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Author: Tim Rees Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752493981 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 234
Book Description
In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. It is a journey littered with colourful anecdotes and diverse experience: from military training in the Guards Depot to Trooping the Colour; from academic failure to intelligence work in Northern Ireland; from helping Rudolf Hess out of an ambulance to being tasked with taking the Queen's portrait. Tim Rees colours every experience with profound and often idiosyncratic observations that offer the reader a taste of the sometimes humorous, often arduous and, on too many occasions, brutal reality of service. But, as Tim says, 'The positive effect is the bond of common experience I share with men with whom I served in the army' - a type of bond that, in his opinion, is in danger of being lost in the modern age.
Author: Tim Rees Publisher: The History Press ISBN: 0752493981 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 234
Book Description
In Service is the tale of one person's journey into manhood, ultimately finding himself in the theatre of war. It is a journey littered with colourful anecdotes and diverse experience: from military training in the Guards Depot to Trooping the Colour; from academic failure to intelligence work in Northern Ireland; from helping Rudolf Hess out of an ambulance to being tasked with taking the Queen's portrait. Tim Rees colours every experience with profound and often idiosyncratic observations that offer the reader a taste of the sometimes humorous, often arduous and, on too many occasions, brutal reality of service. But, as Tim says, 'The positive effect is the bond of common experience I share with men with whom I served in the army' - a type of bond that, in his opinion, is in danger of being lost in the modern age.
Author: Luke Edwards Publisher: Mel Bay Publications ISBN: 151345935X Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 96
Book Description
In this unique solo fingerstyle guitar collection, Luke Edwards presents 17 melodies from the Celtic nation of Wales, The Land of Song, sheep and dragons and birthplace of Merlin the wizard. With arrangements derived from ancient to more modern traditional tunes, this book provides a glimpse into a fascinating musical culture. Often overlooked in comparison to neighboring Scotland and Ireland, the music of Wales is rich and multifaceted. This book covers a variety of traditional Welsh genres including hymns, lullabies, hornpipes, fiddle tunes, and even a selection from The Robert Ap Huw Manuscript of 1340, the oldest known example of harp music in the world. As all of the arrangements were made in guitar-friendly keys in either standard or drop-D tuning, they can be readily combined into sets for performance. Written in both standard notation and tablature, historical notes and complete right and left-hand fingerings are provided throughout. Recommended for the intermediate to advanced guitarist, the collection includes access to online audio.
Author: Roger G. K. Penn Publisher: Y Lolfa ISBN: 180099317X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 318
Book Description
A mutual bond of rivalry and respect has existed between the rugby-loving Wales and New Zealand nations since their first match in 1905. This book documents all the matches played, but also takes an unorthodox, stimulating look at off-field obligations and functions, an often-overlooked aspect of a tour. Reprint of Three Feathers and a Silver Fern (pub. 2013).
Author: Rhiannon Ifans Publisher: University of Wales Press ISBN: 1786838257 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 424
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Wassail songs are part of Welsh folk culture, but what exactly are they? When are they sung? Why? And where do stars and pretty ribbons fit in? This study addresses these questions, identifying and discussing the various forms of winter wassailing found in Wales in times past and present. It focuses specifically on the Welsh poetry written over the centuries at the celebration of several rituals – most particularly at Christmas, the turn of the year, and on Twelfth Night – which served a distinct purpose. The winter wassailing aspired to improve the quality of the earth’s fertility in three specific spheres: the productivity of the land, the animal kingdom, and the human race. This volume provides a rich collection of Welsh songs in their original language, translated into English for the first time, and with musical notation. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of these poems and of the society in which they were sung.
Author: Chris Schoeman Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited ISBN: 1445694115 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 215
Book Description
Drawing on first-hand accounts from several players and original research, respected rugby writer Chris Schoeman marks the 50th anniversary of this controversial tour remembered as much for politics as for rugby.
