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	Rough Guide Devon and Cornwall  •   Rough Guide GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to Devon and Cornwall with region-by-region descriptions and a good overview of history and culture. The outstanding British Rough Guide series provides an insider's sense of local life. (GBR211, $18.99)
	The Story of England  •  Christopher Hibbert HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past. (GBR02, $14.95)
	Kingdom by the Sea  •  Paul Theroux TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 361 PAGES Before decamping after a decade in London, Theroux traveled around the British Isles on a coastal journey in 1982 -- and chatted up the natives in his inimitable, humorous, opinionated, perceptive way. This insightful book displays Theroux's occasional ill temper along with his celebrated ability to combine social history and the good old-fashioned traveler's tale. (GBR09, $14.95)
	Southwest England & South Wales Map  •   Ordnance Survey MAP The map the locals depend on for traveling in the south of England. Nicely detailed at a scale of 1:250,000. (GBR26, $12.95)

	Lands End, The Lizard Map  •   Ordnance Survey    •  A detailed map of the most southwestern portion of England. (GBR123, $16.95)
	Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, Landmark Visitor's Guide  •  Rita Tregellen Pope   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical, illustrated touring guide to Cornwall and its offshore islands with good maps, including information on walking and weather (notably notations for "what to do if it rains"). (GBR362, $17.99)
	Insight Compact Guide Bath & Surroundings  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A brief guide featuring color photographs, excellent local maps, travel information and suggested routes. (GBR42, $8.95)
	Insight Compact Guide Devon and Exmoor  •  Andrew Eames   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy guide to the county. (GBR360, $7.95)
	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 which showcases Bryson's wry wit. (GBR15, $14.95)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
	Life in the English Country House, A Social and Architectural History  •  Mark Girouard   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A celebrated social and architectural history of life in English country houses, fully illustrated in black and white and color, first published in 1978. Girouard traces the history of these houses from medieval times to World War II. (GBR221, $45.00)
	The Celts, Conquerors of Ancient Europe  •  Chriatiane Eluere   • ARCHAEOLOGY  •  A colorful pocket-size encyclopedia documenting the art and archaeology of the Celts. With 100 maps and illustrations. (CLT01, $12.95)
	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)
	Three Men in a Boat and Three Men on the Bummel  •  Jerome Jerome  •  Jeremy Lewis   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • FAVORITE  •  Written in 1889, "Three Men in a Boat" (to say nothing of the dog!) is a laugh-out-loud account of a man-powered voyage along the River Thames, full of detail on life and lore. A Longitude favorite. (GBR28, $11.00)
	A Pair of Blue Eyes  •  Thomas Hardy   • LITERATURE  •  One of Hardy's lesser-known novels -- tragic, romantic -- and set squarely in Cornwall. (GBR359, $11.95)
	Jamaica Inn  •  Daphne du Maurier   • LITERATURE  •  This classic, set in Cornwall, has all the elements of a guilty pleasure: piracy, murder, the High Church, a dying request and a dashing young horse thief. (GBR52, $7.99)
	King Arthur and His Knights  •  Eugene Vinaver   • LITERATURE  •  A volume of Arthurian legends directly attributable to Mallory's original tales. (GBR90, $19.99)
	Lorna Doone  •  R.D. Blackmore   • LITERATURE  •  The classic romantic novel set at the time of the Monmouth Rebellion in the 17th century. (GBR83, $13.95)
	Offshore  •  Penelope Fitzgerald   • LITERATURE  •  Penelope Fitzgerald won the 1979 Booker Prize for this slim, delicate novel, which illustrates the lives of a motley assortment of houseboat-dwellers on the Thames River in the 1960's. (GBR329, $12.95)
	Persuasion  •  Jane Austen   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Lyme Regis and Bath, this novel is possibly Austen's most mature finished work. There's particular pleasure for Bath-goers here, as much of the final action unfolds in streets and buildings that exist in Bath to this day. (GBR208, $5.95)
	Rebecca  •  Daphne du Maurier   • MYSTERY  •  Du Maurier's classic is a sustained, suspenseful psychological novel, memorably set on the Cornish coast. (GBR363, $14.95)
	Sense and Sensibility  •  Jane Austen   • LITERATURE  •  Set mostly in the West Country, this is the famous story of two sisters -- one prudent, discreet, and self-controlled, the other emotional, open and enthusiastic -- and the men they love. (GBR82, $6.95)
	The Romance of Tristan and Iseult  •  Joseph Bedier  •  Hillaire Belloc   • LITERATURE  •  This chivalric myth -- of Arthurian fame -- features a Cornish knight and an Irish princess who are under a spell of love. (GBR246, $11.00)
	Wild Flowers of Britain & Ireland  •  Richard Fitter  •  Marjorie Blamey   • FIELD GUIDE • OUT OF PRINT  •  The flowering trees, shrubs and plants of Northern Europe, including the Arctic and Alps, with 5,000 illustrations. . (EUR40, $24.95)

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