English books for adults

Description An overview of Welsh and British history from 1450–1720 providing a new assessment of Welsh gentility. The first full-length published ...

ISBN: 9781912631193 Publication Date November 2019Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 200x212 mm, 168 pages Language: English A book...

Description No artist has been more committed to recording and interpreting such environments as places of industry and the gaunt and mournful rema...

Description The language in Rhian Elizabeth's poetry feels instinctual: the poems in girls etc pulse and ripple with energy, their rhythms are perf...

Description 'Through a dewy sheen of teen nostalgia, Reece deftly explores the weight of political events on individual lives. Her supple, visceral...

Description A collection of multidisciplinary essays that place Wales in a global context. Globalising Welsh Studies is the first offering in the U...

Description This new title in our British Walking Guides series covers the 135-mile National Trail in Wales following in the footsteps of Owain Gly...

Description God's Little Artist is a biography in verse of Welsh painter Gwen John (1876–1939). Illustrated with precision, authenticity and a keen...

Description Nuclear technology is an amazing feat of human ingenuity, yet with its incredibly destructive power and the highly radioactive waste th...

Description The Golden Valley is an exploration and a celebration of a small south Wales valley. The site of ancient tombs and settlements, its rur...

Description Contains the only full published English translation of the medieval Welsh bardic grammars and offers insight into the development of W...

Description This factual thriller details a scandal which has been described as one of the most widespread and significant miscarriages of justice ...

Description Across the UK, into Europe and further afield, these are the training rides, races and journeys closest to his heart. From one-day clas...

Description Eighteen walks in all parts of Wales from the TV series by the renowned Welsh weatherman and co-author Martin Aaron. ♥ English Book of ...

Description Grief’ s Alphabet by Carrie Etter is a shattering elegy for the poet’ s mother, opening a pathway through grief in spite of the impossi...

Description The life and career of forgotten Welsh veterinary surgeon, medic and adventurer  Griffith Evans, who discovered that blood parasites ca...

Description Medieval gardens usually rate very few pages in the garden history books. The general perception is still of small gardens in the corne...

Description Gwrachod Cymru | Welsh Witches is an illustrated and categorised guide to the witches of Wales. Drawing on her extensive research, Efa ...

Description Sarah Siân Chave takes us on a journey from Hafren's source to the sea, following Hafren's route from Pumlumon in Wales and meandering ...

Description Mike Phillips is one of Welsh rugby's most decorated players. With multiple Grand Slams and Lions tours under his belt, he was revered ...

Description Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught in the middle... When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leaves ...

Description Two sisters, two nuclear power stations, one child caught in the middle... When Helen, a self-taught prepper and single mother, leaves ...

Desription Moving between London, Wales, New York and Bangladesh, this is an epic family drama that spans over four decades. A story of mothers and...

Description This new edition of 'Hands Off Wales' addresses the campaign of militant activism which Wales witnessed between 1963 and 1969, showing ...

Description A Hardy Breed is a collection of 120 black and white photographs celebrating shepherding and sheep farming in mid and north Wales. An i...

Description The first book dedicated to the drawings of celebrated and highly influential figurative artist Harry Holland. This unique volume colle...

ISBN: 9781786833471 Publication Date November 2018Publisher: Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press, Cardiff Format: Paperback, 216x138 ...

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

Description There are so many amazing stories associated with the ancient pubs of Wales: some of them true, some of them exaggerated and some of th...

Description This is not a stuffy anthology of poetry. It offers a new way of viewing the Welsh past, showing how some aspects of it are best access...

Description A new version of the magisterial volume on Welsh history, with information extending from the ice-age to the current period. Includes a...

Description The Holy Dee, ever changing, ever constant. From her open-mouthed estuary, she follows a man-made channel, through Roman founded Cheste...

Description The poems in Homelands by Eric Ngalle Charles are irresistibly rich in tone, subject and emotion. Native to Cameroon in west Africa, he...

Description Dr Emma Short offers a fresh perspective with a simple evidence-based guide to leading a healthier, happier and calmer life. It has a h...