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Loved the maze runner? make sure to check out the sequel the scorch trials! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham the first book in the new york times bestselling maze runner series - now a series of major motion pictures starring dylan o'brien!see the filmshe's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone mazelike thomas, the gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outsidewhen the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing thomas remembers is his first nameall they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find outbut he's not alone
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International delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsthe irish civil war law, execution and atrocity by sean enright (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days
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Mandela emulates the few great political leaders such as lincoln and gandhi, who go beyond mere consensus and move out ahead of their followers to break new ground' donald woods in the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ilkley the riveting memoirs of the outstanding moral and political leader of our time, a long walk to freedom brilliantly re-creates the drama of the experiences that helped shape nelson mandela's destinyemotive, compelling and uplifting, a long walk to freedom is the exhilarating story of an epic life; a story of hardship, resilience and ultimate triumph told with the clarity and eloquence of a born leader'burns with the luminosity of faith in the invincible nature of human hope and dignityunforgettable' andre brink 'enthralling
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the winner of the national book award, the new york times nothe lamberts - enid and alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a troubled age1 bestseller and the worldwide literary sensation, the corrections has established itself as a truly great american novelalfred is ill and as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures, secrets and long-buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needsstretching from the midwest in the mid-century to wall street and eastern europe in the age of globalised greed, the corrections brings an old-time america of freight trains and civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and new economy millionairesit announces jonathan franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of american society and the american soul
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham *****part of the bestselling john shakespeare series of tudor spy thrillers from rory clements, winner of the ellis peters historical fiction award*****'(clements)Â does for elizabeth's reign what cj sansom does for henry viii's' sunday times**********england may have survived the armada threat of , but when spanish galleys land troops in cornwall on a lightning raid seven years later, is it a dry-run for a new invasion? revenge for the sacking of spanish shipping and ports? a warning shot to drake and hawkins? or is there, perhaps, a more sinister motive?the queen is speechless with rage at spain's temeritybut as john shakespeare tries to get a grip on events, england's secret defences begin to unravel as one by one his network of spies is horribly murderedbut what has all this to do with thomasyn jade, a girl driven to the edge of madness by the foul rituals of exorcism? and what is the link to a group of priests held prisoner in the bleak confines of wisbech castle?from the pain-wracked torture rooms of the inquisition in seville to the marshy wastes of fenland, from the wild coasts of cornwall to the sweat and sawdust of the elizabethan playhouses, and from the condemned cell at newgate to the devilish stench of brimstone and fear as demons are driven out by unspeakable means, the heretics builds to a terrifying climax that threatens the life of the queen herselfsir robert cecil demands answers
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the four swans is the sixth novel in winston graham's sweeping series of cornwall, poldarkfor 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 conflictthe four swans is followed by the seventh book in the poldark series, the angry tidealthough 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 years
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But farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plainthey prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can musterthen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residency'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yokefor the british there, life is orderly and genteelas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerablethe siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and life
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Without doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prizefizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookbunty had never wanted to marry george, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath york minster, with sensible and sardonic patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch gillian who refused to be ignored, and ruby'little short of a masterpieceruby tells the story of the family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling french photographer catches frail beautiful alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of ruby's own lifeoutrageously funnywill dazzle readers for years to come' - hilary mantel, author of the mirror and the lightruby lennox was conceived grudgingly by bunty and born while her father, george, was in the dog and hare in doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a d-cup that he wasn't married'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfarethe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menacea man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistaone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallsalone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumwith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worldthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasion
