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Jose Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1998, the first writer in Portuguese to receive the world's most prized literary award. This book covers both his acclaimed historically-based fictions and his, allegorical works, demonstrating the continuity of thought and image between these two phases of the writer's career.

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Presenting an introduction to the local economy of Rhondda-Cynon-Taff and an account of the history of the region's inward investment development strategy, this title offers recommendations for future policy-making, suggesting that a new approach which empowers local people to work together to make the best of the economic opportunities they have.

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Lists every single place-name and field-name in East Flintshire (recorded before 1900) - every river, bridge, hill, dale, wood, moor, town, village, hamlet, road, street, lane castle and field. Each name is followed by the earliest form, its date, subsequent references and the origin of the name.

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In this volume, the author asserts that a fusion of traditional trade union militancy and national identity creates a more radical outlook within Scotland. He investigates the more militant regions of England and compares Scotland to the Welsh experience, and concludes that these other areas share very similar experiences.

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In this volume, the author asserts that a fusion of traditional trade union militancy and national identity creates a more radical outlook within Scotland. He investigates the more militant regions of England and compares Scotland to the Welsh experience, and concludes that these other areas share very similar experiences.

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This study of post-war Polish intellectual history analyzes the complex interface between politics and literature under communism. It suggests that it was not the Catholic Church but the writers of the lay-left who were the most consistent critics and opponents of Stalinism.

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How many things are there about Wales and the Welsh that everyone ought to know, but they probably don't 1,700 questions are separated into such categories as Sport, Cinema, Famous People, Mythology, Politics and Potluck. Questions for all ages, covering all aspects of Welsh culture and nationality.

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This volume reproduced, with commentary and full contextual discussion, all the miniatures from unpublished illuminated manuscripts of "Le Roman de la Rose", in the National Library of Wales.

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This is a study of the lower orders within Welsh rural communities and pays attention to those people who worked and lived off the land of eighteenth century Wales, often amidst poverty and insecurity.

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This study uses English and Swedish sources to illustrate the importance of clerical marriage to the success of the Reformation, and examines the social standing of the clergy through their material wealth and financial networks.

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Spanning the late-19th century and early-20th century, this volume seeks to introduce and understand the evolution of the modern Conservative party.

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This book describes the thought and work of an Anglican parson which were an early influence, leading towards a distinct Welsh Methodism and to present-day Evangelicalism, and the renewed confidence in the Welsh language effecting its survival in speech and literature.

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Provides an overview of and introduction to the Towneley cycle of plays, a 32-play cycle written in c 1500, which begins with the fall of Lucifer and ends with the Last Judgement, and was performed as part of the festival of Corpus Christi in Wakefield. This volume examines the cycle's textual history, and discusses issues of language and style.