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	Carlisle: A History Sydney Towill £14.95 A decade of intensive research reveals a rich heritage in a compelling account of the authors native city. Published by : Phillimore Published date : 1991 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle: A History and Celebration Matthew Constantine £15.99 This is a history of Carlisle with a difference. Read it, and you will find out what really shaped the city. In this authoritative and highly readable text, the author recounts the stories and events that together make up Carlisle's history, and relates them directly to what you see on the ground. Learn, too about Carlisle's worthies, past and present, whose energy and innovation have played such a vital role in shaping the city. Published by : Frances Frith Published date : 2006 Format : Large Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle: People & Places Charlie Emett; J.P. Templeton £11.99 This fascinating collection of over 230 photographs of Carlisle is unique. The reader is taken on a pictorial tour of the city and its surroundings, and the authors highlight the vibrant spirit that sustained the people of Carlisle as they fought to Published by : Sutton Published date : 2003 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Carlisle: The Great Border City DVD Andrew Leitch £13.99 The story of how Carlisle has grown and developed into the Great Border City is fascinating. This film, which includes rarely seen material, tells how Carlisle emerged from war, rebellion and pestilance to become known and respected all over the county. Published by : Andrew Leitch Published date : 2005 Format : DVD Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Changing the Face of Carlisle: The Life and Times of Percy Dalton City Engineer and Surveyor Marie K. Dickens £9.99 A compelling insight into the life of a unique man, who quite literally changed Carlisle for ever. He was put in charge of the citys housing programme in 1919, he designed five bridges carrying traffic into Carlisle, he erected the Turkish Baths Published by : Hayloft Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Church and State in Diocese of Carlisle: A Spiritual and Temporal History 1559-1900 Sydney Towill £12.00 A book exploring the highly significant years between 1559 and 1900 in Carlisle. Published by : Sydney Towill Published date : 2000 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Compassion and Community: Ordinary people with an extraordinary dream Illtyd Barrie Thomas £5.99 This is the story of a 'compassionate ministry' that has recently taken off on Raffles, a depressed council estate in Carlisle. From a children's club run by two local mums, the work of the Living Well Trust has expanded to include a family centre offering education, health care and advice, mobile leisure facilities, a school-based programme for pupils in danger of exclusion and a community church. Published by : Piquant Editions Ltd Published date : 2005 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:

	Darkly, Deeply, Beautifully Blue: The Journal of a Football Season John Haworth £15.95 This is an insider's account of Carlisle United's roller-coaster 2002-3 season. In terse, blackly humorous diary entries, the author - Carlisle's medical officer - charts the club's highs and lows as it struggled in the nether regions of League Division Three and how it narrowly escaped end-of-season relegation to the Conference. Published by : The Book Guild Ltd. Published date : 2005 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Diocese of Carlisle: Marriage Licence/Bonds Vol 1 1668 - 1739 Clement Singleton (ed) £6.50 An historic and chronologically arranged list of marriages. Invaluable for any family historian. Published by : Cumbria Family History Society/Archive Service Published date : 1994 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Diocese of Carlisle: Marriage Licence/Bonds Vol II 1740 - 1752 Clement Singleton (ed) £6.50 An historical and chronologically arranged list of marriages. Invaluable for any family historian. Published by : Cumbria Family History Society/Archive Service Published date : 1998 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Diocese of Carlisle: Marriage Licence/Bonds Vol III 1752 - 1762 Clement Singleton (ed) £6.50 An historic and chronologically arranged list of marriages. Invaluable for any family historian. Published by : Cumbria Family History Society/Archive Service Published date : 2001 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:

	Fire High and Do No Harm Kevin A. Rafferty £6.50 A fascinating illustrated account of the Carlisle Election Riots of 1826 and their sequel, when three local people were killed, including Isabella Pattinson, a girl only thirteen years old. Signed by the author. Published by : Charles Thurnam & Sons Ltd Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	For Queen and Cumberland Martin Daley £15.00 Jacob Reed joined the army to escape the disease-ridden poverty of 1840's Carlisle, but his years of peaceful soldiering came to an end with the outbreak of the Crimean War, where disease and combat took their dreadful toll on life. Published by : Hayloft Published date : June 2008 Format : 148mm x 210mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Forty Years On: Carlisle and County High School for Girls 1884 - 1970 Mary Scott-Parker £7.95 As well as being a carefully researched history, this is an affectionate tribute to the Carlisle and County High School for girls. With archive photographs dating back to 1887. Introduced by Margaret Forster, a former pupil. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 1995 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Georgy Girl Margaret Forster £7.99 An unconventional love story about a young, gregarious, fun and self-confessedly fat and ugly girl who suddenly finds herself the object of two very different mens affection, and her struggle through a maze of conflicting demands and emotions. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1978 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Going in Search of The Green Man In Cumbria Thirlie Grundy £2.99 A search for the almost forgotten pagan god, carved by many medieval sculptors into the wood and stone of Christian buildings in all areas of Cumbria. Published by : Thumbprint Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback spiral bound. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Good Wives? Mary, Fanny, Jennie and me, 1845 - 2001 Margaret Forster £7.99 The bestselling author of Hidden Lives explores four marriages, including her own, in different times and societies to find the answer. Why does a woman still want to be a wife today? What is the value of marriage today? Why do couples still marry in church? Published by : Vintage Published date : 2002 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Good Wives?: Mary, Fanny, Jennie and me, 1845 - 2001 Margaret Forster £17.99 The bestselling author of Hidden Lives explores four marriages, including her own, in different times and societies to find the answer. Why does a woman still want to be a wife in the twenty-first century? What is the value of marriage today? Published by : Chatto & Windus Published date : 2001 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Have The Men Had Enough? Margaret Forster £7.50 A powerful novel showing the guilt, anger and compassion felt by families about their aged relatives. Compulsive reading and very moving. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1990 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Hexham to Carlisle: including Alston and Brampton branches Roger R. Darsley £14.95 This very historic route runs close to Hadrian's Wall, traversing superb upland scenery. Its many closed stations are illustrated, along with those on the long-lost branches. Details are also included of the Earl of Carlisle's Railway, which once carried minerals between Lambley and Brampton. Published by : Middleton Press Published date : 2006 Format : Large 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:

	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:

	Hurry, Hurry, While Stocks Last Hunter Davies £7.95 Reduced to £5.00, a sideways look at the economic, social and shopping history of Cumbria as seen through local advertisements 1850-1940. Hunter Davies traces the changes in Cumbrian life, in attitudes and activities, trends and fashions. He observes the social and Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2001 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity: