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	Great Cumbrians H.E. Winter £2.25 Just as the title suggests, this booklet is a study of people who lived within the boundaries of the old Cumberland, from artists and poets to chemists and sailors. Published by : H.E. Winter Published date : 1988 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Hannah Hauxwell - DVD - An Extraordinary Life £19.50 Too long A Winter: Hannah Hauxwell captures the hearts and mind of a nation as she gamely struggles to maintain her farm in the beautiful North Yorkshire dales in the award winning documentary "Too Long A Winter". Published by : Granada Ventures Ltd Published date : February 2008 Format : Region 2 DVD Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Hark For'ard! The Life of a Lakeland Huntsman Anthony Chapman and Anne Bonney (ed) £12.50 In the last few years of his life in the early 1980s, Anthony sat down and penned the seasons of his hunting life - filled with hounds, terriers, foxes, supporters, farmers, dalesmen, inn-keepers and his beloved fells around Ambleside and Coniston. Published by : Helm Press Published date : 2004 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Head Over Heels in the Dales Gervase Phinn £16.99 The third book by the Yorkshire schools inspector. Phinn is a natural storyteller, and these reminiscences is guaranteed to give his thousands of fans immense enjoyment - and still beg for more. Published by : Michael Joseph Published date : 2002 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Head Over Heels in the Dales Gervase Phinn £9.99 Warmly entertaining and wryly funny, the Yorkshire schools inspectors latest book of reminiscences is brought to life by the author himself on cassette. Published by : Penguin Published date : 2002 Format : 2 cassettes. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Hercules & the Farmer's Wife Chris Wadsworth £12.99 When Chris Wadsworth, and husband Michael, upped sticks in the South and moved north to the Lake District she had no inkling she was about to begin a new life as the owner of an art gallery. Published by : Aurum Published date : April 2009 Format : 142mm x 193mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Hidden Lives Margaret Forster £7.99 A memoir of the Carlisle authors mother and grandmother which reflects the changes in womens lives across three generations. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	High Achiever: The Life and Climbs of Chris Bonington Jim Curran £7.99 A rare insight into the best known mountaineer in Britain, who hails from Caldbeck, near Wigton in Cumbria. With a foreword by Reinhold Messner. Published by : Robinson Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Housekeeping with Dorothy Wordsworth at Dove Cottage Margaret Cochrane; Robert Cochrane £5.75 This book focuses on the Wordsworths domestic life and the part played by Dorothy to keep the household going. It gives an insight into food and drink, methods of laundry, sewing and mending, decorating, health, local pursuits and the lifestyle at Published by : Highgate Publications Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	How Black Was Our Sabbath: An Unauthorized View From The Crew David Tangye and Graham Wright £7.99 Black Sabbath were the first and the greatest heavy metal band. Their exciting brand of hard rock and their hell-raising behaviour have made them legends. The authors, who were in the crew during the 70s and have the stories to prove it, follow the band from their early days in Carlisle to their metioric rise to fame. Published by : Pan Books Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	How Hall - Poems and Memories, A Passion For Ennerdale Tom Rawling £7.50 Tom Rawling was born in 1916 in Ennerdale, then Cumberland and now Cumbria. Published by : Lamplugh & District Heritage Society Published date : September 2009 Format : 164mm x 242mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	I Chose to Climb Chris Bonington £14.99 I Chose to Climb, first published in 1966, was Chris Boningtons first book. He was recognised then, as now, as one of the outstanding members of a brilliant generation of mountaineers. Published by : Weidenfeld & Nicholson Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	I Felt Like an Adventure - A Life of Mary Burkett Ben Verinder £17.50 Mary Burkett has led a wide and exciting life, travelling extensively in the Middle East and beyond. She is an author, adventurer, curator, historian and internationally acclaimed authority on felt. Published by : The Memoir Club Published date : November 2008 Format : 160mm x 240mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	In The Footsteps of Swallows and Amazons Claire Kendall-Price £8.95 19 illustrated walks in Arthur Ransome country, with each walk illustrated with many of Ransomes own photographs. Published by : Wildcat Publishing Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	In Them Days Cynthia E. Nichols £6.50 The gentle reminiscences of Cynthia Nicholas are likely to stir memories among many of a certain age who grew up in Cumbria more than 60 years ago. Published by : Published date : April 2007 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Isabella Lickbarrow: Collected Poems Constance Parrish £10.00 Isabella Lickbarrow, the Quaker poet, lived in Kendal and wrote at the same time as Wordsworth, who read her work, as did De Quincey and Southey. Like Wordsworth, she was a keen lover of nature. Published by : The Wordsworth Trust Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Jane Milbourn in Carlisle Gaol Betty Brown £8.00 In 1792 Jane Milbourn was imprisoned in Carlisle Gaol by her husband because she would not hand over property to him. Published by : Bookcase Published date : March 2008 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Metcalfe Carleton John Sharpe £4.50 Who was John Metcalfe? Where did he come from? Why did he go bankrupt. What became of the shadowy Georgian squire who left his unique mark on the Eden Valley? This is a story of naked ambition and shameless intrigue, a veritable 'Rakes Progress' that shuttles up and down the Great North Road between the Eden and the Thames, this new book by a local man exposes for the first time the impossibly perverse character of a matchless egotist, an Old Etonian entrepreneur who led a double life that touched all manner of people from his own poor mill workers to the highest echelons of society Published by : John Sharpe Published date : Oct 2006 Format : 210mm x 145mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Paul Jones - Maverick Hero Frank Walker £20.00 An associate of Benjamin Franklin and hero of the American War of Independence, John Paul Jones was the first captain to sail an Ameican warship under an American flag and was instrumental in the creation of a coordinated naval force for the new republic. Published by : Spellmount Limited Published date : 2007 Format : 164mm x 240mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Ruskin James S. Dearden £5.99 John Ruskin was one of the most prolific of nineteenth-century authors. His interests in art and architecture broadened to embrace social and political economy, and his ideas have had a profound effect on life today. This biography is short but comprehensive, and is illustrated generously throughout. Published by : Shire Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Ruskin: No Wealth But Life John Batchelor £14.00 Ruskin was one of hte most influential cultural and intellectual figures of his age. This biography shows him as a whole, demonstrating that his seemingly disparate ideas accrue into a developed - though constantly evolving - vision of the good society, Published by : Pimlico Published date : 2001 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	John Ruskin: The Early Years Tim Hilton £10.95 The first volume of the authoritative biography of Ruskin, published in paperback for the first time. Published by : Yale University Press Published date : 2000 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Jonathan Otley - Man of Lakeland Thomas Fletcher Smith £10.00 Jonathan Otley was a self-taught geologist, minerologist, meteorologist, botanist, topographer, cartographer, and watch-maker. Published by : Bookcase Published date : August 2007 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Josefina de Vasconcellos: Her Life and Art Margaret Lewis £10.99 Josefina de Vasconcellos has been active as a sculptor since the early 1920s. This biography, which contains 32 pages of photographs from a unique collection, charts the extraordinary life of a woman who faced many challenges and disappointments, Published by : Flambard Published date : 2002 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	JOSS - The Life and Times of the Legendary Lake District Fell Runner and Shepherd Joss Naylor Keith Richardson £25.00 Olympic Gold medal winner Chris Brasher described Joss Naylor as 'The Greatest of Them All', a title he bestowed on Joss when he ran 72 Lake District mountains in 24 hours. Published by : River Greta Writer Published date : September 2009 Format : 224mm x 285mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity: