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Description A volume that traces the effect that reporting in difficult circumstances has had on some of Wales's most noteable journalists. We hear...
View full detailsDesription Gay Aliens and Queer Folk takes a deep dive into the queer narratives Russell T Davies has brought to our screens, exploring how each wo...
View full detailsDescription Ray Gravell was undoubtedly one of Wales and rugby's greatest characters. He touched the hearts of all who met him, and his sincere int...
View full detailsDescription The life and work of mathematician and actuary Griffith Davies. The book describes his education and work and the social and economic b...
View full detailsDescription A tribute to Steffan Lewis, in Welsh and in English with picture section to remember one of Wales's most promising politicians followin...
View full detailsDescription Harri Parri, one of Wales' most popular authors, portrays ten people who are 'one-offs'! Special people who have followed their own pat...
View full detailsDescription A readable volume covering the humour of three of Ceredigion's leading writers: Moc Rogers, Tegwyn Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards. Detai...
View full detailsDescription A memoir about grief, nature and what a small community in the Welsh valleys can teach us about life. 'A beautiful and poetic meditatio...
View full detailsDescription In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. Details ISBN: 9781803992...
View full detailsDescription In 2005 Diana Ashworth and her husband spotted a dilapidated farmhouse with 25 acres in a rural hamlet in Montgomeryshire, the plan b...
View full detailsDescription When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conu...
View full detailsDescription Biography of Jan Morris comprising photographs and stories, together with ten tributes by writers and friends. Details ISBN: 9781845277...
View full detailsDescription When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked...
View full detailsDescription It was appropriate to begin this musical pilgrimage in Pwllheli, and to draw it to a close only a few miles from the town. Leila Megàne...
View full detailsISBN: 9781845276935 Publication Date July 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 136 pages Language: Welsh ...
View full detailsDescription This is the story of a unique habitat that has been so ravaged, most people today don’t realise it exists. Temperate rainforest may onc...
View full detailsDescription The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty...
View full detailsDescription The first study of the pioneer of open-air museums in Britain, putting his work as scholar and curator into the international context o...
View full detailsDescription On Christmas Eve, Mari takes mince pies to Mrs Cloch - a lonely old lady who has no visitors. Mari helps her to decorate the Christmas ...
View full detailsDescription Hardback book with ribbon which has been numbered. Comprising over 104 images. A volume of appreciation for the life and work of eminen...
View full detailsDescription The story of the female singers who were part of Wales's 60s and 70s pop scene (with 2 CDs). Details ISBN: 9781910594735 Publication ...
View full detailsDescription Gwyn Thomas was born, the last of twelve children, into a Rhondda mining family in 1913. After a childhood marked by the strikes of the...
View full detailsDescription From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril La...
View full detailsDescription Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much, is the first biography of Gareth Jones and reveals the remarkable yet tragically short life of th...
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