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Our website is mainly for Manx Books, if not listed here you can order any book, art materials, vinyl and guitar strings from us by:
Phone : 01624 833376 (Port Erin) 01624 813374 (Ramsey)
Email : [email protected]
Use the CONTACT US form
Or, to order books online from our Bookshop.org site for delivery anywhere...
A selection of new titles...
100 Years of the Manx Grand Prix by David Wright
£28.50
Celebrating 100 years of the Manx Grand Prix in 2023. By David Wright.
Hardback, 212 pages, published November 2022.
Published by The Manx Motor Cycle Club Ltd
NB. Price includes a postage supplement of £3.50 due to the weight of the book (1.5kg).
The Isle of Man Mountain Course is acknowledged as the most formidable of racing circuits. Best known for the annual Tourist Trophy (TT) meeting contested by professional motorcycle racers, for 100 years it has also proved irresistibly appealing to the amateur racers who contest the Manx Grand Prix (MGP), many of whom have gone on to success at the TT and a select few have become World Champions.
This is the story of the 'Manx', its riders, races, its organisation by the Manx Motor Cycle Club and its turbulent 100 years of challenging the Isle of Man Mountain Course. With a lap distance of 37.4 miles, the Course runs over the Island's ordinary roads, through towns, villages and open countryside, before climbing the side of a mountain and then plunging back down to sea level. Many consider it to be the ultimate bike ride!
Manx Hills by Tom Sinden
£10.00
EXCLUSIVE to Bridge Bookshop
Very limited print run
A pictorial guide to walking in the hills. It contains 40 pencil sketches and 18 pen diagrams
A5 Hardback
The Magic of the Manx Glens by Susan Jellis
£10.00
From Victorian pleasure grounds to treasured green spaces, the Manx glens have enchanted generations of visitors.
The Magic of the Manx Glens reflects their varying character and amenities, and highlights the continuing appeal of the semi-wild seclusion to be found in many of them. The National Glens are in the care of the Isle of Man Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture, which preserves their now semi-natural character and maintains the paths and bridges with accessible access where possible in mind.
Published April 2023
Paperback 20cm x 20 cm
96 pages
Isle of Man TT Greats In Their Own Words by Dave Moore
£20.00
Only a few left!
SIGNED by the author
'Isle of Man TT Greats' is a collection of recollections from those who have raced and won over the notorious thirty-seven and three-quarter mile long Mountain course, from multiple-World championship winners to the part-timers who scrape together what finances they can in order to compete.
Featured within this book are the memories of the most successful Grand Prix winner of all time and nine-times TT victor Giacomo Agostini, Kel Carruthers was also a World champion and TT race winner and fellow Australian Cameron Donald took two victories at the TT. There's also David Hickman, a Manx Grand Prix winner and father of TT lap record holder Peter, Jason Griffths, another to stand on the top step of the Manx Grand Prix podium and one of the best riders never to have won a TT. Dave Leach, who won four TT races or was it six? Rob McElnea triumphed three times in three years at the TT while Steve Plater won twice in a similar period of time. Brian Reid took five TT victories and lan Simpson followed in his father's footsteps by winning a TT race. Barry Wood was twice a Manx Grand Prix winner and although former TT commentator Murray Walker never raced at the Isle of Man; he remembers his father doing so and winning the Junior TT.
Many, many memories covering almost a century of racing at the Isle Man TT and Manx Grand Prix plus many other motorcycle races. Some happy, some not so happy but all part of one of the World's greatest motorsport events.
HARDBACK
A Guide to the Folklore Sites of the Isle of Man by James Franklin, Sam Hudson & Katie Newton
£14.99
BACK IN STOCK (22/12/23)
New, published 5/12/23
Where is the Cursed Stone of Destiny?
Which holy well offers a cure for baldness?
What terrifying creature lurks on Ramsey promenade?
This is a guide to over 400 sites around the Isle of Man and the traditional folklore to be found there.
Gathered from thousands of sources across hundreds of years of folklore collecting, ranging from medieval stories of vengeful saints through to ghostly figures still being seen today, this book offers a comprehensive guide to the breadth and variety of the traditional folklore of the Isle of Man.
This collection will transform not just our knowledge of Manx folklore but also our relationship to the Isle of Man itself.
Revisiting the Mona's Queen III by Dr Michelle Heywood
£15.00
New - published Nov 2023
As an island of seafarers, the Isle of Man and its Steam Packet Company vessels were destined to play a significant part in World War II. At the outbreak of war, 10 vessels were requisitioned and adapted for war purposes.
Tragedy struck in May 1940, when in the space of 24 hours, three Manx vessels, Mona's Queen, Fenella and King Orry, were lost during the chaotic evacuation of Dunkirk. The Island mourned the lost sailors at the same time as it was preparing to host thousands of foreign national internees being brought from the UK.
The Island never forgot its Dunkirk losses and the families held onto precious keepsakes. 70 years later the anchor from the Mona's Queen was recovered and restored. It returned to the Island to form the centrepiece of the Dunkirk memorial. The anchor inspired a team of Manx divers to return to the Mona's Queen, and to tell the story for the next generation.
