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16th June 2024
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Showcasing brand new titles from Wales, Gwledd y Nadolig catalogue, published annually by the Welsh Books Council, is jam-packed with cracking reads. From fast-paced sports books to feisty memoirs and delightful children’s stories, there are great gifts and stocking fillers for everyone this Christmas.
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Description In this book, historian Elin Jones shows us that evidence for the past is to be seen everywhere in Wales today. She takes us on a visua...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription Compiling – in some instances for the first time in print – the very best songs, poems and stories from across his celebrated career ,...
View full detailsNDescription A highly visual and factual book with the aim of encouraging children to discover and learn more about 10 stories from Welsh history. ...
View full detailsDescription This is the story of a determined young girl who loved to paint the world around her, and despite great obstacles, managed to achieve h...
View full detailsDescription This book traces the remarkable and sometimes hazardous rise of a Welsh family of the Anglo-Welsh borderland, from relatively humble or...
View full detailsDescription A unique environment created by the confluence of three oceanic, climatic zones, the Welsh coast and its waters teem with life and dive...
View full detailsDescription 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...
View full detailsDescription Life-affirming autobiography of Karl Phillips, The Bootlegger, a social-media sensation with 320K followers for his humorous matchday v...
View full detailsDescription The Holy Dee, ever changing, ever constant. From her open-mouthed estuary, she follows a man-made channel, through Roman founded Cheste...
View full detailsDescription The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of...
View full detailsDescription A 20th anniversary edition with a foreword by James Dean Bradfield . Fiercely honest, compassionate, unconventional, political and pers...
View full detailsDescription Autobiography of distinguished psychiatrist David Enoch, author of modern classic Uncommon Psychiatric Syndromes and committed Christia...
View full detailsDescription Autobiography of Llanelli prop, Welsh Rugby Union Board and International Rugby Board member Anthony Buchanan. A behind-the-scenes look...
View full detailsDescription Fully illustrated picture book which will appeal to children (8+) and rugby-loving adults alike! The story of Wales' heroic defeat of t...
View full detailsDescription Ray Gravell was undoubtedly one of Wales and rugby's greatest characters. He touched the hearts of all who met him, and his sincere int...
View full detailsDescription At one time, the world’s ships and trains created a huge demand for steam coal – and the best coal in the world was in Cwm Rhondda – on...
View full detailsDescription This volume describes the development of religious thought in Wales between 1760 and 1900. Although the emphasis is on religious though...
View full detailsDescription In this bold, controversial book, Daryl Leeworthy takes a fresh, provocative look at the struggle through radical political action for ...
View full detailsDescription ♥ English Book of the Month: September 2021 A newly curated volume of academic essays on Raymond Williams’ work. To be published in Wil...
View full detailsDescription A volume celebrating sixty years since the establishment of the Books Council of Wales, comprising sixteen chapters by various scholars...
View full detailsDescription It's 1903 and widespread calls for social and gender reform flounder against entrenched misogyny. Navigating this world are best friend...
View full detailsDescription ♥ English Book of the Month: February 2021 1904: 21 year-old Ellen has been summoned back from her new life in New Jersey, to the famil...
View full detailsDescription Edited with an introduction by Peter Wakelin. Part of the Modern Wales series and originally published in 1945, Miner's Day tells of th...
View full detailsDescription The stories of women from Wales’ minority communities are seldom heard. This book comprises the life stories of 40 Black Asian Minority...
View full detailsDescription From a humble background in Barry, where his father was a butcher and local politician in the formative years of the new town, Cyril La...
View full detailsDescription In Painting the Beauty Queens Orange, the women who lived the decade reveal what it meant to push boundaries, claim your identity, and ...
View full detailsDescription ♥ English Book of the Month: November 2021 Michael O’Brien was a victim of a miscarriage of justice over a murder in Cardiff. He was dr...
View full detailsDescription Imagine the scene: on a headland not far from Dublin, a mother and her young son look out to sea. On the horizon, they can make out a r...
View full detailsDescription Two step-brothers share one nightmare; red gloves that reach for your throat; a changing room where a stranger asks to swap lives with ...
View full detailsDescription What is an artist? Sometimes John finds art easy, sometimes it’s hard, sometimes art is like a game, but sometimes it’s a puzzle. This ...
View full detailsDescription Celebrate this festive season with three brand new Mouse and Mole short stories by Joyce Dunbar and James Mayhew: 'Snowmole', 'Lo and B...
View full detailsDescription Learn 100 first words with your Disney baby friends. With sturdy pages for little hands to hold and lots of fun things to spot, this de...
View full detailsDescription Everyone’s favorite Disney and Pixar characters are here to show you all the colours of the rainbow — and more! Details ISBN: 978184967...
View full detailsDescription Come and learn the alphabet with Little Mouse. Go on an alphabet adventure with these beautiful pictures and easy to read text, perfect...
View full detailsDescription Have fun learning to count from 1 to 10 with Little Mouse. Introduce numbers to your little one with these modern and engaging illustra...
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