BESTSELLERS at The Book Case in May saw four adult books of local interest selling well - two of them by the same author.
The Big Green Weekend also appeared to make an impact with tales of alternative energy making the list.
1: The Backbone of England: Landscape and Life on the Pennine Watershed by Andrew Bibby and John Morrison. This illustracted hardback on the P
ennie Watershed is written by local author and journalist Andrew Bibby, featuring photographs by ex Hebden Bridge photographer and author John Morrison. The pair will be discussing the book at the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
2: Hebden Bridge: A Short History of the Area by Peter Thomas. An illustrated hisory of the town and area which shows how we have changed over the centuries.
3: A Century of Stars: Hebden Royd Red Star AFC 1908-2008 by Peter Thomas. Peter Thomas scores twice. Hebden Royd Red Star AFC is the oldest continuously-existing club in the Halifax League and celebrates its centenary in October. This colourful new book is full of memories, interviews, anecdotes and photographs.
4: Power in the Landscape: Water-Powered Mills in the Upper Calder Valley. A well-researched and illustrated history of watermills in the area.
5: How to Live Off-Grid: Journeys Outside the System by Nick Rosen. People who live without mains water, power or phone line vary widely but all are outside or in-between the criss-crossing lines of power, water and phone that delineate the civilised world.
6: The Transition Handbook: From Oil Dependency to Local Resilience by Rob Hopkins. We live in an oil-dependant world, this manual attempts to guide communities to begin an energy descent journey.
7: Wild Swimming by Daniel Start. All the practical information you need to enjoy 150 magical swims across the Uk in Britain's rivers, lakes and waterfalls.
8: Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis. A picture book about two little girls who find a new playmate- but they have to let him go.
9: History of Modern Britain by Andrew Marr. This month's Non-Fiction Book of the Month. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification.
10: Ned Carver in Danger by Phyllis Bentley. A 13-year-old boy starts work at a Calder Valley cropping shop in 1812 just as his friend's mill-owner father introduces the cropping frames that will put his skilled companiions out of work. The second locally-produced historical novel for young children by Phyllis Bentley published by the Book Case.
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