Author: Matthew Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784615215
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A book of quizzes on all things Welsh, from history, culture, places and sport to pop and celebrities! Fifty rounds of ten questions, from the simple to the devilishly tricky.
The Wales Quiz Book
Author: Matthew Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784615215
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A book of quizzes on all things Welsh, from history, culture, places and sport to pop and celebrities! Fifty rounds of ten questions, from the simple to the devilishly tricky.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784615215
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
A book of quizzes on all things Welsh, from history, culture, places and sport to pop and celebrities! Fifty rounds of ten questions, from the simple to the devilishly tricky.
Wales on the Map: Quiz Book
Author: Elin Meek
Publisher: Dragon Press
ISBN: 1849678081
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Test your knowledge about Wales - at home, in the classroom, in the pub. Get family and friends together to find out how much you really know about Wales! This paperback quiz book is linked to the new Wales on the Map picture atlas. Breathtaking artwork by Valériane Leblond and splendid content by author Elin Meek.
Publisher: Dragon Press
ISBN: 1849678081
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Test your knowledge about Wales - at home, in the classroom, in the pub. Get family and friends together to find out how much you really know about Wales! This paperback quiz book is linked to the new Wales on the Map picture atlas. Breathtaking artwork by Valériane Leblond and splendid content by author Elin Meek.
I Never Knew That About Wales
Author: Christopher Winn
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407028235
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The inspiration for the primetime ITV series on Great Britain, this is a spellbinding journey around Wales by bestselling author Christopher Winn. Packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, I Never Knew That About Wales visits the thirteen traditional Welsh counties and unearths the hidden gems that they each hold. Discover where history and legends happened; where people, ideas and inventions began; where dreams took flight; where famous figures were born and now rest. A glittering pantheon of writers and artists, thinkers and inventors, heroes and villains have lived and toiled in this small country. Remarkable events, noble (and dastardly) deeds and exciting adventures have all taken place with Wales as their backdrop. This book seeks out their heritage, their monuments, their memories and their secrets. You'll be able to visit Britain's smallest city, St David's with its glorious 12th-century cathedral slumbering in a sleepy hollow near the sea. Explore Britain's greatest collection of castles from the first stone fortress at Chepstow to Britain's finest concentric castle at Beaumaris and the magnificent Caernarvon, birthplace of the first Prince of Wales. Browse through the second hand book capital of the world, Hay-on-Wye, wander the glorious Gower peninsula, Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Take a trip to Fishguard, where the last invasion of Britain took place in 1797. Marvel at Thomas Telford's Menai Bridge, the world's first iron suspension bridge or Pontcysyllte, the longest bridged aqueduct in Britain. This irresistible compendium of interesting facts and good stories will give you a captivating insight into the people, ideas and events that have shaped the individual identity of every place you visit, and will have you exclaiming again and again: 'Well, I never knew that!'
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1407028235
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
The inspiration for the primetime ITV series on Great Britain, this is a spellbinding journey around Wales by bestselling author Christopher Winn. Packed full of legends, firsts, birthplaces, inventions and adventures, I Never Knew That About Wales visits the thirteen traditional Welsh counties and unearths the hidden gems that they each hold. Discover where history and legends happened; where people, ideas and inventions began; where dreams took flight; where famous figures were born and now rest. A glittering pantheon of writers and artists, thinkers and inventors, heroes and villains have lived and toiled in this small country. Remarkable events, noble (and dastardly) deeds and exciting adventures have all taken place with Wales as their backdrop. This book seeks out their heritage, their monuments, their memories and their secrets. You'll be able to visit Britain's smallest city, St David's with its glorious 12th-century cathedral slumbering in a sleepy hollow near the sea. Explore Britain's greatest collection of castles from the first stone fortress at Chepstow to Britain's finest concentric castle at Beaumaris and the magnificent Caernarvon, birthplace of the first Prince of Wales. Browse through the second hand book capital of the world, Hay-on-Wye, wander the glorious Gower peninsula, Britain's first Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Take a trip to Fishguard, where the last invasion of Britain took place in 1797. Marvel at Thomas Telford's Menai Bridge, the world's first iron suspension bridge or Pontcysyllte, the longest bridged aqueduct in Britain. This irresistible compendium of interesting facts and good stories will give you a captivating insight into the people, ideas and events that have shaped the individual identity of every place you visit, and will have you exclaiming again and again: 'Well, I never knew that!'
