Cornish Guernseys & Knit-frocks by Mary Wright In late 19th century Cornwall hand-knitting was a vital cottage industry and coastal villages developed their own distinctive patterns and names for the traditional navy blue guernsey or knit-frock. Contract-knitting - the occupation of many Cornish women - had died out by the 1920s and was almost forgotten until author Mary Wright started asking old people what they remembered of it. Her research..... read more...     Paperback 68 pages ISBN 978-0955364884 £6.95 QTY:

Every Song Tells A Story - a brief history of popular music by Mike Hurst Mike Hurst, former member of top 1960s group The Springfields, who went on to become one of the most successful record producers of the last century with many hits to his name, traces the history of popular music from mediaeval minstrels and early Anglo/American folk music through blues and jazz to the popular music of the 20th century. This extensively illustrated account draws heavily on ..... read more...     Illustrated paperback 170 pages ISBN 978-0955364860 £7.95 QTY:

Thirty Secret Years by Robin Denniston Thirty Secret Years reveals how an enterprising Scottish linguist was able to decipher German naval messages in the Admiralty in World War One. Alastair Denniston became head of the British government’s cabinet noir or cipher-breaking bureau in 1919, developed his team of fellow experts between the wars by spying on the Soviets from Whitehall. In 1939 he went on to lead an enlarged body of ..... read more...     Paperback 200 pages ISBN 978-0955364808 £9.95 QTY:

Once Aboard A Cornish Lugger by Paul Greenwood Former Cornish fisherman Paul Greenwood vividly describes life as a young crewman aboard the Looe lugger Iris in the 1960s. His frank account of the hardships he encountered at sea in Once Aboard a Cornish Lugger, overcoming sea-sickness, fatigue, cold and wet while working by day and night hauling nets and lines is a brilliant evocation of a bygone age that contrasts with modern con..... read more...     Paperback 144 pages, illustrated ISBN 978-09553648-1-5 £6.95 QTY:

Gleanings From The Records of Zephaniah Job of Polperro by Frank H. Perrycoste Frank Perrycoste’s Gleanings from the Records of Zephaniah Job of Polperro, first published in 1930, is based on a meticulous examination of the ledgers, letter books and other records discovered 100 years after the death of Zephaniah Job, the ‘Smugglers’ Banker’ who financed the smuggling and privateering trade that flourished in South East Cornwall during the latter part of the eighteenth..... read more...     Paperback 250 pages, illustrated ISBN 978-09553648-2-2 £14.95 QTY:

Shooting Through Life by Willoughby 'Gus' Gullachsen Shooting Through Life captures some of the highlights of the work of Midlands photographer Willoughby ‘Gus’ Gullachsen, spanning six decades. From a career dating back to the Second World War, in the course of which he has photographed show business personalities, pop stars, politicians and playwrights, Gus chooses 60 of his favourite images and accompanies each with a personal anecdote rec..... read more...     Paperback 132 pages ISBN 978-09553648-4-6 £9.95 QTY:

Marooned by James Derriman In 1807 a British naval captain, Warwick Lake, marooned an 18-year-old member of his crew from Polperro, Cornwall, on the tiny uninhabited island of Sombrero in the West Indies. The seaman, Robert Jeffery, escaped to the USA but when the news reached England, a search was ordered by Parliament and even the prime minister of the time was involved. The lad was brought home to his family, compensated..... read more...     Paperback 168 pages ISBN 0954913779 £7.95 QTY:

Lucy's Diary by Lucy Rodd Lucy’s Diary is the journal of 15-year-old Lucy Rodd who travelled with her parents from their home in Rockford, Illinois in the USA to England during the summer of 1870. Her account of the voyage across the Atlantic and the people and places she visited in Devon, Cornwall and Yorkshire along the way gives a fascinating account of life in England in the mid 19th century through the eyes of ..... read more...     Paperback 160 pages, illustrated ISBN 0954913787 £6.95 QTY:

