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Deep Country

Author : Neil Ansell
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141961333
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)

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Download or read book Deep Country written by Neil Ansell and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deep Country is Neil Ansell's account of five years spent alone in a hillside cottage in Wales. 'I lived alone in this cottage for five years, summer and winter, with no transport, no phone. This is the story of those five years, where I lived and how I lived. It is the story of what it means to live in a place so remote that you may not see another soul for weeks on end. And it is the story of the hidden places that I came to call my own, and the wild creatures that became my society.' Neil Ansell immerses himself in the rugged British landscape, exploring nature's unspoilt wilderness and man's relationship with it. Deep Country is a celebration of rural life and the perfect read for fans of Robert Macfarlane's Landmarks, Helen Macdonald's H is for Hawk orJames Rebanks' A Shepherd's Life. 'A beautiful, translucent portrayal of mid-Wales' Jay Griffiths 'Touching. Through Ansell's charming and thoroughly detailed stories of run-ins with red kites, curlews, sparrowhawks, jays and ravens, we see him lose himself . . . in the rhythms and rituals of life in the British wilderness' Financial Times 'Remarkable, fascinating' Time Out 'A gem of a book, an extraordinary tale. Ansell's rich prose will transport you to a real life Narnian world that CS Lewis would have envied. Find your deepest, most-comfortable armchair and get away from it all' Countryfile Neil Ansell spent five years living on a remote hillside in Wales, and wrote his first book, Deep Country, about the experience. Since that time, he has become an award-winning television journalist with the BBC. He has travelled in over fifty countries and has written for the Guardian, the New Statesman and the Big Issue.

The Welsh Hills

Author : Janet Philipps Procida
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738578170
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (781 download)

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Download or read book The Welsh Hills written by Janet Philipps Procida and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1796, several Welsh families fled their homeland to start new lives in America. Theophilus Rees and Thomas Philipps are considered the founding fathers of the Welsh Hills. In 1801, after residing for a few years in Pennsylvania, Rees and Philipps purchased about 2,000 acres of land in Licking County, Ohio. This area is known as the Welsh Hills. Soon they were joined by other families with the last names Thomas, Lewis, James, Johnson, Griffiths, Evans, Jones, Davis, Williams, Owens, Price, King, Cramer, Shadwick, Pugh, White, and Hankinson. Their descendants still reside in and around the Welsh Hills. The Welsh Hills is predominately located in Granville and Newark townships, but a small portion is also located in McKean and Newton townships. This fertile land with hills and valleys and an abundance of timber and natural springs enticed these families to make their permanent home the Welsh Hills.

Running for the Hills

Author : Horatio Clare
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743274288
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (432 download)

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Download or read book Running for the Hills written by Horatio Clare and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-03-11 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part memoir, part adventure story, and part study of the natural world, this is an evocative and vividly written memoir of a childhood on a remote sheep farm in Wales.

The Welsh Girl

Author : Peter Ho Davies
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547524900
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)

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Download or read book The Welsh Girl written by Peter Ho Davies and published by HMH. This book was released on 2013-08-16 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

I Bought a Mountain

Author : Thomas Firbank
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1780725574
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)

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Download or read book I Bought a Mountain written by Thomas Firbank and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WITH A FOREWORD BY PATRICK BARKHAM And an essay by Welsh hill farmer, Dafydd Morris-Jones 'I first saw Dyffryn in a November gale... the old house was quivering under the thrusts of the wind, and the wild, remote setting had already captured my fancy, and I will hold it till I die.' So begins the remarkable story of a 21-year-old man who, with no experience in agriculture, visited a sheep farm on a near barren Welsh mountainside in 1931 and that same day bought all 2,400 acres along with its 3000 sheep for £5,000. Set amidst the rugged grandeur of Snowdonia, I Bought a Mountain follows the struggles and triumphs of this impulsive but hard-working man and his every-bit-as-tough wife, Esme, as they fight to build the farm into prosperity. Firbank's writing is guileless and immediate and ruthlessly honest. His paean to the traditional, Welsh hill-farming way of life, transports you to a disappearing world, one ruled by the age-old rhythms of work, weather, livestock and a love of the land, and offers precious insights into conservation and sustainability.

On the Black Hill

Author : Bruce Chatwin
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 9780330281249
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book On the Black Hill written by Bruce Chatwin and published by Picador. This book was released on 1983 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The tale of identical twin brothers who toil on the family farm in the wild and vibrant land of Wales and experience the oddities, wonders, and tragedies of human experience.

The Long Field

Author : Pamela Petro
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1956763767
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (567 download)

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Download or read book The Long Field written by Pamela Petro and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-08-15 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For readers of H Is for Hawk, an intimate memoir of belonging and loss and a mesmerizing travelogue through the landscapes and language of Wales Hiraeth is a Welsh word that's famously hard to translate. Literally, it can mean "long field" but generally translates into English, inadequately, as "homesickness." At heart, hiraeth suggests something like a bone-deep longing for an irretrievable place, person, or time—an acute awareness of the presence of absence. In The Long Field, Pamela Petro braids essential hiraeth stories of Wales with tales from her own life—as an American who found an ancient home in Wales, as a gay woman, as the survivor of a terrible AMTRAK train crash, and as the daughter of a parent with dementia. Through the pull and tangle of these stories and her travels throughout Wales, hiraeth takes on radical new meanings. There is traditional hiraeth of place and home, but also queer hiraeth; and hiraeth triggered by technology, immigration, ecological crises, and our new divisive politics. On this journey, the notion begins to morph from a uniquely Welsh experience to a universal human condition, from deep longing to the creative responses to loss that Petro sees as the genius of Welsh culture. It becomes a tool to understand ourselves in our time. A finalist for the Wales Book of the Year Award and named to the Telegraph's and Financial Times's Top 10 lists for travel writing, The Long Field is an unforgettable exploration of “the hidden contours of the human heart.”

On the Red Hill

Author : Mike Parker
Publisher : William Heinemann
ISBN 13 : 9781785151934
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book On the Red Hill written by Mike Parker and published by William Heinemann. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'A marvellous book... an uplifting tale of tranquillity sought and found in the nearest Britain gets to paradise.' Simon Jenkins 'There are worlds on worlds within this lyrical and profoundly cultured book. In an age of toxic artifice, this is the most necessary medicine- the tenderness of reality and the living, elemental, world.' Jay Griffiths 'Such a delightful book about beauty, joy, love and home... to be celebrated and read.' Sara Maitland 'A great queer rural triumph of a book - wonderfully passionate, funny and insightful. It overflows with love.' Tom Bullough A multi-layered memoir of love, acceptance, finding home and the redemptive power of nature. In early 2006, Mike Parker and his partner Peredur were witnesses at the first civil partnership ceremony in the small Welsh town of Machynlleth. The celebrants were their friends Reg and George, who had moved to deepest rural Wales in 1972, not long after the decriminalisation of homosexuality. When Reg and George died within a few weeks of each other in 2011, Mike and Peredur discovered that they had been left their home- a whitewashed 'house from the children's stories', buried deep within the hills. They had also been left a lifetime's collection of diaries, photographs, letters and books, all revealing an extraordinary history. On the Red Hill is the story of Rhiw Goch, 'the Red Hill', and its inhabitants, but also the story of a remarkable rural community and a legacy that extends far beyond bricks and mortar. On The Red Hill celebrates the turn of the year's wheel, of ever-changing landscapes, and of the family to be found in the unlikeliest of places. Taking the four seasons, the four elements and these four lives as his structure, Mike Parker creates a lyrical but clear-eyed exploration of the natural world, the challenges of accepting one's place in it, and what it can mean to find home.

Wales in Photographs

Author : Mathew Browne
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445683946
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Wales in Photographs written by Mathew Browne and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning collection of images showcasing the different regions of Wales in all their glory, which capture the essence of the country.

The Welsh Mountain Pony

Author : Wynne Davies
Publisher : Hyperion Books
ISBN 13 : 9780851315713
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (157 download)

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Download or read book The Welsh Mountain Pony written by Wynne Davies and published by Hyperion Books. This book was released on 1993 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797

Author : Henry Wigstead
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Remarks on a Tour to North and South Wales in the Year 1797 written by Henry Wigstead and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hovel in the Hills

Author : Elizabeth West
Publisher : John Jones Pub
ISBN 13 : 9781871083316
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Hovel in the Hills written by Elizabeth West and published by John Jones Pub. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are pleased to announce that we are now the exclusive North American distributor of this fine list from Wale's largest independent publisher. They specialize in non-fiction about Wales, its culture and history (including autobiography), as well as the history of the Celts and the Tudor period. They also have some children's books about Welsh history and folklore. West and her husband take to the hills of rural Wales to restore a derelict farmhouse.

The Grace Outpouring

Author : Roy Godwin
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 1434704165
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (347 download)

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Download or read book The Grace Outpouring written by Roy Godwin and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspiration for the creation of houses of prayer around the world, The Grace Outpouring is a captivating account of spiritual renewal on a Welsh hillside. When Roy Godwin turned his back on a lucrative consulting job to lead the quiet retreat center Ffald-y-Brenin in West Wales, he wasn’t sure what was next. Then God showed up. In the years since the Godwins welcomed their first surprise guests to Ffald-y-Brenin, God has drawn thousands of seekers to this converted hill-farm with a tangible presence of healing and power. Along with its accompanying study guide, The Grace Outpouring offers fascinating stories of God’s work on a remote hillside as well as inspiring insight into how God can work in readers’ own communities.

The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

Author : British empire
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire written by British empire and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley

Author : Rory Waterman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317175247
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)

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Download or read book Belonging and Estrangement in the Poetry of Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley written by Rory Waterman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the significance of place, connection and relationship in three poets who are seldom considered in conjunction, Rory Waterman argues that Philip Larkin, R.S. Thomas and Charles Causley epitomize many of the emotional and societal shifts and mores of their age. Waterman looks at the foundations underpinning their poetry; the attempts of all three to forge a sense of belonging with or separateness from their readers; the poets’ varying responses to their geographical and cultural origins; the belonging and estrangement that inheres in relationships, including marriage; the forced estrangements of war; the antagonism between social belonging and a need for isolation; and, finally, the charged issues of faith and mortality in an increasingly secularized country.

In Parenthesis; Seinnyessit E Gledyf Ym Penn Mameu

Author : David 1895-1974 Jones
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013653452
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book In Parenthesis; Seinnyessit E Gledyf Ym Penn Mameu written by David 1895-1974 Jones and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

In Search of Wales

Author : H. V. Morton
Publisher : Methuen Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780413407405
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Wales written by H. V. Morton and published by Methuen Pub Limited. This book was released on 1999-07-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. V. Morton's famous and much-loved travelogue of Wales. Singularly susceptible to Celtic romance and history, H. V. Morton goes in search of Wales, and finds equal delight in climbing Snowdon (inclement weather aside) and going down a coal mine. Bustling with intriguing local stories and characters, Morton's fascinating account reaches from the scenic grandeur of the north to the domestic beauty of the industrial south. In the Vale of Clwyd it rains "with grim enthusiasm," while at the Eisteddfod in Bangor, he is "slightly worried by the trousers of bard and druid, which are visible for a few inches below their gowns. Father Christmas has this same trouble with his trousers." Anecdotal, leisurely, full of character and event, insight, and opinion, this is travel writing of the very highest order.