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Oxfam bookshop hertford twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prize'little short of a masterpiecebunty had never wanted to marry george, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath york minster, with sensible and sardonic patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch gillian who refused to be ignored, and rubywill dazzle readers for years to come' - hilary mantel, author of the mirror and the lightruby lennox was conceived grudgingly by bunty and born while her father, george, was in the dog and hare in doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a d-cup that he wasn't marriedruby tells the story of the family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling french photographer catches frail beautiful alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of ruby's own lifefizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding book'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickensoutrageously funnywithout doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodoxfam books & music bury stin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william h
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetrywhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generationjames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, in
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His newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr insally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societyhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in pariswithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colony
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fictionoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4see oxfam website for delivery information read morelike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targetsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedcover & spine in very good conditiona few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsnow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similarities
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A wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years beforebut the prince has become a horrible rich boy called raymond trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescuedit 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 island see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of londoncondition- very goodshortlisted 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 sea
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Winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book awardwe specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologiesthe armies of the night
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Treasure x is the ultimate surprise-reveal collectible 10 levels of adventure! rip, fizz and chip away to reveal the layers and discover the secrets hidden within! will you be the hero that finds the real gold or will you end up with the booby prize?!
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You and your friends each command one of the great houses of westeros, using every tool at your disposal to claim the ultimate prize: the iron thronethis game is as new with all pieces included see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop scarborough game of thrones: the iron throne is the game of thrones board game! designed for 3 to 5 players
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Game cards still in packaging but not the little prize cards - never been usedcondition is newdispatched with royal mail 2nd classant and dec's saturday night takeaway the board game brand new
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Longlisted for the orange prizeoxfam bookshop hertford a novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century english familya generation after the civil war, jonathan dymond, a cider maker, has so far enjoyed a quiet lifeunder the pretence of his cider business, jonathan visits his newly widowed aunt and there meets her unruly servant girl, tamar, who soon reveals that she has secrets of her ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut when he discovers a letter from his dying uncle, hinting an inheritance and revenge, he is determined to unravel the mystery in his family
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Winner of the moravia prize for fiction, the jewish husband is a bittersweet story of passion, hatred, cruelty and oppressiona very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flawshe wins her affections, but the price is greatsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race lawsa young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniashe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentile
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printing
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal" text, clean, bright and unmarked throughout dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etc eight pages of monochrome photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcherin gilt on spine, in very good condition
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James endersight would lay claim to the ultimate prize, and there is no price too foul for him to payfrom the disease-ravaged city of marrowden, comes the stench of death, and the staggering shapes of fallen warriorsthis talented sociopath wields his power, stripping the living of their flesh, and raising their bones to do his bidding
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Collectors all over the world prize the distinctive silver jewellery crafted by the hopi people of northern arizonathis comprehensive guide, first published over thirty years ago has long been considered the best available reference on hopi silversmithing
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Oxfam shop ulverston • it's star wars as you've never seen it before! set between episodes ii and iii and focusing on the epic struggles between the clone armies and separatist forces, this exciting new chapter in the star wars universe comes to life in star wars: the clone wars top trumps • now you can influence the battles yourself by pitting jedi against droid, sith against trooper, and many more of your favorite characters from the star wars movies! • featuring a host of new characters including the ruthless bounty hunter cad bane, jabba's dastardly uncle ziro, and young jedi ahsoka, star wars: the clone wars top trumps puts you in the thick of the battle! • complete with plastic case for storing top trumps cards • cards featuring statistics and images for each character see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From gerard way, creator of the eisner award?winning the umbrella academy! hardcover limited to copies! a paperback edition by becky cloonan and gerard way in english (may )author: becky cloonan
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'a winning design' highlights the differences between mammals, reptiles and birds'plant predators' examines how herbivores have adapted, while 'chisellers' concerns those mammals who feed primarily on roots and seeds'opportunists' examines the way that mammals with variable diets are able to adapt to new environments'return to the water' looks at seals, dolphins, porpoises and whales'social climbers' concerns the complexities of monkey social life'meat eaters' follows the eternal race between predators and prey, and how both individual and pack hunters have adapted'life in the trees' explores the world of tree-dwelling mammalsoxfam shop hebden bridge all ten episodes from david attenborough's series looking at the most diverse group of animals ever to inhabit the earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, 'food for thought' looks at what happened when mammals developed the capability to walk upright'insect hunters' focuses on mammals who have specifically adapted to eating insects
