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	The Electric Michelangelo Sarah Hall £7.99 Booker Shortlisted 2004. In the uniquely sensuous and lyrical prose that has already become her trademark, Sarah Halls remarkable new novel opens on the windswept front of Morecambe Bay and takes the reader to the riotous world of the Coney Island boardwalk. Published by : Faber and Faber Published date : 2004 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Fiction Firm Jake Arnott (introduction) £4.00 A collection of six short stories from a new generation of writing talent, with an introduction by Jake Arnott. All the writers are aged between 16 and 25, and were selected on the quality of work submitted to a countrywide appeal. Published by : Cumbria County Council Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Flower Arranger at All Saints Lis Howell £18.99 Liz Howell's Cumbrian roots has made for an interesting novel about the picturesque village of Tarnfield in the North of England, where feuds and rivalries lie hidden under its genteel surface. Published by : Constable Published date : 2007 Format : 140mm x 220mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Hidden Witness Thomas Thompson £10.00 A mystery story originally published in book form in 1872, after serialisation in the Carlisle Express and Examiner. Published by : Michael Moon Published date : 1999 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Hired Man Melvyn Bragg £6.99 Set in Cumbria and covering the period from 1898 to the early twenties, this is the powerful saga of John Tallentire, first farm labourer, then coal miner, and his wife Emily Published by : Sceptre Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Lottery Jonathan Tulloch £10.00 When Audrey and Ronny win the National Lottery their troubles seem to be over. But the winning ticket brings with it many other unforeseen changes. There are lotteries of a different nature whose prizes, some lesser, some far greater, must be won or lost. Published by : Jonathan Cape Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Maid of Buttermere Melvyn Bragg £6.99 Based on a true story of an impostor and bigamist who marries the beautiful daughter of the landlord of the Fish pub in Buttermere, Mary Robinson, who is buried in Caldbeck. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1987 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Maid of Buttermere Melvyn Bragg £8.99 Based on a true story of an impostor and bigamist who marries the beautiful daughter of the landlord of the Fish pub in Buttermere, Mary Robinson, who is buried in Caldbeck. Abridged, read by Jan Francis. Published by : Hodder Headline Published date : 1996 Format : 2 cassettes. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Memory Box Margaret Forster £7.99 An unusual and poignant exploration of family mythology and guilt. Published by : Penguin Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Memory Box Margaret Forster £8.00 Reduced from £15.99, an unusual and poignant exploration of family mythology and guilt. Published by : Chatto & Windus Published date : 1999 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Picts and the Martyrs Arthur Ransome £14.99 The dreaded Great Aunt has come to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends arrive for the Summer holiday. Now Nancy and Peggy must wear dresses and read poetry by day. But at night they break out for wildness. Published by : J Cape Published date : 1943 Format : Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Picts and the Martyrs Arthur Ransome £7.99 The dreaded Great Aunt has come to stay with Nancy and Peggy just as their friends arrive for the Summer holiday. Now Nancy and Peggy must wear dresses and read poetry by day. But at night they break out for wildness. Published by : Red Fox Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Pyrates George MacDonald Fraser £8.99 Another bestseller from the Carlisle author. An hilarious and over-the-top story - with tall ships and desert islands, gallant adventurers and glamorous heroines, buried treasure and dungeons, duels, escapes, savage rituals, and tender romance. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Reavers George MacDonald Fraser £18.99 Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It's up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of 'The Flashman Papers' and 'The Pyrates'. Spoiled, arrogant, filthy rich, and breathtakingly beautiful, the young Lady Godiva Dacre is exiled from the court of Good Queen Bess (who can't abide red-haired competition) to her lonely estate in distant Cumberland, where she looks forward to bullying the peasantry and getting her own imperious way. Published by : Harper Collins Published date : September 2007 Format : 160mm x 240mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Reavers George Macdonald Fraser £7.99 Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It's up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of The Flashman Papers and The Pyrates. Published by : Harper Collins Published date : June 2008 Format : Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Reavers - CD George Macdonald Fraser £18.99 Elizabethan England, and a dastardly Spanish plot to take over the throne is uncovered. It's up to Agent Archie Noble to save Queen and country in this saucy and swashbuckling romp from the bestselling author of The Flashman Papers and The Pyrates. Published by : Harper Collins Published date : July 2007 Format : 8 CD SET Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Season Ticket Jonathan Tulloch £6.99 The funny, sad and utterly convincing story of Sewell and Gerry and their quest for a season ticket to see their beloved Newcastle United. Published by : Vintage Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Second Inheritance Melvyn Bragg £5.99 Set in the Border country, this follows two young men as they struggle with the constraints of a close knit farming community. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Secret Valley: The Real Romance of Unconquered Lakeland Nicholas Size £8.00 The Secret Vally tells the story of how the people of Lakeland held out for half a century against the Norman conquerors. The headquarters of the resistance were in a hidden location, the upper part of the valley which contains Crummock Water and Buttermere. The historical facts concerning Lakeland in the Norman period are scant, and Size has therefore written his book in the form of a historical novel. Published by : Llanerch Published date : 1996 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Seduction of Mrs Pendlebury Margaret Forster £7.99 The Pendleburys, ageing and alone in their old Islington house, have a relationship based on mutual tolerance. Rose reluctantly allows her neighbours to prove that she is not too old for friendship and hope. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1978 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Silken Net Melvyn Bragg £6.99 A powerful novel of a woman from the small market town of Thurston, and her love affair with Edgar and the bond which eventually becomes a shackle. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1993 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Soldier's Return Melvyn Bragg £6.99 Set in the spring of 1946, this is the sensitive tale of one family trying to adjust to life after the Second World War. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Soldier's Return Melvyn Bragg £16.99 A sensitive and poignant tale of readjusting to life after the war. Published by : Sceptre Published date : 1999 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Soldier's Return Melvyn Bragg £9.99 Read by the author, this is an audio version of the best selling novel. Published by : Hodder Headline Published date : 1999 Format : 2 cassettes. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Stranger House Reginald Hill £6.99 For over 500 years, the Stranger House has stood in the village of Illthwaite, offering refuge to all manner of travellers. People like Sam Flood, a brilliant young Australian mathemetician, and Miguel Madero, a Spanish historian who sees ghosts. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: