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Blas ar Gymru | A Taste of Wales · Sefydlwyd 1972 | Established 1972
Blas ar Gymru | A Taste of Wales · 1972
From Rucks to Redemption: My life-changing story — The only player banned for life twice! — Siop y Pentan

Cofiannau

Cofiannau a straeon bywyd i ddarganfod y bobl y tu ôl i’r enwau. Porwch lyfrau yn Gymraeg ac yn Saesneg, a gwiriwch iaith pob teitl.

Discover biographies and life stories in Welsh and English. Explore the people behind the names in Siop y Pentan’s biography collection.

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Author Sue Gee explores the wellspring of creativity and practice of twelve prominent but various writers...

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The Dictionary of Welsh Biography 1941-1970

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A valuable gift to Welsh scholarship being the English version of The Dictionary of Welsh Biography 1941-...

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Hymns and Arias - Great Welsh Voices

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Compiling - in some instances for the first time in print - the ve ry best songs, poems abd stories frim ...

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It's Wales: Welsh National Heroes

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A collection of short biographies of 61 Welsh national heroes in the fields of politics and culture, reli...

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Pretty Maids

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: This unique book celebrates the lives of many remarkable women and the beauty of the flowers dedicated to...

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The Greatest Need

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: The first full biography of Lily Tobias (1887-1984) a Jewish writer from Wales: a courageous, idealistic ...

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Esmé

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A profile of Esmé Kirby, the conservationist who formed the Snowdonia National Park Society. Her career b...

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The Woman Who Helped Win the War: The Welfare Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, 1914-1918

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: O'Brien's second biography of Margaret describes her 6 major campaigns during WWI: for her Welsh Troops F...

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Campaigns of Margaret Lloyd George, The

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A highly readable, in-depth analysis of the public life of Dame Margaret as wife of Prime Minister David ...

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Jim Neat - The Case of a Young Man Down on his Luck

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Mary J. Oliver goes in search of her father through the few memories she has of him and discovers an unfu...

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Setting the Record Straight

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Landmark collection of first-hand testimonies of the women in contemporary Welsh government who were the ...

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Absolute Optimist - Remembering Eluned Phillips

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: This is an affectionate yet critical biography of Eluned Phillips (1914-2009), an unsung heroine of Welsh...

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Christopher ‘Gyp' Davies: A Valleys Legend

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Life story of former miner Gyp, a working-class man from south Wales who has led an extraordinary life of...

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The Man in Black

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: The true story of former criminal defence lawyer Dylan Rhys Jones' experience of defending Rhyl serial ki...

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Grav: The Legend of Ray Gravell

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Ray Gravell was undoubtedly one of Wales and rugby's greatest characters. He touched the hearts of all wh...

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Modi - Wheels of Change

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Modi - Wheels of Change is the biography of Narendra Damodardas Modi, the 15th and current Prime Minister...

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Oh Dad! A Search for Robert Mitchum

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: A book in which writer and broadcaster Lloyd Robson goes in search of the original Hollywood badboy and o...

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Gringo Revolutionary: The Amazing Adventures of Carel Ap Rhys Pryce

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: John Humphries unearths the amazing story of Carel ap Rhys Pryce from his origins in south Wales, through...

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Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Mr Jones - The Man Who Knew Too Much, is the first biography of Gareth Jones and reveals the remarkable y...

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Half Time - The Autobiography (Paperback)

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: An English and updated version of Hanner Amser, published in 2008. Nigel Owens is a familiar figure on st...

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Pity the Swagman - The Australian Odyssey of a Victorian Diarist

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Biography of Joseph Jenkins (1818-98) who left his family and successful farm in Wales to travel Australi...

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Dr Henry Hicks (1837-99) - The Life and Times of Dr Henry Hicks of St Davids, and the Bubble That Re

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Geology was St David's doctor Henry Hicks' huge passion. Author of many articles, he made a major contrib...

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Emyr Humphreys

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: Published to mark the centenary of his birth in 2019, this is the first comprehensive and authoritative s...

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Scientists of Wales: William Robert Grove - Victorian Gentleman of Science

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Disgrifiad Saesneg / English Description: This authoritative biography of the Welsh man of science, William Robert Grove, provides a fascinating st...

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