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Oxfam bookshop brigg 'thank goodness for katie fforde, the perfect author to bring comfort in difficult timesi enjoyed every minute!' elizabeth buchan 'top-drawer romantic escapism' daily mail 'warm, brilliant and full of love' heat 'delicious - gorgeous humour and the lightest of touches' sunday times 'effortlessly lovable, warm and fun' closer 'curl up on the sofa with this book and dreamshould she do the sensible thing and follow henry back to london? or might her highland adventure be more than just a fling? the whole world loves katie fforde's work: 'like a good wedding, it will leave you wiping away the tears' sunday express 'modern-day austengreat fun' red 'katie's writing is life-enhancing and, like the love affairs, deliciousand then, just as things between jenny and ross develop into something more interesting, her boyfriend henry arrives in scotlandshe really is the queen of uplifting, feel good romance' aj pearce a change of scene or a change of heart? when your boyfriend calls you impulsive, what do you do? if you're jenny porter, you dash off to scotland determined to save a failing textile mill, of coursethat's how jenny finds herself having awkward encounters with the abrasive but disconcertingly attractive ross grantdelightful' the lady 'deliciously enjoyable' woman and home 'uplifting and delightful' hot brands cool places see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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' peter jamesthe sunday times bestseller returns with his latest nail-shredding thriller - a must for all fans of happy valley and mbut when her father gets caught in the crossfire, the investigation suddenly becomes a whole lot more bloody the sunday times bestseller returns with his latest nail-shredding thriller - a must for all fans of happy valley and moxfam shop colne road 'a fast-paced, terrifying journeylucy must chase a trail of dead ends and false starts as the disappearances mount upmembers of the public have started to disappear, taken from the streets as they're going about their every day livesbut no bodies are appearing - it's almost as if the victims never existed' rachel abbott'a born storytellersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow do you find the missing when there's no trail to follow?dc lucy clayburn is having a tough time of itnot only is her estranged father one of the north west's toughest gangsters, but she is in the midst of one of the biggest police operations of her life
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Oxfam bookshop hertford *a richard & judy book club pick **a top 10 sunday times bestseller*a sweeping, breath-taking story of love and betrayal from the number one sunday times bestselling author of the tea planter's wifeceylonwhile louisa struggles with miscarriages, elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the indian oceanthe plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems' katie fforde'the sights, smells and atmosphere of ceylon are beautifully depictedand when elliot's shocking betrayal is revealed, louisa has only leo to turn torevisiting the plantation at cinnamon hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner leo, a rugged outdoors man with a chequered pastthis is dinah jefferies at her best' lucinda riley'dinah jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity' kate furnivall see oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter his sudden death, louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behindlouisa reeve, the daughter of a successful british gem trader, and her husband elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it allexcept what they long for more than anything: a child'a sweeping tale, beautifully written in a wonderful setting, heartrending yet ultimately uplifting
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' humphrey carpenter, sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read more' sunday times 'dahl was colourful, noisy, dominating, possibly a genius, certainly an expert in self-publicityoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'jeremy treglown's shrewd and sparkling biography is as compulsively readable as its subject's revolting rhymes and twisted talesjeremy treglown, his biographer, is calm, judicial, accurate, quietly brilliantit is one of the many virtues of this biography that one finishes it feeling rather a strong liking for dahl, all 6ft 6in of him' penelope fitzgerald, evening standard 'excellent and briskly paced
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It sets the imagination tingling, laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' sunday times'read this and it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' metro'he has a rare physical intelligence and affords total immersion in place, elements and the passage of time: wonderful' antony gormley see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times bestsellershortlisted for the samuel johnson prizethe original bestseller from the beloved author of underland, landmarks and the lost words - robert macfarlane travels britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'the old ways confirms macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent and observant of contemporary writers about nature' scotland on sundayfollowing the tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the british isles and beyond, robert macfarlane discovers a lost world - a landscape of the feet and the mind, of pilgrimage and ritual, of stories and ghosts; above all of the places and journeys which inspire and inhabit our imaginations
