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	12 Books that Changed the World Melvyn Bragg £20.00 In our digitised age of instant information it is easy to underestimate the power of the printed word. In his fascinating new book accompanying the ITV series, Melvyn Bragg presents a vivid reminder of the book as agent of social, political and personal revolution. This book presents a rich variety of human endeavour and a great diversity of characters. Published by : Hodder & Stoughton Published date : 2006 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Choice of Coleridge's Verse Ted Hughes (ed) £7.99 With a vigorously argued introductory essay, Ted Hughes has selected a number of Coleridges greatest poems and verses in a daring and radical attempt to get to the heart of his spiritual and poetic concerns. Published by : Faber & Faber Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Clubbable Woman Reginald Hill £6.99 The first ever Dalziel and Pascoe novel from the Cumbrian-born author. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Description of the Lakes 1822 William Wordsworth £18.00 Published by : Woodstock Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	A Place in England Melvyn Bragg £6.99 Joseph Tallentire has hope and ambition - like his father before him he is determined to make something of himself and improve his lot. But life is not easy for an uneducated young man in Cumberland before and during World War II. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1975 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Second Life William Scammell £7.95 Another early collection of Scammells, including poems such as Monday Monday, The Vet, Time Past, Christmas at Bristol, Our Man at the Bar, Wishbone, Marriage Song, and Ice for the Lips. Published by : Peterloo Poets Published date : 1982 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Softer Landscape - Life & Work of Jenny Cowern Valery Rickerby & Mary Burkett £12.50 Jenny Cowern once described herself as 'a painter in thought, training and discipline'. Well, this little book is intended to pay tribute to an artist who was too selfless to promote her own work; to reproduce as much as possible in her various media and to try to do justice in a small way to the quality and delights of her oeuvres, in order to share it with as many people as possible. Published by : Skiddaw Press Published date : March 2007 Format : 176mm x 244mm Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Son of War Melvyn Bragg £8.99 A formidable successor to his widely praised and award-winning novel, The Soldiers Return. We enter again into the lives of Sam and Ellen, trying to make a better life for themselves, and between them their young son Joe who is striving to fulfil their Published by : Sceptre Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Time to Dance Melvyn Bragg £7.99 Set in Cumbria, the intensely passionate relationship between a retired bank manager and a young girl, and the destructive kernel of jealousy. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1990 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	A Walk Along the Tracks: Britain's Disused Railway Lines Hunter Davies £6.99 Ten railway lines explored, providing the armchair traveller, railway enthusiast and serious walker alike with the joyful account of a year spent walking the tracks. Published by : Everyman Published date : 1993 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Beatrix Potter - Her Art and Inspiration £4.50 A National Trust guidebook covering history, horticulture, garden history, history of art, architecture, social history, natural environment and conservation. Published by : National Trust Published date : 2004 Format : 210mm x 210mm stitched paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Beatrix Potter and Hill Top £4.50 A National Trust guidebook covering history, horticulture, garden history, history of art, architecture, social history, natural environment and conservation. Published by : National Trust Published date : 1989 Format : 210mm x 210mm stitched paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Beatrix Potter: Artist & Illustrator Anne Stevenson Hobbs £20.00 The Tale of Beatrix Potter is universally known, but apart from a few of the fungus paintings, her original works were neither reproduced nor exhibited in her lifetime. This volume offers a broad survey of Potter's art in all its variety: early sketches, unfinished and variant designs, and finished watercolours, including some less familiar material never before on public display. Published by : Frederick Warne Published date : 2005 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Born 1900 Hunter Davies £7.99 A view of the twentieth century through various people and institutions which have featured in the last 100 years. Published by : Warner Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Credo Melvyn Bragg £9.95 Read by Julian Glover, this is a recording of Braggs historical novel, set in the dark ages of 7th century Britain. Abridged version. Published by : Hodder Headline Published date : 1996 Format : 4 cassettes. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Crystal Rooms Melvyn Bragg £5.99 A compelling story of blackmail, media politics, corrupted innocence and redemptive love set in in the London of the 90s. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1993 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Daphne du Maurier Margaret Forster £9.99 An award-winning study of the internationally acclaimed author. Published by : Arrow Published date : 1994 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Diary of an Ordinary Woman Margaret Forster £7.99 Margaret Forster presents the 'edited' diary of a woman, born in 1901, whose life spans the twentieth century. On the eve of the Great War, Millicent King begins to keep her journal and vividly records the dramas of everyday life in a family touched by war, tragedy, and money troubles. Published by : Vintage Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Elizabeth Barrett Browning Margaret Forster £8.99 Introducing the reader to a strong and determined woman, an invalid who escaped her tyrannical father and eloped to Italy at the age of 40. Once again a much acclaimed biography by Margaret Forster. Published by : Vintage Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flash For Freedom! George MacDonald Fraser £6.99 Volume three of the Flashman Papers series. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flashman George MacDonald Fraser £5.99 The first volume of the ever popular Flashman novels, from 1839-1842. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1993 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flashman and the Angel of the Lord George MacDonald Fraser £6.99 The tenth instalment in the Flashman Papers series. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flashman and the Dragon George MacDonald Fraser £6.99 The eighth instalment in the Flashman Papers series. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flashman and the Mountain of Light George MacDonald Fraser £6.99 The ninth instalment in the Flashman Papers series. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Flashman and the Redskins George MacDonald Fraser £6.99 The seventh novel in the Flashman Papers series. The legendary and authentic West of Mangas Colorado and Kit Carson, of Crazy Horse and the Deadwood stage, gunfighters and gamblers, eccentrics, scoundrels and mysterious adventuresses. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: