RiverRhee Publishing produces books across a range of disciplines. Our books include business reference works on enhancing team effectiveness and associated management skills; local history based around South Cambridgeshire; and a work on how to run a French conversation group. The primary author for all these books is either Elisabeth Goodman, or Jonathan Spain. RiverRhee Publishing's books are illustrated by Nathaniel Spain.
Fruit Farming in the Cam Valley
An horticultural, social and economic history set withinthe regional and national context
Jonathan Spain (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), June 2021
A4 489 pp. including illustrations, sketch maps, bibliography and index
This study sets out to celebrate and record the history of commercial fruit growing in the Cam valley whilst it is still within living memory, drawing on the experiences of fruit growers and workers. Whilst there was a long tradition of small scale fruit-growing in the district, from the 1880s there emerged a significant commercial fruit industry, supplying the increased demand for fruit in rapidly expanding towns and cities, made possible by the creation of the national railway network. The rise of the jam industry was also a significant factor, with the extraordinary success of the Chivers Factory at Histon, which stimulated an increase in stone and soft fruit cultivation.
The book is divided into three parts. Part one focuses on the origins and commercial development of the fruits grown locally, with chapters (in order of significance) on the Cambridge Gage, other plums, apples, pears, cherries and soft fruits. Part two has a chapter surveying the spacial development of orchards in and around local villages and the individuals and families who brought the industry into being. A separate chapter considers the cultural impact of the industry on working life and the importance of fruit and fruit workers in the social life of villages. Part Three considers the economic history of fruit farming, looking at the factors which gave rise to the industry and its ultimate demise in the 1980s, taking into account the wider regional and national context for a fuller explanation.
For a more detailed summary and to order copies, go to: Jonathanspain.wordpress.com
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ISBN 978-0-9926323-1-1
Price £25.00 plus packaging and posting
Local History
This book provides a detailed account of the historical evidence for the Chapel hill pilgrimage site near Haslingfield in South Cambs. More than this it examines the role played by Cambridgeshire’s antiquaries and local historians in the preservation of the tradition over 350 years, and the historical and religious motivations that underpinned their interest.
(For a more detailed description see Jonathan Spain's blog)
ISBN 978-0-9926323-0-4
Price £6.00 plus packaging and posting
Please use the contact form on this website to enquire about ordering copies.
You can also find out more about Jonathan Spain's local history talks, workshops, writing at Jonathan's blog (https://jonathanspain.wordpress.com/about/)
The Effective Team's High Performance Workbook
Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), August 2014
Being part of a team that has achieved a level of high performance can be a truly enriching experience. This second book for ‘effective teams’ will enable you to identify and value the individual strengths within your team, build strong working relationships and develop sound working practices.
ISBN 978-0-9926323-6-6
This book is now out of print.
The Effective Team's Operational Excellence Workbook
Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), June 2015
Operational excellence helps us to create a more fulfilling work environment where everyone actively contributes to quality customer services or products and to the efficient flow of the organisation's end-to-end processes. This book will help you to ensure that you are focusing on the right priorities to deliver value to your customers, and that your processes are simplified and streamlined.
ISBN 978-0-9926323-7-3
Price £10.00 plus packaging and posting.
The Effective Team's Facilitation Workbook
Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), November 2018
ISBN 978-0-9926323-9-7
Price £10.00 plus packaging and posting
The Effective Team's Change Management Workbook
Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), November 2013
ISBN 978-0-9926323-5-9
Price £10.00 plus packaging and posting.
French
A guide to running a French conversation group, based on the author's experience of running the Royston U3A conversation group. It includes tips on how to start up a group, topics and approaches for sessions, a selection of games, some insights on how participants can and have benefited, useful reference sources and some extracts from the author's and the participants' course materials.
ISBN 978-0-9926323-4-2
Price £7.50 plus packaging and posting
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The Effective Team's Knowledge Management Workbook
Elisabeth Goodman (author), Nathaniel Spain (illustrator), November 2016
ISBN 978-0-9926323-8-0
This book is now out of print.
