the worst flooding seen in the city for almost 200 years. The weather had been exceptionally wet and windy for several days, but no one could have foreseen the extent of the flooding that occurred on that Saturday morning. In a very short space of time the city ground to a halt and by lunchtime the whole city had lost electrical power. Published by : P3 Publications Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle Floods: One Story Martin Daley £7.99 The great Carlisle flood of January 2005 didn't just end when the waters subsided. Martin and Wendy Daley were left, like thousands of others, with a derelict house. They had to watch day by day as their home was taken apart and then reconstructed. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle State Management Scheme Olive Seabury £15.00 In 1916 the pubs and breweries in the Carlisle area were taken over by the Government. The aim was to civilize the drinking habits of this dissolute city. Published by : Bookcase Carlisle Published date : November 2007 Format : 168mm x 244mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Crazy World of Farming Harry Harper £10.00 A humorous account of life as a farmer, which was inspired by the 2001 Foot and Mouth outbreak. Harry looks back over his own life and the life of his father to give an insight into farming. Published by : Harry Harper Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Cumberland Coast Neil Curry £10.00 From the marshes of the Solway to the cliffs of St. Bees, the Cumberland coast is an area rich in character and history. Neil Curry has walked the coast and met the people. He knows the beauty of this remote and unguarded country. Published by : Bookcase Published date : October 2007 Format : 148 x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The English Lakes - Memories of Times Past Colin Inman & Rosemary Anderson £14.99 This beautiful and informative volume, inspired by the pioneering 1905 colour book 'The English Lakes', offers a new way of looking at the landscape and social history of a much-loved region. Published by : Worth Press Published date : November 2006 Format : 250mm x 277mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity: