Books

Description The first full-length biography of Edward Lhwyd, this is an important contribution to the history of science in the fields of botany, p...

Description A volume that traces the effect that reporting in difficult circumstances has had on some of Wales's most noteable journalists. We hear...

Description In this volume we follow Cranogwen, Sarah Jane Rees (1893-1916) of Llangrannog. She was a poet, lecturer, editor, preacher and temperan...

Description The astonishing story of Henry Coombe-Tennant (1913-89), who served in the British Army in World War II, escaping from a POW camp, join...

Description 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...

Description Owen Morgan Edwards, from Llanuwchllyn in Gwynedd, was a politician, scholar, writer and publisher of magazines. He is well-known for p...

  Description In 2005 Diana Ashworth and her husband spotted a dilapidated farmhouse with 25 acres in a rural hamlet in Montgomeryshire, the plan b...

Description A special volume celebrating the contribution of Grace Roberts to the literary world in Wales for over 60 years. All her writings are v...

Description A foretaste of a larger publication which will feature 27 Welsh bards, this volume presents interview portraits of three bards who are ...

Description The story of a particular Welsh community during the American Civil War. It focuses in an easy-to-read style on the army members and al...

Description When Jan Morris passed away in 2020, she was considered one of Britain's best-loved writers. The author of Venice, Pax Britannica, Conu...

Description 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...

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 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...

Description The first full biography of Albert Evans Jones (1895-1970) - Cynan as he was known - a larger than life character who was influential i...

Description The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial killer Peter Moore, found guilty...

ISBN: 9781845276935 Publication Date July 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 136 pages Language: Welsh    ...

Description A volume comprising the biographies of 18 Welsh ministers, tracing their calling to the ministry and how that calling was fulfilled, ov...

Description The first study of the pioneer of open-air museums in Britain, putting his work as scholar and curator into the international context o...

Description This landmark biography, enriched with unrivalled access to private papers and international archives, tells the remarkable story of on...

Description A readable volume covering the humour of three of Ceredigion's leading writers: Moc Rogers, Tegwyn Jones and Hywel Teifi Edwards. Detai...

Description When he was a child, Alwyn Harding Jones discovered a book in his grandfather's handwriting recording the diary of Captain John Hughes,...

Desription 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...

Description In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. Details ISBN: 9781803992...

Description The life and work of mathematician and actuary Griffith Davies. The book describes his education and work and the social and economic b...

Description Before Charles became King, he was Prince of Wales. It was a role he took more seriously than any predecessor of the modern British mon...

Description 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...

Description Isabel Adonis was born in London in 1951, to Welshwoman Catherine Alice Hughes, and renowned Guyanese artist Denis Williams, whose work...

Description Many authors have recounted the extraordinary achievements and the turmoil of Frank Lloyd Wright's life, but this is the first study to...