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Description Nuclear technology is an amazing feat of human ingenuity, yet with its incredibly destructive power and the highly radioactive waste th...

Description This factual thriller details a scandal which has been described as one of the most widespread and significant miscarriages of justice ...

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

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

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

Description A fascinating and informative volume sure of wide appeal, being an adaptation of Ifor ap Glyn's 2017 radio series of the same name, pr...

ISBN: 9781786833471 Publication Date November 2018Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff Format: Paperback, 216x138 ...

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

Description A new version of the magisterial volume on Welsh history, with information extending from the ice-age to the current period. Includes a...

Description The first detailed study of Thomas Rees' background and the part he played in the mid-19th century Rebecca Riots in west Wales. Events ...

Description This is the biography of one well-loved Welshman from the Tanat Valley.  In World War Two he was whisked away from his village, into th...

ISBN: 9781912631070 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Hardback, 242x160 mm, 384 pages Language: English Authorised b...

Description Hugh Jones was the last traditional shepherd of the upper Tywi valley. His memoirs recalls traditions and customs that have long vanish...

Description Spanning three centuries and telling the story of three women who come to 'share' a house in Denbigh. It opens at Lleweni, just outside...

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 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 A magazine about country life in Wales. Includes articles and stories about life and customs of the past, folklore and reminiscences of...

Description This volume reveals the long and dramatic history of one of Wales's most popular towns, from the arrival of its first visitors, twelve ...

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

Description A comprehensive volume exploring the history and traditions of folk dance in Wales; based on the extended research work of the late Ali...

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

Description Glyn Roberts, Murpoeth, Bryncroes has immense interest in rural crafts and old tools. He is also a diligent researcher of old documents...

Description A collection of the tales about Cymdeithas yr Iaith campaigners on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the first Cymdeithas protest...

Description A volume which traces the history of Epynt and the people who lived there, particularly the events in 1939 and 1940 when 54 families we...

Description Oakhurst: the story of a country house, the latest in a series of books and booklets on the history of Oswestry by John Pryce-Jones, ha...

ISBN: 9781916468702 Publication Date February 2020Publisher: Gw. Disgrifiad/See Description, Pwllheli Edited by Y Tad Deiniol Format: Paperback, 14...

Description Philip Hume's book provides a richly-illustrated history of the medieval Mortimer family of Wigmore in north Herefordshire, with a focu...

Description Oswestry: a local history is based upon articles written by the author for Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer, the Country Quest...

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 ...