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The Somersetshire Coal Canal
& associated topics.
The Somerset & Dorset
(Joint) Railway & other nearby railways.
Guides around the Bath
area. (Walks etc).
...in this case the recommendations and future reading list of the Sheffield Hallam Ladies group.
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The Somersetshire Coal Canal (& associated topics).
I'm sorry to report that so many of these books are (temporarily I hope), out of print!
1.
Niall Allsop's The Somersetshire Coal Canal Rediscovered Today!
(Special Order)
2. Also, by the same author:
The Kennet and Avon Canal by Niall Allsop
Special Order
Millstream Books Paperback
3. Geoprojects; Paperback
4.
Nicholson/Ordnance Survey Waterway Guide No 7: Thames, Wey, Kennet and Avon
Paperback5.
Exploring the Kennet and Avon Canal by Nigel Vale
Coutryside Books; Paperback6.
The Kennet and Avon Walk by Ray Quinlan
Cicerone Press; Paperback7.
Canal Inclines and Lifts by D Tew. Paperback
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The Somerset & Dorset Railway.
1.
An Illustrated Survey of the Somerset & Dorset Railway by C.W. Judge, C.R. Potts
2.
Donald Beale's Somerset and Dorset by Donald Beale, John Baxter (Editor)
3.
4.
The Last Years of the Somerset and Dorset Railway by Colin G. Maggs
5.
Life on the Somerset and Dorset Railway by Hammond Alan
6.
>Somerset and Dorset 7F's Remembered by P W Gibbs
7.
National Series of Waterway, Tramway and Railway Atlases 7b: Somerset and Dorset
by GL Crowther
8.
On Somerset and Dorset Lines by Robert Robotham
9.
Radstock Coal and Steam Vol 2 by Chris Handley
I have both vol 1 &2. These are essential books for the local railway historian, containing a wealth of detail including some excellent (B&W) pictures. If anything vol 1 is the (slightly) more interesting of the two!
10.
Reminiscences of the Somerset & Dorset by Alan Hammond
11.
>Somerset and Dorset 7F's Remembered by P W Gibbs
12.
Somerset and Dorset at Midford by Mike Arlett
Another must for the local historian. Mike writes with a real love for "his" section of the S&D - full of childhood memories. Some interesting post-war BR plans of joining the GWR and S&DJR.13.
Somerset and Dorset Line by R C Riley.
As soon as you see the authors name you know that the book will be full of some excellent pictures.14.
The Somerset and Dorset Railway by Lawrence Popplewell
15.
Somerset and Dorset Then and Now by Mac Hawkins
Prepare to shed a tear! Contains some pics I haven't seen in other books.
The title says it all.
16.
Steam Around Bath by Mike Arlett, Ivo Peters
The photographer of the S&D was undoubtably Ivo Peters. He has produced some excellent books of superb quality (B&W) pictures. Unfortunately Amazon does not seem to stock them. Perhaps they are out of print?
If anyone knows, please inform me.
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Bath
There are (too) many guide books on Bath. Thus I've only included a few.
With the exception of the odd book I'm afraid I cannot offer recommendations (yet). Like most natives I haven't seen the need to buy them.
1.
Andrew's Bath by David McPhail
2.
Bath at War, 1939-1945 by Jonathan Falconer, David Falconer
Full of evocative pictures; good fun for Bathonians to figure out where the pictures are taken before reading the informative captions.
3.
Available in many different languages
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4.
Bath: the Place and the People by James Crathorne
5.
Discovering Bath by Paul Snowdon(Illustrator), Peter Reardon (Editor)
6.
A-Z Street Plan of Bath 160;Geographers' A-Z Map Company
7.
Around Combe Down Peter Addison
I lived here for many years so it made fascinating reading.
8.
Exploring Combe Down Keith Dallimore
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Studying 'A' level Biology.
Your school/college will probably issue you with texts. However don't all teachers/lecturers urge you to read-around the subject?
This should be of 2 types:
1. Different textbooks to give you more detail and/or a different view on the topics.
2. Texts that give you a view from the periphery.
Virtually any book by Richard Dawkins and Stephen J Gould would be worthwhile and, very interesting! (See down my list)
1.
A-Level Advanced Biology Through Diagrams: School Edition by W.R. Pickering
I think this is an excellent book - just the book I would have wanted to write!
Those of you into revising through pictures and 'mind-maps / spider diagrams' will love this!
2.
Advanced Human Biology by J. Simpkins, J.I. Williams
3.
A Level Study Guide: Biology by Glen Toole, Susan Toole
These authors write a very readable text.4.
Human Health and Disease by Ann Fullick
An excellent colourful text meant for the OCR/UCLES module. Published by Heinnemann
5.
A Level Passcards: Biology by David Brodie
6.
Foundation Biology
An excellent colourful text meant for the OCR/UCLES module. Published by CUP (independent of the OCR)
7.
New Perspectives in Advanced Biology by Martin Hanson
Hodder & Stoughton
B&W pictures but an excellent readable and comprehensive text-book
8.
Central Concepts in Biology by Mary Jones, et al
An excellent colourful text meant for the OCR/UCLES module. (Includes DNA.
photosynthesis & respiration) Published by CUP (independent of the OCR)
9.
Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
An excellent book - almost a sequel to The Selfish Gene. His section on bats is particularly interesting
10.
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins
The book that started it all! An absolute must. You may not agree with it all but it carries a warning ... this book will change your outlook on life.
Like all Dawkins' books, it is very well argued and very well-written. This is a book for everyone.
11.
Unweaving the Rainbow by Richard Dawkins
I'm reading this now. So far it's excellent and more wide-ranging than his other books.
He shows that by knowing more about how things work (e.g. rainbows) it actually enhances one's views of nature and does not diminish their awesome beauty.
His section on probabilities ought to be compulsory.
12.
Ever Since Darwin by Stephen Jay Gould
Gould is an excellent writer of Biology and other topics (He is a real polymath).
All of his books show a great passion for biology and indeed literature. He can become a little repetitive at times but he has won so many awards that his prowess speaks for itself.
I think he is even better as an essayist.
13.
Wonderful life by Stephen Jay Gould
Wonderful life? Wonderful book! Read it please and wonder at the wonderful spectrum of 'invertebrate' diversity so long ago. It's also a very human story on two counts. It celebrates the author's successful fight with cancer and is a tale of how the social constuct at the time inhibited a great US biologist's interpretation of mind-boggling fossil evidence. Buy it!
(What a shame that he and Dawkins exhibit such a rivalry.)
I prefer Dawkins -but only just
14.
Bully for Brontosaurus by Stephen Jay Gould
One of his earlier works.
He is such a prolific author that I cannot list all his excellent publications here. Please use the search facility at the top of this page.
15.
Human Health and Disease by Dennis Taylor
An excellent text for the OCR/UCLES modular biology course. Only a few, minor
practical details are missing -which should be covered in your course anyway.
(One picture of the various members of 'the microbes' needs altering).
Ladies' Reading Group Recommendations
(Sheffield Hallam Group)
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