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	£10.00 + £2.00 post to UK	Chapel and Swastika; Methodism in the Channel Islands during the German Ocupation 1940-1945
	£14.95 + £1.50 post to UK	The Channel Islands at War DVD written and presented by John Nettles The Channel Islands at War is an emotional examination of the German invasion and occupation of the Channel Islands and the lasting legacy it left on the Islands. From June 1940, when the Nazis arrived, until May 1945, the inhabitants of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney & Sark lived through five years of oppression, terror, collaboration and near starvation that’s left an indelible scar which is still evident 70 years later. John’s journey takes him to places that still bear witness to the war and where he hears stories of courage, outrage and deprivation from those who lived through five years of jackbooted occupation.
	£15.00 + £3.00 post to the UK	A Concise History of Jersey, A new perspective. by Colin Platt Jersey's close proximity to mainland France has defined the island's history from the beginning. At one end of that history, Ice Age hunters, crossing by land from Normandy, sheltered from the cold in the caves of St Brelade; at the other, German forces occupied the Channel Islands on Hitler's whim, expecting to recruit supporters for the Reich. This book is about strategies often made elsewhere. But it also tells the story of a hardy island people who, left to their own devices, have re-invented themselves successfully many times.
	£6.95 + £3.00 post to the UK	Blame the Badger for a Wild Life! by Mike Stentiford MBE Mike is well known for his strong commitment to raising the profile of and the protection of Jersey's natural Heritage. It has won him the respect and approval of many in his adopted island and in 2000 he was awarded the MBE. In May 2008 Mike became President of the National Trust for Jersey. Blame the Badger is an inspiring book from the man we know best for his love of the wild birds of Jersey and his writing in the local press and spots on local radio.
	£7.95 + £3.00 post to the UK	Journey Around St Helier by Robin Pitman Six strolls around the town of St Helier where by the author discovers people and places of Jersey's Capital.
	£25.00 + £2.50 post to the UK	A Jersey Family from Vikings to Victorians. by Rosemary Hampton Rosemary Hampton vividly brings to life a thousand years of Jersey history. She starts in the 1890s with her four Victorian great-grandparents: ALFRED LE RICHE, ANNE VARDON, EDOUARD LE BROCQ and SOPHIE DE GRUCHY. She then jumps back to the Vikings of the 890s and uses members of her extended family tree to illustrate daily life at a hundred year intervals. The tapestry of stories celebrates family life throughout the centuries and captures the true character of a unique island.
	RRP ~~£29.95~~ £15.00 + £6.00 post to UK	From Refugee to OBE by Charles G. Strasser. The life of Charles Gad Strasser is well captured in the title of this book. The reader will find not only a passionate personal story of one man's "climbing of the mountain," but also an important historical rendition from war-torn Europe to the flourishing industries and institutions which have contributed to our current prosperous world. Charles Strasser fled from his native Czechoslovakia when he was 11 in 1938 just barely in advance of the Nazi war machine.
	£10.00 + £2.00 post to UK	Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians by Marie-Louise Backhurst Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors is an expert introduction for the family historian to the wealth of material available to researchers in libraries and archives in Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark. Full information is given on how to access the civil birth, marriage and death records which are only available in the islands and differ in format from those in England and Wales. Marie-Louise Backhurst covers the census, church records, nonconformist registers, rating lists, newspapers, wills and inheritance, official records, and the variety of other sources that can illuminate a past life and make family history research so rewarding. This book will equally be essential reading and reference for anyone who wants to explore the history of the Channel Islands.
	£19.95 + £4.00 post to UK	Life & Times; Life Across Our Islands Captured by Chris George. More than 200 pictures from the 24SE7EN photographer showing a slice of the diverse life in the Channel Islands.
	£14.99 + £3.00 post to UK	Wild Islands DVD by Sue Daly Four 25 minute programmes by award-winning natural history photographer, Sue Daly. Wild Sark, Wild Invaders, Wild Harbours, Wild Spring and Wild Alderney See the dedicated page: http://www.jerseybookshop.co.uk/WildIslands.htm
	£7.95 + £3.00 post to UK	Wild Island, Jersey Nature Diary by Peter Double & Nick Parlett The natural world of Jersey through the year written by Peter Double and beautifully illustrated by local artist Nick Parlett
	£14.99 + £5.00 pos to the UK	The Twentieth Century Jersey by Raoul Lemprière A fantastic collection of photographs of the island of Jersey taken in the Twentieth century.
	£19.99 + £5.50 post to UK	A Peculiar Occupation New Perspectives on Hitler's Channel Islands. By Peter Tabb ISBN 0-7110-3113-4 Written by a Channel Islander, this is a remarkable testament to the triumph of the human spirit over evil and the survival of a quintessentially British way of life under the Nazi jackboot.
	£17.00 + £1.50 post to UK	Jersey Geology Trail by R.A.H.Nichols, Ph.D. & A.E.Hill Ph.D.
	£15.00 + £1.50 post to UK	JERSEY CLIMBS by local climber Kevin Eloury. Check out this link: http://www.jerseyclimbs.com/

	DVD £15.99 +£2 postage to UK Pbk Book £6.95 +£3.00 postage to UK	Living with the Enemy DVD £15.99 Living with the Enemy book £ 6.95
	Paperback £8.00 + £3.00 postage to UK	Escape to Death by Richard Le Normond. Set in 1947 this thriller by Jerseyman Richard Le Normond is set in the world of a special branch of the secret service, running an escape route from Germany, through France and Spain, to a castle on the Portuguese coast. The clients are minor war criminals; each one carries a case of gold, stolen from their concentration camp victims. Unbeknown to the escapees, on arrival at the castle these Nazis are taken out to sea by launch to a non-existent freighter, eliminated, and their gold recovered. This is their �escape to death'
	Paperback £8.00 + £3.00 postage to UK	A Killer at Large by Richard Le Normond. This thoroughly researched and written thriller is by master story teller Richard Le Normand, a Jerseyman who lived through the Occupation and who is now retired and lives on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. "A sixteen-year old boy is brutally raped by German soldiers and deported to France where he escapes, and becomes obsessed with revenge. After joining the French Resistance and proving his worth, he is chosen for a covert British Special Services �operation'."

Harry Vardon,

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Tracing Your Channel Islands Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians