Welsh Valleys Humour

Welsh Valleys Humour PDF Author: David Jandrell
Publisher: Ylolfa
ISBN: 9780862437367
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 80

Book Description
A light-hearted guide to the particular brand of English spoken in the Valleys.

Tales from my Welsh Village

Tales from my Welsh Village PDF Author: Ken Smith
Publisher: Y Lolfa
ISBN: 1784616370
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 325

Book Description
A novel spinning warm and very amusing tall tales about larger-than-life characters in a small village in the South Wales Valleys in the 1960s.

Welsh Valleys Phrasebook - Get by in Valleys-Speak! (Counterpacks)

Welsh Valleys Phrasebook - Get by in Valleys-Speak! (Counterpacks) PDF Author: David Jandrell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784614577
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

Book Description
A counterpack of 12 copies of Welsh Valleys Phrasebook by David Jandrell. A humorous guide to and phrasebook of Valleys-speak, the non-standard English used in South Wales in everyday conversation. A hugely entertaining book, affectionately poking fun at the grammar, slang terms and culture of the Welsh Valleys.

How Green Was My Valley

How Green Was My Valley PDF Author: Richard Llewellyn
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439164932
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514

Book Description
"How Green Was My Valley" is Richard Llewellyn's bestselling -- and timeless -- classic and the basis of a beloved film. As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn's characters fight, love, laugh and cry, creating an indelible portrait of a people.

Wenglish

Wenglish PDF Author: Robert Lewis
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784612764
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 330

Book Description
An updated version of the practical guide to Wenglish, the distinctive dialect of the south Wales valleys - as spoken by Chris Needs. Includes history, social and geographical context, grammar, alphabetical glossary and exercises. Previous edition - 9781847710307.

Assembling Identities

Assembling Identities PDF Author: Sam Wiseman
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN: 1443870420
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 260

Book Description
This collection of sixteen essays, drawn from across the arts, humanities and social sciences, represents a cross-disciplinary exploration of some of the ways in which identities - whether of individuals, communities, or nations - are constructed, maintained and contested. It is introduced by the editor, Sam Wiseman, with a preface by Regenia Gagnier, and the essays are subdivided into four sections: Performative Identities; British Identities; Ethnic, Bodily and Sexual Identities; and Visual ...

Addlands

Addlands PDF Author: Tom Bullough
Publisher:
ISBN: 0812998723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338

Book Description
A complex family with a tortured secret, the Hamers live on a large homestead in Radnorshire, Wales. Idris, the unbending patriarch and tyrant of the family, is a man suspicious of any change. Etty, his indomitable wife, is a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Oliver, their only son, is a junior boxing champion turned hellraising local legend. A novel concerned both with the huge changes of 20th-century rural life, and that life in its eternal details.

Rape of the Fair Country

Rape of the Fair Country PDF Author: Alexander Cordell
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1473603587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308

Book Description
The first volume in Alexander Cordell's classic trilogy of mid-nineteenth century Wales. Set in the grim valleys of the Welsh iron country during the turbulent times of the Industrial Revolution, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family - a family of hard men and beautiful women, all forced into a bitter struggle with their harsh environment, as they slave and starve for the cruel English ironmasters. But adversity could never still the free spirit of Wales, or quiet its soaring voice, and the Mortymers struggle on even as the iron foundries ravish their homeland and cripple their people. Rape of the Fair Country launched the bestselling career of Alexander Cordell in 1959 and went on to sell millions of copies in seventeen languages throughout the world.

The Rough Guide to Wales

The Rough Guide to Wales PDF Author: Catherine Le Nevez
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1848360509
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 549

Book Description
The guide includes hundreds of listings of the all the top places to eat, drink and stay, whatever your budget. There is plenty of good advice on outdoor pursuits, including some of the best mountain and coastal walks, and activities from surfing on the Gower to climbing in Snowdonia.

Contemporary Wales

Contemporary Wales PDF Author: The Open University
Publisher: The Open University
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 195

Book Description
This 15-hour free course explored key aspects of the economy, society, politics and culture of contemporary Wales from a social science perspective.
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