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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 americathey are concerned with race, gender and globalisationthe 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 baldwinthe duty of the press and the role of the artistshe was a magician with language, who understood the power of words" - 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 usmouth full of blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us allshe speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the louvre and america's black holocaust museum"she was our consciencethroughout mouth full of blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by toni morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellenceshe revisits the bluest eye, sula and beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readersit celebrates morrison's extraordinary contribution to the literary worldbut we do languagethat may be the measure of our livesthat may be the meaning of life'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 lifethe sweep of american history and the current state of politicsshe used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend themour truth-teller
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham now a bbc radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the women's prize for fiction winner of the london hellenic prize shortlisted for the international dublin literary award shortlisted for the costa novel award shortlisted for the dsc prize for south asian literature longlisted for the man booker prize 'a book of the year, ' - guardian, observer, telegraph, new statesman, evening standard, new york times 'the book for our times' judges of the women's prize 'elegant and evocativebut she can't stop worrying about aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in london - or their brother, parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knewhandsome and privileged, he inhabits a london worlds away from theirsthen eamonn enters the sisters' livesas the son of a powerful british muslim politician, eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defyis he to be a chance at love? the means of parvaiz's salvation? two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? a contemporary reimagining of sophocles' antigone, home fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming kamila shamsie as a master storyteller of our timesa powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' guardian isma is freesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in america, resuming a dream long deferred
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Sebald, who the prize committee admitted had been a leading candidate up until his untimely death inhe fits the nobel prize winner profile too: a european novelist (18 of the last 25 nobels have gone to european writers, including the uk and ireland; 16 out of the past 25 winners are only or primarily novelists), but is he still too unproven? read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover first uk edition, first printinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder or owner's marksplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storekrasznahorkai leapt into contention in , when he won the man booker internationalas new, appears unread in a fine dust jacket, not price clippedkrasznahorkai many see as the heir to wcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope commemorating the sharing of the peace prize by prime minister menachim begin and president anwar sadat on 10th december ; stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fiction sunday times barry ronge fiction prize university of johannesburg english literary award nominated for the folio prize in , the ss birmingham approaches indiaduring these years, morgan will come to a profound understanding of himself as a man, and of the infinite subtleties and complexity of human nature, bringing these great insights to his remarkable novelit will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in india, before a passage to india, eon board is morgan forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discoveryas morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyesthe seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty skyat once a fictional exploration of the life and times of one of britain's finest novelists - his struggle to find a way of living and being - and a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process, arctic summer is a literary masterpiece, by one of the finest writers of his generationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforster's great work of literature, is published
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There is a prize label dated attached to the rear of the front boardthe aim of this book, according to the author's preface, is to 'supply a want in english literature' and 'as a humble guide to those who wish to pursue further the study of these languagesthe spine itself has a similar decoration with gilt title and authorthere is just a touch of bubbling between title and spinethe top of the page block is darkened and there is some foxing to the rest of the blockotherwise, the book is in very good condition indeeda2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue-grey boards with the simple design common to each volumethe title is in gilt lettering with a decorated capital to each wordoxfam shop sherwood this is one of a series of books on 'the dawn of european literature'the rear board has the stamp of the spckhead and tail of the spine very slightly bumped' an intriguing early volume
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East of eden is a novel by nobel prize winner john steinbeck, published in septembereast of eden is also the basis for the film, directed by elia kazanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistated on the copyright page: “first published by the viking press in september ” with no mention of later printings, the title page shows the year , the green spine has a red rectangle with dark-blue lettering, and page 281, line 38 has the incorrect spelling ‘bite’ instead of ‘bight’it is about a stubborn young man who, while searching for his own identity, seeks the affection of his deeply religious father who has a preference for his brotherthe dust jacket is in fair condition with some scattered damage (see photos)the condition of the book itself is fair to good: there are no notes or signatures or other inscriptions, only the stamp “property of holland america line” on front and back page (see pictures)both book and dust jacket have all the required first printing characteristicsfirst edition, first printing of the book and the dust jacket50, and the rear panel of the dust jacket shows the author with his signature in facsimile below his portrait (later printings have book reviews instead)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe price on the dust jacket is $4thus, the story of cain and abel is told anewthe film has star actors julie harris, james dean (in his first major feature role), and raymond masseycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe viking press, new york
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicincuentin th centenary, series ivplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 available
