Recommended Books
Burn
A Story of Fire, Woods and Healing
Short, Ben
Ben Short has a successful career in advertising, a flat in a trendy part of London, a flashy motorbike. But after years of suffering with anxiety, he’s a wreck. A drastic change is needed.
For a time, he finds solace working with a forester, then as an apprentice to a Gypsy woodman, setting up home in a dilapidated wagon with just a rescue dog for company.
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First Flight
A Poetry Anthology
by the Paper Crane Poets
Paper Crane Poets is a collective of writers, based in Beeston Library in Nottinghamshire. We run fun and friendly writing workshops for poets of all ages and abilities, and we firmly believe that everyone can (and should) write poetry.
The poems in the collection (written by 25 poets from the Paper Cranes Collective) are by turns funny, beautiful, moving, and surprising.
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Bollocks : A Word On Trial
by Michael Eaton
The play of the true story about the police raid on Nottingham’s Virgin Records, for stocking a Sex Pistols record with a challenging title
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RACE
Rebelling Against Crimes & Exploitation
Jay Sandhu
Big White Shed
This collection of voices, stories and perspectives speaks about racism, politics, history and women's rights. The collection set out to shine a light on issues in a way that may not have previously been considered and become an educational journey to improve knowledge and help shape the next generation.
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How to Read a Tree
Tristan Gooley
From the author of How to Read Water comes an accessible and illuminating guide to understanding the rich variety of trees through the hidden shapes and patterns that most people miss.
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The Wooden Box
by Guy Jones
Sam's Friend Tracey had a Grandmother who invented things. One of the the things she invented, just before she died was a large wooden box. Large enough to carry a person ...
two if they were intimate … it had a guide book with the instructions not to move it … BOTH NOW AND IN THE PAST
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A Start In Life
by Alan Sillitoe
A revival of Sillitoe’s novel, first published in 1970, about a Nottingham boy who flees to London. With an introduction by D.J.Taylor. 342pp
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Mountain Guru
The Life of Doug Scott
Catherine Moorehead, Stephen Venables
Doug Scott was a legend among mountaineers. His expeditions, undertaken over a period of five decades, are unparalleled achievements. This book describes the drama of them all, from the Himalaya to New Zealand, Patagonia, Yosemite and Alaska. It includes his ‘epic’ on The Ogre, one of the hardest peaks in the world to climb, his ascent of Kangchenjunga without supplementary oxygen and his ascent of Everest in 1975.
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Notts Bookshops
Five Leaves Bookshop
One of the few independents to open in any UK city centre this century! Find us opposite Nottingham Tourism centre.
14A Long Row Nottingham
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Big White Shed
Big White Shed is a place to seek advice and tools, trade expertise and ideas in order to complete a creative project - a virtual meeting place for people who want to get a job done and the people who can help achieve that. In the shed, we will think through what you have in mind, and help make it a reality.
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The Bookcase
More than just a bookshop ...
Lowdham Nottinghamshire
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Bookwise
Bookwise comprises three charity bookshops in Hockley, Southwell & Newark, selling second hand books (many nearly new) in support of Music for Everyone.
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BEARDED BADGER PUBLISHING
Bearded Badger Publishing Co. was born from love....the love of books, magazines, pamphlets, in fact pretty much anything you can feast your eyes on!
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Waterstones Nottingham
Waterstones Nottingham, situated in the heart of the East Midlands, is home to a wonderful selection of books and gifts sure to excite all book lovers.
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Online Publications
Nottingham Books
A website dedicated to books about Nottinghamshire and those written by Nottinghamshire authors
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