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Real Port Talbot
In Real Port Talbot, Lynne Rees goes in search of the delights of the 'small but mythic town' of Port Talbot. She explores its history and her own past and discovers a place both familiar and unexpectedly new. Updated with new information for this 2nd edition.
The Actors' Crucible
Port Talbot has an undisputed claim to be called the actors capital of Wales, producing a remarkable number of actors since the inter-war years including Richard Burton, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Sheen. This book suggests explanations for this phenomenon, while also surveying the careers of 50 actors from Port Talbot and considering what its most famous stars have put back into their community.
The Hungry Writer
The Hungry Writer is a simmered reduction of four years of the hungry writer blog by award-winning writer and lyrical lover of food, Lynne Rees. Stories, poems, childhood memories, restaurant visits, personal recipes, and 365 Hungry Writing Prompts. Live, Eat, Write.
The Sandhills: An Historic Cemetery
The Sandhills is a nonfiction book about a famous and historic cemetery in Sydney, Australia. Excerpt: "The name Devonshire Street Cemetery could fairly be applied to those sections which faced or extended to that street, but is somewhat of a misnomer when describing the original Burial Ground, which faced Belmore Park. For lack of a better name, I and others refer to it as the "Sandhills Cemetery."
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My Name Is Resolute
One of Book Riot's top 100 Must-Read Books of American Historical Fiction! Nancy Turner burst onto the literary scene with her hugely popular novels These Is My Words, Sarah's Quilt, and The Star Garden. Now, Turner has written the novel she was born to write, this exciting and heartfelt story of a woman struggling to find herself during the tumultuous years preceding the American Revolution. The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself alone in Lexington, Massachusetts, she struggles to find her way in a society that is quick to judge a young woman without a family. As the seeds of rebellion against England grow, Resolute is torn between following the rules and breaking free. Resolute's talent at the loom places her at the center of an incredible web of secrecy that helped drive the American Revolution. Heart-wrenching, brilliantly written, and packed to the brim with adventure, My Name is Resolute is destined to be an instant classic.
Old Saundersfoot
A picture is worth a thousand words. Certainly no words on their own could create a picture to show the change which has taken place in and around Saundersfoot since 1900. The pictures in this volume are a remarkable reminder of a scene which only the older generation can recall.
Selected Poems
With this publication, Bidgood's 70th birthday is celebrated. Chosen from her previous collections, many of which are now out of print, it also includes a generous selection of new work. Her continuing popularity is often attributed to her strong feeling for landscapes, the environment, and women's issues.
The Selden Map of China
Dating from the seventeenth century at the height of the Ming Dynasty, the Selden Map of China reveals a country very different from popular conceptions of the time, looking not inward to the Asian landmass but outward to the sea. Discovered in the stacks of the Bodleian Library, this beautifully decorative map of China is in fact a seafaring chart showing Ming Dynasty trade routes. It is the earliest surviving example of Chinese merchant cartography and is evidence that Ming China was outward-looking, capitalistic and vibrant. Exploring the commercial aims of the Ming Dynasty, the port city of Quanzhou and its connections with the voyages of the early traveller Zheng He, this book describes the historical background of the era in which the map was used. It also includes an analysis of the skills and techniques involved in Chinese map-making and the significance of the compass bearings, scale and ratios found on the map, all of which combine to represent a breakthrough in cartographic techniques. The enthralling story revealed by this extraordinary artefact is central to an understanding of the long history of China's relationship with the sea and with the wider world.
