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Sea Room: An Island Life in the Hebrides by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad—"Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres. . . . Puffins and seals. Apply."—and thus found the Shiants. With a name meaning "holy or enchanted islands," the Shiants for... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $9.50 Used - Trade Paper 
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Our Village by Mitford Mary Russell Publisher Comments This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Hardcover
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Coast: A Celebration of Britain's Coastal Heritage by Christop Somerville Publisher Comments In Coast, natural history journalist Christopher Somerville takes you on a grand tour of the outer limits of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Beautiful photography, clear maps, and evocative essays all illuminate the majesty and variety to be found... (read more) List Price $31.50 Your price: $14.50 Used - Trade Paper
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English Landscapes by Robin Whiteman Synopsis "English Landscapes" draws on some of the material accumulated throughout the Whiteman and Talbot's collaboration on earlier titles to reveal the real beauty and diversity of the English landscape. From Penzance to Penrith, the country is explored region... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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A Dictionary of British Institutions by John Oakland Publisher Comments This succinct guide provides easy access to selected central British institutional terms which are widely employed in contemporary British life. It is cross-referenced with a comprehensive index and appendices.... (read more) List Price $47.95 Your price: $46.15 Adobe Digital Editions - Electronic
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Lark Rise to Candleford by Flora Thompson Publisher Comments Flora Thompson (1876????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????1947) wrote what may be the quintessential distillation of English country life at the turn of the twentieth century. In 1945, the three... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $12.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dictionary of British Institutions: A Student's Guide by John Oakland Publisher Comments This succinct guide provides easy access to selected central British institutional terms which are widely employed in contemporary British life. It is cross-referenced with a comprehensive index and appendices.... (read more) List Price $56.75 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Farm the True Story of One Family & the English Countryside by Richard Benson Publisher Comments The true story of Richard Benson and his family's move back to the country. He gives us a warm, funny, moving yet unsentimental portrait of life on a fifty-acre Yorkshire smallholding at the turn of a new century. 'A delight, superb. An engaging, tender... (read more) Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Pies and Prejudice: In Search of the North by Stuart Maconie Publisher Comments A northerner in exile, stateless and confused, hearing rumors of Harvey Nichols in Leeds and Maseratis in Wilmslow, the author goes in search of The North. Delving into his own past, it is a riotously funny journey in search of where the... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy by Flora Thompson Publisher Comments The inspiration for a popular television series that aired on PBS in 2009, Lark Rise to Candleford is Flora Thompson's classic evocation of a vanished world of agricultural customs and rural culture. The trilogy of Lark Rise, Over to Candleford, and... (read more) Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Countryside by Joe Cornish Synopsis Travel to the glorious countryside of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in this photographic tour of spectacular and varied landscapes. Unforgettable color pictures of the nearly 600,000 acres -- both unspoiled and populated -- owned and preserved by... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $12.50 Used - Hardcover
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In Search of England by H V Morton Publisher Comments Currently in its 40th printing with its original publisher in the UK, this is the book that one British newspaper has called "travel writing at its best. Bill Bryson must weep when he reads it." Whether describing ruined gothic arches at Glastonbury or... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Villages of England by Richard Muir Publisher Comments An exuberant but authoritative history of the English village. New in paperback.... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Funny Farm by Jackie Moffat Publisher Comments Timeless, heartwarming 'feel good' autobiography of one woman chucking it all in and moving North to make a new life on her very own farm.... (read more) List Price $13.50 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Thames: The Biography by Peter Ackroyd Publisher Comments Acclaimed biographer Peter Ackroyd vibrantly resurrects the legendary epic of Camelot in this modern adaptation The names of Arthur, Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere, Galahad, the sword of Excalibur, and the court of Camelot are as recognizable as any from... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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Walks and Talks of an American Farmer in England by Frederick L Olmsted Publisher Comments A reprint edition of Olmsted's first book, describing his 1850 walking tour of England.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The English Landscape by Bill Bryson Publisher Comments The English Landscape is a stunning volume of essays and photographs celebrating the breadth, diversity, and delicacy of the English countryside. A distinguished selection of writers such as the Duchess of Devonshire, Richard Mabey, Anna Parord... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Isolarion: A Different Oxford Journey by James Attlee Publisher Comments Isolarion takes its title from a type of fifteenth-century map that isolates an area in order to present it in detail, and that’s just what James Attlee does here for Cowley Road in Oxford. The former site of a leper hospital, a workhouse, and a... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $13.88 Google eBooks - Electronic
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Sea Room by Adam Nicolson Publisher Comments A riveting book for all readers who know and love a place where the sea meets the land. In 1937, Adam Nicolson's father answered a newspaper ad -- "Uninhabited islands for sale. Outer Hebrides, 600 acres . . . Puffins and seals. Apply . . . " -- and... (read more) List Price $27.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Iconic Britain by Visitbritain Publisher Comments In a selection of stunning photographs, Iconic Britain captures the colorful contrasts of today’s Britain: a cosmopolitan, modern nation presided over by a historic monarch; a country of contemporary culture and design, yet alive with time-honored... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $4.95 Used - Hardcover
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