Saving the Tsars' Palaces by Christopher Morgan & Irina Orlova Millions of people annually visit the great country palaces built by the tsars in a circle round St. Petersburg. Created by artists from all over Europe, with untold serf labour at their disposal, the palaces were intended to impress and they do. Today, in the corner of most rooms, a single black and white photograph shows the same room in 1944, amid the smouldering wreckage found by Russian soldi..... read more...     Paperback 196 pages ISBN 095491371X £9.95 QTY:

Another Man's Shoes by Sven Sømme Another Man’s Shoes is a gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist’s escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying. Written just after the war, Sven Sømme vividly describes his 200-mile trek across the mountains, pursued by German soldiers, in a bid to reach Sweden and freedom in 1944. Sixty years later, his daughter Ellie set out on foot with..... read more...     Paperback 280 pages ISBN 09549137-3-6 £9.95 QTY:

Time and Fate by Lance Price Prime Minister Paul Sinclair has been riding high but suddenly his world is in danger of falling apart. His MPs are in rebellion, his deputy is after his job, his security advisers are running rings around him, his teenage son is dating older women on the internet and his wife is seeing another man. No wonder he's tempted to throw in the towel. Time and Fate is political satire at its best...... read more...     Paperback 344 pages ISBN 0954913744 £7.95 QTY:

The Looe Island Story - An Illustrated History of St. George's Island by Mike Dunn The Looe Island Story is the first fully illustrated history of Cornwall’s most beautiful and mysterious island. Once part of a monastic settlement, St. George’s or Looe Island is today owned by the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. Author Mike Dunn traces its history from earliest times, describing its inhabitants and their smuggling activities in the 18th and 19th centuries as well as the famous A..... read more...     Paperback 112 pages, illustrated ISBN 0954913728 £7.95 QTY:

Past Caring by Audrey Jenkinson Actress Audrey Jenkinson was starring in a BBC television series when she put her career on hold and returned home to Edinburgh to care for her mother suffering from a stroke and her father with cancer. In Past Caring, she describes how she tried to cope with her parents’ deaths and recalls the ‘void’ she felt at the time: “I wondered how others coped in similar situations. When I discovere..... read more...     Paperback (13.7cm x 21.5cm) 254 pages ISBN 09544233-6-4 £8.95 QTY:

The Selfish Pig's Guide To Caring by Hugh Marriott Six million people in the UK provide unpaid care for disabled or elderly relatives or neighbours, often unnoticed. Their job is long, lonely and hard, yet there is limited support and no formal training. As a result, carers suffer frequent damage to physical and mental health and are liable to feelings of guilt bought on by fatigue and isolation. Hugh Marriott, a carer himself, has written this bo..... read more...     Paperback (23.5cm x 15.7cm) 350 pages, 72 illustrations. ISBN 09544233-1-3 £7.95 QTY:

The Friends of Rathlin Island by Stewart Dalby Three divers working for the Police Force of Northern Ireland are shot dead as they step ashore on the Ulster mainland after leaving Rathlin, an island in the straits between Northern Ireland and Scotland. The shootings appear to be sectarian and could spark a return to violence in the Province after years of uneasy peace. A clue to the killings lies in a document left on Rathlin with ..... read more...     Paperback (13.8cm x 22cm) 312 pages ISBN 0954423399 £9.95 QTY:

Kayak Across The Atlantic by Pete Bray This first-hand account of an epic voyage across the North Atlantic ocean in a kayak in 2001 tells the story of Pete Bray's successful attempt to make the first ever solo unsupported crossing in a paddle-powered kayak. The author's first attempt a year earlier ended abruptly off the coast of Newfoundland when he had to be rescued. Kayak Across The Atlantic vividly describes the pain and discomfort..... read more...     Paperback (13cm x 19.5cm) 160 pages. ISBN 09544233-4-8 £9.95 QTY:

