The botanical history of Britain and North West Europe has a dark and a light side. Plants have been used as weapons to harm people, taken deliberately as addictive drugs and also employed as tools in witchcraft and used as magical amulets. Yet many of these same plants have been medicinally vital to numerous European communities; as the author notes, frequently the only difference between a benevolent medicine and a poison is dosage. In this book, which is richly illustrated with modern c...

The gnarled, immutable yew tree is one of the most evocative sights in the British and Irish language, an evergreen impression of immortality, the tree that provides a living botanical link between our own landscapes and those of the distant past. This book tells the extraordinary story of the yew’s role in the landscape through the millennia, and makes a convincing case for the origins of many of the oldest trees, as markers of the holy places founded by Celtic saints in the early medieva...

The story of a tragedy never forgotten, and a community who came together to mourn a generation of childrenIn October 1966, a small Welsh mining village was hit by disaster. Heavy rain had been pounding the village for days and over time filled a tip containing coal waste, situated high above the village. Within minutes, the coal tip had slid down the mountain, engulfing a farm, several houses and a school, and ultimately killing 28 adults and 116 children. It was ...

The story of a tragedy never forgotten, and a community who came together to mourn a generation of childrenIn October 1966, a small Welsh mining village was hit by disaster. Heavy rain had been pounding the village for days and over time filled a tip containing coal waste, situated high above the village. Within minutes, the coal tip had slid down the mountain, engulfing a farm, several houses and a school, and ultimately killing 28 adults and 116 children. It was ...

What will gain the system's attention? "Explores the dynamics of a broad range of policy issues in different countries . . . an important scholarly contribution." — Political Studies ReviewBefore making significant policy decisions, political actors and parties must first craft an agenda designed to place certain issues at the center of political attention. The agenda-setting approach in political science holds that the amount of attention devoted by the v...

This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the peace, but produced episodes of crisis from overstretching jurisdictions, thematically and geographically. Polarization between nationalist and integrative forces has displaced the idealistic a...

T. Gwynn JonesThe Great Deed of Gwilym BevanThomas Gwynn Jones (1871-1949) is one of the major literary figures of the Welsh language. He is best known as a poet, in which capacity he won the Chair at the National Eisteddfod in 1902 and again in 1909. However he was also a prolific writer of prose, completing eleven original novels, including Gorchest Gwilym Bevan which first appeared as a serial in Yr Herald Cymraeg during 1899 an...

(Classic Welsh novel by T. Gwynn Jones)"Roedd llais torcalonnus Mrs. Tomos, a'i geiriau gwylltion, 'Dacw fo'r dyn starfiodd fy ngŵr i; i lawr â fo!' yn swnio yn eu clustiau'n barhaus..."Mae Gwilym Bevan ar fin taflu'i hun i ddyfroedd y Tafwys pan gaiff ei achub gan ddieithryn, a chael ail gyfle ar fywyd. Dychwela i Gymru a chael gwaith yn y chwarel; a diolch i'w ddysg a'i hyfedredd caiff ei benodi'n arweinydd gan ei gyd-weithwyr. Ond buan iawn ymddengys cymylau ang...

An anthology of poems for 7-11 year olds based on subjects in the school curriculum - PSE and Religion, Physical Education, Music, Geography, Science, History, Language, Mathematics, and Technology, Art and Design. Includes witty line drawings.

The adventures of Miss Prydderch and her class of pupils on the magic carpet continues. The second title in a trilogy about Miss Miss Prydderch, an interesting character with a twist in her tail. Everything is not as it looks at first glance. An inventive, contemporary novel relating a story based on life in a school that seems quite ordinary, but is far from it!

Venture on the magic carpet to the Forest of Owls with Miss Prydderch and her class of pupils where you will see many wonders, but at your peril will you look into the eyes of Dr Wg ab Lin! The first title in a series of three novels about the extraordinary teacher, Miss Prydderch. Tir na n-Og Award Winner 2018.