 | Bournemouth in the Good Old Days (pdf e-book) - £24.99 |
| Renowned Dorset historian Rodney Legg returns to his roots in a celebration of a much-loved seaside town that is so more than just a genteel resort: it is a strong community forged by a century of tumultuous change. |
 | Dorset in Winter - £14.99 |
| In this journey through winter in Dorset, celebrated
photographer Roger Holman persuades
us through more than 140 crisp and evocative
images that winter is a season to be celebrated
and savoured. Wrap up well and enjoy it! |
 | Dorset Address Book - £12.99 |
| Chasing the light across the Dorset landscape
can be very rewarding, but it also poses a considerable
challenge. Patience to simply sit and wait for the
ideal moment is essential – and that is what master
photographer Roger Holman demonstrates again
and again in the collection of superb images
reproduced in this magnificent address book. |
 | Dorset Pocket Address Book - £5.99 |
| Chasing the light across this precious landscape
can be very rewarding, but it also
poses a considerable challenge. Patience
to simply sit and wait for the ideal moment
is essential – and that is what master
photographer Roger Holman demonstrates
again and again in the collection of superb
Dorset images reproduced here. |
 | Dorset Sporting Runs - £19.95 |
| Huntsmen writing on hunting through the best of hunting country. Drawing on original and exhilarating accounts, Rodney Legg presents a fascinating panorama of a Dorset which remained largely unaltered well into the twentieth century. |
| Bournemouth in the Good Old Days - £19.99 |
| Born in Bournemouth, as was his father a century ago, Dorset historian Rodney Legg is ideally placed to return
to his roots to present memories of the town. Focussing on the Bournemouth’s Edwardian heyday that faded
away with the Great War, they carry on through the devastation of Second World War bombing to the era of
postwar austerity and change. |
 | Dorset The Glorious County - £14.99 |
| Renowned photographer Roger Holman has been capturing images of his native Dorset for over
fifty years. In this sumptuous new book he journeys throughout this renowned landscape, from its
unique coast – much of which is now a World Heritage Site – to the heathlands so memorably
evoked by Thomas Hardy, the great Vales of Blackmoor and Marshwood and the timeless pastoral
valleys of the Stour and the Frome. |
 | South Devon Coast from the Air - £14.99 |
| Jason Hawkes is one of the country’s best-known photographers specialising in aerial photography. In this spectacular book we are taken on an aerial journey along the South Devon coast starting at Plymouth and
heading east for some 115 miles (184km) to reach the Dorset border. |
 | Dorset Coast from the Air - £14.99 |
| The photographs in this book capture this perfectly: revealing the Dorset landscape as few of us have seen
it before. Here top aerial photographer Jason Hawkes takes us on an aerial journey from the westernmost point where Dorset meets Devon,
from Lyme Regis, pastWeymouth to the Isle of Purbeck, and across the broad sweep of Poole Bay to
Bournemouth and Christchurch. |
 | Images of Bristol, Somerset and Dorset Railways - £19.99 |
| Now in his seventies, from a boy Maurice Dart has travelled throughout much of Southern Britain armed with
a camera, taking photographs of all things railway. His collection has been used in countless magazines and journals.
Here for the first time is a comprehensive look at a major part of this unique collection - a book that will
become a classic of Westcountry steam. |
 | Last Days of Steam Southern Region - £14.99 |
| Over 150 photographs by Roger Malone appear in the book taken at locations in Devon, Dorset, Cornwall, Somerset and
Hampshire, and includingWeymouth, the Isle ofWight, Bournemouth, Corfe Castle, Eastleigh, Launceston
and the Exeter area. A section contains photographs taken at the famous Barry scrapyard where so many
locomotives ended their days.
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 | Dorset at War - £19.99 |
| This is the story of Dorset inWorld
WarTwo – from 1939 to 1945. It is
no exaggeration to say that there is no
other single county in the British Isles
that contributed to victory in so many
decisive ways and on such a variety of
levels and fronts. |
 | Dorset's Archaeology - £19.95 |
| This book by Peter Stanier celebrates the rich archaeological heritage of the Dorset landscape which is guardian to some of the finest sites in England, including great hillforts such as Maiden Castle, countless barrow cemeteries, spectacular Roman roads and the romantic ruin of Corfe Castle. |
 | Dorset America - £19.99 |
| The nineteenth century was the British century. The twentieth century was the American century. From clashes through to collusion the two nations remains linked by common roots and what has become the world language. All British counties, each state of the Union, and every Canadian province share intimate links. As Rodney Legg reveals for reasons geographical, military and political, Dorset can claim as many as any.... |
 | Dorset Railways - £19.99 |
| Colin Maggs, the renowned expert on railway history,
tells the fascinating tale of the railways and the impact
they had on the lives of everyone in the county. The
nostalgic branch lines with their small local trains and
the main lines with their thundering expresses, are all
part of a rich heritage which is explored. |
 | Dorset & The Sea - £19.99 |
| Dorset and the Sea by Gordon Le Pard tells the remarkable story of
possibly Dorset’s greatest natural resource and
the relationship that Man has had with it over the
millennia and
suggest where you can see,
perhaps surprising, traces of the coast’s remarkable
past. |
 | A Boot Up Dorset's Jurassic Coast - £4.99 |
| Rodney Legg provides all the answers in ten walks, packed with colour photographs,
along Dorset’s uniqueWorld-Heritage Jurassic Coast. In hardback, small enough to slip
into the pocket, colourful enough to keep as a souvenir, the Boot Up Guide will
be the indispensable bench-mark for the twenty-first century. |
 | Thomas Hardy: Behind the Inscrutable Smile - £7.95 |
| The purpose of this deeply insightful book by Andrew Norman is to pierce the veil of secrecy which Hardy drew deliberately over his private life. Through a careful investigation of Hardy's psychology and his writings, his novels and his poetry, and his sometimes traumatic relationships, Andrew Norman discovers the true Thomas Hardy - the man behind the inscrutable smile! |
 | Dorset in Film - £19.99 |
| Elements of Dorset's local history are put
into the context of their cinematic heritage by Anwar Brett,
together with in-depth descriptions
detailing the creation of such locally shot,
internationally acclaimed classics as Tom Jones,
Far From The Madding Crowd, The French
Lieutenant’s Woman and Comrades.
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 | Discover Poole - £14.99 |
| In this volume in
Halsgrove’s colourful Discover series, Rod Cooper explores
the highways and byways of the town and its environs to
produce a fascinating picture and indispensable guide to
one of the most popular locations in the British Isles.
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 | Dorset Then & Now from the Air - £19.99 |
| In this highly illustrated
large-format volume by Gordon Le Pard, a selection of the 1947 aerial survey of Britain which feature Dorset are published, in many cases for the first
time, alongside contemporary photographs of the
same area.The changes may well fascinate, surprise
and amaze – just as it is remarkable how some things
remain gloriously the same.
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