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The nobel literature prize winner in , when der tod in venedig was first published, was rabindranath tagore; mann would win it himself inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover patterned boards, no dust jacket (as issued?)145); bound with der kleine herr friedemann uns andere novellen (see photo), sprevious owners stamp and name on fepnot former library, very goodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith catalogue of mann's work in backfifth edition of the first edition of mann's der tod in venedig (s
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From the nobel collectionhermione granger's wandare buying from outside of the ukuk mainland from ÂŁ3official collectors wand
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He won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiaoxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary india'profound and stimulatingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardhis books have been translated into thirty languageshis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timesindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peacethis is a book that needed to have been writtenhe deserves the recognition
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis 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 copiesby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world wara very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uthis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american publicit should be pointed out that there is no written record of this ballet
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombcover & spine in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom 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 omnipresentwe are all potential targetsin 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 similaritiesnow it is much more complexfrom 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-involvedfor 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 nigerpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agethe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorism
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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 inhardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soiling
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She has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and is the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prizeoxfam shop colne road *winner of the nobel peace prize*'malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world' j k rowling'inspirational and powerful' grazia'for sheer inspiration read i am malala' sunday times'a tale of immense courage and conviction' independent'she has the heart and courage of a lioness and is a true inspiration' lorraine kelly, the sunwhen the taliban took control of the swat valley, one girl fought for her right to an educationmalala yousafzai's extraordinary journey has taken her from a remote valley in northern pakistan to the halls of the united nationson tuesday, 9 october , she almost paid the ultimate price when she was shot in the head at point-blank rangei am malala will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope commemorating the sharing of the peace prize by prime minister menachim begin and president anwar sadat on 10th december ;Â stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Hooft prize, and in she received the dutch literature prizeletter in response to a letter from lekkerkerker who had asked her to contribute to a special issue (“de wereld van morgen”) of de gidsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecornelis pieter (kees) lekkerkerker (willeskop, 15 november - amsterdam, 28 august ) was a dutch literary expert, text editor and bibliographerhaasse, was a dutch writer of novels, essays, theatre and poetryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihaasse submits her article with the remark that she finds it a very difficult subject to address in such a short period of timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehélène serafia (hella) haasse (batavia, 2 february - amsterdam, 29 september ), pen name hella shella van lelyveld-haasse (hella haasse) - handwritten letter to k[ees] lekkerkerker, signed - manuscript in blue ink on a sheet of writing paper cm - 16 lines, only recto - in good conditionhe was secretary of the literary magazines proloog and de gids, and the editior of slauerhoff's posthumous workadded: carbon copy of a typewritten letter from lekkerkerker to haasse dated asking her to make a contribution to a special issue of de gids of october / november , to be devoted to “the world of tomorrow”5/7 of volume ) of de gids, hella haasse wrote the article: “de huiskamer van de toekomst”in she was awarded the pat the top right someone, probably lekkerkerker, has written a date in pencil(wikipedia) read more
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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 macleodoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineedmunds 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 geniusoriginally 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 h
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A key minister in the first two labour governments, he became foreign secretary in and received the nobel peace prize for his dedicated efforts as president of the world disarmament conferenceduring the first world war and again briefly after he served as leader of the labour partysee oxfam website for delivery information read morealways a moderate, 'uncle arthur', as he was generally known, was the embodiment of the alliance between the labour party and the trade union movement, a partnership that he incorporated into the fabric of the party through the constitutioncentral to this book is a study of henderson's bitter and long-lasting rivalry with ramsay macdonald and his deep commitment to the league of nations and the cause of world peacehis talents as a political manager were central to the labour party's electoral strategy and to the expansion of the constituency organisation which enabled labour to develop from a sectional pressure group into a government partyoxfam books & music beeston manchester university press, , hardback with dust jacket very good condition arthur henderson was one of the first working-class mps and held the office of secretary of the labour party for nearly twenty-five years
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Promises live at nobel peace prize concert, oslo 5:08the title is promisesfor 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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This album is a celebration of the nobel peace prize being awarded to his holiness the dalai lama of tibetsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington with a mystical sense of rhythm and evocative, textured meditations, this former monk suggests the vast spaces of his beloved himalayaswith bamboo flute, didgeridoo, gongs, bells, and drums
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Awarded the ako literature prizeadhesive bindingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storede gehuurde handdiscoloured spinekarelische nachtenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide hemelvaart van wammes waggelcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehet overspelige grascollection of seven titles, all but one first editions, all signed by louis ferron and provided by him with a handwritten quote, place and date of signingeen aap in de wolken
