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When moses learns of a prophecy that names him as the liberating leader of egypt, the only thing that stands in the way of his destiny is his ambitious adopted sibling rhamses who is prepared to go to any lengths to secure his own futureoxfam shop brentwood biblical drama directed by ridley scott starring christian bale and joel edgertonthe cast also includes sigourney weaver, indira varma and aaron pauldisc in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moremoses and rhamses (bale and edgerton) have lived their lives as close as brothers until a revelation from their protector nun (ben kingsley) sees a rivalry emerge like nothing before
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Tensions are building in the corrupt, but highly effective, strike team led by the politically ambitious detective vic mackey (michael chiklis)oxfam books & music romsey all 13 episodes from the second season of the tough-talking us cop show set in inner city los angelessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'the quick fix', 'dead soldiers', 'partners', 'carte blanche', 'greenlit', 'homewrecker', 'barnstormers', 'scar tissue', 'co-pilot', 'coyotes', 'inferno', 'breakpoint' and 'dominoes falling'
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Through the incompetence of a recklessly ambitious naval commander and the machinations of his old enemy, french spymaster pierre ducos, sharpe finds himself abandoned in the heart of enemy territory, facing overwhelming forces and the very real prospect of defeathe and a small force of riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the french coastoxfam shop evesham a classic sharpe adventure: richard sharpe and the winter campaignsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is to be one of the most dangerous missions of his careerthe invasion of france is under way, and the british navy has called upon the services of major richard sharpehe has no alternative but to trust his fortunes to an american privateer - a man who has no love for the british invaders
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Tancred a dinant, an ambitious and oath-sworn knight and a proud leader of men, is among them, hungry for battle, for silver and for landin the depths of winter, two thousand normans march to subdue the troublesome province of northumbriain the battle that ensues, their army is slaughtered almost to a manbut at durham the normans are ambushed in the streets by english rebelsless than three years have passed since hastings and the death of the usurper, harold godwinesonbadly wounded, tancred barely escapes with his lifesoon the enemy are on the march, led by the dispossessed prince eadgar, the last of the ancient saxon line, who is determined to seize the realm he believes is hisyet even as tancred seeks vengeance for his lord's murder, he finds himself caught up in secret dealings between a powerful norman magnate and a shadow from the pasthis lord is among those slainas the norman and english armies prepare to clash, tancred begins to uncover a plot which harks back to the day of hastings itselfa plot which, if allowed to succeed, threatens to undermine the entire conquestthe fate of the kingdom hangs in the balancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham january
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How will these three ambitious and confident middle-aged women survive the personal and professional challenges, and the changing values of the next decade? the radiant way brilliantly explores their loves, losses, hopes and fears, and the strength of their friendshipnow they meet as old friends at a glittering new year's eve party to welcome in the soxfam bookshop cheltenham twenty five years ago liz, alix and esther were leading lights at cambridgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the dawn of the thatcher era, and britain is on the brink of great social and political upheaval
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Oxfam bookshop holmfirth smart went crazy returned with an ambitious new record, "con art", which was released in and serves as both an impressive musical document and as a portrait of a band falling apartwill do that to you 2:27dthe band broke up shortly after the album's release inwill do that to you 4:38let xx 0:37funny as in funny ha-ha 4:50bullfighter 3:17holds up her hand, blocks out the sun 0:45song of the dodo 4:10tight frame loose frame 4:22a good day 5:53so speaks the queen bee 0:59tijuana now we're even see oxfam website for delivery information read more tracklist: black kites 1:28exitfare 0:54a brief conversation ending in divorce 4:17immutable beauty3:19con art 5:04baker's chocolate 0:36d
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Due to my own horses previously being deceased, i am extremely ambitious in continuing my riding until i can evidently get my own again once my university degree is overi am looking for something preferably over 16i am absolutely fine to help out around doing yard duties and exercising when possible with my shift patternsgiven that i am a placement student, expenses are pretty toughi am a student equine veterinary nurse (19), currently doing my placement year at towcester, northampton; looking for a horse in which i could ride; exercise etc with possible view on helping with some contribution if absaloutly necessaryplease kindly respond to this or happily message me on facebook - reagan wright kind regards read morehowever, i have many years in, around and riding horses with approximately 10+ years
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Oxfam books & music islington with her uncanny ability to monumentalise the minuscule and to give permanence to the ephemeral, sarah sze has become one of the most original and ambitious artists working today, with solo exhibitions at major art museumswith its stunning photography, sarah sze makes it clear that the exhilarating and challenging aspect of this artist's work lies in all of its minute detailselaborately transforming everyday materials into elegant sculptures and installations, sze eloquently finesses the line between sculpture and architecture see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy is new and in it's original wrappingas the first monograph to span the course of her career including sculptures, site-specific installations, and drawings, sarah sze reveals the artist's working process and gives insight into the thoughtful precision and care that goes into each and every one of her creationsin her essay, writer and curator linda norden explores the question of how matter takes on value, both temporally and spatially
