The baileys womens prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted
List the baileys womens prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted
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Oxfam shop evesham a top-ten bestseller, shortlisted for the costa novel award, this must be the place by maggie o'farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage'a complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart' the sunday timesa reclusive ex-film star living in the wilds of ireland, claudette wells is a woman whose first instinct, when a stranger approaches her home, is to reach for her shotgunwhy is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out of her cinematic career when she had the whole world at her feet?her husband daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw twenty years ago, is about to make an exit of his ownit is a journey that will send him off-course, far away from the life he and claudette have made togetherwill their love for one another be enough to bring daniel back home? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 evocativeis 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 timesthen eamonn enters the sisters' liveshandsome and privileged, he inhabits a london worlds away from theirssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut 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 knewas 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 deferreda powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' guardian isma is free
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Oxfam shop evesham shortlisted for the costa novel awards and the folio prize nora webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing todayas the dynamic of the family changes, she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity, making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fictioncolm toibin's nora is a character as resonant as anna karenina or madame bovary and nora webster is a novel that illuminates our own lives in a way that is rare in literaturethe portrait that is painted in the years that follow is harrowing, piercingly insightful, always tender and deeply trueits humanity and compassion forge an unforgettable reading experience'a profoundly gifted world writer' sebastian barry see oxfam website for delivery information read morenora webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husbandit is the late s in irelandslowly, through the gift of music and the power of friendship, she finds a glimmer of hope and a way of starting againshe is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them
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Oxfam shop worcester shortlisted for the costa novel awards and the folio prize, nora webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing todayas the dynamic of the family changes, she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity, making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fictioncolm tóibÃn's nora is a character as resonant as anna karenina or madame bovary and nora webster is a novel that illuminates our own lives in a way that is rare in literatureit is the late s in ireland 'a profoundly gifted world writer' sebastian barry see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe portrait that is painted in the years that follow is harrowing, piercingly insightful, always tender and deeply trueits humanity and compassion forge an unforgettable reading experiencenora webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husbandslowly, through the gift of music and the power of friendship, she finds a glimmer of hope and a way of starting againshe is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she is trapped by her circumstances, and waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them
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shortlisted for the costa novel awardfollow your heartflora mackie first crossed the arctic circle at the age of twelveyears later, in , determination and chance lead her back to northern greenland as a scientist at the head of a british expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh worldit is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is bornthe violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to comesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham richard & judy book clubgeologist jakob de beyn was raised in manhattanjakob and flora's paths cross'a dazzling tale of romance and survival' (guardian)follow the path to the freezing northfollow your ambitionyearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expedition
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the epic novel award in the romantic novelists association books awardsbecoming the princess's official companion, anahita accompanies her friend to england just before the outbreak of the great wareighty years later, rebecca bradley, a young american film star, has the world at her feetsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespanning four generations, the midnight rose by lucinda riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of india to the majestic stately homes of england, following the extraordinary life of a girl, anahita chavan, from to the present daythere, she meets the young donald astbury - reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote astbury estate - and his scheming motherbut when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, she's relieved that her latest role, playing a s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of dartmoor in englandshortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling astbury hall, ari malik, anahita's great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his family's pastwhat he and rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the astbury dynastyin the heyday of the british raj, eleven-year-old anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong princess indira, the privileged daughter of rich indian royaltya lifelong passionan endless search
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Winner of the women's prize for fictionpaperback book is in very good conditionthe road home by the author rose tremaincollection only
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All the cables available except for a cable for the controllerplaystation 3 console with 15 games