"Manx men who sailed to Dunkirk, many of whom were very young, were civilians and had never been in combat. They were incredibly brave, knowingly sailing towards the danger and into harm's way. Some of them, of course, paid the ultimate sacrifice and we should remember them, as well as all their Isle of Man Steam Packet comrades who served at Dunkirk and elsewhere during World War II." Lieutenant Governor, Sir John Lorimer, 2023
A4 Paperback
Strandings and Sinkings Shipwrecks in Manx Waters
£19.95
NEW book on Manx Shipwrecks, published Feb 2024
by Ray Stanfield and Sara Goodwin
In the scheme of things, wrecks are wrong.
Ships should be forging out exploring new lands. Or carrying cargo across the seas. or harvesting fish. At the very least they should be floating. Perhaps this is why so many of us find wrecks fascinating. It may be because they are mute witnesses to great heroism (and occasionally great idiocy), or provide an insight into the lives of those who crewed them.
Or perhaps we find the martime history fascinating, or like the fact that they can provide homes for marine life. Of course, not all ships which founder, stay down. Many are refloated to sail again.
The waters around the Isle of Man are notoriously tricky, so much so that what became the RNLI was founded here. A book of wrecks in Manx waters could never be comprehensive, but this provides an illustrated cross section of the tragedies and triumphs of riding the waves.
A4 Paperback
84 pages, colour and b&w photos throughout
Island Kitchen NEW EDITION
£22.95
NEW EDITION published 1/2/2024
The new 2024 edition of the Island Kitchen illustrates the continued high standard of cuisine that can be found on the Island, showcasing signature dishes from the Isle of Man’s finest chefs and restaurants, using the abundant, high-quality produce that the Island is renowned for. From succulent starters to delicious desserts, you are sure to find a favourite and keep coming back for more. The book also includes some traditional recipes like Manx Bonnag and Bay ny Carrickey Chowder. The recipes are varied, imaginative and delicious, whether you are enjoying them at home or eating out, where they will be lovingly created by our Island’s skilled chefs.
Edited by Miles Cowsill and Sara Donaldson
254 Pages
Hardback
Please note, the price includes a supplement of £3 towards the cost of shipping this item due to weight.
Hango Hill : The Manx Uprisings during the British Civil Wars by William Jeffcoate
£8.00
The title of this book is taken from a small hill that stands beside the sea shore close to Castletown in the Isle of Man. It was once a place of public execution and it was there that a Manxman, William Christian, was shot on the 2nd January 1663. While this book is concerned with the events that led to his execution, it is not exclusively about the actions of this one man, and of the price he paid. It aims instead to put his death into the context of what had happened over the preceding 70 years.
Cover image: Hango Hill by Peter Cavanagh
Independently Published by Idiom Publishing 2024 Mill House, Glen Maye, Isle of Man
A5 paperback
119 pages
52 Manx Things To Make And Do by Felicity Wood
£11.99
New activity book for the Isle of Man. Published Sept 2024
By Felicity Wood, local artist, writer and teacher.
"52 Manx Things to Make and Do" is perfect for anyone to engage their little ones with fun activities around the Isle of Man.
Parents and carers, your "What shall we do today?" problems are now solved. Things to find, to see, to visit and to make can be ticked off at the back of this handy book. Available in store now.
70 pages
A5 Spiral Bound
Steam Packet 195
£21.50
Only a few left!
Published Nov 2024
Authors : Miles Cowsill, Barry Edwards, Richard Kirkman
The Isle of Man Steam Packet Company is the oldest continually operating passenger shipping company in the world, having began operations in 1830. Today the company carry’s some 630,000 passengers annually, 196,000 cars and is the Island’s lifeline for freight. This book is an update on the history of the Isle of Man Steam Packet since our 190th Anniversary publication. The title includes a history of the company year by year, including the takeover over of the operation by the Isle of Man Government in 2019 and the introduction of the Manxman in 2023. The book includes a wealth of new photography since the last edition in 2019.
Paperback
Manx Conscientious Objectors : Enemies of War by John Manley
£19.99
Only a few left!
Published Dec 2024
Most histories of the two world wars focus on those who fought.
Little has been written to date about the dissenting voice of the courageous people who took a principled stand against war to the extent of refusing to take up arms, whatever the consequences might be..
These men have been overlooked, and their records destroyed.
This book seeks to redress the balance by portraying some of the fascinating stories of the Manx men who, because of their religious and political convictions, bravely defied conscription during both world wars.
The story of Manx First World War conscientious objectors is a very dramatic one, involving derision, abuse, isolation and long terms of imprisonment. These men were among the first conscientious objectors in Britain and their trailblazing stand against conscription came at a time when jingoism was at its height, and thousands of young British men were being slaughtered in the trenches of northern France.
The First World War conscientious objectors, and their Second World War colleagues, were vilified to an appalling extent, ostracised by family and friends, and subjected to employment and electoral discrimination.
Only now is the story of these brave men, and their extraordinary principles, being revealed.
Paperback
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