Redcliffe Press Publications
Far Out: The Dawning of New Age Britain
MIRIAM AKHTAR AND STEVE HUMPHRIES
Published to accompany a major Channel 4 TV series, the book explores the hidden history of the New Age movement in Britain. It tells the remarkable stories of the early pioneers, using personal testimonies to illuminate a number of themes: eastern mysticism; spiritualism; neo-paganism; alternative lifestyles; astrology; communes and experimental communities, along with end-of-the-world prophecies and millennial movements going back to 1914.
245mm x 190mm 174pp many black & white illustrations
ISBN 1 900178 22 2 hardback £14.99 published by Sansom & Company
The History of British Pathology
GEORGE J CUNNINGHAM
The story of pathology from the eighteenth century when the best clinicians began to perform post-mortem examinations and to collect their autopsy and biopsy specimens into museums. Concludes with the formation of the College of Pathologists in the 1960s.
220mm x 155mm 374pp
ISBN 1 872971 57 1 softback £15
Medieval Brigands: Pictures in a year of the 'hippie' convoy
PETER GARDNER
After the notorious law-and-order conflicts at Stonehenge and the 'Battle of Beanfield' in the late 1980s, the author spent a year meeting and photographing the hippie families away from the media spotlight. The result is a sympathetic and balanced view which puts the public image of the hippie community into a more human and sensitive context.
265mm x 165mm 128pp black & white photographs
ISBN 0948265 02 7 softback £8.95
Sacred and Satiric: Medieval Stone Carving in the West Country
JH BETTY AND C WG TAYLOR
The ancient churches of the West Country contain thousands of stone carvings, ranging from the crudely executed work of country stone masons to the most elegant medieval workmanship. They range in subject from deeply religious themes to monsters, grotesques, fertility figures and coarse, even obscene, satires on everyday life.
240mm x 178mm 64pp 44 black & white photographs
ISBN 0 905459 32 6 softback £2.25
Sammy: The Sporting Life of SMJ Woods
CLIFFORD JIGGENS
Sammy Woods, an Australian who captained Somerset at cricket from 1894-1906, was one of the most popular players of the Golden Age of cricket. He was a feared fast bowler, an aggressive batsman who hit one of the fastest double-centuries ever recorded and was a bold captain who hated to draw a match. He was the most versatile all-round sportsman to come out of Australia, playing Test cricket for both Australia and England and captaining England to great rugby victories.
235mm x 155mm 160pp, with many black & white illustrations
ISBN 1 900178 85 0 hardback £14.99 published by Sansom & Company
The Sculpted Forest: Sculptures in the Forest of Dean
RUPERT MARTIN
Describes in detail 20 sculptures in this working forest, and how the project took shape. 'A project of the highest calibre' – Marina Vaizey, Sunday Times.
245mm x 185mm 96pp colour and black & white illustrations
ISBN 0 948265 04 3 softback £7.95
A Taste of Somerset
ANDREA LEEMAN
Weaves together recipes and stories about a spectacular range of local produce. In what other county can a cook with an eye for a fine larder stock up on ingredients ranging from smoked eel to asparagus, luscious strawberries, truckles of prize-winning cheese, and to round off the meal a Somerset apple brandy good enough to tweak Gallic noses across the Channel?
210mm x 240mm 112pp colour and black & white illustrations
ISBN 1 904537 00 6 softback £12.50