New Additions
Dartmoor Light and Shadow: Photography and the Moor
by Simon Butler
Price £24.99
Hardback 160pp
Newton Abbot in Ancient Times by Raphael Allnatt
Price £5
Now in stock - Stephanie Austin's seventh book.
Cosy crime novels set in and around Ashburton and Dartmoor.
We have other titles in the series too, all new, all just £2 each.
Visions of Wilderness - an Outcast's Odyssey
by Laurence Shelley
Can Dartmoor deliver a life beyond?
What do you do if your life falls apart? Laurence Shelley's first novel charts the traumatic effects that a car crash and resulting brain damage inflict on the protagonist. His changes in behaviour lead to a marriage breakdown and loss of both home and family, all compounded by a best friend's betrayal.
This shattered outcast now heads for Dartmoor and the comfort of childhood haunts once shared with his beloved grandad Bardy, but the guilt of past actions haunts him.
East Dartmoor's Lesser Known Tors and Rocks
by Max Piper
The magnificent granite tors of Dartmoor’s landscape have drawn in visitors from all across the world, but there remains a little-visited and seldom described area – the beautifully cultivated and wooded country of the far East – that to this day has received very little attention in the literature. There are many fabulous outcrops in this region, but very few, despite their eminence, have ever been called ‘tors’. This is largely due to the extensive tree cover that, over time, has obscured many of them from view. A lot of these rockpiles that continue to be omitted from maps are known as ‘lesser-known tors’.
This book celebrates East Dartmoor's numerous lesser-known outcrops with evocative photographs and compelling accounts from writers, locals and enthusiasts across generations.
Over 350 pages. packed with colour photographs, maps, details and references. Price £20, paperback. Published by The Dartmoor Company.
Around Plymouth in Music and Pictures - Book and CD £15 soft cover
Published by Plymouth Music Accord in aid of its educational work, this book tells stories about Plymouth and Dartmoor with new and historical photographs and 14 tracks of music (included CD and link to MP3 files). All tracks are performed by local orchestras, choirs, bands and performers and most are Plymouth - composed.
The accompanying text tells a bit of local history about each of the 14 subjects: Royal Parade, the Hoe, the Eddystone light, the Barbican, St Andrew's Minster, the Mewstone, Drake, the Tamar, St Budeaux Church, Devonport Park, the Torpoint ferry, Fur Tor, Cuckoo Rock and Plymouth pubs.
Moor Medieval - Exploring Dartmoor in the Middle Ages £15 soft cover
Based on the findings of a four-year project with volunteers working closely with historians and archaeologists. 180 pages, text and colour photographs.