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Rough Guide Wales

by Mike Parker | Paul Whitfield

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 528 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to Wales in the British series, nicely balanced between practical travel details and an overview of the history and culture. (GBR140, $21.99)

Wales, An Illustrated History

by Henry Weisser

• HISTORY
• 2003
• PAPER
• 170 PAGES

A clear, objective treatment, this book traces key historic developments, as well as contemporary Welsh issues. (GBR815, $12.95)

A Writer's House in Wales

by Jan Morris

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2002
• HARD COVER
• 192 PAGES

In this extended essay, Morris uses her much-loved 18th-century house as a point of departure for a meditation on Welsh identity. (GBR325, $20.00)

Wales & West Midlands Map

by Ordnance Survey

• 2001
• MAP

A handsome locally grown map of Wales and the West Midlands of England at a scale of 1:250,000. (GBR122, $14.95)

 

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North Pembrokeshire Map

by Ordnance Survey

• 2002
• MAP

A detailed regional map of northern Pembrokeshire. (GBR415, $23.95)

South Pembrokeshire Map

by Ordnance Survey

• 2002
• MAP

A detailed regional map of southern Pembrokeshire. (GBR414, $23.95)

Companion Guide Wales

by David Barnes

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2005
• PAPER
• 368 PAGES

This guide in the excellent British series introduces the history, landscapes, culture and attractions of Wales. (GBR568, $34.95)

Xenophobe's Guide to the Welsh

by John Winterson Richards

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 92 PAGES

This irreverent pocket guide to cultural awareness is both insightful -- and entertaining. (GRB60, $7.95)

A History of Wales

by John Davies

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 736 PAGES

A comprehensive, leisurely history of Wales from the earliest times to the late 1980s, rendered in a graceful translation from the original Welsh. (GBR730, $36.00)

Life in A Medieval Castle

by Francis Gies

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1989
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

From lord to servant, this illustrated book describes the daily life of the inhabitants at Chepstow Castle in Wales in the 13th century. (GBR109, $14.99)

Modern Wales, A Concise History

by Gareth Elwyn Jones

• HISTORY
• 1994
• PAPER
• 395 PAGES

A scholarly, informative survey of the recent history of Wales. This highly regarded book covers the economical, political and educational factors that have shaped present day Wales. (GBR133, $44.99)

The British Isles, A History of Four Nations

by Hugh Kearney

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 324 PAGES

The Celts, Romans, Vikings, Normans and modern immigrants all make an appearance in Kearney's elegant and revisionist history of not just the English but also of the Scots, Welsh and Irish. (GBR88, $39.99)

The Hanged Man: A Story of Miracle, Memory, and Colonialism in the Middle Ages

by Robert Bartlett

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 192 PAGES

The story of 14th-century Welsh rebel William Cragh, his miraculous survival after being hanged in the gallows, and Bishop Thomas de Cantilupe, whose prayer many thought saved the doomed Cragh. (GBR535, $18.95)

The Last of the Celts

by Marcus Tanner

• HISTORY
• 2006
• PAPER
• 398 PAGES

Welsh journalist Tanner mixes anecdote, interview and research in this lively account of encounters with far-flung Celts from Scotland, Wales and Belfast to Brittany, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and Trelew. (GBR527, $25.00)

Art of the Celts

by Lloyd Robert Laing | Jennifer Laing

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1992
• PAPER
• 216 PAGES

A volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series, this is a broad introduction to Celtic art, from the 5th century B.C. to 1200 A.D. (CLT02, $19.95)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury

by Edith Pargeter

• LITERATURE
• 1992
• PAPER
• 378 PAGES

A historical novel full of medieval battles and disputes over feudal succession. (GBR169, $13.50)

A Morbid Taste for Bones

by Ellis Peters

• MYSTERY
• 1994
• PAPER
• 197 PAGES

In this historical mystery, 11th century monk and head of Shrewsbury Abbey Brother Cadfael travels to a small Welsh village to retrieve the relics of St. Winifred. A murder ensues and Cadfael must investigate. (GBR166, $7.99)

How Green Was My Valley

by Richard Llewellyn

• LITERATURE
• 1997
• PAPER
• 495 PAGES

This best-selling and beloved story, full of humor and pathos, paints an indelible portrait of Wales and the Welsh. It is a reminiscence of youth at a time when south Wales prospered, before the dust of coal blackened the valley. (GBR69, $17.00)

How Green Was My Valley

by John Ford

• LITERATURE
• 1941
• DVD

The John Ford film version of the beloved Welsh novel, starring Walter Pidgeon and Maureen O'Hara. (GBR696, $14.98)

On the Black Hill

by Bruce Chatwin

• LITERATURE
• 2011
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

Chatwin's tale of identical twin brothers who toil on the family farm in the wild and vibrant land of Wales and experience the oddities, wonders, and tragedies of human experience. (GBR131, $16.00)

The Collected Stories

by Dylan Thomas

• LITERATURE
• 1986
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

A wonderful collection of short stories by the celebrated Welsh author and poet. These imaginative stories are well worth re-reading for their vivid characters, sense of place and, especially, Thomas's elegant prose. (GBR134, $16.95)

The Mabinogi and Other Medieval Welsh Tales

by Pat Ford

• LITERATURE
• 2008
• PAPER
• 205 PAGES

The 30th anniversary edition of Professor Ford's translation of the Celtic classic in readable, modern English. (GBR739, $23.95)

The Mabinogion

by Jeffrey Gantz

• LITERATURE
• 1976
• PAPER
• 310 PAGES

These eleven Welsh stories, beautiful in their strangeness, combine fact with fantasy, myth with history and folklore, into one of the great Welsh epics, the only Welsh collection that survived. (GBR67, $13.00)

The Mabinogion

by Sioned Davies

• LITERATURE
• 2007
• HARD COVER
• 336 PAGES

An enchanting translation of the eleven tales of the Welsh medieval masterpiece by Sioned Davies, the chair of the Welsh department at Cardiff University. (GBR731, $25.00)

Under Milk Wood

by Dylan Thomas

• LITERATURE
• 1984
• PAPER
• 107 PAGES

Originally written as a radio play for the BBC, this short work (Dylan's last) concerns the events on a single spring day in a small coastal village in Wales. It's a lyrical, outrageous celebration of life in the mythical town of Llareggub (bugger all backwards), populated by all manner of madmen and eccentrics. (GBR244, $11.95)

Birds of Europe

by Lars Svensson

• FIELD GUIDE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 416 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

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