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Pablo neruda was always greatly fascinated with the world of birds and it is in art of birds that the chilean nobel prize winner wanted to reflect his passion for these creatures and for the wealth of nature found in his beloved native landthis is a bilingual english-spanish edition, created not only for neruda enthusiasts, but also for nature and literature lovers who are keen to discover a unique book amongst the work of this renowned poetcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethere is a bit of yellowing at the top edge*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki24 x 15 cm in sizeplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured
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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 indiaoxfam 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 indiahis books have been translated into thirty languagesthis is a book that needed to have been writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read more'profound and stimulatingshows 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 peaceindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointshe deserves the recognitionthe 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 times
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inthis is one of the only known copiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balleta very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Page 10 holds the world famous and controversial photo of the later nobel prize winner elie wiesel, lying on a wooden bunk bed with fellow prisoners in buchenwaldthe photo was first published in the new york times on 6 may with the caption ‘crowded bunks in the prison camp at buchenwald’jan schiet (amsterdam - roelofarendsveen )catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetake note: the oclc (online computer library center) / worldcat with more than affiliated libraries in more than 90 countries only mentions 5 (!) copies in the collection worldwide, four in the netherlands and one in the usa (as of february )despite the title, there are no photos nor text involving arnhem in the bookletschiet is liberated by the allies on 10 aprilwith shocking and impressive photos of the just liberated camps and 8 ppphotos of the concentration camps were made available by the usis, (united states information service photographic section, amsterdam) en den heer jan schiet fotograaf, amsterdamour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe material of arnhem is (likely) only shown in the exhibition itselfsettles as an independent photographer in amsterdam inin addition with descriptions of the photoshe joins the resistance and is sentenced to three years in for ‘beihilfe bildung einer geheimen verbindung’are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe is transferred to zuchthaus siegburg in januarythis concerns an extraordinary rare exhibition guide with 24 pp
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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 geniuswelch medal of the american association for the history of medicinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally 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 hedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseaseoxfam books & music bury st
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom 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 omnipresentwe are all potential targetspages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor 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 nigernow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorisma few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom 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 conditionin 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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From malala yousafzai as the youngest nobel prize laureate and carmen amaya beginning her remarkable dance career at age four to swimmer diana nyad breaking a world record at sixty- four and doris lessing still penning stories into her nineties, this inspiring volume will compel readers to reconnect with their own dreams and envision new goals to challenge themselves at any stage of lifesigned by the author: 'dear margaret; reach higher; dig deeper' with dustcover which has a small tear on fold over edgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop skipton following the great success of pioneers of the possible, angella nazarian returns with an extraordinary sequel, visionary womenfeaturing a foreword by melanne verveer, the director of the georgetown institute for women, peace and security, this new title highlights twenty more innovative and forward-thinking women
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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 incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedhardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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nobel prize winning writeroxfam bookshop micklegate cover has tiny tear at bottom, name at top see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of £ svetlana fialova; second prize of £ marie von heyl; and student awards of £ 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 practicethe 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 practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 uk" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundspecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrence
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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 ina sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'oxfam 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'see 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 formsat the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexuals
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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 kidsbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karineryan 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 gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'it's the people around him who are the problemand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatif he blows that, he's all alonenot even behind his back
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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 )but neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymoursee oxfam website for delivery information read morean astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistscromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careerby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wife
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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 exceptionalbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymoursee oxfam website for delivery information read morecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeri 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 prizesby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifean 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 exceptionalbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymoursee oxfam website for delivery information read morecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careerby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifean astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsi 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
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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 kidsbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karineryan 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 gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'it's the people around him who are the problemand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatif he blows that, he's all alonenot even behind his back
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizegenre: contemporary irish culturecollection onlycondition: very good
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattait measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widestsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is fully functional and has an engraved handleit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its age
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One of the best photobook in which got the german photobook prize in gold in"the yangtze river flows miles across china, traveling from its furthest westerly point in the qinghai province to shanghai in the eastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitephotos: nadav kanderafter 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 itselffirst edition, first printingsigned by nadav kandar" (from the publisher) read moreoverall very fine condition77 colour photosusing the river as a metaphor for constant change, nadav kander (born ) has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to sourcecondition: inside like new and unreadintroduction by kofi annan and nadav kandervery beautiful, sought-after photobook: martin parr, wassinklundgren, the chinese photobook from the s to the present, page 411the river is embedded in the consciousness of the chinese, and plays a significant role in both the spiritual and physical life of the peopleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover in linen without jacket (as issued)fantastic photobook in great condition; signed by the artisttext in englishtext: nadav kander, jean paul tchanghatje cantz, ostfildernare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidesign, layout: tappin goftoncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoutside with very light trace of use; very fresh
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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 brotherhis name's simonthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe shock of the fall is all of these booksit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionbut in a couple of pages he'll be dead'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 himand he was never the same after thatthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real
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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 classicthe story starts there, but the book doesn'tthe magic is in how it unfoldswhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eithersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantwe don't want to tell you too much about this bookit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil 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 holidaybut 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 findat 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 morein the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhinehe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time aroundspending 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 barmanas he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownhe recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single father
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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 doorstepwhat 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 moreas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvelits 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 onand a courtesan of great accomplishmentthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new coursehe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaid
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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 classicthe story of two women whose lives collide one day, leaving one with a terrible choice to makethe story starts there, but the book doesn'tthe magic is in how it unfoldsand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantwe don't want to tell you too much about this bookwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eithertwo years later they meet againsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it
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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 conflictover six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imaginingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the dazzling novel from the bestselling author of cloud atlasand 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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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 warthis 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 mostsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe 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"twenty-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 uncertainty
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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 prizewhen 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 stylebut will they give up that which is most precious to them? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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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