English books for adults

Description Deeply funny and deeply sad, this memoir is a frank look into a child’s tumultuous mind, a classic story of a working-class girl growin...

Description In 1957 Marlon Brando married a young studio actress called Anna Kashfi. He was thirty-three and at the pinnacle of his fame. The weddi...

Description The official autobiography of Carwyn Jones, former First Minister of Wales. This is a book about a life lived in and out of the public ...

Description An anthology of poetry and prose, mainly celebratory, of the Welsh experience of Christmas as captured by various Welsh writers. First ...

  Description Any national flag carries a high emotional charge and comes with both myth and historical fact attached; but this book is more wide-r...

Description A selection of recipes celebrating one of Wales' best loved dishes - the Welsh Cake. These little cakes are peculiar to Wales; the Iris...

Description Fur Coats in Tahiti is a cocktail of borrowed forms and modes from Dada, Surrealism, Fluxus, the OuLiPo, the Vienna Group and the New Y...

Description The Hedgehog Book is the latest in the compact, accessible Nature Books series, exploring our relationship with some of Britain’s best-...

Description By any reasonable measurement, Love Actually is a bad movie. There are plenty of bad movies out there, but what gets under Gary Raymond...

Description When impoverished aristocrat Lady Charlotte Bertie married wealthy Welsh ironmaster John Guest of Dowlais in 1833, her relatives looked...

Description Like the rest of the UK, lockdown in Wales meant human tragedies and unforeseen pressures on our lives. How did we manage? What was the...

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

Description Today has been a long time coming. Irene sits at her mother's side waiting for the moment at which she will know she is doing the right...

Description In this unique book, one of football’s greatest cult players reflects on the travails of the sport and draws upon his own experience to...

Description Cycling fans obsess about climbs and big mountains. They love reading about their tests and tribulations and they love to ride them - a...

Description In the majestic mountains of North Wales, retired MI5 agent Huw Cecil is reluctantly drawn back into a world of espionage and murder. W...

Description This book is designed to support poor readers by giving them overtly adult material but where the language has been calculated using a ...

Description On The Red Hill celebrates the ebb and flow of seasons, of ever-changing landscapes, and the family (both beloved and infuriating) that...

Description Open Side is not simply a chronology of events or a celebration of statistics. Written in a compelling but soul searching style, this i...

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

Description Rhys Mwyn is an entertaining and informative guide to his native patch, which stretches from the top of Snowdon to the seaside resort o...

Description Cardiff in 1878 is grimy, crowded and grey, and Ellen dreams of escaping her dreary life as a domestic for the sea. But when she falls ...

Description Join Peter as he ascends Orangutan Overhang, Supermassive Black Hole and Mental Lentils in the disused Dinorwig slate quarries of Snowd...

Description A fun, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases you can use to practise your Manx with your furry best fri...

Description With its own Senedd and legislative powers, Wales is already on a journey towards independence. This report by the Independence Commiss...

Description The new novel from Ruth Jones, author of the smash-hit, number one bestselling début, Never Greener. Meet Lana, Judith and Catrin. Best...

Description The Wales Coast Path - A Practical Guide for Walkers, now in an updated and fully revised second edition, is the bestselling and essent...

Description This guide gives all the information needed to enjoy the 338km (210 mile) Severn Way. The book is divided into four sections that corre...

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...

Description Set out in the form of a memoir, Stephen Rule goes about tackling the challenges and celebrating the successes of the Welsh language in...

Description Welsh in Twelve Weeks introduces you to the essential vocabulary and main grammatical areas of Welsh. Details ISBN: 9781845277246 Publi...

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

Description Wish You Were Here will give tourists and travellers alike a description of each of the 50 destinations from around the world listed, w...