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Oxfam shop worcester shortlisted for the man booker prize in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the costa book of the yearwinner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the yearthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive' observerafter signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton a brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double man booker prize-winning author of 'wolf hall' and 'bring up the bodies'in these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday façadeschildhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in 'comma'; nurses clash in 'harley street' over something more than professional differences; and in the title story, staying in for the plumber turns into an ambiguous and potentially deadly waiting gamehilary mantel is one of britain's most accomplished and acclaimed writersdisplaying all of mantel's unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether set in a claustrophobic saudi arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses of the spirit
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Hav, her novel, was shortlisted for the booker prize and the arthur cand, as ever, she displays her unique and inimitable literary style, at once funny, wise and sad'a glorious compendium of adventure and wisdom' pico iyer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells in a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, jan morris - a constant traveller - has produced a unique portrait of the twentieth centuryjan morris's collection of travel writing and reportage spans over five decades and includes such titles as venice, coronation everest, hong kong, spain, manhattan '45, a writer's world and the pax britannica trilogyranging from new york to venice, sydney to berlin, and the middle east to south africa, jan morris was a witness to such seminal moments as the eichmann trial, the first ascent of everest, the fall of the berlin wall and the handover of hong kongoffering a tremendously perceptive and highly personal view of the world, she is as much concerned with conveying the 'feel' of these moments as the events themselves
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Oxfam shop colne road winner of the man booker prize see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the governor-general's award, and short-listed for the booker prize'the stone diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which relects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our centurythrough daisy's life, shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novelthis is the story of daisy goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in manitoba, canada, to her death in a florida nursing home nearly ninety years latersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop pershore *new novel a thousand moons now available*winner of the costa book of the year winner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the year' observer after signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil warthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in
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Oxfam bookshop hertford a major film starring brie larson, winner of the academy award for best actress and the best actress baftashortlisted for the man booker prizeshortlisted for the orange prizejack is fivehe lives in a single, locked room with his maroom by emma donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedomwhen it's over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days' audrey niffenegger, author of the time traveler's wife see oxfam website for delivery information read more'room is a book to read in one sitting
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Oxfam shop evesham a world book night title and short listed for the booker prizein india in the mid-'s, four unlikely people find themselves thrown together during a time of political turmoil soon after the government declares a "state of internal emergency"see oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough days of bleakness and hope, their circumstances - and their fates - become inextricably linked in ways no one could have foreseen
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease have a look on the remarks on albums gato barbieri, sonny rollins, lamont dozier, lou reed the shipment will be done in a strong reinforced package for more security: weight around 5 kgplease 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 storerelease years have been estimatedif tea break over back on your eads booker-t evergreen the best of booker-t and the mg's weather report black market sonny rollins the way i feel remark transversal scratch please see pictures gato barbieri tropico (us release importred) remark very slight transversal scratch please see picture between the two white threads it is hard to find joe jackson body and soul lamont dozier going back to my roots remark: a scratch before the beginning of the fisrt track lou reed remarks: one spot on the jacket, slight transversal scratch the lps have been all kept in a very good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelot of 9 albums 70s-80s with betters and 'to-know' ones: 9 vinyl lp records
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Oxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were nothailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truthin the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earliersee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the man booker prize winner of the galaxy british book awards 'author of the year' 'an extraordinary and brilliant first novelwhen he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to delhi at the wheel of a hondadriven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cagebalram was born in a backwater village on the river ganges, the son of a rickshaw-pullerhe works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escapesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamid today's india's cockroaches and call-centres, its gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new india' sunday times meet balram halwai, the 'white tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murdereradiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and vision
