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A contemporary classic, the remains of the day is kazuo ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a great english house, of lost causes and lost loveoxfam bookshop hertford *kazuo ishiguro's new novel klara and the sun is now available to preorder*winner of the booker prize by the nobel-prize winning authorone of the bbc's '100 novels that shaped our world'in the summer of , stevens, the ageing butler of darlington hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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It commences with one nobel laureate, pearl buck, and ends with another, kazuo ishiguro, almost a century lateroff-white or yellow-ish characters and their foreign-sounding speech are thus performed in anglo-american fiction and visual culture; both yellowface and chinglish are of, for, by the (white) peoplethroughout this wish fulfillment, writers lean on grammatical and conceptual frameworks of their mother tongue to represent an alien land and its yellowface aliensthis universal drive to fashion a foil is ingrained in any will to power, so much so that even millennial china creates an "off-yellow," darker-hued orient in huallywood films to silhouette its global ascentoff-white interrogates seminal anglo-american fiction and film on off-white bodies and voicessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road how do english-speaking novelists and filmmakers tell stories of china from a chinese perspective? how do they keep up appearances of pseudo-sino immanence while ventriloquizing solely in the english language? anglo writers and their readers join in this century-old game of impersonating and dubbing chinesethe trajectory in between illustrates that the detective and mystery genres continue unabated their stock yellowface characters, who exude a magnetic field so powerful as to pull in japanese anime
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9 €
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first uk edition (faber and faber, ), first printing, in the rarer first state (butler and tanner listed as printers)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot ex library, not a book club, no remainder mark, dust jacket not price clippedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefine in fine jacketisihguro's second book
34 €
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' in a sublime short story collection, kazuo ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of timegentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme: the struggle to keep alive a sense of life's romance, even as one gets older, relationships flounder and youthful hopes recedeoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! 'it was our third time playing the godfather theme since lunchfrom the piazzas of italy to the malvern hills, a london flat to the 'hush-hush floor' of an exclusive hollywood hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoningsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
25 €
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Oxfam shop kendal writer alex garland adapts kazuo ishiguro's novel for the big screen with this fantasy drama directed by mark romanekcarey mulligan, keira knightley and andrew garfield star respectively as kathy, ruth and tommy, three childhood friends who reunite as adults to look back on their days at hailsham, a seemingly idyllic but markedly offbeat boarding school in rural englandcase and disk are in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the former classmates journey into their shared past, painful memories of love, jealousy and betrayal are brought to the surface, and the sinister secret at the heart of their unusual upbringing is finally revealed
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefine in a near fine jackethardcover uk first edition (faber and faber, ), first impression (no other printings listed)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark, in original first state jacket, price clipped
46 €
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Author: kazuo koikebut another foreign fighter has arrived in japan - rinzo's abandoned daughter, on her own quest for vengeance! a paperback edition by kazuo koike and hideki mori in english (mar )
11 €
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kazuo kitai - jiyu o warera ni - - published by nobel shobo - 254 pages (240 pages of japanese text, 14 pages of photos) - 12our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 x 19 cm first editionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesoftcover photobookin good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
58 €
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Coma - god is an astronaut (fall from the stars - god is an astronaut (route 666 - god is an astronaut (ascend to oblivion - god is an astronaut (16) see oxfam website for delivery information read morelost symphony - god is an astronaut (5twilight - god is an astronaut (remembrance - god is an astronaut (from oust to the beyond - god is an astronaut (coda - god is an astronaut (oxfam shop magdelen street disc 1 1the end of the beginning - god is an astronaut (point pleasant - god is an astronaut (
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The audio contains examples of the accent from a locally born and bred person; a short history of the accent/dialect; a voice coaching lesson between an actor and penny dyer who will explain the phonetics, rhythm etc with numerous examples to listen to and then try; a short extract from a playoxfam books & music wells very good condition"penny dyer is an inspiration to work with" helen mirren"an indispensible aid for actors" bill nighy"penny takes away the fear of an accent for the actor" david morrissey"accurate, specific and enabling, these cds are as fundamental as the use of voice itself" michael attenborough"invaluable for the modern actor" michael sheen"penny dyer on a cdno damage to disca small booklet will include some phonetic notes, transcripts of the accent examples, the play example, the background on the accent and an introductionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretop voice coach, penny dyer, voice coach to helen mirren on the queen and who has worked with nicole kidman, reece witherspoon and cate blanchett and gwyneth strong (cassandra, only fools and horses) present an hour long voice coaching session on cdwhat more could i want" kelly reillyan essential tool for actors needing to develop an accent at a moments noticean invaluable resource for every actor's library
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Brilliant to catch, good in an out of stablemy 10 year old daughter rides himwill have a full set of shoes put onwill stand there all day to be fussed??????reduced price as need the room an no time!! ?????? here i have for sale a safe an sensible black an white gelding, ride an drive, 4 yrs oldplease don’t hesitate to contact me for anymore detailsgenuine sale, only for sale as i just don’t have the timemother, daughter typewill live in or out, on own or with other horses, brilliant in the heaviest of traffic
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeobject: \tstatuette (more lots) number of items: \t1 langue: \tfrench series: \tmurena title: \tstatuette like an angel - “agrippine allongée” year of the most recent object: \t condition: \tin mint condition extra: \tcertificate, original packaging, numbered limited edition publisher: \teditions dargaud/like an angelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteafter the comic book series created by dufaux & delaby resin statuette moulded and painted by like an angellimited edition of 250 copies, this one is n°061 size: 18 x 15 cma rare copy, in mint conditionmurena - statuette like an angel - “agrippine allongée” () dufaux and delaby - new condition - 1 statuette(s) - editions dargaud/like an angelartist: \tdufaux & delaby statuette representing agrippina laying down after murena issueneat and reinforced shipping via bpostare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith certificate and original box
103 €
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames an unknown people in an unknown land - an account of the life and customs of the lengua indians of the paraguayan chaco, with adventures and experiences met with during twenty years' pioneering and exploration amongst themwith fold-out map at rear original blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front, corners and edges rubbed and bumped, boards (especially front) marked, spine and edges browned, name on ffep, endpapers browned, some pages foxed, a few heavily but text everywhere clearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more330 rough cut pages, including indexblack and white plates
30 €
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Alan duffy' hard back book with dust jacketalan's career has been rewarding and interesting and sometimes fraught with danger! occasionally events that have befallen him which seem too funny to be true! my ladder of life encompasses such varied events as alan having an audience with pope john paul 2 and seeing frank sinatra on the same daythe life of an engineer might appear to be boring but, if alan's own experiences are anything to go by, nothing could be further from the truthalan's autobiography is set against an ever-changing social background and serves to remind the reader of the way things used to beoxfam bookshop knutsford my ladder of life is a depiction of a time gone by in the lancashire mill town of blackburnsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'with best wishesalan discovered he had entrepreneurial skills in his early forties and founded a successful engineering company that in three short years he'd sold on to an american corporation he continued to manage the company until when they relocated to the usasigned and dedicated on the front free end paper, by the authorthe pages are in very good condition with clear text and photographsbinding is tightit starts just before the second world war, and covers 73 years of alan duffy's life as an engineer, company owner and family manalan also writes about his family who have brought infinite love and support to him throughout the yearsalan then started a another engineering companythe dust jacket has numerous, slight scratches and some indentations
9 €
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Nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries illustrated with frontispiece, folding map and full-page engravings item description a facilitating volume providing an in depth look at nineveh and persepolis with recent (for that time) discoverieswear at extremitiescondition solid and firm boardsinner hinges are very good with no splitsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipalace, nimrud)’, full-page plates printed on thick papers, and wood-cut engravingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeno foxing; only occasional spotting marks to few pagesvaux's knowledge was large and varied, more especially in all that related to oriental antiquitiesall pages are tightly held at the gutterpublished by arthur hall, virtue, & co, london (mdcccl, )internally, in very good condition indeedthe book is illustrated, with fold out ‘map of part of western asia, the ancient assyria, media, susiana & persia’, frontispiece of ‘the king (nhis nineveh and persepolis: an historical sketch of ancient assyria and persia, with an account of the recent researches in those countries (th edplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website“vaux was born in in oxfordowners’ name, and date , with neat ink on first title page), did much to popularise the discoveries of layard and other travellers”the text is very clean, and plates are bright (please see pictures)book dimensions: 18 x 13 cm & number of pages: 437catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerebound in brown boards with gilt lettering within purple labels on spine
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78 €
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Sparkle is a 5 year old palomino an white riding marehas been used as a companion pony for the last year an to be groomed for childrenchildren now out grown an moved on to bigger ponyalthough she hasn't had the work for a while the children just jumped straight on her an hacked her down the lane an she never put a foot wronghas recently been brought back in to ridden work
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Sparkle is a 5 year old palomino an white riding mare standing a t 36 inchhas been used as a companion pony for the last year an to be groomed for childrenchildren now out grown an moved on to bigger ponyalthough she hasn't had the work for a while the children just jumped straight on her an hacked her down the lane an she never put a foot wronghas recently been brought back in to ridden work
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I had a litter of 8 stunning blue an tan pups for sale!! 2 boys an 2 girls left! boys start from girls start from sire-lilac an tan covered in cream dam-blue my family pet is around other dogs an kids ready for their forever homes - kc reg - wormed/flead - fully vaccinated - microchipped message me for more info!! no time waster please
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5 months old male an female budgies do come on your finger the male the female will come out an go back to her cage herself they have to stay together very close also very large cage on wheels an can open from top all wood ladders an toys with it read more
50 €
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Stable to rent for a long term basis, diy where i attend an look after my own horses, i will get my own hay an straw ect iam clean an love my horse so much, happy to help others if necessary, with riding hacking with company or general mucking out 25 years experience with horses, i a polite lady an respect others i’m based in norwich so want a yard or something close by from airport to wymondham thanks read more
