History

Description A volume that looks at the past 100 years in the history of Urdd Gobaith Cymru (The Welsh League of Youth) while also looking forward t...

Description This book tells the compelling and revealing story of the women’s movement in modern Wales. A panoramic sweep takes the reader on a jou...

Description From the first student register in 1872 and early x-ray equipment to future foods and space exploration, discover fascinating stories f...

Description A short history of one of Ancient Britain's most enigmatic civilisations. The first in-depth history of the Celts in Britain, from one ...

ISBN: 9781845275440 Publication Date November 2016Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 215x138 mm, 366 pages Language: Welsh...

Description Following recent enhanced interest in place-names, Rhian Parry walks the fields of the Ardudwy area to reveal the secrets behind the na...

Description Before Charles became King, he was Prince of Wales. It was a role he took more seriously than any predecessor of the modern British mon...

Description Celebrates the successes, and grapples critically with the challenges faced by Wales' education system. Details

Description A book that includes over 60 folk tales and a great deal of information about Welsh folk customs, according to area, including Cantre'r...

Description In 1974 there was ‘revolution in the air' in the Swansea area as Wales's first independent radio station began broadcasting on Septembe...

Description A unique perspective on the 1984–85 UK Miners' Strike from a husband-and-wife team who reported on it in person at the time. Press phot...

ISBN: 9781848518650 Publication Date October 2018Publisher: Gwasg Gomer, Llandysul Format: Hardback, 222x145 mm, 608 pages Language: Welsh To many,...

Description Welsh experiences from both sides of the Falklands/Malvinas War. Translated for the first time, Ioan Roberts's vivid oral history recor...

ISBN: 9781845242572 Publication Date February 2017Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pages Language: Engli...

Description A journey from Tywyn to Bardsey through the words and the magical photography of Jean Napier. Details ISBN: 9781845245122 Publication ...

ISBN: 9781845242824 Publication Date: July 2018 Publisher: Gwasg Carreg GwalchFormat: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pages Language: English Before th...

  Description Any national flag carries a high emotional charge and comes with both myth and historical fact attached; but this book is more wide-r...

Description A selection of folklore, myths and ghost stories from Wales. Readers will find it both informative and entertaining. There are stories ...

Description Much less known than the slate industry in Snowdonia are the metal mines. But these, too, greatly contributed to the economy of the are...

Description his second book, Snowdonia Slate 2 - The story with photographs, complements and adds to the descriptions of the first volume. It is wr...

Description Traditionally, the communities along the western coast of Wales thrived on maritime trade and fishing. The produce of the farmland and ...

ISBN: 9781845276843 Publication Date March 2019Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 208 pages Language: English ...