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  • kertesz won the nobel prize for literature in , the only hungarian to date to have wonnot a former library book, in original just jacket, no owner's mark or remainder markour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first german edition (rowohlt ), first printingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenear fine with a small spine lean in a near fine jacketplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    33 €

  • It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the ucatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warthis is one of the only known copiesit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    108 €

  • Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inlibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippednear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    35 €

  • Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombnow it is much more complexwe are all potential targetsfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agecover & spine in very good conditionthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similarities

    4 €

  • He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'  soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiaoxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiashows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'  the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsthis is a book that needed to have been written'profound and stimulatingout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peacethe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'  william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timeshis books have been translated into thirty languagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe deserves the recognitionhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedom

    3 €

  • Norwegian writer knut hamsun (), winner of the nobel prize for literature in , was a man both brilliant and controversialoxfam bookshop swanage an absorbing biography of nobel prize-winning novelist knut hamsun, based on a wealth of previously unavailable sources  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreex libris stamp on spine and copyright pagedj wrapped in cellophaneyale university press, hardcover, first edition used: good plus conditionlauded for his literary achievements by hemingway, gide, hesse, and others, he also provoked outrage for his open collaboration with the fascists during the german occupation of norway and for his insistent refusal to renounce his nazi sympathies

    9 €

  • Pasternak was awarded the nobel prize for literature the following year, an event which embarrassed and enraged the communist party of the soviet unionthe novel was made into a film by david lean in , and since then has twice been adapted for television, most recently as a miniseries for russian tv indoctor zhivago (/??'v??go?/ zhiv-ah-goh;[1] russian: ??´???? ????´??, ipa: ['dokt?r ??'vag?]) is a novel by boris pasternak, first published in in italythe novel doctor zhivago has been part of the russian school curriculum since , where it is read in 11th gradeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeat the instigation of giangiacomo feltrinelli, the manuscript was smuggled to milan and published incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledue to the author's independent-minded stance on the october revolution, doctor zhivago was refused publication in the ussrplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"doctor zhivago" by boris pasternak - collins, london - first uk edition, second issue (printed same month as first issue) - 510p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in a very good original dust wrapper with only minor wearthe novel is named after its protagonist, yuri zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the russian revolution of and world war iiare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    34 €

  • It belongs to the "cycle de la rĂ©volte" which brings together three works by camus, la peste, l'homme rĂ©voltĂ© and les justes, which, in part, earned its author the nobel prize for literature inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehalf-bound in bradel vellum- preserved title covercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitela peste is a novel by albert camus published in and awarded the prix des critiques the same yearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    30 €

  • Kipling was the first person from the british isles to win the nobel prize for literature, and the first english language writer to winhardcover first edition (macmillan, ), second impression (october, )our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenot ex library, not a book club; no dust jacket as issuedwith multiple illustrations by kiplingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    36 €

  • Through his own lively and eloquent reminiscences, stepping stones retraces the poet's steps from his early works, through to his receipt of the nobel prize for literature and his post-nobel lifein response to firm but subtle questioning from dennis o'driscoll, seamus heaney sheds a personal light on his work (poems, essays, translations, plays) and on the artistic and ethical challenges he faced, providing an original, diverting and absorbing store of reflections, opinions and recollectionsoxfam bookshop cheltenham widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, seamus heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until nowit is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the heaney family album and published here for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    4 €

  • Australian, winner of the nobel prize for literature, author of more than a dozen works of fiction, a handful of plays, and many other books, he was known as a creative writer of power, vehemence and intense imaginationbut patrick white was more than a novelist  he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance)  thousands survive  shrewd, funny, hauntingly beautiful, dramatic, pig-headed, and above all direct and relaxed, they poured from his pen over a period of seventy years, from childhood until shortly before his deathwhen patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand sincewe should be thankful that they dooxfam shop gloucester patrick white - lettersout of this mass he has chosen some 600 of the very best to let white tell the story of his life in his own words  edited by david marr at his death in , patrick white had achieved wide fame as a novelist  so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more  for these are the letters of a great writer, a profound critic, a gossip with the sharpest eyes and tongue in the country, a man who loved and hated ferociously, a keen cook, an angry patriot, and a believer never free of doubt  this stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marr  he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his time

    14 €

  • Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature inof his autobiographyit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of eventsthis is the fifth volsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early soxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writer

    24 €

  • Saul bellow was the winner of the nobel prize for literaturesigned by saul bellowsammler's planetsammler's planet was the winner of the national book award

    650 €

  • Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hwelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseaseoxfam books & music bury stin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    15 €

  • The author won the nobel prize for physiology of medicineoup paperback in good clean condition, no internal markings and sound bindingby providing a fundamental neural basis for categorisation of the things of the world it unifies perception, action and learningoxfam books & music totnes this work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous systemcorners slightly bumped and some fading/tanning to rear cover from shelf wearit suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanismssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit will stimulate discussion about the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of languagethis theory revises our view of memory, considering it as a dynamic process of categorisation which has implications for the various psychological states from attention to dreaming

    39 €

  • She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigershe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardoxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope livelyin any circumstances, from a wedding to a christmas shopping expedition, lively finds an emotional dilemma, engaging the reader as thoroughly as if they were reading a novel and leaving them speechless' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenthe fourteen warmly humorous stories in beyond the blue mountains range from the fantasy of scheherazade to a dazzling example of chaos theory, depicting in exquisite prose the subtle but significant events that go to create everyday experience'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptiveshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe in"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganpenelope lively lives in london

    2 €

  • She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardpenelope lively lives in london'this is the city in which everything is simultaneousshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitz'a glorious novel' observer'the descriptions of the london blitz are achingly real' sunday telegraphpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all begansee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his ownit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him

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  • His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetrywhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, inoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generation

    4 €

  • He is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy  in , russell was awarded the nobel prize in literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"  bertrand arthur william russell, 3rd earl russell om frs () was a british polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian,  writer, social critic, political activist, and nobel laureateour book is in very nice condition for its age, its illustrated paper-covered boards remarkably unworn apart from a little rubbing of edges, angles, and top & tail of the spine  while considering himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, he also sometimes suggested that his scepticism had led him to feel that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense"  inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages;  pages lightly tanned throughout, but clean  some small pencil marks on the front endpaper, and a few spots of foxing on endpapers & adjacent leaves, and on the leading edge, but not within the body of the bookoxfam books & music islington published in , and subtitled 'a new social analysis', this book considers the question of power - who wields it, how it should be used, where the desire for it originates, its relationship with morality, with economies, with religions - the author presents an exhaustive collection of thoughts and opinions which, although presented at a time of extreme political upheaval, remain relevant to this day   see oxfam website for delivery information read more

    14 €

  • It was rumored he was about to receive the nobel prize in literature, but he died shortly before the announcement read morethe colophon reads as follows: "calvino/frasconi "this edition, limited to seventy-five numbered copies and signed by the author and the artist, was printed on an washington handpress at gabriel rummonds & alessandro zanella's plain wrapper press in cottondale, alabamathe special limited first edition of italo calvino's 'prina che tu dica 'pronto'' (translated into english by william weaver as 'before you say 'hello')the type is handset post mediaeval which was cast by hthe paper was hand-made at the cartiere enrico magnani and was printed dampthe volume is illustrated by 4 multicolored woodcuts by antonio frasconi, and was published in 4to by the plain wrapper press at cottondale, al, usa in) this is copy # 33our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"this is copy number 33over his long career, calvino produced only two of his works in english in signed, limited editionswithout question, calvino was one of the greatest of modern italian writerscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe edition is limited to 75 numbered copies signed by calvino and frasconi" [the signatures of calvino and frasconi follow] the original italian text is followed by the english version translated by william weaver, calvino’s longtime translatorplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesigned by italo calvino and antonio frasconi copy #33 of only 75 printedthe printing of the text was completed in the spring ofthe volume is bound in quarter-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in the publisher’s clamshell box with a paper label on the coverthe woodcuts were printed by antony o'hara and john colemanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    596 €

  • He was nominated for the nobel prize in literatureillustrĂ© de lithographies en quatre couleurs, par edy legrandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevildrac's first poems were written when he was still a teenager in the sandrĂ© chamson was a french archivist, novelist and essayistavec soixante dessins de madeleine charlĂ©tyhistoire de magali - by andrĂ© chamsonblue cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardslightly age toned pages, but otherwise good condition insidecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableles lunettes du lion - by charles vildracboards a little rubbed and spine slightly fadedhe was author of the earliest children's novel, "l'Ă®le rose"green cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardvery good condition insideplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecharles vildrac was a parisian libertarian playwright, and poethe was the father of the novelist frĂ©dĂ©rique hĂ©brardwonderful colour illustrations, including charming illustrated end papersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    37 €

  • Pablo neruda was awarded the nobel prize in literature insewn - hardcover - mm condition: good will be sent with track and tracehardcover with dust jacket - mm condition: as newour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis lot contains 3 works by pablo neruda in the dutch language: ik beken ik heb geleefd - herinneringen amsterdam, prometheus, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecanto general cover: jan vanriet, watercolour edition of de morgen, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwintig liefdesgedichten en een wanhoopszang with an introduction by translator willem bossier uitgeverij orion, desclee de brouwer, pp

    36 €

  • Title: beginner`s guide to winning nobel prizecatalogue number

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  • Democratic republic of congo nobel prize laureats and orchids s/s mnh ** am happy to ship with carrier of your choice xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx read more

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  • Winner of both a booker prize and pegasus prize for literature, the bone people is a work of unfettered wordplay and mesmerising emotional complexityoxfam books & music perth in a tower on the new zealand sea lives kerewin holmes, part maori, part european, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her familythere is writing on the first page of the book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreout of this unorthodox trinity keri hulme has created what is at once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where maori and european new zealand meet, clash, and sometimes mergeone night her solitude is disrupted by a visitora speechless, mercurial boy named simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possessionas kerewin succumbs to simon's feral charm, she also falls under the spell of his maori foster father joe, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsettling mixture of tenderness and brutality

    19 €

  • She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigershe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardconsequences tells of three generations of women in their own twentieth-century times united by their shared experiences of love, pain, fate and happinessa baby, molly, is born, but the coming war takes matt - and lorna's dreams - awaylorna's decisions and their unforeseeable consequences come to shape the stories first of her daughter, molly, and then her granddaughter, ruth'a flawlessly constructed mini-epic that will delight' daily telegraph 'nourishing fare from a writer on sparkling form' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganfalling for a pennyless and bohemian artist, matt, she abandons her stuffy kensington existence in london and moves to a rustic cottage in somersetpenelope lively lives in londonin , privileged misfit lorna meets the love of her lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham a hugely satisfying and romantic novel, in consequences penelope lively plots the lives of three generations of twentieth-century women

    2 €

  • 'the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize inwriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly formsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'at the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexualssee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    2 €

  • From the nobel collectionofficial collectors wandhermione granger's wanduk mainland from ÂŁ3are buying from outside of the uk

    11 €

  • This beautiful micro cob, he is chaps registered, he has won at many local shows, also won the first prize and cup at kenilworth show along with many rosettes, he has a lovely temperament and is great to handle and shoe, good configurationhe is a great all-rounder possible dressage, a shear delight to ride and own good with children farrier joy to shoe, picks up feet loves to be groomed, loads easily

    2250 €

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