The cosmopolitan novel
List the cosmopolitan novel
-
Oxfam shop magdelen street while traditionally the novel has been seen as tracking the development of the nation state, schoene queries if globalisation might currently be prompting the emergence of a new sub-genre of the novel that is adept at imagining global community see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter explores a different theoretical key concept, including 'glocality', 'glomicity', 'tour du monde', 'connectivity' and 'compearance'the book introduces a new generation of contemporary british writers (rachel cusk, kiran desai, hari kunzru, jon mcgregor and david mitchell) whose work is read against that of established novelists arundhati roy, james kelman and ian mcewan
9 €
-
The three little pigs the graphic novel by lisa trumbauer (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
4 €
-
One glass is never enough: the perfect novel to relax with this summer!, paperback by wenham-jones, jane, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free p&p in the uk a deliciously entertaining tale of love, friendship and secretsperfect for fans of katie fforde
21 €
-
Annals of the parish novel by john galt, illustrated by henry wplease view my other items for more unusual items and antiques collection from ireby in cumbria, ca7, 12 miles north of keswick, 4 miles south of mealsgate or postage fully insured is £4 read morethis series is becoming sought after, and one can easily understand whykerr, rsa, excellent condition superb tipped in watercolours and a most attractive full buckram binding, with gilt top to the text block and attractively untrimmed edges to leading edge and base
20 €
-
Recruit: the graphic novel, paperback by muchamore, robert; aggs, john (ilt); edginton, ian (adp), isbn , isbn-13 when james is recently orphaned, he is recruited by a secret agency for his math skills and must undergo one hundred days of grueling training
8 €
-
Dadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurythe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionthis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and arts
30 €
-
Clan novel - setite nmwhite wolf vampire - the masquerade - clan novel saga clan novel - setite (nm)this book,clan novel: setite, is the fourth of a 13-book series concerning the kindred the hugest event ever in the world of darkness
11 €
-
Clan novel - gangrel vgwhite wolf vampire - the masquerade - clan novel saga clan novel - gangrel (vg+)product line: vampire - the masquerade - clan novel sagabeware other vampires - the sabbat's conscienceless killersmanufacturer: white wolf
29 €
-
She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelyher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him'a glorious novel' observer'the descriptions of the london blitz are achingly real' sunday telegraphpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to mark'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendpenelope lively lives in londonshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe insee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own'this is the city in which everything is simultaneoushere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitz
2 €
-
She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigerin any circumstances, from a wedding to a christmas shopping expedition, lively finds an emotional dilemma, engaging the reader as thoroughly as if they were reading a novel and leaving them speechless' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and childrenher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganthe fourteen warmly humorous stories in beyond the blue mountains range from the fantasy of scheherazade to a dazzling example of chaos theory, depicting in exquisite prose the subtle but significant events that go to create everyday experience"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joyshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to markshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardoxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope livelyshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe insee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptivepenelope lively lives in london
2 €
-
Type: novel - softcoverproduct line: vampire - the masquerade - clan novel sagathe condition of the item you will receive is exmanufacturer: white wolfour grading system is listed below for your perusal
21 €
-
Brief description: once every ten years, the cosmopolitan city of goka on the eastern coastline of tian xia hosts the ruby phoenix tournament on an island in the city's harborinfamous for its strange shows and exciting mix of1x pathfinder - the ruby phoenix tournament english version instructions in: gb type: role playing
24 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prizewinner of the irish novel of the year hanna, dan, constance and emmet return to the west coast of ireland for a final family christmas in the home their mother is about to sellas the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home**one of the guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century** see oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
-
The first novel in the mure series, from bestselling author jenny colgan won the rna romantic comedy novel award inoxfam bookshop st albans flora is definitely, absolutely sure that escaping from the quiet scottish island where she grew up to the noise and hustle of the big city was the right choicewhen a new client demands flora's presence back on mure, she's suddenly swept back into life with her brothers (all strapping, loud and seemingly incapable of basic housework) and her fatherwhat was there for her on mure? it's a place where everyone has known her all her life, and no one will let her forget the pastas flora indulges her new-found love of cooking and breathes life into the dusty little pink-fronted shop on the harbour, she's also going to have to come to terms with past mistakes - and work out exactly where her future liessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the city, she can be anonymous, ambitious and indulge herself in her hopeless crush on her gorgeous boss, joelcomplete with a selection of recipes
2 €
-
This first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanythose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconythe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodes
2 €
-
As meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survivaloxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasurewhen hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetimebut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the booka renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
-
'marks a new departure for the american novelthe new york trilogy is the modern novel at its finest: a truly bold and arresting work of fiction with something to transfix and astound every readeroxfam bookshop cheltenham the new york trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one of america's most consistently astonishing writers' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read more' observer'a shatteringly clever piece of work' sunday telegraph'the new york trilogy established him as the only author one could compare to samuel beckettutterly gripping, written with an acid sharpness that leaves an indelible dent in the back of the mindin each story the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling investigation of what it means to be humanit is a riveting work of detective fiction worthy of raymond chandler, and at the same time a profound and unsettling existentialist enquiry in the tradition of kafka or borgesthe trilogy is three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness
2 €
-