The Reluctant Restaurateur by Imogen Skirving The Reluctant Restaurateur is the story of one woman's unwitting transformation of her Nottinghamshire family home into one of the most successful private hotels in Britain today, now famed for its cuisine and comfort, feted by celebrities and winner of the 2003 Outstanding Achievement Award. In a remarkably candid autobiography, Imogen Skirving vividly recalls her unusual childhood and how, after..... read more...     Paperback (23.5cm x 15.7cm) 148 pages, 30 illustrations ISBN 09544233-0-5 £12.95 QTY:

Humbridge - An Everyday Story Of Scriptwriting Folk by Anthony Parkin Humbridge, an everyday story of scriptwriting folk, follows the fortunes of Roger, the unassuming scriptwriter of a radio soap opera set in the fictional rural village of Humbridge. Roger finds his own life taking a dramatic turn when he and his wife Val move to a smallholding in Berkshire in a misguided attempt to ingratiate himself with Amabel, his politically correct Editor. Power-dressed Amabe..... read more...     Paperback (190mm x 135mm) 230 pages ISBN 0953001261 £8.95 QTY:

Jonathan Couch's Cornish Birds edited by R. D. Penhallurick Dr. Jonathan Couch (1789-1870) of Polperro was Cornwall's foremost naturalist in the 19th century, whose importance has been likened to that of Gilbert White. Jonathan Couch's Cornish Birds draws on the Royal Institution of Cornwall's extensive collection of his material, in particular his hitherto unpublished study of Cornish birds begun in 1829, and his 'Journal of Natural History' of which 10 o..... read more...     Paperback (24.2cm x 18.5cm) 200 pages, illustrated (ISBN 09530012-8-8) £12.95 QTY:

History Of Polperro by Dr. Jonathan Couch Since it was first published in 1871, the History of Polperro by Dr. Jonathan Couch, physician, naturalist and Polperro's foremost inhabitant, has remained a popular and much sought after publication. Now, more than 120 years later, this specially produced casebound facsimile edition of the original will delight historians and collectors of rare and out-of-print books of Cornwall. Unabridge..... read more...     Hardback (13.8cm x 22cm) 220 pages ISBN 0954423372 £24.95 QTY:

Memories Of A Herefordshire Farmer by John Thacker Memories of a Herefordshire Farmer is an evocative account of life on a Herefordshire farm during the post war years of the 20th century, recorded by John Thacker at his home at Poswick Farm, Wolferlow near Bromyard in Herefordshire. Originally recorded for the BBC radio series The Century Speaks, this specially extended recording includes anecdotes drawn from John Thacker's experiences ove..... read more...     CD or audio cassette £9.95 QTY:

Portrait Of Polperro by Sheila de Burlet Polperro is celebrated as one of the most beautiful villages in Britain but its history is less well-known and it is this intriguing and often exciting tale that Sheila de Burlet tells in Portrait of Polperro. Chapters deal with the earliest records; the vital harvest from the sea; the two parish churches; the smugglers and their tales; customs, rituals and traditions; the water mills and the two ..... read more...     Paperback (10.5in x 6.75in) 36 pages, 23 illustrations ISBN 0953001210 £3.95 QTY:

Polperro's Smuggling Story by Jeremy Rowett Johns Polperro's Smuggling Story is told through extracts from the letter-books of Zephaniah Job, the schoolteacher who became known as the 'Smugglers' Banker' for his role in the highly organised contraband trade carried on in this Cornish fishing village at the end of the 18th century. Featuring the exploits of the Quiller, Rowett and other Polperro families involved, it traces the voyages of the Swal..... read more...     A5 paperback 106 pages, 15 illustrations ISBN 0953001202 £4.95 QTY:

The Smugglers' Banker - The Story of Zephaniah Job of Polperro by Jeremy Rowett Johns The Smugglers' Banker reveals for the first time the full story of Zephaniah Job, the remarkable Cornishman who not only masterminded the flourishing contraband trade in Polperro during the Napoleonic wars but also the privateers whose adventures during the wars with France and Spain led to the capture of handsome prizes. Job's flair for business, his association with the Trelawny family and links..... read more...     paperback 176 pages, illustrated ISBN 0 9530012 2 9 £7.95 QTY:

