At the outbreak of World War One, millions of men left to fight in the trenches on the Western Front. Many of them were volunteers, miners, shopkeepers etc, caught up in that great rush of patriotism that swept the land in those early days of war and whose first experience of battle would be their last. This book tells the story of just a handful of ordinary men from Torfaen in South Wales and the experiences they encountered.

Dreams have intrigued people for centuries. What we know today is that everyone's dreams are unique to themselves. The meaning of a dream for one person might have a totally different meaning for another. This book will show you how to record and interpret your own dreams so you build up your own personal dream dictionary. It includes exercises for general dream interpretation, decoding dream characters and keeping a dream journal.

Have you ever wondered how Christmas traditions began? When was the first Nativity? Who ate the first turkey? When was tinsel invented? This book explores the history of Christmas from the pagan winter festivals through to the birth of Jesus, onward until it was banned in Puritan times and to its revival in the Victorian era into the festive season we know today.

Wales is a land of legends, myths and ghost stories. Many of the tales included in this book have been collected by spending hours scouring 19th century newspapers. Ghosts that have been making the news for at least a hundred years from locations in Wales but also those from farther afield that were published in Welsh newspapers. Included you will find hauntings ranging from a little cottage in Abernant in 1868 to ghostly sightings around the wreckage of the Maine in 1898, and many more ...

In 1848 an Inspector of the Poor entered a house and found a woman imprisoned in a tiny water closet. She had been there for four months. She was lying in filth, her hair matted, covered in vermin and she had been in a crouching position so long she could not straighten up. Her husband stated she had been 'disorderly'. In Victorian Britain, a married woman had no rights, not to her money, her property, her children or even her body. Wife beating was widespread and wifely chastisement acceptable. Slowly though women began to fight back. Included in this book are some of the most terrible tales...

"A warm glow has enveloped us. I am calm and at one with Zeniah as our atoms merge. I surrender to being spirit. A whisper is all that is manageable. 'I can't do this, I love you too much'. Zeniah's voice is soft in his reply. 'I know but I am always with you. You have to remember, it's all a game, my love'. It's Christmas Eve and Edina Green has gone to her local supermarket for a simple jar of cranberry sauce. Little does she realise, her whole life is about to change. In fact it's going to end. Edina is catapulted kicking and screaming into the afterlife, where she learns its secrets and...

"Sing a mournful song of Christmas, we have no Christmas now" stated the Monmouthshire Merlin of 1836. In the early 19th century Christmas was almost non existent, then in 1848, the London Illustrated News printed a picture of Queen Victoria and her family around their Christmas tree. The popularity of Christmas would soar again, but why had it fallen out of favour in the first place? What was Plygain, the Mari Llwyd, and Watch Night? How did the rich of Monmouthshire celebrate? What did the poor do at Christmas? How did people decorate their homes? What did they do for entertainment?...

Appearances can be deceptive Like the cover of this book For within its lighthearted exterior Is a tale of woe, should you take a look You'll discover a world of fairytale And a princess on a quest To find a prince as she kisses frogs That doesn't turn into a beast What will happen to the princess A happy ending? Yay or nay? Will true love triumph over all? To find out, read this way ...... Meet Cayeli, a princess who has been involved in abusive relationships and has had enough. Her fairy godmother offers her a challenge, to study different types of abusive behaviours and turn it into a book...