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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand he was never the same after thatbut in a couple of pages he'll be deadthe shock of the fall is all of these booksthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for daysi think you're going to like himit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionhis name's simon
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgeshaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mosttwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintywe know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of ÂŁ svetlana fialova; second prize of ÂŁ marie von heyl; and student awards of ÂŁ each: kristian fletcher and tamsin nagelin the jerwood drawing prize was run in partnership with drawing projects ukthe 20th anniversary of the jerwood drawing prize exhibition was celebrated in , and in jerwood charitable foundation marked 15 years of its support for the prizethe prize is supported by jerwood charitable foundation through its contemporary gallery programme jerwood visual artsthe works were selected from more than submissions by kate brindley, director of middlesbrough institute of modern art; michael craig-martin ra, artist; and charlotte mullins, art critic, writer, broadcaster, and editor of art quarterly selected from original drawings, the jerwood drawing prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practicespecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundoxfam shop mutley plain " a total of 76 drawings are brought together in this group exhibition as part of the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the ukthe exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of uk-based drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice
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If you're a fan of betty's films or you simply love betty, this game is for you! every component of this collector's edition is customized for the ultimate betty boop experienceages 8 to adult 2 to 6 players see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is new and sealedoxfam shop shirley american monopoly is a collector's edition of the world's most famous board game
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The “betty” shoes offer elegant styling with a cascading curve designed to lengthen the leg and finished with simplicity crystals to add that little touch of glamoursize 37\4 bridal shoes - not with original box read more
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Look smart in this short jacket from the betty jackson for debenhams rangemeasurements: chest 36" nape to hem length 18" sleeve seam 8" in a used yet as new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more  made from 100% cotton fabric in a small check beautifully finished with a satin trim to the front pockets, back box pleat topped with a satin buttoned 1/2 belt, part hidden placket with a one feature button fastening and 3/4 length sleeves with button detail at the cuff
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'the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize insee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly formsoxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'at the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexualsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinenot even behind his backbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )an astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final dayscromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morei envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final dayscromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysi envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizescromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinenot even behind his backbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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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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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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One of the best photobook in which got the german photobook prize in gold inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store" (from the publisher) read more"the yangtze river flows miles across china, traveling from its furthest westerly point in the qinghai province to shanghai in the eastcondition: inside like new and unreadtext: nadav kander, jean paul tchanghatje cantz, ostfildernintroduction by kofi annan and nadav kanderdesign, layout: tappin gofton77 colour photosvery beautiful, sought-after photobook: martin parr, wassinklundgren, the chinese photobook from the s to the present, page 411using the river as a metaphor for constant change, nadav kander (born ) has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to sourcefantastic photobook in great condition; signed by the artistcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition, first printingsigned by nadav kandarafter several trips to different parts of the river, it became clear that what i was responding to and how i felt whilst being in china was permeating into my pictures, he records; a formalness and unease, a country that feels both at the beginning of a new era and at odds with itselfhardcover in linen without jacket (as issued)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoutside with very light trace of use; very freshoverall very fine conditionthe river is embedded in the consciousness of the chinese, and plays a significant role in both the spiritual and physical life of the peopleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext in englishphotos: nadav kander
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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 hertford winner of the mckitterick prizeshortlisted for the east midlands book awardshortlisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for new writer of the year in the specsavers national book awardsobserver book of the year the lighthouse begins on a north sea ferry, on whose blustery outer deck stands futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heading to germany for a restorative walking holidayspending his first night in hellhaus at a small, family-run hotel, he finds the landlady hospitable but is troubled by an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barmanat the end of the week, futh, sunburnt and blistered, comes to the end of his circular walk, returning to what he sees as the sanctuary of the hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownin the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhinehe recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single fatherbut the story he keeps coming back to, the person and the event affecting all others, is his mother and her abandonment of him as a boy, which left him with a void to fill, a substitute to findhe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time around
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Oxfam bookshop hertford 'a cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' the timesshorlisted for the women's prize for fiction one september evening in , the merchant jonah hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstepas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvelthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new coursewhat will be the cost of their ambitions? and will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess? see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidand a courtesan of great accomplishmentits arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets angelica neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on
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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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Longlisted for the man booker prize run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with holly sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflictsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the dazzling novel from the bestselling author of cloud atlasover six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imaginingand as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survival
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Together they travel far across the land to the domains of the king's three sisters to claim the merchant's prizebut will they give up that which is most precious to them? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen a merchant nurses the king of birds back to health after he is injured in a great war, he is offered a great rewarddebut author alexander utkin, retells the slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new styleoxfam homeware arnold an action-packed debut title for middle grade readers with an appetite for folklore and mythology, who are ready to move beyond storybook fairy tales
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Oxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were notsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earlierstruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life foreverhailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truth
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the man booker prize winner of the galaxy british book awards 'author of the year' 'an extraordinary and brilliant first novelbalram was born in a backwater village on the river ganges, the son of a rickshaw-pulleradiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and visionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escapewhen he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to delhi at the wheel of a hondaamid today's india's cockroaches and call-centres, its gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new india' sunday times meet balram halwai, the 'white tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murdererdriven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cage
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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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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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Richard lloyd parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in tokyo, and spent six years reporting from the epicentreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'a remarkable and deeply moving book' henry marsh, bestselling author of do no harm 'a breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction' times literary supplement on 11 march , a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east japanheart-breaking and hopeful, this intimate account of a tragedy unveils the unique nuances of japanese culture, the tsunami's impact on japan's stunning and majestic landscape and the psychology of its people**winner of the rathbones folio prize** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit tells the moving, evocative story of how a nation faced an unimaginable catastrophe and rebuilt to look towards the futureghosts of the tsunami is an award-winning classic of literary non-fictionit was japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of nagasakilearning about the lives of those affected through their own personal accounts, he paints a rich picture of the impact the tsunami had on day to day japanese life
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Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while joan is plotting how to leave himtheir secretjoe and joan castleman are en route to helsinkibut behind the compromises, the disappointment and disillusionment there lie see oxfam website for delivery information read morefor too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his successoxfam shop clitheroe a husband
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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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This pb is in excellent condition, shortlisted for the man booker prize
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betty boops selling altogether ÂŁ85 for all motorcycle betty crack in arm see picture hugs and kisses betty plays a tune has crack to her legs see picture s kicking betty boop mini shopping betty light up crystal paperweight with betty and tweety bird sold as seen collection only selling on at low price due to the 2 with cracks to them
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