Memories of portsmouth
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Old and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileentold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonanceoxfam bookshop hertford a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our liveslater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsidemoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedmendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentit is a cold day in january when jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingthe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the street
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It stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blend'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 markshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigerher 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 beganoxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope lively'this is the city in which everything is simultaneousshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe insee 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 ownpenelope lively lives in londonhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and construction
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memories of steam a collection of steam locomotive stereophonic recordings requiem for steam the railway songs of dave couldersteam locomotives of the london and north eastern railway,at work on british railways between andthe world of steam steam locomotives heard at work on railways in britain,germany,spain and turkeyi have not played these records but visually they look in good conditioni have four lp's on railways the world of railways l
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Yet now, a few months on, he has settled for a job in wigton's paper factory, and believes he has put both his aspirations and his memories of fighting in burma behind himlike sam richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave cumbria for the promised land of australiaoxfam bookshop cheltenham the upheavals of the second world war reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had anticipatedbetween them their young son joe strives to fulfil the conflicting expectations of childhood and adolescence and confronts his own demonshis wife, ellen, begins to know better, realising how close to the brink their marriage had comecrafted with potent understatement and acute insight into the twists and turns of the heart, this is a formidable successor to melvyn bragg's widely praised and award-winning novel, the soldier's return see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The drawings and sketches are both graphic and realistic,the text full of wit and highly crediblebikes and cars that are no longer produced, but with names that are legend are all recalledcontaining details of motoring adventures before the war, road tests of cars and motor cycles, a speculative motor show, advertisements, editorial comment and even a letters page nostalgically reflecting pre-war lifethe book is filled with humour, compassion, enthusiasm and authoritysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston a facsimile reproduction of a collection of motoring magazines, each drawn and scripted by hand by prisoners of war in muhlberg, germany, during the second world war
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This is an account of his own life, starting with his earliest memories of his adoptive mother, which also covers his many travels to europe and asiaoxfam bookshop newport three volumesvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationwritten by the author of a large number of books, which fall into two classes: biographies of members and connections of his family, and descriptive and historical accounts of various countries and cities see oxfam website for delivery information read moregilt illustration to front and gilt text to spineneatly inked gift inscriptions to flyleaves or opposite flyleavessporadic foxing within text blocks which are otherwise clean and lightly but evenly tanneddark blue endpapersall three volumes: black cloth-covered boards in half-bound style: spines have possibly been rebound
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As her nephew attempts to exploit the growing success of the country recipes framboise has inherited from her mother, a woman remembered with contempt by the villagers, memories of a disturbed childhood during the german occupation flood back, and expose a past full of betrayal, blackmail and liesthoroughly enjoyable' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford 'her strongest writing yet: as tangy and sometimes bitter as chocolat was smooth' independenta gripping page-turner set in occupied france, from the bestselling author of chocolat and the strawberry thiefbeyond the main street of les laveuses runs the loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surfacethis is where framboise, a secretive widow, plies her culinary trade at the crĂŞperie - and lets her memory play strange games'just as she did in chocolat, harris indulges her love of rich and mouth-watering descriptive passages, appealing to the senses with seductively foreign names, and evoking the textures and smells of foodthese descriptions are suffused with a child's wide-eyed wonder that lends the story a magical quality, almost like a folk tale
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Frank sinatra – the best of frank sinatra 4 capitol records tracklist a1 south of the border a2 love is here to stay a3 i've got you under my skin a4 everything happens to me a5 i got plenty o' nuttin' a6 moonlight in vermont b1 they can't take that away from me b2 i'm a fool to want you b3 isle of capri b4 memories of you b5 brazil b6 the moon was yellow condition lp vinyl record - in excellent condition the sleeve - good condition - small areas of slight creasing --------------- shipping postage to uk only - £380 parcel2go we use music max defendapak reinforced cardboard mailers for added security read more
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Murdoch campbell replies with a remarkable knowledge and use of scripture, and carryies the believer into his and others' experience of god's presencea memoir, first published in , which also relates 'encounters' of the author and others with godit has the ambitious and controversial aim of defending christian mysticismyet for some the question is instead whether mysticism can provide such evidence at all, since the experiences are "so rare and personal it is quite impossible to convey to others what is enjoyed"it affirms that "daily coming to god in prayer is as great an evidence of being the lord's" as mystical converse with godsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal very good condition paperback with minimal shelf wearthey conclude that mysticism is at odds with both sound doctrine and good sense
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Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begunnow a smash-hit stage playalthough much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new housesdespite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, cold hill park appears to be the ideal place to livefor jason and emily danes, this is their forever home, and for maurice and claudette penze-weedell, it's the perfect place to live out retirementthere is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in cold hill house and no one has ever truly leftsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homesthe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on cold hilloxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillbut looks are deceptive and it's only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homes
