Memories of the months
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' red see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand most of all she's afraid of the water, and the place they call the drowning poolthe sunday times no'paula hawkins does it again! into the water is a moody and chilling thriller that will have you madly turning the pagesbut jules is afraid' sunday mirror 'a twisting whodunit that leaves you both gratified and surprised (also the best kind)1 bestseller and global phenomenontold from multiple points of view, this is clever and twisty fiction with a ghostly edgewith the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, the girl on the train, paula hawkins delivers an urgent, satisfying read that hinges on the stories we tell about our pasts and their power to destroy the lives we live nowoxfam shop dumfries 'wondering if into the water could be as good as the girl on the train? it's better' stylist'paula hawkins effortlessly follows the success of the girl on the train with this immersive novela gripping, compulsive read!' shari lapena, bestselling author of the couple next door'fans of paula hawkins' the girl on the train rejoice: her second novel into the water is even better' clare mackintosh, bestselling author of i let you gothey say she jumpedand jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behindnot just a brilliant thriller but also a furious feminist howl' good housekeeping (book of the month)'a brooding and complex read that deserves to make a splash in its own right1 bestsellersimon mayo radio 2 book club choiceradio 4 book at bedtimegoodreads choice awards best mystery & thriller the addictive new psychological thriller from the author of the girl on the train, the runaway sunday times nojules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for helpof her long-buried memories, of the old mill house, of knowing that nel would never have jumpedin the last days before her death, nel called her sistera brilliantly plotted and fast-paced juggernaut of a read that hurtles to a heart-stopping conclusion
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' red see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand most of all she's afraid of the water, and the place they call the drowning poolthe sunday times no'paula hawkins does it again! into the water is a moody and chilling thriller that will have you madly turning the pagesbut jules is afraidoxfam bookshop knutsford 'wondering if into the water could be as good as the girl on the train? it's better' sunday mirror 'a twisting whodunit that leaves you both gratified and surprised (also the best kind)1 bestseller and global phenomenontold from multiple points of view, this is clever and twisty fiction with a ghostly edgewith the same propulsive writing and acute understanding of human instincts that captivated millions of readers around the world in her explosive debut thriller, the girl on the train, paula hawkins delivers an urgent, satisfying read that hinges on the stories we tell about our pasts and their power to destroy the lives we live now' stylist'paula hawkins effortlessly follows the success of the girl on the train with this immersive novela gripping, compulsive read!' shari lapena, bestselling author of the couple next door'fans of paula hawkins' the girl on the train rejoice: her second novel into the water is even better' clare mackintosh, bestselling author of i let you gothey say she jumpedand jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behindnot just a brilliant thriller but also a furious feminist howl' good housekeeping (book of the month)'a brooding and complex read that deserves to make a splash in its own right1 bestsellersimon mayo radio 2 book club choiceradio 4 book at bedtimegoodreads choice awards best mystery & thriller the addictive new psychological thriller from the author of the girl on the train, the runaway sunday times nojules didn't pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for helpof her long-buried memories, of the old mill house, of knowing that nel would never have jumpedin the last days before her death, nel called her sistera brilliantly plotted and fast-paced juggernaut of a read that hurtles to a heart-stopping conclusion
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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 himshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigerpenelope lively lives in london'this is the city in which everything is simultaneousoxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelyhere 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 childrensee oxfam website for delivery information read more'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendshe 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 beganbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own
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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 liesoxfam 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 gamesthese descriptions are suffused with a child's wide-eyed wonder that lends the story a magical quality, almost like a folk tale'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 foodthoroughly enjoyable' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His obsession with listening to the radio drives him on an unexpected journey, fuelled by the painful memories of the suicide of his only son many years beforeit is a story of what it means to be a family, the perception of loving and being loved, and what it means to be sanejonathan has been inspired by a number of novels, including alex garlands the beach, and his writing is comparable to mark haddon, nick hornby and joseph connollyoxfam shop colne road a comedy so black that youd have to eat a lot of carrots to know whether georges adventures are actually visiblewhen a garlic baguette is used as a lethal weapon and the hogs finally take a stand and turn on the farmer who is about to roast them, nothing is likely to go as smoothly as the family may have hopedthe radio centres around the decline of the lovable, yet hapless george poppleton, a middle-aged, henpecked father and husband who stumbles across an old transistor radio in his loftsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe radio ends with an unimaginable twist, when the family realise that things are not at all how they seemedthe accidental return of sams ex-fiance, david, coupled with the endlessly drunk auntie lesley ensures that an almighty farce is just around the cornerit will appeal to anyone who enjoys family-based modern contemporary fiction with both poignancy and humourwhilst his only daughter, sam, and wife, sheila, plan perhaps the most ill-fated wedding ever conceived, the radio transports george further and further away from reality
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Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begunthe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on 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 homesoxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillalthough much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new housessee oxfam website for delivery information read morecold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homesnow a smash-hit stage playfor 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 leftdespite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, cold hill park appears to be the ideal place to live
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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 liessee 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 surfacethis is where framboise, a secretive widow, plies her culinary trade at the crĂŞperie - and lets her memory play strange games
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Covers and text block are in excellent 'fine' conditionbrown faux-leather hard covers with gilt titles on the frontunclipped dust jacket has some surface and edge wear, a little surface soiling and some crumpling at the top of the front and rearfrank patterson was a popular and highly skilled illustrator for published works who lived through a golden age of black and white artistsvery scarce bookhe is best remembered for his pen and ink drawings of cycling in the first half of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book does include cycling but also covers other subjects such as furniture illustration and rural scenesoxfam bookshop lymington first edition with a dedication by the author on the front pastedown dated
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The book is filled with humour, compassion, enthusiasm and authoritycontaining 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 lifesee 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 warbikes and cars that are no longer produced, but with names that are legend are all recalledthe drawings and sketches are both graphic and realistic,the text full of wit and highly credible
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Oxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novelthe war is overwhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowingmeanwhile, a colleague is much more concerned with unravelling uncannily similar events three hundred years old, events twisted by the centuries into their current, misshapen form, as the fairy-story of the pied piper of hamelinset in the borderlands between germany and poland, this powerful first novel is reminiscent in mood, complexity and accomplishment of pat barker's world war one trilogy or sebastian faulks' birdsongsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea young british army doctor finds himself ordered to investigate a curious plague in a polish refugee camp
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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) slipcase in green board 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 holderoxfam shop portishead in as new condition illustrated with 7 full colour plates and many black and white drawingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea small faint black square at the top of the front free page (see photos) is the only sign of use
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It affirms that "daily coming to god in prayer is as great an evidence of being the lord's" as mystical converse with godmurdoch campbell replies with a remarkable knowledge and use of scripture, and carryies the believer into his and others' experience of god's presencethey conclude that mysticism is at odds with both sound doctrine and good senseyet 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"a memoir, first published in , which also relates 'encounters' of the author and others with godsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has the ambitious and controversial aim of defending christian mysticismoxfam shop kendal very good condition paperback with minimal shelf wear
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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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Condition: used; goodauthors: sarkar, dilipused book conditionwe take pride in serving youbinding: hardcoverthe picture may not reflect the books condition or specific edition
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Whisked to a remote island to interpret a top-secret conference between no-name financiers and congolese warlords, salvo's excitement is only heightened by memories of the night before he left london, and his life-changing encounter with a beautiful nurse named hannahexit suddenly, the unassuming, happily married man salvo believed himself to bebut this is the first time he has been asked to change his identity - and, worse still, his clothes - in service of his countryoxfam bookshop cheltenham bruno salvador has worked on clandestine missions beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea highly skilled interpreter, he is no stranger to the official secrets actenter in his place, the pseudonymous brian sinclar: spy, lover - and perhaps, even, hero
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Oxfam shop cockermouth this book is an ettempt to recapture happy memories, and with them some of the joy in places and people that i have known, and share themno markings rips or tears on the pagesall intact with green cloth binding see oxfam website for delivery information read moregood condition but the dust cover has a small tear at the bottom on the front and looks a little grubby
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown cloth boards with gilt decoration are in very good conditionoxfam shop steyning by robert cowtanpublished by richard bentley and son in with a frontispiece of sir anthony panizzifirst couple of pages loose from spine and top of pages a bit worn, otherwise in good condition
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Ikamva marimba bandaction & adventurechildren's music & audio storieswe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possiblewe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellation
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Piece jigsaw by premium maker gibsonthe jigsaw is checked and complete and in very good condition
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Pictures are of the actual puzzle you will receive
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Set of 12 oriental porcelain tea cups, each one decorated to depict the 12 months of the yearpresented in the original black wood, wall-mounted presentation cabineteach cup is marked fp japan on the baseeach cup is beautifully detailed, full of colour and in perfect condition; never been usedeach cup measures 3 1/4" tall by 2 1/4 diametereach has a leaflet which details the specific flower or tree featured for that month; only october does not have a booklet
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months of the year cherished teddies been on display in our home but now decided to start to down size collections ÂŁ25 read more
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Oxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoyas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arebut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearand her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'timmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timethe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againthis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of allmore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early years
