Book news and reviews from the Westmorland Gazette

Book review: Oh Mother, It's A Lovely Place, John Nixon, Elanders Publishing, £10.99

4:08pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

THIS charming book, subtitled ‘An illustrated history of RAF Millom and its mountain rescue team’, is filled with facts, figures and replicas of original documents.

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Book review: Coast to Coast, the Wainwright Route, Sandra Bardwell, Rucksack Readers, £12.50

4:06pm Tuesday 9th March 2010

This is a highly detailed guide to the Wainwright route, which offers complete directions for the 184-mile trek from St Bees to Robin Hood’s Bay.

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Author hopes to conquer America with Lake District crime novel

5:39pm Tuesday 23rd February 2010

A SERIES of crime novels inspired by the Lake District are winning acclaim at home and abroad.

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Book review: Servant Of Empire, Martin Gibson, Hayloft Publishing (£20)

6:49pm Thursday 21st January 2010

BARRISTER Martin Gibson’s meticulously-researched biography of his grandfather Thomas Wilson Bracken gives us a fascinating insight into the final decades of the British Empire.

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Book review: Walking Weekends Lake District: Mark Reid The Inn Way (£9.95)

6:50pm Thursday 21st January 2010

THOUSANDS of people from all over the UK choose to spend a weekend away in the Lake District.

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Book review: Walk The Langdales by Bill Birkett

6:37pm Thursday 21st January 2010

VETERAN Lake District book writer Bill Birkett has turned his attention to self-publishing a comprehensive guidebook to two of the national park’s most popular valleys - The Langdales.

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Book review: Rural Haven by Sheila Smith, Fastprint Publishing

6:36pm Thursday 21st January 2010

THE Windermere-based writer’s novel is the sequal to Valley of Stone, which first introduced us to the Evans, Birkett and Williams families.

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Book review: The Hudbrax Hoard: Clyke Books, £4.99

5:24pm Tuesday 22nd December 2009

THE Clykes are back and a plea for help opens up a new adventure for daring young Sabrax.

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New book on opium downfall of ex-Westmorland Gazette editor

4:42pm Thursday 10th December 2009

THE life of one of Britain’s best known writers and one-time editor of The Westmorland Gazette is celebrated in a new book, ‘The English Opium Eater’.

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Book review: The Hidden Places of the Lake District and Cumbria

5:39pm Friday 4th December 2009

The Hidden Places of the Lake District and Cumbria, Travel Publishing, £8.99.

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Book review: Northern Rail Heritage by Paul Salveson

5:38pm Friday 4th December 2009

Northern Rail Heritage: An introduction to the social history of railways in the North of England, published by Little Northern Books, £6.

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Record of abject poverty in Ambleside in new book

6:09pm Thursday 3rd December 2009

FASCINATING documents unearthed in Ambleside’s Armitt Library have inspired a disturbing book on 19th century poverty in the village.

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Review: Discovering Northern Lakeland, Charlie Emett & James Templeton

4:06pm Wednesday 2nd December 2009

JOURNALIST and walker Charlie Emett and historian James Templeton chose 100 fascinating sites and landmarks to explore for this richly-illustrated work.

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Review: Wainwright: His life from Milltown to Mountain, W R Mitchell, Great Northern Books

5:06pm Monday 2nd November 2009

MUCH has been written about the legendary Alfred Wainwright's walks, but comparatively little about the man himself, particularly his formative years in Blackburn.

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The Lake District-born ‘James Bond of jungle’ who took on an army and won

12:00pm Thursday 29th October 2009

THE Lake District boyhood of a remarkable war hero has been revealed in a riveting new biography.

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Biography on Lake District author Arthur Ransome wins award

10:20am Monday 26th October 2009

A BOOK on the life of Swallows and Amazons author Arthur Ransome has won a top biography prize.

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Review: Cartmel Quaker Meeting, Our first 150 years: Larry Walters, self-published, £5 (plus £1.50 p&p)

3:59pm Wednesday 14th October 2009

THE author, a member of the Society of Friends in Cartmel, follows the history of Quakerism in the area since George Fox, the movement’s founder, came to South Lakeland in 1652.

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Review: Friends of the Lake District, The Early Years: John Cousin, Lancaster University, £12.95

3:58pm Wednesday 14th October 2009

THIS meticulously researched book has been released to mark the 75th birthday of the Friends of the Lake District.

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