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351. Who Shot Percy Toplis?
£10.00
Jim Cox
Percy Toplis was a flamboyant conman with a long list of aliases who avoided detection by hiding in plain sight. In 1920 he murdered a taxi driver and went on the run, shooting a policeman who tried to arrest him, sparking one of the biggest manhunts in British history. Shot dead while walking along a Cumbrian road, a jury took just three minutes to decide that he was justifiably killed by the police. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 212 x 149mm

352. A New History of Penrith Book 3 - Penrith in the Stuart Century 1603-1714
£12.00
Michael A. Mullett
Penrith in the Stuart Century, 1603-1714 is the third volume of a new and comprehensive history of Penrith, planned to run from the earliest times to the present day. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 210 x 147mm

353. Britain's First Black Policeman
£12.00
Ray Greenhow
'I was both surprised and delighted to have been informed recently that the first black/ethnic minority officer known to have worked in a British police force was in Carlisle City Police as far back as 1837' . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: Paperback; 211 x 147mm

354. Lake District Fell Farming: Historical and Literary Perspectives, 1750-2017
£12.00
Terry McCormick
This book captures the research undertaken by Terry McCormick over a lifetime about the way the literary culture of the Lake District has shown (or often not shown) the shepherds and working people of that landscape. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: 211 x 148mm

355. Peter Digs a Den
£7.99
Amy Stretch Parker and Kate Brunskill
Peter is a small boy with a big idea. . . . more
Published by: A Spark in the Sand   Format: Paperback; 207 x 203mm

356. One Man and a Mule
£9.99
Hugh Thomson
In the Middle Ages, mules were used to transport goods across Britain. Strong, sturdy and able to carry a good 160lbs of weight, they made ideal walking companions - as long as you didn't ask them to do anything they didn't want to do! . . . more
Published by: Windmill Books   Format: Paperback; 198 x 129mm

357. Ulverston: An English Market Town Through History
£14.99
Helen Shacklady
From the Stone Age to the Industrial Revolution, Roman invasion to wars of religion and world wars, this book tells the history of Ulverston, from pre-history to the 21st century. . . . more
Published by: Handstand Press   Format: Paperback; 206 x 170mm

358. Other Rooms: New and Selected Poems
£10.95
Neil Curry
There is a powerfully dramatic and narrative quality to the new poems which preface Neil Curry's "Other Rooms", and we hear in them a wide variety of voices speaking to us from different times and different places, but speaking to us of things which nevertheless concern us deeply today. . . . more
Published by: Enitharmon Press   Format: Paperback; 217 x 140mm

359. Ships in Bottles
£5.00
Neil Curry
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Published by: Enitharmon Press   Format: Paperback; 217 x 140mm

360. The Road to the Gunpowder House
£7.95
Neil Curry
Neil Curry's long-awaited new collection, the first since "The Bending of the Bow" (1993), has a colloquial ease that suits the poet's narrative tendency. "Tidelines", the opening poem, introduces a recurring image of the sea-shore, and demonstrates Curry's profound engagement with nature. . . . more
Published by: Enitharmon Press   Format: Paperback; 217 x 140mm

361. Haiku: Poems Beyond the Mountain
£4.99
John Chambers
These brief three line poems are mostly inspired by nature. Some follow the way of traditional Haiku: others take a different route. The author employs his own individual style, while retaining the basic structure of 17 syllables. . . . more
Published by: John Chambers Publishing   Format: Paperback; 149 x 106mm

362. Sacred North
£25.00
Fr John Musther
Whether you share Fr John's passion, and regard the saints as 'friends'; have a thirst for history, ancient places and the lifestyle of our ancestors; and/or are intrigued by the majesty of the environment at its wildest and most beautiful, you will doubtless enjoy Sacred North and its selection of the nearly 250 sites visited and photographed over seven research trips conducted between March 2016 and May 2017, and, hopefully, catch a little of the 'fire' that burned within these modern-day pilgrims. . . . more
Published by: Culture and Democracy Press   Format: Hardback; 247 x 226mm

363. Village by the Water: A History of Bowness-on-Windermere from the earliest times to 1963
£39.50
John L. Campbell
Bowness-on-Windermere, situated on the shore of Cumbria's longest lake, is one of Britain's best-known tourist resorts, and its long and varied history is now exciting increasing interest and attention. . . . more
Published by: A.J.L. Campbell   Format: Hardback; 250 x 177mm

364. Arlecdon: A Journey Through Time
£6.00
Arlecdon History Group
'I'd run up from Parks Road with the clogs to Tommy Balance's hut - the first thing you noticed was the smell of leather and wood." . . . more
Published by: Whitehaven Hospital WEA Research Group   Format: Paperback; 240 x 165mm

