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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Documenting the experiences of women in the 1950s and 1960s by presenting their own autobiographical accounts, Changing Times features sections on a range of issues from childhood and chappel to unmarried mothers and the swinging sixties. The detailed introduction sets the accounts in context, illuminating the significance of women's lives during such changing times. This is the third in the autobiographical series following the popular Parachutes and Petticoats and Struggle and Starve. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Published in conjunction with Chawton House, Dancing With Mr Darcy is an anthology of the winning entries to the Jane Austen Short Story Award 2009, which celebrates the bicentenary of Jane Austen's arrival in Chawton House - a place where she spent the most productive years of her literary life. The intention of the prize is to publish the very best short fiction inspired by Jane Austen or Chawton House. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Ham (his mother was a fan of Noah) is a resting actor, currently working in Afghan exile Mr Khan's corner shop. His latest project is a TV script based on an autobiographical turning point. In the late seventies, Newcastle's Kicking Theatre company ran a play by its resident playwright, Cuff. Then, one night, at a party to celebrate what may the company's final production, a stranger crashes the party. The memory haunts him still and when his new friend Mr Khan is attacked by hooligans it seems like the wheel of fortune has turned against Ham one more time. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 20 women writers from all over Wales recount their deep personal connections to the landscapes which have shaped their lives - their loves, their joys, their losses, their inner and their outer worlds. These essays present nature as a healer and teacher, and this anthology finds as its subject the unique bond with the natural world which comes over time spent in the company of wild things. Written from a feminine perspective with both new and established voices, In Her Element offers a much needed revision of contemporary British nature writing. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. These women are dreaming of a better world. But they are not just dreamers. They have organised, marched on the streets, joined protest camps, opened refuges, blogged from war zones and smashed up military equipment. They have gone undercover, lived in trees, stormed Parliament and taken on the world's largest corporations. They have been sacked, attacked, psychologically abused, jailed, shot at, sued, deceived by police spies and even disowned by their families. But still they keep dreaming; still they march on. And they are changing history. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Winifred is a determined young woman eager for new experiences, for a life beyond the grocer's shop counter ruled over by her domineering mother. Bill Howarth's troubled childhood echoes through his early adult life and the scars linger, affecting his work, his relationships and his health. The only light in his life comes from a chance meeting with Winifred, the daughter of a Lancashire grocer. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Two years into Darragh O'Grady's new life as a crop duster in 1930s America, everything is changed when he spots an abandoned farm from the cockpit of his plane. Despite its reportedly tragic history he buys the house and land - and the dark lake at its heart - marries indomitable but damaged Beattie Darling, and sets about making a home. But will the O'Gradys' love for one another prove powerful enough to overcome the hardships of a life punctuated by loss, and can they escape the lake's mysterious legacies? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Women's Lives in the South Wales Valleys between the Two World Wars Drawing on the memories of women and girls and accompanied by a critical introduction, this volume vividly depicts the daily struggle for survival and fresh opportunities in the South Wales Valleys of the twenties and thirties. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The third in the popular series which started with the award-winning Who's Afraid of the Bwgan-Wood?, this novel for young adults skilfully interweaves real and fantasy worlds to draw the reader into a battle to save the local woods from destruction - a feat only possible by juggling with time zones! Described as a very rich plum-pudding of a novel' by Reader's Report, this is sure to appeal to children and young adults alike, especially those who enjoy adventure, intrigue, fantasy and good writing. Ages 8 and up.' Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. A vivid recreation of the lives of working-class Welsh women between the wars - a time of dislocation, depression and dramatic industrial and political struggles. White and Williams have put together an outstanding collection of personal accounts of mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters and cousins. First published in 1998, this new edition has an updated introduction and additional footnotes, taking into account recent research and analysis concerning the lot of women between the wars. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. …

