 | Portrait of the Somerset Coast - £14.99 |
| Neville Stanikk's rambling journey from Lynmouth
(in Devon, but only just) to Bristol docks, told in
more than 140 stunning photographs representing
his discovery of an ever-changing landscape filled
not just with seaside towns but with history and
mysticism; picturesque villages and hills; castles,
towers and ancient buildings. |
 | Britain's Bizarre Railways - £16.99 |
| Robin Jones, founding editor of
Heritage Railway magazine makes a welcome return with a book which opens many new
doors into the understanding and appreciation of
the concept of railways – however insane! |
 | A History of the Exmouth Lifeboats - £19.99 |
| This highly illustrated
book looks at the illustrious part Exmouth has played in lifesaving in South Devon, and provides
the reader with a stirring pictorial history of the men and the lifeboats of Exmouth. |
 | Spirit of Padstow - £4.99 |
| Robin Jones has been visiting Padstow for a
third of a century, and yet still manages to
discover something new and magical each
time, as he reveals in this selection of more
than 60 beautifully crafted images which sum up the true spirit
of Padstow. |
 | Spirit of British Trams - £4.99 |
| Expert Robin Jones re-tells the fascinating story of Britain’s
trams. In more than 60 images and with a sharp and
incisive text streatching from the early days of the 1860's through the heyday of the Edwardian era to modern plans for congestion relieving light rail schemes, Spirit of British Trams is the ideal brief guide. |
 | Spirit of Narrow Gauge Steam - £4.99 |
| Robin Jones looks at the finest of Britain’s narrow gauge
steam today. In more than 60 images and with a sharp and
incisive text, Spirit of Narrow Gauge Steam is the ideal brief guide, in
Halsgrove’s new collectible, pocket-size format. |
 | George & Robert Stephenson - £4.99 |
| Railway specialist Robin
Jones re-tells the story of the Stephensons –
who rose from the
humblest of beginnings to dominate the
engineering landscape and to become true
heroes of Victorian Britain. |
 | Mysteries of the Cornish Coast - £14.99 |
| This book by Ian Addicoat and Geoff Buswell is not a sit-at-home guide – through the many illustrations, photographs and maps you are encouraged to
explore for yourself the sites of many of these strange encounters and events. Though you may not witness for yourself
the ghostly forms of ancient mariners, you will be certain to discover more of Cornwall’s mysterious coast. |
 | Somerset Coast from the Air - £14.99 |
| In this book we are taken by renowned aerial photographer Jason Hawkes on an aerial journey along the coast starting at Avonmouth, one of the most
industrialised landscapes in the Westcountry, prelude to our travels in Somerset, journeying west for
some 40 miles (64km) until we reach the North Devon border. Along our route are the major towns
of Portishead, Clevedon,Weston Super Mare and Burnham-on-Sea, these large towns gradually giving
way to villages and small harbour towns until we meet the moorland heights of Exmoor. |
 | South Cornwall Coast from the Air - £14.99 |
| Cornwall is practically all coastline. No part of this famed county is more than 15 miles from the sea.
Yet her southern coast could hardly be more different from that of the north, as is revealed in the
spectacular photographs by Jason Hawkes in this book and its sister publication North Cornwall Coast from the Air. |
 | 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. |
 | The South Hams Coast - £24.99 |
| An ambitious project by landscape painter Gerry Miles to develop a comprehensive illustrated guide to this
treasured heritage coast and its wonderful river estuaries has resulted in a
unique and extraordinary book, that for the first time combines an artist’s
personal impressions with colourful aerial views and maps of 18 circular
walks. |
 | North Cornwall Coast from the Air - £14.99 |
| Cornwall is practically all coastline. No part of this famed county is more than 15 miles from the sea.
Yet her northern coast could hardly be more different from that of the south, as is revealed through
the spectacular photographs of Jason Hawkes. |
 | Exploring the South West Coast Path - £14.99 |
| This superb book by Philip Carter is an
illustrated celebration of the footpath, extolling
the spectacular landscape that can be found along
its length utilising the splendid aerial photography
of Jason Hawkes. |
 | Shakespeare Country: Warwickshire - £14.99 |
| Through more than 200 colour illustrations
and a lively and informative text, Robin Jones
provides the ideal guide to this much visited yet
little known glory of England. |
 | 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. |
 | The Dawn of Steam - £4.99 |
| Through more than 60 colour images,
this conveniently pocket-sized book by Robin Jones
looks not only at Britain’s rich heritage
of locomotives that have survived from
the dawn of steam, but the many replicas
made in modern times to ‘fill in’ the
historical gaps, and where to see them
today. |
 | Sky High Land's End - £4.99 |
| Today, the mining villages and fishing ports of Land's End and the Penwith Coast have
mostly given way to tourism. But the landscape
endures as the superb aerial photographs by Jason Hawkes in this
book portray. |
 | Sky High Dorset Coast - £4.99 |
| Literary associations with the novels of Thomas
Hardy, and the unforgettable scene portrayed in
the cinematic adaptation of The French
Lieutenant’s Woman, filmed on the Cob at Lyme
Regis, make this a landscape for true romantics
and this little book by Jason Hawkes is the perfect memento for
those who wish to take a little bit of Dorset
home with them. |
 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel - £4.99 |
| In Halsgrove’s pocket-sized hardback
series of great lives, renowned railway
specialist Robin Jones re-tells the inspiring
story of Brunel, engineer extraordinaire. |
 | Electric Trains - £4.99 |
| Expert Robin Jones traces the history of electric
traction in Britain, from these pioneering early
days, through nostalgic underground trains and
the “Brighton Belle”, right up to Eurostar and the
Pendolino in the twenty-first century, when a
large proportion of the national rail network is
electrified. |
 | Victorian Steam - £4.99 |
| Expert Robin Jones looks at the engines that made
Victorian Britain’s railways the envy of the world. In more
than 60 images and with a sharp and incisive text,
Victorian Steam is the ideal brief guide, in Halsgrove’s
collectible, pocket-size format. |
 | Steam's New Dawn - £14.99 |
| In this fascinating and profusely illustrated book,
Robin Jones, editor of Heritage Railway magazine, looks
at Britain’s third century of steam building and the
many magnificent projects that are not only ongoing
but which have been completed to resounding effect.
|
 | Lighthouses of the East Coast - £16.99 |
| From Trent Falls on the Humber to the
Thames Estuary and London’s East End, Robin Jones produces a definitive guide to the lighthouses and primary
lightships of the coast of Lincolnshire and East
Anglia and the amazing stories behind them.
Heavily illustrated, it is a fascinating book
which can be enjoyed on the ground – or in
the comfort of the armchair! |
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