The eve of her ninth
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Oxfam shop evesham on the eve of her ninth birthday, rose edelstein bites into her mother's homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can taste her mother's emotions in the sliceat once profound, funny, wise and sad, this is a novel to savourthe particular sadness of lemon cake is about the pain of loving those whom you know too much about, and the secrets that exist within every familynow available to preorder: aimee bender's new novel, the butterfly lampshade see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as rose grows up, she learns that there are some secrets even her taste buds cannot discernall at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperationrose's gift forces her to confront the truth behind her family's emotions - her mother's sadness, her father's detachment and her brother's clash with the worldanything can be revealed at any mealsuddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilous
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John keats, the eve of saint agnes, published by sampson low,marston,searle and rivingtonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemeasures: 37x27 read moregilt title is brightmurray, complete, with tissue guardscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoriginal publisher's cloth in good minus condition with some bubbles and peeling at marginsfront hinge cracked but book holdingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinterior is very good, approximat 80 pagesillustrated with 19 beautiful etchings by charles oare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The police remain unconvinced - unaware that on the fringes of evie's life, there's someone elsethree days later she comes round, but her memory is damagedangel - her three-year-old daughtermore disturbingly, there's no evidence that she ever lived there, forcing the police to question whether evie's having some kind of breakdowncharlotte knew her years ago, at school, when another child went missinghaunting, compelling' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman's body is discovered on a cornish farm, battered and left for dead in a maize fieldpraise for the bones of you'a dazzling debutsomeone hidden, watching her every move, with their own agenda and their own twisted version of realityshe knows her name - evie - but no more, until she remembers another namebut even from the darkest place she's ever known, evie believes her daughter is aliveairlifted to hospital, her life hanging in the balance, no one's sure who she isas the police circulate evie's photo, someone recognizes herwhen the police search evie's home, there's no sign of angeloxfam shop dumfries the death of her is a haunting psychological thriller from debbie howells, author of the bestselling richard and judy book club success the bones of youleah danning, who vanished whilst in evie's care
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Westminster abbey choir - music from the coronation of her majesty queen elizabeth ii [cd] genre: classical music westminster abbey choir - music from the coronation of her majesty queen elizabeth ii [cd]
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Retails for £ but i am selling for £6see my other ad for all the other shari lapena's that are also for salein perfect as new conditioncollect henley or buyer pays costs of p&pthe end of her by shari lapena is her very latest best selling thriller in hardback
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See my other ad for all the other shari lapena's that are also for salein perfect as new conditionretails for £ but i am selling for £5collect henley or buyer pays costs of p&pthe end of her by shari lapena is her very latest best selling thriller in hardback
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"sixty years a queen - the story of her majesty's reign" by sir herbert maxwell eyre & spottiswoode, london - first uk edition - 35cmx25cm, 240p - condition: half leather binding with some wear and rubbing to boards ands spine, complete internally, incl colored frontispiece a beautifully illustrated book on the life and reign of the english royal, queen victoria by sir herbert maxwellplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis book features impressive illustrations and photographs throughout including a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of the queencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Title: hildegard of bingen: the woman of her agebinding: paperbackauthor(s): maddocks, fiona
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Detective constable ash henderson has a dark secret five years ago his daughter, rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthdayand he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's murderer gets what he deservesevery year another card: each one worse than the lastthirteen will be unlucky for some1 bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning stuart macbrideoxfam shop colne road twelve yearsa year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a polaroid picture stuck to the front - rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrifiedhe's been snatching girls for twelve years, always just before their thirteenth birthday, killing them slowly, then torturing their families with his homemade cardssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revengetwelve dead girlsthe tabloids call him 'the birthday boy'but ash hasn't told anyone what really happened to rebecca - they all think she ran away - because if anyone finds out, he'll be taken off the investigation
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The eve of the war 9:06the eve of the war r2h mix 6:19the title is the war of the worldsthe artilleryman and the fighting machinethe item format is a cdfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Forty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationparticular attention is given to archeological aspectsa truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common paststarting from the origins of humankind to the first societies years ago, the events, chronologically charted, present a comprehensive picture of how civilization emerged and developed over this periodafter almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesthis major undertaking required an international commission and the co-operation of some 450 distinguished specialists, in a great number of disciplines, from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe new edition, now called history of humanity, is a radical new work providing an account of cultural and scientific achievements in the light of new facts and methods of historiographical investigation
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Oxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warstorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societythey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unityby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historylater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germany
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Iris origo drew on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of italian domestic life on the eve of the renaissancethe book is rightly celebrated as one of the most engrossing of all modern books on italian life and historyfrancesco di marco datini, the 14th-century tuscan merchant who forms the central subject of iris origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later middle agesin an astonishing cache, containing some letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light
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The eve of the war 9:06the title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldscd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versionsthe artilleryman and the fighting machinenew - jeff wayne - the war of the worlds - cd cd
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The eve of the war 9:06the artilleryman and the fighting machinethe title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldscd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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It is always the innocent who suffer to make the powerful richthe search for her daughter will cost her everything, but as long as she believes that bella is alive she will never surrender and paul devereux must use every means in his power to make sure she is silenced for goodoxfam shop great dunmow no 1 best selling author of "house of cards" and "to play the king" - this is a signed copy of "the touch of innocents" by michael dobbsizzy cannot accept the death of her baby daughter bellastubborn and at times irrational, her belief that her daughter is alive leads her to the sordid truth - an international black market where babies are sold for cashpaul devereux is one of the most powerful politicians in the countryshe is just one woman against the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreisadora dean is the rising star of television news journalismbehind this horrific truth, isadora detects the sinister hand of devereuxtwo exceptionally talented, successful people brought in to dangerous conflict
