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England: The Lake District   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $91, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXGBR467)		  
Rough Guide Lake District  •  Jules Brown
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES
This comprehensive practical guide is an excellent choice for the independent traveler in England's Lake District. It includes a good overview of history, culture and nature and authoritative touring advice. (GBR364, $19.99)		   Rough Guide Lake District
The English Lakes, A History  •  Ian Thompson
HISTORY •  2010 •  HARD COVER  • 352 PAGES
Featuring full-color illustrations and photographs, Thompson's elegant history details how perceptions of England's Lake District have evolved over the centuries through the work of great artists, from romantic poets and landscape painters to children's book authors. (GBR945, $45.00)		   The English Lakes, A History
The Portable Romantic Poets  •  Norman Holmes Pearson  •  W.H. Auden
LITERATURE •  1972 •  PAPER  • 540 PAGES
As its title implies, this is the anthology to take along on a trip to England's Lake District, Italy's Cinqueterre or any other classic haunt of the romantic poets. This selection, edited by W.H. Auden and Norman Holmes Pearson, includes works by all the masters (and even an occasional mistress). (GBR346, $20.00)		   The Portable Romantic Poets
Lake District Tourist Map  •  Ordnance Survey
MAP
A terrific, colorful, and very detailed map of the Lake District, at a scale of 1: 110,000 (1 inch = 1 3/4 mile). With tourist information on the reverse side. One Side. 50x37 inches. (GBR125, $14.95)		   Lake District Tourist Map



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Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau   • REFERENCE  •  Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)
 		  
Notes from a Small Island  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A farewell walking tour of England by an American expatriate who has decided to return home after two decades. Like all of Bryson's books, it's full of rich conversations, humorous anecdotes and amusing interactions. (GBR16, $14.99)
 		  
The Lives of the Kings and Queens of England  •  Antonia Fraser   • HISTORY  •  Lady Fraser gathers eight British historians for this engaging, illustrated history of the monarchy from 1066 to the House of Windsor, chock full of personality, incident and scandal. (GBR160, $34.95)
 		  
The Mother Tongue, English and How it Got That Way  •  Bill Bryson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  An indispensable guide to the language that divides us, this book is an informative linguistic history that showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.99)
 		  
The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert   • HISTORY  •  Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics and culture from the Neolithic age to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. (GBR02, $19.95)
 		  
Watching the English  •  Kate Fox   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Fox's clever guide to conversation, behavior, quirks, habits and foibles of the English, wildly popular back home in Britain. (GBR927, $17.95)
 		  
In Search of England  •  H.V. Morton  •  James Morris   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  The much-beloved, enduring account of Morton's ramblings through the English countryside in the early days of the motorcar. Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and history of the place with his own keen observations. (GBR368, $16.00)
 		  
The Funny Farm  •  Jackie Moffat   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this entertaining memoir Moffat recounts her family's experience on a small stock-rearing and dairy farm in the Lake District where they've made their home since escaping from London in 1982. (GBR635, $14.00)
 		  
The Grasmere and Alfoxden Journals  •  Dorothy Wordsworth  •  Pamela Woof   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The journals of Dorothy Wordsworth from Dove Cottage. With rich detail, she observes the natural beauty of the Lake District region and her time spent with her brother William and their friend Coleridge. (GBR197, $18.90)
 		  
Angry Island, Hunting the English  •  A. Gill   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A comic manual to the English by a splendidly irreverent London critic. Gill includes scathing chapters on voice, humor, drink, animals, garden, sport and class. (GBR715, $14.00)
 		  
Guide to the Lakes  •  William Wordsworth   • LITERATURE  •  This companion to England's Lake District, from Romantic poet William Wordsworth, is a tribute to nature's inspiring beauty. (GBR745, $17.95)
 		  
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Selected Poetry of William Wordsworth  •  John O. Hayden  •  William Wordsworth   • LITERATURE  •  A collection of William Wordsworth's most celebrated poems. Includes selections from the "Lyrical Ballads," "The Excursion" and "The Prelude." (GBR147, $12.95)
 		  
Swallows and Amazons  •  Arthur Ransome   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  Sailing their borrowed catboats, six children camp, fish, explore and try their hands at piracy during the course of a magic summer in England's Lake District. The first book in the Swallows and Amazons series, it was originally published in 1930. (GBR634, $14.95)
 		  
The Complete Poems  •  John Keats  •  John Barnard   • LITERATURE  •  A portable, paperback edition of all the poems of John Keats. (GBR162, $17.00)
 		  
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Wildflowers of Britain and Europe  •  Margaret and Roland Spohn   • FIELD GUIDE  •  Over 450 species of wild flower are covered, each beautifully illustrated with detailed paintings and clear photographs. (EUR46, $21.95)
 		  
 
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