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A Celtic Miscellany

Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton, and Manx, this "Celtic Miscellany" offers a rich blend of poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a unique insight into the minds and literature of the Celtic people. It is a literature dominated by a deep sense of wonder, wild inventiveness and a profound sense of the uncanny, in which the natural world and... (more)

The Mabinogion

by Charlotte Guest

Drawing on myth, folklore and history, the stories of the "Mabinogion" passed from generations of storytellers before they were written down in the thirteenth century in the form we know. Set in dual realms of the forests and valleys of Wales and the shadowy otherworld, the tales are permeated by a dreamlike atmosphere. In "Math Son of Mathonwy" two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in... (more)

Manawydan Uab Llyr: Text from the Diplomatic Edition of the White Book of Rhydderch, J. Gwenogvryn Evans

Text: English, Welsh

COUNTRY DANCE

by Margiad Evans

A first person account of passion, murder and cultural conflict, this is the love story of a late nineteenth-century Welsh woman.

How Green Was My Valley

by Richard Llewellyn

The BFG

by Roald Dahl

Matilda

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

For hundreds of kids, The Trunchbull is pure terror. For Matilda, she's a sitting duck. Roald Dahl is one of the most beloved storytellers of all time, and his books have been children's favorites for generations. Puffin is proud to offer a strong new look for nine of our classic Roald Dahl titles. The distinctive cover treatment, with new art by Quentin Blake, will make these books easily recognizable. In... (more)

Roald Dahl's Collection

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

Complete with stunning new movie art for the cover and an eight-page full-color insert of movie stills, Roald Dahl’s treasured novel appears unabridged and complete in this movie tie-in edition of Dahl’s best-selling beloved classic.

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

A young boy escapes from two wicked aunts and embarks on a series of adventures with six giant insects he meets inside a giant peach.

Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales

Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales

by Alwyn Rees, B. R. Rees

Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society & Literature (Celtic Interest)

Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society & Literature (Celtic Interest)

by Peter Berresford Ellis

Starting with Boadicea, one of the most powerful, historical Celtic female figures, Ellis highlights basic questions such as whether women had equal status and equal rights of inheritance in Celtic society.

Poets of the Welsh Princes (Writers of Wales S.)

Poets of the Welsh Princes (Writers of Wales S.)

by J. E. Caerwyn Williams

This text deals principally with the professional poets employed in the courts of the Welsh princes during the 12th and 13th centuries. Some 31 of these poets are known by name and the work of several of them has survived. It is difficult to generalize about the poets of the Welsh princes - some being epic-minded and others more concerned with the spirit; some poems have a social connotation, others a personal.... (more)

Green, Green My Valley Now

by Richard Llewellyn

The Welsh Classics Vol. 1: Dafydd AP Gwilym: Poems (Welsh Classics Vol. 1)

The Welsh Classics Vol. 1: Dafydd AP Gwilym: Poems (Welsh Classics Vol. 1)

by Dafydd ap Gwilym

The Welsh Girl

by Peter Ho Davies

From the acclaimed writer Peter Ho Davies comes an engrossing wartime love story set in the stunning landscape of North Wales during the final, harrowing months of World War II. Young Esther Evans has lived her whole life within the confines of her remote mountain village. The daughter of a fiercely nationalistic sheep farmer, Esther yearns for a taste of the wider world that reaches her only through broadcasts... (more)

Branwen Uerch Lyr (Welsh - Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series)

ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE - and Other Stories: After the Fair; The Enemies; The Tree; The Visitor; The Lemon; The Burning Baby; The Orchards; The Mouse and the Woman; The Horse's Ha; A Prospect of the Sea; The Holy Six; Prologue to an Adventure

ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE - and Other Stories: After the Fair; The Enemies; The Tree; The Visitor; The Lemon; The Burning Baby; The Orchards; The Mouse and the Woman; The Horse's Ha; A Prospect of the Sea; The Holy Six; Prologue to an Adventure

MabinogionEveryman's Library; Translated By Thomas Jones And Gwyn Jones; Preface B

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A Celtic Miscellany

The Mabinogion

by Charlotte Guest

Manawydan Uab Llyr: Text from the Diplomatic Edition of the White Book of Rhydderch, J. Gwenogvryn Evans

COUNTRY DANCE

by Margiad Evans

How Green Was My Valley

by Richard Llewellyn

The BFG

by Roald Dahl

Matilda

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

James and the Giant Peach

by Roald Dahl

Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition in Ireland and Wales

by Alwyn Rees, B. R. Rees

Celtic Women: Women in Celtic Society & Literature (Celtic Interest)

by Peter Berresford Ellis

Poets of the Welsh Princes (Writers of Wales S.)

by J. E. Caerwyn Williams

Green, Green My Valley Now

by Richard Llewellyn

The Welsh Classics Vol. 1: Dafydd AP Gwilym: Poems (Welsh Classics Vol. 1)

by Dafydd ap Gwilym

The Welsh Girl

by Peter Ho Davies

Branwen Uerch Lyr (Welsh - Mediaeval and Modern Welsh Series)

ADVENTURES IN THE SKIN TRADE - and Other Stories: After the Fair; The Enemies; The Tree; The Visitor; The Lemon; The Burning Baby; The Orchards; The Mouse and the Woman; The Horse's Ha; A Prospect of the Sea; The Holy Six; Prologue to an Adventure

Mabinogion

by Everyman's Library; Translated By Thomas Jones And Gwyn Jones; Preface B