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Author : Marjorie Rowling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Folklore of the Lake District written by Marjorie Rowling and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752478516
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book Cumbrian Folk Tales written by Taffy Thomas MBE and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These engaging folk tales from Cumbria were collected as fragments that the author has brought back to life. Shaped by the natural world, local customs and generations of chattering, these traditional tales reflect the unique Cumbrian wit and wisdom. Herein you will find intriguing accounts of Hunchback and the Swan, the Screaming Skulls of Calgarth, the Millom Hob Thross, Hughie the Graeme, Cumbrian Crack, and Billy Peascod's Harp. They will make you want to visit the places where they happened and meet some of the characters that feature in them. Including charming illustrations from the local artist Steven Gregg, this captivating collection will be enjoyed by readers time and again. Taffy Thomas has lived in Grasmere for well over thirty years, and is a highly experienced storyteller with a repertoire of more than 300 tales. In the 2001 New Year Honours List he was awarded the MBE for services to storytelling and charity, and in 2010 was appointed as the first UK Storyteller Laureate.
Author : Wilson Armistead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9783337546700
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (467 download)
Download or read book Tales and Legends of the English Lakes written by Wilson Armistead and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Taffy Thomas MBE
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750986379
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book The Riddle in the Tale written by Taffy Thomas MBE and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have been fascinated by riddles for as long as we have had language – think of the legend of the sphinx in Greek mythology. This wonderful book includes both magical riddle tales and simple challenges, with clues and answers hidden in intricate illustrations. Discover how the farmer saved his daughter by solving the fairies' riddles or how the old hen-wife helped the two brothers solve the mystery of their father's will. Have a read – you'll be hooked.
Author : Martin Edwards
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1615950508
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (159 download)
Download or read book The Arsenic Labyrinth written by Martin Edwards and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2011-12-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fans of this increasingly popular series will be in line for this one, and it should be recommended to readers of such similar British authors as Peter Robinson and Sally Spencer." —Booklist After ten years, Guy—a drifter with a taste for deception—has returned to Coniston in England's Lake District. Local journalist Tony di Venuto is campaigning to revive interest in the disappearance of Emma Bestwick, and Guy knows what happened to her. When Guy tips off the newspaperman that Emma will not be coming home, DCI Hannah Scarlett, head of Cumbria's Cold Case Review Team, re-opens the old investigation. Her inquiries take her to the Museum of Myth and Legend and to the remote and eerie Arsenic Labyrinth—a series of stone tunnels used to remove arsenic from tin ore. Meanwhile, historian Daniel Kind is immersing himself in the work of John Ruskin, whose neighbors created the Arsenic Labyrinth. A shocking discovery made against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District in winter makes it clear to Hannah that there is more than one mystery to solve, and she turns to Daniel for help in untangling the secrets of the past....
Author : Adam Morgan Ibbotson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 075099763X
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments written by Adam Morgan Ibbotson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-07-16 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cumbria is a land built from stone. Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District – for thousands of years people have found a certain elegance and utility in stone. Nestled amongst these common relics are a multitude of massive stone monuments, built over 3,000 years before British shores were ever touched by Roman sandals. Cumbria's 'megalithic' monuments are among Europe's greatest and best-preserved ancient relics but are often poorly understood and rarely visited. This updated and revised edition of Cumbria's Prehistoric Monuments aims to dispel the idea that these stones are merely 'mysterious'. Within this book you will find credible answers, using up-to-date research, excavation notes, maps and diagrams to explore one of Britain's richest archaeological landscapes. Featuring stunning original photography and illustrated diagrams of every megalithic site in the county, Adam Morgan Ibbotson invites you to take a journey into a land sculpted by ancient hands.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0099427176
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (994 download)
Download or read book Winter Holiday written by Arthur Ransome and published by Random House. This book was released on 2001 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Follows the adventures of two groups of children who spend a winter holiday by a great lake next to the mountains.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 156792462X
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (679 download)
Download or read book Swallows and Amazons written by Arthur Ransome and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their boat is burned and they are cast adrift in the South China Sea, Titty, Roger, Peggy, John, Nancy, Susan, and Captain Flint make their way to land only to find themselves the captives of the redoubtable Missee Lee, one of the last pirates operating off the China coast.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN 13 : 9781567922288
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (222 download)
Download or read book The Picts and the Martyrs written by Arthur Ransome and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2008-02-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two Blackett sisters are to stay at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their cook, but when their great aunt hears of the abandonment, she's on the next train.