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Praise for philippa gregory: 'meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is gregory on top form' good housekeeping 'gregory has popularised tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' sunday times 'engrossing' sunday express 'popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read more' jane grey was queen of england for nine daysshe intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find love 'learn you to die' is the advice that jane gives in a letter to her younger sister katherine, who has no intention of dyingafter watching her sisters defy the queen, mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throne'not long,' he says very quietly we don't have long at allwhen jane refused to betray her protestant faith, mary sent her to the executioner's blockbut she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin elizabeth 'farewell, my sister,' writes katherine to the youngest grey sister, mary'they have confirmed your sentence of deathusing her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked jane in the towerthere jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdombut her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile queen mary and, when mary dies, to her sister queen elizabeth, who will never allow katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she doesa beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding elizabeth's suspicious glareoxfam shop colne road 'how long do i have?' i force a laugh so when katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the tower you are to be beheaded tomorrow
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What one takes away from this book are great stories' independent on sunday 'fascinating and rewardingand then to make up our own mind who capote really was' daily telegraph 'capote's life, brilliant, sharp and fragmentary as a broken mirror, is made vividly present' anthony haden-guest, sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreengaging and entertaining' peter ackroyd, the times 'its babel of contradictory voices does justice to a complex and multi-faceted man, while avoiding the desiccated thickets in which more conventional biographies flail aroundthere are so many different voices, just like those at the parties which he gave remorselessly, that he comes alive from a hundred different vantageswe are allowed to listenplimpton transcends the limits of the ordinary biography by presenting the story in the voices of the many people who lived itthat capote can be seen and heard at first handoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'reading this oral biography is like gate-crashing one of capote's parties and being buttonholed by a series of insistent guestsplimpton's collage of reminiscence is apt enough for its subject, and fascinatingly (and bitchily) evocative of the man' robert mccrum, observer 'it is at the heart of this book
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Oxfam shop bearsden winner of the women's prize for fiction - the sunday times bestseller'richly sensuoussomething special' the sunday times'a thing of shimmering wonder' david mitchelltwo extraordinary peoplehamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwrighta love that draws them togethertheir father is working in londona loss that threatens to tear them apartit is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by griefon a summer's day in , a young girl in stratford-upon-avon takes to her bed with a feverneither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the weekit is also the story of a kestrel and its mistress; flea that boards a ship in alexandria; and a glovemaker's son who flouts convention in pursuit of the woman he lovesabove all, it is a tender and unforgettable reimagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever writtenwhy is nobody at home? their mother, agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher twin brother, hamnet, searches everywhere for help
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A brilliantly twisting tale of toxic families' erin kelly, sunday times bestselling author of he said/she said see oxfam website for delivery information read morepraise for let me lie 'a rollercoaster ride with a shocker of a final sentence' good housekeeping 'with twists aplenty, this is a belter of a novel' heat 'as heartbreakingly sad as it is breakneck thrilling, let me lie is a triumph for clare mackintosh' louise candlish, sunday times bestselling author of our house 'let me lie is absolutely brilliantwho do you believe? one year ago, caroline johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months beforenow with a young baby of her own, anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to ask questions about her parents' deathsi think this is clare mackintosh's best yet' marian keyes 'clare mackintosh does it againanna says it was murderbut by digging up the past, is she putting her future in danger? sometimes it's safer to let things lie'another one-more-chapter, stay-up-late sensation' lee child 'a work of genius' joanna cannon 'no one writes a twist like clare mackintosh' paula hawkinsthe police say it was suicidetheir daughter, anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever sinceoxfam shop dumfries 'absolutely brilliant' marian keyes'a triumph' louise candlish'a belter of a novel' heatdon't miss the powerful and page-turning new novel from clare mackintosh - after the end is out now read the addictive thriller and number one bestseller let me lie - from the award-winning author of breakout sensations i see you and i let you go
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Oxfam shop dumfries sunday times bestseller prayer for the dead is the fifth novel in the bestselling inspector mclean series by author james oswald'are you ready for the mysteries to be revealed?' praise for james oswald: 'a star of scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' daily record 'crime fiction's next big thing' the sunday telegraph 'literary sensationjames' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of e l james and her fifty shades of grey series' daily mail 'fifty shades of hay' the times 'oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent scottish crime writers' daily mail 'the new ian rankin' daily record 'an excellent start to what promises to be a fine series' guardian 'classy, occasionally brutal, and with the odd suggestion of the supernatural, this will doubtless be another deserved hit'the hallmarks of val mcdermid or ian rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' the herald***'are you ready to be reborn?' the search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murderbut it is not the only thing about this case that mclean will find beyond beliefthe baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossibleinspector tony mclean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eyein a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of gilmerton cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purificationteamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher poweroswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre' daily express see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times and new york times bestsellerprofoundly disquieting' guardian'dark as hell and totally engrossing' daily mail'fans of gone girl will love it' sunday mirror see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's only now she will discover just how much she's truly capable ofthey are both aware their world is in crisis, though neither is willing to admit itwhen it becomes clear their affluent chicago lifestyle could disintegrate at any moment, jodie knows everything is at staketodd and jodie have been together for more than twenty yearsbut she also likes to settle scores'the slow, murderous disintegration of a marriage is all too believableas the novel advances into treacherous territory, harrison's elegant, incisive prose gets dirtier, more dangerous' observer fans of into the water and the couple next door will love the silent wife'one of those books you hate to put downhaving nothing left to lose changes everythingshocking and compelling in equal measure, the silent wife is a chilling portrayal of two people in turmoil and the lengths they will go to in order to protect themselvestodd is living a dual existence, while jodie is living in denial
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Oxfam shop kingsthorpe ***the sunday times bestselling author*** escape to the seaside with the brand new novel from heidi swain, the sunday times bestselling author of feel-good women's fiction! 'a summer delight!' sarah morgan tess tyler needs a break'i loved this gorgeous story of family secrets and second chances' rachael lucas, author of the telephone box library'a delightfully sunny read with added intrigue and secrets' bella osborne 'i so enjoyed my seaside escape at wynmouthbut after a shocking discovery sends her spiralling, she flees to wynmouth, the seaside town she fell in love with as a child, to escape it all the secret seaside escape is the perfect read this summer, promising sandy beaches, stunning rockpools and breath-taking romanceweighed down by her high-pressure job and her demanding father, she's left little time to take care of herselfbut when a familiar face returns to town, tess realises that there are secrets in wynmouth too, and that her own past may be about to catch up with herperfect for fans of carole matthews and sarah morganand as she grows ever closer to local barman sam, she dares to dream that she might never return to her real lifewith heart-warming characters, a gorgeous summer setting, and a great story with secrets aplenty to keep you turning the pages, it's the perfect read to relax and curl up at home with' caroline robertsreaders everywhere are falling in love with heidi swain's writing: 'a lovely, sweet, summery read' milly johnson 'wise, warm and wonderful' heat 'a ray of reading sunshine!' laura kemp, author of a year of surprising acts of kindness 'sparkling and romantic' my weekly see oxfam website for delivery information read morewith its sandy beaches, stunning rock pools and welcoming community, tess feels like she can finally breathe again
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1 sunday times bestseller'immensely readable and enjoyable' sunday times fall in love with still me, the spellbinding conclusion of the story begun in worldwide bestseller me before you lou clark knows how many miles lie between her new home in new york and her new boyfriend sam in londonfollow lou clark's next adventure in the spellbinding conclusion to the love story that captured 21 million hearts - and if you can't get enough of jojo moyes' beautiful writing you can pre-order her brand new standalone novel the giver of stars nowbecause josh will remind her so much of a man she used to know that it'll hurtoxfam bookshop brigg the noshe knows her employer is a good man and she knows his wife is keeping a secret from himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelou won't know what to do next, but she knows that whatever she chooses is going to change everythingbut what lou doesn't know is she's about to meet someone who's going to turn her whole life upside down
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'there is no better navigator through the space in which art, culture and spirituality meet than peter stanford' cole moreton, independent on sunday see oxfam website for delivery information read more' - the sunday times: nick rennison 'in a poll, one in 10 britons claimed to have experienced the presence of an angel, while one in three remain convinced that they have a guardian angelbut what exactly are angels, and why have so many in different times and contexts around the globe believed in them? what is their history and role in the great faiths and beyond their walls? are angels something real, a manifestation of divine concern? or part of the poetry of religion? and can they continue to illuminate a deeper truth about human existence and the cosmos? these are not new questionsoxfam shop kendal very good condition hardback'in the secular, sceptical, post-christian world of the west, continuing faith in angels is both anomaly and comfortthey have been asked over millennia, right up to the present day, as writer, journalist and broadcaster peter stanford explores in angels, his latest investigation into the history, theology and cultural significance of religious ideas'an intriguing exploration of the many roles that angels have played in spiritual lifethese are huge numbers and mean that, on some counts, angels are doing better than god