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Second volume of short stories following the sell out success of her first and prize winning novel SILLY MOTHERS. I would say this author was born to write'. Lynne Reid Banks.'. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. 14 authors write about love, desire, heartbreak, sex, longing and guilt. Happy and sad, funny and fierce, they include all the messy joy and pain of human relationships. A perfect gift for Santes Dwynwen or Valentine's Day! 14 women authors write about love, desire, heartbreak, sex, longing and guilt. Happy and sad, funny and fierce, they include all the messy joy and pain of human relationships. A perfect gift for Santes Dwynwen or Valentine's Day! Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Loyalty is a strange thing - sometimes it runs deeper than blood. Commandeered to build Edward I's new Welsh castle, ditch-digger Will and his mute brother Ned find their loyalties divided. When all appears lost, Will learns that love is sometimes harder to understand and to come to terms with than death itself . Loyalty is a strange thing sometimes it runs deeper than blood. Commandeered to build Edward 1's new Welsh castle ditch-digger Will and his mute brother Ned find their loyalties divided. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Some secrets haunt the living and the dead. Megan Rhys is due at a police conference on sex offenders - not a particularly 'nice' subject, but it does mean she can get away from her office at Birmingham's Heartland University and spend a few days by the sea at her grandmother's cottage in Borth. It turns out not to be quite the kind of break she was anticipating when a body turns up, miraculously preserved, in the bog behind the golf course. It seems that her bolthole is no longer a safe haven from the violence that is her stock in trade. But is the mutilated bogman an ancient or a modern relic of man's inhumanity to man? Only time and the pathologist will tell, but not before Megan's skills in forensic psychology and her unerring gut instinct for trouble are tested to the limits by a ruthless killer determined on revenge for past misdeeds. When a body turns up, miraculously preserved, in the bog behind the golf course, it seems that Megan Rhys' bolthole is no longer a safe haven from the violence that is her stock in trade. Her skills in forensic psychology and her gut instinct for trouble are tested to the limits by a ruthless killer determined on revenge for past misdeeds. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. The fourth book in the crime series. Forensic psychologist Megan is investigating the unusually high suicide rate among prisoners at the grim Victorian Balsall Gate jail in Birmingham. While she is there, yet another death occurs. The police are uninterested. To them this is just another drug overdose. But Megan is not convinced. When the predators become the prey, not even prison bars will keep them safe. The fourth book in the crime series featuring forensic psychologist Megan Rhys, which includes 'Strange Blood', shortlisted for the Theakson's Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year 2006. A worthy new talent The Guardian. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Investigative psychologist, Megan Rhys, is called in to help the police with the murder of a young mother who has been brutally killed and a pentagram carved in her forehead. While the media-obsessed police chief wants to call it a satanic ritual, Megan keeps an open mind and starts investigating the details of the victim's life - and the lives of the other victims as the murders increase. But then Megan makes a dangerous mistake herself. Called in to help the police investigate what they think is a ritual killing, forensic psychologist Megan Rhys feels that the inquiry is taking the wrong direction. But as more women die - and everyone turns against her - Megan stakes everything on finding the killer. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A novel which starts out with Mair, who is searching for her long lost grandfather. Her journey takes her from Cardiff to Torre del Burros in Spain and to an Austrian town. There she discovers, not only her own family's secrets, but those of the intriguing but puzzling Hector. Digging deep into the past unsettles both Mair and Hector, as many things are brought to the surface. Love, war and secret histories - a quest to uncover traces of her grandfather's passing leads a Welsh woman to Torre del Burros in Spain - and an intriguing stranger. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell want nothing more than to be left in peace to pursue their off-grid life. But when the very real prospect of fracking hits their village, they are drawn to frontline protests. During a spring of relentless rain, a series of mysterious threats and suspicious accidents put friendships on the line and the Sherwells' marriage under unbearable tension. As the river rises under torrential rain, pressure mounts, Bede's sense of self begins to crumble and Elin is no longer sure who to believe or what to believe in. After a beloved family member is drowned in a devastating flood, Bede and Elin Sherwell want nothing more than to be left in peace to pursue their off-grid life. But when the very real prospect of fracking hits their village, they are drawn in to protest. Mysterious threats and suspicious accidents put friendships on the line and their marriage un Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A fiction anthology from Welsh women writing about gardens: what they mean to them, what happens in them and where they take them. There are sad stories and happy ones, tales from home and abroad - all of them share a love for plants and planting, flowers and seeds, a real sense of the power of growing things to change lives. From birth to death, horror to hilarity a collection of stories for gardeners at home and away. A fiction anthology from Welsh women writing about gardens: what they mean to them, what happens in them and where they take them Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Sarah has a life threatening disease and decides to take a holiday, potentially her last, to revisit old friends and lovers in Ulster and finds herself in the midst of a country on the brink of guerrilla war. One of the first novels confronting the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland, it also reflects the movement towards sexual freedom of the late 1960s. Sarah has a life threatening disease and decides to take a holiday, potentially her last, to revisit old friends and lovers in Ulster and finds herself in the midst of a country on the brink of guerrilla war. One of the first novels confronting the Troubles in Northern Ireland, it also reflects the movement towards sexual freedom of the late 1960s. