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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 practice" 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 ukspecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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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He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiathis is a book that needed to have been writtenoxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiahe deserves the recognition'profound and stimulatingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis books have been translated into thirty languagesthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timesindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace
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Winner of the royal society of literature ondaatje award and the spirit of scotland award and shortlisted for the guardian first book award, the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize and the scottish book of the year prizetravelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the mogul emperor, babur the great, stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditionsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of warcaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasion
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope commemorating the sharing of the peace prize by prime minister menachim begin and president anwar sadat on 10th december ;Â stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop brigg the booker prize-winning final novel in pat barker's classic 'regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of the silence of the girls'an extraordinary tour de forcethe ghost road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the first world warthe regeneration trilogy:regenerationthe eye in the doorthe ghost road see oxfam website for delivery information read morea triumph' sunday times'harrowing, original, unforgettable' independent, the closing months of the waras rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, prior and owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generationarmy psychiatrist william rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly billy prior, who is about to return to combat in france with young poet wilfred owenone of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century british fiction' jonathan coe'powerful, deeply moving
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'enthralling' -anita brookner, author of the booker prize-winning hotel du lac 'compellingly told, brilliantly observed, lyrically written and when you get to the last page you simply want to run out and buy everything she's ever written' -sunday independent see oxfam website for delivery information read moretorn between her impulse to protect her husband's memory and her desire to know the truth, kathryn sets off to find out if she ever really knew the man who was her husbandas kathryn struggles through her grief, she is forced to confront disturbing rumours about the man she loved and the life that she took for grantedoxfam bookshop hertford an oprah's book club selection, this gripping and powerfully wrought novel from the bestselling author of the weight of water is a stunning meditation on grief, betrayal and 'the ultimate unknowability of those closest to us' (daily telegraph) who can guess what a woman will do when the unthinkable becomes her reality? being married to a pilot has taught kathryn lyons to be ready for emergencies, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night knock on her door and the news of her husband's fatal crashin her determination to test the truth of her marriage, she faces shocking revelations about the secrets a man can keep and the actions a woman is willing to take
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen a fascinating collection of letters from the great english novelist - and prolific correspondent - penelope fitzgerald acclaimed for her exquisitely elegant novels - including the booker prize-winning 'offshore' - and superb biographies, penelope fitzgerald was one of the most admired authors in britain during the last century'so i have thought of you' is an invaluable addition her distinguished oeuvrepreface by a s byatt hardback book with dust jacket published in see oxfam website for delivery information read morepenelope fitzgerald was one of the most distinctive voices in british literaturethe prizewinning author of nine novels, three biographies, and one collection of short stories, she died in
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publica very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uplease 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 storethis is one of the only known copiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world war
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prize plate dated on first free endpapera lovely s 'wonder book' for children in very good conditionoxfam bookshop lymington red cloth hard covers with black titles on the front and the spinebinding is tight and text is clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith 9 colour plates plus many sepia and black-and-white illustrations throughout the textlight edge wear plus wear at the top and base of the spineunclipped dust jacket in good condition, lightly sunned with wear and chipping at the top and base of the spine
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreverthe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural historythe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade parisand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another
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Henry viii must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by anne of cleveshenry finds nothing to admire in his new queen, setting himself against his advisors and nobles to pay court to young katherine howardnothing is certain in a kingdom ruled by an increasingly tyrannical kingthe new queen begins to sense a trap closing around heroxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of the other boleyn girl, philippa gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of henry viii and his final queensa german princess by birth, anne is to be henry's pawn in the protestant alliance against rome, but the marriage falters from the startsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand jane boleyn, summoned to the inner circle once more by her uncle the duke of norfolk, finds a fractious court haunted by the boleyn legacy of death and deceitthe king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of god now
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Oxfam shop evesham twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prizeruby 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 life'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens'little short of a masterpiecewill 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 marriedfizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookwithout doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoutrageously funnybunty 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 ruby
