Books for adults (2)

Description This volume explores the various means by which historians write history. This is an introduction to historiography - the study of wri...

Description Biography of Dic Penderyn, hanged for stabbing a soldier after the 1831 Merthyr Rising – a crime later confessed to by someone else – a...

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...

Description The only truly semi-aquatic member of the weasel family, otters were once a common sight in UK rivers and lakes, but now less so. Throu...

Description The Little Book of Welsh Culture is a fast-paced, fact-filled journey through the cultural heritage of Wales, exploring the rich histor...

Description Sophie Shaw is 24 year old, homeless and unemployed ... and somewhat of an enigma. When she is appointed as Tour Manager of Welsh heavy...

Description This book is about the impact of Welsh devolution on public policy. It examines how, from a fragile beginning, distinct political insti...

Description Where rivers flow over rock, the combined action of water and sediment can create intricate and beautiful natural sculptures. Some of t...

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...

Description This volume discusses the role of the Welsh language in workplaces in Wales. Consideration is given to current weaknesses and demand, t...

Description The history of Tregaron and surrounding area - the people, the places and local stories. Includes pictures. Details ISBN: 9781800992634...

Description Portraits of some of Ceredigion's most famous people, with black and white pictures in each chapter. Written by renowned author and jou...

Description A volume that explores the religious responses of the American Welsh settlers to slavery during the period 1838-68. By using the Americ...

Description Kat has found her dream life, head chef at the Café Lompar and engaged to Milo. Her mother Grace loves part-owning the business. But th...

Description A volume of literary extracts providing a concise insight into various Welsh locations - their stories, history, legends and charm. Lig...

Description Welsh experiences from both sides of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Translated for the first time, Ioan Roberts's vivid oral history recor...

Description This book is based on a collection of papers written between 1930 and 1953 by Syr Ifan and some of yr Urdd's Central Staff to a gentlem...

Description The latest edition (May 2022) of a monthly local Welsh magazine. Includes short articles, interviews and stories, featuring news from t...

Description A study of the background and contribution of Twm Carnabwth, one of the leaders of the Becca movement in west Wales in the mid-19th cen...

Description Planet is a quarterly cultural and political magazine that looks at Wales from an international perspective, and at the world from a We...

Description The hauntingly atmospheric English-language début from the acclaimed Welsh author: a love story between a young Welsh woman and a Syria...

Description In 2020, the doors of Tŷ Mawr Wybrnant were closed by the National Trust, who are responsible for the building, and the job of warden o...

Description The history of Ukrainian town Hughesovka, a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh worke...

Description Arfon Wyn was born in Y Gors, Holyhead, and reared in Gwalchmai and Llanfair PG. He is an Anglesey boy, through and through, and the is...

Description A selection of folklore, myths and ghost stories from Wales. Readers will find it both informative and entertaining. There are stories ...

Description A powerful novel about the reaction of a mother to her sixteen year old son's suicide. Details ISBN: 9781845278496 Publication Date: Ma...

Description Learn Welsh the fun way! This is the third book in the exciting Handy Learners series. Featuring a cast of quirky characters in comic s...

Description Planet is a quarterly cultural and political magazine that looks at Wales from an international perspective, and at the world from a We...

Description A Little Gay History of Wales examines the lives, cultures and politics of ordinary LGBT men and women from the medieval period to the ...

Description Wild Wales by George Borrow is the classic travel book on Wales. Since its first publication in 1862, it has rarely been out of print. ...

Description Oswestry: Parish, Church and People is based on a series of articles prepared by the author for St Oswald's monthly parish magazine in ...

Description In A Second Oswestry Miscellany, John Pryce-Jones considers a wide variety of aspects of Oswestry's history, from king Oswald through t...

Description Dark Land, Darks Skies subverts conventional astronomy by repopulating the night sky with myths from oral traditions which were overtak...

Description A full list of adjectives that take comparison in Welsh. It includes some inflected forms which may not have seen the light of day befo...

Description An independent Welsh magazine that offers a different view of matters relating to Wales and the world. It was founded to be a medium to...

Description The latest edition (December 2021) of a monthly local Welsh magazine. Includes short articles, interviews and stories, featuring news f...