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The story has autobiographical elements, as it is based on the author's relationship with james and susan kennaway following the breakdown of le carré's first marriagethe naïve and sentimental lover is john le carré's sixth novel and his only non-genre novelthe novel was published in the same year as his divorce see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria see pictures
19 €
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Inspirational and spiritual saga: this autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our timelife as a peaceful warrior is a life of meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptanceway of the peaceful warrior is the iconic first book from dan millmanhelp in these tumultuous times: in this 20th anniversary edition, the author offers an updated afterword for a new generation of readers looking for grounding in tumultuous timesawakened by dark dreams one night, dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named socrates, and his world was changed foreverfor decades, friends and families around the world have shared the book that teaches the way of the peaceful warrioroxfam bookshop swanage an international bestseller - rediscover life's larger meaning and purposethe 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword and revisions by dan millmanhis other guides to peaceful warrior life include the life you were born to live and the hidden schoolif you loved the heart of the shaman, the magic mala, and the celestine prophecy, you'll be moved by the inspiration and spirituality of way of the peaceful warriorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea book that could change your life: when dan millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happinessguided by this eccentric old warrior, and inspired by a young woman named joy, dan began a spiritual odyssey into realms of light and shadow, romance and mystery, toward a final confrontation that would deliver or destroy himyet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missing
12 €
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Yambo struggles through the frames to find at last the face of the girl he loves: she descends the stairs of their high school and morphs into a dante-esque promise (or threat) of the afterlife, as he struggles harder to capture her simple, innocent, real-life image - the schoolgirl he never forgotsigned by author on title pagecopiously illustrated throughout with images from comics, book jackets, record sleeves and other printed ephemera, the mysterious flame is a fascinating and hugely entertaining new novel from the incomparable umberto ecobut a relapse occursyambo, a sixty-ish rare book dealer who lives in milan has suffered a loss of memory; not the kind of memory neurologists call 'semantic' (yambo remembers all about julius caesar and can recite every poem he has ever read), but rather his 'autobiographical' memory: he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, doesn't remember anything about his parents or his childhoodas he recovers his memory, two voids remain shrouded in fog: a terrible event he experienced during the resistance, and the vague image of a girl whom he loved at sixteen, then lostthe dustjacket shows very minor shelf wear onlyoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in very good conditionhis wife, who is at his side as he slowly begins to recover, convinces him to return to his family home in the hills somewhere between milan and turinnow in a coma, his memories run wild, and life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremultiple colour illustrationsyambo promptly retreats to the sprawling attic, cluttered with boxes of newspapers, comics, records, photo albums and adolescent diariesthe red cloth boards with gold illustration and text are in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadthere, he relives the story of his generation: mussolini, catholic education and guilt, josephine baker, flash gordon, cyrano de bergerac
75 €
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Oxfam bookshop brigg fever pitch: a fan's life is a autobiographical essay by british author nick hornbythe first edition was subtitled "a fan's life", but later paperback editions were notsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is the basis for two films: fever pitch and fever pitch
2 €
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An autobiographical story that follows john mortimer's (alan bates) discovery of his father, the eccentric lawyer, clifford (laurence olivier)see oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn must deal with his father's decreasing ability to look after himself after being struck by blindness in middle age; and whilst he seeks his father's love and respect and, at the same time, john discovers how to love himself
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21 €
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the cul de sac of my mind is a collection of ians thoughts and feelings, written in the form of poems and songs and almost autobiographical look into his minda lot of what is written was written with tears in his eyes as he wrote his feelings down when he felt themsome are made up but most are about things that have happened to him, things that changed his lifethis is a strangely heart warming but unnerving and sad book which should be read a bit at a time and not in one sittingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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Archibald gordon macdonell was born on 3 november ; this book is considered by some to be autobiographicaloxfam bookshop st albans folio society editionin original green slipcase which has minimal wearinternally pristinebrown endpapers, bound in immaculate yellow cloth with brown illustrations and titles to front and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreintroduction by hugo vickers, illustrations by peter brookes
7 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham classic comedy based on the autobiographical novel by frank gilbreth jrand ernestine gilbreth careyclifton webb stars as frank bunker gilbreth, a turn-of-the-century efficiency expert who tries to apply his exacting work standards to raising his children - all 12 of themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music troon jodie foster stars in this big screen adaptation of anna leonowens' autobiographical novels, which provided the inspiration for 'anna and the king of siam' () and 'the king and i' ()recently widowed, english schoolteacher anna arrives in bangkok in to act as tutor to the son of king mongkut (chow yun fat) of siamsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen mongkut discovers a plot to overthrow him anna lends her loyal support, but their relationship is threatened by the king's seemingly barbaric treatment of his concubine, tuptim (bai ling)a culture clash is inevitable, but anna impresses her new employer with her strength of character, and the two gradually develop a mutual respect
2 €
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Interweaving encounters with nomadic arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of saint-exupéry's crash in the libyan desert in , and his miraculous survivalsaint-exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in world war iithis book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limitsif you enjoyed wind, sand and stars, you might like woody guthrie's bound for glory, also available in penguin modern classicsoxfam bookshop st albans both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, antoine de saint exupéry's wind, sand and stars is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of the little princein de saint-exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline latécoère - later known as aéropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the sahara and the andeslike conrad, saint-exupéry is a poet of action'andré maurois see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis first two books, southern mail and night flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flyingwind, sand and stars is drawn from this experiencethis penguin modern classics edition is translated from the french with an introduction by william rees'a conrad of the airsaint-exupéry's popular children's book the little prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaninglater works, including wind, sand and stars and flight to arras, stress his humanistic philosophywriter and aviator antoine de saint-exupéry (), was born in lyon, france'self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes saint-exupéry
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As the lives of these two characters unfold before us, bennett uses autobiographical detail to beautifully depict the constraints and spiritual adventures of young life in the potteriesoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this, the first volume of an ambitious trilogy designed to trace the parallel lives of a man and woman from youth to marriage and from marriage to old age, bennett introduces the character of edwin clayhangersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea sober portrait of a boy growing up under a tyrannical father contrasts with young edwin's glimpses of the mysterious and tantalizing hilda lessways
4 €
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Hare krsna an original hardback copy of george harrison's autobiographical book 'i me mine'written by george harrrison, and apparently annoying john lennon as he never got a mention for helping write taxmani me mine: 404 pages in excellent condition and an essential item in every fans collectionpublished in by ganga publishing for simon & schustercondition is excellentwas george really the quiet one? this book truly is beautiful and fascinating
90 €
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These are various kind of books from crime to autobiographicali will sell individuallythey are like new as only been read oncepostage is at buyers expense
10 €