Mysterious Wales

Mysterious Wales

Author: Chris Barber

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 355

ISBN-13: 1445658682

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Explore the mysterious and mythic treasures of Wales.


Megaliths of Wales

Megaliths of Wales

Author: Chris Barber

Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1445674017

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The ancient standing stones, stone circles and burial chambers of Wales - remarkable feats of construction that are surrounded by legend.


A Killer's Christmas in Wales

A Killer's Christmas in Wales

Author: Elizabeth J. Duncan

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2011-10-25

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 1429984104

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With A Killer's Christmas in Wales, Elizabeth J. Duncan delivers a delightful holiday-themed mystery. As the townsfolk of the Welsh valley town of Llanelen settle in for the snowiest winter in twenty-five years, an American stranger arrives. Harry Saunders charms the ladies, one of them in particular: Evelyn Lloyd, the town's former postmistress, who was left comfortably off after the death of her husband. After Mrs. Lloyd invests a good deal of money with him, Harry goes missing, as does her money. His body is soon discovered outside the walls of Conwy Castle, and Mrs. Lloyd is implicated in the murder. Although Penny Brannigan and her business partner, Victoria Hopkirk, are busy overseeing the grand opening of their new spa, that doesn't stop Mrs. Lloyd from desperately seeking Penny's help to prove her innocence. It's quite possible that Harry made other enemies while in Llanelen and Penny's investigation unfolds while she juggles her work at the spa, her growing relationship with Detective Inspector Davies, and the Christmas window competition that she signed up to judge.


Bertie

Bertie

Author: Peter Lovesey

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 649

ISBN-13: 1641290498

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The Complete Prince of Wales Mysteries collects all three of Peter Lovesey's charming and thrilling Bertie adventures in a single volume for the first time. Albert Edward, Prince of Wales--Bertie, as he's known--is the eldest son of Queen Victoria, and future King Edward VII. Bertie is a pleasure seeker, always searching out the best meals, the most beautiful women, and the most lavish parties. As Prince Regent, Bertie is expected to behave like a proper royal and avoid scandal. Instead, his love of excitement leads him to a decidedly unprincely hobby: sleuthing. Bertie is not the best detective, but that does not stop him from trying to solve every case that crosses his path, including the feverish suicide of the greatest jockey of the century, the mysterious death of a member of the royal hunting party, and the murder of the son-in-law of an old friend.


Mysterious Creatures [2 volumes]

Mysterious Creatures [2 volumes]

Author: George M. Eberhart

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2002-12-17

Total Pages: 772

ISBN-13: 1576077640

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A comprehensive guide to cryptozoology—the quest to identify animals that have not been officially catalogued by science and to place these unknown animals into their proper zoological categories. In this fascinating two-volume encyclopedia, author George M. Eberhart provides a comprehensive catalog of nearly 1,000 cryptids—unknown animals usually reported through eyewitness accounts and not yet described by science. Cryptids are the stuff of folklore, hoaxes, and genuine scientific breakthroughs. There are 400 now-classified cryptids once considered either extinct or pure fantasy. The cryptozoologist's job is to strip away the myth, misidentification, and mystery—and separate fact from fiction. Mysterious Creatures covers everything from dinosaurs and the emala-ntouka, an elephant-killing dinosaur-like animal of central Africa, to searches for the Loch Ness monster, Bigfoot, and other cryptozoological hoaxes. Entries about specific animals include the derivation or meaning of each cryptid's name, its scientific name, variant names, a physical description, behavior, description of tracks, habitat, significant sightings, present status, and possible explanations. Illustrations and photographs accompany many entries. The book also includes resources and references for further information.


The World's Most Mysterious Places

The World's Most Mysterious Places

Author: Lionel Fanthorpe

Publisher: Dundurn

Published: 1999-05

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 9780888822062

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A fascinating compilation of stories about lost lands, weird locations, and strange sites.


Mysterious New England

Mysterious New England

Author: Austin N. Stevens

Publisher: Yankee Publishing, Incorporated

Published: 1979-02

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780911658866

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Presenting the Dark Side of New England -- its ghosts, vampires, legends, beasts, witches, and devils. A colorful tapestry of old Yankee tradition, a bizarre pattern stained with guilt and suffering and woven with the hard fiber of Puritan madness.


The Arthurian Place Names of Wales

The Arthurian Place Names of Wales

Author: Scott Lloyd

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2017-02-27

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1786830264

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This new book examines all of the available source materials, dating from the ninth century to the present, that have associated Arthur with sites in Wales. The material ranges from Medieval Latin chronicles, French romances and Welsh poetry through to the earliest printed works, antiquarian notebooks, periodicals, academic publications and finally books, written by both amateur and professional historians alike, in the modern period that have made various claims about the identity of Arthur and his kingdom. All of these sources are here placed in context, with the issues of dating and authorship discussed, and their impact and influence assessed. This book also contains a gazetteer of all the sites mentioned, including those yet to be identified, and traces their Arthurian associations back to their original source.


Making Sense of Wales

Making Sense of Wales

Author: Graham A S Day

Publisher: University of Wales Press

Published: 2002-07-30

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1783163933

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Making Sense of Wales gives an account of the main changes that have taken place in Welsh society over the last fifty years, as well as analysing the major efforts to interpret those changes. By placing work done in Wales in the context of broader developments within sociological approaches over the period, Graham Day demonstrates that there is a body of work on Wales worth considering in its own right as a specific contribution to sociology. He also shows the relevance of sociological accounts of Wales for understanding contemporary empirical and theoretical concerns in social analysis. Beginning with post-war analysis which considered Wales in terms of regional planning and policy, Day shows how more theoretically informed perspectives have come to the fore in recent years. He also examines more contemporary developments, such as gender and class transformations, the emphasis on the centrality of the Welsh language for conceptions of Wales and Welshness, as well as the impact of new forms of governance and questions of social exclusion.


The A-Z of Curious Wales

The A-Z of Curious Wales

Author: Mark Rees

Publisher: The History Press

Published: 2019-06-07

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 075099181X

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Wales' history is packed with peculiar customs and curious characters. Here you will discover alien landscapes, ancient druids and a Victorian ghost hunter. Find out why revellers would carry a decorated horse's skull on a pole door to door at Christmastime, how an eccentric inventor hoped to defeat Hitler with his futuristic ray gun, and why a cursed wall is protected by a global corporation for fear it might destroy a town. From the folklore surrounding the red dragon on the flag, to the evolution of the song 'Sosban Fach', this compendium of weird and wonderful facts will surprise and delight even the most knowledgeable resident or visitor.