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A collection of 28 stories based upon a common theme. These tales are funny, touching and scary, as Welsh women authors explore the turning points the key decisions, the mistakes, the victories or perhaps the roads not taken that can change a woman's life forever. A collection of 28 stories based upon a common theme. These tales are funny, touching and scary, as Welsh women authors explore the turning points the key decisions, the mistakes, the victories or perhaps the roads not taken that can change a woman's life forever. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Simon is a troubled young man. born in Wales, of Jewish heritage, and in love with an English heiress. He determines to reject his Jewish and Welsh identity and the industrial valleys he grew up in and seeks to fulfil his ambition in the Civil Service. When life turns out not to meet his expectations, he rejects his lover and takes up arms in the fight against England's enemies in the Great War. Lily Tobias' sensitive individual and communal portraits illuminate some of the most topical personal, social and political issues of the 21st century. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. It's May's 17th birthday - a date with enormous significance for her immediate family, making the air itself tingle with a tension which May doesn't fully understand. But she knows that her mother and her aunt are being evasive, that there are conversations she's not privy to, that secrets are being kept, lies being told. Like her grandmother before her, May has her own magic: the bees whisper to her as they hover in the flowers in the garden. the ghosts chatter in the graveyard she retreats to. It's May's 17th birthday - a date of enormous significance for her family. May knows that her mother and her aunt are being evasive, that secrets are being kept, lies being told. May begins to unravel the family secrets, but her discoveries soon bring her carefully constructed family under threat of destruction. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A vivid recreation of 1930s working class life in South Wales, this powerful story centres around a moving father-daughter relationship. Viddie grows up observing her father's increasingly wild plans to bring the poverty of the 'Valleys' to the attention of London and the royal family - from his first ever telephone call to the daring scheme reserved for the visit of Edward VII to Wales. A tale of crushing poverty, unsung heroes, hope and humour. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Two years into Darragh O'Grady's new life as a crop duster in 1930s America, everything is changed when he spots an abandoned farm from the cockpit of his plane. Despite its reportedly tragic history he buys the house and land - and the dark lake at its heart - marries indomitable but damaged Beattie Darling, and sets about making a home. But will the O'Gradys' love for one another prove powerful enough to overcome the hardships of a life punctuated by loss, and can they escape the lake's mysterious legacies? Set in 1930s Midwest America. An intricately woven tale of joy, heartbreak, betrayal and murder in this epic family saga with a gripping mystery at its heart. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A collection of short stories written by the following authors: Anita Rowe, Beryl Roberts, Caroline Clark, Del Richards, Helen Lewis, Hilary Bowers, Imogen Rhia Herrad, Jan Baker, Joy Tucker, Kate Kinnersley, Kay Sheard, Maggie Cainen, Sue Anderson, Valerie Douglas, Yasmin Ali. A collection of short stories with an imaginative take on classic crime scenarios, from Welsh women writers. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Chosen for their contemporary edge in both setting and story, this collection reflects the lives of contemporary women of mixed age and background. The collection hosts an all-female cast covering themes of travel, arrival, change, reconciliation, departures, estrangement, death, survival and the intricacies of women's lives. Stories included: Kate Waddon: Wild Romances, Satterday Shaw: We shall all be changed, Carolyn Thomas: The King of the Fairies, Gosia Bazzanca: Summer's End, Sylvia Rose: By the Water's Edge, Naomi Paulus: Lipstick Eyebrows, Julie Primon: Something about weddings, Tracey Rhys: Pearls Before Swine, Chinyere Chukwude-Okeh: To buy an expensive dream, Ellen Davies: Scab. Ten bold and brilliant contemporary short stories from new and rising women authors from Wales. Edited by Rebecca Parfitt and Mari Ellis Dunning. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Laura, a brilliant young Bosnian refugee, must confront her harrowing past when she falls in love with British diplomat Adam, whose job takes them to Serbia - the country that once invaded her own. With Adam preoccupied in his pursuit of war criminal General Ratko Mladic, Laura is troubled by familiar ghostly figures whose reminiscences about the city she once fled hold a dangerous allure. Can they help her? Or is she losing her mind? As Laura grapples with these hidden secrets, she uncovers a defiant power within herself. Poised on the edge of magic realism, this is a story for our time, about the dark legacy of war and the unexpected roads that lead to redemption. A twisty, timely tale of love and trauma, recalling the turbulent history of Eastern Europe.Poised on the edge of magic realism, this is a story for our time, about the dark legacy of war and the unexpected roads that lead to redemption. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…