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a dark psychological thriller with a killer twist, that has topped the bestseller charts in its native israel*translated by man booker winner jessica cohen*three tells the stories of three women: orna, a divorced single-mother looking for a new relationship; emilia, a latvian immigrant on a spiritual search; and ella, married and mother of three, returning to university to write her thesisit is a declaration of war against the normalisation of death and violenceslowly but surely, you see the danger each woman walks intowhat you won't see is the trap being laid - until it snaps shuthis name is gilall of them will meet the same manhe won't tell them the whole truth about himself - but they don't tell him everything eithersee oxfam website for delivery information read moretense, twisted and surprising, three is a daring new form of psychological thriller
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the international impac dublin literary awardwinner of the james tait black prizeshortlisted for the man booker prizeshortlisted for the goldsmiths prizeshortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fictionas late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threatbut something even darker is at the heart of walter's story, and he will be the only man left to tell itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see walter thirsk's village unmade in just seven days: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, cruel punishment meted out to the innocent, and allegations of witchcraft
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It was an instant international bestseller and won the booker prizeher sequel, the testaments, was published inher novels include cat's eye, the robber bride, alias grace, the blind assassin and the maddaddam trilogyoxfam books & music aberdeen early poetry written by margaret atwood and published in margaret atwood is the author of more than fifty books of fiction, poetry and critical essayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher classic, the handmaid's tale, went back into the bestseller charts with the election of donald trump, when the handmaids became a symbol of resistance against the disempowerment of women, and with the release of the award-winning channel 4 tv series
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This novel by a booker prize nominee is an engaging saga of two lovers paired for life, bound by strong family ties and firmly united by their terror of a common enemyoxfam bookshop ludlow signed first edition, lovely copy of the cult bookthe author endows his anthropomorphized characters with complex emotions, clear thinking, reasoned judgment and a shared stock of ancient clan memoriesher life with camio in trinity wood is equally hazardous; daily survival is difficultyet the most ominous threat is from sabre, a vengeful ridgeback hound bent on destroying them botha true sense of peril, a wry observance of their other enemy, man, some quixotic digressions into the lives of their offspring and avoidance of sentimentality all combine to invite comparison to watership downa familiar scenario, perhaps, but here the devoted couple is a pair of foxes--o-ha, a vixen born in the british countryside, and her second mate, camio, who, after escaping from the zoo, becomes a streetwise scavenger in the suburbssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunmarked board cover and inside pages clean and brighto-ha's first mate was killed by fox hunters and her initial litter froze to deathcomplete with very tidy dust jacket, no tearstheir adventures and the misadventures of their pups are seen through a framework of their own mythology, a world governed by rituals and traditions that began at the time of creation: firstdark
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Shortlisted for the orange prize and the booker prizelondonbut from the moment she draws breath, sue's fate is linked to that of another orphan growing up in a gloomy mansion not too many miles awayoxfam shop inverness the book that inspired park chan-wook's astonishing film the handmaidensue trinder, orphaned at birth, grows up among petty thieves - fingersmiths - under the rough but loving care of mrs sucksby and her 'family'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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I wanted to make a record about the things in my life i never wanted to talk aboutit’s a record about self–exploration, about learning to love yourself and opening yourself up to love others, about choosing the kind of person you want to be, about confronting death and appreciating life
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen a fascinating collection of letters from the great english novelist - and prolific correspondent - penelope fitzgerald acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels - including the booker prize-winning 'offshore' - and superb biographies, penelope fitzgerald was one of the most admired authors in britain during the last century'so i have thought of you' is an invaluable addition her distinguished oeuvrepreface by a s byatt hardback book with dust jacket published in see oxfam website for delivery information read morepenelope fitzgerald was one of the most distinctive voices in british literaturethe prizewinning author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories, she died in
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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 complexityone 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 possessionoxfam 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 familythere is writing on the first page of the book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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 brutalityout 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 merge
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Coachman vision berth touring caravan immaculate interior/exterior condition smoke/dog/child free full habitation check (sep ) currently based on seasonal pitch in north yorkshire ÂŁ please contact for further details/interior pictures read more
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She would win the booker international in and then the nobel in , the first canadian writer to win (although saul bellow technically was born in canada)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinear fine with a bit of light foxing in a very good jackethardcover first uk edition, first printinglibrary, no remainder or owner's marks, not a book club, dust jacket not price clippedplease 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 storemunro's second bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Krasznahorkai leapt into contention in , when he won the man booker internationalare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover first uk edition, first printinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder or owner's markssebald, who the prize committee admitted had been a leading candidate up until his untimely death inplease 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 storeas new, appears unread in a fine dust jacket, not price clippedkrasznahorkai many see as the heir to wcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe fits the nobel prize winner profile too: a european novelist (18 of the last 25 nobels have gone to european writers, including the uk and ireland; 16 out of the past 25 winners are only or primarily novelists), but is he still too unproven? read more