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The epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to america in the s, a romantic liaison she had there, the destiny that brought her back to ireland, and her marriage into the stately rusheenoxfam shop wolverhampton edna o'brien returns to the world of her debut novel, the country girls, in an inspired account of a dying mother and her daughterfrom her hospital bed in dublin, the elderly dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, eleanora, from londonunfortunately, eleanora's visit does not prove to be the glad reunion that it might have beenshe also retraces eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, and dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughtersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Have the dead come back to life? or has susan plunged into the abyss of madness? with the help of her neurosurgeon, susan desperately clings to her sanity while fighting to uncover who or what could be stalking hershe doesn't remember who she is or why she is thereor did they? twelve years later susan wakes in a hospital bedplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis in a cavern called the house of thunder, susan thorton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazingand in the following four years, the four young men who participated in that grim fraternity rite also died violentlyall she knows is that her convalescence is unfolding into a fearful nightmare - and that the faces that surround her, pretending loving care, are those of the four men involved in that murder years beforeapparently involved in a fatal accident, she is suffering from amnesia
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Translated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoliver bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the rhine borderlands of the black forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteriesdivorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastdreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowlthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifeoxfam shop dumfries the first in a gripping new crime series set in germany - the black forest investigations louise boni, maverick chief inspector with the black forest crime squad, is struggling with her demonsshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evilwhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers
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She was, however, a considerable artist in her own right, and this book concentrates on her as an artist, and reveals the range of her varied and impressive achievements see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop scarborough great condition book, with minor creases and markspages are clean dora carrington is best-known for her devotion to lytton strachey, and her association with the rest of the bloomsbury group
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the gripping standalone thriler from no hours later, laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapersand for andrea oliver that split second is a mass shooting in her local mall now andy must embark on a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of her mother's past before any more blood is shed but this shocking act is only the start a fight for survival a woman whose life is built on a lie it takes a split second for your life to change foreverbecause then, as the bodies fall around them, andy's mother laura takes a step forward into the line of fire but the danger has only just begunsee oxfam website for delivery information read more1 internationally bestselling author karin slaughter, soon to be a netflix seriesa terrifying act of violence
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Oxfam bookshop ashbourne the book of ruth is a triumphant love story in the face of adversitycondition:Â used see oxfam website for delivery information read moreleaving her homeland, ruth follows her mother in law to israel after the death of her husband to meet a man who will change her life
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Oxfam bookshop aylesbury this highly acclaimed debut feature from victor erice is set in rural spain just after franco's victory in the spanish civil warthe young girl, ana, starts to worry about the fate of the monsterin a remote castillian village in a travelling cinema comes to town and shows the boris karloff film 'frankenstein'she discovers a fugitive on the run who takes the surrogate place of the monster of her imagining, and she naively tries to protect him from the villagers and policeit offers a memorable story of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas and a haunting commentary on the new fascist rulesee oxfam website for delivery information read moregoaded on by her sister, who tells her the monster lives in a house on the edge of the village, she finally summons enough courage to visit the house
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Good condition - never read, so aside from crease on back cover (see photo) this book is unusedit gives insight into her final years and the evolution of her last poemspostage £4 by courier to uk mainlandcollection welcomedlocal delivery availablethe journals of sylvia plath (paperback) this is a transcription of the journals kept by sylvia plath over the last 12 years of her life
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Oxfam shop scarborough gertrude jekyll is one of the most influential 20th-century garden designerswould make the perfect gift for yourself or any gift lovers in your lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book shows the best of her garden designs and a wonderful collection of her planting plans, made more accessible by extensive analysis and reinterpretation of the originals, accompanied by simple watercolours of the plans and illuminating photographsthis edition is in excellent, as new condition, with no damage to the hardcover, dust cover, or any of the pages
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Hilary mantel is one of britain's most accomplished and acclaimed writerswhether set in a claustrophobic saudi arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses of the spiritsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday façadesoxfam shop wolverhampton a brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double man booker prize-winning author of 'wolf hall' and 'bring up the bodies'displaying all of mantel's unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powerschildhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in 'comma'; nurses clash in 'harley street' over something more than professional differences; and in the title story, staying in for the plumber turns into an ambiguous and potentially deadly waiting game
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Text block is clean and binding solidhe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religionvery good black cloth" see oxfam website for delivery information read moregerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meanings"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienaoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgeinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religion
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Arabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplateswatching the pair with a beady eye, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age - the poet alexander pope see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe object of her desire is also flirting with a perilous jacobite plot against queen anneoxfam bookshop st albans what would you do if you were faced with a dangerous temptation you feared you couldn't resist? "the scandal of the season" tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever arabella fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman robert petre, seventh baron of ingatestone
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This one was produced to celebrate the first of her tales and was designed by emma noblethe tale of peter rabbit coin is in the second series, produced by the royal mint, to commemorate the life and works of beatrix potterit has been in circulation; condition as per the photos
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Disc and case in very good conditionthe two, helped by the dextrous franky (angelina jolie) and technical whiz dex (giovanni ribisi), uncover a plot by mad scientist dr totenkopf (laurence olivier in archive footage) to create a 'world of tomorrow' - and destroy the world of todaya race against time begins as our heroes do all they can to save the planet before it is too lateshe enlists the help of her former beau, heroic flying ace joe 'sky captain' sullivan (jude law)oxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action adventure romp, which pays homage to comics and serials such as flash gordon and supermansee oxfam website for delivery information read moregwyneth paltrow stars as intrepid reporter polly perkins, who suspects a connection between the mysterious disappearance of many of the world's top scientists, and a recent attack on new york city by giant robots - and decides to investigate
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