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Cornwall from the Coast Path
By Michael Kent and Merryn Kent
ISBN: 9780906720684 
CATEGORY: Outdoors 
In 2007, Mike Kent fulfilled a long-standing ambition to walk the whole of the coast path of his Cornish homeland, from Marsland to Cremyll. During the 16-day journey, walking for up to 14 hours each day, and occasionally camping wild on remote and rugged cliffs, Mike recorded his thoughts and observations about various things Cornish. On his return, Mike and Merryn Kent dug deeper to uncover more about the places and people, landscapes and wildlife, that caught his imagination along the way.
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Wildflowers of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
By David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720646 
CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall 
Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly are home to some of the best displays of wildflowers in the world. From primroses and carpets of bluebells in spring, through thrift, orchids and poppies in summer, to the stunning spectacle of heather and gorse in autumn, Cornwall has it all. This book includes over 300 species, and 240 colour photographs.
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Iconic Cornwall
By Sarah Chapman and David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720578 
CATEGORY: Cornwall 
Cornwall has a unique culture, heritage, beauty and atmosphere. Its character is defined to a large extent by the places, people, natural features and buildings that typify and represent the best of the county. In words and photographs, this book portrays those iconic locations that exemplify Cornwall – places that fascinate, intrigue and inspire.
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Exploring the Cornish Coast
By David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720561 
CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall 
Cornwall is almost surrounded by sea. Some 300 miles of coast includes majestic cliffs, sheltered harbours, creeks and estuaries, and magnificent beaches. This book focuses on the different types of coastal habitat – their geography, geology and wildlife.
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Birds of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
By David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720554 
CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall 
More than 250 species of birds are recorded in Cornwall every year. This books includes them all, with 162 spectacular colour photographs of all the common ones, most of the uncommon ones, and some of the rarer birds. It includes 'at a glance' details of seasons, habitats, status, and places in which to see them.
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Penwith Moods
By David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720547 
CATEGORY: Art/Photography 
The most westerly tip of Cornwall, and of England, the Penwith peninsula is an ancient, Celtic land, subject to the vicissitudes of weather from the Atlantic. David Chapman's evocative photographs perfectly capture the mood of the place.

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Heligan Survivors
By Philip McMillan Browse (ed.)
ISBN: 9780906720530 
CATEGORY: Garden history 
Initially inaccessible and swamped by overgrowth when the Lost Gardens were rediscovered in 1990, much of Heligan’s valuable woody plantstock was subsequently identified and protected during the course of clearance by Philip McMillan Browse, then Cornwall County Council Horticultural Advisor (and former Director of RHS Wisley).
Philip later became Heligan’s first Horticultural Director, and encouraged his team to research into the origins of the veteran specimens in their care. Some individuals are rare indeed – and vulnerable in their old age.
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Exploring the Camel Estuary
By Michael Kent & Adrian Langdon
ISBN: 9780906720523 
CATEGORY: Pocket Cornwall 
The Camel Estuary is famous for its outstanding natural beauty. Its magnificent scenery varies from the wood-lined banks at its tidal limits to the open waters and exposed shores at its mouth, and changes
dramatically with the state of tide and the seasons. This book explores the Camel Estuary, its diverse habitats, and the wealth of plants and animals they support.
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Wild about Cornwall
By David Chapman
ISBN: 9780906720516 
CATEGORY: Natural history 
Wild About Cornwall looks at the best places to go to experience the natural history of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. It includes some 40 locations around the county, featuring well-known spots such as Kynance, and some much less well known, such as the arable fields of Boscregan Farm near Land’s End. Locations have been chosen to offer a chance not just to see but to experience the county’s best wildlife in some stunning locations.
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101 Cornish Lives
By Maurice Smelt
ISBN: 0906720508 
CATEGORY: Biography 
This fascinating book ranges over hundreds of years and thousands of miles, tracking a colourful cast of Cornish men and women who are, or should be, famous. Sharp, irreverent, affectionate and often surprising, Maurice Smelt captures the spirit of the place and its people in a collection of pen portraits of saints, heroes and villains, from St Piran to Rick Rescorla. If you’re Cornish, or you simply love Cornwall, then this is the book for you.
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Cornwall from Above
By John Such; introduction by Liz Luck
ISBN: 0906720494 
CATEGORY: Art/Photography 
In some of the most stunning aerial photographs of the county, Cornwall from Above reveals colours, textures and patterns of land, sea and sky – some natural, others man-made. It offers a visual feast, and a new perspective on the imprint of human activity on this ancient environment.