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Collection of 15 silver 10 euro proof coins commemorating: european union council, italian presidency ; genoa european capital of culture , fleur de coin; leonardo da vinci th anniversary of unicef , not proof; italy world football champions , fleur de coin; 100th anniversary of the foundation of the school of the medal th anniversary of the birth of antonio canova th anniversary of the treaty of rome th centenary of the university of perugia th anniversary of the birth of andrea palladio th anniversary of guglielmo marconi's nobel prize ; international year of astronomy th anniversary of the death of annibale caracci ; l'aquila th anniversary of the foundation of the futurist movementare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiitalian republiccoins never taken out of their capsules, in original boxesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 available
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Page 10 holds the world famous and controversial photo of the later nobel prize winner elie wiesel, lying on a wooden bunk bed with fellow prisoners in buchenwaldare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiphotos of the concentration camps were made available by the usis, (united states information service photographic section, amsterdam) en den heer jan schiet fotograaf, amsterdamwith shocking and impressive photos of the just liberated camps and 8 ppdespite the title, there are no photos nor text involving arnhem in the bookletthe material of arnhem is (likely) only shown in the exhibition itselfjan schiet (amsterdam - roelofarendsveen )he is transferred to zuchthaus siegburg in januaryschiet is liberated by the allies on 10 aprilthis concerns an extraordinary rare exhibition guide with 24 ppsettles as an independent photographer in amsterdam inthe photo was first published in the new york times on 6 may with the caption ‘crowded bunks in the prison camp at buchenwald’please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetake note: the oclc (online computer library center) / worldcat with more than affiliated libraries in more than 90 countries only mentions 5 (!) copies in the collection worldwide, four in the netherlands and one in the usa (as of february )catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein addition with descriptions of the photoshe joins the resistance and is sentenced to three years in for ‘beihilfe bildung einer geheimen verbindung’
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From malala yousafzai as the youngest nobel prize laureate and carmen amaya beginning her remarkable dance career at age four to swimmer diana nyad breaking a world record at sixty- four and doris lessing still penning stories into her nineties, this inspiring volume will compel readers to reconnect with their own dreams and envision new goals to challenge themselves at any stage of lifeoxfam bookshop skipton following the great success of pioneers of the possible, angella nazarian returns with an extraordinary sequel, visionary womensee oxfam website for delivery information read morefeaturing a foreword by melanne verveer, the director of the georgetown institute for women, peace and security, this new title highlights twenty more innovative and forward-thinking womensigned by the author: 'dear margaret; reach higher; dig deeper' with dustcover which has a small tear on fold over edge
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nobel prize winning writeroxfam bookshop micklegate cover has tiny tear at bottom, name at top see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A key minister in the first two labour governments, he became foreign secretary in and received the nobel peace prize for his dedicated efforts as president of the world disarmament conferenceoxfam books & music beeston manchester university press, , hardback with dust jacket very good condition arthur henderson was one of the first working-class mps and held the office of secretary of the labour party for nearly twenty-five yearsalways a moderate, 'uncle arthur', as he was generally known, was the embodiment of the alliance between the labour party and the trade union movement, a partnership that he incorporated into the fabric of the party through the constitutionduring the first world war and again briefly after he served as leader of the labour partycentral to this book is a study of henderson's bitter and long-lasting rivalry with ramsay macdonald and his deep commitment to the league of nations and the cause of world peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis talents as a political manager were central to the labour party's electoral strategy and to the expansion of the constituency organisation which enabled labour to develop from a sectional pressure group into a government party
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On publishing paper (only ten copies on hollande paper, which were the first prints), but with a lovely message to his colleague george meredith (), one of the most famous english authors of the time and nominated seven times for the nobel prize: “ to george meredith / a small token of my deep admiration and respect / marcel schwob / paris, janmarcel schwob: le roi au masque d'or - paris, ollendorf, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki” it should also be noted that the author dedicated this book in english“for my sister maggie” was there perhaps a connection between "maggie" schwob and george meredith? condition: very lightly aged spine, otherwise a lovely copy, uncroppeda treasured copy of the first edition of this collection of 21 short stories by marcel schwob (), a very famous aesthete and author of the belle epoque and now sometimes considered one of the predecessors of the surrealistsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 availablein a lovely period green glazed half calfskin binding, preserved covers and spine, gilded upper edge (19 x 12 cm)
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Oxfam books & music bedford nobel prize inpaperback version of this book, which is in portugesefirst volume of "chronicles"in good, almost unread conditionthe meetings he had in the tumultuous and nightly grennwich village would mark his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebob dylan recalls in 'chronicles' his encounters with musicians, producers and artists and his first loves and tells us about the disorganized library, discovered at a friend's house and which was essential in his training, where he read from tucidides to eliotbob dylan arrived in new york in , when he was not yet twenty years old
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope portraying prime minister menachim begin and representative of president anwar sadat receiving the peace prize in oslo, 10th december with stamp franked cairo on same datesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope portraying prime minister menachim begin and representative of president anwar sadat receiving the peace prize in oslo, 10th december with stamp franked oslo on same datesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Steinbeck 'once there was a war' - winner of the nobel prize a corgi book "only john steinbeck could write such a book about the ordinary soldier "corgi reissue date50 uk 4a read morepocket sized book in good condition but somewhat grubby due to age