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memories of bolton & w war ii years active service see content photo for details slight dis colouration to front cover 21 cm x 15 cm paperback 75 ppbolton & world war ii yearsrambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorplease read all below before bidding especially overseas biddersany questions e mail or phone read morerambling recollections of seven decades harold taylor
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Rock 'n' roll of , memories of & the greatest hits of paypal accepted3 cassette set in excellent conditionprice includes uk p&pnext day dispatch guaranteed
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As her nephew attempts to exploit the growing success of the country recipes framboise has inherited from her mother, a woman remembered with contempt by the villagers, memories of a disturbed childhood during the german occupation flood back, and expose a past full of betrayal, blackmail and liesthis is where framboise, a secretive widow, plies her culinary trade at the crĂŞperie - and lets her memory play strange gamessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the main street of les laveuses runs the loire, smooth and brown as a sunning snake - but hiding a deadly undertow beneath its moving surface
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Brown faux-leather hard covers with gilt titles on the frontcovers and text block are in excellent 'fine' conditionfrank patterson was a popular and highly skilled illustrator for published works who lived through a golden age of black and white artiststhis book does include cycling but also covers other subjects such as furniture illustration and rural scenessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington first edition with a dedication by the author on the front pastedown datedhe is best remembered for his pen and ink drawings of cycling in the first half of the 20th centuryunclipped dust jacket has some surface and edge wear, a little surface soiling and some crumpling at the top of the front and rearvery scarce book
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The mines have gone but many of the men who earned their living deep underground remain and neil taylor has met and talked to some of those ex-miners and their families about what it was like to be part of such a close-knit groupoxfam bookshop hexham after the miners' strike in , it was announced that brenkley colliery would close in decemberwhen whittle colliery closed in , this left only ellington colliery, the biggest undersea deep-shaft mine in the worldashington followed in october and bates colliery at blythsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea way of life disappeared forever when the big e closed inthis copy is in very good condition and looks unread
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Oxfam shop steyning by robert cowtan see oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by richard bentley and son in with a frontispiece of sir anthony panizzibrown cloth boards with gilt decoration are in very good conditionfirst couple of pages loose from spine and top of pages a bit worn, otherwise in good condition
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A wonderful collection of extracts from classic english books, memories of christmases past and poems, including queen victoria (at windsor castle ), pudding making (anon) (from surrey within living memory ), jane austen (a letter to my sister cassandra, december 24th ) cotswold carol singing (laurie lee, cider with rosie ) and robert graves (the christmas robin)oxfam shop portishead in as new condition illustrated with 7 full colour plates and many black and white drawings typeset at the the folio society in monotype bulmer, printed on caxton wove paper by cambridge university press and bound by them in full cloth blocked with a design by the artist, john holdera small faint black square at the top of the front free page (see photos) is the only sign of usesee oxfam website for delivery information read more slipcase in green board
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She's still coming to terms with the loss of her husband nick, having just packed up his clothes - and hopefully her memories of him - for goodwhen laura quick finds herself accidentally hosting a quirky quiz show on national tv, nothing prepares her for one of the contestants - her ex-boyfriend lukeso what does the still-delicious luke's arrival, complete with six-year-old daughter and badly behaved ex-wife, mean?her sisters think he's just the ticket: the perfect man for her to move on with and to forget nickbut laura finds more questions than answers as she tries to work out whether to risk everything on luke for a second time, what went so wrong with nick, and how much she really knows about her nearest and dearestsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe the sparkling new romantic comedy from the bestselling author of behaving badly and rescuing rosesometimes the hardest questions to answer are the ones you ask yourself
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The authors weave their thoughts and memories of their childhood in india into a revealing documentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham reflects the ever-changing patterns of india, the religions, customs and wisdom of its people
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Rock 'n' roll of , memories of & the greatest hits of paypal accepted3 cassette set in excellent conditionnext day dispatch guaranteed(plus fees unless sent as a gift) price includes uk p&p
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A piece puzzle by gibsons titled “sweet memories of the s” showing chocolate bars from that era 3a 500 piece puzzle of the usa showing the locations of its states all complete and in good condition£6 the set of 3 read morea piece puzzle by natura depicting america’s canyons 2
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23 pounds the lot possible delivery read morealso queen victoria palaces large brochure and picturesaerial photograph of bailgate approx , ruston aircraft souvenir brochure and old postcards circa ,s of lincoln city
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Otherwise, the box is in excellent condition, and the puzzle inside is still sealedpiece jigsaw puzzle,memories of classic motor cars,gibsons, brand newthere is slight wear to the box, where another puzzle has been placed upon it, hence the lower pricei like to be absolutely honest in my listings, and not to disappoint, so i have included photos of the wear
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As new in box and a added bonus is that the price includes packaging & postage to all mainline uk addresses, highlands & islands ÂŁ1a nice large format book, crammed with photographs of great britain as it was in the past, still as newa wonderful trip through the past with clear, fascinating photographs
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Label: cdb. format: cd. condition: new. land of grooves. extra-infos: ntsc/
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memories of snow hill terminus by r d prattreally lovely sketches!! ÂŁ35 for the 2 framed sketches read morevery good conditionand aston cross by r k calvert
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Pierre koffmann has been at the heart of fine cuisine in britain for nearly fifty years
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Children's music & audio storieswe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possibleikamva marimba bandwe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationaction & adventure
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This international initiative to save the film from decay was funded by the george lucas family foundation and the martin scorsese-chaired world cinema project, founded to provide a resource for those countries lacking archival and technical facilitiesafter his family escape cuba during the bay of pigs invasion, sergio finds himself left wandering havana
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Pictures are of the actual puzzle you will receive
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