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£250 the lot or £90 for cooker, £90 for the washing machine and £80 for sofafor sale 2 seater italian leather sofa few years old but in very good conditionindesit iwsckg washing machine and gorenje ewg electric cooker both 7 months old, in immaculate condition which come with the manufaturer's guaranteecooker only used 3 times and machine never used both, both in excellent working order as they should be
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prizewinner of the irish novel of the year hanna, dan, constance and emmet return to the west coast of ireland for a final family christmas in the home their mother is about to sell**one of the guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eithersee oxfam website for delivery information read morenevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificwe don't want to tell you too much about this bookand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantthe magic is in how it unfoldsit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itthe story starts there, but the book doesn'tonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it
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Oxfam bookshop st albans shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitheronce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story of two women whose lives collide one day, leaving one with a terrible choice to makenevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrifictwo years later they meet againand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantthe magic is in how it unfoldsit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itthe story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this book
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Oxfam shop clitheroe shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eithersee oxfam website for delivery information read morenevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificwe don't want to tell you too much about this bookand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantthe magic is in how it unfoldsit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itthe story starts there, but the book doesn'tonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizecondition: very goodgenre: contemporary irish culturecollection only
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Winner of the costa first novel award'this is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' observer'a masterful excursion into terror' the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe british book awards book of the yearone mute, the other his lifelong protectoryear after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the loney, in desperate hope of a curemany years on, hanny is a grown man no longer in need of his brother's careand they cannot resist the causeway revealed with every turn of the treacherous tide, the old house they glimpse at its endit's an amazing piece of fiction' stephen kingtwo brothersa brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving horror - 'the loney is not just good, it's greatbut then the child's body is foundand the loney always gives up its secrets, in the endin the long hours of waiting, the boys are left aloneoxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times top 10 bestseller
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Then one day mrs palfrey strikes up an unlikely friendship with an impoverished young writer, ludo, who sees her as inspiration for his noveloxfam shop colne road named by the guardian as one of 'the 100 best novels,' and shortlisted for the booker prize, mrs palfrey at the claremont is a humorous and compassionate look at friendship between an old woman and a young man from a 'magnificenttogether, upper lips stiffened, they fight off their twin enemies: boredom and the grim reaper'elizabeth taylor's exquisitely drawn character study of eccentricity in old age is a sharp and witty portrait of genteel postwar english life facing the changes taking shape in the 60swriter, the missing link between jane austen and john updike' (david baddiel, independent)on a rainy sunday in january, the recently widowed mrs palfrey arrives at the claremont hotel where she will spend her remaining daysmuch of the reader's joy lies in the exquisite subtlety in taylor's depiction of all the relationships, the sharp brevity of her wit, and the apparently effortless way the plot unfolds' -robert mccrum 'the 100 best novels', guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read moreher fellow residents are magnificently eccentric and endlessly curious, living off crumbs of affection and snippets of gossip
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This is a novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and raceoxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major tv series starring martin clunes, arsher ali and art malikfrom the winner of the man booker prize for fiction , an extraordinary true-life tale about a long-forgotten mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events that made sensational headlines at the time as the great wyrley outragesmost of all it is a profound and moving meditation on the fateful differences between what we believe, what we know and what we can provearthur and george grow up worlds apart in late nineteenth-century britain: arthur in shabby-genteel edinburgh, george in the vicarage of a small staffordshire villagearthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while george remains in hard-working obscurity
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Oxfam shop bearsden winner of the women's prize for fiction - the sunday times bestseller'richly sensuoushamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwrighton a summer's day in , a young girl in stratford-upon-avon takes to her bed with a feverit 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 lovesit is a story of the bond between twins, and of a marriage pushed to the brink by griefa love that draws them togetherher twin brother, hamnet, searches everywhere for helpa loss that threatens to tear them aparttheir father is working in londonneither parent knows that one of the children will not survive the weeksee oxfam website for delivery information read moresomething special' the sunday times'a thing of shimmering wonder' david mitchelltwo extraordinary peopleabove 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 herbs