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'even conservatives will like this' the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author 'hilarious, insightful and has that rare quality of making politics fun' owen jones, author of the establishmentfrom the giddy heights of new labour's landslide victory in to the shock result of the snap election, these are the frank and funny memoirs of one bewildered labour activist who tried to carry on as usual long after politics had stopped making sensethe long-awaited sequel to the best-selling things can only get better is for everyone who could use a good laugh after brexit, trump and learning you were governed by the dupalong the way, john stood for parliament against theresa may but failed to step into her shoes; he took his campaigning skills to america (but still obama got in); and he was dubbed 'the sickest man in politics' by the daily mail when in truth he's only the second or thirda twenty-year journey from hope to despair and back again, packed with political confessions even more outrageous than running through fields of wheata brilliant book everyone should read, whoever you vote forwith a literary flair that has been compared to donald trump's tweets, john o'farrell attempts to explain the alarming rise of populist politics, labour's twenty-year identity crisis, and why you should never tell your mother you are doing a radio phone-in, unless you want her ringing up to tell everyone she agrees with you
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford "it is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes" from the preface to volume onejohn churchill, the duke of marlborough (), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of englandchurchill, who wrote this book to redeem marlborough's reputation from macaulay's smearsmarlborough also bequeathed the world another great british military strategist and diplomat - his descendant, winston svictorious in the battles of blenheim (), ramillies (), and countless other campaigns, marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't winone million words long and ten years in the making, churchill's marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the churchill of world war ii, for just as churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of marlborough's life, so too did his writing of marlborough help churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacyalthough he helped james ii crush the rebellion of the duke of monmouth, marlborough later supported william of orange against james ii in the glorious revolution of and brilliantly managed england's diplomatic triumphs during the war of the spanish successionthis two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original maps
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read morebanias' story starts in canaanite timesoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firmjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable cityin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forceswilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights region"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianity
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg since they formed in , the beautiful south have become on of the biggest selling acts in the uk5 million copiesthey have also run up 17 hit singlesfrom the early days of norman cook and the housemartins, right up to the released of the new album in the autumn of of ; from paul heaton's outspoken left-wing politics with attitude to his twin obsessions of sheffield united and italian football; from the acrimonious split from go! discs to a profile of the city of hull, its pubs, and its influence on the several members of the and who were born and bred there, "the liar's bar" is a definitive book about the beautiful souththis book is the authorized story of the beautiful southmike pattenden, of "the times", "vox" and "arena", has been granted access behind the scenes to the band themselves and their associates, both past and present, in order to tell the story of the last decadetheir greatest hits album compilation was, for a while, the fastest selling release in the uk, and their album "blue is the colour" sold 1
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfarethe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menacea man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistaone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallsalone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumwith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worldthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasion
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'an elegaic book, a record of evanescence as much as of durability, and it reminds us of an epoch that threw up lions with no more energy than it threw out losers' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop wolverhampton fully revised and updated, this is the definitive biography of the rolling stonesin the rolling stones approach their 40th yearbut as always, norman's skills as a researcher and biographer bring a whole new dimension to such a storywritten with a personal knowledge and the trust of the participants, pete townshend has said 'the stones are lucky to have found a biographer of philip norman's class'their story - the band's rise, the marianne faithfull, brian jones and altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits - is the stuff of twentieth century legend, and core to popular culture
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Without doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prizefizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookbunty had never wanted to marry george, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath york minster, with sensible and sardonic patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch gillian who refused to be ignored, and ruby'little short of a masterpieceruby tells the story of the family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling french photographer catches frail beautiful alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of ruby's own lifeoutrageously funnywill dazzle readers for years to come' - hilary mantel, author of the mirror and the lightruby lennox was conceived grudgingly by bunty and born while her father, george, was in the dog and hare in doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a d-cup that he wasn't married'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens
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oxfam bookshop cheltenham the circus arrives without warningit 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 morediscover this amazing fantasy read with a different kind of magicthey swing outward, inviting the crowd insidethe starless sea, the second novel from the author of the the night circus, is out nownow the circus is opennow you may enterwhen 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 volition'the only response to this novel is simply: wowa 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 firefliesagainst the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and whiteit is simply there, when yesterday it was not
