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'the nobel lecture in literature, see oxfam website for delivery information read moremorrison's nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to amnesty international and the newspaper association of americathat may be the meaning of lifethe collection is structured in three parts and these are heart-stoppingly introduced by a prayer for the dead of 9/11, a meditation on martin luther king and a eulogy for james baldwinshe revisits the bluest eye, sula and beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readersthroughout mouth full of blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by toni morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellencethe sweep of american history and the current state of politicsbut we do languagethat may be the measure of our livesshe was a magician with language, who understood the power of wordsthe duty of the press and the role of the artistmouth full of blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us allthey are concerned with race, gender and globalisationour truth-teller" - oprah winfreya vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered american writersspanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around usit celebrates morrison's extraordinary contribution to the literary worldshe speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the louvre and america's black holocaust museumshe used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend them'word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other life"she was our conscience
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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 laureate inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages lightly tanned throughout, but clean 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"our 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 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 book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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
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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 type is handset post mediaeval which was cast by h" [the signatures of calvino and frasconi follow] the original italian text is followed by the english version translated by william weaver, calvino’s longtime translatorwithout question, calvino was one of the greatest of modern italian writers"this is copy number 33the 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 volume is illustrated by 4 multicolored woodcuts by antonio frasconi, and was published in 4to by the plain wrapper press at cottondale, al, usa inthe edition is limited to 75 numbered copies signed by calvino and frasconithe volume is bound in quarter-leather-backed paste-paper boards, enclosed in the publisher’s clamshell box with a paper label on the cover) this is copy # 33are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe printing of the text was completed in the spring ofsigned by italo calvino and antonio frasconi copy #33 of only 75 printedthe paper was hand-made at the cartiere enrico magnani and was printed dampover his long career, calvino produced only two of his works in english in signed, limited editionsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe woodcuts were printed by antony o'hara and john coleman
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He was nominated for the nobel prize in literatureandré chamson was a french archivist, novelist and essayistgreen cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardillustré de lithographies en quatre couleurs, par edy legrandcharles vildrac was a parisian libertarian playwright, and poethe was the father of the novelist frédérique hébrardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewonderful colour illustrations, including charming illustrated end papersblue cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiles lunettes du lion - by charles vildracvery good condition insideslightly age toned pages, but otherwise good condition insideboards a little rubbed and spine slightly fadedavec soixante dessins de madeleine charlétyvildrac's first poems were written when he was still a teenager in the shistoire de magali - by andré chamsoncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was author of the earliest children's novel, "l'île rose"
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Pablo neruda was awarded the nobel prize in literature intwintig liefdesgedichten en een wanhoopszang with an introduction by translator willem bossier uitgeverij orion, desclee de brouwer, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisewn - hardcover - mm condition: good will be sent with track and tracethis lot contains 3 works by pablo neruda in the dutch language: ik beken ik heb geleefd - herinneringen amsterdam, prometheus, ppcanto general cover: jan vanriet, watercolour edition of de morgen, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover with dust jacket - mm condition: as new
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Marlowe's ovid adds to the body of scholarly work in a number of subfields, including classical influences in english literature, translation, sexuality in literature, early modern poetry and drama, and marlowe and his milieu
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This is unused and in perfect condition with original packagingfruit vegetable cutter slicer grater the can do all sorts to your fruit and vegsimilar products go for £10 to £15 onlinetext for a quick reply collection only please see my other adverts for interesting bargainsits a german product, so will be good qualitythere is even a picture of it cutting perfect chips
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Oxfam shop nether edge feminism, utopia, and narrative (tennessee studies in literature) by sarah wgoodwin and libby fjones 1 jan see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 sourcesyale university press, hardcover, first edition used: good plus condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morelauded 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 sympathiesdj wrapped in cellophaneex libris stamp on spine and copyright page
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inthis is one of the only known copiesby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balleta very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Pasternak was awarded the nobel prize for literature the following year, an event which embarrassed and enraged the communist party of the soviet uniondoctor zhivago (/??'v??go?/ zhiv-ah-goh;[1] russian: ??´???? ????´??, ipa: ['dokt?r ??'vag?]) is a novel by boris pasternak, first published in in italythe 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 indue to the author's independent-minded stance on the october revolution, doctor zhivago was refused publication in the ussrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe novel is named after its protagonist, yuri zhivago, a physician and poet, and takes place between the russian revolution of and world war ii"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 wearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 inthe novel doctor zhivago has been part of the russian school curriculum since , where it is read in 11th grade
