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Patrick Barkham’s
Guide to
British
Butterflies
Produced by Bill Smith
The author of best-selling book,
The Butterfly Isles, presents a superbly
filmed guide to Britain’s 59 species of
butterfly – how to identify them, and
when and where to see them.
2-DVD set, approx. 4¾ hours, £24.95
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Farm
Fatale
British
Field Crops
A Pocket Guide to the
Identification, History
and Uses of Arable
Crops in Great Britain
Paul Heiney
Awash with not only blood, sweat
and tears but a great deal of good
humour, this book tells a story of the
changing seasons in the countryside
seen through the eyes of a man in
determined pursuit of a dream:
farming with heavy horses.
Swapping his broadcasting career
for a life on the land, Paul Heiney
started his own farm, shunning
modern methods and getting to grips
with all the disasters and rewards
that a farming life can bring.
Hardback, 200 pages, £12.99
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Sally A. Francis
This “unique, high-quality pocket
guide” (Farmers Weekly) with its
easy-to-use crop identification
keys and beautiful illustrations will
help you to identify 80 botanical
species – representing over 100
different crops – found in the
British countryside today.
Paperback, 108 pages, £12.49
Order 614B
Absolutely Appleby
Heidi M. Sands
Over 100 fantastic photographs show how Appleby Horse Fair is
as much about community and tradition as it is about horses.
From action shots of horses on the ‘flashing lane’ to horses and
their handlers enjoying the river Eden, this book provides an
insight into the experience of the fair – and all that is ‘Absolutely
Appleby’.
Paperback, 128 pages, £9.95
Order 607B
One Farm,
One Year
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2-DVD set, £29.95
Chris Lockwood
Together, these two DVDs constitute
the most detailed programmes ever
released about the farming year on
a large arable enterprise.
Filmed in 2012, the main crops were
winter wheat, winter and spring
barley, oilseed rape and sugar beet.
Large enough to be able to justify
some excitingly large tractors and
equipment, and we see 41 different
machines from a 47hp Ford 3000
from 1971 to the latest 616hp John
Deere 9560RT.
DVDs, both approx. 2 hours,
£17.95 each
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Part One:
January - August
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Part Two:
August - December
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TVNZ
The Best of
Country Calendar 2012
The long-running TV series Country Calendar keeps
making well-told stories about strong characters earning
their livings in great rural locations.
The 12 episodes chosen as the best of 2012 feature a wide
range of farming and outdoors activities in some of New
Zealand’s most beautiful landscapes.
DVD, approx. 4½ hours,
£17.95
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Farming Diaries Volume 3
The Last Harvest
Stephen Richmond & Jonathan
Whitlam, Tractor Barn Productions
A fitting tribute to tenant farmers everywhere,
this DVD sees long-standing tenant farmer
Ted Fenner take us through his last year of
farming oats & barley before giving up the
tenancy. It helps us appreciate how difficult it is
for traditional tenant farmers to compete with
the big boys.
DVD, approx. 90 minutes, £16.95
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3-DVD set, £44.95
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Chris
Jaworski
With step-by-step instructions, illustrated by 650 clear
photographs, on servicing and repairing the MF 35
(many a restorer’s favourite machine), this book is an
indispensable resource if you are involved or
interested in servicing, repairs or restoration.
Hardback, 208 pages, £24.95
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MASSEY
FERGUSON
Farm
Implements
& Machinery
Part 3
1977-88
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Ransomes and their
Tractor Share Ploughs
Anthony Clare
A must-read for tractor and ploughing
enthusiasts, this was the first book to classify,
describe and show the wide range of ploughs
produced by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies.
Now reprinted with minor amendments, the
120 photographs, analyses of plough
identification codes, ‘TS’ classifications and a
glossary render this book as comprehensive
and usable as ever for all those who value
their Ransomes ploughs for matches and at
work.
Hardback, 100 pages, £15.95
Order 536B
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together and save!
3-DVD set, £44.95
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George French
& Dennis Burston
With the majority of
tractors and
implements shown
working just as they
would have done when
they were first used,
highlights of this last
programme in the
series include the 200
forage harvester and
trailer as well as a
29XP combine, its
sleek lines looking
forward to a new era.
