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First published book, safari salesman by local author semi autobiographical about a sales safari round africacentral cheltenham
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Hilarious autobiographical book exploring more than just feminist issuescash on collection preferred, but happy to post if requiredgreat holiday readplease message me with any questions and check out my other advertsthank you! read morehappy to consider a discounted price if multiple items purchased
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Proust started his novel cycle with the word ‘i’, which made readers think it was an autobiographical story, but they failed to find out its essencecontrary to popular belief, the author reflects on literature in his novel, he is not just writing about his own memoriessodom en gomorra 5in de schaduw van de bloeiende meisjes 3the cycle of novels was published in seven parts, between andour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe book is more than a sequence of eventsthe work was written between andde kant van swann 2op zoek naar de verloren tijd in search of lost time is a novel by marcel proustde kant van guermantes 4de voortvluchtige 7the last three volumes were published after proust's deathde tijd hervonden read morethe series in order of appearance: 1are 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Biesheuvel's stories are mostly autobiographicalbeautiful edition by publisher van oorschot of the “verzameld werk” of maarten biesheuvelhe writes about his experiences as a sailor on merchant ships, about his depressions and his stay in what he insolently calls the madhouse, about his wife eva, about his home and study, about his youthhooft prize for his narrative prosethe jury also praised biesheuvel's ‘imagination, absurdist humour and stylistic richness’our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store‘biesheuvel's associative storytelling technique gives his prose a beneficial effect combined with irrationality and illogicality, giving the fantastic elements even more room’, according to the jury led by maarten asscheron 15 december biesheuvel was awarded the phe also writes fantastic storiesin 3 cloth bindings with dust jacket and bookmark, in slipcasebiesheuvel (schiedam ) made his debut in with the collection of short stories “in de bovenkooi”this was followed by numerous collections of short stories and novellas, including “de weg naar het licht”, “de angstkunstenaar”, “de verpletterende werkelijkheid”, “reis door mijn kamer” and smaller editions such as “motje tegen gloeiend lampepeertje” and “oude geschiedenis van pa”in his “verzameld werk” was published, consisting of all the collected worksare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein absolute mint condition, still in cellophane
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Her 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 beganconsequences tells of three generations of women in their own twentieth-century times united by their shared experiences of love, pain, fate and happiness'a flawlessly constructed mini-epic that will delight' daily telegraph 'nourishing fare from a writer on sparkling form' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenlorna's decisions and their unforeseeable consequences come to shape the stories first of her daughter, molly, and then her granddaughter, ruthshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to marksee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , privileged misfit lorna meets the love of her lifeshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigerfalling for a pennyless and bohemian artist, matt, she abandons her stuffy kensington existence in london and moves to a rustic cottage in somerseta baby, molly, is born, but the coming war takes matt - and lorna's dreams - awaypenelope lively lives in londonshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inoxfam bookshop cheltenham a hugely satisfying and romantic novel, in consequences penelope lively plots the lives of three generations of twentieth-century women
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Oxfam bookshop hexham "in this autobiographical tale, we follow coelho and his wife chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the mojave desert in search of the eternal femininepages browned, dust jacket slightly creased to edges, text block a little cockedtranslated from the portuguese by alan rsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy is the first american edition, signed by the author on the title pageoriginally published in brazil by editora rocca in as valkiriasminimally rubbed
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The war is a constant presence, especially in the autobiographical final story about bourdouxhe's escape from a brussels nursing home with her newborn daughter in her arms the day after the german invasionoxfam bookshop hexham madeleine bourdouxhe's stories were mostly written in the s, though some are more recentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy is in very good condition, with foxing to the edges of the page block; there is a tiny tear (2mm) at the fold over on the dust jacket; light tanning to a few pagestranslated and introduced by faith evans
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Guillaume et cie - original edition - half leather, spine with five raised bands, finely adorned with gilded title - original cover preserved condition: good, scuffed corners and sections of the binding, but clean interior and fresh without foxing autobiographical novel, inspired by pierre loti's sea voyage to japan (); book dedicated to the duchess of richelieu read morepierre loti - madame chrysanthème - paris, calmann lévy, - drawings and watercolours by rossi and myrbach - engraving by guillaume frères - edition du figaro - collection eour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Two of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world warthe stories were written at varying times throughout his lifeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahlanother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasurethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's booksthe book was first published in london in by jonathan cape"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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His stories are often surreal with autobiographical elementsbiesheuvel comments on photos, drawings and other documentswith contributions from hanneke ’t hart, maarten ’t hart, anton korteweg and karel van het revesigned, no discolouration, in very good conditionsigned with “liefs”, in mint condition, small spot on the back cover (see photo) and a spot on the front (see photo)dimensions: cm read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe two copies in this lot are first editions and signed by the authorbiesheuvel: biesboekhe made his debut in with the collection of short stories “in de bovenkooi”, with which he immediately made a name for himselfbiesheuvel: eva’s keus, verhalenvoluminous hardcoverare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebiesheuvel () is a dutch writer
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He was the author of one book of poems and a quantity of posthumous work(wikipedia) lodeizen's signature is rarehans lodeizen - het innerlijk behang - amsterdam - ghe is more or less the forerunner of the vijftigers, a group of experimental poets including lucebert, hugo claus and gerrit kouwenaarthey are light and unearthly, yet very autobiographical,” is how peter berger characterises this poetryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevan oorschot - de vrije bladen - volume 20 - nojohannes august frederik (hans) lodeizen (naarden, 20 july - lausanne, 26 july ) was a dutch poet who died at the age of 26“hans lodeizen's poems, with their atmosphere of youthfulness and colourful festivities, seem to float a little above the world in their light-hearted gracenevertheless, he acquired a place of his own and had an innovative influence on dutch poetry5 - october st edition - paperback - 63 pp - with his signature twice on loose cut-out page, with the faded text: “sinterklaas van vader wassenaar” - condition: front and back cover discoloured and with some spots, name on the half title page; on verso half title page a previous owner wrote the poem “vader, hier zijn de kleine”are 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelodeizen shows a certain affinity with these post-war poets, but the personal character of his work stands out
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The film, based on the autobiographical novel by erik hazelhoff roelfzema, follows the diverging adventures of the friends throughout the war, from the beginning of the occupation all the way through to the liberationoxfam bookshop swanage director paul verhoeven's acclaimed wwii epicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dunbar, who wrote the plays 'the arbor' and 'rita, sue and bob too', was hailed as 'a genius straight from the slums' for her unflinching autobiographical portrayals of her upbringing on the notorious buttershaw estate in bradfordas she is re-introduced to her mother's plays and letters, lorraine begins to understand the personal difficulties her mother went through and reflects on their impact on her own lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen she died at age of 29 in , her daughter lorraine, now 29 herself, was just ten years oldoxfam bookshop swanage clio barnard directs this avant-garde docu-drama chronicling the life and legacy of the late bradford playwright andrea dunbarthe film mixes fact with fiction by using actors to lip-synch words actually spoken by members of dunbar's family and residents from the buttershaw estatethis film catches up with lorraine in the present day and finds her alienated from her mother's family and in prison undergoing rehab
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Her 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 began"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joy'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptiveshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to marksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigerthe 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 experiencepenelope lively lives in londonshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inin 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 childrenoxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope lively
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Oxfam shop brentwood alan parker directs this prison drama based on the autobiographical novel by billy hayessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile his family at home attempt to have him freed, he undergoes hellish experiences in jailthe film follows hayes (brad davis)'s journey as an american student in 's turkeywhile trying to leave the country hayes is caught smuggling four pounds of hashish and finds himself facing the prospect of several years in a turkish prison
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Seven pillars of wisdom is the autobiographical account of the experiences of british soldier tour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"seven pillars of wisdom" by tlawrence jonathan cape, london - first uk trade edition fourth printing - 672p, 25cmx20cm - very good copy, complete with all plans, plates and maps, w/o front endpaperlawrence ("lawrence of arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the arab revolt against the ottoman turks of toare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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"an account of michelin-starred chef andrew pern at the star inn at harome in his debut award-winning autobiographical cookbookthis book provides a captivating and humorous insight into the life of a chef that runs a unique british food institution" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed with drawings "all the best, andrew pern" fine conditioncontaining 60 outstanding recipes, from black pudding & foie gras to posh fish fingers to chocolate & orange tart, andrew's writing style and classic recipes will bring warmth, taste and texture into your kitchenwith a foreword by robert cockcroft and photography by sam bailey & antonio olmospern's debut cookbook hits the perfect balance between wonderful show-stopping recipes and delivering an account of his fascinating life at the michelin-starred star inn at harome
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50 €
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Originally published as the painted wall, otto kraus's autobiographical novel, tells the true story of 500 jewish children who lived in the czech family camp in auschwitz-birkenau between september and june'alex ehren is a poet, a prisoner and a teacher in block 31 in auschwitz-birkenau, the children's blockbut trying to teach the children is not the only illicit activity that alex is involved insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere was so little space on the berth that when one of us wanted to ease his hip, we all had to turn in a tangle of legs and chests and hollow bellies as if we were one many-limbed creature, a hindu god or a centipedeoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'we lived on a bunk built for four but in times of overcrowding, it slept seven and at times even eightwe grow intimate not only in body but also in mind because we knew that though we were not born of one womb, we would certainly die togetherhe spends his days trying to survive while illegally giving lessons to his young charges while shielding them as best he can from the impossible horrors of the campalex is keeping a diary
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Interesting autobiographical account of behan's time in prisonoxfam bookshop thame faded purple cloth covered boards with title in silver on spinefrontispiece b/w photo of the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a separate holograph sheet, in ink, number i, with the opening paragraphs of the bookminor bumping on cornersfoxing on front edge of text block, but text itself clean and bright throughout
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Her 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 began'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 childrenshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his ownshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind himpenelope lively lives in londonhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe in'this is the city in which everything is simultaneousoxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope lively'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blend
