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"Tucked into the mountains of North Wales, the village of Cwm Coed is bordered by a shimmering lake on one side and an army of pine trees on the other. But the tranquility is shattered when homegrown celebrity Rhys Lloyd returns to develop a luxury resort on the shore opposite the village. Old resentments begin to rise to the surface, and new tensions emerge between the locals and the outsiders. Still, when the resort throws open its doors for a New...
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Shadow chronicles volume 2
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English
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Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers.
3) Wales
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English
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Each chapter includes walking, cycling and driving tours; includes a Wales with Children feature; now with an increased focus on outdoor activities.
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Miss Peregrine volume 1
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English
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A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. A horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its decaying bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that Miss Peregrine's children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They...
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Questar Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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Sixteen year old Gwen Davies adores the horses she and her grandfather have raised on the beautiful Welsh Mountains. However, when her grandfather dies her uncle must either sell the farm to a greedy land developer, or allow Gwen to keep the farm, opening the wounds of his tragic past in the process.
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DC Will MacReady volume 1
Publisher
Zaffre
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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At a squalid flat near the Cardiff docks, an early morning police raid goes catastrophically wrong when the police aren't the only unexpected guests. A plain clothes officer is shot dead at point blank range, the original suspect is left in a coma. The killer, identity unknown, slips away. Young and inexperienced, Will MacReady starts his first day on the CID. With the city in shock and the entire force reeling, he is desperate to help -- but unearths...
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"Miss Linnet Berry Thrynne is a beauty. Naturally, she's betrothed to a beast. ... Linnet has no idea of the danger posed to her heart by a man who may never love her in return. If she decides to be very wicked indeed, what price will she pay for taming his wild heart?"--Publisher's description.
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Turner Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Schoolteacher Lilly Moffat is dismayed by conditions in a Welsh mining town. She sets up a school to teach fundamental education to the villagers. Her housekeeper and daughter oppose the project, as does the local Squire who will not rent her space. Using part of her own home, she goes ahead with Miss Moffat's School.
10) The hourglass
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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2014. Sensible Nora has always taken success for granted, until suddenly her life begins to fall apart. Troubled by anxiety and nightmares, she finds herself drawn to the sweeping beaches of Tenby, a place she's only been once before. Together with a local girl she rents a beautiful townhouse and slowly begins to settle in to her new life. But Tenby hides a secret, and Nora will soon discover that this little town by the sea has the power to heal...
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Faber and Faber
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"Tonight nineteen-year-old William Lavery is dressed for success, his first black-tie do. It's the Midlands Chapter of the Institute of Embalmers Ladies' Night Dinner Dance, and William is taking Gloria in her sequined evening gown. He can barely believe his luck. But as the guests sip their drinks and smoke their post-dinner cigarettes a telegram delivers news of a tragedy. An event so terrible it will shake the nation. It is October 1966 and a landslide...
12) The dead house
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Sheep Street Books
Pub. Date
2016
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English
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"Midnight in a country churchyard. A corpse lying at peace. The dead woman looks totally peaceful and there are no marks of violence... But why is she here, in this remote spot? Why does no one come forward to identify her? And why is she wearing a thin white dress on this howling October night? When Fiona Griffiths starts to investigate, she finds a crime creepier than anything she's been able to imagine. And she's about to become the very next victim....
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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After his own horrifying encounters, the producer returns to Australia's Blue Mountains where he believes numerous habitats exist for what is commonly known as Bigfoot. Exploring an uncharted region, he discovers evidence that may suggest a possible hunting ground. A countdown begins to an organised expedition. The producer begins his initial inquiries by interviewing a researcher who claims to have not only recorded howls from a Bigfoot, but captured...
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Few previous publications have focused on Welsh family history, and none have provided a comprehensive guide to the genealogical information available and where to find it. That is why the publication of Beryl Evans's new Welsh family history handbook is such a significant event in the field. Her detailed, accessible, authoritative guide will be essential reading and reference for anyone who is eager to research ancestors from Wales. She describes...
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Sheep Street Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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When DC Fiona Griffiths says 'yes' to her policeman boyfriend, it's an affirmation that she wants finally to put her psychological breakdown behind her. But she still can't resist the challenge of an undercover policing course, and finding it remarkably easy to assume a new identity, she comes top of the class. So when an ingenious payroll fraud starts to look like the tip of a huge criminal iceberg, she is selected to infiltrate the fraudsters' operation....
16) Longing
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English
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"From New York Times bestselling legend and author of the Survivors' Club series comes a cherished novel about the risks and the compromises that come with falling in love ... Governess and mistress-he wanted her as both ... The illegitimate daughter of an English lord, Sian Jones abandoned her heritage to live in a stalwart coal mining community in South Wales. Empowered by their cause, she's engaged to be married to the leader of a revolutionary...
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Fiona Griffiths mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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English
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"Kneeling in a muddy field, clutching something soft and blue-black, Marc Hamer vows he will stop trapping moles--forever. In this earnest, understated, and sublime work of nonfiction literature, the molecatcher shares what led him to this strange career: from sleeping among hedges as a homeless teen, to toiling on the railway, to weeding windswept gardens in Wales. Hamer infuses his wanderings with radiant poetry and stark, simple observations on...
19) The fortune men
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Based on a true event, The Fortune Men tells the intimate, harrowing story of the last man in Britain to be sentenced to death"--
20) The grey king
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Dark is rising sequence volume 4
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English
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Read by Richard Mitchley
Approx. 5.5 hours
4 cassettes
Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil. And now it is Will's task to wake—with the golden harp—the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.
Approx. 5.5 hours
4 cassettes
Will is the last-born of the Old Ones, immortals dedicated to saving the world from the forces of evil. And now it is Will's task to wake—with the golden harp—the six who must be roused from their long slumber in the Welsh hills to prepare for the last battle between the Dark and the Light.
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