Do you remember Beatlemania? Radio Caroline? Mods and Rockers? The very first mini skirts? Then the chances are you were born in or around 1960. To the young people of today, the 1960s seems like an another age. But for those who grew up in this decade, school life, ‘mod’ fashions and sixties pop music…
A Mind of Your Own is a source book for the millennium. Although the world changes around us, human beings never change – we experience the same thoughts, emotions and problems generation after generation. In this book, Betty Shine uses over 200 carefully selected keywords to identify the most common anxieties which face people today…
The first world war saw the birth of an extraordinary fighting machine that has fascinated three generations: the tank. In Tank Men, ex-soldier and military historian Robert Kershaw brings to life the grime, the grease and the fury of a tank battle through the voices of ordinary men and women who lived and fought in…
The complete book of Dreams Edwin Rafael How much do we know about our dreams? Are they significant? Do they affect our waking lives? Are they necessary? And, above all, what do they MEAN? The answers are here. Flying, falling, appearing naked in the street, performing impossible tasks – every imaginable type of dream is…
Dorothy The Romantic Story of Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Joy Childs A story of intrigue, divided loyalties – and love – set amid the wild, but beautiful Derbyshire Peak District in Tudor times. Dorothy Vernon’s name has become synonymous with her elopement from the ancestral home which she later inherited. It was above…
Diddlebury The history of a Corvedale Parish The result of many years research, this is a history of Diddlebury that essentially looks at landownership and use to provide a picture of agriculture, of wealth and poverty, of fluctuating personal fortune, of the movements of people into and out of the parish, of the scale of…
Francis Frith’s Ludlow This evocative collection of archive photographs from the world famous Francis frith Collection shows Ludlow from mid-Victorian times, and depicts the considerable changes the town has under undergone during the twentieth century. Travel back in time and revisit the landmarks and places that are so characteristic of Ludlow in the era before…
Before gardens became something for everyone to enjoy, they were the exclusive preserve of royalty and the very wealthy. In Royal Gardeners Alan Titchmarsh takes us on a fascinating tour through the history of these glamorous and inspiring royal gardens from medieval times to the present day. Lavishly illustrated using original plans, designs and full-colour…
Terry Barker is a widely recognised artist and author living and working on British Columbia’s beautiful Sunshine Coast. His workshop is the strip of land that runs along the shoreline from Port Mellon to Earl’s Cove and Egmont. He draws the fascinating buildings and sites that can still be found in what is even today…
Plas Newydd and the Ladies of Llangollen Collectable Paperback Guidebook Good used condition 16 pages