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This 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 scaletheir search is made urgent by the case of jacques's brother olivier, for whose severe illness no name has yet been foundoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed 1st edition, with dedication on title page - very good condition"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 themthey are united by an ambition to understand how the mind works and whether madness is the price we pay for being humanjacques rebire and thomas midwinter, both sixteen when the story starts in , come from different countries and contrasting familiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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 africaas 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 balance
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The life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperorsthe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valleyscandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had saved richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern americasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamerican disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleyoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearit is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and son
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This ambitious series, described as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet' was the first ever to be filmed entirely in high definitionthe latest david attenborough nature documentary series, shot in hdevery episode but the first one looks at one of the earth's natural habitats and examines its local features, together with the breadth of fauna found therethe fact that it was co-funded by discovery channel, bbc and japan's nhk, took 5 years to make and was shot in over 200 locations is apparent and the series is everything you'd expect from sir david attenborough and his team if they were unconstrained by budget or practicalityoxfam shop new street condition appears to be as newbox set has original wrapping, although this may have been openedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile filming it, the crew caught several firsts - places and animals never before caught on camera
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This ambitious series, described as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet' was the first ever to be filmed entirely in high definitionevery episode but the first one looks at one of the earth's natural habitats and examines its local features, together with the breadth of fauna found therethe fact that it was co-funded by discovery channel, bbc and japan's nhk, took 5 years to make and was shot in over 200 locations is apparent and the series is everything you'd expect from sir david attenborough and his team if they were unconstrained by budget or practicalityoxfam shop formby the latest david attenborough nature documentary series, shot in hdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile filming it, the crew caught several firsts - places and animals never before caught on camera
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Charlotte (vickery turner), the author of 'jane eyre', is the most ambitious of the girls, with emily (rosemary mchale), the writer of 'wuthering heights', the most poetic and intensewritten by christopher fry, the series explores the everyday lives of the sisters in their home in the small yorkshire village of haworththe episodes are: 'the little king', 'home and abroad', 'delusion's song', 'rewarding destiny' and 'silent is the house'oxfam bookshop swanage the complete tv mini-series that dramatises the life of the bronte sisters, authors of some of the most memorable novels in the literary canonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, the fault in our stars is award-winning author john green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love"i fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, then all at once"despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosisbut when a gorgeous plot twist named augustus waters suddenly appears at cancer kid support group, hazel's story is about to be completely rewrittensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford a striking black edition of the multi-million no1 bestseller, now a major motion picture starring shailene woodley and ansel elgort
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The most ambitious and perhaps the most original of all trevor-roper's books, written in his luminous prose, this is a major work of political and intellectual history that presents a whole period in a fresh and vivid lightattracted by the diverse life and vivid personality of sir theodore de mayerne (), the most famous physician in europe of his time, trevor-roper pursued him across national and intellectual frontiers to uncover the details of his extraordinary lifeexploring an array of english and european sources, trevor-roper reveals the story of the pioneering swiss huguenot doctor who mixed medicine with diplomacy, with political intrigue, with secret intelligence, and with artistic interests at the courts first of henry iv of france and then of james i and charles i of englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket written by hugh trevor-roper published by yale university press in first edition a brilliant, unknown work by the great historian hugh trevor-roper among the papers of hugh trevor-roper, who died in , was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years, but never publisheda true "renaissance man," mayerne's interests were broad, and due to considerable conspiratorial talent, he became a participant in bluff and intrigue at the highest levels
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The book goes on to describe the rise of the zeppelins and the ambitious british scheme to connect its far-flung empire, the us navy's lighter-than-air craft and the incredible post-war proposals for colossal atomic-powered leviathansit is a story of fantastic visionaries, incredible flying machines, great moments of triumph and, ultimately, of spectacular disastersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music nottingham publishedin 'transatlantic airships' john christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bold pioneering flights, including the triumphant double-crossing by the r34minor shelf wear to edges of jacket
