Local books including our own history and a new walking guide are again featured in The Book Case bestsellers for June as well as current national prizewinning fiction.
1. I Know My Own Heart - Anne Lister, ed. Helena Whitbread (£15.99)
There was universal interest in Anne Lister following the broadcast of "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister" starring Maxine Peake at the end of May which brought a lot of orders for local author Helena Whitbread’s book based on the diaries through our website.
2. Lacuna - Barbara Kingsolver (£7.99)
Again in second place, this chunky novel from the author of Poisonwood Bible about a man torn between the warm heart of Mexico and the cold embrace of 1950s McCarthyite America. Making himself useful in the household of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo and Trotsky, he inadvertently casts his lot with art and revolution.
3. Hebden Bridge: a short history of the area - Peter Thomas (£5.99)
Back near the top is Peter Thomas’s account of the history of our area. Our own Royd Press publication.
The Booker-winning story of Thomas Cromwell - political genius, briber, charmer and bully - as Henry VIII’s pursuit of Anne Boleyn shakes the kingdom. The audio version is our current CD of the Month and Hilary Mantel is attending the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival.
5. The Pennine Way - Paddy Dillon (£12.95)
A new guide with a detailed description of the official route, photographs throughout the seasons and OS map extracts with full information about accommodation, public transport and other facilities available en route.
6. Halifax and Calder Valley Memories (£12.99)
From True North in Halifax, photographs and descriptions of scenes in Halifax, Elland, Brighouse, Hebden Bridge and Todmorden from Edwardian times on, covering events, street scenes, the war years, royal visits, the shops, leisure and transport.
7. Beautiful Cows - Valerie Porter (£12.99)
Photographic portraits of the best in bovine beauties. Beautiful Pigs and Beautiful Sheep are also available.
8. Memories of Ted Hughes 1952-1963 - Daniel Huws (£5.99)
This little book about Ted Hughes in his Cambridge years, and his friendship with Sylvia Plath continues to sell well.
9. Yorkshire Dales Textile Mills - George Ingle (£9.99)
An illustrated Royd Press publication about the many - now mostly forgotten - textile mills there used to be in the Dales.
10. Change of Climate - Hilary Mantel (£8.99)
By this year’s Booker winner, a novel from 1994 described as both a first rate thriller and a literary family saga - from the violent townships of South Africa to the windswept countryside of Norfolk.