365. Frizington: Much More Than One Long Street
£7.00
Arlecdon History Group
Frizington, by 1866, had experienced an explosion of population with the opening up of iron-ore mines, quarries, coal mines and the railways. Workers came from far and wide and houses had to be hastily built to accommodate them. . . . more
Published by: Whitehaven Hospital WEA Research Group   Format: Paperback; 240 x 165mm

366. The Lake District - A Rare Insight
£12.99
Simon Reed
The Lake District is seen by millions of visitors every year, but few have seen it as in the images presented in this book. . . . more
Published by: Destinworld Publishing Ltd   Format: Paperback; 226 x 162mm

367. Exploring Antiquities and Archaeology in the North West : essays in commemoration of the life and work of Ben Edwards
£25.00
Edited by David Shotter and Marion McClintock
Ben Edwards, County Archaeologist for Lancashire, Honorary Fellow of the CWAAS, scholar and historian, produced work that transcended historical period and county boundaries. . . . more
Published by: CWAAS   Format: Paperback; 245 x 174

368. A Victorian Odyssey: The 1858-1872 Letters of Mungo Travers Park
£14.95
Geoffrey Faux
A Victorian Odyssey is a contemporaneous account of middle class Victorian English life related through the letters of Mungo Travers Park (great nephew of renowned African explorer Mungo Park) to his family. . . . more
Published by: Geoffrey Faux   Format: Paperback; 246 x 188mm

369. The Thunder of Guns: An Artillery Officer on the Western Front 1914-1919
£12.00
Lt-Colonel W.A. Murray, C.M.G., D.S.O., Croix de Guerre & Alan Michael Whitworth (ed.)
William Murray had a distinguished war record. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. He was Mentioned in Dispatches twice and awarded the C.M.G., D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre. While in France and Flanders he wrote regularly to his family back home in Cumberland. . . . more
Published by: Bookcase   Format: 210 x 148mm

370. The Debatable Land
£9.99
Graham Robb
The Debatable Land was an independent territory which used to exist between Scotland and England. At the height of its notoriety, it was the bloodiest region in Great Britain, fought over by Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James V. After the Union of the Crowns, most of its population was slaughtered or deported and it became the last part of the country to be brought under the control of the state. . . . more
Published by: Picador   Format: Paperback; 196 x 130mm

371. What She Ate
£14.99
Laura Shapiro
Dorothy Wordsworth believed that feeding her poet brother, William, gooseberry tarts was her part to play in a literary movement.Cockney chef Rosa Lewis became a favourite of King Edward VII, who loved her signature dish of whole truffles boiled in Champagne.Eleanor Roosevelt dished up Eggs Mexican - a concoction of rice, fried eggs, and bananas - in the White House.Eva Braun treated herself to Champagne and cake in the bunker before killing herself, alongside Adolf Hitler.Barbara Pym's novels overflow with enjoyment of everyday meals - of frozen fish fingers and Chablis - in midcentury England.Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown's idea of "having it all" meant having almost nothing on the plate except a supersized portion of diet gelatin. . . . more
Published by: Harper Collins   Format: Hardback; 220 x 140mm

372. The Lune Valley and Howgills
£12.95
Dennis and Jan Kelsall
This guidebook offers a wide range of walks from the source of the river Lune in the Howgill Fells to Glasson Dock, just below Lancaster. The 40 day walks range between 3 and 11 miles in length and are all illustrated with extracts of 1:50,000 OS mapping. . . . more
Published by: Cicerone   Format: Paperback; 118 x 171mm

373. From Liberal to Labour with Women's Suffrage
£15.00
Jo Vellacott
By 1913 Marshall was uniquely placed as a lobbyist, with inside information and sympathetic listeners in every party. Through her the dynamically re-organized NUWSS brought the women's suffrage issue to the fore of public awareness. . . . more
Published by: Spokesman Books   Format: Paperback; 230 x 152mm

374. Challenging Waters
£9.99
J.C. Mather
To celebrate his 60th birthday, John Mather thought it would be a good idea to swim the length of all seventeen lakes in the English Lake District. This proved to be quite an undertaking, requiring a much greater deal of time, effort and planning than he had anticipated! . . . more
Published by: Sublime Swimming Press   Format: Paperback; 155 x 236mm

375. Mapping Emily
£6.00
Kathleen Jones
Mapping Emily is Kathleen Jones' third volume of poetry and was the winner of the Iota Shots pamphlet award. These are poems about love and belonging. . . . more
Published by: Templar Poetry   Format: Paperback; 175 x 120mm

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