Loose Gravel: Broken Bones, Broken Dreams, Made Good on a Broken Road

Engineering & Transportation

Gibbard, Alun

Gravell, Ian

Automotive

Ian Gravell

Two Welshmen have received the accolade of being the top rugby referee in the world: they have refereed a World Cup final. They've not only served the game that they love, but contributed to its development and appeal over many decades. They're also great friends and two really funny men! That's what we see here on these pages as they share their experiences on and off the field. When Derek stopped refereeing, he became Nigel's coach. He then served as Nigel's Television Match Official for many seasons. Here they share stories of the game from their point of view: the global travel and village rugby, making difficult decisions and surviving the times when things aren't going so well, and all those World Cups, of course! Black &amp; white photos.

Derek and Nigel: Two Heads, One Tale

Owens, Nigel

Bevan, Derek

Biographies & Memoirs

Y Lolfa

A comprehensive biography of one of the most iconic and popular figures in Wales' recent history. Carwyn James was not only a legend to rugby fans in Wales, but further afield too. Color plates.

Into the Wind: The Life of Carwyn James

Carwyn Jones: Not Just Politics

Jones, Carwyn

Leaders & Notable People

Accent Press Ltd.

So whose Wales is it?\nThere is a degree of ambiguity that runs through Welsh politics that in turn has hindered discussions of a clear Welsh political identity.\nCan any one party claim to have done more than any other in the fight for securing and then developing Welsh devolution? The track record of all four main players, Liberal, Labour, Conservative and Plaid Cymru, is looked at, from the time of Queen Victoria to these days of devolution and Yes Cymru.\nFrom one of the leading proponents of the devolution of Wales, Gwynoro Jones, and an award-winning author and former BBC journalist, Alun Gibbard, this well illustrated book looks at these often-bitter claims and counterclaims.\nAlun Gibbards' insightful documenting and analysis complement Gwynoro Jones' first-hand experience and knowledge in a project that is unique in its scope and structure.\nBetween 1536 and 1542 the regime of Henry VIII incorporated Wales into England. Wales was to have no separate existence. Its language was banned from public life and its legal system abolished. It was meant to disappear. Yet here we are in the 21st Century with an increasingly self-governing Wales with a strong sense of identity and a pride in its language.\nAlun Gibbard and Gwynoro Jones have traced the revival of Wales from the industrialising country of the 1880s and the nonconformist consciousness that led to Sunday closing. They describe the bitter battles over devolution in the 1970s through to the small margin in favour of a Welsh Assembly in 1997 and on to the well-established lawmaking, tax-varying Parliament with solid public support that we see today. We were not meant to be here. This book shows how we survived. 
Carwyn Jones First Minister of Wales 2009-2018\nThe rhetorical question in the book's title, Whose Wales? echoes the kind of questions which historians and political commentators have raised over the decades, from Gwyn Alf Williams' When was Wales? to Dai Smith's enigmatic question in the title of his book on Welsh politics, Wales! Wales? 
Professor Sir Deian Hopkin.

Whose Wales?: The battle for Welsh devolution and nationhood, 1880-2020

History

Jones, Gwynoro

Europe

Gwynoro Jones & Alun Gibbard

Who Beat the All Blacks

The autobiography of one of the heroes of Llanelli, Wales, and Lions rugby, Delme Thomas. He reached the pinnacle of the game with his club, country, and internationally during a 15-year playing career. He was chosen to be a part of the British Lions tour in 1966, despite not having yet been capped by his country. He was captain of his club, Llanelli, and he was the one who led them to their famous victory over the New Zealand All Blacks at Stradey Park in 1972.

Delme: The Autobiography

Thomas, Delme

New edition to commemorate the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest rugby moments ever. Against all expectations, on 31 October 1972 Carwyn James' Llanelli beat New Zealand 9-3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there. The first edition was shortlisted for the prestigious 2013 British Sports Book Awards.

Who Beat the All Blacks?: The story behind the most famous club victory in Welsh rugby history

It was a period of Welsh politics that has become etched in the collective memory. The rise of a Welsh independence movement and the first Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament. The Labour Party searching for a way forward in political climate that was riven with dissension and eventual rancour. It was a fight for social democracy against the centralised power of the British state.The first battlefield was Carmarthen and the protagonists were Gwynfor Evans, the leader of Plaid Cymru and the young Labour hopeful Gwynoro Jones. Their rivalry lasted throughout the Seventies. They fought three elections and on one occasion the result was decided by just three votes.This book tells the story of a political rivalry which was also very personal. It was a local confrontation that drew on national battlelines. It was about Carmarthen and Wales. Both men had their vision of the Wales they wanted to fight for. These pages unfold the story from Gwynro Jones' perspective for the first time, in an attempt to redress the imbalance of Gwynfor Evans' story dominating the narrative for so long.

Only Three Votes

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

Parthian Books

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