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Books Cumbria : People : Biography

Biography

Cumbrian Biography and Autobiography <<prev | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | next>>
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Precious Lives

Margaret Forster
£10.00

Reduced from £17.99,an intimate, personal and brutally honest memoir of the lives and deaths of two people; the author's sister-in-law, who fought bravely against terminal cancer, and the author's father, who lived to his mid-nineties.

Published by : Chatto & Windus
Published date : 1998
Format : Hardback.

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Precious Lives

Margaret Forster
£7.99

A follow-on to Hidden Lives. (a family memoir of three generations of women).

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1999
Format : Paperback.

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Quest For Adventure

Chris Bonington
£16.99

Remarkable feats of exploration and adventure, 1950 - 2000. A personal and remarkable celebration of exploration and adventure by a man who has done much to keep its spirit alive today.

Published by : Cassell & Co.
Published date : 2000
Format : Large paperback.

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Read's Point of View

Mary E. Burkett; David Sloss
£19.95

A biography of Mathias Read (1669-1747), once called the father of Cumbrian painting, and the only notable pre-picturesque painter of the Lake District.

Published by : Skiddaw Press
Published date : 1995
Format : Large hardback.

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Remembering Wainwright - DVD


£14.99

On June 7th 1930 a young Alfred Wainwright set off from Blackburn on his first visit to the Lake District.

Published by : Striding Edge
Published date : October 2010
Format : PAL DVD 58 minutes approx.

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Richard Brathwait - The First Lakeland Poet

John Bowes
£12.95

Richard Brathwait's 19th century biographer described him as 'a Christian and Upright Man'who was well proportioned, and one of the handsomest men of his day; remarkable for ready wit and humour; charitable to the poor in the extreme, so much as to have involved himself in difficulties by it'.

Published by : Hugill Publications
Published date : October 2007
Format : 140mm x 205mm paperback

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Robert Southey: Entire Man of Letters

W. A. Speck
£25.00

In his lifetime Robert Southey was very much the equal of his fellow 'Lake Poets', Coleridge and Wordsworth. But since his death his reputation has been overshadowed by their success. W. A. Speck argues that if Southey's poetry is no longer considered as significant, his other writings were more sailent and his political views far more influential than those of his fellow poets. He was, as Byron conceded, England's 'only exsisting entire man of letters'.

Published by : Yale University Press
Published date : 2006
Format : Large Hardback

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Sam Bough RSA: The Rivers in Bohemia

Gil & Pat Hitchon
£30.00

Sam Bough is one of the nineteenth centurys most intriguing painters. From humble beginnings in Carlisle, he received little formal artistic training, but went on to become a major figure in Scottish art. His vivid landscapes and luminous seascapes are

Published by : The Book Guild Ltd
Published date : 1998
Format : Hardback.

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Sand Pilot of Morecambe Bay

Cedric Robinson
£9.99

An autobiographical book of memoirs about Cedrics life guiding walkers across the treacherous sands of Morecambe Bay, foreword by Yorkshire writer Hannah Hauxwell.

Published by : Atlantic Publishers
Published date : 1998
Format : Large paperback.

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Sandman - The Autobiography of Cedric Robinson - Queen's Guide to the Sands

Cedric Robinson
£15.99

Cedric Robinson has become internationally famous over the last forty six years in his unique role as The Queen's Guide to Morecambe Bay Sands, a position which he has now held longer than any of his predecessors going right back to the reign of Henry VIII.



Published by : Great Northern Books
Published date : October 2009
Format : 196mm x 254mm hardback

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Sarah Losh and Wreay Church

Stephen Matthews
£15.00

Sarah Losh built Wreay Church in 1842. It is one of the most delightful, unusual and inspired of all Victorian churches. 'Sarah Losh and Wreay Church' is the story of this remarkable woman and her visionary work.

Published by : BOOKCASE
Published date : May 2007
Format : 170mm x 245mm paperback

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Servant of Empire

Martin Gibson
£20.00

'Servant of Empire' charts the life of Thomas Wilson Bracken, engineer, railway-builder, soldier and patriot.

Published by : Hayloft
Published date : September 2009
Format : 155mm x 212mm hardback

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Sesame and Lilies

John Ruskin
£5.99

A facsimile edition to mark the centenary of the death of John Ruskin. His most popular work.

Published by : Hendon Publishing
Published date : 2000
Format : Small paperback.

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Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836 - 1942

James Price
£6.95

An historical study of a firm of architects in Lancaster.

Published by : University of Lancaster
Published date : 1998
Format : Large paperback.

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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.

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Sheepwrecked

Jackie Moffat
£6.99

This journey through the changing seasons at Rowfoot Farm - tupping time in the autumn, winters as wet, bleak and cold here in Cumbria as elsewhere, lambing and the glories of spring, a bucolic, bee-filled Eden Valley summer with its many shows and fairs -



Published by : Bantam Press
Published date : July 2007
Format : 126mm x 198mm paperback

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Significant Sisters: The Grassroots of Active Feminism, 1839 - 1939

Margaret Forster
£7.99

Authors study of the role of women in society.

Published by : Penguin
Published date : 1986
Format : Paperback.

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Something Good to Say - The Memoirs of Canon Gervase Markham

Gervase Markham
£9.95

Canon Gervase Markham was born in 1910. This is his story - an intimate and fascinating account of a life lived to the full.

Published by : The Markham Family
Published date : September 2009
Format : 245mm x 186mm paperback

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Stan Bowles - The Autobiography

Stan Bowles
£8.99

'I think that Frank Worthington summed my life up quite well when he said, "Stan has spent all of his money on gambling, booze and birds."

Published by : Orion
Published date : December 2007
Format : 130mm x 198mm paperback

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Stanley Webb Davies 1894-1978

Hugh Wright
£10.00

Stanley Webb Davies of Windermere is now recognised as one of the foremost designers and makers of furniture in the Arts and Crafts Movement.

Published by : Bookcase
Published date : November 2006
Format : 210mm x 150mm small paperback

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Storms of Silence

Joe Simpson
£7.99

By the author of Touching the Void comes another classic tale of endurance.

Published by : Vintage
Published date : 1997
Format : Paperback.

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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.

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Sutton and his Circle: The Cockermouth School of Painting 1750-1880

M.E. Burkett
£14.50



Published by : Skiddaw Press
Published date : 2001
Format : Hardback.

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The Armitt Story

Eileen Jay
£11.50

The story of a small private subscription library, founded in 1909.

Published by : Loughrigg Press
Published date : 1998
Format : Large paperback.

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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.

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