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The Price of BreadAuthor: Crysse MorrisonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Jul 01, 2020Number of Pages: 200 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1906978859ISBN-13: 9781906978853

In November 1830 the protest movement known as the Swing Riots, which had affected many communities across southern England, reached the remote Wiltshire village of Tisbury. There, poverty stricken...

Collection of essays and shorter pieces about aspects of the history of Wiltshire, and about local history more generally and its links with literature and music.Author: John ChandlerPublisher:...

The Story of My Heart : My AutobiographyAuthor: Richard JefferiesPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Jun 08, 2020Number of Pages: 186 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

Alphabetical compendium of people, places and events in the history of Swindon, one of the largest towns in central southern England, by well known and respected local historian and author.Author:...

Sequel and supplement to author's acclaimed A-Z compendium of historical information about places and people connected with Swindon, a town in Wiltshire, southern England. Produced to a similar A-Z...

The Thegn's CreedAuthor: Sue BoddingtonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Jun 24, 2020Number of Pages: 284 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1906978883ISBN-13: 9781906978884

The first biography of Richard Peirce, captain in the service of the East India Company, and account of the wreck of his ship, the Halsewell, off Dorset in 1786. He drowned, along with members of his...

Novel. Second in author's Trust Harrison seriesAuthor: Nick CowenPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Aug 12, 2019Number of Pages: 274 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

To Partake Of Tea: The Last Ladies Of Kingston LacyAuthor: Geoffrey BrownPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Aug 05, 2019Number of Pages: 102 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10:...

As the bombs start to fall over southern England the Mason family try on their gas-masks and take to the air-raid shelter. Wartime life in Salisbury becomes one of shortages, 'make do and mend', and...

Very funny novel, first in a series, involving a harassed English rights of way officer who inadvertently recruits a young streetwise volunteer, with unexpected resaults. A tale of hopelessness and...

Under the Apple BoughsAuthor: Peter MaughanPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Jul 10, 2020Number of Pages: 98 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1906978905ISBN-13: 9781906978907

Stephen Allen is a doctor and clinical scientist, now semi-retired, who has had a long and demanding career as a consultant physician, and who has published more than 200 items, mostly research...

Autobiography of Jill Brown, daughter of an English bishop, who trained and worked as a physiotherapist, but succumbed to a rare form of muscular dystrophy, which has left her diabled. Book describes...

Waterside Diaries: The Wildlife Observations of a Naturalist-AnglerAuthor: Mark EverardPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Feb 08, 2025Number of Pages: 204 pagesBinding: Paperback or...

Wessex Landscapes: A Poet's JourneyAuthor: Amanda K. HampsonPublisher: Hobnob PressPublication Date: Feb 15, 2025Number of Pages: 90 pagesBinding: Paperback or SoftbackISBN-10: 1914407822ISBN-13:...

West Swindon is a series of linked suburban centres planned and built from the 1980s to the west of the Wiltshire former railway town. But its story stretches back much further than most people...