A glorious ramble around Yorkshire from one of our best loved poets. I'm going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I'm going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don't want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn't. I'm going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the light gets in. Yorkshire people are tight. Yorkshire people are arrogant. Yorkshire people eat a Yorkshire pudding before every meal. Yorkshire people solder a t' before every word they use... If there were such a thing as a professional Yorkshireman, Ian McMillan would be it. He's regularly consulted as a home-grown expert, and southerners comment archly on his 'fruity Yorkshire brogue'. But he has been keeping a secret. His dad was from Lanarkshire, Scotland, making him, as he puts it, only 'half tyke'. So Ian is worried; is he Yorkshire enough? To try to understand what this means Ian embarks on a journey around the county, starting in the village has lived in his entire life. With contributions from the Cudworth Probus Club, a kazoo playing train guard, Mad Geoff the barber and four Saddleworth council workers looking for a mattress, Ian tries to discover what lies at the heart of Britain's most distinct county and its people, as well as finding out whether the Yorkshire Pudding is worthy of becoming a UNESCO Intangible Heritage Site, if Harrogate is really, really, in Yorkshire and, of course, who knocks up the knocker up?

Neither Nowt Nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire

History

McMillan, Ian

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Ebury Press

I’m going to define the essence of this sprawling place as best I can. I’m going to start here, in this village, and radiate out like a ripple in a pond. I don’t want to go to the obvious places, either; I want to be like a bus driver on my first morning on the job, getting gloriously lost, turning up where I shouldn’t. I’m going to confirm or deny the clichés, holding them up to see where the light gets in. Yorkshire people are tight. Yorkshire people are arrogant. Yorkshire people eat a Yorkshire pudding before every meal. Yorkshire people solder a t’ before every word they use... If there were such a thing as a professional Yorkshireman, Ian McMillan would be it. He’s regularly consulted as a home-grown expert, and southerners comment archly on his ‘fruity Yorkshire brogue’. But he has been keeping a secret. His dad was from Lanarkshire, Scotland, making him, as he puts it, only ‘half tyke’. So Ian is worried; is he Yorkshire enough? To try to understand what this means Ian embarks on a journey around the county, starting in the village has lived in his entire life. With contributions from the Cudworth Probus Club, a kazoo playing train guard, Mad Geoff the barber and four Saddleworth council workers looking for a mattress, Ian tries to discover what lies at the heart of Britain’s most distinct county and its people, as well as finding out whether the Yorkshire Pudding is worthy of becoming a UNESCO Intangible Heritage Site, if Harrogate is really, really, in Yorkshire and, of course, who knocks up the knocker up?

Europe

MCMILLAN, Ian: Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-LIving Bird. New York, E.P. Dutton and Co.,Inc., 1968. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover with dust jacket, 191 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Nature / Birds - Condors - North America / Natural History / Conservation Efforts. Book and jacket condition: Very Good/Good. Light edgewear and small tear to top extremity of jacket. Small chip to top-central area of wrapper's spine. Light smudge to the center of jacket, near the fore-edge. A decent-looking jacket all-in-all. Boards pink with gilt lettering on spine with very light edgewear to the foot of the spine. Overall a copy in above-average condition with all pages clean and unmarked with stunning black and white photos. A moving and compelling account of the natural history of a rare species of condor threatened with extinction due to human incursion into its natural habitat. Essential for students of natural history in general and of avian enthusiasts in particular.

Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-Living Bird.

E.P.Dutton

The Changing Problem

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

Persea Books

Born in Barnsley in 1957, Ian McMillan published his first book of poems, The Changing Problem in 1980. Baleful, satirical, playful, amorous, his poems range in style and effect. The poems are characterizd by their empathetic intelligence and rhythmic tact.

Ian McMillan: Selected Poems

Carcanet Press Ltd.

A mixture of stories, poems and autobiography: the donkey survives the fire, and the poet survives in a northern world where the sun does not shine equally or often on all and where Postman Pat pens a suicide note, maddened by his theme tune, but keeps on driving all the same. Ian McMillan is a regular radio and television presenter and contributor to "NMW" and other magazines.

Dad, the Donkey's on Fire

Now in its fourth edition 'Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement' has established itself as the leading textbook for the study of movement by occupational therapists. The book provides students with a sound understanding of the way in which bones, joints, muscles and nerves allow the body to perform movement during daily activities. 
Early chapters provide a foundation for the study of movement, with the complexity of detail increasing as the book progresses. Functional anatomy is related to the movements of daily living and is supported by activities for experiencing and observing the way we perform everyday tasks. Later chapters consider the integration of sensory and motor processes for the planning and execution of movement. This fourth edition has been extensively updated and revised. Highly illustrated and now in full colour throughout the book also includes: • Case histories with self assessment exercises • Summary boxes • Key terms • Practice notepads

Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement in Human Occupation

Medical Books

Carin-Levy, Gail

Basic Sciences

Wiley/Blackwell

A portrait of an unregarded place, this is also a love story between Lt. Cdr. J. McMillan, a Scottish sailor, and Olive Wood, a young lass in Yorkshire. The unregarded place is Darfield, near Barnsley, trying to reinvent itself after the wholesale closure of the mining industry. The life story is that of John and Olive's son, the Bard of Barnsley, from Low Valley Junior School and Wath Grammar School to Oscar the Frog (Barnsleys first folk-rock band) and Jaws (Barnsleys First folk-poetry duo) and beyond. A life lived with words at its core. In some ways it's a tiny life; a few ripples in a pond far from the center of things, a few lines written in celebration and commemoration of places and times that deserve better. In another way it's a shout of hope, that we can find the center anywhere and celebrate it. Read by the author.

Talking Myself Home (Audio CD): My Life in Verses

Biographies & Memoirs

Memoirs

Little, Brown Book Group

My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last time and for the first time in several days it isn't raining, but at least the kids have had a great time and, let's face it, so have you.\nWarm and darkly funny, this sublimely crafted book transports you (in a blue Ford Zephyr, with an AA route map, a granny in the back and a bingo hall on the horizon) to the world of childhoods by the sea. Specifically, Ian's memories of childhood: ones we'll all identify with – endless sunny days on the beach, done to a turn fish and chips, legendary games of cricket, tea and cakes and family crammed into a tiny caravan, holiday cottages that live forever, buckets of shells, a busted fishing net and enough sand to make a beach, with the tide out, way out…\nIn this nostalgic collection of reminiscences (with the odd poem thrown in) journey with Ian as he walks barefoot to the sea to see the sun rise. He is attacked by seagulls, and midges, and wasps. He eats a lot of fish and chips and it's always the best yet. He nearly avoids a frisbee. He searches for jazz in Scarborough. He walks. He even tries to run. But mostly he savours the sea and our seaside moments and our seaside dreams.\nIf you want a shot of salty sea air, a tussle with a seagull and the congenial companionship of someone described as 'relentlessly jolly' (The Guardian), this will be a joyous and moving read.

My Sand Life, My Pebble Life: A memoir of a childhood and the sea

Arts & Literature

Adlard Coles

Talking Myself Home

John Murray Publishers, Ltd.

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Neither Nowt Nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire

Neither Nowt Nor Summat: In Search of the Meaning of Yorkshire

Man and the California Condor: The Embattled History and Uncertain Future of North America's Largest Free-Living Bird.

The Changing Problem

Ian McMillan: Selected Poems

Dad, the Donkey's on Fire

Tyldesley and Grieve's Muscles, Nerves and Movement in Human Occupation

Talking Myself Home (Audio CD): My Life in Verses

My Sand Life, My Pebble Life: A memoir of a childhood and the sea

Talking Myself Home