DVD, approx. 100
minutes, £16.95
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Chris
Lockwood
John Deere Tractors
A Power on the Land
since 1918 Stephen
Richmond
& Jonathan
Whitlam,
Tractor Barn
Productions
DVD, approx.
100 minutes,
£16.95 Order 325D
A pocket-sized book that’s ideal
for novice enthusiasts, Know Your Classic Tractors
features 41 examples of classic tractors – from David
Brown and Leyland to Same and Steiger. Each tractor
has a full-page photograph accompanied by brief text
providing technical details as well as background
about the company and tractor range.
Due to be published early July 2013
Paperback, 88 pages, £4.99
Order 611B
Maize Harvest
The Strongest Forage
Harvesters in the World
Telling the story of
the John Deere
tractor from the
Waterloo Boy of
1918 to the latest R
series models, and
from two-cylinder
engines to
microchips, this DVD
showcases ninetyfive years of tractor
development.
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Jörn & Tammo
Gläser
This DVD features
the world’s largest
forage harvesters at
work in Germany,
including the John
Deere 7950i, New
Holland FR9090,
Claas Jaguar 980
and Fendt Katana
65, as well as three
Krone BigX 1100s
lined up in one field.
Also included is a
John Deere special
which features an
S690 combine on
tracks. The DVD
has an English
voice-over as well
as an informative
booklet.
DVD, approx. 75
minutes, £24.95
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Ferdy De Martin
& Xavier Stéfaniak
More than 250 photographs show off
29 unique and instantly recognisable
customised trucks from the UK,
Europe and North America.
With high standards of craftsmanship
and superb finishes, the imaginative
designs range from subtle decoration
to trucking rococo.
Hardback, 160 pages, £19.95
Order 604B
Volvo F10 & F12
at Work 1977-83
Patrick W. Dyer
The latest book in Patrick’s superb Trucks at Work
series focuses on the Volvo F10 and F12 – a
range that will evoke a host of memories for those
in the trucking world.
Over 200 glorious photographs, including images
from the Volvo archive as well as enthusiasts’
shots, are supported, as always, by
knowledgeable introductions and detailed
captions.
Hardback, 144 pages, £19.95 Order 608B
Not All Sunshine and Sand:
The Tales of a UK-Middle East Truck Driver
Paul Rowlands
Recounting his many hair-raising experiences as a truck
driver on the Middle East run, some of them humorous,
some alarming, Paul Rowlands recalls the camaraderie of
the trucking fraternity.
A tremendous tale, in which run-ins with the locals, dramatic
encounters with foreign drivers and mechanical problems
seem the norm for a long-haul lorry driver.
First paperback edition, 304 pages, £7.95 Order 605B
Pete Connock & Martin Phippard,
CP Productions
Showing the haulage needed to support the continuing
expansion of the iron-ore business on Australia’s north-west
coast, this absorbing DVD features some of the world’s largest
mining trucks in action, as well as recording monster lifts of
heavy mining equipment up to several hundred tons.
DVD, approx. 75 minutes, £16.95 Order 319D
Eric Orlemann & Keith Haddock
Focusing on some of the largest and most impressive of their
classes, this DVD is a compilation of footage filmed at surface
mines in America from 2005 to 2008. Featured are the world’s
largest production bulldozer – the Komatsu 575-A, the world’s
largest wheel loader – the LeTourneau L-2350, and one of the
largest stripping shovels ever constructed – ‘Silver Spade’, a
Bucyrus-Erie 1950-B.
DVD, approx. 67 minutes, £16.95 Order 315D
Season Four
Ax Men:
Ice Road
Truckers:
Eddie
Stobart:
Season Five
The History Channel
Season Six
It‘s pedal to the metal when the
truckers venture deep into Europe
as the iconic British haulage firm
hits the road once more.
4-DVD set, approx. 6 hours,
£19.95 Order 323D
Embarking on the
toughest season of their
careers, this season’s loggers attempt
The Ice Road Truckers are back on
to conquer Mother Nature, themselves
the road, battling against treacherous
and the impossible.
roads and time in the frozen wastes
hundreds of miles north of civilisation. Due in stock late June 2013
5-DVD set, approx. 15¾ hours,
4-DVD set, approx. 11½ hours,
£24.95 Order 327D
£24.95 Order 326D
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Entertainment
The History
Channel
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