 | 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. |
 | The Jurassic Coast - £12.99 |
| Nowhere else can boast the qualities of this scenic coast, which are listed here by Rodney Legg in gazetteer format from west to east.
Map references are given for recommended parking places and to the more obscure places of interest. This book
will be the essential guide for anyone wanting to know where to go, what to see, what to do – in one of the newest
World Heritage Sites |
 | 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. |
 | Romantic Dorset - £14.99 |
| Outside of the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch, Dorset is mostly rural and, with
no motorway running through the county, remains largely unspoilt. In this stunning book with more than 140
evocative colour photographs, Mark Bauer has captured Dorset at its most romantic. |
 | Enid Blyton's Dorset - £9.99 |
| It is often the case that when an author bases stories on a certain place, the subsequent discovery by the reader of that place’s true identity may come as a disappointment. Not so in this fascinating investigation by Andrew Norman, for the real life locations are equally as interesting and exciting as the nail biting adventures of ‘The Famous Five’ themselves!
Other formats available: Amazon Kindle |
 | Purbeck Landscapes - £14.99 |
| This book, profusely illustrated in colour and with an expert text by leading Dorset geologist John Chaffey, shows that Purbeck, with its infinite variety, is in so many ways a microcosm of Britain and is one of our most cherishable assets. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | 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. |
 | A Boot Up the Quantocks - £4.99 |
| Writer and
photographer Brian Pearce describes ten circular
walks. All are ‘leisure walks’ – ideal for families and
groups of friends, moderate in both length and
difficulty and with opportunities to stop for
refreshments, take in the views and, like the poets,
be inspired by the scenery. |
 | Purbeck Personalities - £12.99 |
| Each of the personalities highlighted helped to create,
in his or her unique way, the threads, of which the
colourful tapestry of Purbeck is woven. In recounting
their varied lives, Dorset author Andrew Norman
conjours up a fascinating galaxy of personalities to
illuminate the history of this most characterful corner
of England. |
 | 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. |
 | A Boot Up the Somerset Levels - £4.99 |
| Halsgrove’s small format guidebook, containing maps,
photographs and useful information will ensure a
great walking experience. Packed with colour, the
book is an ideal reminder of a visit to the Somerset
Levels. |
 | Discover Bournemouth - £14.99 |
| In this volume in Halsgrove’s colourful
Discover series, Rodney 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. |
 | 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 the Blackmore Vale - £4.99 |
| Doyen of Dorset walkers Rodney Legg has
chosen ten of his favourite walks in the area,
ranging around Stour Provost and Fifehead
Magdalen, Marnhull and Hinton St Mary,
Lydlinch and Stock Gaylard, Fifehead Neville
and Plumber Manor, Sturminster Newton and
Cutt Mill, Fiddleford and Hammoon, Okeford
Fitzpaine and Shillingstone, Habledon and
Hod, Hazelbury Bryan and Mappowder,
Bulbarrow and Woolland. |
 | 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.
|
 | Legg Over Dorset - £12.99 |
| Prolific is the word that applies, to someone with 125 books to his name - mostly about Dorset
and in-depth history ranging from the Romans to the Second World War. The autobiography of Rodney Legg - 'arch-scourge
of politicians, government, the military and the
Establishment in general - a one man Dorset cultural institution'. |
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