Six Nations Rugby Quiz Book, the - Counterpack
Author: Matthew Jones
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847714510
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pecyn cownter o ddeuddeg copi o'r llyfr The Six Nations Rugby Quiz Book, gyda stand arddangos. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781847714510
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Pecyn cownter o ddeuddeg copi o'r llyfr The Six Nations Rugby Quiz Book, gyda stand arddangos. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
The Welsh Girl
Author: Peter Ho Davies
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war 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 an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review
Publisher: HMH
ISBN: 0547524900
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
A WWII-era Welsh barmaid begins a secret relationship with a German POW in this “beautiful” novel by the author of A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself (Ann Patchett). Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize Set in the stunning landscape of North Wales just after D-Day, this critically acclaimed debut novel traces the intersection of disparate lives in wartime. When a prisoner-of-war 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 an astonishing thing occurs: A young German corporal calls out to her from behind the fence. From that moment on, the two begin an unlikely—and perilous—romance. Meanwhile, a German-Jewish interrogator travels to Wales to investigate Britain’s most notorious Nazi prisoner, Rudolf Hess. In this richly drawn and thought-provoking “tour de force,” all will come to question the meaning of love, family, loyalty, and national identity (The New Yorker). “If you loved The English Patient, there’s probably a place in your heart for The Welsh Girl.” —USA Today “Davies’s characters are marvelously nuanced.” —Los Angeles Times “Beautifully conjures a place and its people, in an extraordinary time . . . A rare gem.” —Claire Messud, author of The Woman Upstairs “This first novel by Davies, author of two highly praised short story collections, has been anticipated—and, with its wonderfully drawn characters, it has been worth the wait.” —Booklist, starred review
Joan, Lady of Wales
Author: Danna R Messer
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526729326
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. For the Age of Princes, an era defined by ever-increased threats of foreign hegemony, internal dynastic strife and constant warfare, the comings and goings of women are little noted in sources. This misfortune touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of England (d. 1237), the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd, illegitimate daughter of King John and half-sister to Henry III. With evidence of her hand in thwarting a full scale English invasion of Wales to a notorious scandal that ended with the public execution of her supposed lover by her husband and her own imprisonment, Joans is a known, but little-told or understood story defined by family turmoil, divided loyalties and political intrigue. From the time her hand was promised in marriage as the result of the first Welsh-English alliance in 1201 to the end of her life, Joans place in the political wranglings between England and the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd was a fundamental one. As the first woman to be designated Lady of Wales, her role as one a political diplomat in early thirteenth-century Anglo-Welsh relations was instrumental. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her overall deployment of royal female agency.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1526729326
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The history of women in medieval Wales before the English conquest of 1282 is one largely shrouded in mystery. For the Age of Princes, an era defined by ever-increased threats of foreign hegemony, internal dynastic strife and constant warfare, the comings and goings of women are little noted in sources. This misfortune touches even the most well-known royal woman of the time, Joan of England (d. 1237), the wife of Llywelyn the Great of Gwynedd, illegitimate daughter of King John and half-sister to Henry III. With evidence of her hand in thwarting a full scale English invasion of Wales to a notorious scandal that ended with the public execution of her supposed lover by her husband and her own imprisonment, Joans is a known, but little-told or understood story defined by family turmoil, divided loyalties and political intrigue. From the time her hand was promised in marriage as the result of the first Welsh-English alliance in 1201 to the end of her life, Joans place in the political wranglings between England and the Welsh kingdom of Gwynedd was a fundamental one. As the first woman to be designated Lady of Wales, her role as one a political diplomat in early thirteenth-century Anglo-Welsh relations was instrumental. This first-ever account of Siwan, as she was known to the Welsh, interweaves the details of her life and relationships with a gendered re-assessment of Anglo-Welsh politics by highlighting her involvement in affairs, discussing events in which she may well have been involved but have gone unrecorded and her overall deployment of royal female agency.
