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In this urgent and deeply moving novel, faulks deals with questions of empire, grievance and identityoxfam bookshop hampstead paris echo by sebastian faulks - signed here is paris as you have never seen it before - a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowledged past, the shadows of vichy and algeriafor him in his innocence, each boulevard, métro station and street corner is a source of surpriseamerican postdoctoral researcher hannah and runaway moroccan teenager tariq have little in common, yet both are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of parisit is signed by the author in black ball point pen on the title page' the book is in good condition, though slightly fadedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith great originality and a dark humour, paris echo asks how much we really need to know if we are to live a valuable lifehannah listens to the extraordinary witness of women who were present under the german occupation; in her desire to understand their lives, and through them her own, she finds a city bursting with clues and connectionsout in the migrant suburbs, tariq is searching for a mother he barely knew
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Thomas's sister sonia becomes the pivotal figure in the volatile relationship between the two men, which threatens to explode with the arrival in their austrian sanatorium of an enigmatic patient, fraulein katharina von a, whose illness epitomises all that divides themtheir search is made urgent by the case of jacques's brother olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been foundthis is sebastian faulks's most ambitious novel yet, with scenes of emotional power recalling his most celebrated work, yet set here on an even larger scaleas psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned professor charcot in paris; from the heights of the sierra madre in california to the plains of unexplored africaoxfam bookshop knutsford "human traces" explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really aresee oxfam website for delivery information read morejacques rebire and thomas midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in , come from different countries and contrasting familiesas the concerns of the old century fade and the first world war divides europe, the novel rises to a climax in which the value of what it means to be alive seems to hang in the balancethey are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being human
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"human traces" explores the question of what kind of beings men and women really arethomas's sister sonia becomes the pivotal figure in the volatile relationship between the two men, which threatens to explode with the arrival in their austrian sanatorium of an enigmatic patient, fraulein katharina von a, whose illness epitomises all that divides themtheir search is made urgent by the case of jacques's brother olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been foundthis is sebastian faulks's most ambitious novel yet, with scenes of emotional power recalling his most celebrated work, yet set here on an even larger scaleas psychiatrists, their quest takes them from the squalor of the victorian lunatic asylum to the crowded lecture halls of the renowned professor charcot in paris; from the heights of the sierra madre in california to the plains of unexplored africasee oxfam website for delivery information read morejacques rebire and thomas midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in , come from different countries and contrasting familiesas the concerns of the old century fade and the first world war divides europe, the novel rises to a climax in which the value of what it means to be alive seems to hang in the balancethey are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being humanoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed 1st edition, with dedication on title page - very good condition
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9 €
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A faulks shavings forkhas a purple wooden handle with a rubber gripin good condition and great qualitycollection from wetwang pleaseonly selling as we have two others shavings forks so this one is surplus to requirements
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Susie faulks bag made in england from from gloss oilcloth materialperfect condition with original tagbeautiful original design with zipped top, zipped external and internal pockets33cms x 26cms x 9cms
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faulks captures perfectly both the tone and the spirit of wodehouse's originalsoxfam books & music durham a gloriously witty novel from sebastian faulks using pand though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thingjeeves and the wedding bells is a masterpiecethis is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that jeeves may not be so inimitable after allon this occasion, however, it is jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at all'at two memorable moments in jeeves and the wedding bells i did indeed laugh until i cried' matthew dennison, the spectator see oxfam website for delivery information read morebertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressedbertie, you see, has met georgiana on the côte d'azurhowever, georgiana is the ward of sir henry hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved melbury hall, the impoverished sir henry has struck a deal that would see georgiana becoming mrs rupert venableslove, as so often, is at the root of the confusionfaulks's plot is bang on-messagewodehouse's much-loved characters, jeeves and wooster, fully authorised by the wodehouse estatebertie wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in cannes, finds himself at the stately home of sir henry hackwood in dorsetmeanwhile, peregrine 'woody' beeching, one of bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée amelia, sir henry's tennis-mad daughterbut why would this necessitate bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? could it be that the ever-loyal, spinoza-loving jeeves has an ulterior motive?evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, jeeves and the wedding bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphant
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faulks is a prodigiously talented writer' new york times----also available by sebastian faulks as part of the french trilogy series: girl at the lion d'or birdsong see oxfam website for delivery information read more'there is no shortage of dramatic tension, excitement or persuasive detailshe travels to the village of lavaurette, dyeing her hair and changing her name to conceal her identityas the people in the small town prepare to meet their terrible destiny, charlotte must come face-to-face with the harrowing truth of what took place in europe's darkest years, and confront a terrifying secret that threatens to cast its shadow over the remainder of her daysoxfam bookshop cheltenham a remarkable story of a scottish woman in occupied france pursuing a perilous mission of her own from the author of the international bestseller birdsongin , charlotte gray, a young scottish woman, heads for occupied france on a dual mission - officially, to run an apparently simple errand for a british special operations group and unofficially, to search for her lover, an english airman missing in action
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'beautifully written and extraordinarily moving' the sunday times----also available by sebastian faulks as part of the french trilogy series: birdsong charlotte gray see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the hotel, anne meets the cultured, rich and married hartmann and begins anaffair with the married great war veteran, revealing her secrets, fears and hopes to himshe is seeking a job and a new life, far removed from the injustices of her pasta mysterious young girl named anne louvet arrives at the seedy hotel du lion d'or in the small french town of janvilliersoxfam bookshop hertford a haunting historical novel set in france between the two world wars about love and desirefrom the author of the international bestseller birdsongmid-s, northern francefrom award-winning author sebastian faulks, girl at the lion d'or is a powerful story of love and conscience, will and desire
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faulks new shaving forkit was used once to muck outselling because prefer handle at the top! buyer collect from godalming or haslemere
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Mountain bike 26" large mens needs a little work works fine selling due to driving now and new bike 26" sr suntour faulks
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18 shimano gears and the drailier at the back is shimano and has suspension front faulks please inbox or ring for more info £70 onoi am selling a woman’s mountain bike great condition hardly used it as seen in pics it has 26in wheels v brakes quick shift gear leavers it has
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Sebastian faulks – paris echomick herron – spook street robert edric – swan songstephen leather – the foreignerall in very good conditionrobert radcliffe – freefallring hull for free local deliverysimon beckett – the restless dead dan brown – originhans fallada – alone in berlinmichael robotham – bombproofmichael punke – the revenantlocal sale onlyrobert harris – munich25p each or all 12 for £2anne cleeves – thin air
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Metal head, wooden handlevery good condition, hardly useda super-strong shavings fork with steel tines that is built to last” collection from hayling or boarhuntexcellent quality“patented design combines traditional bedding fork with unique wavy tines to minimise bedding wastage
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Sebastian faulks - charlotte gray 15ruth rendell - a sight for sore eyes 4judith krantz - mistral's daughter 9sidney sheldon - if tomorrow comes 8dean koontz - false memory 11jilly cooper - rivals 12 virginia andrews - olivia 13james patterson - cross my heart read morejohn grisham - ford county 2sidney sheldon - are you afraid of the dark? 5agatha christie - laura thompson 10dan brown - origin 6these are in excellent condition 1dominick dunne - the two mrs grenvilles 14norman katkov - blood and orchids 7jo brand - looks better in hunger (autobiography) 3olivia goldsmith - the first wives club 16
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Ox-tales are four brilliant collections of short stories themed on the four elements: earth, air, fire and waterall proceeds support oxfam's work fighting poverty and suffering around the world2kg pages: 212 per book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach book 180 x 130mm box dimensions: 278 x 210 x 60mm weight 2the star-studded cast of contributors includes kate atkinson, sebastian faulks, helen fielding, william boyd, john le carré, joanna trollope, ian rankin and jeanette wintersonnumber 74 of an edition of 200the edition is printed on fine art paper, beautifully bound in cloth and board covers, and with the four books housed together in a special solander boxfollowing the success of the popular paperback edition, the 38 acclaimed authors all agreed to sign a unique limited edition box set of the four ox-tales booksthe highly collectable ox-tales box set has been produced in a once-only run of 200 numbered copies of which only 150 are for sale
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Ox-tales are four brilliant collections of short stories themed on the four elements: earth, air, fire and waterall proceeds support oxfam's work fighting poverty and suffering around the world2kg pages: 212 per book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach book 180 x 130mm box dimensions: 278 x 210 x 60mm weight 2the star-studded cast of contributors includes kate atkinson, sebastian faulks, helen fielding, william boyd, john le carré, joanna trollope, ian rankin and jeanette wintersonthe edition is printed on fine art paper, beautifully bound in cloth and board covers, and with the four books housed together in a special solander boxfollowing the success of the popular paperback edition, the 38 acclaimed authors all agreed to sign a unique limited edition box set of the four ox-tales booksnumber 56 of an edition of 200the highly collectable ox-tales box set has been produced in a once-only run of 200 numbered copies of which only 150 are for sale
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495 €
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Over a million anne tyler books sold'she's changed my perception on life' anna chancellor 'one of my favourite authors ' liane moriarty'she spins gold' elizabeth buchan 'anne tyler has no peer' anita shreve'my favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world' nick hornby 'a masterly author' sebastian faulks 'tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good' john updike'i love anne tyler' anita brookner 'her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour' eudora welty see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of world war ii fervour, they marry in hastefrom the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counter-culture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayers of later years, we watch their lives unspool and see the consequences of their very mismatched marriageoxfam bookshop cheltenham michael and pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other
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Is she really this joyous and outgoing organiser of parties, the put-upon heart of her dead husband's extended family? what happened to her quiet and serious nineteen-year-old self, and what would have happened if she'd married her college sweetheart? can someone ever recover the person they've left behind?over a million anne tyler books sold'she's changed my perception on life' anna chancellor 'one of my favourite authors ' liane moriarty'she spins gold' elizabeth buchan 'anne tyler has no peer' anita shreve'my favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world' nick hornby 'a masterly author' sebastian faulks 'tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good' john updike'i love anne tyler' anita brookner 'her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour' eudora welty see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford one morning, rebecca wakes up and realises she has turned into the wrong person
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**anne tyler has sold over 1 million books worldwide** 'one of my favourite authors ' liane moriarty 'she spins gold' elizabeth buchan 'anne tyler has no peer' anita shreve 'a masterly author' sebastian faulks see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the sound of the cash register in the old grocery to the counter-culture jargon of the sixties, from the miniskirts to the multilayers of later years, we watch their lives unspool and see the consequences of their very mismatched marriageoxfam bookshop hertford michael and pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each otherthe moment she walked into his mother's grocery store in baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of world war ii fervour, they marry in haste
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The war is overwhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowinga young british army doctor finds himself ordered to investigate a curious plague in a polish refugee campsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in the borderlands between germany and poland, this powerful first novel is reminiscent in mood, complexity and accomplishment of pat barker's world war one trilogy or sebastian faulks' birdsongoxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novelmeanwhile, a colleague is much more concerned with unravelling uncannily similar events three hundred years old, events twisted by the centuries into their current, misshapen form, as the fairy-story of the pied piper of hamelin
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**anne tyler has sold over 1 million books worldwide** 'one of my favourite authors' liane moriarty 'she spins gold' elizabeth buchan 'anne tyler has no peer' anita shreve 'a masterly author' sebastian faulks see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries 'wickedly good' john updikein a small southern town, shy teenager evie decker becomes obsessed with local rock singer bertram 'drumstrings' casey, and decides to take her life into her own handswhen she manages to meet him, she bursts out of her lonely shell and their two lives become unforgettably entwined
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