English books for adults

Description The story of a century of sport, celebrating the achievements of Swansea University students and alumni, set against the events of the ...

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 The long-awaited autobiography of Welsh rugby legend 'Charlie' Faulkner. Immortalised in Max Boyce's 'The Pontypool Front Row', he was ...

Description Late 18th century Ireland. Two women from noble families, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, meet and form an intense romantic fri...

Description This book provides national governments and school communities with a model way of working to push back against child poverty, showcasi...

Description In this moving sequence of poems Nicola Davies's text combines with the superbly evocative illustrations of Petr Horácek to provide ins...

Description An anthology of poetry and prose, mainly celebratory, of the Welsh experience of Christmas as captured by various Welsh writers. First ...

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...

Description A coming of age story, tense and compelling; brutal and tender. A story of survival and humanity set in early 1900s New England. Miller...

Description Peter Finch has developed his particular poetics for fifty years. His blending of the avant-garde, concrete, visual, sound and more con...

Description Peter Finch has developed his particular poetics for fifty years. His blending of the avant-garde, concrete, visual, sound and more con...

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

Description Questions of humanity, of point of view, are at the heart of Fiona Sampson’s new collection, Come Down.Throughout, Sampson’s poems shim...

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: 9781845242633 Publication Date March 2017Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pages Language: English ...

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 ...

ISBN: 9781845242510 Publication Date April 2016Publisher: Llygad Gwalch Cyf, Llanrwst Edited by Myrddin ap Dafydd Format: Paperback, 155x150 mm Lan...

ISBN: 9781845242503 Publication Date April 2017Publisher: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, Llanrwst Adapted/Translated by Howard Huws. Format: Paperback, 150x1...

ISBN: 9781845242428 Publication Date April 2016Publisher: Llygad Gwalch Cyf, Llanrwst Format: Paperback, 150x155 mm, 128 pages Language: English Mo...

Description This book debates how Brexit has exacerbated cultural differences between the four nations of Britain in a way that ultimately places t...

Description Hilary Durwood's confession takes in his travels in semi-mythical lands, on a semi-mythical mission, in which he is forced to kill some...

Description When a young family inherit a remote mountain-side cottage in north Wales, giving them the chance to change the course of their lives a...

Description A fascinating exploration of the history of the country houses of Herefordshire, Shropshire and the Welsh Borders. Details ISBN: 978139...

Description The poems in Cowboy are knowing, millennial, internet-sick, funny, with deep undercurrents: of embodied and disembodied spiritualities;...

Description Whether you're learning alone or with a friend, exposure is key to language acquisition.With 50 Welsh questions to ask yourself or some...

Description A story full of strangeness and extraordinary twists, games and trickery, Crow Face, Doll Face is about being forced to live with the c...

Description If the motto of the Wales football team is GORAU CHWARAE CYD CHWARAE (The best [way to] play is playing together), the motto of this bo...

Description Adults only.  This book is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. They say the best time to practise your target language is wit...

Description Adults only.  This book is not suitable for readers under the age of 18. Downright vulgar Welsh phrases for use before, during, and aft...