Book news from the Lancashire Telegraph

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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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: 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: 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: 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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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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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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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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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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Review: How To Paint A Dead Man, Sarah Hall, Faber & Faber, £12.99

1:56pm Wednesday 7th October 2009

CUMBRIAN author Sarah Hall has earned herself a deserved place on the Man Booker Prize shortlist with this contemporary novel of art, passion and loss.

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Review: Dales High Way Companion, Tony & Chris Grogan, Skyware £9.99

1:55pm Wednesday 7th October 2009

THIS book covers the route of a new, long distance walk covering 90 miles from Saltaire in West Yorkshire to Appleby-in-Westmorland.

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Review: Next Door To Paradise, Chris Kelly, self published, £4.99

1:54pm Wednesday 7th October 2009

THERE are just 19 poems in this slim collection, subtitled Poems from Low Furness, and they are all delightful, finely-wrought pieces.

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Review: Fountains And Water Features, Rosalind Hopwood, Francis Lincoln, £35

5:13pm Tuesday 8th September 2009

ROSALIND Hopwood’s book examines the history of both the design and function of water features from ancient Egypt to contemporary Britain.

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Review: Cumbria: The Lake District And Its County, John Wyatt, Hale Books, £25

5:11pm Tuesday 8th September 2009

WRITTEN by the Lake District National Park’s first warden and chief ranger, this book covers almost anything you could want to know about Cumbria.

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Review: Walking On Bridges by Robin Bray

3:21pm Wednesday 26th August 2009

AT FIRST glance, a book based almost entirely on bridges in the Lake District probably would not appeal to huge number of people.

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