Author: Rhiannon Mathias Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317102991 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 362
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Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983), Elizabeth Maconchy (1907-1994) and Grace Williams (1906-1977) were contemporaries at the Royal College of Music. The three composers' careers were launched with performances in the Macnaghten-Lemare Concerts in the 1930s - a time when, in Britain, as Williams noted, a woman composer was considered 'very odd indeed'. Even so, by the early 1940s all three had made remarkable advances in their work: Lutyens had become the first British composer to use 12-note technique, in her Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1939-40); Maconchy had composed four string quartets of outstanding quality and was busy rethinking the genre; and Williams had won recognition as a composer with great flair for orchestral writing with her Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes (1940) and Sea Sketches (1944). In the following years, Lutyens, Maconchy and Williams went on to compose music of striking quality and to attain prominent positions within the British music scene. Their respective achievements broke through the 'sound ceiling', challenging many of the traditional assumptions which accompanied music by female composers. Rhiannon Mathias traces the development of these three important composers through analysis of selected works. The book draws upon previously unexplored material as well as radio and television interviews with the composers themselves and with their contemporaries. The musical analysis and contextual material lead to a re-evaluation of the composers' positions in the context of twentieth-century British music history.
Author: Alun Gibbard Publisher: Y Lolfa ISBN: 184771711X Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 145
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This book commemorates one of the top ten greatest rugby moments ever, a match on 31 October 1972. The teams and score: Llanelli 9 New Zealand 3. The day's events are recalled by those who were there.
Author: Dafydd Jones Publisher: Y Lolfa ISBN: 184771787X Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 148
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Yn Ysgol Gyfun Aberaeron y dechreuodd Dafydd Jones gymryd diddordeb mewn rygbi, gan ddangos gallu anghyffredin fel chwaraewr a dod i sylw clwb rygbi Llanelli. Bu'n driw i glwb y 'Sosban Fach' trwy gydol ei yrfa, gan chwarae dros 200 o weithiau i dimau Llanelli a'r Scarlets ac ennill 42 o gapiau dros ei wlad.The autobiography of the Llanelli, Scarlets and Wales rugby star, Dafydd Jones. His interest in rugby started at Aberaeron where his talents were spotted by the Llanelli club. He played over 200 times for the club and region and was capped 42 times by Wales.
Author: Robin McBryde Publisher: Y Lolfa ISBN: 1847715532 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 226
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The autobiography of legendary rugby player Robin McBryde. On his retirement he reveals in this volume various aspects of his career and experience coaching the Welsh team. An English translation by the author of the first major biography of Robin McBryde.
Author: Michael Baum Publisher: Troubador Publishing Ltd ISBN: 1805147390 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 213
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In 1955 four young men bond over a cadaver in an anatomy class while doing their medical training, and then take off in different directions. Alastair ends up as a GP in rural Scotland and is involved in the first antismoking campaign, the prescription of the contraceptive pill, the distribution of the oral vaccine for poliomyelitis, and screening for cervical cancer. Dylan, the son of a coal miner in south Wales, ends up as an epidemiologist and contributes to the discovery of the links of coal dust to lung and stomach cancer amongst coal miners. He is also present at the Aberfan disaster. Matthew trains as a psychiatrist at the pivotal time when Freudian psychoanalysis is being replaced by rational rather than metaphysical concepts. Huge asylums for the insane are being closed and cruel and futile therapies are being abandoned. Peter trains as a surgeon and is involved in the early days of organ transplantation and contributes to the movement to replace radical mastectomy with kinder treatments, for women with early breast cancer.
Author: Tim Rees
Author: Tim Rees
Author: Luke Edwards
Author: Roger G. K. Penn
Author: Rhiannon Ifans
Author: Chris Schoeman
Author: Rhiannon Mathias
Author: Alun Gibbard
Author: Dafydd Jones
Author: Robin McBryde
Author: Michael Baum