Download or read book Boxers of Wales The Newport the Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire written by GARETH. JONES and published by . This book was released on 2017-12-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With four world champions including Joe Calzaghe, arguably the greatest Welsh boxer of all time, and a host of Welsh, British and European champions, Gareth Jones celebrates the great boxing tradition of Newport the Gwent Valleys and Monmouthshire by highlighting the exploits of 70 boxers who hail from the south east corner of Wales.
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Download or read book The Boxers of North Mid and West Wales written by Gareth Jones and published by St. David's Press. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring over 50 boxers from North, Mid and West Wales, including first British boxer medal winner at the world amateur championships and the incredible youngster who was ranked in the world's top 10 by the American Ring magazine when he was just 16 years old, this is the seventh and final volume in Gareth Jones' acclaimed Boxers of Wales series. Casual observers of the Welsh boxing scene might well think that the best practitioners of the sport have all hailed from the valleys and coastal cities of the south. But the rural counties have contributed their share to the nation's fistic history. In the high-profile heavyweight division alone, the area covered by this book has produced two British champions and another who contested the title. Others have worn and challenged for Lonsdale Belts at lower weights. Packed with photographs - many published for the first time - The Boxers of North, Mid and West Wales features the finest fighters from the bare-knuckle era to stars of the present and future. It is a must-read for any fight fan, whether from Wales or further afield.
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Download or read book Real Merthyr written by Mario Basini and published by Real Wales. This book was released on 2009-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Merthyrman Mario Basini gives the town the 'real' treatment, mixing history, myth and personal experience to produce a new, sometimes astounding, view of a place at once representative of south Wales and carving out a new identity for itself.
Download or read book Rape of the Fair Country written by Alexander Cordell and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-07-24 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Brittle with Relics written by Richard King and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change.'Richly humane, viscerally political, generously multi-voiced, Brittle with Relics is oral history at its revelatory best.'DAVID KYNASTON'Fascinating.' OBSERVER'Powerful.' LITERARY REVIEW'Inspired.' GUARDIANBrittle with Relics is a vital history of Wales undergoing some of the country's most seismic and traumatic events: the disasters of Aberfan and Tryweryn; the rise of the Welsh language movement; the Miners' Strike and its aftermath; and the narrow vote in favour of partial devolution.Drawing upon the voices of its inhabitants - includin Neil Kinnock, Rowan Williams, Leanne Wood, Gruff Rhys, Michael Sheen, Nicky Wire, Sian James, language activists, members of former mining communities and many more - this is a vivid portrait of a nation determined to survive, while maintaining the hope that Wales will one day thrive on its own terms.'Passionate.' HISTORY TODAY'Compels attention.' IRISH TIMES'Superb.' DAILY TELEGRAPH'A testament to the brutal circumstances that bonded the communities of Wales into a new polity for the 21st century.'GRUFF RHYS'This book is a guide to remembering who we can be when we work together.'GWENNO SAUNDERS'An essential telling of Welshness that contains a powerful reflection of Englishness, too.'EMMA WARREN
Download or read book A Poet s Pilgrimage written by William Henry Davies and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Running Book written by John Connell and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2020-10-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Sensational! John Connell has done it again’ – Dean Karnazes From the award-winning, No.1 bestselling author of The Cow Book In The Running Book, John Connell vividly describes a marathon through County Longford, Ireland, where he lives and farms. Because running is as much about the mind as the body, the book is about more than the physical experience. What John sees on his journey prompts him to contemplate a wide range of things: he’s as likely to think about local Irish history, the legacy of colonialism in Australia or the story of Haile Gebrselassie as he is to remember his own past runs in Arizona or Ibiza. After a mental health crisis, John found the simple act of putting one foot in front of another helped him to regain his sense of self and better appreciate the world around him. At its core, The Running Book is a life-affirming read about the nature of happiness – and how for one man it came through the feet. ‘Takes the theme of running and opens it out into something much wider’ – Irish Times ‘Read The Running Book and you see life in every route you run; past, present and future, life is for running’ – Sonia O'Sullivan ‘Every runner will find something poignant that resonates within this book’ – Paula Radcliffe
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Download or read book The Merthyr Tredegar Abergavenny Railway written by Chris Barber and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of its closure, Chris Barber offers a fascinating insight into the history behind this picturesque railway line.
Download or read book The Boxers of Wales Merthyr Aberdare Pontypridd written by Gareth Jones and published by Boxers of Wales. This book was released on 2011-04-30 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stroll around Merthyr town centre demonstrates the importance of the fight game in the borough's history. Where else on the planet can you find no fewer than three statues of boxers? A must-buy for all fight fans, this book tells the stories of some 50 fighters who have made their mark to varying degrees over the past century and a half.
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Download or read book The Song of Clouds written by Samantha Wood and published by Magpie Tree Press. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “From a distance it looked like the carcass of a dolphin from one of the pods that lived in the bay. But dolphins didn’t wear hats. Or expensive leather shoes...” Late one night, when her husband Paul is asleep, Meg Patterson escapes her violent marriage. Driving across the Nullarbor with her twelve-year-old son Josh, Meg hopes this is their chance at a new beginning. But will they ever be safe from Paul? Paul, a trader at the Perth Stock Exchange, is being investigated for insider trading. Meg’s not only taken his son; she’s also taken his car and something very valuable inside it. Something Paul needs to get back before everything comes crashing down. David Harper, newly unemployed and living far from his family, is devastated when his wife calls from Singapore to tell him that her contract has been extended and she and their son Sebastian will be away for another twelve months. But when Meg and Josh move in next door, and Sebastian visits for the school holidays, things start looking up for David. Then a stranger arrives in town asking about Meg and her son. David knows it’s Paul. Somehow he has to protect Meg and Josh – and then the unthinkable happens … The Song of Clouds is a story about the healing forces of nature, about letting go of the past and embracing new beginnings and, ultimately, the power of love.
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