English books for adults

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

Description  This book compares how two underdog peoples shaped their modern national identities. Welsh Nonconformists, fighting for religious equa...

Description An extremely comprehensive, fully illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the castle under Wales' native rulers (c.1066-1283)...

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...

ISBN: 9781912631179 Publication Date October 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 215x140 mm, 240 pages Language: English In two y...

Description This fully illustrated volume contains a selection from the many thousands of works spanning more than seven hundred years, with short ...

Description A fresh start. The smog of the city in the rear view, and in front the green, green grass of Wales. That's the idea anyway. But by the ...

Description Philip Gross is a poet, librettist and writer for young people. A keen collaborator with other poets and across art forms, he has lived...

Description Definitive account of the cultural and political impact on Wales of the flooding of the Tryweryn Valley. The failure of the nation to b...

Description The Turning Tide is a hymn to a sea passage of world-historical importance. Combining social and cultural history, nature-writing, trav...

Description A volume celebrating sixty years since the establishment of the Books Council of Wales, comprising sixteen chapters by various scholars...

Description The work of some of the most outstanding authors of the younger generation from Croatia, Greece, Serbia, Slovenia and Wales who partici...

Description In this enchanting illustrated adaptation, Cerys Matthews brings Dylan Thomas's beloved classic to new life. This is a bedtime story li...

Description Under Milk Wood tells the story of a Welsh village during one spring day. It is populated by some of the best-loved characters in Briti...

Description Collection of 43 essays vividly outlining aspects of Rhondda experience and contrasting life there as it used to be and as it is now. I...

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

ISBN: 9781845274559 Publication Date March 2013Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 112 pages Language: English...

Description In just one raised bed, greenfingered wunderkind Huw Richards shows you how to grow vegetables easily, organically, abundantly and inex...

Description Get your gardening gloves on, as best-selling author Huw Richards takes you on a green-fingered journey to be an undefeated veg-grower!...

View From The Summit - Poems by Tom Davies Tom was born in Welshpool, Powys, brought up during early childhood in the Powys village of Foel.  Since...

Description Jeremy Dixon's first full poetry collection starts from his teenage suicide attempt and expands to encompass themes of bullying, queerp...

Description An inspirational fictional telling of Welsh Victorian Strongwoman Kate Williams who is an important Welsh figure in challenging convent...

Description From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales - England's Colony? shows th...

Desription Full-colour road atlas of Wales, with extended coverage into England and including all the major routes into the country. The detailed r...

Description A mutual bond of rivalry and respect has existed between the rugby-loving Wales and New Zealand nations since their first match in 1905...

Description Everything you need to walk the Ceredigion Coast Path & Snowdonia coast section of the Wales Coast Path. Official guide. Details IS...

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 From 'hiraeth' to 'cwtsh' and 'crachach' to 'popty-ping', some of the evocative and unique words you will only hear in Wales. A fun gif...

Description A comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in WWII and the conflict's impact on every area of the country and all involved: ci...

 Description Discover 366 fun and surprising stories about Welsh history and culture that most history books leave out – each linked to a specific ...

ISBN: 9781784615215 Publication Date February 2018Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 184x123 mm, 128 pages Language: English A book ...

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 The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of...

Description Wales: A Hundred Records is an anthology of the highlights of the careers of the most important recording artists that Wales has ever p...

Description 20 circular walks exploring the varied and unspoilt landscape of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The walks var...

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...