John Such was born in Newquay, Cornwall, and from the age of 12 knew that he wanted to be a photographer.
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Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs
By Philip McMillan Browse
ISBN: 0906720400 
CATEGORY: Garden history 
Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs celebrates the abundance of the award-winning productive gardens at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. With derelict structures restored to working order, the range of traditional crops now cultivated and harvested by hand is beginning to reflect the output of the gardens in their late Victorian heyday.
This book tells the stories of reconstruction behind increasingly well-known features – the beautiful apple arches in the Vegetable Garden, the unique pineapple pit in the Melon Yard and the historically significant Paxton House in the Flower Garden.
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Heligan Days: A Perpetual Diary
By Mally Francis
ISBN: 0906720478 
CATEGORY: Gardening 
Forty-nine exquisite botanical paintings produced since 1997 at The Lost Gardens of Heligan. These include some of the ancient, almost iconic, flowering trees and shrubs in the pleasure grounds of the Lost Gardens; cut-flower, fruit and vegetable crops from the award-winning productive gardens, and wild flowers and fungi from Heligan’s wider estate. The book includes an introduction by the artist, and spaces to record notes or birthdays for each day of the year.
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Heligan Days: A Perpetual Diary
By Mally Francis
ISBN: 0906720478 
CATEGORY: Art/Photography 
Forty-nine exquisite botanical paintings produced since 1997 at The Lost Gardens of Heligan. These include some of the ancient, almost iconic, flowering trees and shrubs in the pleasure grounds of the Lost Gardens; cut-flower, fruit and vegetable crops from the award-winning productive gardens, and wild flowers and fungi from Heligan’s wider estate. The book includes an introduction by the artist, and spaces to record notes or birthdays for each day of the year.
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The Cornwall Gardens Guide: Second Edition
By Douglas Ellory Pett, with additional research by Margaret Grose
ISBN: 0906720486 
CATEGORY: County Gardens Guides 
Completely revised and updated, the second edition of The Cornwall Gardens Guide contains many gardens that have opened to the public since the Guide was first published in 2003. Described as ‘an essential companion for anyone who enjoys visiting Cornwall's wealth of gardens’, this book is a comprehensive visitor’s guide to over 130 gardens in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly open to the public. Written by the author of the standard reference work The Parks and Gardens of Cornwall, with additional research by Margaret Grose, the text is thoroughly researched, informative, accessible and up to date.
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Golden Harvest: The Story of Daffodil Growing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
By Andrew Tompsett
ISBN: 090672046X 
CATEGORY: Horticulture 
Daffodil growing has been an important industry in Cornwalll and the Isles of Scilly for over 100 years. Today, despite competition from flower imports, the industry remains strong: Cornish daffodil farms are some of the largest and most efficient in the world, supplying flowers and bulbs to all parts of the UK, to Continental Europe, and to the USA, bringing pleasure to millions, and employment and profit to the county.

Golden Harvest is the first book to tell the story of the industry.
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Cornish Fishing and Seafood
By Carol Trewin & Adam Woolfitt
ISBN: 0906720427 
CATEGORY: Food 
Did you know that more than 50 species of fish and shellfish are regularly landed in Cornwall? Or that stocks of most of these are thriving?
Cornish Fishing and Seafood is not just another book of fish recipes, although more than 20 recipes demonstrate how easy it is to cook the best, freshest fish. It also celebrates seafood and sea fishing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and reveals why our only truly wild source of food, harvested by the last of the hunter-gatherers, is special, to be treated with respect. It takes the lid off the myths and misunderstandings surrounding sea fishing, to discover the real state of fishing in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
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Creative Gardeners
By Douglas Ellory Pett
ISBN: 0906720419 
CATEGORY: Gardening 
An inspirational book for gardeners about gardens. Twenty private gardens – mostly designed and brought into existence by their owners – have been chosen for their diversity, creativity and skill in cultivation. They range from a former marsh to moors and open upland; from frost pockets to areas of excessive rainfall.
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Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs
By Philip McMillan Browse
ISBN: 0906720400 
CATEGORY: Gardening 
Heligan: Fruit, Flowers and Herbs celebrates the abundance of the award-winning productive gardens at the Lost Gardens of Heligan. With derelict structures restored to working order, the range of traditional crops now cultivated and harvested by hand is beginning to reflect the output of the gardens in their late Victorian heyday.
This book tells the stories of reconstruction behind increasingly well-known features – the beautiful apple arches in the Vegetable Garden, the unique pineapple pit in the Melon Yard and the historically significant Paxton House in the Flower Garden.
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Gourmet Cornwall
By Carol Trewin & Adam Woolfitt
ISBN: 0906720397 
CATEGORY: Food 
Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2005, for the Best Local Cookbook published in the UK, Gourmet Cornwall celebrates the superb food and drink of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; the dedicated men and women who produce it, and the chefs who create some of the finest contemporary dishes. This is the first in-depth study of regional food in Britain today: real food, with real taste. For foodlovers everywhere.
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