Product Description: Although Dylan Thomas died in 1953, his work has never been out of print, and his notorious life continues to fascinate. Published to commemorate the centenary of Thomas’s birth, this new edition of Dylan Thomas' Swansea, Gower and Laugharne provides a detailed account of the relationship between Thomas’s life and verse and the three locales in Wales that were most important to him...read more

Product Description: This work describes the relationship between Thomas's life and work and the places that were most important to him. The arrival in Swansea of Thomas's father is dealt with and the places in which he grew up are highlighted. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: Abse is one of Britain's leading and best-loved literary figures. These plays House of Cowards, The Dogs of Pavlov, and Pythagoras (Smith) were written in reaction to the Holocaust. House of Cowards concerns the willingness of people to surrender their individuality to a charismatic leader; The Dogs of Pavlov explores the conditioning of people to perform unthinking evil; and Pythagoras (Smith) is set in an asylum and is concerned with the relationship of patient, doctor, medicine, and magic...read more

Product Description: This book is the most solid comprehensive book on youth ministry ever published. Eschewing trendiness and gimmickry, it gives the cultural framework, the psychological forces, and above all the concrete educational procedures which enable youth ministry to be successful not just once or twice but on a regular basis...read more

Traces the life and career of the influential English journalist, literary reviewer, and historian and describes his friendships with Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle