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Falls the Shadow: A Novel

by Sharon Kay Penman

Simon de Montfort was a man ahead of his time in the thirteenth century, a disinherited Frenchman who talked his way into an English earldom and marriage with a sister of the English king, Henry III. A charismatic, obstinate leader, Simon soon lost patience with the king’s incompetence and inability to keep his word, and found himself the champion of the common people. This is his story, and the story of Henry... (more)

The Welsh Girl

by Peter Ho Davies

Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, Peter Ho Davies’s profoundly moving first novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a POW camp is established near her village, seventeen-year-old barmaid Esther Evans finds herself strangely drawn to the camp and its forlorn captives. She is exploring the camp boundary when the astonishing occurs: Karsten, a young German... (more)

Twenty Thousand Saints

by Fflur Dafydd

Archaeologist Deian returns to the island of his childhood, where his mother disappeared without a trace. Sister Viv, closet heretic and host of the annual conference of hermits, has erected a gold plaque in her memory, declaring her official sainthood. Meanwhile, documentary-maker Leri is keen to portray the island's inhabitants as anything but saintly, pursuing a story that has less to do with birds and saints'... (more)

The Coroner

by M. R. Hall

When lawyer, Jenny Cooper, is appointed Severn Vale District Coroner, she's hoping for a quiet life and space to recover from a traumatic divorce, but the office she inherits from the recently deceased Harry Marshall contains neglected files hiding dark secrets and a trail of buried evidence. Could the tragic death in custody of a young boy be linked to the apparent suicide of a teenage prostitute and the fate of... (more)

Jessica (The girls)

by Rosie Rushton

Mr Cassini

by Lloyd Jones

Packed with literary allusion, this circuitous story of strange travels where past and present merge and dreams threaten to dominate reality is an atypical look at a journey from abuse to personal redemption. This Welsh Arabian Nights takes the reader on a trip grounded in the history and literature of Wales, exploring the painful yet humorous reality and dreams of Duxie and Ollie as they encounter famous Welsh... (more)

Beauty and the Beast: Re-issue (Nick Hern Book)

Beauty and the Beast: Re-issue (Nick Hern Book)

by Laurence Boswell

A darkly dramatic re-telling of a well-known tale for The Royal Shakespeare Company's 2003 Christmas show. In "Beauty and the Beast", we encounter two worlds. The domestic world of Beauty's family in mid-18th-century France, safe and familiar/ And another world, first stumbled upon by her merchant father: a place of great riches and disturbing nightmares, dominated the fearsome and tragic Beast. Uniting the two is... (more)

The Warlord's Bride

by Margaret Moore

Lady Roslynn knows not what to expect of her future husband, the infamous "Bear of Brecon." Offered in marriage to the powerful Welsh lord by the king, Roslynn fears the worst. She has no right to hope for a love match, but in her heart the lady dreams of a home and family of her very own.… One look at Lord Madoc of Llanpowell makes her blood run hot. The rugged warrior proves a passionate lover and attentive... (more)

THE CLAUDE GLASS

by TOM BULLOUGH

Tea in the Heather

by Kate Roberts

Tea in the Heather is Kate Roberts's classic tale of family and community in the hill-farms and slate quarries of Gwynedd. Beautifully realized, never idealized, it follows the life of Begw Gruffydd, the little girl who grows from the age of four to nine in the book. With her eye for detail and her ear for dialogue Roberts's portrayal of childhood and childish concerns is charming and convincing. This is a time... (more)

My First Colouring Book

by Lloyd Jones

Alternating between serious and absurd, these 25 very short stories are written in a variety of styles and often from an unexpected viewpoint, such as that of an old woman, a young man with a missing wife, and a surgeon who becomes a shepherd. A wry, experimental system of color coding—with red for tragic stories, yellow for confessionals, gold for flights of fancy, blood red for laugh-out-loud humor—these stories... (more)

Yeah, Dai Dando

by Meic Stephens

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking

by Madhur Jaffrey

Chef magazine called this book’s author “the best-known ambassador of Indian food in the United States” . . . and the Boston Herald referred to her as “the renowned author and actress <who> teaches home cooks about the sophistication and infinite diversity of Indian fare.” The New York Times described her simply and succinctly as “the Indian cuisine authority.” For many years a best-selling cookbook,... (more)

The Complete Cadbury's Cook Book

by Patricia Dunbar

A collection of delicious chocolate-based recipes.

Culture Shock!: Britain (Culture Shock!)

Culture Shock!: Britain (Culture Shock!)

by Terry Tan

With over three million copies in print, CultureShock! is a bestselling series of culture and etiquette guides covering countless destinations around the world. For anyone at risk of culture shock, whether a tourist or a long-term resident, CultureShock! provides a sympathetic and fun-filled crash course on the do's and don'ts in foreign cultures. Fully updated and sporting a fresh new look, the revised... (more)

Ivanhoe

by Sir Walter Scott

The epitome of the chivalric novel, Ivanhoe sweeps readers into Medieval England and the lives of a memorable cast of characters. Ivanhoe, a trusted ally of Richard-the-Lion-Hearted, returns from the Crusades to reclaim the inheritance his father denied him. Rebecca, a vibrant, beautiful Jewish woman is defended by Ivanhoe against a charge of witchcraft--but it is Lady Rowena who is Ivanhoe's true love. The wicked... (more)

The country diary of an Edwardian lady : a facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906

The country diary of an Edwardian lady : a facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906

by Edith Holden

This is a facsimile reproduction of a naturalist's diary for the year 1906. Edith Holden recorded in words and paintings the flora and fauna of the British countryside through the changing seasons of the year.

by Shirley Conran

Four women, Judy, Kate, Pagan and Maxine, are summoned to a New York apartment where they are asked which one of them is the mother of the host. As they unlock the past, the women remember the things that tie them together.

Philip's Atlas of the Universe

by Patrick Moore

Fully revised and updated, Philip's Atlas of the Universe is a definitive reference to the stars, the plants, and the universe. Extended by an additional 16 pages for 1997, this edition contains a wealth of new photographs from ground based telescopes and the Hubble Space Telescope, along with the best images from nearly four decades of robotic exploration of the planets. This atlas provides superb star maps and... (more)

Eve Green

by Susan Fletcher

With the death of a mother and the abduction of a young girl, Susan Fletcher has written a vividly beautiful novel about the innocence and terror of childhood. Following the loss of her mother, eight-year-old Evie is sent to a new life in rural Wales -- a dripping place, where flowers appear mysteriously on doorsteps and people look at her twice. With a sense of being lied to she sets out to discover her family's... (more)

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by Sharon Kay Penman

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by Rosie Rushton

by Lloyd Jones

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by Margaret Moore

by TOM BULLOUGH

by Kate Roberts

by Lloyd Jones

by Meic Stephens

by Madhur Jaffrey

by Patricia Dunbar

by Terry Tan

by Sir Walter Scott

by Edith Holden

by Shirley Conran

by Patrick Moore

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