The eve of her sixteenth birthday
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Who will gain the scottish throne? on the eve of her sixteenth birthday, a flushed and nervous cora macduff waits to marry her sweetheart, macbethit is north vs south, for two families have a claim on the inheritance of his crownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut her dreams are about to be stolen from her as the night she was hoping for turns into a brutal slaughteroxfam bookshop cheltenham "scotland, ad - king malcolm ii is fading fast"--provided by publisherin order to reclaim the life she was promised, she will learn to use every weapon at her disposal - even her son
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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 slicesuddenly, and for the rest of her life, food becomes perilousrose'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 worldbut as rose grows up, she learns that there are some secrets even her taste buds cannot discernanything can be revealed at any mealall at once her cheerful, can-do mother tastes of despair and desperationat once profound, funny, wise and sad, this is a novel to savournow available to preorder: aimee bender's new novel, the butterfly lampshade see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 family
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The tabloids call him 'the birthday boy'detective constable ash henderson has a dark secret five years ago his daughter, rebecca, went missing on the eve of her thirteenth birthdaybut 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 investigationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revengeoxfam shop colne road twelve yearsand he's sacrificed too much to give up before his daughter's murderer gets what he deservestwelve dead girlsa year later the first card arrived: home-made, with a polaroid picture stuck to the front - rebecca, strapped to a chair, gagged and terrifiedevery year another card: each one worse than the lasthe's been snatching girls for twelve years, always just before their thirteenth birthday, killing them slowly, then torturing their families with his homemade cardsthirteen will be unlucky for some1 bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning stuart macbride
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John keats, the eve of saint agnes, published by sampson low,marston,searle and rivingtongilt title is brightmurray, complete, with tissue guardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinterior is very good, approximat 80 pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifront hinge cracked but book holdingmeasures: 37x27 read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal publisher's cloth in good minus condition with some bubbles and peeling at marginsillustrated with 19 beautiful etchings by charles o
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Angel - her three-year-old daughtera woman's body is discovered on a cornish farm, battered and left for dead in a maize fieldmore disturbingly, there's no evidence that she ever lived there, forcing the police to question whether evie's having some kind of breakdownleah danning, who vanished whilst in evie's carehaunting, compelling' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read moresomeone hidden, watching her every move, with their own agenda and their own twisted version of realitypraise for the bones of you'a dazzling debutwhen the police search evie's home, there's no sign of angelshe knows her name - evie - but no more, until she remembers another namethe police remain unconvinced - unaware that on the fringes of evie's life, there's someone elseairlifted to hospital, her life hanging in the balance, no one's sure who she isas the police circulate evie's photo, someone recognizes hercharlotte knew her years ago, at school, when another child went missingthree days later she comes round, but her memory is damagedoxfam 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 youbut even from the darkest place she's ever known, evie believes her daughter is alive
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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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In perfect as new conditionthe end of her by shari lapena is her very latest best selling thriller in hardbacksee my other ad for all the other shari lapena's that are also for saleretails for £ but i am selling for £6collect henley or buyer pays costs of p&p
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In perfect as new conditionthe end of her by shari lapena is her very latest best selling thriller in hardbacksee my other ad for all the other shari lapena's that are also for saleretails for £ but i am selling for £5collect henley or buyer pays costs of p&p
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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 maxwellmaxwell 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 queen
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Title: hildegard of bingen: the woman of her ageauthor(s): maddocks, fionabinding: paperback
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But how does she feel? woven into the story are an american sailor who likes lola and is kind to her son; a girl on the eve of her 14th birthday, when all things seem romantic; the girl's mother, a lonely widow; and, an aging woman who misses her sonand who's the rich guy in the cadillac? in french, with english subtitles see oxfam website for delivery information read moreroland realizes he's in love with lola, and this gives sudden purpose to his lifeshe's also the devoted single mother of a young son, and she harbors the hope that his father, who deserted her during pregnancy, will returnoxfam bookshop ilkley in nantes, a bored young man named roland is letting life pass him by when he has a chance meeting with a woman he knew in his teens: she's lola, now a cabaret dancer
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"ginger isn't spending her thirtieth the way she would have plannedsam is finally pregnant after years of tryingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lincoln 'warm, witty and wise' marian keyes from the back cover: "three women, three birthdays, and a year that will change everythingtonight might be the first night of the rest of her life - or a total disasterwhen her waters break on the morning of her fortieth birthday, she panics: forget labour, how is she going to be a mother? callie is celebrating her fiftieth at a big party in her dublin homethen a knock at the door mid-party changes everything" in very good condition with only minor creasing of the spine
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The eve of the war 9:06the eve of the war r2h mix 6:19for 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 casingthe title is the war of the worldsthe item format is a cdthe artilleryman and the fighting machine