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the slightly foxed best first biography prize winner of the eastern eye alchemy festival award for literature in sophia duleep singh was born into royaltymeticulously researched and passionately written, this enthralling story of the rise of women and the fall of empire introduces an extraordinary individual and her part in the defining moments of recent british and indian historyexiled to england, the dispossessed maharajah transformed his estate at elveden in suffolk into a moghul palace, its grounds stocked with leopards, monkeys and exotic birdsbut when, in secret defiance of the british government, she travelled to india, she returned a revolutionaryher father, maharajah duleep singh, was heir to the kingdom of the sikhs, a realm that stretched from the lush kashmir valley to the craggy foothills of the khyber pass and included the mighty cities of lahore and peshawarshe was bold and fearless, attacking politicians, putting herself in the front line and swapping her silks for a nurse's uniform to tend wounded soldiers evacuated from the battlefieldsit was a territory irresistible to the british, who plundered everything, including the fabled koh-i-noor diamondsophia transcended her heritage to devote herself to battling injustice and inequality,a far cry from the life to which she was bornsophia, god-daughter of queen victoria, was raised a genteel aristocratic englishwoman: presented at court, afforded grace-and-favour lodgings at hampton court palace and photographed wearing the latest fashions for the society pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher causes were the struggle for indian independence, the fate of the lascars, the welfare of indian soldiers in the first world war - and, above all, the fight for female suffrage
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Shortlisted for the bollinger everyman wodehouse prize for comic literaturecondition: very goodi've read this book as part of the #20booksofsummer challenge which involves reading x number of books between june/september to reduce my tbr pileauthor: lissa evanscollection only
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of £ svetlana fialova; second prize of £ marie von heyl; and student awards of £ each: kristian fletcher and tamsin nagelin the jerwood drawing prize was run in partnership with drawing projects ukthe 20th anniversary of the jerwood drawing prize exhibition was celebrated in , and in jerwood charitable foundation marked 15 years of its support for the prizethe prize is supported by jerwood charitable foundation through its contemporary gallery programme jerwood visual artsthe works were selected from more than submissions by kate brindley, director of middlesbrough institute of modern art; michael craig-martin ra, artist; and charlotte mullins, art critic, writer, broadcaster, and editor of art quarterly selected from original drawings, the jerwood drawing prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practice" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundoxfam shop mutley plain " a total of 76 drawings are brought together in this group exhibition as part of the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the ukspecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of uk-based drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice
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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 fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume is divided into three sections focusing on information retrieval, integrated text-mining approaches and domain-specific mining methodswritten 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 pitfalls
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham children's literature is a remarkable area of writing and a growing area of studyan introduction to children's literature combines a history of writing for children with an assessment of its literary, sociological, and pedagogical rolesfundamentally a history of british children's literature, hunt identifies fantasy, nostalgia, nature images, a sense of place of territory, testing and incitation, and warmth and security as all key characteristics of children's literaturethey arouse strong feelings, as demonstrated by recent debates over political correctnessits characters - pooh bear, the wizard of oz, the famous five, peter rabbit - are part of most people's psyche and have strong links to basic myth and archetypessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 playpackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since 'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the texts
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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 studentsall in very good conditionfew annotations in a couple of the course books
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Dynamit nobel geco wadcutter pellets x 500 (blue tin) 4
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From the nobel collectionofficial collectors wandhermione granger's wandare buying from outside of the ukuk mainland from £3
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'helen dunmore mesmerizes you with her magical pen' daily mail 'a beautiful and inspired novel' john le carré 'secrets, unspoken words, lies that have the truth wrapped up in them somewhere make dunmore's stories ripple with menace and suspense' sunday times helen dunmore has published eleven novels with penguin: zennor in darkness, which won the mckitterick prize; burning bright; a spell of winter, which won the orange prize; talking to the dead; your blue-eyed boy; with your crooked heart; the siege, which was shortlisted for the whitbread novel of the year award and for the orange prize for fiction ; mourning ruby; house of orphans; counting the stars and the betrayal, which was longlisted for the man booker prizeyet the dark tide of gossip and innuendo means that zennor is neither a place of recovery nor of escapespring, , and war haunts the cornish coastal village of zennor: ships are being sunk by u-boats, strangers are treated with suspicion, and newspapers are full of spy storiesinto this turmoil come dthey befriend clare coyne, a young artist struggling to console her beloved cousin, john william, who is on leave from the trenches and suffering from shell-shocksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in her prize-winning first novel, zennor in darkness, helen dunmore reimagines the plight of dh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips londonshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writerlawrence and his german wife hiding out in cornwall during the first world war
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Lawrence manley shows how the literature and culture of london contributed to the new structures of capitalism, the process of 'behaviour urbanisation', and a paradoxical liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated powerintegrating literary and historical analysis, and drawing on recent work in literary theory and cultural studies, literature and culture in early modern london provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of london in lyrics, ballads, jests, epics, satires, plays, pageants, chronicles, treatises, sermons and official documentsnew possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expressionoxfam bookshop raeburn place in the two hundred years from london was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city and a major european trading centresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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