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While other books examine the war between the states from a political, tactical, or military perspective, these books focus on the day-to-day life and the human experience of the men themselves, the union and confederate soldiers who enlisted and often fought to the death for their beliefs and those of their home regions of the young united statesillustrated with full-color photography and historical documents, engagingly written and thoroughly explained, these books are the perfect addition to children's and adults' library collections, school libraries, and personal libraries of interested readers and history lovers of all agesthis book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton as dawned, the civil war, the conflict that had started the year before and that most americans thought would last only a few months, showed no signs of endinghundreds of thousands of men across the divided nation enlisted in state volunteer regiments that poured into the sprawling military camps around washington, dc, richmond, virginia, and other strategic locationswithin a year, thousands of these courageous men had lost their lives on bloody battlefields or died in disease-ridden encampments
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All i ask of youall i ask of you (reprise)entr'acteact two: six months latermasquerade / why so silentthe point of no returndown once more/ bravo, monsieur(angel of music)the phantom of the operathe music of the nighti remember/ twisted every way/ track down this murderersee oxfam website for delivery information read more label: polydor ?- podv9 format: 2 x vinyl, lp, album, gatefold country:  uk released: 09 feb genre: stage & screen style: musical tracklistprologue: the stage of the paris opéra, overtureact one: paris think of meangel of musiclittle lotteoxfam shop crosby andrew lloyd webber ?- the phantom of the opera/ prima donnapoor fool, he makes me laughwhy have you brought me herewishing you were somehow here againwandering child/ stranger than you dreamt it/ raoul, i've been there
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Inside her purse is the id card of a local businessman who died in a fire months earliershe soon learns that a gulf war veteran stands accused of smuggling artefacts into the country' karin slaughter 'i love kathy reichs? - always scary, always suspenseful, and i always learn something' lee child 'nobody does forensics thrillers like kathy reichsshe's the real dealbut to find justice for the dead, she must be more courageous - and take more extreme action - than ever beforewho was the girl? and was she murdered?dr temperance brennan, forensic anthropologist, must find the answers' clive cussler see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey're filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, i just can't get enough!' lisa scottoline 'nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than kathy reichscould there be a connection between the two cases? convinced that the girl's death was no accident, tempe soon finds herself at the centre of a conspiracy that extends from south america to afghanistan many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work: 'kathy reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about jack reacher, or alex crossshe has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the fbi, and even a united nations tribunal on genocide1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit tv series bones' david baldacci 'each book in kathy reichs's fantastic temperance brennan series is better than the lastthe body of a teenage girl is discovered along a desolate highway on the outskirts of charlotte' james patterson 'one of my favourite writershowever, she is best known for her internationally bestselling temperance brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit tv series bonesoxfam shop clitheroe  a gripping temperance brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist kathy reichs, the international nodr kathy reichs is a professional forensic anthropologist
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Oxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusethe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantbut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentkateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry himfrom an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killerbut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on herkateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her own
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Believing her to be drifting, the horrified authorities ordered a search vessel to comb the seas but in three months they found nothingfilled up with families anticipating a new life on the other side of the world, what started out as a journey full of hope ended abruptly when the ship vanished between durban and cape townoxfam bookshop lymington signed by the author on the fly-title pagethe mystery has spawned many conspiracy theories and even a million-dollar search mission by author clive cusslersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea popular theory suggests the searches themselves were at fault, but here the humorous and fascinating diaries, maps, and log books of walter smith, a key figure on board both search missions, proves their thoroughness and describes the wide ground they covered, the dangers they faced and bizarre things they stumbled across, and the day-to-day experiences of the crewironically, the ship was due to be fitted with pioneering radio equipment when she reached england, but to this day nothing has been heard of the ship or her human cargoa second longer search was commissioned but still no trace was foundin , the ss waratah embarked on her second voyage, from sydney to england via south africa
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** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection serviceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall in all a very good copyif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available252 pp (numbered )* spencer le marchant moore () was an english botanistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteintern a clean, uncut copywrappers, spine a bit crudely strengthened, back loosemap, 19 lithographshe was as a botanist involved in the expedition to the brazilian province of matto grosso in and in an expedition to remote parts of western australia from december to octobertransactions of the linnean society of london, 2nd serour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe worked at the royal botanic gardens, kew, from about to , wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the natural history museum from until his death
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1-13all i ask of you 1-14all i ask of you (reprise) 2-1entr'acteact two: six months later 2-2masquerade / why so silent/ bravo, monsieur1-9magical lasso2-4wishing you were somehow here again 2-5wandering child/ prima donna 1-11poor fool, he makes me laugh 1-12why have you brought me here/ twisted every way/ track down this murderersee oxfam website for delivery information read more(angel of music) 1-6the phantom of the opera 1-7the music of the night 1-8i rememberoxfam music shop reading 2 cds and booklet in card slipcase from2-6the point of no return 2-7down once moretracklist 1-1prologue: the stage of the paris opéra, overtureact one: paris think of me 1-4angel of music 1-5little lotte/ stranger than you dreamt it/ raoul, i've been there
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