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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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Private Papers Margaret Forster £7.99 Family was, to Penelope Butler, the most important thing in life, but three of her four daughters had different ideas. Only one chose to pursue her mothers ideal, with disastrous results. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1987 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Proud to be a Cumbrian Mick Mitchell £19.99 An affectionate and detailed tribute to Carlisle United FC, featuring many photographs and interviews with past and present players. Published by : Published date : 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Quartered Safe Out Here George MacDonald Fraser £5.99 A recollection of the War in Burma, with a new epilogue 50 years on. A classic account. Published by : HarperCollins Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Rail Centres: Carlisle Peter W. Robinson £10.00 Reduced from £17.99. Peter Robinson traces the turbulent story of railway development in the Great Border City from the first local lines, through the arrival of the great trunk routes with their intrigues and rivalries, the massive reconstructions of the 1870s consequent on Published by : Booklaw Publications Published date : 2004 Format : Large hardback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Reflections & Meditations on the Love of God William J. Wardle £4.95 Written by a Carlisle author, this is a collection of personal reflections and meditations on the spiritual essence of life and the nature of God. Published by : Pen Press Published date : 2000 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Register of Gilbert Welton, Bishop of Carlisle 1353 - 1362 R.L. Storey (ed) £25.00 Published by : Canterbury and York Society Published date : 1999 Format : Hardback. Click here to read the reviews Please allow 10 days for delivery

	Roman Waterlogged Remains and Later Features at Castle Street, Carlisle Michael R. McCarthy; E. Allison £14.00 Written by two authors from the Carlisle Archaeological Unit, this volume contains details of excavations in 1981 and 1982. Complete with 6 microfische, which are also available as four separate fascicule books. E.mail us for details. Published by : CWAAS Published date : 1991 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Siege of Carlisle Isaac Tullie £7.50 A facsimile of the 1840 edition. Published by : Michael Moon Published date : 1988 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Singin' the Blues Neil Nixon £12.99 Carlisle United are Neil Nixon's lifelong passion. Singin' the Blues is his story. You'll find triumph, tragedy, heartbreak, hilarity and events that beggar belief. The fisrt edition of this book sold out in fourteen weeks. Now, this most unique of football memoirs is back, fully revised and updated. Published by : A Foxake Production Published date : 2006 Format : Small Paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	So You Think You Know Carlisle: A Quiz and Miscellany £8.99 This book contains questions on Carlisle's local history, fascinating facts and evocative photographs. This book will challenge your knowledge and provide amusing and enjoyable insights into Carlisle's history and heritage. It also includes a general history quiz for added enjoyment. Published by : Frances Frith Published date : 2006 Format : Small Hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Steam City - Carlisle Howard Routledge £18.95 The history of Carlisle as a major railway centre has been well documented over the years, the seven different railway companies that served the city prior to the 1923 Grouping leaving a legacy that lasted well into the 1960's. Published by : Irwell Press Published date : November 2007 Format : 215mm x 305mm hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Steam on the Settle & Carlisle + Railway City: The Story of the Railways in Carlisle £12.99 Two features in one: Steam on the Settle & Carlise, which recaptures the golden age of steam and provides a lasting record of the famous railway: and Railway City, which traces the story of the railways in Carlisle, from the construction of Citadel Station in 1847, through the golden age to the decline of the post war period. Published by : Striding Edge Published date : 1997 Format : DVD. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	Support in the Sky £5.00 A history of No 14 Maintenance Unit, or 14MU, Royal Air Force Carlisle. Published by : Published date : 2006 Format : Large paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	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. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Battle For Christabel Margaret Forster £7.99 A heart-rending tale of the legal and emotional battle for an orphaned child. Published by : Penguin Published date : 1992 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Beatles, Football and Me Hunter Davies £18.99 Hunter Davies has enthralled Beatles and football fans, been an influential journalist, and written ground-breaking books for over forty years. He wrote the only authorised biography of the Beatles and the seminal book about Tottenham Hotspur FC, 'The Glory Game', years before football writing became fashionable. His story starts on a Carlisle council estate in the 1950s and moves on to his early years in Fleet Street at the height and heart of the 1960s - which is when he wrote his first novel, 'Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush' later a cult film. Published by : Headline Review Published date : 2006 Format : Small hardback Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Brink Jacob Polley £7.99 In their formal grace and charge, Jacob's poems are uniquely alive to the possibilities of their subjects - the sea, the land, the home, the very brink of things, where their identities are both sharpest and most unstable. Published by : Picador Published date : 2003 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle Floods: A Photographic Record David Ramshaw £5.00 On Saturday 8th January 2005 the citizens of Carlisle woke up to the worst flooding seen in the city for almost 200 years. The weather had been exceptionally wet and windy for several days, but no one could have foreseen the extent of the flooding that occurred on that Saturday morning. In a very short space of time the city ground to a halt and by lunchtime the whole city had lost electrical power. Published by : P3 Publications Published date : 2005 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle Floods: One Story Martin Daley £7.99 The great Carlisle flood of January 2005 didn't just end when the waters subsided. Martin and Wendy Daley were left, like thousands of others, with a derelict house. They had to watch day by day as their home was taken apart and then reconstructed. Published by : Bookcase Published date : 2006 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle Navigation Canal 1821 - 1853 David Ramshaw £9.75 A history of the short life of the Carlisle Canal, which brought seagoing ships to the centre of the city. Published by : P3 Publications Published date : 1997 Format : Paperback. Click here to read the reviews Quantity:

	The Carlisle State Management Scheme Olive Seabury £15.00 In 1916 the pubs and breweries in the Carlisle area were taken over by the Government. The aim was to civilize the drinking habits of this dissolute city. Published by : Bookcase Carlisle Published date : November 2007 Format : 168mm x 244mm paperback Click here to read the reviews Quantity: