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Welsh autobiographies and reminiscences
Welsh autobiographies and reminiscences. Autobiographies by Welsh celebrities. English autobiographies by Welsh celebrities and sportspeople.
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Amazingly Astonishing Story, The
No reviewsDescription Deeply funny and deeply sad, this memoir is a frank look into a child’s tumultuous mind, a classic story of a working-class girl growin...
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An Indigo Summer
No reviewsDescription One summer, a mother and daughter are reunited in the small village of Betws Gwerful Goch in North Wales following the death of a fathe...
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Becoming Dr Jones: A Wild Life
No reviewsDesription Rhys Jones was brought up on a council estate in South Wales where expectations for what life held in store for you were slim, and the f...
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Belonging - The Autobiography
No reviewsDescription Brilliant, honest and combative, his autobiography, written with Tom Fordyce, is the story of one of the most compelling and singular f...
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Between Worlds - Queer Boy from the Valleys, A
No reviewsDescription Jeffrey Weeks was born in the Rhondda in 1945, of mining stock. As he grew up he increasingly felt an outsider in the intensely communi...
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Carwyn Jones - Not Just Politics
Description The official autobiography of Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales. This is a book about a life lived in and out of the public ...
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Centre Stage
No reviewsDescription In a colourful and frank account of a sterling career, Jamie Roberts reveals all about life on tour, in boot camps and in dressing room...
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Fighting to Speak - Rugby, Rage and Redemption
No reviewsDescription Fighting to Speak reveals the journey of a miner's son with a stutter who succeeded to play rugby at the highest level and defeat his d...
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My Wrexham Story - Paul Mullin
No reviewsDescription Memoir of Wrexham's star player, Paul Mullin - as seen in 'Welcome to Wrexham', a Disney+ documentary series by Ryan Reynolds and Rob M...
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Nigel Owens - The Final Whistle
No reviewsDescription The story of the second half of Nigel's career as one of the most famous referees in World Rugby and one of only two Welsh referees eve...
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On the Red Hill
Details ISBN: 9781785151934 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: William Heinemann, London Author: Mike Parker Format: Hardback, 222x138 mm, 400 pa...
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Original Sins
No reviewsDescription Recklessly honest, and as funny as it is grave, Original Sins is an extraordinary memoir of faith, family, shame and addiction. But ul...
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Seventy Years of Struggle and Achievement
No reviewsDescription The stories of women from Wales’ minority communities are seldom heard. This book comprises the life stories of 40 Black Asian Minority...
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Where There's a Will - Hope, Grief and Endurance in a Cycle Race
Description In 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental. 4,000km across Europe, unassisted, in the shortest...
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Y Daith Ydi Adra, Stori Gŵr ar y Ffin
No reviewsDescription Sian Northey's Welsh translation of the memoir of John Sam Jones who writes of a life lived on the edge. It's a story of journeys and r...
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