Books

16 results found
Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The waste land, and other poems The waste land, and other poems T. S. Eliot Collection of T.S. Eliot's poems, including "Wastle Land" which many regard as the most influential poem written in English in the twentieth century. OL11015549W
Think without Limits Think without Limits Lynda Pritchard Newcombe This is a book about learning and using a second language. Although the book describes the experiences of Welsh learners and provides advice on how to sustain motivation and use classroom language i… OL15399514W
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley,Patrick Sandford Patrick Sandford's acclaimed dramatisation of Mary Shelley's celebrated novel *Frankenstein*, a classic work of gothic fiction in the English canon. OL16284818W
Gwlad fy nhadau Gwlad fy nhadau Gwyn Griffiths This is a history of the creation of the Welsh national anthem by father and son Evans and James James of Pontypridd, in industrial south Wales, in 1856. The song was created as 'Glan Rhondda' (On th… OL24179591W
Yr hen ddyddiadau Yr hen ddyddiadau John Pierce Jones The autobiography of John Pierce Jones who was brought up in the rural area of Niwbwrch (Newborough), Anglesey, and whose life changed dramatically when his mother remarried, moving the family to the… OL24194413W
O'r un brethyn O'r un brethyn Harri Parri Another memorable book by popular author Harri Parri in which he displays his ability to write about people. It's not fictional characters or friends or family that he portrays this time but a group … OL24198078W
Layer Cake Layer Cake Dave Lewis Review: ‘His poetry is honest and direct. Each word is effective. Each word is easily understood. Unlike so many others today, he writes from the heart and soul, from raw emotion; he has drawn on hi… OL24236451W
Wild Bill Williams Wild Bill Williams Jack Martin Official records show that some 80,000 Welshmen made their home in the place now known as the Wild West, though the true figure is likely to have been much higher. This is the story of one of those m… OL24308412W
The Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction, 1950-2000 The Cambridge introduction to modern British fiction, 1950-2000 Dominic Head In this introduction to post-war fiction in Britain, Dominic Head shows how the novel yields a special insight into the important areas of social and cultural history in the second half of the twenti… OL2638162W
How Green Was My Valley How Green Was My Valley Richard Llewellyn **This is a story set in a south Wales coal mining valley and tells of a family striving to improve their lives through hard work, education and their non-conformist faith.** The main character is th… OL2647269W
Keeper of the Dream Keeper of the Dream Penelope Williamson THE VISION Blessed with the Welsh gift of "sight," Lady Arianna saw the vision in a golden bowl: A knight with eyes gray as the English sea that had captured her, his sword about to pierce her heart… OL2666390W
Llwybrau cenhedloedd Llwybrau cenhedloedd Jerry Hunter Mae'r llyfr hwn yn cyd-destunoli cenhadaeth Evan Jones i'r Tsalagi (Cherokee), a hynny trwy graffu ar destunau perthnasol mewn tair iaith - y Saesneg, y Gymraeg a'r iaith Dsalagi. Dehonglir hefyd y m… OL27697606W
Identity tourism Identity tourism Susan Pitchford "Identity Tourism: Imaging and Imagining the Nation" examines the role of tourism in the construction of national identity. To imagine a nation, nationalists must construct a national story about the… OL32279534W
Single Spies & Talking Heads Single Spies & Talking Heads Alan Bennett Contains: [Single Spies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2803397W/Single_Spies): An Englishman abroad. [A Question of Attribution](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20645729W/A_Question_of_Attrib… OL4207635W
Quiet times with God Quiet times with God Thomas, Mack A surprise and a smile from God each day. With more than one hundred truths for living as God's child, Quiet Times with God helps make daily moments with God a warm, happy experience! Inside, boys an… OL68878W
Ice trap Ice trap Kitty Sewell A 46 year old Welsh surgeon's life is turned upside-down by a letter from teenage twins in the Canadian Arctic, claiming to be his children. With his marriage in ruins, he goes back to this remote ic… OL7975493W