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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square from the author of the acclaimed the noonday demon comes an exquisitely perceptive story of family, sexuality, and the changes wrought by grief and lossin an attempt to escape his feelings of guilt and depression at the prospect of her death, he embarks on a series of intense love affairsinstead, he discovers that she is terminally illsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreharry, an internationally celebrated concert pianist, arrives in paris to confront his glamorous mother about his homosexualitybut as time runs out and tragedy looms closer, it is the relationship between harry and his mother that emerges in all its stark simplicity and puritypart eulogy and part confession, a stone boat is a luminous and moving evocation of the love between a son and his mother
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square the orient expressfor one group of passengers settling in to their seats and taking their first sips of champagne, the journey from london to venice is more than the trip of a lifetimea mysterious errand; a promise made to a dying friend; an unexpected proposal; a secret reaching back a lifetimeas the train sweeps on, revelations, confessions and assignations unfold against the most romantic and infamous setting in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square when samuel godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the farrow family at their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web of secrets and liesthese are characters full of the same passions as our own today, while living in a less familiar and fascinating timehis two tutees are as different as chalk and cheese - the beautiful younger sister marianne, full of flightiness and nervous imagination, and juliana, oddly sensible and controlledsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut his discoveries lead to revenge and betrayal - and lives all around are turned upside down as life and death combat each other for supremacylinda newbery has written a novel in diary style, combining different voices and a different century with her usual brilliance and easeassisted by their elusive governess, charlotte agnew, samuel begins to uncover slowly why marianne is so emotionally fragile
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square the new novel from the bestselling author of the future homemakers of americawhat hope is there for poppy minkel? she has kinky hair, out-sticking ears, too yellow a neck and an appetite for fun, and her mother dora despairs of ever finding her a husband, despite the minkel's mustard fortune that seasons these dubious attractionswith never a moment of self-doubt, she invents her own extraordinary life in step with the unfolding centuryworld war i opens new horizonswhen daddy disappears, poppy's tendency to the unusual is quietly allowed to flourishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square when a stranger asks jo blackmore for a lift she says yes, then swiftly wishes she hadn'tno one believes that elise is in dangersee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat begins with a subtle threat swiftly turns into a nightmare as the police, social services and even jo's own husband turn against herbut jo knows there's only one way to keep her child safe - runthe stranger knows jo's name, she knows her husband max and she's got a glove belonging to jo's two year old daughter elise
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square sarah grimké is the middle daughtersarah knows that what she does next will unleash a world of troubleand so, indeed, the trouble beginsshe also knows that she cannot accept another person as a presenta powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events, and set in the american deep south in the nineteenth century, the invention of wings evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of otherwise respectable people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognise; and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the oddssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon sarah's eleventh birthday, hetty 'handful' grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to sarah as a gifther mother says she's difficult and her father says she's remarkable
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square following on from the huge success of the "44 scotland street" series, alexander mccall smith 'moved house' to london's pimlico and into his brand new daily novel, "corduroy mansions"although corduroy mansions is a nickname, it is now recognized by the post officethe building itself - described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' - is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block - nobody is very surein fact, nothing of its history is known, although it does have some nice arts and craft featuressee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the moment it is inhabited by an assortment of characters - including amongst others a literary agent, a wine merchant, one accountant, possibly the first ever nasty liberal democrat mp and his long-suffering pa, and a small dog in his primeat least one character is on a voyage of self-discovery, which has taken him to cheltenham so far
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square it is july and the isle of wight is buzzing with eccentric creative typesinto this cauldron of unrequited love and egotism step the acclaimed painter gtennyson recites poetry to furniture while his invalid wife hides bad reviews in teapots and buries them in the garden with a teaspoona carrollian comic novel about mid-victorian highbrows? about the ideals of beauty, art, friendship, gratitude and serious beards? the only wonder is that nobody thought of it beforealso at freshwater bay are the creepy charles dodgson (aka lewis carroll) and julia margaret cameron, a photographer determine to capture an image of the bard in a suitably heroic posewatts and his unlikely sixteen-year-old actress wife ellen terry; also the american father-and-daughter team of phrenologists, lorenzo and jessie fowlersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square ' a greener life' is packed with information on how to live a more natural and self-sufficient lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclarissa and johnny explore the relevant issues-from growing your own vegetables to using alternative energies, from keeping livestock to mending your own socks-so that you have the knowledge to start living the good life
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square every day a different bodya is a teen who wakes up every morning in a different body, living a different lifebecause finally a has found someone he wants to be with-day in, day out, day after day there's never any warning about where it will be or who it will bedo not interferesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreevery day a different lifeevery day in love with the same girla has made peace with that, even established guidelines by which to live: never get too attachedit's all fine until the morning that a wakes up in the body of justin and meets justin's girlfriend, rhiannonfrom that moment, the rules by which a has been living no longer applyavoid being noticed
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square when marlena moves with her husband to the small town of orvieto to renovate a dilapidated medieval palazzo, she knows that the fastest way into the hearts and homes of her new neighbours is through their stomachsin her third memoir about life in italy, marlena de blasi returns with all of the sumptuous prose and delectable descriptions of the place she calls home, the food that she prepares, and best of all, the people she meetssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square tragedy came as if so often does: a teenage party, emotions running high, followed by a horrific car crashand as he becomes more disorientated, he reveals small fragments of a secret that has been hidden since his youth, a secret that changes everythingsummer supports her father as much as she can but eventually realises that she has to escapethis is a story of the importance of family, of the damage a lie can do, and of how nothing is ever what it seemsfeisty, fun-loving, and dying of cancer, stella holds parts of the family secretobsessed with an accident from years ago, he slowly descends into mental illnessshe finds refuge with her great-aunt, stellaa girl is left dead and a boy is forced to leave his home town, with a secret that he will carry with him foreverslowly, things fall into place for summer - or at least so she thinksyears later, when summer's mother disappears one summer, she is left with her fathersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square stalking a poisoner at the local zoo, inspector john rebus comes across a paedophile taking pictures of childrenonce more rebus's cup of trouble runneth over and the ghosts of past misdeeds return to haunt edinburgh's streetswhen the social workers claim he is there for legitimate educational reasons, rebus is faced with a dilemma - should he be outed to protect local kids or given a chance to start anew? as the locals begin a hate campaign rebus gets a call from the past: the son of a friend has gone missing and no one else will make time to ask the right questionsand then a fragment of scotland's criminal history is repatriated at the end of a life sentence for murdersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square the runaway sunday times noit's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enoughif only rachel could be that happy1 bestseller and thriller of the year, now a major film starring emily blunt rachel catches the same commuter train every morningshe knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardensnow rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afarnow everything's changedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir life - as she sees it - is perfectshe's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the housesand then she sees something shockingnow they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square you don't stop being a spook just because you're no longer in the gamea boy is kidnapped and held hostage but not one of them joined the intelligence service to be a 'slow horse'banished to slough house from the ranks of achievers at regent's park for various crimes of drugs and drunkenness, lechery and failure, politics and betrayal, jackson lamb's misfit crew of highly trained joes don't run ops, they push paperand whatever the instructions of the service, the slow horses aren't going to just sit quiet and watchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis beheading is scheduled for live broadcast on the net
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square it always starts with a small liebut why? the only hope he has is his ex-girlfriend jill watson - the only journalist who will believe his storyrefusing to stop asking questions, he leaves his old life behind, aware that someone is shadowing his every movesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut neither of them can believe the puzzle they're piecing together - or just how shocking the secret is that everybody wants to stay hiddenthat's how you stop noticing the bigger onesafter his friend suspects something strange going on at the satellite facility where they both work - and then goes missing - martin hepton doesn't believe the official line of "long-term sick leave"
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square "sir, the first ladyto win the vote, he needs the first lady to stand by his sidebut did the first lady run away? or is she in far greater danger than anyone could have imagined? see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe scandal of his affair has sent shockwaves through his re-election campaign, and threatens to derail everything he has worked for"Â president tucker is caught up in a media firestormescaping the city and her secret service agents, she is officially off the radarbut grace tucker has a mind of her ownafter years of compromise, unfulfilled promises, deception and betrayal, grace refuses to give in to her husband's demands
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square following the death of her last living relative, hetty deveraux leaves london and her strained relationship behind for muirlan, her ancestral home in scotland - now in ruinssee oxfam website for delivery information read more with only whispered rumours circulating among the local villagers and a handful of leads to guide her, hetty finds the power of the past is still affecting her present in startling waysas hetty dives headfirst into the repairs, she discovers a shocking secret protected by the house for a hundred years
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square london, : unassuming civil servant thomas foley is plucked from his desk job and sent on a six-month trip to brusselsas soon as he arrives, thomas is equally bewitched by the surreal, gigantic atomium, which stands at the heart of this brave new world, and by anneke, a lovely flemish hostesshis task: to keep an eye on the britannia, a brand new pub which will form the heart of the british presence at expo 58 - the biggest world's fair of the centurybut thomas's new-found sense of freedom comes at a price: two british spies are following himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor fans of jonathan coe's classic comic bestsellers what a carve up! and the rotters' club, this hilarious new novel, which is set in the mad men period of the mid 50s, will also be loved by readers of nick hornby, william boyd and ian mcewan
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square cyclocross is cycling's only purely winter discipline and demands a combination of athleticism, supreme technical skill for the off-road courses and ruthless tacticsfollowing the competitors as they fight their way through the season, he pains a picture of a cult sport on the brink of breaking into the mainstream and offers an insightful, moving and hugely entertaining depiction of an intense and dramatic worldit makes for a dramatic, exhilarating day outsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein "rainbows in the mud", paul maunder soaks up cyclocross' rich culture and history and mixes with the fans, the media, the riders and their families
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square selected as waterstones' thriller of the month, july chosen by the sunday times as one of 100 best crime novels since shortlisted for the cwa sapere historical daggershortlisted for the hwa gold crownlonglisted for the cwa gold dagger 'smoke and ashes is abir mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' c'it is the flamboyant evocation of calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' guardianpraise for the sam wyndham series:'a thought-provoking rollercoaster' ian rankin'confirms abir mukherjee as a rising star of historical crime fiction'the times'cracking  a journey into the dark underbelly of the british raj' daily expressif you enjoyed smoke and ashes, look out for the fourth sam wyndham mystery, death in the east in november see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas wyndham and sergeant 'surrender-not' banerjee set out to solve the two murders, wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up deadbut wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium denwhen he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, wyndham is convinced that there's a deranged killer on the loosecaptain sam wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the calcutta police forcehowever, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square trauma surgeon carrie walker is taken aback when her uncle makes contact out of the bluebut can he be trusted?travelling to moscow undercover to meet with semenov, carrie finds herself stranded when the carefully-planned operation goes catastrophically awryin grave danger, there's only one person she can turn to for help: her former fiancé, major rake ozenna of the alaskan national guardsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaware how vital it is that he reaches carrie before others do, rake knows he's pitted against a powerful and lethal enemysenior russian naval officer artyom semenov claims to be in possession of an explosive piece of information which he is offering to share with the westbut is it a rogue agent - or the russian state? as preparations gather pace for a high-profile nato exercise off the norwegian coast, rake must act fast if he is to prevent a global catastrophe
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square in the bitter winter of , from an ireland torn by injustice and natural disaster, the star of the sea sets sail for new yorkthe twenty-six day journey will see many lives end, others begin afreshin a spellbinding story of tragedy and mercy, love and healing, the further the ship sails towards the promised land, the more her passengers seem moored to a past which will never let them goon board are hundreds of fleeing refugeeseach is connected more deeply than they can possibly knowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut a camouflaged killer is stalking the decks, hungry for the vengeance that will bring absolutionamong them are a maidservant with a devastating secret, bankrupt lord merridith and his family, an aspiring novelist, a maker of revolutionary ballads, all braving the atlantic in search of a new home
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square 495 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square a post-modern puzzle about self and identityit is remarkable how quickly the mood shifts from talk of big questions (religion, god, beauty, how mirrors lie) to the perfectly ordinary nuances between a couplealexander embarks on a remarkable experiment, the likes of which no one has attempted before, maybe that's why there is a detective watching himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith penny, alexander is a gadfly, mucking her about, unable to see past her beauty; but with melanie, he has met his match
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square sometimes they talk all night longbut in cell 7 each surrenders to the other something of himself that he has never surrendered beforevalentin believes in the just cause which makes all suffering bearable; molina believes in the magic of love which makes all else endurablein the still darkness of their cell, molina re-weaves the glittering and fragile stories of the film he loves, and the cynical valentin listenssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach has always been alone, and always - especially now - in danger of betrayal
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square light novel version of the popular anime and manga seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square yukiteru amano is a 14-year-old, shy and daydreaming loner who observes life and jots down the events on his cell phonedeus transforms yukiteru's phone into a future diary, capable of predicting the future up to ninety daysthe aim of this game is to eliminate the other diary holders, the winner succeeding deus as god and can prevent the apocalypsesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyukiteru discovers he and eleven others are part of a survival game orchestrated by deushis only friends are deus ex machina, the god of space and time, and his assistant muru muru
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square former library book my sunshine away is an extraordinary debut novel from mbehind every white picket fence in suburbia lies a tangled web of darknessno one sees a thing and the perpetrator is not caught my sunshine away is an extraordinary debut novel from a unique new literary voicechildhood in small-town america is filled with dreamy, technicolour days of innocence, but beneath the homely comforts and familiarity, this world is rotten to its very corefor every fan of the lovely bones and the virgin suicides comes a new and haunting tale of disturbance in suburbia welcome to woodland hills, louisiana: a place of lush, sweltering summers, neighbourhood cookouts in every backyard and vats of chilled beer under the crepe myrtlesin his zeal to solve the mystery, the teenage detective stumbles across a sinister world he doesn't recognise, drawing ever closer to a terrifying denouementa terrible crime is just about to take placebut before this long, hot summer is out, it will become clear that the friendly community of woodland hills has much to hidewalsh, a dazzling new literary voiceshe is raped just yards from her front doorone day lindy simpson cycles home from school and straight into a trap: someone is lying in wait for her, a wire strung between lampposts blocking the pathafter her assault he becomes determined to solve the crime, investigating each suspect in the neighbourhoodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher fourteen year old neighbour has cherished a crush on lindy, the ultimate girl next door, since they were kids
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square after his editor is murdered in front of him, crime reporter doug mcgregor's word falls apartbut when another savage killing occurs, doug realises that the murders may be linked, and that going to skye was the best and worst move possibleon top of that, doug's "friendship" with his police contact, ds susie drummond, is in a weird place right nowso he leaps at the chance to take some time out with his old friend on the isle of skyeas prime witness, he's not allowed to investigate the case, and he's left only with questions and a bloody memory seared in his mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe's in the eye of the storm - and this one could engulf them all
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