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The Tale of Beatrix Potter
Margaret Lane
£6.99
When Beatrix Potter died in 1943 few knew the full story of her life. This sensitive and detailed biography of the childrens author has been revised and republished for the new millennium.
Published by :
Frederick Warne
Published date :
2001
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Paperback.
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The Tale of Mrs William Heelis
John Heelis
£5.99
Much has been written about the life of Beatrix Potter, the celebrated children's author. But one area of her life which has been neglected is her relationship with Willie Heelis, to whom she was happily married for thirty years.
Published by :
Sutton
Published date :
2003
Format :
138mm x 104mm paperback
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The Tale of the Mouse
Patricia Lennon
£8.99
A fascinating and in depth look at the life and work of Robert Thompson, the Mouseman of Kilburn. This Yorkshire craftsman was famous for replicating the style of medieval woodcarvers, and signing each piece of work with a carved mouse. Today, original
Published by :
Great Northern
Published date :
2001
Format :
Large paperback.
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The Tale of the Mouse
Patricia Lennon
£8.99
This book examines the life and work of Robert Thompson, the 'Mouseman of Kilburn'. It will delight 'Mouseman' Aficionados with its collection of original phootographs from the Thompson family archives, many of which have never been previously published. It also contains the most comprehgensive index of Thompson work taken from the Master's own workbooks, enabling fans to seek out pieces in locations throughout yorkshire and beyond.
Published by :
Great Northern Books
Published date :
2000
Format :
205mm x 200mm paperback
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The Taste of the Lake District: The Story of Jennings Brothers PLC
Nigel Watson
£7.50
A reflection on 175 years of brewing heritage.This short history charts the rise and rise of the company; from its humble beginnings in 1828 in the Lakeland village of Lorton, to the 21st century where Jennings beers are served in more pubs than ever.
Published by :
St. Matthews Press
Published date :
2003
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Paperback.
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The Team
Sheila Richardson
£9.50
This is the story of one of the Lake Districts mountain rescue teams, told by members past and present. It has been produced to celebrate their 50 years of service. It tells of the formation of the team; the tragedy of an accident that robbed the team of
Published by :
Mill Field/Cockermouth Mountain Rescue Team
Published date :
2002
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Paperback.
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The Triumph of Kurt Schwitters
Barbara Crossley
£20.00
Kurt Schwitters was a genuinely revolutionary artist, acknowledged as one of the most important avant-garde figures of the twentieth century. In this stimulating biography Barbara Crossley discovers Schwitters the compassionate and caring man who loved practical jokes, the fiercely ambitious artist who was also content in rural seclusion, the politically and socially conscious thinker who embraced the absurd, the lover and the fighter who knew that beyond his death his work would survive to shape our times.
Published by :
The Armitt Trust
Published date :
2005
Format :
Large paperback.
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The Walton Family: A Lead Mining Dynasty of the Northern Pennines
Alastair Robertson
£8.95
A history of the Walton family, dating back to 1734. Their involvement in the lead industry of the North Pennines spanned five generations. They were major partners in several mines and held shares in many more; they also owned two lead smelt mines.
Published by :
Hundy Publications
Published date :
2004
Format :
Paperback.
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The Wartime Diary of Frank Fowler
Frank Fowler
£5.95
Frank H Fowler was an artist, writer, and keen angler, who kept a wonderful sketchbook diary recording the final years of the Second World War.
Published by :
Awards for All
Published date :
2007
Format :
146mm x 210mm stitched paperback
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The Wordsworths and the Daffodils
Pamela Woof: Madeline Harley
£5.95
A study of the famous and much loved poem by Wordsworth, from its shaky beginnings in 1807, to the critically acclaimed masterpiece it is today.
Published by :
The Wordsworth Trust
Published date :
2002
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Paperback.
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This Game of Ghosts
Joe Simpson
£7.99
The sequel to Touching the Void. The author describes a climb of 20,000 feet on a mountain near Everest despite being on crutches after a fall, and looks back to his childhood to events that have led him to chose a life of climbing and danger.
