Books, books, books!

At Manadon Bookstore, we have lots of books about Birmingham and its heritage.  If you are thinking of visiting Birmingham, here are a few tips on what to look out for.

Britain’s second largest city after London is Birmingham.  Birmingham is the cultural centre of the West Midlands and offers the casual visitor an enormous range of exciting opportunities and things to do. Offering an unsurpassed range of shops and shopping centres, and literally hundreds of activities and things to do, Birmingham is the ideal tourist destination; a city that is always guaranteed to keep you occupied.

As a city, Birmingham is packed with places to visit, enabling you to get a real taste of the city’s culture. Just a few of the places include:

Birmingham Cathedral :  Built in 1725, this is one of the city’s most beautiful historic buildings, complete with four Pre-Raphaelite stained-glass windows.

The Royal Air Force Museum: Treat yourself to a stunning display of aviation history and witness over seventy aircraft situated within three separate wartime hangars. You’ll see Spitfires, Hurricanes, Vulcans and more.

Cadbury’s World: One of the country’s biggest and most popular museums. You’ll find out about the history of chocolate, and how it originated in South America, as well as seeing a genuine production line.  Of course, a visit isn’t complete without sampling the produce…!

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Witness a huge variety of exhibits that range from spooky Egyptian mummies to a wooden toy collection for the kids. Treat yourself to some culture and examine the largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite paintings in the world.

Birmingham Botanical Gardens: An astonishing fifteen acres of beautiful gardens are available for exploration, as well as four glasshouses containing exotic plants.

When it comes to finding something to do, you’ll find that Birmingham has it covered.

For books about just about anything, please go to Manadon Bookstore.

Books, books, books!

Welcome to our new blog.  We are an on-line bookstore, supplying quality rare and specialist books to customers worldwide from our base here in Plymouth, UK, situated mid-way between the Dartmoor National Park and our stunning South Devon coast.


We will be using this blog for all sorts of reasons, like letting you know when a really special title comes in, or if we have a promotion coming up, or maybe just to let everyone out there know what's going on in this beautiful part of the Devonshire countryside.


With all this fantastic scenery around here, it probably won't surprise you to learn that one of my hobbies is photography.  I love landscapes, but I've been fascinated by a book that has just come in called "Photo Guide To Fishes of the Maldives" by Rudie H. Kuiter.  The underwater photography is superb and the information about the different types of fish I should think would be invaluable to anyone going on a diving trip to the Maldives.


There are other great books being listed to our website at Manadon-Bookstore every day, so please take a look.