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Oxfam shop evesham 'i invited her in and she took everything'a gripping story of friendship and betrayal from the sunday times noand what better place than mel's house, with her lovely kids, and supportive husband this dark, unsettling tale of the reunion of long-lost friends is thoroughly gripping exploration of wanting what you can't have, jealousy and revenge from sunday times number one bestseller adele parksnow they share gorgeous girls and have a chaotic but happy family home, with three children1 bestselling author of grown upswhen mel hears from a long-lost friend in need of help, she doesn't hesitate to invite her to staymel and abi were best friends back in the day, sharing the highs and lows of student life, until mel's unplanned pregnancy made her drop out of her studiesi read it in one sitting' jane fallon'fabulously grippingnow, seventeen years later, mel and abi's lives couldn't be more differenteverything was perfect, until she discovered her partner had been cheating on her1 bestselling author, adele parks 'really really good absolutely brilliant' marian keyes, nomel is happily married, having raised her son on her own before meeting her husband, benseventeen years wasted, and nothing to show for itso what abi needs now is a true friend to lean on, to share her grief over a glass of wine, and to have some time to healpraise for i invited her in:'really really good absolutely brilliant' marian keyes'packed with secrets, scandal and suspense, this is adele parks at her absolute best' heat'wow! what a readintense, clever and masterful' lisa jewell'original and compellingsuperb' ruth jones'weaving together the emotions and ties that bind female friends with a cracking paced twist of a tale' stylist see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabi, meanwhile, followed her lover to la for a glamorous life of parties, celebrity and indulgence
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Like hilary mantel, he produces densely textured historical novels that absorb their readers in another time' - andrew taylor, spectator the sunday times number one bestsellerengland, : two years after the death of henry viii, england is sliding into chaos'when it comes to intriguing tudor-based narratives, hilary mantel has a serious rival' - sunday times'sansom has the trick of writing an enthralling narrativethe gruesome murder of edith boleyn, the wife of john boleyn - a distant norfolk relation of elizabeth's mother - which could have political implications for elizabeth, brings shardlake and his assistant nicholas overton to the summer assizes at norwichthe yeoman robert kett leads a force of thousands in overthrowing the landlords and establishing a vast camp outside norwichthe three find layers of mystery and danger surrounding edith's death, as a second murder is committedincludes an historical essay from the author on reimagining kett's rebellionsansom's number one bestselling shardlake series, for fans of hilary mantel and philippa gregorythis is the seventh stunning novel in the bestselling shardlake series, that began with dissolutionhis uncle edward seymour, duke of somerset, rules as protectormeanwhile he discovers that the murder of edith boleyn may have connections reaching into both the heart of the rebel camp and of the norfolk gentrysince the old king's death, matthew shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of henry's younger daughter, the lady elizabethworst of all, the economy is in collapse, inflation rages and rebellion is stirring among the peasantrythe extirpation of the old religion by radical protestants is stirring discontent among the populace while the protector's prolonged war with scotland is proving a disastrous failure and threatens to involve franceoxfam bookshop cheltenham tudor england is brought vividly to life in tombland, the seventh novel in csoon the rebels have taken over the city, england's second largestthere they are reunited with shardlake's former assistant jack barakand then east anglia explodes, as peasant rebellion breaks out across the countrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe nominal king, edward vi, is eleven years oldbarak throws in his lot with the rebels; nicholas, opposed to them, becomes a prisoner in norwich castle; while shardlake has to decide where his ultimate loyalties lie, as government forces in london prepare to march north and destroy the rebels
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge used paperback good **from the author of the sunday times bestselling the stress solution**'small changes make a big difference - we can all benefit from reading this' - jamie oliver everyone has the opportunity to live and feel better and in his sunday times bestselling book, the 4 pillar plan, bbc one's dr rangan chatterjee creates an easily accessible plan for taking control of your health and your life based on cutting edge research and his own two decades' worth of experience as a doctor, this book contains fascinating case studies from real patients and is an inspiring and easy-to-follow guide to better health and happinesstop tips in each area include: an electronic 'sabbath' once a week, 12 hours every day without food, exposure to sunlight first thing each morning, walking at least steps a dayby making small, achievable changes in each of these key areas you can create and maintain good health - and avoid illnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read more dr chatterjee believes that everyday health revolves around the following four pillars: relaxation, food, movement and sleep
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Happiness shines through' sunday times 'wonderful, humanea remarkable, soul-searching journey' sunday herald see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a book with resolution, determination and honesty' scotland on sunday 'it is kay's abundant wit that makes red dust road such a moving, spirited workred dust road is a fantastic, probing and heart-warming read' independent from the moment when, as a little girl, she realizes that her skin is a different colour from that of her beloved mum and dad, to the tracing and finding of her birth parents, her highland mother and nigerian father, jackie kay's journey in red dust road is one of unexpected twists, turns and deep emotions'a clear-eyed, witty and unsentimental account of the push and pull between nature and nurtureoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'like the best memoirs, this one is written with novelistic and poetic flairthis is a terrifically easy, evocative, and often amusing readin a book remarkable for its warmth and candour, she discovers that inheritance is about much more than genes: that we are shaped by songs as much as by cells, and that what triumphs, ultimately, is love
