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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 46 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled withthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through itas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fiction
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreverthe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural historyin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youththe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paris
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal"in gilt on spine, in very good conditionoxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcher text, clean, bright and unmarked throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more eight pages of monochrome photographs dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etc
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy pickas he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been throughlike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyset during the american civil war, 'march' tells the story of john march, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in 'little women', louisa may alcott's classic american novelit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belieffrom the author of the acclaimed 'year of wonders' and 'people of the book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the american civil warthe story spans the vibrant intellectual world of concord and the sensuous antebellum south, through to the first year of the civil war as the north reels under a series of unexpected defeatssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein brooks's telling, march emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racismas alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so brooks turned to the journals and letters of bronson alcott, louisa may's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetryjames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, insee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearsoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generation
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fictiona metaphorical fugue on minds and machines in the spirit of lewis carroll, an illustrated examination of the nature of human thought processesoxfam shop kendal first edition hardback with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejacket with shelf wear top and bottom and slightly faded spinebook with brown linen boards with aged edges, very clean and bright withinsmall inscription at front
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Yin was the winner of the pulitzer prize for poetrysigned twice and inscribed by carolyn kizercarolyn kizer ()signed and dated below the title: for sandra, all good things, carolyn portlandfond regards, carolyn kizer
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Smart cup prize trophy ideal prize for a pony show 9'' x 3'' x 3'' small amount of tarnish on the size and motif thanks for lookingitems may be advertised elsewhere and could be removed early thank you read moreplease see my other items
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattait is fully functional and has an engraved handlesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widestit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its age
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Author: lionel shriver winner of the orange prize for fiction read moretitle: we need to talk about kevin
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the governor-general's award, and short-listed for the booker prize'the stone diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which relects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our centurythis is the story of daisy goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in manitoba, canada, to her death in a florida nursing home nearly ninety years laterthrough daisy's life, shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr insee oxfam website for delivery information read moresally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societyhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late swithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colonyoxfam bookshop cardiff journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in paris
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His newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr inoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parissee oxfam website for delivery information read moresally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societyhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late swithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colony
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It won the pulitzer prize and the national book award]historically, it can be seen as a precursor to joseph heller's catch-22are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"a fable" by william faulkner chatto & windus, london - first uk edition first printing - 15cmx13cm - condition: very good, owner;s name to ffep, in original first issue dust jacket with some wear and chipping to edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea fable is a novel written by the american author william faulknercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe spent more than a decade and tremendous effort on it, and aspired for it to be "the best work of my life and maybe of my time"please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham from pulitzer prize nominee and award winning author of homeland, the poisonwood bible and flight behaviour, the lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of mexico and the cold embrace of s america in the shadow of senator mccarthywhen he starts work in the household of mexican artists diego rivera and frida kahlo - where the bolshevik leader, lev trotsky, is also being harboured as a political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with diego rivera, frida kahlo and trotsky in the midst of the mexican revolutiona violent upheaval sends him back to america; but political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumptionborn in america and raised in mexico, harrison shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, salome
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In , it became the first (and is still the only) graphic novel to win a pulitzer prize (the special award in letters)it depicts spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a polish jew and holocaust survivorit is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of traumathis reprint of the complete maus collection is in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremaus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the authors account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragediesthe work employs postmodernist techniques and represents jews as mice, germans as cats, and poles as pigscritics have classified maus as memoir, biography, history, fiction, autobiography, or a mix of genresoxfam shop bishop's stortford a graphic novel by american cartoonist art spiegelman, serialized from to
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the stories of john cheever by john cheever when the stories of john cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the pulitzer prizepages clean, small crease to the back cover, minor wear to the cover spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" in very good conditionvintage books is proud to reintroduce this magnificent collectionhere are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generationin the years since, it has become a classic" from the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "the enormous radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "the housebreaker of shady hill" and "the swimmer," cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of life
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Oxfam shop colne road in , pulitzer prize - and national book award-winning scientist james macgregor burns published leadershipthe book became the cornerstone of the emerging field of leadership studies and hundreds of leadership programs in business and governmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book culminates in a bold and innovative plan to address the greatest global leadership challenge of the twenty-first century: the long-intractable problem of global povertyengagingly written, original, and provocative, transforming leadership will arouse discussion and controversy in classrooms and boardrooms everywhereburns illustrates the evolution of leadership structures, from the chieftains of tribal african societies, through europe's absolute monarchies, to the blossoming of liberty and democracy during the american revolutionnow burns expands the subject, offering a new vision - transforming leadership - focusing on the ways that leaders emerge from being ordinary transactional deal-makers to become dynamic agents of major social change who empower their followers
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He is going to go out with a bang - a final story that will win the newspaper journalism's highest honor - a pulitzer prizeoxfam shop evesham jack mcevoy is at the end of the line as a crime reporterhis investigation leads him into the digital world of data collocation services where server farms are watched over by techs who liken themselves to scarecrows - keeping the birds of prey off their clients' datahis last assignment? training his replacement, a low-cost reporter just out of j-schoolbut jack's real intention is to use his access to report and write a story that explains how societal dysfunction and neglect created a 16-year-old killersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforced to take a buy-out from the la times, he's got 30 days left on the jobjack focuses on alonzo winslow, a 16-year-old drug dealer from the projects who has confessed to police that he brutally raped and strangled one of his crack clientsjack convinces alonzo's mother to co-operate with his investigation into the possibility of her son's innocencebut jack inadvertently set off a digital tripwire and the killer - the scarecrow - now knows he's comingthis time jack is onto a killer who has worked completely below police and fbi radarbut jack has other plans for his exitbut as jack delves into the story he soon realises that alonzo's so-called confession is bogus, and jack is soon off and running on the biggest story he's had since the poet crossed his path twelve years before
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pulitzer prize&;winning historian walter aforeign policy ever sincemcdougall argues powerfully that a pervasive but radically changing faith that &;god is on our side&; has inspired
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Winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book awardwe specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologiesthe armies of the night
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An impressive selection of children’s nonfiction books, around 20all books are in very good clean conditionthis is a real bargaincollection includes: record breakers, fantastic sea creatures, animal hunters, living history of britain, 3 dinosaur books, aztecs and incas, galapagos, nursery rhymes, 6 books from tell me about it series£5 cash on collection
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New lilly pulitzer gwp chair / beach mat-dive in print new in box & sealedfolds flat for easy carrying- strap and velcro closures 21with carry strap and logo on the back
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of ÂŁ svetlana fialova; second prize of ÂŁ marie von heyl; and student awards of ÂŁ 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 practicespecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrenceoxfam 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 uksee 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" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely bound
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Box has a small marksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield a boxed silk tie by lilly pulitzer, dark 'n' stormy theme
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Description: high quality bert pulitzer branded 100% silk men's wide fit tie read more
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Beautiful lobster design that we love on our lilly printsgwp cooler tote and drink hugger set
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Lilly pulitzer. gwp cooler tote and drink hugger set. cosmic coral
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Lilly pulitzer insulated carrier cooler with zip close, top handleshipped with usps priority mailcondition is new
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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 theirssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the son of a powerful british muslim politician, eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defyafter years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in america, resuming a dream long deferredthen eamonn enters the sisters' livesa powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' guardian isma is freeis 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 times
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