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It belongs to the "cycle de la révolte" which brings together three works by camus, la peste, l'homme révolté and les justes, which, in part, earned its author the nobel prize for literature inla peste is a novel by albert camus published in and awarded the prix des critiques the same yearplease 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 catawikihalf-bound in bradel vellum- preserved title covercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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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 imagination he spent his lie writing letters, huge numbers of them to friends, acquaintances, newspapers, even enemies (of which he had an abundance)when patrick white:a life was published to great acclaim in , marr had several thousand letters in hand; he has located another thousand since 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 death thousands survive 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 he was also one of the greatest letter-writers of his time this stunning selection is the result of more than ten years of work and reflection on the part of white's biographer, david marrout 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 novelistwe should be thankful that they do so remarkable are the letters that despite his frequent injunction that they be burned, most recipients insisted on saving themoxfam shop gloucester patrick white - lettersbut patrick white was more than a novelistsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturethe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismnow it is much more complexin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom 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 omnipresentcover & spine in very good conditionin 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 similaritiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are all potential targetspages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombfor 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-involved
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later innear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilinghardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clipped
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The nobel literature prize winner in , when der tod in venedig was first published, was rabindranath tagore; mann would win it himself infifth edition of the first edition of mann's der tod in venedig (snot former library, very goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki145); bound with der kleine herr friedemann uns andere novellen (see photo), sprevious owners stamp and name on fepplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith catalogue of mann's work in backcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover patterned boards, no dust jacket (as issued?)
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Kertesz won the nobel prize for literature in , the only hungarian to date to have wonhardcover first german edition (rowohlt ), first printingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinot a former library book, in original just jacket, no owner's mark or remainder marknear fine with a small spine lean in a near fine jacketplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature innonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early sit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writeroxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcof his autobiographythis is the fifth volit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 recollectionsit is supplemented with a large number of photographs, many from the heaney family album and published here for the first timeoxfam 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 nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kipling was the first person from the british isles to win the nobel prize for literature, and the first english language writer to winnot ex library, not a book club; no dust jacket as issuedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover first edition (macmillan, ), second impression (october, )with multiple illustrations by kiplingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Saul bellow was the winner of the nobel prize for literaturesammler's planet was the winner of the national book awardsigned by saul bellowsammler's planet
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He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeoxfam 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 indiait 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 indiathe product of a great mind at the peak of its power' william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timesout 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 peacehis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedom'profound and stimulatingthis is a book that needed to have been writtenhe deserves the recognitionshows 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 harvardhis books have been translated into thirty languagesindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Claude weisbuch () - personnage à la lecture original etching on 28the actual numbering may differ from the one shown in the photoclaude weisbuch died on april 13thare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiexpress shipping with specific art insurance and professional packagingnumbered and signed in pencil edition: 200 printswork has never been framedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteclaude weisbuch has a permanent exhibition at the galerie125, which has one of the artist´s biggest collectionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeclaude weisbuch was born on february 8th, in thionville (57, moselle, france)5 x 23 cm vellum paper
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Surgical talk: lecture notes in undergraduate surgery, 3rd editioneach month we recycle over 23 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sitesauthor:goldberg, andrew
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Manuel robbe () lecture médité, care you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteetching & dry point on velin paper hand signed numbered size image: 51 x 34 cm size sheet: 61 x 44 cm in very good condition soft handling creases soft stains rare this serigraph is the original one, printed in , not a later reprint or copycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop hertford biomedical literature mining, discusses the multiple facets of modern biomedical literature mining and its many applications in genomics and systems biologyauthoritative and practical, biomedical literature mining is designed as a useful bioinformatics resource in biomedical literature text mining for both those long experienced in or entirely new to, the fieldwritten in the highly successful methods in molecular biology series format, chapters include introductions to their respective topics, lists of the necessary materials and reagents, step-by-step, readily reproducible laboratory protocols and key tips on troubleshooting and avoiding known pitfallsthe volume is divided into three sections focusing on information retrieval, integrated text-mining approaches and domain-specific mining methodssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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English literature books – ‘mastering english literature’ by richard gill also 3 english literature books from a previous ou course - • the nineteenth century novel – realisms • the nineteenth century novel – identities • the nineteenth century novel – a critical reader all useful for ‘a’ level/university literature course studentsfew annotations in a couple of the course booksall in very good condition
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Dynamit nobel geco wadcutter pellets x 500 (blue tin) 4
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentthe sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literatureamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the textspackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since '
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Title: beginner`s guide to winning nobel prizecatalogue number
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