English books for adults

Description From the very beginnings of Wales, its people have defined themselves against their large neighbour. Wales - England's Colony? shows th...

Desription Full-colour road atlas of Wales, with extended coverage into England and including all the major routes into the country. The detailed r...

Description A mutual bond of rivalry and respect has existed between the rugby-loving Wales and New Zealand nations since their first match in 1905...

Description Everything you need to walk the Ceredigion Coast Path & Snowdonia coast section of the Wales Coast Path. Official guide. Details IS...

Description The Wales Coast Path - A Practical Guide for Walkers, now in an updated and fully revised second edition, is the bestselling and essent...

Description Wales in 100 Objects is a beautiful volume to treasure, presenting what the author considers the 100 most important physical objects in...

Description From 'hiraeth' to 'cwtsh' and 'crachach' to 'popty-ping', some of the evocative and unique words you will only hear in Wales. A fun gif...

Description A comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in WWII and the conflict's impact on every area of the country and all involved: ci...

 Description Discover 366 fun and surprising stories about Welsh history and culture that most history books leave out – each linked to a specific ...

ISBN: 9781784615215 Publication Date February 2018Publisher: Y Lolfa, Tal-y-bont Format: Paperback, 184x123 mm, 128 pages Language: English A book ...

Description 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...

Description The exciting story of the Welsh immigrants and their descendants who made a disproportionate contribution to the creation and growth of...

Description Wales: A Hundred Records is an anthology of the highlights of the careers of the most important recording artists that Wales has ever p...

Description 20 circular walks exploring the varied and unspoilt landscape of the Shropshire Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The walks var...

Description This guide gives all the information needed to enjoy the 338km (210 mile) Severn Way. The book is divided into four sections that corre...

Description Poet and psychogeographer Peter Finch undertakes 15 walks around the south Wales Valleys, picking out features en route and providing i...

ISBN: 9781908748348 Publication Date April 2016Publisher: Kittiwake, Glantwymyn Illustrated by Morag Perrott Format: Paperback, 210x148 mm, 44 page...

ISBN: 9781908748010 Publication Date: March 2012 Publisher: KittiwakeFormat: Paperback, 208x148 mm, 40 pages Language: English Twenty five circula...

Description In the early 1900's north-east Wales was a dangerous place for women - Suffragist's meetings descended into near riot, or in some cases...

ISBN: 9781472252456 Publication Date November 2019Publisher: Headline Book Publishing Ltd., London Format: Hardback, 242x162 mm, 388 pages Languag...

Description  This ground-breaking book, which traces the changing role of school and college inspectors in Wales over time, offers insights into de...

Description 15 guided walks (4-9 miles each) along the Wales Coast Path, as undertaken by Derek in the 12th series of 'Weatherman Walking', broadca...

Description Kat has found her dream life, head chef at the Café Lompar and engaged to Milo. Her mother Grace loves part-owning the business. But th...

Description A time traveller arrives in Wales in the year 2033 to find a peaceful and thriving country. He plans to make a life in this new version...

Description Beginners' course for Welsh learners, ideal for self-study. 16 units use strip cartoons to present sentence structures and grammar poin...

Description What does it mean to imagine Wales and 'The Welsh' as something both distinct and inclusive? In this book, Welsh writers condider the f...

Description The region around Oswestry in north-west Shropshire is a remarkable corner of England in which, for much of the last thousand years, We...

Description Set out in the form of a memoir, Stephen Rule goes about tackling the challenges and celebrating the successes of the Welsh language in...

Description The Welsh at War trilogy is the culmination of over twelve years of painstaking research by the author into the Welsh men and infantry ...

Description A Welsh County at War is not a military history of horror in the trenches, but a social and cultural history of life in one Welsh count...

Description Based on official data and in-depth interviews, this urgent and challenging book provides the first academic account of the operation o...

Description A collection of over 60 folk tales by expert in the field Robin Gwyndaf. Includes the stories of Cantre'r Gwaelod (Ceredigion), Nant Gw...

Description  A volume that explores more than two thousand years of history to discover the rich, forgotten heritage of Welsh foods - from oysters ...

Description Welsh in Twelve Weeks introduces you to the essential vocabulary and main grammatical areas of Welsh. Details ISBN: 9781845277246 Publi...

Description This volume is the fruit of decades of research by the Revd D Ben Rees into the unique story of the Welsh people living in Liverpool an...

Description A history of the Welsh language in Cardiff over a thousand years. Details ISBN: 9781784618827 Publication Date November 2020 Author: Ow...

Description For nearly 500 years the Marcher lordships and their lords were at the centre of events that affected the history of England and Wales,...

Description Learn the words and the fascinating story of one of the world's most loved national anthems. The book includes the music, original Wels...

Description A radical reinterpretation of the effect of excluding Welsh from schools on the fortunes of the language. Most people in Wales know tha...

Description The glory days of Welsh rugby seem long ago now. Mortifying defeats, threatened strike action, institutionalised sexism, racism and hom...

Description A study of the imagery of Welsh saints in medieval and 19th/20th-century stained glass, sculpture and painting. Overview and analysis, ...

Description This book argues for a new Welsh Way, one that is truly radical and transformational. A call for a political engagement that will creat...

Description Which Welsh woman led a double life as a pirate and smuggler? Which harpist and wrestler threw a man into a lake? Who led the first soc...

Description One is in everything. One lives throughout the universe and beyond... One of the most remarkable women writers of the mid-twentieth cen...

Description 34th in the Welsh Women's Classics series. The first ever collection of Dorothy Bonarjee's verse, offering an expert assessment of Bona...

ISBN: 9781783784233 Publication Date April 2019Publisher: Granta Publications, Croydon Format: Paperback, 197x129 mm, 155 pages Language: English ...

Desription 1792: Nantucket whalers, invited to found the port of Milford Haven, are preceded by a beached whale. An omen for the local people, but ...

Description A road trip through Wales and its rich history of folklore. Russ Williams was raised on Welsh stories, like the one about a mountain th...