The author genevieve brunet
List the author genevieve brunet
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This is simply a beautiful book' jodi picoult 'i loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language' sue monk kidd, author of the best-selling, the secret life of bees kim edwards is the author of the short-story collection the secrets of the fire king, which was an alternate for the pen/hemingway award, and has won the whiting award and the nelson algren awardfor though david's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has down's syndromebut the night dr david henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for everfamilies have secrets they hide even from themselvesas grief quietly tears apart david's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she canher second novel, the lake of dreams, is available from penguinoxfam shop pershore the multi-million copy bestseller, kim edwards' the memory keeper's daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayal'crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over againshe is an assistant professor of english at the university of kentuckysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy familyand, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurse
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A novel that reveals the spiritual side of the authoras can be seen from the photographs: slight scuffing to the centre of the dust jacket and an inscription signed by the author on the front end paper see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newark hardback with dust jacket
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The author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativehistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needsoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmoninternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearthe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgesthis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsfor those interested in marine lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The perfect summer read' -- clare mackintosh, author of the bestselling i let you gofrom the author of the bestselling some day i'll find you comes a novel of dark suspense set in the lake district where, beneath the inviting water of the lakes, danger and death are waitingbut, barely three feet below the surface, the temperature remained just a degree or so above freezingin the lake district, cumbria's mountains and valleys began to resemble a grecian landscapedays of blazing sunshine bled into weeks and months what if someone wanted to take revenge? to remove an abusive, controlling partner from their life? when and where better to stage a murder and pass it off as an accidental drowning? see oxfam website for delivery information read more    the summer of was unprecedented in living memorypeople swam in delightfully tropic waters to cool offoxfam shop pershore 'an authentic and exciting storyas the summer blazed on, the drownings began
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Oxfam bookshop brigg the printing & making of books: an examination of tradition with an assessment of the trends of invention and the development of techniques presently discernible in the several crafts devoted to the making of bookscharles batey (author) this was originally a paper read by the author insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The author holds that every piece of literature, including historical writing, is an artifactthe author has composed and arranged the larger subjects and their sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity to armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically appealing, and close to lived experiencesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in this first of a massive three-volume work, seta bbeing an armenian, dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic armenian habitatdadoyan studies the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world and takes the reader through hitherto undiscovered paradigmatic cases of interaction with other populations in the regionlinking armenian-islamic history is one way of dealing with the problemdadoyan's concern is also to outline revolutionary elements in the making of armenian ideologies and politicsit is a composition of many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion, detail, intensity, etccontradictory trends went into the making of armenian history, yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis extensive work captures the multidimensional nature of the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world
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It is the author's attempt to trace out these connections that distinguishes this work from other materia medicassankaran has attempted to convey the innermost feeling or the basic delusion of the remedy while connecting the situation, source, miasm and kingdomthere are several scuffs to the dust jacket especially on the backthe bottom jacket corners are bruisedoxfam bookshop hampstead the soul of remedies by rajan sankaran the author's idea of understanding a remedy is to grasp the connection that ties together its myriad symptoms: the basic delusion, its source (kingdom), the miasm to which it belongs, its symptoms - all must be understood as aspects of a single whole if we are to even begin to truly understand a remedythe material presented here has been observed and confirmed in drsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresankaran's own practice, it is a material of which he is surethe inside pages are clean and unmarked and relatively bright considering the age of the bookthe rubrics and physical symptoms cited are ones which he has repeatedly observed and often used to confirm the remedy prescribedhe has not included remedies of which he has little experience or knowledgein good condition
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The author explains that in the gospels the word translated as 'sin' means in the literal greek 'missing the mark', as of a spear thrown at some object and failing to hit itoxfam shop st giles street this book is a companion to the author's previous work, 'the new man'and from meaning to miss the mark it came to mean failing in one's purpose, and so erring or wrong doing see oxfam website for delivery information read morediscolouring on the cover and marks on the page edges shown in photos
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From award-winning author sebastian faulks, girl at the lion d'or is a powerful story of love and conscience, will and desireoxfam bookshop hertford a haunting historical novel set in france between the two world wars about love and desirefrom the author of the international bestseller birdsongmid-s, northern franceshe is seeking a job and a new life, far removed from the injustices of her past'beautifully written and extraordinarily moving' the sunday times----also available by sebastian faulks as part of the french trilogy series: birdsong charlotte gray see oxfam website for delivery information read morea mysterious young girl named anne louvet arrives at the seedy hotel du lion d'or in the small french town of janvilliersat the hotel, anne meets the cultured, rich and married hartmann and begins anaffair with the married great war veteran, revealing her secrets, fears and hopes to him
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope lively'a glorious novel' observer'the descriptions of the london blitz are achingly real' sunday telegraphpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind himpenelope lively lives in londonshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to mark'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganshe later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own'this is the city in which everything is simultaneous
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" in this prescient work, now with an introduction by stephen king, michel houellebecq, the author of the novels platform and atomised, focuses his considerable analytical skills on hbut even as he outlines lovecraft's rejection of this loathsome world, it is houellebecq's adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises houellebecq's new novellovecraft, the seminal, enigmatic horror writer of the early 20th centurylovecraft: against the world, against life michel houellebecq, introduction by stephen king "those who love life do not readindispensable reading for anyone interested in lovecraft, houellebecq, or the past and future of horrorhouellebecq's insights into the craft of writing illuminate both lovecraft and houellebecq's own workthe two are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldviewoverall a good copyoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells hsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenor do they go to the movies, actuallyclean cover, pages and fore-edge display toning and some foxingno matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the world
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Until news comes that offers clem the chance to confront the author of his nightmaresoxfam bookshop hertford the exceptional and powerful novel from the booker-shortlisted author of oxygenin a world where people slaughter the innocent without mercy or retribution, how can we have faith in humanity, or the future?clem glass, a photojournalist, returns from africa to london convinced he knows the answer - mankind is fundamentally wicked and there is no hope for usyet when his sister falls ill and he takes her back to the west country of their childhood, he cannot ignore the decency, joys and small kindnesses of those around him, or the pulse of goodness in his own heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Blackwells had a close working relationship with lippincott in pennsylvania, where the author was based page faces lightly tanned; some foxing to the block edges; no other marks seenthe sealant is torn to all corners (1-2mm)the binding is excellent, as one might expect from kemp hallthis very rare book is certain to attract close attention from collectorsthere is no dust jacket and the boards look as though they have instead been subjected to a less than perfect assault with pvc sealantthe title page has a 2cm tear to the hinge line tail and another to the fore edge topprinted by compton printing works, londonhowever, the covering is authentic: it extends beneath the paste downs and would thus appear to represent an early outing for this revolutionary productoxfam bookshop market harborough the enchanted playhouse - mabel betsy hill oxford: basil blackwellsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebound by the kemp hall bindery in oxfordrigid card boards with the author's distinctive artwork to upperblack titles to upper and spineundated copy presumed to be the first uk edition of this american title
