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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicthis is one of the only known copiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france in
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturecover & spine in very good conditionthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are all potential targetsnow it is much more complexfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigera few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of age
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippednear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printing
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Norwegian writer knut hamsun (), winner of the nobel prize for literature in , was a man both brilliant and controversialoxfam bookshop swanage an absorbing biography of nobel prize-winning novelist knut hamsun, based on a wealth of previously unavailable sourcesex libris stamp on spine and copyright pagedj wrapped in cellophane see oxfam website for delivery information read morelauded for his literary achievements by hemingway, gide, hesse, and others, he also provoked outrage for his open collaboration with the fascists during the german occupation of norway and for his insistent refusal to renounce his nazi sympathiesyale university press, hardcover, first edition used: good plus condition
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Pasternak was awarded the nobel prize for literature the following year, an event which embarrassed and enraged the communist party of the soviet unioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidue to the author's independent-minded stance on the october revolution, doctor zhivago was refused publication in the ussrplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteat the instigation of giangiacomo feltrinelli, the manuscript was smuggled to milan and published indoctor zhivago (/??'v??go?/ zhiv-ah-goh;[1] russian: ??´???? ????´??, ipa: ['dokt?r ??'vag?]) is a novel by boris pasternak, first published in in italyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe novel doctor zhivago has been part of the russian school curriculum since , where it is read in 11th grade"doctor zhivago" by boris pasternak - collins, london - first uk edition, second issue (printed same month as first issue) - 510p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in a very good original dust wrapper with only minor wearthe novel was made into a film by david lean in , and since then has twice been adapted for television, most recently as a miniseries for russian tv inthe novel is named after its protagonist, yuri zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the russian revolution of and world war ii
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Australian, winner of the nobel prize for literature, author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a handful of plays, and many other books, he was known as a creative writer of power, vehemence and intense imagination he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his timewe should be thankful that they doout of this mass he has chosen some 600 of the very best to let white tell the story of his life in his own words edited by david marr at his death in , patrick white had achieved wide fame as a novelistbut patrick white was more than a novelistwhen patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance) thousands survive for these are the letters of a great writer, a profound critic, a gossip with the sharpest eyes and tongue in the country, a man who loved and hated ferociously, a keen cook, an angry patriot, and a believer never free of doubt this stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marr so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving them shrewd, funny, hauntingly beautiful, dramatic, pig-headed, and above all direct and relaxed, they poured from his pen over a period of seventy years, from childhood until shortly before his deathoxfam shop gloucester patrick white - letters
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It belongs to the "cycle de la révolte" which brings together three works by camus, la peste, l'homme révolté and les justes, which, in part, earned its author the nobel prize for literature incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihalf-bound in bradel vellum- preserved title coverla peste is a novel by albert camus published in and awarded the prix des critiques the same yearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, stepping stones retraces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the nobel prize for literature and his post-nobel lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, seamus heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein response to firm but subtle questioning from dennis o'driscoll, seamus heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) and on the artistic and ethical challenges he faced, providing an original, diverting and absorbing store of reflections, opinions and recollectionsit is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the heaney family album and published here for the first time
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Kipling was the first person from the british isles to win the nobel prize for literature, and the first english language writer to wincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinot ex library, not a book club; no dust jacket as issuedwith multiple illustrations by kiplingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehardcover first edition (macmillan, ), second impression (october, )our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Kertesz won the nobel prize for literature in , the only hungarian to date to have woncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot a former library book, in original just jacket, no owner's mark or remainder marknear fine with a small spine lean in a near fine jacketour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first german edition (rowohlt ), first printing
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Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature init has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the fifth volnonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early soxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcof his autobiographyit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writer
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Saul bellow was the winner of the nobel prize for literaturesammler's planetsammler's planet was the winner of the national book awardsigned by saul bellow
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Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hoxfam books & music bury stin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniuswelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of disease
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He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy in , russell was awarded the nobel prize in literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought" bertrand arthur william russell, 3rd earl russell om frs () was a british polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and nobel laureateour book is in very nice condition for its age, its illustrated paper-covered boards remarkably unworn apart from a little rubbing of edges, angles, and top & tail of the spineoxfam books & music islington published in , and subtitled 'a new social analysis', this book considers the question of power - who wields it, how it should be used, where the desire for it originates, its relationship with morality, with economies, with religions - the author presents an exhaustive collection of thoughts and opinions which, although presented at a time of extreme political upheaval, remain relevant to this day inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages lightly tanned throughout, but clean while considering himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, he also sometimes suggested that his scepticism had led him to feel that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense"  see oxfam website for delivery information read more some small pencil marks on the front endpaper, and a few spots of foxing on endpapers & adjacent leaves, and on the leading edge, but not within the body of the book