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The worldwide award winning word game, perfect for families will provide hours of fun & entertainmentthis will make a lovely giftfrom pet/smoke free home100% complete with rules
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham now a bbc radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the women's prize for fiction winner of the london hellenic prize shortlisted for the international dublin literary award shortlisted for the costa novel award shortlisted for the dsc prize for south asian literature longlisted for the man booker prize 'a book of the year, ' - guardian, observer, telegraph, new statesman, evening standard, new york times 'the book for our times' judges of the women's prize 'elegant and evocativebut she can't stop worrying about aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in london - or their brother, parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knewis 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' livesa powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' guardian isma is freesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the son of a powerful british muslim politician, eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defyafter years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in america, resuming a dream long deferredhandsome and privileged, he inhabits a london worlds away from theirs
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'helen dunmore mesmerizes you with her magical pen' daily mail 'a beautiful and inspired novel' john le carré 'secrets, unspoken words, lies that have the truth wrapped up in them somewhere make dunmore's stories ripple with menace and suspense' sunday times helen dunmore has published eleven novels with penguin: zennor in darkness, which won the mckitterick prize; burning bright; a spell of winter, which won the orange prize; talking to the dead; your blue-eyed boy; with your crooked heart; the siege, which was shortlisted for the whitbread novel of the year award and for the orange prize for fiction ; mourning ruby; house of orphans; counting the stars and the betrayal, which was longlisted for the man booker prizeshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writerlawrence and his german wife hiding out in cornwall during the first world warh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips londonthey befriend clare coyne, a young artist struggling to console her beloved cousin, john william, who is on leave from the trenches and suffering from shell-shocksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in her prize-winning first novel, zennor in darkness, helen dunmore reimagines the plight of dyet the dark tide of gossip and innuendo means that zennor is neither a place of recovery nor of escapeinto this turmoil come dspring, , and war haunts the cornish coastal village of zennor: ships are being sunk by u-boats, strangers are treated with suspicion, and newspapers are full of spy stories
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham *longlisted for the man booker prize **shortlisted for the goldsmiths prize and the gordon burn prize *'i was grippedremarkable' robert macfarlane, guardian books of the year'a novel so of this moment that you don't even realize you've waited your whole life for it' marlon jamesfor selvon, ardan and yusuf, growing up under the towers of stones estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedombut now, after the killing of a british soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is safetheir friend yusuf is caught up in a different tide, a wave of radicalism surging through his local mosque, threatening to carry his troubled brother, irfan, with itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprovocative, raw, poetic yet tender, in our mad and furious city marks the arrival of a major new talent in fictionwhile the fury swirls around them, selvon and ardan remain focused on their own obsessions, girls and grime
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate longlisted for the man booker prize , longlisted for the wainwright prize , shortlisted for the gordon burn prizeit belongs to england's mysterious past and its confounding presentcondition- as new see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit belongs to mad pete, the grizzled artistbut it also belongs to dead papa toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woodsto families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved herenot far from london, there is a villageto ancient peggy, gossiping at her gatedead papa toothwort, who is listening to them allchimerical, audacious, strange and wonderful - a song to difference and imagination, to friendship, youth and love, lanny is the globally anticipated new novel from max porterthis village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years ago
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Winner of the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for the goldsmiths prize 'a rare and dazzling feat of art' george saunders, author of lincoln in the bardo'mcgregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation' sarah hall, author of the wolf border'reservoir 13 is quite extraordinary - the way it's structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which jon mcgregor lets the characters breathe and age' roddy doyle, author of paddy clarke ha ha ha see oxfam website for delivery information read morean extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subsidethe search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday lifeoxfam bookshop st albans winner of the costa novel awarda guardian book of the yearan ft book of the yeara tls book of the yeara telegraph book of the yearfrom the award-winning author of if nobody speaks of remarkable thingsa teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of englandthe villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet homemeanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsedreservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's lossmidwinter in the early years of this century
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Winner of the costa novel award; longlisted for the man booker prize; shortlisted for the goldsmiths prizemeanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsedan extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subside see oxfam website for delivery information read morea teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of englandmidwinter in the early years of this centurybinding has a slight lean, and there are light surface marks to the unclipped dust jacket, otherwise in very good clean conditionthe villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home 'mcgregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation' (sarah hall, author of the wolf border')first edition, first printing - indicated by the single number 1 on the copyright pagethe search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday lifefrom the award-winning author of if nobody speaks of remarkable things, reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's lossoxfam bookshop kingsbridge signed by author job mcgregor to the title page, without date or dedication
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a major film starring brie larson, winner of the academy award for best actress and the best actress baftashortlisted for the man booker prize, the orange prize and a richard and judy book club selectionroom by emma donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejack and ma are prisonershe lives with his mathey don't have the keythey live in a single, locked room
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