English books for adults

ISBN: 9781845276829 Publication Date June 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Illustrated by Chris Lliff Format: Paperback, 210x210 mm, 84...

Description The history of Ukrainian town Hughesovka, a mining/steel town founded in the 1870s by Welsh entrepreneur John Hughes and 70 Welsh worke...

Description The hauntingly atmospheric English-language début from the acclaimed Welsh author: a love story between a young Welsh woman and a Syria...

Description The hauntingly atmospheric English-language début from the acclaimed Welsh author: a love story between a young Welsh woman and a Syria...

Description A beautifully designed, fully illustrated introduction to the life and work of Dylan Thomas, probably Wales' most beloved writer. A bio...

Desription When Detective Chief Inspector Gary Probert is temporarily transferred, against his will, from Telford to the quiet border town of Oswes...

Description This book explores the history of Wales under the Tudor and Stuart monarchs. It tackles subjects such as the Union of Wales and England...

Description Easy Meat is a glimpse of a young man and a country on the verge of a momentous decision. The South Wales Valleys, 23rd June, 2016. It’...

Description Nature-writer and hiker Julie Brominicks takes a year-long walk around the edge of Wales and discovers places she thought she knew can ...

Description When Francis House enlists in the British Army in 1907, at the age of 15 years and three months, he is not thinking about war. He imagi...

 Description Enchanted Wales is an invitation to voyage through the key stories of Welsh mythic literature, exploring not just their medieval texts...

Description Until the Brexit referendum, there was widespread doubt whether English nationalism existed at all. In this book Ailsa Henderson and Ri...

Description Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes and committed Christia...

Description This new edition retains Condry's original superlative prose but adds new material by Neville Jones about sites not accessible in 1970....

Description A feminist reimagining of the story of Fantine, the much-loved character from Victor Hugo's classic novel Les Miserables, its many dram...

Description This is a hugely engaging, finely written and observed account of growing up on a farm on the Welsh border in the 1950s. It details the...

Description I won't be the first to tell you that actually using your Welsh is the very best way to acquire it successfully. So, what better way to...

Description Johanna Francis watched the Nazis take Amsterdam, her wealthy family active in the resistance, sheltering a Jewish family and running a...

Description Fighting to Speak reveals the journey of a miner's son with a stutter who succeeded to play rugby at the highest level and defeat his d...

Description Ranging from flash fiction to novelette, these stories are in turn chilling, playful, and melancholy. The bonds of family and of commun...

Description Insightful, first-hand accounts of refugees fleeing to Wales to escape Nazism in the 1930s and 40s. A popular topic, this book appeals ...

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 For almost 160 years south Wales, better known for coal and steel, was a prolific centre of pottery and porcelain production. Items ran...

Description When the author is given a small package, containing letters and papers relating to his grandfather’s brother, who was killed in Syria ...

 Description In The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts, renowned folklorists Delyth Badder and Mark Norman present an intriguing and comprehensive selection...

Description A contemporary gazetteer to Welsh football for the 2023-2024 season, with a bilingual introduction. Details ISBN: 9781739608316 Publi...

Description In Footnotes to Water, poet Zoë Skoulding follows two forgotten rivers, the Adda in Bangor and the Bièvre in Paris, and tracks the lite...

Description Mathematics is an integral component of Welsh culture. In this book, the history of twelve mathematicians born in Wales or who worked i...

Description Wales is a land of castles. The best known are those built in the 13th century under King Edward I to defeat the native princes, but th...

Description Mahmood Mattan is a fixture in Cardiff's Tiger Bay, 1952, which bustles with Somali and West Indian sailors, Maltese businessmen and Je...

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

Description A study of the thirty-five libraries built by Andrew Carnegie in Wales as an illustration of his world-wide commitment to the public li...

Description Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's TV series about their shock buyout of Wrexham AFC has propelled the team to unimaginable new popular...

Description Unique 2024 bilingual calendar by Driftwood Designs with 12 images of different full moons at different times of the year. Details Cod...