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He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiaoxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiaout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peaceindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsthis is a book that needed to have been writtenhe deserves the recognitionhis books have been translated into thirty languagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more'profound and stimulatingthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timeshis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvard
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It was rumored he was about to receive the nobel prize in literature, but he died shortly before the announcement read morethe paper was hand-made at the cartiere enrico magnani and was printed dampthe volume is illustrated by 4 multicolored woodcuts by antonio frasconi, and was published in 4to by the plain wrapper press at cottondale, al, usa inover his long career, calvino produced only two of his works in english in signed, limited editionsthe woodcuts were printed by antony o'hara and john colemancatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe volume is bound in quarter-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in the publisher’s clamshell box with a paper label on the coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki) this is copy # 33signed by italo calvino and antonio frasconi copy #33 of only 75 printedthe edition is limited to 75 numbered copies signed by calvino and frasconiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe colophon reads as follows: "calvino/frasconi "this edition, limited to seventy-five numbered copies and signed by the author and the artist, was printed on an washington handpress at gabriel rummonds & alessandro zanella's plain wrapper press in cottondale, alabamathe special limited first edition of italo calvino's 'prina che tu dica 'pronto'' (translated into english by william weaver as 'before you say 'hello')the type is handset post mediaeval which was cast by hthe printing of the text was completed in the spring ofour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store" [the signatures of calvino and frasconi follow] the original italian text is followed by the english version translated by william weaver, calvino’s longtime translator"this is copy number 33without question, calvino was one of the greatest of modern italian writers
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He was nominated for the nobel prize in literaturegreen cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardandré chamson was a french archivist, novelist and essayisthe was the father of the novelist frédérique hébrardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiboards a little rubbed and spine slightly fadedwonderful colour illustrations, including charming illustrated end papersillustré de lithographies en quatre couleurs, par edy legrandblue cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardcharles vildrac was a parisian libertarian playwright, and poetavec soixante dessins de madeleine charlétyvery good condition insideplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteslightly age toned pages, but otherwise good condition insideles lunettes du lion - by charles vildracvildrac's first poems were written when he was still a teenager in the shistoire de magali - by andré chamsonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was author of the earliest children's novel, "l'île rose"
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Pablo neruda was awarded the nobel prize in literature incanto general cover: jan vanriet, watercolour edition of de morgen, pptwintig liefdesgedichten en een wanhoopszang with an introduction by translator willem bossier uitgeverij orion, desclee de brouwer, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover with dust jacket - mm condition: as newplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesewn - hardcover - mm condition: good will be sent with track and traceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis lot contains 3 works by pablo neruda in the dutch language: ik beken ik heb geleefd - herinneringen amsterdam, prometheus, pp
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Title: beginner`s guide to winning nobel prizecatalogue number
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Winner of both a booker prize and pegasus prize for literature, the bone people is a work of unfettered wordplay and mesmerising emotional complexityas kerewin succumbs to simon's feral charm, she also falls under the spell of his maori foster father joe, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsettling mixture of tenderness and brutalitythere is writing on the first page of the book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone night her solitude is disrupted by a visitora speechless, mercurial boy named simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possessionout of this unorthodox trinity keri hulme has created what is at once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where maori and european new zealand meet, clash, and sometimes mergeoxfam books & music perth in a tower on the new zealand sea lives kerewin holmes, part maori, part european, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her family
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The author won the nobel prize for physiology of medicineoxfam books & music totnes this work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous systemthis theory revises our view of memory, considering it as a dynamic process of categorisation which has implications for the various psychological states from attention to dreamingcorners slightly bumped and some fading/tanning to rear cover from shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoup paperback in good clean condition, no internal markings and sound bindingby providing a fundamental neural basis for categorisation of the things of the world it unifies perception, action and learningit will stimulate discussion about the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of languageit suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanisms
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From the nobel collectionofficial collectors wandare buying from outside of the ukuk mainland from ÂŁ3hermione granger's wand
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardthe fourteen warmly humorous stories in beyond the blue mountains range from the fantasy of scheherazade to a dazzling example of chaos theory, depicting in exquisite prose the subtle but significant events that go to create everyday experienceshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markpenelope lively lives in londonshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all begansee oxfam website for delivery information read morein any circumstances, from a wedding to a christmas shopping expedition, lively finds an emotional dilemma, engaging the reader as thoroughly as if they were reading a novel and leaving them speechless' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptive"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joy
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread award'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind himshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganpenelope lively lives in londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'a glorious novel' observer'the descriptions of the london blitz are achingly real' sunday telegraphpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his ownhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitz'this is the city in which everything is simultaneousthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreverthe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paristhe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way homeand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural history'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another
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Winner of the moravia prize for fiction, the jewish husband is a bittersweet story of passion, hatred, cruelty and oppressionoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race lawsa young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentilehe wins her affections, but the price is greata very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flaws
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, inwhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearsoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generation
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4the structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fiction6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled withsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it
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