The 'Call Yourself British?' Quiz Book
Author: Michael Odell
Publisher: Doubleday Children's
ISBN: 9780857525413
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When someone who is an immigrant to Britain wants to obtain UK Citizenship, after at least five years in the country, they have to jump through all sorts of hoops, including sassing an English test, as well as passing a test of multiple-choice questions, based on an official Home Office handbook called Life in the UK. Unless you have studied and memorised that book, you would probably fail, even if you're British born and bred. In a recent poll, 51% of British 18-24 year olds failed to reach the 75% pass level. Sample questions: - Do you know how many members of the Welsh Assembly there are? - How many jury members in a Sheriff Court? - The contents of the 1689 Bill of Rights? - What the central shopping area of most towns is called? (Yes, really ) - Who is/was Richard Arkwright, Sake Dean Mahomet, John Petts, or David Weir? With Brexit and all the talk of sovereignty, the question of what it really means to be British has never been more important, so here is your chance to see how you measure up to what your country (or at least, some Whitehall civil servants) expects you to know. So here are 500 sample questions based on the Life in the UK book, to test yourself, or to play as a quiz with family or friends. The answers will inform, surprise and above all, make you laugh
Publisher: Doubleday Children's
ISBN: 9780857525413
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
When someone who is an immigrant to Britain wants to obtain UK Citizenship, after at least five years in the country, they have to jump through all sorts of hoops, including sassing an English test, as well as passing a test of multiple-choice questions, based on an official Home Office handbook called Life in the UK. Unless you have studied and memorised that book, you would probably fail, even if you're British born and bred. In a recent poll, 51% of British 18-24 year olds failed to reach the 75% pass level. Sample questions: - Do you know how many members of the Welsh Assembly there are? - How many jury members in a Sheriff Court? - The contents of the 1689 Bill of Rights? - What the central shopping area of most towns is called? (Yes, really ) - Who is/was Richard Arkwright, Sake Dean Mahomet, John Petts, or David Weir? With Brexit and all the talk of sovereignty, the question of what it really means to be British has never been more important, so here is your chance to see how you measure up to what your country (or at least, some Whitehall civil servants) expects you to know. So here are 500 sample questions based on the Life in the UK book, to test yourself, or to play as a quiz with family or friends. The answers will inform, surprise and above all, make you laugh
The Official Shrewsbury Town Quiz Book
Author: Chris Cowlin
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792775
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Are you Shrewsbury Town Football Club's biggest supporter? Never missed a game and know all there is to know about your favourite team? Then this quiz book is aimed at you. Containing 800 questions guaranteed to put you through your paces, the book will quickly discover if you are man of the match or up for relegation. With sections covering the players, managers, opponents, transfers, nationalities, wins, draws and losses that have shaped the club's history, this book is packed with information that will educate and entertain in equal measure. Whether you want to catch out your mates in the pub or teach your children, this book is guaranteed to score a hit. The Official Shrewsbury Town Quiz Book will guide you through the history of the Shrews documenting all the well known facts as well as turning up a few surprises. So, whether you are the Shrews number one fan or simply a dedicated football enthusiast, this tribute to Shrewsbury Town Football Club is simply a must have.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792775
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 117
Book Description
Are you Shrewsbury Town Football Club's biggest supporter? Never missed a game and know all there is to know about your favourite team? Then this quiz book is aimed at you. Containing 800 questions guaranteed to put you through your paces, the book will quickly discover if you are man of the match or up for relegation. With sections covering the players, managers, opponents, transfers, nationalities, wins, draws and losses that have shaped the club's history, this book is packed with information that will educate and entertain in equal measure. Whether you want to catch out your mates in the pub or teach your children, this book is guaranteed to score a hit. The Official Shrewsbury Town Quiz Book will guide you through the history of the Shrews documenting all the well known facts as well as turning up a few surprises. So, whether you are the Shrews number one fan or simply a dedicated football enthusiast, this tribute to Shrewsbury Town Football Club is simply a must have.
