Griffiths: 520 books

The history of the town of Beaumaris in Anglesey from its origins as an English settlement and castle. As the county town for Anglesey it was a great centre for justice, administration, education and of society in general, as well as an important sea port. Nowadays it is a small tourist resort but has a rich and varied history

The story of the town of Holyhead in Anglesey, from its origins as a 6th century monastic settlement, to a small port and fishing village. Its importance and growth as a port and town owed much to its strategic position on the route between Dublin and London.  The town is now a port of call for cruise liners, and surrounding areas merit exploration

De literaire thriller ‘Het verkeerde pad’ zet je telkens op het verkeerde been en blijft tot het einde verrassend! Sarah d’Villez is als tiener jaren geleden elf dagen vastgehouden door een man en wist toen op miraculeuze wijze te ontsnappen. Ze probeerde daarna een leven op te bouwen, maar...

The Printed Voice of Victorian Poetry starts from a simple fact: our written language does not represent the way we speak. Intonation, accent, tempo, and pitch of utterance can be inferred from a written text but they are not clearly demonstrated there. The book shows the implications of this fact...

Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, the First Duke of Wellington (1769-1852) defeated Napoleon at Waterloo. This volume covers his youthful zeal, years in India and Portugal, political reversals, and final reckoning with Napoleon. It also contains biographical sketches of his lieutenants. Griffiths humbly...

Almost 3000 lives have been lost in the UK construction industry over the last twenty-five years, in addition to those seriously injured or made ill. The need to reduce this rate has required tight controls to be introduced throughout the planning and management of construction projects in the UK....

The houses and landscapes of childhood exert a strong presence in Silent in Finisterre. Recalled by name, in incantation, or described in ways that recapture their irreducible reality to a child for whom they are the totality of the world, they become a kind of memory theatre: for Jane Griffiths physical...

The story of the town of Conwy in North Wales, from its origin as a monastery founded in an uninhabited location to the present day. Edward I saw the strategic potential of the location, as it controlled the estuary of the Conwy river, so founded a castle, with its associated English settlement. The...

In the past century, nearly all of the biological sciences have been directly affected by discoveries and developments in genetics, a fast-evolving subject with important theoretical dimensions. In this rich and accessible book, Paul Griffiths and Karola Stotz show how the concept of the gene has...

A collection of deep and meaningful poetry. Over 40 poems and writings, written over a 45 year period, many written as lyrics for songs.

"Filmmakers have drawn inspiration from the pages of Emile Zola from the earliest days of cinema. The ever-growing number of adaptations they have produced spans eras, genres, languages, and styles. In spite of the diversity of these approaches, numerous critics regard them as inferior copies...

#75 No Frills Working Formulae ExamplesYour understanding of formulae and the functions available to you within Excel allow you to design better spreadsheets. You can cleanse data and analyse it in a quicker and more effective way if you know the full extent of the options available to you....

Data Analysis and Visualisation Tools This book covers some really exciting ways to work with Excel. It’s for anyone who wants to acquire a solid foundation of how to use charts and pivots, with suggestions on how to build on that knowledge. There are many ways to analyse data; the focus...

Published in collaboration with the Victoria & Albert Musuem, Played in Britain: Modern Theatre in 100 Plays explores the best and most influential plays from 1945 to date. Fully illustrated with photos from the V&A's collections and featuring a foreword by Richard Griffiths O.B.E., the book...