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The four prize winners received unconditional cash prizes as follows: first prize of ÂŁ svetlana fialova; second prize of ÂŁ marie von heyl; and student awards of ÂŁ each: kristian fletcher and tamsin nagelin the jerwood drawing prize was run in partnership with drawing projects ukthe 20th anniversary of the jerwood drawing prize exhibition was celebrated in , and in jerwood charitable foundation marked 15 years of its support for the prizethe prize is supported by jerwood charitable foundation through its contemporary gallery programme jerwood visual artsthe works were selected from more than submissions by kate brindley, director of middlesbrough institute of modern art; michael craig-martin ra, artist; and charlotte mullins, art critic, writer, broadcaster, and editor of art quarterly selected from original drawings, the jerwood drawing prize has established a reputation for its commitment to championing excellence, and to promoting and celebrating the breadth of contemporary drawing practiceoxfam shop mutley plain " a total of 76 drawings are brought together in this group exhibition as part of the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the uksee oxfam website for delivery information read more" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundspecial commendations were awarded to neville gabie and gary lawrencethe exhibition provides a platform to showcase the work of uk-based drawing practitioners, from student to established, and as a project helps to define a wider understanding of the role and value of drawing in creative practice
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'the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize inoxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'see oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly formsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'at the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexuals
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Oxfam shop mold this book offers an introduction in english to the welsh-language literature of the 19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit covers important individual writers of prose and poetry, the lyric poetic tradition and the eisteddfod poets, travel writing, periodicals and newspapers, fiction, criticism and political commentary
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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 kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itand nobody says ryan's stupidnot 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 problemryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karine
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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 )an 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 wifebut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourcromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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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 exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifei 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 dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourcromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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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 exceptionalby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifei 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 neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourcromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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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 kidsthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itand nobody says ryan's stupidnot 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 problemryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karine
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizegenre: contemporary irish culturecollection onlycondition: very good
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Oxfam shop lytham he is perhaps the most acclaimed, revered and widely read writer of our time, and in this first volume of a planned trilogy - a book that has already become a bestseller in its spanish-language edition both abroad and in the united states - the nobel laureate gabriel garcĂa márquez begins to tell us the story of his lifea vivid, powerful, beguiling memoir that gives us the formation of gabriel garcĂa márquez as a writer and as a manit has the shape, the quality, the aliveness of a conversation with the reader: a tale of people, places and events as they occur to him: family, work, politics, books and music, his beloved colombia, parts of his history until now undisclosed and incidents that would later appear, transmuted and transposed, in his fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike all his work, living to tell the tale is a magnificent piece of writingit spans garcĂa márquez's life from his birth in through the beginning of his career as a writer to the moment in the s when he proposed to the woman who would become his wifeand as in his fiction, the narrator here is an inspired observer of the physical world, able to make clear the emotions and passions that lie at the heart of a life - in this instance, his own
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'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryquantum theory is weirdsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangetake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencewhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debate
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Pamuk would win the nobel in , the first turkish writer to do soour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenear fine in a near fine jackethardcover true first edition (carcanet, ), first printinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark, dust jacket not price clippedprecedes the us edition and was pamuk's first book translated into englishpublished simultaneously with a paperback edition
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widestit is fully functional and has an engraved handleit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its age
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For some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topicchapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbooksee oxfam website for delivery information read morechapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methodsbut for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? are resources being spent efficiently? these are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factorsthis handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impactchapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementationit is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statisticsthere is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the pooroxfam bookshop victoria despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poorchapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case study
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The volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernityfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastrather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperyin addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walker
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