The Official Wolves Quiz Book
Author: Chris Cowlin
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792554
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
You might think you know all there is to know about Wolves, but what if they're disguised in sheep's clothing and take the form of 1,000 tricky quiz questions that could give you a nasty bite? Your brains will certainly have to adopt the role of wanderer as you try to cast your minds back well over a century to the very beginning of the club’s long history. Questions cover every imaginable aspect of the club, from memorable managers and players, through transfer fees, opponents, scores and awards, to every competition you can think of, and they are sure to trigger vivid and treasured recollections of the colourful characters and nail-biting matches that have made the club what it is today. With a fitting foreword by John Richards, this book is bursting at the seams with interesting facts and figures and is guaranteed to challenge even the most ardent fan as well as provide hours of entertainment for the whole family.
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 1907792554
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
You might think you know all there is to know about Wolves, but what if they're disguised in sheep's clothing and take the form of 1,000 tricky quiz questions that could give you a nasty bite? Your brains will certainly have to adopt the role of wanderer as you try to cast your minds back well over a century to the very beginning of the club’s long history. Questions cover every imaginable aspect of the club, from memorable managers and players, through transfer fees, opponents, scores and awards, to every competition you can think of, and they are sure to trigger vivid and treasured recollections of the colourful characters and nail-biting matches that have made the club what it is today. With a fitting foreword by John Richards, this book is bursting at the seams with interesting facts and figures and is guaranteed to challenge even the most ardent fan as well as provide hours of entertainment for the whole family.
The Dig
Author: Cynan Jones
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 1566893941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
"Jones's sense of place is acute, and his passion for the landscape—for its colors, its creatures, its textures, its scents—is absolutely magnetic."—Sarah Waters "A dark, tense, and vital short novel. . . . Profound, powerful, and utterly absorbing."—The Guardian "It is a book about the essentials: life and death, cruelty and compassion. It is a book that will get in your bones, and haunt you."—Daily Telegraph "Cynan Jones's fourth novel, The Dig, is an extraordinarily powerful work—not in spite of its brevity but because of it. . . . In its marriage of profound lyricism and feeling for place, deep human compassion and unflinching savagery, this brief and beautiful novel is utterly unique."—Financial Times Built of the interlocking fates of a badger-baiter and a farmer struggling through lambing season, The Dig unfolds in a stark rural setting where man, animal, and land are at loggerheads. There is no bucolic pastoral here: this is pure, pared-down rural realism, crackling with compressed energy, from a writer of uncommon gifts. Cynan Jones was born near Aberaeron, Wales, in 1975. He is the author of three novels, The Long Dry (winner of a Betty Trask Award, 2007), Everything I Found on the Beach (2011), and The Dig (2014), winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. He is also the author of Bird, Blood, Snow (2012), the retelling of a medieval Welsh myth. The Dig is his first novel published in the United States.
Publisher: Coffee House Press
ISBN: 1566893941
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 111
Book Description
"Jones's sense of place is acute, and his passion for the landscape—for its colors, its creatures, its textures, its scents—is absolutely magnetic."—Sarah Waters "A dark, tense, and vital short novel. . . . Profound, powerful, and utterly absorbing."—The Guardian "It is a book about the essentials: life and death, cruelty and compassion. It is a book that will get in your bones, and haunt you."—Daily Telegraph "Cynan Jones's fourth novel, The Dig, is an extraordinarily powerful work—not in spite of its brevity but because of it. . . . In its marriage of profound lyricism and feeling for place, deep human compassion and unflinching savagery, this brief and beautiful novel is utterly unique."—Financial Times Built of the interlocking fates of a badger-baiter and a farmer struggling through lambing season, The Dig unfolds in a stark rural setting where man, animal, and land are at loggerheads. There is no bucolic pastoral here: this is pure, pared-down rural realism, crackling with compressed energy, from a writer of uncommon gifts. Cynan Jones was born near Aberaeron, Wales, in 1975. He is the author of three novels, The Long Dry (winner of a Betty Trask Award, 2007), Everything I Found on the Beach (2011), and The Dig (2014), winner of the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize. He is also the author of Bird, Blood, Snow (2012), the retelling of a medieval Welsh myth. The Dig is his first novel published in the United States.