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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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    Cyfres Amdani: Wynne Evans - O Gaerfyrddin i Go Compare

    Description A book for Welsh learners, Entry Level. Biography of Wynne Evans. A very personal and honest history of Wynne and his family, his exper...

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    Cyfres Llenorion Cymru: 3. Cennad *

    Description Poet Menna Elfyn looks back at over fourty years of writing, performing her work throughout Wales and further afield and of raising iss...

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    Cyfres Stori Sydyn: Fyny Gyda'r Swans

    ISBN: 9781847715357 Publication Date: June 2012 Publisher: Y LolfaFormat:Paperback44 pages Language: Welsh  A book in the short and fast-paced ser...

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    Da Capo - Hunangofiant Gareth Glyn *

    Description The autobiography of musician and broadcaster Gareth Glyn, a familiar voice on radio programmes for 35 years and renowned world-wide fo...

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    David Vaughan Thomas

    Description David Vaughan Thomas was the most prominent and influential Welsh composer in the first decades of the 20th century, as he sought to mo...

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    Delyn Aur, Y

    Description A unique autobiography by a young author that leads us on a revealing, personal journey. Malachy Edwards faces his mixed-race, multi-cu...

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    Dod Nôl at fy Nghoed

    Description Autobiography of talented actress and comedian, Carys Eleri, star of S4C series 'Parch' and the bilingual one woman comedy show, 'Lovec...

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    Dros Ryddid - Profiadau Unigolion o Brotestio

    Description A volume of recollections by 11 individuals who have been in the midst of all kinds of protests, all presented with liveliness and hone...

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    Dwi Isio Bod Yn... *

    Description The autobiography of Huw Jones, viewed against the backdrop of significant historical, political and cultural events. We hear of his up...

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    Eigra: Hogan Fach o'r Blaena

    Description The autobiography of one of Wales' leading authors - Eigra Lewis Roberts, who has never forgotten her roots in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Deta...

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    Enoch's Walk - Ninety-Five, Not Out: Journey of a Psychiatrist

    Description Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes and committed Christia...

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    Farm That Raised Me, The

    Description This is a hugely engaging, finely written and observed account of growing up on a farm on the Welsh border in the 1950s. It details the...

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    Fields of Orange

    Description Johanna Francis watched the Nazis take Amsterdam, her wealthy family active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running a...

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    Fighting Chance - The Autobiography of Irfon Williams *

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    Fighting to Speak - Rugby, Rage and Redemption

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    Flowers of War

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    Half Truths - My Triumphs, My Mistakes, The Untold Story

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    Het Wellt a Welis, Blwyddyn Gron yn Astwrias *

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    Hud a Lled - Hunangofiant Eirian Wyn *

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    Hunanbortread David Griffiths *

    Description The autobiography of the portrait artist David Griffiths, who was inspired to paint under the tutorship of his school art teacher, Elis...

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    In Between - The Diary of a Farmer and Citizen *

    Description The diary of farmer Tom Jones, Plascoch, Dolanog, during 2015, comprising interesting anecdotes by one who serves on many rural organiz...

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    Journey is Home, The

    Description In this clear and absorbing memoir John Sam Jones writes of a life lived on the edge. It's a story of journeys and realisation, of acce...

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    Journey is Home, The - Notes from a Life on the Edge

    Description In this clear and absorbing memoir John Sam Jones writes of a life lived on the edge. It is a story of journeys and realisation, of acc...

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