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Not suitable for rehoming with cats or small furries thoughhe is very excitable around other dogs when out and about so he would need more training and someone who can handle him and carry on with his training to socialise him betterharry would be better homed as an only dog and with someone who would not leave him alone all day alonehe is a very happy young man and we just know that he will make the prefect family dog for the right peoplehe is a clever lad who knows his basic commands and will take a treat nicely from youharry is a rescue dog currently in kennels needing an active home meet our gorgeous boy harry! he is a an energetic boy, around 2 years old who just loves playing with toyshe loves his humans and probably his favourite ever thing to do is to spend time with staff and dog walkerswe think given the time and exercise he needs he will calm down with this giddiness, he will also be neutered when he is rehomed so this will help him to calm down a bit morehe’s best suited to an active home where he can get the exercise and stimulation he needs but in return he will love you unconditionally and be loyal pet
125 €
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Am after 2 carpet python cb 19 cb 20 an am also willing to re-home boas carpets an other species i have 10 years of experience in keeping larger species of snake an most of your smaller species such as corns kings milks ect can offer a small fee towards snake an set up read more
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Hi i have lutino kakarikis 45 each an i have blue kakarikis 75 each turqs 45 each an rosa bourkes split with rubino 40 each an pure rubino bourkes for 50 each if interested please message me for further details birds must be collected or i can possibly deliver if not to far no couriors thanks read more
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Samarra, the last great example of early islamic city building in iraq, was the capital of the abbasid caliphate and the centre of court culture during the second half of the ninth century this book represents the first sustained attempt to understand islamic urbanism and court life from an interdisciplinary approachoxfam bookshop hampstead an islamic city reconsidered: an interdisciplinary approach to samarra by chase fsince much of this evidence overlaps, samarra offers unique insights into the character of city building, administration, military history, court life (ritual, court poetry), and imperial ideology throughout this periodthis is in very good condition, although there are a few dust marks in placesalthough archaeologists and art historians have worked on the site extensively, the bounty of numismatic, literary, and historical evidence has hardly been tappedthere is a label mark on the back cover which has been removedthere is no dust jacket as issuedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
140 €
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In addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categoryin some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingin reading other minds, the imagination plays a central rolethe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviourhowever, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreadingthis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centurywhat has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacitythey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownwhat we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindsoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our livesin the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathologynone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanisms
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Filled with lively and sometimes haunting vignettes collected from archives and libraries across new england, an american family is a fascinating detective story and brings to fruition a family memoir begun by kennan's grandfather nearly a century agograceful yet revealing, it is a cherished reminder of three hundred years of a nation's history through the eyes and words of one of america's most remarkable sonshis prophetic american diplomacy influenced several generations of cold war policy makers, and sketches from a life, one of the most lyrical accounts of a life in public service ever written, chronicled his extraordinary diplomatic career spanning more than half a century" he adroitly captures life in colonial times and in the period following the revolutionary war, and chronicles the major events of a nation's early history with the rare intimacy of a family member reflecting on his forebearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morekennan has forged one of the most illustrious careers in the annals of american letters and politicsoxfam shop dumfries accompany george kennan as he explores his family's roots in the american pastnow in his late nineties, kennan turns an eye to a matter closer to his heart in an american family: the kennansas a consummate statesman and prolific writer, kennan has distinguished himself as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth centuryembarking on a genealogical journey spanning several decades, he traces the roots of the kennan family back more than five generations, discovering a family history that has all the makings of a classic american storybeginning with the kennans' life of unmitigated poverty in scotland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an american family details the kennan family's passage to america and the hardships they faced as early settlers in connecticut and massachusetts, "the epitome of the backcountry family of the most remote northern fringes of new england life
6 €
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And, as this book beautifully demonstrates, the aesthetics of beetle design are amazingin terms of numbers, beetles are the most successful creatures on earth: about species of beetles have been described sincean inordinate fondness for beetles provides an engaging look at these magnificent yet poorly understood creatures and highlights the absolutely essential role they play in the dynamics of nearly every terrestrial ecosystem on earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fantastic colors and shapes of these creatures warrant the gorgeous color photography lavished on them in this bookthey range from tiny to gigantic, occupy sundry habitats, and eat everything--plants, animals, and their own remainsan inordinate fondness for beetles is an authoritative reference in a breathtakingly beautiful volume, one that will leave every reader with a deeper understanding, appreciation, and--yes--fondness for these amazing creatures and their place in nature
(England)
11 €
