Books for adults (2)

Description Mathematics is an integral component of Welsh culture. In this book, the history of twelve mathematicians born in Wales or who worked i...

Description A fascinating exploration of the history of the country houses of Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh Borders. Details ISBN: 978139...

Description The ancient woods of south-east Wales are treasures of a rich landscape. Describing the geology, history and flora of many individual w...

Description Written by the foremost expert on Strata Florida and drawing on the latest archaeological research, this is a concise and accessible in...

Description St Mary's Church in Strata Florida has been a celebrated place of worship for centuries. This book offers an understanding of the uniqu...

Description In this volume the author discusses poets and writers with a connection to the area known as Y Smotyn Du in Ceredigion from the 18th ce...

Description A volume that is the fruit of a six month personal pilgrimage by Prydwen Elfed-Owens to collect evidence about the present condition of...

Description The Sorry Tale of the Mignonette tells the tale (through poetry, dialogue and historical records) of the author's great-grandmother's c...

Description A short history of one of Ancient Britain's most enigmatic civilisations. The first in-depth history of the Celts in Britain, from one ...

Description This book tells the compelling and revealing story of the women’s movement in modern Wales. A panoramic sweep takes the reader on a jou...

Description This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing ...

Description The story of two brothers in World War II. Christopher Burney was a secret agent tortured by the Gestapo and sent to a concentration ca...

Description The history of Tregaron and surrounding area - the people, the places and local stories. Includes pictures. Details ISBN: 9781800992146...

Description A glimpse into the history of one of the oldest cricket clubs in North Wales. Signed by the author Details ISBN: 9781845244378 Publicat...

Description Traditionally, the communities along the western coast of Wales thrived on maritime trade and fishing. The produce of the farmland and ...

Description his second book, Snowdonia Slate 2 - The story with photographs, complements and adds to the descriptions of the first volume. It is wr...

Description Sara John presents us with an eclectic collection of tantalising tales originating from the author's childhood in South Wales during th...

Description A one-volume history of Christianity in Wales, from its Roman origins to the present Details ISBN: 9781786838216 Publication Date: 15 ...

Description A novel set in a rural community in North Wales in the aftermath of the Second World War. Three siblings, all with hidden motivation, s...

Description Much less known than the slate industry in Snowdonia are the metal mines. But these, too, greatly contributed to the economy of the are...

Description Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corne...

Description This copiously illustrated book provides a guide to the workhouses set up across Wales and in the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshi...

Description There are so many amazing stories associated with the ancient pubs of Wales: some of them true, some of them exaggerated and some of th...

Description A study of the imagery of Welsh saints in medieval and 19th/20th-century stained glass, sculpture and painting. Overview and analysis, ...

Description This volume describes the development of religious thought in Wales between 1760 and 1900. Although the emphasis is on religious though...

Description A volume that evaluates the fragile and heroic history of 'Y Cylch Catholig', the society that promotes Catholic worship through the me...

Description This book argues that industrial patriarchy in South Wales established an exclusive though damaging form of structural masculine confor...

Description A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public li...

Description Fascinating volume of history, shedding light on the lead mining industry in Ceredigion and shipping from Aberystwyth, through the stor...

Description A Welsh County at War is not a military history of horror in the trenches, but a social and cultural history of life in one Welsh count...

Description The Golden Valley is an exploration and a celebration of a small south Wales valley. The site of ancient tombs and settlements, its rur...

Description David Lloyd Owen introduces us to the breadth of travellers' tales from a mysterious and absorbing country in a fascinating compendium....

Description Bridges have always been required to ease the passage of people and goods from the earliest of times. In this book are described steppi...

Description A history of the Welsh language in Cardiff over a thousand years. Details ISBN: 9781784618827 Publication Date November 2020 Author: Ow...

Description In the early 1900's north-east Wales was a dangerous place for women - Suffragist's meetings descended into near riot, or in some cases...