Lewis Harding - Cornwall's Pioneer Photographer by Philip Correll Lewis Harding - Cornwall's Pioneer Photographer is an extensively illustrated biography of Lewis Harding, one of the earliest exponents of the emerging art of photography in Cornwall in the mid-19th century. The book contains nearly 100 of Harding's remarkable photographs of Polperro and its inhabitants, many of which have never been published before...... read more...     Paperback 48 pages, 106 illustrations ISBN 0953001245 £4.95 QTY:

Killigarth by James Derriman On the Cornish coast between Looe and Polperro, the manor of Killigarth has a history full of drama. An Elizabethan lord of the manor was the subject of a plot to kidnap him and spirit him off to Spain. In the time of Charles II a clendestine midnight wedding was followed by a siege of the manor house, a series of lawsuits and the gaoling of the bride's mother. Tenants of the manor have included D..... read more...     Paperback 152 pages ISBN 0952284200 £8.95 QTY:

Not In Front Of The Telly - 75 Years of the BBC's Complaints Department by Ed Harris Ed Harris reveals some of the reasons why millions of viewers and listeners contact the BBC to carp, complain and condemn. In this unique peek behind the scenes of the quirkiest corner of the corporation, he charts the transition of the complaints department from a cosy cottage industry through to outsourced high-tech Information Centre. As well as tweaking the collective memory of a nation glued ..... read more...     Paperback (15cm x 21cm) 200 pages, 40 illustrations (ISBN 09530012-5-3) £8.95 QTY:

Mr Brouard's Odyssey by Diana Winsor At the heart of this book is the thesis that Man did not emerge from the cradle of Africa, but from the isolation of an island in the Indian Ocean; and that our relationship with the sea is perhaps the single most important aspect of our evolution. Our mastery of language, our affinity with water, our dextrous but primitive hands, even our big toe – such characteristics define us, and ..... read more...     Hardback (13cm x 18.5cm) 276 pages (ISBN 09544233-5-6) £14.95 QTY:

A Knight out with Chamberlain in Birmingham by Bernard Zissman Sir Bernard Zissman, former Lord Mayor of Birmingham and one of the driving political forces of the city's development during the 1980s including the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall, takes an imaginary journey back in time to meet with that great civic visionary, Joseph Chamberlain. Zissman traces the earlier origins of Birmingham's innovative municipal development in the 19th ce..... read more...     Paperback (23.5cm x 16cm) 208 pages, illustrated (ISBN 09530012-7-X) £12.95 QTY:

About Clifton-upon-Teme 2000 A unique record of a Worcestershire village at the dawn of the 21st century, written and compiled by the residents themselves. Extensively illustrated in full colour throughout, this highly acclaimed publication chronicles the lives and activities of residents in 1999. ..... read more...     Paperback (210x268mm) 104 pages, 165 illustrations ISBN 0953509915 £5.00 QTY:

The Rabbit Guide to Birmingham Edited by David Clarke The guide for the millions of visitors to the UK's second city. Birmingham boasts one of the world's most acclaimed concert halls, Europe's busiest exhibition centre, a new and magnificent Bullring shopping centre (incorporating the acclaimed Selfridges building) as well as a great nightlife, restaurants and rejuvenated canals. With more than 400 full colour photographs, maps of the city centre, o..... read more...     Paperback (11cm x 22cm) 176 pages, over 400 colour illustrations. ISBN 09549137-6-0 £0.00 QTY:

The Gravy Train by Philip Bushill-Matthews The Gravy Train charts the progress of a British businessman who quits a successful career to become a Member of the European Parliament. Frustrated by increasing EU regulations made by politicians with no experience of the real world, he is astonished to find himself elected and aboard the 'gravy train' to Brussels. This candid and humorous account of what he found in his new role lays bare many ..... read more...     Hardback (23.5cm x 15.7cm) 252pages, 21 illustrations (ISBN 09544233-2-1) £0.00 QTY: