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The story of a particular Welsh community during the American Civil War. It focuses in an easy-to-read style on the army members and also portrays the relationship between the Welsh soldiers and the communities at home. At least 70 soldiers in the Wosconsin 22nd Regiment of Footsoldiers were Welsh speakers - both immigrants and American-born...

Memoir of renowned actress Siân Phillips by Hywel Gwynfryn. Siân Phillips is one of Wales''s most iconic actresses ever. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, this volume records her interesting and entertaining life and career - both full of variety and drama.

Nina and Anti Eirlys take a bus trip to Cardiff. But Anti Eirlys has soon made new friends and leaves Nina to chat to the bus driver, Marc Jones. It''s the start of a romance. When Anti Eirlys dies suddenly, Nina becomes a rich woman and soon has a ring on her finger. One day, Marc disappears, and when Nina rings the bus company she is in for a...

Rhiannon lives in Wales 58?60 AD when the Romans, led by Suetonius Paulinus, arrive on the isle of Anglesey from the North of England. The people of her village fight bravely but are defeated, and many are killed, including her own family. The Romans recognise that Rhiannon is a brave fighter and take her to Rome to become a Gladiator and...

Wales' mining heritage clashes with the modern world in this character-driven working class tragicomedy with an underlying theme of loss: of an industry, of a way of life, and of a life partner. The protagonist is an anti-hero - Johnny 'the Cutter' Morgan, a widowed ex-miner who discovers coal under his allotment shed and, with good intentions of providing work for antisocial local teenagers, opens a clandestine coal mine. The venture becomes a rollercoaster ride as Johnny battles to keep his tiny colliery secret from prying allotment tenants, the authorities, retired never-off-duty police officers, a mad coal merchant, and a band of militant climate activists. Can Johnny hold it all together and resurrect his unfashionable mining past, in microcosm, in an increasingly hostile green world? Published in advance of the 40th anniversary of the UK's 1984-85 Miners' Strike.

A humorous, charming and sensitive novel. Jac a''r Angel is a lively Christmas story. Children and adults alike can enjoy the ''coming of age'' story of an innocent boy who uses his imagination to overcome grief and the dark forces of life.

A contemporary novel for young people by a popular novelist relating the frictions and friendships, failures and successes of a mottley crew of GCSE students as they learn to co-operate on an open-air adventure course. Reprint; first published in 2000. Tir na n-Og Award winner 2001.

A Welsh week-to-two-pages Filofax for the year 2024 comprising a comprehensive directory of Welsh organizations and societies.

An A4 size, bilingual desk diary for the year 2024, which includes two pages to a week, a year planner for 2024, pages for notes, together with a comprehensive directory of Welsh organizations and societies.

A bilingual, A5 size, 17 month diary, August 2023-December 2024. Comprises a year planner, timetables, pages for notes and a comprehensive list of useful addresses and phone numbers.

A gripping detective novel by a popular author. 1997 is a year of great change on the islands of Britain. In Aberystwyth, it''s a traumatic year for Moses John who wakes up in hospital with no memory of the last seven years. He learns that he was the chief detective on a murder case and his attempts to catch the murderer forces him to ask - who...

Guto dreams of dragons. Some are fierce and sparkling, some are tender and quiet, but they all keep him company all through the night and the following day. The problem is that no-one else can see Guto''s dragons. Can they? A beautiful illustrated book which tells a story with a precious, comforting message, celebratating the imagination and...

Criw''r Coed (The Forest Crew) - Gwdi-Hw, Carwww, Mwyalchen, Eryr and Chwim yr Eog - need to help Dyfrig y Draenog to cross the road and to find his friends who are swiftly disappearing. A colourful book with a lively text which teaches an important lesson about the environment.

A dark, fantasy novel that follows Ithel as they try to unravel the mystery that threatens to destroy the kingdom. With the help of Adwen, the trader, they try to find the guilty attackers, but all kinds of atrocities occur before the journey''s end.

A volume of short stories for Welsh Learners at Entry Level, with a glossary on each page. The stories will take the reader to all kinds of unexpected places and to experience various awkward situations which will cause both embarass and goosebumps.

A volume that traces the effect that reporting in difficult circumstances has had on some of Wales''s most noteable journalists. We hear of PTSD symptoms arising from reporting in Libya, depression after interviewing soldiers in America, reporting on a Paris terrorist attack, war in Bosnia and the emotional impact of the work - all hidden behind...

A step-by-step guide designed to help familiarize beginners with the structures and spelling of formal written Welsh, making grammar practical and fun with a system of color-coded building blocks and easy-to-follow exercises that walk you through creating your own simple Welsh sentences. With Welsh-English and English-Welsh glossaries.

A collection of short biographies of Wales' most interesting sporting heroes (male and female), across many different sports. For children aged 9-11.

A collection of in-depth interviews from one of Wales' best rugby journalists, looking back on the careers of 26 of Welsh rugby's finest players.

Comprehensive account of the part played by Wales in the Second World War, looking at the impact of the conflict on every area of the country and from the perspective of all involved: civilians, factory workers, children (both those evacuated to and those from Wales), national and regional politicians, soldiers, pacifists, writers, and more.

Fan of rugby union? Think you know it all? Test your knowledge with the ultimate Rugby Union quiz book: 50 rounds of 10 questions, with answers in the back.

A volume celebrating the golden era of Welsh Rugby in the 1970s, full of entertaining snippets and photographs galore reflecting the success of the Welsh team during a decade which saw players such as Gareth Edwards, Barry John, Phil Bennett, Mervyn Davies, JPR and many more becoming international superstars. Fun retro Seventies annual design.

This new edition of Exploring Wales retains Condry's original superlative prose but adds new material by Neville Jones on sites not accessible in 1970. The result is a guidebook to Wales which is both a tribute to the early pioneers of Condry's generation and a call for a new type of society, living in harmony with ecological principles.

The hitherto untold story of a civilian tented hospital, raised by public subscription in Wales.

Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's TV series about their shock buyout of Wrexham AFC has propelled the team to unimaginable new popularity. Lifelong fan Peter Read looks at his own obsessive support, the club's history, and developments over the first two seasons under the Hollywood stars. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru

A novel set in Norway, following the story of 15-year old Sander who suffers from Silver-Russell syndrome - a condition that affects one in one hundred million people. A raw and sensitive novel for teenagers, dealing with trying to conform with peers when feeling marginalised, and about the power of friendship.

In this book, Bridget Flynn Walker presents a CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) programme of five steps to assist young people to gain confidence and to stop feeling anxious in social situations.

A novel for teenagers about Alaw Gobaith, who is grieving for her father and feels that everything and everybody is against her. She suffers from PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) and tries to come to terms with this by assisting at a local hospital on childrens'' wards, and by corresponding with a boy she met on the ferry while returning...

This friendly guide will lead you through all aspects of regulating life, relationships and mental health on social media. It will help you to deal with matters such as private settings, direct messaging, online bullying, beauty filters, influencers and fake news.

A picture word book to accompany the series ''Cywion Bach'', being part of the provision of the television Cyw programmes. Together with a picture and word on each page, the word is spelt phonetically to assist non-Welsh parents. Published through co-operation between Y Lolfa, Boom Plant and S4C.