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Beige paper-covered boards, with brown cloth covered spinetext block is clean and tightsmall creases to front wraparoundsuperficial scuffs and marksglossy pictorial dustjacketgilt text to spinewoven head and tail bandssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport in a sleepy outpost in the moroccan desert, charlie halifax is living a quietly desperate lifewhile flying for the french during the war between the foreign legion and arab tribesman, he learns of the orteig prize, offered to the first man to fly between paris and new yorka highly decorated american pilot who flew for the french in the first world war, halifax was shot down in , horribly wounded and banished to africa after trying to desert
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Or is it? exiled suddenly to vienna, treacherous city of spies, sev finds himself caught up in a cat-and-mouse game where survival is the only prizeto be wrongly accused of murder once is a misfortuneit is the height of the cold warbeing framed for a murder should just be part of his cover storytwice - and it's a conspiracyoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a powerful and atmospheric thriller set during the cold war, from the internationally acclaimed author of 'the bridge of sighssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut in a world where no good deed goes unpunished, loyalty can be the biggest crime of allwhen a defector mysteriously returns to the eastern european village of his birth, it's a chance for disgraced detective brano sev to redeem himself
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the stories of john cheever by john cheever when the stories of john cheever was originally published, it became an immediate national bestseller and won the pulitzer prizevintage books is proud to reintroduce this magnificent collectionhere are sixty-one stories that chronicle the lives of what has been called "the greatest generation" from the early wonder and disillusionment of city life in "the enormous radio" to the surprising discoveries and common mysteries of suburbia in "the housebreaker of shady hill" and "the swimmer," cheever tells us everything we need to know about "the pain and sweetness of lifepages clean, small crease to the back cover, minor wear to the cover spine" in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the years since, it has become a classic
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Not only can nice guys come first - they can win the biggest prize of allin the summer of , that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion - from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the alps to the brutal slopes of the pyrenees and, finally, the champs-elysees in parisas a boy, g had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the tour on televisionwith insight from the key characters around geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling and heart-warming tales in sportoxfam shop mold the inspirational inside story from the tour de france and sports personality of the year winner"this year g was the strongest rider, and he finally had lady luck on his sidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis july, across twenty-one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his ownan unstoppable combination" chris froome"i understood what geraint's win meant: for him, for me, for the team, and for wales, too" dave brailsford"wow!" thierry henryfor years geraint thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an olympic gold medallist on the track, commonwealth champion, yet at the tour de france a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team-mates
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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'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens'little short of a masterpiecewill 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 marriedfizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookwithout doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreruby 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 lifeoutrageously funnybunty 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 ruby
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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 macleodin 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 geniusoriginally 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 hwelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineoxfam books & music bury stedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetryoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generationwhether 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 morejames 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 inoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parishe 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 showever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresally 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 societywithin 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 nonfiction6 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 withlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through itas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturepages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom 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 omnipresentin 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 similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor 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 nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombfrom 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-involvedwe are all potential targets
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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 seabut the prince has become a horrible rich boy called raymond trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescueda wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years beforeand when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of london see oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition- very goodoxfam bookshop harrogate under platform 13 at king's cross station there is a secret door that leads to a magical islandit appears only once every nine years
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Winner of the pulitzer prize and the national book awardthe armies of the nightwe specialize in fine books in the categories of art, architecture, photography, cinema, nature, literature, including poetry and many anthologies
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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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Oxfam shop scarborough game of thrones: the iron throne is the game of thrones board game! designed for 3 to 5 playersyou 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 throne see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis game is as new with all pieces included
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Longlisted for the orange prizea 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 ownoxfam bookshop hertford a novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century english familysee 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 flawsa young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniahe wins her affections, but the price is greatshe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentileoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race lawssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From 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 biddingjames endersight would lay claim to the ultimate prize, and there is no price too foul for him to pay
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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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