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Tracing the narrative of the jewess from its beginnings in romantic and evangelical literature, and reading canonical writers including walter scott, george eliot and anthony trollope alongside more minor figures such as charlotte elizabeth tonna, grace aguilar and amy levy, valman demonstrates the remarkable persistence of this narrative and its myriad transformations across the centuryreading a range of texts from popular romance to the realist novel, she investigates how the complex figure of the jewess brought the instabilities of nineteenth-century religious, racial and national identity into uniquely sharp focuswhile previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, nadia valman argues that the figure of the jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desireoxfam bookshop knutsford stories about jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century britain as debates about the place of the jews in the nation ragedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Ann davison - sterling hayden - ernest shackleton - tristan jones - samuel eliot morrison - joshua slocum - eoxfam bookshop royal exchange square for thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventurewith contributions from: - james thurber -william fforester - cleveland amory - weston martyr - peter goss - david kasanof see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readersthe greatest sailing stories ever told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millenniumyou'll also find william fon idyllic cruising; james thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; the legendary joshua slocum on sailing alone around the worldthe greatest sailing stories ever told is a treasure trove: tears, adrenaline, laughter, and adventure aboundbut sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seashere is peter goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean; ernest shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew
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Oxfam bookshop brigg the eleventh annual lecture of the national book league delivered by tthe booklet cover has a few light marks, and has become darkened down the spine and around front edgessoundly bound by two staples which are only faintly rustedat the central hall, westminster, on thursday 19th novembersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock easy piano editionparental advisory, explicit lyricssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresimplified arrangements for piano, voice and guitar, complete with full lyricsbook in very good condition, clean and unmarked
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Oxfam shop penrith the opera national de lyon, conducted by john eliot gardiner, 147 minutes running time see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Director/conductor is john eliot gardineroxfam shop ecclesall road music of the "chapels royal" of england - monteverdi choir, english baroque soloiststhe cd itself is in good and usable condition with small marks of wear in scratchesmusic spanning from with artists including henry purcell, matthew locke, john blow and pelham humfreysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cd box is in working and usable condition with the only wear being scratches and slight marks which have accumulated over timethe total runtime of the cd is 51 minutes
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Entertain the children with the seasonal tales of dylan thomas, kenneth grahame, and oscar wildeventure out into the snow in the company of jane austen, henry james, and dickens's mrwodehouse's wry story about christmas on a dietlike charles dickens's ghosts of christmas past and present, they are representative of times old and new-from john donne's elizabethan hymn over the baby jesus to benjamin zephaniah's "talking turkeys," from thomas tusser counting the cost of a tudor feast to psee oxfam website for delivery information read moreenjoy a christmas day as described by samuel pepys, anthony trollope, george eliot, or nancy mitfordoxfam bookshop cheltenham this seasonal compendium collects together poems, short stories, and prose extracts by some of the greatest poets and writers in the english language
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Seven pillars of wisdom is no boys own paper tale of imperial triumph, but a complex work of high literary aspiration which stands in the tradition of melville and dostoevsky, and alongside the writings of yeats, eliot and joyceoxfam bookshop cheltenham with an introduction by angus calderas angus calder states in his introduction to this edition, 'seven pillars of wisdom is one of the major statements about the fighting experience of the first world war'lawrence's younger brothers, frank and will, had been killed on the western front insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseven pillars of wisdom, written between and , tells of the vastly different campaign against the turks in the middle east - one which encompasses gross acts of cruelty and revenge and ends in a welter of stink and corpses in the disgusting 'hospital' in damascus
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" hardback in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundeliot, based on his letters, reflect the literary life of the timefirst edition and signed by the author to the title pagethe accents are on poetry and music; history and politics were yet to comethe chapter on tsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain " this book reveals, from the author's journals, his search for the culture wanting among his own peolpehis pilgrimage led him to france and germany and to his friendship with adam von trott
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Good condition for ageno highlighting or other notes; text-block clean/intactsome discolouration on cover, hence low price for this scarce itemoxfam bookshop newport pocket-sized anthology of thoughts in poetry and short fiction, one for each day of the yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontributors include george herbert, christina rossetti, robert browning, george eliot, walt whitman and many othersnot dated, but pen inscription on ffep reads: "to laura / with love from / angela k / xmas "
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A record of several exciting and turbulent decades of british and american musical theatre and the transformation of popular music itself, unmasked is ultimately a chronicle of artistic creationlloyd webber looks back at the development of some of his most famous works and illuminates his collaborations with luminaries such as tim rice, robert stigwood, harold prince, cameron mackintosh, and trevor nunnlloyd webber shares his recollections of the works that have become cultural touchstones for generations of fans: writings songs for a school production that would become his first hit, joseph and the amazing technicolor dreamcoat; finding the coterie of performers for his classic rock opera jesus christ superstar; developing his first mega-hit, evita, which would win seven tonys awards, including best musical; staking his reputation and fortune on the groundbreaking cats; and making history with the dazzling the phantom of the operareflecting a life that included many passions (from architecture to turkish swimming cats), full of witty and revealing anecdotes, and featuring cameo appearances by numerous celebrities-elaine paige, sarah brightman, david frost, julie covington, judi dench, richard branson, awodehouse and ttaking us behind the scenes of his productions, lloyd webber reveals fascinating details about each show, including the rich cast of characters involved with making them, and the creative and logistical challenges and artistic political battles that ensuedoxfam books & music lichfield "you have the luck of croesus on stilts (as my auntie vi would have said) if you've had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that i have in that wondrous little corner of show business called musical theatrerahman, mandy patinkin, patti lupone, richard rodgers, norman jewison, milos forman, plácido domingo, barbra streisand, michael crawford, gillian lynne, betty buckley, and more-unmasked at last reveals the true face of the extraordinary man beneath the storied legendlloyd webber recalls his bohemian london youth, reminiscing about the happiest place of his childhood, his homemade harrington pavilion-a make-believe world of musical theatre in which he created his earliest entertainmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe winner of numerous awards, including multiple tonys and an oscar, lloyd webber has enchanted millions worldwide with his music and numerous hit shows, including jesus christ superstar, evita, cats, the phantom of the opera-broadway's longest running show-and most recently, school of rockin unmasked, written in his own inimitable, quirky voice, the revered, award-winning composer takes stock of his achievements, the twists of fate and circumstance which brought him both success and disappointment, and the passions that inspire and sustain him"one of the most successful and distinguished artists of our time, andrew lloyd webber has reigned over the musical theatre world for nearly five decadesthe son of a music professor and a piano teacher, lloyd webber reveals his artistic influences, from his idols rodgers and hammerstein and the perfection of south pacific's 'some enchanted evening,' to the pop and rock music of the s and puccini's tosca, to p
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Ms eliot and mr dickens would surely approve' sunday telegraph'quinn blends his history, his political concerns, his ideals, his plot and his characters elegantly, with a light hand and the pace of a thriller' daily telegraph see oxfam website for delivery information read morewildeblood's urge to uncover the truth draws him into mortal danger as his investigations reveal a trail of corruption that leads to the very highest levels of society'powerful and heartfeltdavid wildeblood, an idealistic young journalist, pounds the streets of camden reporting on the notorious slumsthe misery and squalor surprise him, but more shocking still is the realisation that someone is profiting from this destitutionoxfam bookshop royal exchange square from the author of half of the human race (channel 4 tv book club) comes an intricate and thrilling tale of love and conspiracy in victorian london
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This book combines the work of the australian miniaturist marilyn peck and the poetry of t s eliotoxfam books & music wells this hard cover book is in very good condition with an inscription on the first blank page but no other markings or annotationsthe dust jacket has some mild creasing on the back and the spine but no tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Later he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsideoxfam bookshop hertford a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingthe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetit is a cold day in january when jold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileentheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingmendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmenttold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our lives
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Oxfam bookshop newark paperback  the tenth collection of stone soup cartoons see oxfam website for delivery information read morestone soup is a syndicated comic strip that features a big, rowdy, multi-generational extended family, headed by sisters val and joan who live next door to each otherwith precious little privacy and plenty of chaos, the stone clan navigates life with toddlers, tomboys, and teens
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The stones are an extended, blended family in a household of controlled chaos where only the agile survivejoin val and joan-sisters and single mums-and their three kids, their live-in mother, their neighbour wally and his teen-age nephew, the zen motorcycle cop, and others-as they attempt to navigate lifeoxfam bookshop newark paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read more book four of the syndicated cartoon stone soup
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Birds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dust
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Oxfam shop walthamstow the mill on the floss by george eliot (folio society ) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Publisher: folio society, london binding: hardcover condition: good with good slipcasepictorial endpapersisbn10:  isbn 13: folio societyotherwise, all pages and text are clean and tight with no evident markings or annotations, 28 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece drawn by robin jacques see oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition is good with good slipcase, red board covers slightly faded and rubbed on the spineoxfam shop shirley middlemarch author: george eliot, (illustrated by robin jacques) ex-libris label with the name of the owner on half-title page which appears to have had an excess of adhesive causing rippling of several onward pages
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More likely than not, the original idea was tphilip hobsbaum, in the oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry, says of the faber book of modern verse, 'it also encapsulates, as no other literary document quite does, the innovative quality of the soxfam bookshop cheltenham first published in february , just under a year from when the idea for it was first discussed, this is one of the most important and influential anthologies of the twentieth centurysince then three further editions by, in succession, anne ridler, donald hall and peter porter have been publishedthis faber finds reissue restores that pristine selectionyes, his purpose was tendentious' on the other hand, 'i have included only poems which seem to me to add to the resources of poetry, to be likely to influence the future development of poetry and language' from the very start (and could there be a more arresting one?) with gerard manley hopkins' the wreck of the deutschland michael roberts powerfully and consistently fulfils that aim' see oxfam website for delivery information read moremichael roberts was a poet himself, and a good one, but more important for this task was his acute awareness of the poetry scene, and his sense of the modern movement within itall took as their kernel the original selection by michael robertseliot's, the choice of editor was undoubtedly his, and it was an inspired onehe excludes some poets he admires such as edmund blunden and walter de la mare because (they) 'seem to me to have written good poems without having been compelled to make any notable development of poetic technique
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Ex library copysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop wetherby in depth commentary from a jesuit spiritual perspective of the four quartets, published in tokyo in
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Inscription on flyleafincludes the score of the song "one-eyed riley" and a list of the original castgreen board covers faded on top and bottom edges new reduced price! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop barnard castle the text of ts eliot's play as produced at the edinburgh festival of and with several alterations made subsequent to that productionfourth impression of first edition, published septemberdust jacket price-clipped and with tears to edgesotherwise the book is in good condition, clean, bright and unmarked throughout
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The poems span the entire range of verse from high drama to stuff-and-nonsense and are presented in nine sections: poems of childhood and youth; poems of love and marriage; poems of life; poems of loss and comfort; poems of war and peace; poems to read aloud; poems to read quietly; poems of animals and nature and poems of magic and mysterythe poems have all been chosen and arranged by neil philip and the volume is illustrated throughout with watercolour borders and decorative motifs by isabelle brent, glowing with her trademark gold leafthe anthology includes works by william blake, dylan thomas, seamus heaney, robert burns, t s eliot, rudyard kipling, w b yeats and many, many moreoxfam bookshop carlisle this highly accessible collection gathers together the best-loved gems of english language verse, from the deeply moving to the hilariously sillysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoverall in very good condition
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But it is purcell's music which is the driving force of this dramatisation, with a stunning soundtrack conducted by john eliottony palmer directs this unique film drama about the great english composer henry purcelloxfam shop kendal case and media in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery little is known about his life, but the script- by charles wood and the late john osborne- solves this problem by launching a group of actors in the 's on a voyage of discovery into the 's & late 17th century england, the extraordinary period in which purcell lived
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Very good condition, slight discoloration to the boards, binding intactnicholson & sons, ltd see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston published by w
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Nigel robson; lynne dawson; anne sofie von otter; michael chance; stephen varcoe; ruth holton;Â monteverdi choir alastair ross - harpsichord; paul nicholson - organ conducted by john eliot gardiner live recording juneoxfam bookshop thame oratorio in 3 actssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This series of international ford madox ford studies was founded to reflect the recent resurgence of interest in himit includes two pieces published here for the first time: one by ford himself, on turgenev; the other a memoir about ford by his contemporary, marie belloc lowndes (the sister of hilaire belloc)byatt, whose literary contacts with ford have been as his admiring readers and eloquent criticsthis volume reveals how true that has been, and in how many ways, as it sheds new light on his relationships with other writers, both familiar and surprisingin the south-east of england at the fin-de-siècle, he collaborated for a decade with joseph conrad, and befriended henry james, and hbut it also explores contacts with literary textslawrence, and wyndham lewiseach volume is based upon a particular theme or issue; and relates aspects of ford's work, life, and contacts, to broader concerns of his timebut he was a prolific writer in many different modes, which include criticism of others' writing, and reminiscences of the many writers he had knownin edwardian london he founded the english review, publishing these writers alongside his new discoveries, ezra pound, dhe was always a tireless promoter of younger writers, reading manuscripts and recommending them to publishersford has been described as 'a writer's writer'this book takes ford's 'literary contacts' to include such creative friendships, editorial involvements, and influential biographical encounters; and they form the most substantial, central section on 'contemporaries and confrères', covering figures like proust, carlos williams, rebecca west, herbert read, and hemingwaythe present book is part of a large-scale reassessment of his roles in literary historythe final section discusses 'successors': writers such as graham greene, burgess, and athe first section on 'predecessors' considers the impact of ford's reading of trollope, george eliot, and turgenevafter the war he moved to france, founding the transatlantic review in paris, taking on hemingway as a sub-editor, discovering another generation of modernists such as jean rhys and basil bunting, and publishing them alongside joyce and gertrude steinford is best-known for his fiction, especially the good soldier, long considered a modernist masterpiece; and parade's end, which anthony burgess described as 'the finest novel about the first world war'; and samuel hynes has called 'the greatest war novel ever written by an englishman'oxfam shop magdelen street the controversial british writer ford madox ford () is increasingly recognized as a major presence in early twentieth-century literaturehe spent more time in america from the later s, spending time with southern agrarians, and poets such as william carlos williams, charles olson, and robert lowellsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most striking features of his career is his close involvement with so many of the major international literary groupings of his time
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Bob dylan recalls in 'chronicles' his encounters with musicians, producers and artists and his first loves and tells us about the disorganized library, discovered at a friend's house and which was essential in his training, where he read from tucidides to eliotpaperback version of this book, which is in portugesefirst volume of "chronicles"in good, almost unread conditionthe meetings he had in the tumultuous and nightly grennwich village would mark his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford nobel prize inbob dylan arrived in new york in , when he was not yet twenty years old
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Seeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundcontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augmodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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