'the only response to this novel is simply: wowthe starless sea, the second novel from the author of the the night circus, is out nowoxfam bookshop cheltenham the circus arrives without warningthey swing outward, inviting the crowd insidediscover this amazing fantasy read with a different kind of magicit is simply there, when yesterday it was notagainst the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and whitenow you may enterit is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the tents are aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign lights up: le cirque des rêves the circus of dreams the gates shudder and unlock, seemingly by their own volitionnow the circus is opena sign hanging upon iron gates reads: opens at nightfall closes at dawn as dusk shifts to twilight, tiny lights begin to flicker all over the tents, as though the whole circus is covered in fireflies
2 €
-
A year at the star and sixpence is holly hepburn's four star and sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first timebut when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them, they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed curl up with a year at the star and sixpence - the perfect novel to welcome springif you have already enjoyed the novellas, then you have already enjoyed a year at the star and sixpencefilled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting'a fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' rowan coleman 'you'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, holly hepburnsimply wonderfulbut they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once againoxfam shop colne road the perfect escapist read, for all fans of cathy bramley and jenny colganbut when they arrive at the star and sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running againfor new novellas from holly, check out her picture house by the sea series and her castle court series ++ see oxfam website for delivery information read more when sisters nessie and sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afreshi want to read more!' miranda dickinson 'warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! i want to pull up a bar stool, order a large g&t and soak up all the gossip at the star and sixpence!' cathy bramley ++ a year at the star and sixpence is the collected star and sixpence novellastheir first year at the star and sixpence won't be easy, though nothing worth doing ever is
3 €
-
Rounding the mark is followed by the eighth novel in the series the patience of the spideroxfam bookshop cheltenham rounding the mark is the seventh darkly humorous novel in andrea camilleri's inspector montalbano series"excuse me," he said hastily, flipping back onto his belly and looking over at the otherthe person beside him didn't answer, because he wasn't doing the dead man's floatbut when he bumps into a dead body during a bracing swim, his detective instincts are aroused once morehe was actually deadparticularly when the most likely identity of the victim is a man already long buriedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincreasingly disillusioned with his government and the world in general, inspector montalbano is considering retirementin a fraction of a second, montalbano realized he'd struck a human footsomebody else was floating right beside him, and he hadn't noticedand, to judge from the way he looked, he'd been so for quite a whilehe is starting to feel his age, and even his favourite restaurant has closedthe sea smelled harsh, stinging his nostrils like champagne, and he nearly got drunk on ithe began swimming in slow, broad strokes
2 €
-
Oxfam shop evesham a top-ten bestseller, shortlisted for the costa novel award, this must be the place by maggie o'farrell crosses time zones and continents to reveal an extraordinary portrait of a marriage'a complex, riveting novel of love and hope that grips at the heart' the sunday timesa reclusive ex-film star living in the wilds of ireland, claudette wells is a woman whose first instinct, when a stranger approaches her home, is to reach for her shotgunit is a journey that will send him off-course, far away from the life he and claudette have made togetherwill their love for one another be enough to bring daniel back home? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhy is she so fiercely protective of her family, and what made her walk out of her cinematic career when she had the whole world at her feet?her husband daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw twenty years ago, is about to make an exit of his own
3 €
-
This is the graphic variation of the novelanother great book by the master of fantasy terry pratchettfull colour on card pages it is in immaculate conditionthe price also includes packaging & postage to mainland uk
(England)
-
Your chance to own the graphic novel that the film atomic blonde was based offthanks for looking! ad id: delivery service consumer creditit has been read once, the spine has been cracked as the pictures show, i haven’t turned down any page corners and it is in fantastic conditionit is a fantastic read! only selling as don’t have enough room
(England)
-
Buffy the vampire slayer part of the gatekeeper trilogy out of the madhouse novelsigns of shelf wearcreated by joss whedonbased on the popular vampire tv series
2 €
-
Her previous novel a night on the orient express won the rna novel of the yearchristmas at the beach hut by the author veronica henrypaperback is in very good conditioncollection only
1 €
-
Perfect paperback edition of the first novel based on t's avengers, excellent conditon a must for all fans of the iconic t
10 €
-
Oxfam bookshop harrogate the movie novel of the iconic film, bringing it to life in over colour photographs derived from frame blow upsinternally unmarkedwraps have slight shelfwearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecolour illus throughout
34 €
-
Oxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of the historical novel by philippa gregorythe story is a fictionalised account of the life of mary boleyn (scarlett johansson) who was mistress to king henry viii (eric bana) before he married her sister, anne (natalie portman)when mary is ousted in favour of anne, she leaves the king's court to marry a commoner, but is compelled to return when her sister embarks on a reckless plan to try and save herself from ruinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good conditionset during one of the most dramatic periods in british regal history, the narrative focuses on the relationship and rivalry between the two boleyn girls and the power game being played by their family in which the sisters are mere pawns
2 €
-
Oxfam shop ulverston gary ross directs this sci-fi action film based on the best-selling novel by suzanne collinsunder the tutelage of inebriated former champion haymitch abernathy (woody harrelson), katniss goes into training for the fight of her lifewhen her younger sister primrose (willow shields) is selected as a contestant, katniss steps up to take her place in the matchsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreevery year, the all-powerful ruling agency known as the capitol selects one boy and one girl from each of panem's 12 impoverished rival districts to fight to the death on live national television in a contest known as 'the hunger games', in which the winner is given food to feed their entire district for a yearjennifer lawrence stars as 16-year-old katniss everdeen, a citizen of the totalitarian post-apocalyptic country of panem, formerly the united states
4 €
-
Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the four swans is the sixth novel in winston graham's sweeping series of cornwall, poldarkalthough ross poldark - now something of a war hero - seems secure in his hard-won prosperity, a new dilemma faces him in the sudden infatuation of a young naval officer for his wife demelzaall four women - the four swans - whose lives touch ross's, face a crisis in these yearsthe four swans is followed by the seventh book in the poldark series, the angry tidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor his wife demelza, his old love elizabeth, his friend's new wife caroline and for the unhappy morwenna chynoweth these are times of stress and conflict
2 €