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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a darkly comic tale of exile, unrequited love and the redemptive power of booksbut the days of the bookshop and of the close community around it are numberedthe area has been marked out for 'urban regeneration' and soon the faded glory of the bookshop, the small local theatre, the unique shops and small cafes will face the bulldozers and urban planners' guardian'surprising and moving meditation on the advantages (and disadvantages) of an entirely fictional lifebrilliantly original and richly allegorical, firmin is brimming with charm and wistful longing for a world that understands the redemptive power of literature and treasures its seedy theaters, one-of-a-kind characters, and cluttered bookshopsfirmin is born in the basement of a ramshackle old bookstorefirmin soon realizes his source of nourishment has given him the ability to read and this discovery fills him with an insatiable hunger for literature and a very unratlike sense of the world and his place in it'a wonderful celebration of the way reading enriches your life' karen joy fowler, bestselling author of we are all completely beside ourselves see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas firmin navigates the shadowy streets of his decaying area, looking for understanding, his excitement, loneliness, fear, and self-consciousness become remarkably human and undeniably touchingfirmin may be a rat - poisoned by people he thinks are his friends - but his imagination soars as high as that of any humaneloquent and witty, firmin speaks for the book-loving rodent in all of usbecause firmin is a rathe's a sensitive, creative soul but misunderstoodnot only that, but as the runt of the litter, he is forced to compete for food and ends up chewing on the books that surround him
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham complete second series of the situation comedy based on the testing times of bernard black (dylan moran, who also co-writes), misanthropic bookshop owner extraordinairein pursuit of michelin stars, manny and bernard transform the infested bookshop into a restaurantin 'the fixer', manny uses his underworld connections to find fran mysterious employment'fever' sees fran unable to sleep in the heat, so bernard helps her by brushing up on the law and finds himself a 'summer bunny'but how will the three of them fare when they attempt to venture abroad together? see oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'hello sun', fran tries to discover her inner karma at the advice of her disapproving friend eva, and bernard finds positive proof that manny is madmeanwhile manny is worried about the reliability of his magic hot water bottlefinally, in 'a nice change', bernard and manny can't hear themselves argue because of the builders next door, so fran suggests a holidayin 'the entertainer', ever keen to distract herself, fran (tamsin greig) takes up the piano, ever keen to delude himself, bernard falls in love, and all manny (bill bailey) wants is a breakbut will they succeed in teaching dodgy danny to read? 'blood' sees an unemployed and restless fran taking comfort in the discovery of her exotic new found cousinsin return all bernard and he have to do is educate a psychopath
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle match programme for this football league game at whaddon road, cheltenhamsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop truro hardback book in what appears to be a rebindingthe history of the cheltenham flyer, the fastest train at the timeetc along with descriptions of the route from paddington to swindonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more  with descriptions of how the locomotive works, the track, signals with a colour fold out frontispiece, black and white photographs, maps and drawings fair condition but showing signs of wear originally aimed at children but a fascinating book for any train enthusiast
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the first five series of the tv show presented by michael portillo that traces historic railway journeys across britainin the first series portillo sets out to chart how the nation's love affair with the railways began, travelling from liverpool to scarborough, preston to kirkcaldy, swindon to penzance and buxton to london, amongst other journeyssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the third, fourth and fifth series portillo traces more historic rail journeys across britain including 'great yarmouth to beccles', 'darsham to felixstowe', 'sudbury to southend', 'ballymoney to derry', 'high wycombe to stratford-upon-avon', 'woking to clapham junction', 'london victoria to abbey wood', 'stirling to invergowrie', 'manchester to birkenhead', 'southport to leyland', 'preston to rochdale', 'haworth to huddersfield', 'honley to chesterfield', 'london euston to cheddington', 'bletchley to newport pagnell', 'northampton to nuneaton', 'leicester to loughborough', 'nottingham to leeds', 'southampton to basingstoke', 'winchfield to crowthorne', 'wokingham to bradford on avon', 'chippenham to gloucester', 'cheltenham to wolverhampton', 'norwich to brandon', 'ipswich to chelmsford', 'ilford to rochester', 'faversham to dorking' and 'brighton to chichester'portillo travels to destinations including holyhead, newcastle, york and sheffield, stopping to visit historic landmarks and to talk to those whose lives have been changed by the railway systemthe second series sees the former politician take as his guide 'bradshaw's handbook', a pamphlet on the burgeoning british railway system written by 19th-century cartographer and publisher george bradshaw
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A dazzling collection of original essays about the bookshop by fifteen bestselling international authorsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a celebration of the greatest kind of shop in the world, by an award-winning cast of writers including ali smith, michael dirda, elif shafak and daniel kehlmanncontributors include alaa al aswany, stefano benni, michael dirda, daniel kehlmann, andrey kurkov, yiyun li, pankaj mishra, dorthe nors, yvonne adhiambo owuor, elif shafak, ian sansom, iain sinclair, ali smith, sasa stanisic, and juan gabriel vásquezsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea cabinet of curiosities, a time machine, a treasure trove - we love bookshops because they possess a unique kind of magicin browse, henry hitchings asks fifteen writers from around the world to reveal their favourite bookshops, each conjuring a specific time and placethese inquisitive, enchanting pieces are a collective celebration of bookshops - for anyone who has ever fallen under their spell
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Carcassonne : nineteen-year-old minou joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshopoxfam bookshop cheltenham bringing sixteenth-century languedoc vividly to life, kate mosse's the burning chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyaltiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, as a long-hidden document threatens to resurface, the mistress of puivert is obsessed with uncovering its secret and strengthening her powersealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: she knows that you livefor piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need minou's help if he is to get out of la cité alivetoulouse: as the religious divide deepens in the midi, and old friends become enemies, minou and piet both find themselves trapped in toulouse, facing new dangers as sectarian tensions ignite across the city, the battle-lines are drawn in blood and the conspiracy darkens furtherbut before minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young huguenot convert, piet reydon, changes her destiny forever
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham complete first series of the situation comedy based on the testing times of bernard black (dylan moran, who also co-writes), misanthropic bookshop owner extraordinairesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebernard loves books but hates customers, and his approach to capitalism is only matched by fran (tamsin greig), the owner of the 'nifty gifty' giftshop nextdoorfurther episodes see this mismatched retail duo becoming obsessed with the sweeney, getting into hot water during some routine house-sitting, and suffer defeat at the hands of the new shop security systemwhen bernard's accountant goes on the run he is replaced by oddball accountant manny bianco (bill bailey) who saves bernard from the terrors of doing his own book-keeping, and proves a hit with the customers
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham complete third series of the channel 4 sitcom based on the testing times of bohemian, heavy-drinking misanthrope and second-hand bookshop owner bernard black (dylan moran) - who loves books but hates customersepisodes are: 'manny come home', 'elephants and hens', 'moo-ma and moo-pa', 'a little flutter', 'the travel writer' and 'party'help is at hand, however, in the form of mild-mannered manny (bill bailey), who proves to be something of a star at selling books, and fran (tamsin greig), who owns the 'nifty gifty' gift shop next doorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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6 cheltenham town football programmes 1x x cheltenham v rushden & diamonds cheltenham v swansea cheltenham v northampton cheltenham v yeovil cheltenham v rochdale cheltenham v darlington all in good condition pick up from evesham
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the exquisite last novel from nobel prize-winning author yasunari kawabata ineko has lost the ability to see things'lusciously peculiar' paris review see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe doctors call it 'body blindness', and she is placed in a psychiatric clinic to recoverat first it was a ping-pong ball, then it was her fiancas ineko's mother and fianc walk along the riverbank after visiting time, they wonder: is her condition a form of madness - or an expression of love? exploring the distance between us, and what we say without words, kawabata's transcendent final novel is the last word from a master of japanese literature
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham from cox's "magna britannia" (), publishedformer owners signature on front end paperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith contemporary fold-out map of the county; interior in good condition for age, bindings tightbound in half-leather boards, front board virtually detached, some damage to leather spine
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prizewinner of the irish novel of the year hanna, dan, constance and emmet return to the west coast of ireland for a final family christmas in the home their mother is about to sell**one of the guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham par arthur mangin, quatrieme edition, published in france - all text in frenchhardback, some damage to green cloth boards at top of spine, bindings tight, most pages clean, minor foxing to few pagesillustrated with monochrome platessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this is something specialeoin mcnamee evokes the intimate particularity of events and topography of the city and the run-down wastelands where atrocities take placehe has a vision of universalityhe makes belfast mythicalit is mcnamee's first novel' see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is an extraordinary book, illuminating not only the political map of belfast but also the dark ring-roads of collective memory and the secret blueprints inside our headsbut he goes further
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham robert grainier is a day labourer in the american west at the start of the twentieth century - an ordinary man in extraordinary timessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuffeted by the loss of his family, grainier struggles to make sense of this strange new worldas his story unfolds, we witness both his shocking personal defeats and the radical changes that transform america in his lifetimesuffused with the history and landscapes of the american west - its otherworldly flora and fauna, its rugged loggers and bridge-builders - train dreams captures the disappearance of a distinctly american way of life
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this text is both a history of the town of newmarket and the sport that dominates itits society is both feudal and democratic, as was the sport of kings, and it is one of wealth with links to royalty and the new 'kings', the arabssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'buying & selling a home for dummies' presents property advice for the first-time buyerit provides an independent, plain-speaking guide to every aspect of the whole processsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'visual basic for dummies' offers readers a fun and creative environment for developing programs with visual basicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'or john wilkes seated between vice and virtue', by adrian hamiltonthis is not accompanied by contemporary the special reading copysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback, quarter cloth and decorated paper boards, some shelf wear to the board edges, and mark to the cloth spine - see photoslimited edition of copies, this copy printed as numberinterior unmarked
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham very scarce copy of this review of the tsr2 projectpublished by the royal air force historical society, the book is the result of a very ambitious seminar held at filton in april to consider the history and lessons of the tsr2 project which so dominated the military aviation scene in britain in the mid-50s and 60ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecloth-bound hardback in as new condition, including dust jacket which has light rubbing marks to front and rearcontributors include many of the people involved in the project
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this edition includes additional chapters on incorporating meaning and purpose into work, into goal-setting, and a spiritual approach to coaching, together with a final section on "coaching the organizations' culture"adopted by many of the world's major corporations, this work also argues for using questions, rather than instructions and commands, and following the grow sequence - goals, reality, options, will - to generate prompt action and peak performancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit explores the dynamics of team development and it positions coaching as the essential team leadership skill
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham hardbacks, in two volumes, chapters a1-f11, & g1-p4 with indexboth volumes in very good condition, matching slipcase is sound, but with some wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the letters reprinted in this book were written by a girl to her lover between the end of and the autumn ofhardback, blue cloth boards and interior in good condition, price-clipped dust jacket is grubby, with small stainssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with portraits and a facsimile of dorothy osborne's writingfirst edition , reprinted from sheets of the first edition in and
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham first edition, written by marcel ayme, translated into english, this first english edition published by the bodley headextremely hard to find edition, overall good conditionhardback, blue cloth boards clean, interior unmarked, very minor foxing to page ends, dust jacket lightly scuffed on rear pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham like ain the conjugal angel, curious individuals - some fictional, others drawn from history - gather to connect with the spirit worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein morpho eugenia, an explorer realises that the behaviour of the people around him is alarmingly similar to that of the insects he studiesthroughout both, byatt examines the eccentricities of the victorian era, weaving fact and fiction, reality and romance, science and faith into a sumptuous, magical tapestrybyatt's booker prize-winning novel, possession, these two mesmerising novellas are set in the nineteenth century
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the year is and the first plague victim has reached english shoressee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ill-assorted company - a scarred trader in holy relics, a conjurer, two musicians, a healer and a deformed storyteller - are all concealing secrets and liespanic erupts around the country and a small band of travellers comes together to outrun the deadly disease, unaware that something far more deadly is - in fact - travelling with thembut as law and order breaks down across the country and the battle for survival becomes ever more fierce, narigorm mercilessly compels each of her fellow travellers to reveal the truthand at their heart is the strange, cold child - narigorm - who reads the runesand each in turn is driven to a cruel and unnatural death
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the first world war, the russian revolution, and the struggle for votes for womentheir destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to uin a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, fall of giants moves seamlessly from washington to st petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mightysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepresident woodrow wilson and to two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionthe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerslady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonthe coronation day of king george v
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham it is just months before the nazi occupation of poland, and, from the mud of a buried city, jakob beer, an orphaned jewish boy, finds himself rescued by an unlikely savioursee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is saved by the geologist and humanist athos roussos, who takes him to his greek island home where he becomes his studentbut the trauma of jakob's early life refuses to leave himliving forever in the shadow of the holocaust, although jakob has escaped the most terrible fate of all, he must yet steel himself to excavate the horrors of his own history
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham ***longlisted for the man booker prize ******shortlisted for the costa novel award ***'an engrossing, unpredictable, beautifully crafted novel' roddy doylefarouk's country has been torn apart by warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn's past torments him as he nears his endlampy's heart has been laid waste by chloefrom war-torn syria to small-town ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of homeeach is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways
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