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Local Authors |
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Here we feature some of our local authors whose books we stock, signed by the authors where possible. |
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Alvediston, a history
Biddy Trahair
Alvediston is a remote and thinly populated parish set in dramatically beautiful south Wiltshire countryside between Salisbury and Shaftesbury, and this is the first book devoted to its history. In her celebration of the village where she has lived for over thirty years, Biddy Trahair has skilfully woven the everyday with the unusual, and the ancient landscapes with the families and characters who have lived there, to produce a model local history.
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Roberts & Kitchener
in South Africa 1900-1902
Rodney Atwood
The British Army was shocked by three military defeats in late 1899. The commanding General Sir Redvers Buller lost his nerve. "Something must be done" was the cry across the Empire. Britain sent forth not one, but two miltary heroes. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and Major General Lord Kitchener... |
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Clash of Empires,
The Great Siege
William Napier
1565: a small island in the middle of the Mediterranean stands gatekeeper between East and West. It is about to become the scene for one of the most amazing stories of bravery, battle and bloodlust: the siege of Malta. On that small rock an epic struggle will be played out - the story of individual men, warriors and slaves, but also the story of two worlds colliding. |
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The Elephant Keeper
Christopher Nicholson
The Elephant Keeper is a stable boy Tom Page's account of his life with two elephants. As the years pass, and as they journey across England, his relationship with the female elephant deepens in a startling manner. Along the way they meet incredulity, distrust and tragedy, and it is only their understanding of each other that keeps them together. it is a study of a profound and remarkable love between an elephant and a human being.
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The Donheads
past & present
Michael Coward,
David McClean
Rex Sawyer,
Christine Speak
Donhead St Andrew and Donhead St Mary are neighbouring villages in south-west Wiltshire adjoining the Dorset border near Shaftesbury. They occupy an intricate and confusing landscape of hamlets, small valleys and farms, streams and high downland.
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A Year and a Day
E A Dineley
"March 2003
Selby McCreery
Sent me the poem of the river.
I think of a river
With all its tributaries,
Obscurities,
Convolutions,
And contradictions;
The trivia of my life."
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Evergreen and Eighty
Bob Breach
in this, a collection of 40 poems, Bob Breach writes about the countryside around the small and ancient town of Shaftesbury. He reflects on the everyday incidents and the changing seasons in this lovely part of England.
All profits to the charity Support for the Oppressed Peoples of Burma. |
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Nadder Valley Walks
Tisbury Footpath Club
Eighteen circular walks exploring the diverse countryside of the Nadder Valley.
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Further Nadder Valley Walks
Tisbury Footpath Club
Eighteen more circular walks around the Nadder Valley and beyond...
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Nadder
tales of a Wiltshire Valley
Rex Sawyer
The River Nadder rises in the Donheads, east of Shaftesbury, and flows through the Vale of Wardour to Wilton, where it joins the Wylye and then, at Salisbury, the Avon. This remarkable social and landscape history, beautifully illustrated, presents the story of every village and settlement in its valley, drawn from historical sources and oral reminiscences. |
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The Visit of the Sky Dragons
Maureen Davies
Three Sky Dragons intended to land in Tibet, but lost their way in thick fog. To their surprise they came down in the wrong mountains, in a little Swiss village. Unfortunately they landed, splish, splash, splosh, in the middle of the villagers’ vegetable gardens. |
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Fighting through to Kohima
a memoir of war in India and Burma
Michael Lowry
After joining up in 1939 with the Queen's Royal Regiment the Author was posted to the North West Frontier of India where he cut his teeth chasing Pathan tribesman bandit gangs for two years. This was exciting enough but only a taste of what was to come.
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more local authors soon... |
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