Published by :
Vintage
Published date :
1993
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Paperback.
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Thomas Gray's Journal of his Visit to the Lake District in October 1769
William Roberts (ed)
£11.95
One of the earliest and finest essays in travel-writing in English, Thomas Grays journal is frequently quoted but has never been published as a separate work. The journal captures for us the freshness of the first discovery of the Lake District.
Published by :
Liverpool University Press
Published date :
2001
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Paperback.
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Those Blue Remembered Hills
Patrick Gordon-Duff-Pennington
£10.50
The majority of the author's life has been spent farming in the Scottish hills. He tells of his love of the land and the various characters he has encountered throughout his life, describing those he admires with warmth, those he does not with diplomacy, but all with a touch of humour.
Published by :
The Memoir Club
Published date :
2004
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Paperback.
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Through the Pages of My Life and My Encounters with Beatrix Potter
Willow Taylor
£11.99
An affectionate and informative short biography of the much loved author and countrywoman.
Published by :
Beatrix Potter Society
Published date :
2000
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Paperback.
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Tibet's Secret Mountain: The Triumph of Sepu Kangri
Chris Bonington; Charles Clarke
£10.00
Reduced from £18.99, the story of the authors attempts to reach the summit of the Great White Snow God, and how the 22,800 ft secret mountain rejected them, but as they say,
Published by :
Weidenfeld & Nicholson
Published date :
1999
Format :
Hardback.
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Touching the Void
Joe Simpson
£7.99
A classic mountaineering story, with the author and his colleague pushing themselves to the limits of human endurance.
Published by :
Vintage
Published date :
1997
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Paperback.
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Towards the Dawn
Joe Corry
£9.99
Born in Kirkoswald, Cumbria, Joe Corry was an ordinary young working man in 1939. This is the story of his preparation for war and the eventual role he was to play in it. The wartime action takes the reader into the very heart of a Special Services Unit,
Published by :
P3 Publications
Published date :
2001
Format :
Paperback.
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Travail So Gladly Spent
Tom Price
£12.00
The author, who is from Threlkeld, writes about his travels and adventures. New in paperback.
Published by :
The Ernest Press
Published date :
2002
Format :
Paperback.
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Travail So Gladly Spent
Tom Price
£17.50
The author, who hails from Threlkeld, writes about his travels and adventures.
Published by :
Ernest Press
Published date :
2000
Format :
Hardback.
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Treasures of the Wordsworth Trust
Robert Woof
£20.00
Treasures of the Wordsworth Trust was published to celebrate the opening of the Jerwood Centre by Seamus Heaney in June 2005. It gives a selection of one hundred items from the Trust's collections of books, manuscripts, paintings, drawings and engravings that have been bulit up since the Trust's foundation in 1891.
Published by :
Wordsworth Trust
Published date :
2005
Format :
Large Paperback
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Turner in the North
David Hill
£16.95
A collection of photographs of the many sites which the artist J.M.W. Turner sketched in his tour of England 200 years ago.
Published by :
Yale University Press
Published date :
1996
Format :
Large paperback.
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Under Two Flags
Norman Hiscox
£8.00
The moving story of the authors experiences with the Border Regiment.
Published by :
Pentland Press
Published date :
1997
Format :
Hardback.
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Unruly Times: Wordsworth and Coleridge in their time
A.S. Byatt
£8.99
Booker Prize-winning author A.S. Byatt examines the relationship between these two poets against the background of the great changes of their times - in politics, society, education and literature.
Published by :
Vintage
Published date :
1997
Format :
Paperback.
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Up and Down in the Dales - Book on Tape
Gervase Phinn
£8.50
Gervase Phinn reads his latest book. Running time over 3 hours.
Published by :
Penguin
Published date :
2004
Format :
Audio Cassette.
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W.H. Auden: Pennine Poet
Alan Myers; Robert Forsythe
£3.50
Published by :
North Pennines Heritage Trust
Published date :
1999
Format :
Paperback.
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