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Signed by the author on the title page, with a label to that effect on the front1 bestselling author of 'the ashes of london' and 'the fire court' comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following james marwood marwood is determined to clear cat's name and discover who really killed alderleyin the court of charles ii, it's a dangerous time to be alive - a wrong move may lead to disgrace, exile or deathoxfam shop fulwood road from the no  james marwood, a traitor's son, is ordered to cover up the murdersince his murder, she has vanished, and all the evidence points to her as the killerbut time is running out for everyonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif he makes a mistake, it could threaten not only the government but the king himselfa royal scandal that could change the face of england forevercat lovett had every reason to want her cousin deadthe discovery of a body at clarendon house, the palatial home of one of the highest courtiers in the land, could therefore have catastrophic consequencesbut the dead man is edward alderley, the cousin of one of marwood's acquaintances
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames inscribed and signed anonymously by the author on the ffepthe inscription records a detail about the author's wifebrown cloth, gilt titles to spine, no dust jacketthe coloured chart faces page 252light rubbing to cloth, very minor bumping at extremities, light foxing to endpapers and the odd mark elsewherea scarce title, signed especially sosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Koba the dread, during whose course the author absorbs a particular, a familial death, is a rebuttal of stalin's aphorismwith general shelfwear and foxingamis's remarkable memoir explores these connectionsthe author's father, kingsley amis, though later reactionary in tendency, was 'a comintern dogsbody' (as he would come to put it) from tooxfam shop colne road koba the dread is the successor to martin amis's celebrated memoir, experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein between the personal beginning and the personal ending, amis gives us perhaps the best one hundred pages ever written about stalin: koba the dread, iosif the terriblehis second-closest, and then his closest friend (after the death of the poet philip larkin), was robert conquest, a leading sovietologist, whose book of , the great terror, was second only to solzhenitsyn's the gulag archipelago in undermining the ussrit addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth-century thought: the indulgence of communism by intellectuals of the weststalin said that the death of one person was tragic, the death of a million a mere 'statistic'it is largely political (while remaining personal)
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Oxfam bookshop lymington signed by the author on the fly-title pagethe mystery has spawned many conspiracy theories and even a million-dollar search mission by author clive cusslera second longer search was commissioned but still no trace was foundin , the ss waratah embarked on her second voyage, from sydney to england via south africaironically, the ship was due to be fitted with pioneering radio equipment when she reached england, but to this day nothing has been heard of the ship or her human cargosee oxfam website for delivery information read morebelieving her to be drifting, the horrified authorities ordered a search vessel to comb the seas but in three months they found nothingfilled up with families anticipating a new life on the other side of the world, what started out as a journey full of hope ended abruptly when the ship vanished between durban and cape towna popular theory suggests the searches themselves were at fault, but here the humorous and fascinating diaries, maps, and log books of walter smith, a key figure on board both search missions, proves their thoroughness and describes the wide ground they covered, the dangers they faced and bizarre things they stumbled across, and the day-to-day experiences of the crew
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The author clarifies the ways of understanding the body as a physical and metaphorical reality, but also the medieval conceptualization of violenceon top of that, the author is making an investigation on the violent character of spectacles -Â representation in pursuit of picturing this subject more clearly and more relevantoxfam books & music lancaster the volume the spectacle of the body in late medieval england represents a study on the human body representation in medieval england by approaching the concept of the spectacle as a space of manifestationthe approach of the volume is dominantly christian reviewing the representations of the body through outstanding figures of christianity (crucifixion of jesus christ, body of virgin mary)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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2 x cds read by the authorthe author evokes all the emotions that carried him to the extraordinary expression of joy which enchanted the nation when he danced his unforgettable victory jig at wembly at the moment of world cup successhe poignantly re-captures the anguish of the munich air tragedy and he revisits the tough streets of collyhurstoxfam bookshop hertford nobby stiles, one of britain's great footballing characters, tells his life story in this intriguing autobiographyhe talks about his lifelong affair with the game, but it also shockingly candid about the other side of the football dreamsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield waterstone's limited, signed and dated, edition with afterword containing correspondence and postcards received by the author following publication the book recounts the how wachter became a fugitive, first in the austrian alps and then in rome, helped by a vatican archbishop and died, unexpectedly, in , a few days after spending a weekend with an 'old comrade'both book and jacket are as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read more philippe sands has again meticulously researched his subject, bringing vividly to life ss brigadefuhrer otto freiherr von wachter, the governor of galicia in whose territory hundreds of thousands of jews and poles were killed, including the family of the author's grandfather
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Also a personal apology from the author for errors in the bookthis is inscribed by the author to a personal friend, major-general derek horsford cbeoxfam books & music salisbury book vgc, dust slight tears at spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewalker considers the precarious state of the world balance of powerthe soviet threat to the west's lifeline in africa
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John buscema, author of conan the barbarian, thor, tarzan of the apes and silver surfer, is here nicknamed the michelangelo of comicsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe original drawing by gabriele dell’otto, signed by the author, depicting tarzan with a dagger, is on the dust jacket of the hardcover book dedicated to john buscemasize of the original drawing by gabriele dell’otto: cm 12 x 12 - volume size 30 x 40 cm - introduction by gabriele dell’otto in italian and englishshipping via courier and protective packagingthe volume contains an english reproduction of the original plates of a complete story of conan and one of thor, both drawn by john buscemathe volume, printed in this version in only 25 copies, has long since sold outplease 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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The author argues that perhaps they should if policymakers are to be galvanized into action before it is too latein this book, the author explains why populist forms of political action may yet provide the key to effective policies, which are often discussed but less frequently implementedoxfam books & music lancaster this book evaluates climate change and populism, two ideas that do not generally go togetheralthough populism is usually associated with right-wing authoritarianism, there is growing interest in more progressive forms of populist politicsacross the world, young people in particular are mobilizing to demand change from an older generation that appears to be incapable of action or is hostage to powerful vested interests and outdated ideasaccessible and trenchantly argued, this book presents a primer for the politics of survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dust jacket condition is good un-price-clipped, minor rubbing one light stain to inside front flap with rubbing on front and rearfirst american editiondust jacket condition is gooda tight, clean of the true first uedition of this classic spy novel and still, arguably, the author's best work to date in which is the author's third book which won an edgar award in the same year of publicationmore scans of the book availableuse your credit card and pay me with paypalcoward-mccann, ny, hard-coverbook condition is goodbook condition is good; black cloth, black lettering on the red spine minor rubbingsfree uk postage! coward-mccann, new york
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Forward by frank bruno and charlie magri, signed by the author post free [uk mainland]jimmy batton, former british champion boxer, tv and film actor, tells his story from the poverty-stricken and gang infested streets of his east end of london birth, his family connections to the krays and the dodgy world of the pro boxing circuit
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Signed by the author insidethe history of princeton usa by robert gambee, 272 pages with lovely full glossy photographs of the town and it's famous universityprice includes postage to uk onlymeasures 30cm high x 23printed in , hardback with original dust cover, in near perfect conditionquote from flyleaf “the most complete portrait of princeton ever published”
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Signed by the author insidethe history of princeton usa by robert gambee, 272 pages with lovely full glossy photographs of the town and it's famous universitymeasures 30cm high x 23printed in , hardback with original dust cover, in near perfect conditionprice for postage to uk only please add £3i have other books for sale, please browse:) read morequote from flyleaf “the most complete portrait of princeton ever published”
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Signed by the authoroxfam bookshop truro illustrated with more than a hundred photographs, and containing more than two hundred ancient legends, deep voices is a celebration of the human bond with dolphins and whalessee oxfam website for delivery information read more good condition, some creasing of the front cover the author, jason cressey, spent more than a decade researching this book in more than sixty counties
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All new, never before published material from the author of the internet is a playgroundfeaturing more than 233 pages of brand-spanking-new material, i'll go home then, it's warm and has chairs is the second book by author david thornenew emails, new articles, new exclusive content
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About the author neil perry is one of australia's leading and most influential chefsneil has been creating menus for qantas since , redefining in- flight dining and service, and is the author of rockpool, simply asian, good food, balance & harmony, rockpool bar & grill, easy weekends and simply good foodneil has been a television presenter on the lifestyle channel, and appeared as an iron chef on iron chef australiahe has managed several award-winning restaurants in australia, and today concentrates on his flagship brand, the rockpool group, which includes rockpool sydney; rockpool bar & grill sydney, melbourne and perth; spice temple sydney and melbourne; and the waiting room, melbourne
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