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Oxfam shop colne road shortlisted for the man booker prize snowdropsdrunks, most of them, and homeless people who just give up and lie down into the whiteness, and murder victims hidden in the drifts by their killersnick has a confessionwhen he worked as a high-flying british lawyer in moscow, he was seduced by masha, an enigmatic woman who led him through her city: the electric nightclubs and intimate dachas, the human kindnesses and state-wide corruptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethat's what the russians call them - the bodies that float up into the light in the thawyet as nick fell for masha, he found that he fell away from himself; he knew that she was dangerous, but life in russia was addictive, and it was too easy to bury secrets - and corpses - in the winter snows
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Oxfam shop colne road named by the guardian as one of 'the 100 best novels,' and shortlisted for the booker prize, mrs palfrey at the claremont is a humorous and compassionate look at friendship between an old woman and a young man from a 'magnificentthen one day mrs palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer, ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his novelher fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip'elizabeth taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar english life facing the changes taking shape in the 60smuch of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless way the plot unfolds' -robert mccrum 'the 100 best novels', guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the grim reaperwriter, the missing link between jane austen and john updike' (david baddiel, independent)on a rainy sunday in january, the recently widowed mrs palfrey arrives at the claremont hotel where she will spend her remaining days
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The player assumes the role of former pinkerton agent booker dewitt, sent to the lost city to rescue elizabeth, a young woman imprisoned there since childhooddewitt must learn to fight foes in high-speed sky-line battles, engage in combat both indoors and amongst the clouds, and harness the power of dozens of new weapons and abilitiesset in , bioshock infinite introduces an entirely new narrative experience that lifts players out of the familiar confines of rapture and rockets them to columbia, an immense city in the skyhe develops a relationship with elizabeth, augmenting his abilities with hers so the pair may escape from a city that is literally falling from the skyoriginally conceived as a floating symbol of american ideals at a time when the united states was emerging as a world power, columbia is dispatched to distant shores with great fanfare by a captivated publicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat begins as a brand new endeavor of hope turns drastically wrong as the city soon disappears into the clouds to whereabouts unknown
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Please see photos for personnel and track detailsoxfam shop devizes the record is in excellent condition and the sleeve is very good with just a little edge scuffing and discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Winner of the booker prizesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story is told by its chief protagonist, saleem sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical eventsoxfam bookshop hertford portraying india's transition from british colonialism to independence and the partition of india it is considered an example of postcolonial, postmodern, and magical realist literature
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Winner of the costa novel award; longlisted for the man booker prize; shortlisted for the goldsmiths prizemidwinter in the early years of this centuryoxfam bookshop kingsbridge signed by author job mcgregor to the title page, without date or dedicationfrom the award-winning author of if nobody speaks of remarkable things, reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss 'mcgregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation' (sarah hall, author of the wolf border')the villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet homefirst edition, first printing - indicated by the single number 1 on the copyright pagebinding has a slight lean, and there are light surface marks to the unclipped dust jacket, otherwise in very good clean condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morea teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of englandmeanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsedthe search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday lifean extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subside
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'enthralling' -anita brookner, author of the booker prize-winning hotel du lac 'compellingly told, brilliantly observed, lyrically written and when you get to the last page you simply want to run out and buy everything she's ever written' -sunday independent see oxfam website for delivery information read moretorn between her impulse to protect her husband's memory and her desire to know the truth, kathryn sets off to find out if she ever really knew the man who was her husbandas kathryn struggles through her grief, she is forced to confront disturbing rumours about the man she loved and the life that she took for grantedoxfam bookshop hertford an oprah's book club selection, this gripping and powerfully wrought novel from the bestselling author of the weight of water is a stunning meditation on grief, betrayal and 'the ultimate unknowability of those closest to us' (daily telegraph) who can guess what a woman will do when the unthinkable becomes her reality? being married to a pilot has taught kathryn lyons to be ready for emergencies, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night knock on her door and the news of her husband's fatal crashin her determination to test the truth of her marriage, she faces shocking revelations about the secrets a man can keep and the actions a woman is willing to take
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