The moravia prize for fiction
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Winner of the moravia prize for fiction, the jewish husband is a bittersweet story of passion, hatred, cruelty and oppressiona very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flawssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentilea young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniahe wins her affections, but the price is greatoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race laws
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Author: lionel shriver winner of the orange prize for fiction read moretitle: we need to talk about kevin
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'helen dunmore mesmerizes you with her magical pen' daily mail 'a beautiful and inspired novel' john le carré 'secrets, unspoken words, lies that have the truth wrapped up in them somewhere make dunmore's stories ripple with menace and suspense' sunday times helen dunmore has published eleven novels with penguin: zennor in darkness, which won the mckitterick prize; burning bright; a spell of winter, which won the orange prize; talking to the dead; your blue-eyed boy; with your crooked heart; the siege, which was shortlisted for the whitbread novel of the year award and for the orange prize for fiction ; mourning ruby; house of orphans; counting the stars and the betrayal, which was longlisted for the man booker prizeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in her prize-winning first novel, zennor in darkness, helen dunmore reimagines the plight of dh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips londonthey befriend clare coyne, a young artist struggling to console her beloved cousin, john william, who is on leave from the trenches and suffering from shell-shocksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinto this turmoil come dlawrence and his german wife hiding out in cornwall during the first world warspring, , and war haunts the cornish coastal village of zennor: ships are being sunk by u-boats, strangers are treated with suspicion, and newspapers are full of spy storiesshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writeryet the dark tide of gossip and innuendo means that zennor is neither a place of recovery nor of escape
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )but anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouran astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careerbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final days
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeri envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final days
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionali envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careerbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final days
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsnot even behind his backif he blows that, he's all alonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's the people around him who are the problemthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'and nobody says ryan's stupidthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karineryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsnot even behind his backif he blows that, he's all alonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's the people around him who are the problemthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'and nobody says ryan's stupidthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karineryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for you
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizegenre: contemporary irish culturecondition: very goodcollection only
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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
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy pickas he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been throughset during the american civil war, 'march' tells the story of john march, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in 'little women', louisa may alcott's classic american novelit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held belieffrom the author of the acclaimed 'year of wonders' and 'people of the book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the american civil warthe story spans the vibrant intellectual world of concord and the sensuous antebellum south, through to the first year of the civil war as the north reels under a series of unexpected defeatssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyas alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so brooks turned to the journals and letters of bronson alcott, louisa may's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreauin brooks's telling, march emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racism
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Oxfam bookshop hertford 'a cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' the timesshorlisted for the women's prize for fiction one september evening in , the merchant jonah hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstephe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidits arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets angelica neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes onand a courtesan of great accomplishmentthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new courseas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvelwhat will be the cost of their ambitions? and will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road shortlisted for the orange prize for fiction iasi, romania, the early sa nameless man is found on the steps of a hospitaldeaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called safta brings paper and pencils with which he can drawsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreborn six months apart, they grew up with a connection that bypassed wordsslowly, painstakingly, memories appear on the pagebut then came war, and in its wake a brutal stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the samefor the man is augustin, son of the cook at the manor house which was safta's family homebut while augustin's world remained the same size safta's expanded to embrace languages, society - and a fleeting love, one long, hot summerthe memories are safta's also
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Longlisted for the orange prize for fictionbut the island is in the heat of the emergency; the british are defending the colony against cypriots - schoolboys and armed guerillas alike - battling for union with greeceimpatient to see action, his other commitment in life is to his beloved wife, clara, and when hal is transferred to cyprus she and their twin daughters join himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut action changes hal, and the atrocities he is drawn into take him not only further from clara but himself, too; a betrayal that is only the first step down a dark pathoxfam shop dumfries hal treherne is a soldier on the brink of a brilliant careerclara shares hal's sense of duty and honour; she knows she must settle down, make the best of things, smile
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Winner of the women's prize for fictionpaperback book is in very good conditioncollection onlythe road home by the author rose tremain
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Typeset in the future:how the design of science fiction defines o how the design of science fiction by dave addey (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope lively"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joy'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptiveshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to marksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 experiencepenelope lively lives in londonher 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 beganshe 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 inin 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 children
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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 lively'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 markthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind himpenelope lively lives in londonhere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzher 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 beganshe 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 in'this is the city in which everything is simultaneous'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blend
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In addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports stories many of the victor's stories focused on the exploits of the british military in world war twoone of these, from issue 15, appeared in classics from the comics in maysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit featured many stories that could be described as "boy's own" adventures the victor ran for issues from 25 january until it ceased publication on 21 novemberthe book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comic associated with it was the annually published the victor book for boysin particular, each week the front cover carried a story of how a medal had been won by british or commonwealth forces during the great war or the second world warthe victor told adventure tales in comic book formatslight damage on binder edge and bottom of pages but does not harm reading or picturesa hardback book, the best of the victor, was published in ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comicoxfam shop redruth the victor was a british comic paper published weekly by dthis annual was first published in , with the last edition published in
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade parisand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youthin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one anotherthe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesthe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural history
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedwe are all potential targetsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionnow it is much more complexfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agefor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of niger
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france inthis is one of the only known copiesa very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Insulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasein this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniusoxfam books & music bury stwelch medal of the american association for the history of medicine
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetrywhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, inoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generation
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fictionoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4like the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through itthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former world6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled with
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inlibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingnear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal" text, clean, bright and unmarked throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein gilt on spine, in very good condition dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etc eight pages of monochrome photographsoxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcher
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Oxfam shop tunbridge wells inspiration for the tv show if ever there were a book to make you switch off your television set, the dangerous book for boys is itunderstand the laws of cricketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelavishly designed and fully illustrated in colour and black and white throughout, it's set to be a perfect gift for father's day and beyondchapters in the dangerous book for boys include: the seven ancient wonders of the world, conkers, laws of football, dinosaurs, fishing, juggling, timers and tripwires, kings and queens, famous battles, spies, making crystals, insects and spiders, astronomy, girls, the golden age of piracy, secret inks, patron saints of britain, skimming stones, dog tricks, making a periscope, coin tricks, marbles, artillery, the origin of words and the solar systemthe dangerous book for boys is written with the verve and passion that readers of conn iggulden's number one bestselling novels have come to expectmake a pinhole camerahardback, first edition, sixth printing, in fine condition - appears unreadteach your old dog new tricksthis book, his first non-fiction work, has been written with his brother as a celebration of the long summers of their youth and as a compendium of information so vital to men of all agespublished in by harper collinsthere's a whole world out there: with this book, anyone can get out and explore ithow many other books will help you thrash someone at conkers, race your own go-cart, and identify the best quotations from shakespeare? the dangerous book for boys gives you facts and figures at your fingertips swot up on the solar system, learn about famous battles and read inspiring stories of incredible courage and bravery
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Measures 60mmx40mmx40mmthis laser edged personalised crystal will be the perfect gift for you or someone you knowlooking for the perfect idea for a giftjust send over a picture and leave the rest to us
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Unravel the sordid secrets of the castle, meet colorful characters, and remember: horror always lurks beneath the surfacethe count lucanor for nintendo switch, boxed and mintget hooked on an immersive tale, where every decision counts and every clue is a piece to solve the puzzle and get the treasurejoin hans in a fantasy world and experience a unique adventure, full of surprises and challenges
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