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the hugo award for best novel book 1 in the record-breaking triple hugo-award-winning trilogy***a new york times notable book******shortlisted for the world fantasy, nebula, kitschies, audie and locus awards******the inaugural wired'astounding' npr;'amazing' ann leckie; 'breaks uncharted ground' library journal; 'powerful' io9; 'elegiac, complex, and intriguing' publishers weekly; 'intricate and extraordinary' new york times; 'brilliant' washington post the broken earth trilogy is complete - beginning with the fifth season, continuing in the obelisk gate (winner of the hugo award for best novel) and concluding with the stone sky (winner of the hugo award for best novel and nebula award)and where there is no mercyit starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sunfor the last timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecom book club pick this is the way the world endsit starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to festerit starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughterthis is the stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weapon
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Oxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridgewhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepthrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacy
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shortlisted for the smarties prize, the secret of platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from eva ibbotson, the award-winning author of journey to the river seaa wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years beforeit appears only once every nine yearsoxfam bookshop harrogate under platform 13 at king's cross station there is a secret door that leads to a magical islandcondition- very good see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the prince has become a horrible rich boy called raymond trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescuedand when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of london
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This pb is in excellent condition, shortlisted for the man booker prize
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*shortlisted for the goodreads historical novel award* see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen disaster strikes, tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat - her employer also survivessuddenly she finds herself torn between loyalty to the fiery woman who could help her realise her ambitions and the devastating truth that her mentor may not be all she seemsoxfam bookshop hertford torn between her dreams and the truth, she was faced with an impossible choiceauthentic and honest, the dressmaker is a compelling and vivid story that will have you holding your breath until the last pageon dry land, savage rumours begin to circulate: did lady duff gordon save herself at the expense of others?tess's dream of becoming a skilled dressmaker is within her grasp but now she is faced with a terrible choicetess, an aspiring seamstress, is stunned at her luck when the famous designer lady lucile duff gordon hires her to be a personal maid on the titanic's doomed voyage
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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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' the sun - best books of shortlisted for the edward stanford travel memoir of the year award 'his story reads like a fast-paced thrillerone of the best autobiographies i've ever readoxfam bookshop royal exchange square 'incredibly honestsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch brave and inspiring writinghis travels have taken him across jungles, deserts, mountains and oceans, and to some of the most beautiful, dangerous and remote regions of the worldin this revelatory account of his life simon gives the full story behind some of his favourite expeditions, and traces his own inspiring personal journey back to leaving school without qualifications, teetering on a bridge, and then overcoming his challenges by climbing to a 'lost valley' and changing his life' kate humble' simon begins to fill in the gaps in his life story that until recently he has never publicly revealed' daily mail'my goodness, it is brilliantsearingly honest, warm, bursting with humanity' telegraph praise for simon reeve'tv's most interesting globetrotter' independent'the craziest (or bravest) man on tv' mail on sunday'like all the best travellers, reeve carries out his investigations with infectious relish, and in the realisation that trying to understand the country you're in is not just fascinating, but also hugely enjoyable' daily telegraph'simon might just be the best tour guide in the world' the sun* * * * * * * * *in tv adventurer simon reeve's bestselling memoir he describes how he has journeyed across epic landscapes, dodged bullets on frontlines, walked through minefields and been detained for spying by the kgb
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shortlisted for the cwa john creasey dagger and a theakston's new blood author forsimply supberb' mjimmy, a homeless veteran grappling with ptsd, did his best to pretend he hadn't heard it - the sound of something heavy falling into the tyne at the height of an argument between two men on the riverbanksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham gritty, newcastle-set crime for fans of ian rankin and robert galbraithbut jimmy has one big advantage: when you've got nothing, you've got nothing to losecraven, author of the puppet showit started with a splashjimmy is a character you root for from page onebut telling carrie, what he heard - or thought he heard - turns out to be just the beginning of the story'fresh, original, authentic and gritty - should be an instant classic' lee child'intricate, expertly paced with a shocking conclusionthen he sees the headline: girl in missing dad pleathe police don't believe him, but carrie is adamant that something awful has happened to her dad and jimmy agrees to help her, putting himself at risk from enemies old and newthe girl, carrie, reminds him of someone he lost, and this makes his mind up: it's time to stop hiding from his past
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Oracle sequence: the oracle, paperback by fisher, catherine, isbn , isbn-13 shortlisted for the whitbread awardfirst of a compelling trilogy, full of action, betrayals and mystery, drawing on the rituals of the ancient greeks and egyptians
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its ageit is fully functional and has an engraved handleit measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widest
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