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the closing years of the wars against napoleon, for jeremy and clowance, and for arrogant, cynical valentine warleggan, these are troubled and momentous timesoxfam bookshop st albans the loving cup is the tenth novel in winston graham's hugely popular poldark series, which has become a television phenomenon starring aidan turneryet the tiny vessel and its inscription amor gignit amorem haunts the lives of the still-feuding poldark and warleggan families, as ross, demelza and the ambitious and powerful sir george warleggan watch their children make the decisions that will shape their destiniesthe loving cup is followed by the eleventh book in the poldark series, the twisted sworda silver cup lies half-forgotten in a dank cave, amongst a pile of stolen goods
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My wild irish rosethe irish tenors: anthony kearns, ronan tynan, finbar wrightthe rose of traleelet there be peacethe green fields of francethink of it as a celebration of freedom
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aberystwyth the iveragh peninsula, often referred to as the 'ring of kerry', is one of ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapesthis cultural atlas provides the reader with a broad range of cultural perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it from prehistoric times to the present day
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"literary times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham would you live a lie tokeep your child?in , pregnant genevieve russell disappeared"diane chamberlain is a marvellously gifted authorshe also knows what happened to the missing infant, because two decades ago ceecee made the devastating choice to raise the baby as her ownevery book she writes is a gemfor fans of jodi picoult,this is a must readtwenty years later, her remains are discovered and timothy gleason is charged with murdernow timothy gleason is facing the death penalty, and ceecee has another choice to maketell the truth and destroy her familyor let an innocent man die to protect alifetime of liesceecee wilkes knows how genevieve died - because she was therebutthere is no sign of the unborn child
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3: britain, scandinavia and the netherlands by humphrey searle, robert layton see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle articles included: ivanhoe and the royal english opera (pp) twentieth-century composers, vol488)eric van tassel north europe (pp) andrew lamb a note on lukacic (pp) susi jeans english church music sources (p) niall o'loughlin thomas bruce: his singing book and vocal graces (pp
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Pitfield; five forgeries for piano duet by peter dickinson review by: frank dawes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle november issue of the oldest british run journal of classical musicincludes articles on: piano sonata no 2 in a flat by franz reizenstein; piano sonata no 4 by benjamin lees; sonata for piano by sigmund hans storp; sonata no 1 for piano, op 1 by hallgrimur helgason; short sonata for piano by romuald twardowski; sonatina no 1 for piano by christopher steel; sonatina no 2 for piano by christopher steel review by: frank dawes antonio de cabezón, by gb sharp haydn's letters reviewed by alan tyson organs illustrated reviewed by peter williams] piano concerto no 3 by bartok, katchen, lso, kertesz; piano concerto in g by ravel, katchen, lso, kertesz reviewed by david blake the legend of sleepy hollow for piano and orchestra by howard kasschau; mediterranean for piano and strings by david branson; monologe for two pianos by bernd alois zimmermann; minors for piano duet by thomas b
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) anthony milner see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle articles included: reger's orchestral music (pp2: a question of priorities (pp) wilfrid mellers the sacred capons (pp) christopher palmer the study of music at university
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Dorris review by: winton dean see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle september issue of the oldest british run journal of classical musicparkinson a lost wagner aria gerald abraham couperin's ornaments by jane clark sacred music by palestrina, dessoff choirs, boepple review by: peter aston organ music at salisbury cathedral by christopher dearnley review by: basil ramsey scholarly essays studies in music history: essays for oliver strunk by harold powers a handel librettist paolo rolli and the italian circle in london, by george earticles include: garrick's folly: or, the great stratford jubilee by john a
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Another thing you should know - death will visit the book thief three times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans here is a small fact - you are going to die some important information - this novel is narrated by death it's a small story, about:a girl an accordionist some fanatical germans a jewish fist fighter and quite a lot of thievery liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on himmel streetthis is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fallliesel steals booksher parents have been taken away to a concentration campdeath has never been busierthe country is holding its breath
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal paperback as newthis first book by emily kaufman covers the entire history of ibiza, from the island's first emergence as a result of the geological upheavals of the jurassic period, she takes us through to the conquest of the island by the catalans in , essentially the start of modern times
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport publishedcontributors include walt whitman, william wordsworth, ralph waldo emerson, elizabeth barrett browning and many othersan anthology of poetry on the theme of the seavery good condition for ageno highlighting or other notes/marks
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton dublin the ever-changing city is a city defined by its gregariousness and literary traditionthis anthology of imagined futures showcases some of the magnificent responses from writers and artists of all ages and backgrounds
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford the author's 'comic & candid' memoir describing forty years in fleet street at the sunday times  small scrape mark on the back cover
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