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Forty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationa truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreparticular attention is given to archeological aspectsafter almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesstarting 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 periodthis 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 worldthe 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 warduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby 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 processthey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unitythis 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 historyshortly 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 spainstorm 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-gardelater 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 historyin an astonishing cache, containing some letters and great numbers of business documents, came to lightfrancesco 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 ages
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The eve of the war 9:06new - jeff wayne - the war of the worlds - cd cdcd'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 title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldsthe artilleryman and the fighting machine
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The eve of the war 9:06the title is jeff wayne's musical version of the war of the worldsthe artilleryman and the fighting machinecd'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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Stubborn 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 cashit is always the innocent who suffer to make the powerful richsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreisadora dean is the rising star of television news journalismthe 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 dobbspaul devereux is one of the most powerful politicians in the countryizzy cannot accept the death of her baby daughter bellatwo exceptionally talented, successful people brought in to dangerous conflictshe is just one woman against the worldbehind this horrific truth, isadora detects the sinister hand of devereux
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe 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 daughterthe 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 been
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She 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 hazingall 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 beforehave 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 herand in the following four years, the four young men who participated in that grim fraternity rite also died violentlyapparently involved in a fatal accident, she is suffering from amnesia
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Divorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastoliver 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 mysteriesthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifewhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickersoxfam 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 demonsdreading 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 cowltranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil
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Condition:Â used see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ashbourne the book of ruth is a triumphant love story in the face of adversityleaving 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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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein a remote castillian village in a travelling cinema comes to town and shows the boris karloff film 'frankenstein'goaded 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 houseit offers a memorable story of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas and a haunting commentary on the new fascist ruleshe 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 policeoxfam 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 monster
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Pages are clean dora carrington is best-known for her devotion to lytton strachey, and her association with the rest of the bloomsbury groupshe 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 marks
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1 internationally bestselling author karin slaughter, soon to be a netflix seriesa terrifying act of violence it takes a split second for your life to change forever now andy must embark on a desperate race against time to uncover the secrets of her mother's past before any more blood is shedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand for andrea oliver that split second is a mass shooting in her local mall hours later, laura is in hospital, her face splashed over the newspapersoxfam bookshop cheltenham the gripping standalone thriler from no but this shocking act is only the start but the danger has only just begun a woman whose life is built on a lie a fight for survivalbecause then, as the bodies fall around them, andy's mother laura takes a step forward into the line of fire
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The journals of sylvia plath (paperback) this is a transcription of the journals kept by sylvia plath over the last 12 years of her lifeit gives insight into her final years and the evolution of her last poemslocal delivery availablegood condition - never read, so aside from crease on back cover (see photo) this book is unusedpostage £4 by courier to uk mainlandcollection welcomed
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See 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'childhood 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 gamedisplaying all of mantel's unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powershilary 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 spirit
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewould make the perfect gift for yourself or any gift lovers in your lifethis edition is in excellent, as new condition, with no damage to the hardcover, dust cover, or any of the pagesthis 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 photographsoxfam shop scarborough gertrude jekyll is one of the most influential 20th-century garden designers
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Instead 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 religiongerald 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 siena" see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe 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 religionoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgevery good black clothtext block is clean and binding solid
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