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1 sunday times crime thriller featuring will trent and sara linton'this is slaughter doing what she does best' mail on sunday'as sharp and absorbing as ever' guardian'a page turner' sunday timeshe watchesa woman runs alone in the woodshe lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim but then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the mo is identicalshe convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrongalthough the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent will trent and forensic pathologist sara linton must re-open the cold casea decade later, the case has been closed a predator is stalking the women of grant countyoxfam bookshop cheltenham a no the killer is behind bars but the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wifepraise for the number one bestselling author:'passion, intensity, and humanity' lee child'i'd follow her anywhere' gillian flynn'one of the boldest thriller writers working today' tess gerritsen'her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' michael connelly'a writer of extraordinary talents' kathy reichs'fiction doesn't get any better than this' jeffery deaver'a great writer at the peak of her powers' peter james'karin slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' james patterson'with heart and skill karin slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' camilla lackberg'it's big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody - like a perfectly cooked steak' stuart macbride see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Eloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' daily mail'splendid, fast-paced, riveting' andrew marr, sunday times'remarkableoxfam bookshop st albans chosen as a book of the year in the times literary supplement, the evening standard, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the times'a brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' evening standard'vintage le carréthere is only one le carrédon't wait for the paperback' the times'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in britainit gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 yearsthe reason? cold war ghosts have come back to haunt himreally, not since the spy who came in from the cold has le carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' john banville, guardianpeter guillam, former disciple of george smiley in the british secret service, has long retired to brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to london'utterly engrossing and perfectly pitchedsomebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater goodlike wine, le carré's writing has got richer with agevintage john le carréhe's in the first rank' ian mcewan'one of those writers who will be read a century from now' robert harris see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimmensely clever, breathtakingintelligence operations that were once the toast of the service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the berlin wall
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An ideal gift sunday times bestseller from the author of the phenomenal multi-million copy bestseller the things you can see only when you slow down "hearing the words 'be good to yourself first, then to others' was like being struck by lightningit makes a world of difference" marc and angel chernoff, new york times bestselling authors of getting back to happy see oxfam website for delivery information read more in love for imperfect things, haemin sunim shows us how to cultivate all three, and to find beauty in the most imperfect of things-including your very own self" susan cain, new york times bestselling author of quiet "heartwarming, calming and simplei highly recommend this book" christiane northrup, md, number 1 new york times bestselling author of women's bodies, women's wisdom "you can be the most amazing human being in the world and everyone sees rays of light, love, and genius when they look at you, but if you yourself don't know it, all of that external admiration doesn't matter one bit" many of us respond to the pressures of life by turning inwards and ignoring problems, sometimes resulting in anxiety or depression" "haemin writes beautifully and simplythese vital life lessons resonate deeply and easily" miranda hart "the world could surely use a little more love, a little more compassion, and a little more wisdomstarting with ourselvesbut also filled with wisdom and powerful truths that will teach us to love ourselves first in order to transform our relationships with our loved ones" hector garcia, author of ikigai - the japanese secret to a long and happy life "a wonderful book to accompany the things you can seeit teaches us that compassion is at the heart of healingothers react by working harder at work, at school or at home, hoping that this will make ourselves and the people we love happierin this beautiful follow-up to his international bestseller the things you can see only when you slow down, buddhist monk haemin sunim turns his trademark wisdom and kindness to self-care, arguing that only by accepting yourself - and the flaws which make you who you are - can you have compassionate and fulfilling relationships with your partner, family and friendshaemin sunim teaches you ways to love yourself first, instead of loving the idea of other people loving youoxfam bookshop brighton brand new"even products labelled 'limited edition' are made on a production line with hundreds that are exactly the samepage by page, he shows you how to reclaim your freedom and your life" professor mark williams, author of the bestselling mindfulness "a real treasurebut what if being yourself is enough? just as we are advised on airplanes to take our own oxygen first before helping others, we must first be at peace with ourselves before we can be at peace with the world around usbut there is only one you in the world
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times bestsellera bestselling richard and judy bookclub pickshortlisted for the desmond elliott prizeshortlisted for the author's club best first novel award'a lush, romantic novel' daily mail: leo deakin wakes up in a hospital somewhere in south america, his girlfriend eleni is dead and leo doesn't know where he is or how eleni diedwhen moritz finally limps back into his village to claim the hand of the woman he left behind, will she still be waiting?'special' sunday express'tender' observer'mesmerising' publishing news see oxfam website for delivery information read moremoritz daniecki is a fugitive from a siberian pow campbut leo is about to discover something which will change his life foreverhe blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despairthe great war may be over, but moritz now faces a perilous journey across a continent riven by civil warseven thousand kilometres over the russian steppes separate him from his village and his sweetheart, whose memory has kept him alive through carnage and captivity
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the unmissable brand new novel from rachel hore, sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a richard and judy book club pick'a gorgeous and deeply absorbing story' tracy reesa young mother's sacrificea story that stirs the deepest emotions' woman & home'a poignant story, rich in period detail' sunday mirror 'an emotive and thought-provoking read irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth edith and philip burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated worldmy heart went out to both these two women as they faced such difficult personal decisions that would change their lives forever'rosanna ley'i really enjoyed this bookhore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity she simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her familywhen they secretly adopt a baby girl, irene, their life together must surely be complete the love child is an absolutely beautiful book' dinah jefferies 'this tender account, spanning two generations, reveals how the loss affects mother and child across the years but all alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughterit had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting' leah fleming'the love child is a hugely compelling, poignant and moving readmeanwhile, irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her suffolk home to find work in londonlondon, when nineteen-year-old alice copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby'simply stunningthis is a wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation, and i very much enjoyed it' barbara erskine 'i found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl's search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted familya child's desperate search for the truth as two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light? brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, the love child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feelingi savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgivenessrachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale' jane johnson see oxfam website for delivery information read moreher women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win' daily mail 'a novel that stirs the deepest emotions' woman'rachel's stories are always absorbing and intricately woven and the love child is no exception
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham from giles kristian, the sunday times bestselling author of lancelot, comes this brutal, bloody and captivating viking adventure, continuing the story begun in the bestselling raven: blood eyea brilliant story, beautifully told" -- sunday express"this was a brilliant read for me as a weathered historical fiction readerso that for those precious hours you are happily lost within this book's own universe" -- ben kane"an all-action adventurehe weaves in rich historical detail with a light touchbut to survive this adventure, his cunning must be as sharp as his blade" -- ***** reader review***************************************************if you betray a fellowship you are a dead manthe story continues in raven: odin's wolveshaving proved himself in battle, he is now certain that viking blood flows in his veins"kristian can really writesailing in search of revenge, the pagan norsemen venture into the heart of a christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth, a place where danger lies in wait around every bend of the great river up which they travelraven and the wolfpack plough the sea-road in pursuit of the saxon traitor, ealdred, who has left the fellowship for dead and fled to the frankish emperor charlemagne and the promise of untold richesgiles kristian is a great storytellerraven: sons of thunder is the second title in the raven trilogya young man with no memory and a blood-tainted eye, raven has found friendship and purpose amongst this fierce band of warriorshave you read raven: blood eye, the first in the trilogy? see oxfam website for delivery information read more" -- ***** reader review"the action oozes energyhis battle scenes are bone-crunchingly good, his descriptions of the viking world bright and evocativeperfect for fans of bernard cornwell, robert low and game of thrones
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Oxfam shop pershore discover the captivating sunday times bestseller from the bestselling author of you'll never see me again, lesley pearseis there a murderer across the street?* * * * * - heat'must read' saturday express'heart-warming and evocative, a real delight to read' sun'a narrative that gallops along, this is quintessential pearse that will delight her army of readers' daily mail'glorious, heartwarming' woman & home'evocative, compelling, told from the heart' sunday express'gripping' hello see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut that means risking her own lifewho are the mysterious women that keep coming and going in the strange black car?then one night, gloria's house burns to the groundtwenty-three-year-old katy speed is fascinated by glamorous gloria and the goings-on at her house over the roaddetermined to prove his innocence, katy sets out to uncover the truth about the mysterious house across the street and find the real murdererbodies are found in the wreckageand katy's horror turns to disbelief when her own father is arrested and charged with murder
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' - barack obama a book of the year according the i, guardian, sunday times, sunday mail newlyweds celestial and roy are the embodiment of the american dream devastated and unmoored, celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in andre, their closest friendwhen roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together a masterpiece of storytelling, an american marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their controlhe is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting careersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreroy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime celestial knows he didn't commituntil one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imaginedoxfam bookshop hertford longlisted for the orwell prize for political fiction, 'a moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young african-american couple
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Oxfam bookshop brigg kurt austin and the numa crew are back in the latest action-packed adventure from sunday times bestselling author clive cusslerwith hired killers on his trail, can kurt austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? and even if he can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped? praise for clive cussler'the adventure king' - sunday express'cussler is hard to beat' - daily mail'just about the best in the business' - new york post'oceanography's answer to indiana jonesher goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systemsa biological disaster is looming and the key to saving the future seems to be locating a submarine which has been missing for decades - can they crack it before it's too late?'sea of greed will have readers turning pagesbut is she an environmental heroor a rogue genetic engineer?the numa crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with a bacteria that is consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth-a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the mediterraneannobody!' - stephen coonts see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' - associated press'nobody does it betterthe trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy fieldwith a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic cussler' mail online after an explosion in the gulf of mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, kurt austin and the numa special projects team are tapped by the president of the united states to find out what's gone wrong
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Oxfam shop pershore the sunday times bestseller'lovely, lovely, lovelysue townsend meets kate atkinson meets nina stibbe' marian keyes'powerful and profound' guardian'another sure-fire hit' daily mail'funny, melancholy, acutely observant' sunday express84-year-old florence has fallen in her flat at cherry tree home for the elderlyas she waits to be rescued, she considers the charming new resident who looks exactly like a man she once knew - a man who died sixty years agosee oxfam website for delivery information read morelying prone in the front room, florence wonders if a terrible secret from her past is about to come to lighthis arrival has stirred distant memories she and elsie thought they'd laid to rest
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The sunday times number one bestseller'an addictive novel with shades of gone girl' sunday timesshortlisted for the theakston's old peculier crime novel of the year longlisted for the desmond elliott prize when an intriguing novel appears on catherine's bedside table, she curls up and begins to readbut as she turns the pages she is horrified to realize she is a key character, a main playeroxfam shop evesham imagine if the next thriller you read was all about yousee oxfam website for delivery information read morea secret she thought no one else knewthis story will reveal her darkest secret
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Oxfam bookshop hertford ***the sunday times & nothis is an obvious choice if you enjoyed the girl on the trainindependent'i couldn't put it down!' jenny blackhurst, author of the foster child'a mystery with a genius premise' stylist'a devour-in-one-sitting must' heat'tightly plotted, and with a fabulous twist' sunday mirror'grippingmaria weston wants to be friendsyou must read this!' emma kavanagh, author of falling'twists and turns and real life scenarios make this a fantastic thriller' amazon reviewer see oxfam website for delivery information read more*****maria weston wants to be friends with me maybe that had been the problem all along: maria weston had wanted to be friends with me, but i let her downbut maria weston has been dead for more than twenty-five years*****the addictive psychological thriller that everyone's raving about - perfect for fans of he said/she said, the couple next door and i see youshe's been hovering at the edge of my consciousness for all of my adult life, although i've been good at keeping her out, just a blurred shadow in the corner of my eye, almost but not quite out of sight1 ebook bestseller***'twisty and gripping' erin kelly'i read it in one go' marian keyes'i loved it' rachel abbott loved friend request? laura marshall's sensational new thriller, three little lies, is available now in hardback, ebook and audio'the twist is genuinely unexpectedloved it from start to finish' goodreads reviewer'twisty and gripping
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