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Martha ryan is fiercely ambitious for her son and so she uproots her family to sheffield, but all josh wants is to continue the family business and marry amyoxfam shop colne road the buffer girls is an inspiring tale of love, heartache and ambition from bestselling author margaret dickinsonit turns out that it is emily who is best equipped to forge a career but, as time goes on, problems and even dangers arise that the ryan family could not possibly have foreseenromance blossoms for josh and amy while emily falls in love with trip, but she is unsure if the feeling is mutualthe ryan children grew up with amy clark, daughter of the village blacksmith, and thomas 'trip' trippett, whose father owns a cutlery business in sheffieldwalter has returned home a broken man and so it falls to his son and daughter, josh and emily, to keep the family candle-making business goingas the ryans do their best to adapt to city life, their friendly neighbour, lizzie, helps emily find employment asa buffer girl polishing cutlery at a local factoryit is in the derbyshire dalesthe ryan family are adjusting to life now that the war is oversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world's population is united by a common fear that there is no hope leftkennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, leon is forced to face a president transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decisioncover states "cover reprinted" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredue to be by the president's side is his personal friend and raccoon city survivor, leon sin a first for the franchise, resident evil 6 sees series favourites leon and chris come together to face this unprecedented threatit has been ten years since the raccoon city incident and the president of the united states has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activitythey will be joined by new characters, each with their own unique perspective and involvement in this relentless dramatic horror experience enacted on a global scaleat the same time, bioterrorism security assessment alliance member, chris redfield arrives in china, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attackoxfam shop ulverston blending action and survival horror, this latest instalment in the multi-million selling resident evil franchise is the most ambitious, immersive and feature rich title of the series to date and promises to be the dramatic horror experience of the year
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An ambitious couple are about to open the island's most spectacular hotel, where greek and turkish cypriots work in harmony1 sunday times bestseller from the million-copy best-selling author of the island, the thread, and the returnbut beneath the city's façade of glamour and success, tension is buildingturkey invades to protect the turkish cypriot minority, and famagusta is shelledin the summer of , famagusta in cyprus is the most desirable resort in the mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortuneoxfam shop dumfries 'intelligent and immersivein the deserted city, just two families remainpraise for the sunrise'fascinating and moving' the times 'an imaginative tour de force, and a great read' daily mail 'an absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal' good housekeeping 'heartbreaking' essentials 'vibranthislop brings history to life in this compelling tale' tatler 'fascinating' sunday mirror see oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo neighbouring families, the georgious and the özkans, are among many who moved to famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the islandforty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldierswhen a greek coup plunges the island into chaos, cyprus faces a disastrous conflictthis is their storya poignant, compelling family saga' the sunday times the no
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Former detective luca d'andrea has spent the last six years in angola state penitentiary, after michael, his protégée, blew the whistle on his corrupt behaviourand as the case builds to its crescendo, the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the cityshortlisted for the theakston's crime novel of the year awardas recommended on the radio 2 arts show with claudia winklemaninspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled new orleans, the axeman's jazz by ray celestin is an ambitious, gripping thriller from a major talent in historical crime fictionobsessed with sherlock holmes and dreaming of a better life, ida stumbles across a clue which lures her and her musician friend, louis armstrong, to the case - and into terrible dangerthough every citizen of the 'big easy' thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders, detective lieutenant michael talbot, heading up the official investigation, is struggling to find leadsas michael, luca and ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity, the axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of new orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victimbut michael has a grave secret, and if he doesn't get himself on the right track fast, it could be exposedmeanwhile, ida is a secretary at the pinkerton detective agencysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a dark serial killer - the axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask himoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the cwa john creasey new blood dagger for best debut crime novel of the yearnow a newly freed man, luca is back working with the mafia, whose need to solve the mystery of the axeman is every bit as urgent as that of the authorities
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Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to upresident woodrow wilson and with two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionin 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 mightythe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonoxfam shop pershore the first in ken follett's bestselling century trilogy, fall of giants is 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 womenthe coronation day of king george v
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The entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himselfthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic toneoxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understandmurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slumsthe first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceivedcoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga
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Dr tony hill (green) is a clinical psychologist who is called into more ongoing cases by ambitious di carol jordan (norris)oxfam shop colne road the complete first and second series of the drama series starring robson green and hermione norris adapted from the novels by val mcdermidseries 1 episodes are: 'the mermaids singing: part 1', 'the mermaids singing: part 2', 'shadows rising: part 1', 'shadows rising: part 2', 'justice painted blind: part 1' and 'justice painted blind: part 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseries 2 episodes are: 'still she cries', 'the darkness of light', 'right to silence' and 'sharp compassion'
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But the awesome creature is no match for the cunning of an ambitious promoter who sees kong as a megastar showstopper and sets out to capture himafter endless thrills kong is caught, but this is just the prelude to one of the most thrilling and famous of all cinema climaxes as kong defies the world from the top of the empire state building, a majestic, tragic figureanthony browne adds another dimension to this great classic and has produced a book which is a classic in its own rightoxfam shop queen's road king kong is a giant gorilla, a huge and terrifying survivor from another age on an island trapped in a time warpsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabove all, king kong is a marvellous, timeless story, a worldwide favourite
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His search for the truth uncovers a terrifying religious conspiracy to stage the most ambitious experiment the world has ever seen - to prove beyond doubt the existence of a heaven or a helloxfam bookshop ipswich what happens to us when we die? oblivionthe lucifer code pits the faith of religion against the certainty of science in a heartstopping thriller which explores our deepest fearsbut when his own brother contacts him after being certified dead for six whole minutes, fleming wonders if he's got it all wrongor so believes dr miles fleming, a brilliant, young neuroscientist who has developed a device capable of reading human brainwavessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the world awaits the final judgement, fleming must confront his own demons to save not only his own soul but that of all humanity
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Some were ambitious, visionary and altruisticit has a cast of thousandsyet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nationthis first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the wars of the roses and the upheavals of the civil wars, and up to , when parliament - and the united kingdom, embracing scotland and ireland - emerged in a modern formfew were unambiguously nobleoxfam bookshop st albans the history of parliament is the history of the united kingdom itselfothers were hot-headed, violent and self-servingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracychris bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad mps, lords and bishops who passed through parliament
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This is anita shreve's most ambitious and moving novel to date, probing into human motivation with extraordinary grace and skillindeed, it is bill who passionately wants this wedding and who has brought everyone together for an astonishing weekend of revelation and recrimination, forgiveness and redemptionagnes, now a history teacher at kidd is a woman who longs to tell a secret she cannot reveal to the others, a secret that would stun them allsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenora, the owner of the inn, has recently had to reinvent her life following the death of her husbandoxfam bookshop cheltenham at an inn in the berkshire mountains of western massachusetts, seven former schoolmates gather for a weddingavery, who still hears echoes from a horrific event at kidd academy twenty-six years ago, has made a life for himself in toronto with his wife and two sonsbridget, the mother of a fifteen-year-old boy, has agreed to marry bill, an old high school lover whom she has recently remet, despite uncertainties about her health and future
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Freya, ambitious and outspoken, pursues a career on fleet street while nancy, less self-confident, struggles to get her first novel publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreflitting from war-haunted oxford to the bright new shallows of the s, freya plots the unpredictable course of a woman's life and loves in extraordinary timesoxfam bookshop royal exchange square freya wyley meets nancy holdaway amid the wild celebrations of ve day, the prelude to a devoted and competitive friendshipboth friends become entangled with robert cosway, a charismatic young man whose own ambition will have a momentous bearing on their lives
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Brilliantly ambitious and powerfully written, the last time they met is a tale not so much of life, but of a life not livedwritten with reverse chronology, anita shreve's new novel is a haunting story of mesmerising beauty, with a strong narrative pull that inescapably draws the reader in, and leaves its most stunning revelation until the very last sentencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich when linda fallon and thomas janes meet at a writers' festival in toronto, it is a first time they have seen each other for twenty-six yearstheirs is a story bound by the irresistible pull of true passion - a love which begins in massachusetts in the early s, is rekindled in kenya in the mid s and which is about to play out its astonishing final episode
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham top ten sunday times bestseller'engaging, ambitious and creative' guardianwhere are we? are we alone? who are we? why are we here? what is our future?human universe tackles some of the greatest questions that humans have asked to try and understand the very nature of ourselves and the universe in which we livethrough the endless leaps of human minds, it explores the extraordinary depth of our knowledge today and where our curiosity may lead us in the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith groundbreaking insight it reveals how time, physics and chemistry came together to create a creature that can wonder at its own existence, blessed with an unquenchable thirst to discover not just where it came from, but how it can think, where it is going and if it is aloneaccompanies the acclaimed bbc tv series
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