 | 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. |
 | 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!
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 | Discovering Lost Dorset - £19.99 |
| Long before he started the predecessor of Dorset Life magazine, in 1968, author and editor Rodney Legg was hoarding the photographs of family and friends as well as taking his own pictures. This selection of 400 key shots concentrates without apology on the nostalgic. Mostly they are previously unpublished. Faces abound and many people will see themselves or their forbears. |
 | A Boot Up Devon's Jurassic Coast - £4.99 |
| Rodney Legg, perhaps the most renowned walker and guide of his generation in this area leads ten circular walks covering the Devon section of this World Heritage coast. |
 | A Boot Up Purbeck - £4.99 |
| The ten circular walks by Rodney Legg, ranging from 3 to 8 miles,
suit the needs of families, groups of friends or
individuals looking for a gentle stroll or a longer
walk, and reflect the many varied facets of the area |
 | A Boot Up The Blackdown Hills - £4.99 |
| These ten circular walks by Rodney Legg, ranging from 4 to 9
miles, suit the needs of families, groups of
friends or individuals looking for a gentle stroll
or a longer walk, and reflect the many varied
facets of the Blackdowns – its people, its history, and
its working landscape and will help first time
visitors to experience some of the great
scenery the area has to offer. |
 | 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. |
 | Weymouth & Portland Then Meets Now - £19.99 |
| Dorset historian Maureen Attwooll looks
at the borough’s history through maps which date
from the Tudor period up to the twentieth
century. Together they show just what has altered and
what – remarkably – has stayed the same.
Presentation and layout is refreshingly different and
the past is revisited with renewed vigour.
|
 | The Spirit of the Dorset Coast - £4.99 |
| In this exceptional collection of over 60 colour pictures renowned photographer Roger Holman
explores this wonderful coastline, its hinterland and landmarks, to present a rounded portrait of a
national treasure. |
 | 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. |
 | Spirit of Bournemouth & Poole - £4.99 |
| Through a superb collection of 60 evocative
images acclaimed Dorset photographer
Roger Holman truly captures the spirit of
Bournemouth and Poole. |
 | A Boot Up The Surrey Hills - £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 Surrey Hills. |
 | 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. |
 | A Boot Up The SW Coast Path - N Cornwall - £4.99 |
| Taken with the renowned SWCP expert Philip Carter the 10 walks in this book are mostly circular,
using the Coastal Path as part of the walk. In this
way the walker can sample some of the best sections
of the long-distance path in North Cornwall
and along to the Hartland area of North Devon
while not having to retrace their steps. |
 | A Boot Up The SW Coast Path - S Cornwall - £4.99 |
| Taken with the renowned SWCP expert Philip Carter the 10 walks in this book are mostly circular,
using the Coastal Path as part of the walk. In this
way the walker can sample some of the best sections
of the long-distance path in South Cornwall
while not having to retrace their steps. |
 | A Boot Up The SW Coast Path - S Devon - £4.99 |
| Taken with the renowned SWCP expert Philip Carter the 10 walks in this book are mostly circular,
using the Coastal Path as part of the walk. In this
way the walker can sample some of the best sections
of the long-distance path in South Devon
while not having to retrace their steps. |
 | 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. |
 | A Boot Up Bristol - £4.99 |
| Ten selected walks by Rodney Legg, each in a circuit of five to nine
miles, tackle varying terrain and suit the needs of
families, groups of friends or individuals looking for
a gentle stroll or a longer walk. They also explore
the city’s setting, just beyond the urban sprawl,
where you can escape into a very different world. |
 | 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 & 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. |
 | Dorset from the Air - £14.99 |
| The fascinating
aerial photographs in this book by internationally renowned
photographer Jason Hawkes provide the
reader with an overview of this great variety of landscapes,
settlements and historic sites. There can be no
better way of appreciating the many glories of Dorset
than to view the county from above. |
 | 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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