Author : Jennifer Westwood
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141959533
Total Pages : 601 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Haunted England written by Jennifer Westwood and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2013-10-31 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Watch out for a ghostly ship and its spectral crew off the coast of Cornwall Listen for the unearthly tread and rustling silk dress of Darlington's Lady Jarratt Shiver at the malevolent apparition of 50 Berkeley Square that no-one survives seeing Beware the black dog of Shap Fell: a sighting warns of fatal accidents England's past echoes with stories of unquiet spirits and hauntings, of headless highwaymen and grey ladies, indelible bloodstains and ghastly premonitions. Here, county by county, are the nation's most fascinating supernatural tales and bone-chilling legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell Hill, from the gruesome Man-Monkey of Shropshire to the phantom congregation who gather for a 'Sermon of the Dead' ...
Author : Alan Cleaver
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781985190344
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (93 download)
Download or read book The Corpse Roads of Cumbria written by Alan Cleaver and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the black and white version. There is also a full colour version on Amazon. Criss-crossing the Cumbrian landscape are many trods, paths, lonnings and other ancient trackways. Included among these are several corpse roads. The enigmatic name hints at their curious origins. These paths were used until the 18th Century to transport the dead from the remote villages to the 'mother' church for burial. Eventually villagers petitioned for their own churches and burial rights but the corpse roads remained. Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park have researched these ancient paths and the stories surrounding them. The book also explores Cumbrian funeral customs and superstitions.
Author : Jon Sparks
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781841145990
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (459 download)
Download or read book Arthur Ransome's Lake District written by Jon Sparks and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award winning writer and photographer Jon Sparks has produced an in-depth guide to the Lake District landscapes, which in many places has changed remarkably little since Arthur Ransome's time.
Author : M. W. Craven
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1472127420
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (721 download)
Download or read book The Puppet Show written by M. W. Craven and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2018-06-07 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER AWARD 2019 FOR BEST CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR* 'Fantastic' Martina Cole 'Dark, sharp and compelling' Peter James 'A thrilling curtain raiser for what looks set to be a great new series' Mick Herron A serial killer is burning people alive in the Lake District's prehistoric stone circles. He leaves no clues and the police are helpless. When his name is found carved into the charred remains of the third victim, disgraced detective Washington Poe is brought back from suspension and into an investigation he wants no part of . . . Reluctantly partnered with the brilliant, but socially awkward, civilian analyst, Tilly Bradshaw, the mismatched pair uncover a trail that only he is meant to see. The elusive killer has a plan and for some reason Poe is part of it. As the body count rises, Poe discovers he has far more invested in the case than he could have possibly imagined. And in a shocking finale that will shatter everything he's ever believed about himself, Poe will learn that there are things far worse than being burned alive ... Find out why everyone loves The Puppet Show 'A page turner' Sun 'So dark and twisty' Elly Griffiths 'A powerful thriller from an explosive new talent. Tightly plotted, and not for the faint hearted!' David Mark 'A gripping start to a much anticipated new series' Vaseem Khan 'Satisfyingly twisty and clever and the flashes of humour work well to offer the reader respite from the thrill of the read' Michael J. Malone 'Britain's answer to Harry Bosch' Matt Hilton 'Dark, disturbing and so very clever. Highly recommended' Anne Cater
Author : James D. Sexton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Mayan Folktales written by James D. Sexton and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of folklore offers a rich and lively panorama of Mayan mythic heritage. Here are everyday tales of village life; legends of witches, shamans, spiritualists, tricksters, and devils; fables of naguales, or persons who can change into animal forms; ribald stories of love and life; cautionary tales of strange and menacing neighbors and of the danger lurking within the human heart. These legends narrate origin and creation stories, explain the natural world, and reinforce cultural beliefs and values such as honesty, industriousness, sharing, fairness, and cleverness. Whether tragic or comic, fantastic or earthy, whimsical or profound, these tales capture the mystery, fragility, and power of the Mayan world.
Author : Vivienne Crow
Publisher : Fox Chapel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1860114407
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (61 download)
Download or read book Britain: The Lake District written by Vivienne Crow and published by Fox Chapel Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-13 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title features dynamic two-colour layout for easy navigation. Colour section gives a photographic overview of the region, together with special features of the particular counties, tailored itineraries and lists of the best things to do - whether it's walks, beaches or activities. There are top Don't Miss sights for each chapter. Explore the gentle green hills and woods of Southern Lakeland, west of Windermere. Visit Hill Top, the delightful farmhouse that Beatrix Potter purchased with the proceeds from Peter Rabbit. Wander the beautiful Eskdale, Duddon and Borrowdale valleys. Take refuge from the rain in the splendid Tudor country house of Sizergh with its lovely gardens and beautifully panelled rooms. Follow in the footsteps of Alfred Wainwright and walk the fells with his unique walking guides for company. Discover the haunts and inspirations of Wordsworth's lakeland - Ullswater, Kendal and Keswick, and the walk from Easdale Tarn to Grasmere.
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)
Download or read book "Racundra's" First Cruise written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Ransome
Publisher : Johnston Press
ISBN 13 : 1409769070
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Old Peter's Russian Tales written by Arthur Ransome and published by Johnston Press. This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