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the martian, by george du maurier, published in (uk edition) is a long, largely autobiographical, novel that describes the lives of two bosom friends, barty josselin and robert maurice, starting from their school days in paris in the swritten in long descriptive passages with very little dialogue and many digressions, the book had considerably less success in its time than its predecessor, the popular trilbythis original hardback copy has some minor damage to the spine, but the pages and cover are in excellent condition, making it a fine collectableof a rather loose construction, its main points of interest lie for today's readers in lively descriptions of "la vie de bohême" and different parts of paris through the second half of the 19th century, pages on mechelen in belgium and whitby in the s, and its superb illustrations there is some writing by previous owner on the title page see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As can be seen pictured, the binding is a little worn from sun exposure and there are some small marks on the front and back covers but the book is otherwise in good used condition and inside pages are all intactas a record of part of his life, it stretches from his birth in to the yearoxfam shop ecclesall road an autobiography (edited by hit was published in by headley brothers see oxfam website for delivery information read more) of a man from sheffield, requested by his family and friends but sadly never finished due to his death
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The third edition of the autobiographical recollections of the "citizen and cloth worker of london" beginning with his arrival in london in and ending in some shelf wear to spine ffep has previous owner's name 'julian trollope' andsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespine is faded to pale brownmay be a rebindingrear paste down has binder's label: 'westley's of london text block really tight, and very good conditioncorners lightly bumpedoxfam shop buxton arthur hall, virtue and co, hardback, by the author of mary powell 228pp text has dates and comment column, minor flourishes at the ends of chaptersoverall condition very gooddark red cloth boards with gilt titlepage edges are red
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Jean renoir's intoxicating first colour feature shot entirely on location in india is a lyrical adaptation of rumer godden's autobiographical coming-of-age tale of an adolescent girl living with her english family on the banks of west bengal during the waning years of british colonial lifeexquisitely shot in luminous technicolor by renior's nephew claude, the river is a visual tour de force and a glorious, meditative tribute to the sights and sounds of indian culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read more the river received tremendous international acclaim and remains one of his most popular filmsperhaps, renoir's most symbolic and spiritual film, displaying great humanity and refreshing simplicitybfi catalogue number bfivd619oxfam bookshop wanstead both discs in good to very good condition, with a few light marks/scratches only
9 €
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury infants in the spring is the first volume in an autobiographical series by anthony powell entitled to keep the ball rollingthis is a first edition, first printing fromthere are no rips or tears and the dj is not price clipped see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book itself has no bumps or scuffs and is a tight bindingthere is very slight yellowing to the top edge of the text blockthis book is in very good condition and has a very good dj which is protected by a plastic cover
24 €
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While he achieved fame as a conservationist during his life, after his death the revelation of his non-native origins and other autobiographical fabrications negatively affected his reputationcoffee stain on front cover but otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston reprint edition, published in , by lovat dicksonan unusual book in that it purports to tell the stories from the native american view pointthis is one of a number of books by wa-sha-quon-asin (grey owl) describing events in native american historyfor anyone with an interest in the 'wild west' this a great book to ownfirst published in book form ingrey owl was the name british-born archibald belaney () chose for himself when he took on a fraudulent first nations identity for himself as an adultit is illustrated by the author and webster murray
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Oxfam bookshop byres road folio society edition of the autobiographical account of a daring mission during world war two by two young british special operations executive officers to kidnap a german general from his headquarters on crete, and escape over the island's mountains to escapewritten by one of the soe officers with afterword by the other patrick leigh fermorfoot, prologue by iain moncrieffsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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6 €
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It also includes the complete text of "another life" - a long narrative autobiographical poemthe cover is curling a little, and shows slight signs of handling, but the book is otherwise in very good conditionoxfam shop west hampstead this book contains most of the poems, as selected by the author, from his seven previous collectionssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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autobiographical album published on the occasion of the exhibition "vous have said bthe ranch of bad luckall jijé to legal deposit new condition resumes: jerry spring collection the far north trailresumes: the adventures of jean valhardie the secret of neptune jerry spring collection the master of the sierra the road to coronado all jijé to legal deposit new condition resumes: jerry spring collection nobody's gold the canyon girl the big pipe the photos are part of the description# specialcollectionserviceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejean vahardi against the black sun the gold of old lender jijé / goscinny all jijé to legal deposit new condition" presented at the wallonia-brussels cultural center, french community of belgium, in parisnew condition 2nd quarterdid you say comic strip? "jijé" joseph gillainare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Case history of schreber, papers on technique and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:psycho-analytic notes on an autobiographical account of a case of paranoia ()papers on technique ()dreams in folklore ()on psycho-analysis ()formulations on the two principles of mental functioning ()types of onset neurosis ()contributions to a discussion on masturbation ()a note on the unconscious in psycho-analysis ()an evidential dream ()the occurrence in dreams of material from fairy tales ()the theme of the three caskets ()two lies told by children ()the disposition to obsessional neurosis ()introuduction to pfister's the psycho-analytic method ()preface to bourke's scatalogical rites of all nations ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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