English books for adults

Description Well-known shearing commentator Evans discusses his farming life, from a tough post-war childhood with no mother, tractor or car, to da...

Description Anne Hayward spends several months each year walking to sacred sites in Britain and beyond, now having covered many thousands of miles....

Description In 2015 Emily Chappell embarked on a formidable new bike race: The Transcontinental. 4,000km across Europe, unassisted, in the shortest...

Description The definitive guide to the birdwatching sites of Wales, which remains one of the most alluring regions for birdwatchers; its range of ...

Description A timely look at the state of the National Health Service in the UK, from its creation in 1948 to today. General practice in the United...

Description One of Wales's leading writers, this posthumous volume brings together a selection of Jenkins' poetry from across his career. Selected ...

Description Margaret Erskine Wilson, late President of Kendal Natural History Society, was a keen amateur botanist and watercolourist. In 1999, she...

Description When Ida loses both job and parents in just a few weeks she sets off to Wales to the house her father has left her. But Heather, whose ...

Description The best-selling Wild Swimming Walks series returns with adventures in Wales' most popular National Park. Swim through secret valleys a...

Description Sprinkled with humorous reminiscences and fond memories from times past, brought to mind by the dishes she serves up, this is a labour ...

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 Wilfred Owen: Poet of Oswestry provides a clear and concise introduction to the renowned World War One poet who was born in Oswestry in...

Description Susie Wild writes of fruit blown down by the wind and of unexpected and unearned gains and advantages. Here flying trampolines disrupt ...

Description Fighting to free herself from a toxic relationship, 21-year-old Lora escapes to her recently widowed grandmother's home in Hamburg. Whe...

Description  The year turns, harvest approaches, and the longer night skies fill with stars. And sometimes, just sometimes, maybe once in a thousan...

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...

Descriptions In this collaboration between a Druid and a Witchcraft researcher, Jon G. Hughes and Sophie Gallagher describe in intricate detail the...

Description This collection brings together leading voices from female writers, artists, commentators and academics to reflect on how devolution ha...

Description Wonderboy and The Life & Times of Drewford Alabama is a semi-autobiographical novel by drummer and musician Jamie Morrison. Andrew ...

Description A unique environment created by the confluence of three oceanic, climatic zones, the Welsh coast and its waters teem with life and dive...

Description This copiously illustrated book provides a guide to the workhouses set up across Wales and in the border counties of Cheshire, Shropshi...

Description This is a skilful collection by a poet well acquainted with relative place: wherever a poem lives, it always remembers its place in the...

Description A fascinating mix of historical, personal and engineering insights into the life and work of Thomas Telford, arguably Britain's greates...

Description Compelling personal history of the events of World War Two, collected first-hand from ordinary people who lived them. Vivid memories of...