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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizecondition: very goodcollection onlygenre: contemporary irish culture
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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 garcÃa márquez begins to tell us the story of his lifeit spans garcÃa 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 wifea vivid, powerful, beguiling memoir that gives us the formation of gabriel garcÃa márquez as a writer and as a manlike all his work, living to tell the tale is a magnificent piece of writingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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 ownit 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 fiction
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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-manntake 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 sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corequantum theory is weirdin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentswhile "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"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itin this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangesee oxfam website for delivery information read morequantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves
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Pamuk would win the nobel in , the first turkish writer to do sonear fine in a near fine jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished simultaneously with a paperback editionprecedes the us edition and was pamuk's first book translated into englishhardcover true first edition (carcanet, ), first printingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark, dust jacket not price clippedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop lancaster this pewter jug is engraved with the president's prize for york regattait is fully functional and has an engraved handleit was made in sheffield, england and is in very good condition for its agesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit measures 5" tall and its circumference is 12"5 at its widest
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Made by pyramid international in ; these are all brand new and still sealed in their original packaging the cost is for all 3 – happy to sell individually read morethree identical coasters, 10cms square and backed with cork, with the word ‘peace’ and related symbol on them
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A beautiful brooch,,,quite rare,,,leaf shaped inscribed on the back peace and goodwill for d day landings,,,will post read more
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A beautiful brooch,,,,,,leaf shaped inscribed on the back peace and goodwill for d day landings,,very rare,will post read more
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One of the best photobook in which got the german photobook prize in gold insigned by nadav kandaroverall very fine conditionvery beautiful, sought-after photobook: martin parr, wassinklundgren, the chinese photobook from the s to the present, page 411after several trips to different parts of the river, it became clear that what i was responding to and how i felt whilst being in china was permeating into my pictures, he records; a formalness and unease, a country that feels both at the beginning of a new era and at odds with itself" (from the publisher) read moredesign, layout: tappin goftoncondition: inside like new and unreadfirst edition, first printingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletext in englishfantastic photobook in great condition; signed by the artist"the yangtze river flows miles across china, traveling from its furthest westerly point in the qinghai province to shanghai in the eastphotos: nadav kanderintroduction by kofi annan and nadav kanderare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext: nadav kander, jean paul tchanghatje cantz, ostfildernour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehardcover in linen without jacket (as issued)the river is embedded in the consciousness of the chinese, and plays a significant role in both the spiritual and physical life of the peopleoutside with very light trace of use; very freshusing the river as a metaphor for constant change, nadav kander (born ) has photographed the landscape and people along its banks from mouth to source77 colour photos
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly realand he was never the same after thati think you're going to like himhis name's simonthe shock of the fall is all of these books'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionbut in a couple of pages he'll be deadthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificthe story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itthe magic is in how it unfolds
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the mckitterick prizeshortlisted for the east midlands book awardshortlisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for new writer of the year in the specsavers national book awardsobserver book of the year the lighthouse begins on a north sea ferry, on whose blustery outer deck stands futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heading to germany for a restorative walking holidayat the end of the week, futh, sunburnt and blistered, comes to the end of his circular walk, returning to what he sees as the sanctuary of the hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absencehe recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single fatherhe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time aroundspending his first night in hellhaus at a small, family-run hotel, he finds the landlady hospitable but is troubled by an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barmanbut the story he keeps coming back to, the person and the event affecting all others, is his mother and her abandonment of him as a boy, which left him with a void to fill, a substitute to findas he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhine
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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 doorstepits 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 onthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new courseand a courtesan of great accomplishmenthe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidwhat 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 moreas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvel
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Oxfam bookshop st albans shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classictwo years later they meet againthe story of two women whose lives collide one day, leaving one with a terrible choice to makewhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itthe story starts there, but the book doesn'tand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itwe don't want to tell you too much about this bookthe magic is in how it unfolds
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Longlisted for the man booker prize run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with holly sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflictover six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imaginingand as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the dazzling novel from the bestselling author of cloud atlas
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world warwe know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningtwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintyhaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mostsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgesfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"
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Together they travel far across the land to the domains of the king's three sisters to claim the merchant's prizewhen a merchant nurses the king of birds back to health after he is injured in a great war, he is offered a great rewarddebut author alexander utkin, retells the slavic myths of his youth in a stunning new graphic novel, illustrated in a bold new styleoxfam homeware arnold an action-packed debut title for middle grade readers with an appetite for folklore and mythology, who are ready to move beyond storybook fairy talesbut will they give up that which is most precious to them? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were nothailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truthin the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earliersee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the man booker prize winner of the galaxy british book awards 'author of the year' 'an extraordinary and brilliant first novelwhen he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to delhi at the wheel of a hondadriven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cagebalram was born in a backwater village on the river ganges, the son of a rickshaw-pullerhe works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escapesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamid today's india's cockroaches and call-centres, its gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new india' sunday times meet balram halwai, the 'white tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murdereradiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and vision
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Oxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridgewhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessorthrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacybut will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop clitheroe shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil itnevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this:it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificthe story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantonce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about itthe magic is in how it unfolds
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**winner of the rathbones folio prize** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was japan's greatest single loss of life since the atomic bombing of nagasakirichard lloyd parry, an award-winning foreign correspondent, lived through the earthquake in tokyo, and spent six years reporting from the epicentreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'a remarkable and deeply moving book' henry marsh, bestselling author of do no harm 'a breathtaking, extraordinary work of non-fiction' times literary supplement on 11 march , a massive earthquake sent a 120-foot-high tsunami smashing into the coast of north-east japanheart-breaking and hopeful, this intimate account of a tragedy unveils the unique nuances of japanese culture, the tsunami's impact on japan's stunning and majestic landscape and the psychology of its peopleghosts of the tsunami is an award-winning classic of literary non-fictionit tells the moving, evocative story of how a nation faced an unimaginable catastrophe and rebuilt to look towards the futurelearning about the lives of those affected through their own personal accounts, he paints a rich picture of the impact the tsunami had on day to day japanese life
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Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while joan is plotting how to leave himfor too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his successtheir secretjoe and joan castleman are en route to helsinkioxfam shop clitheroe a husbandbut behind the compromises, the disappointment and disillusionment there lie see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Winner of the women's prize for fictionthe road home by the author rose tremainpaperback book is in very good conditioncollection only
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This pb is in excellent condition, shortlisted for the man booker prize
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The design and ribbon was also adopted by belgium, brazil, cuba, czechoslovakia, france, greece, italy, japan, portugal, romania, siam, union of south africa and the usa in accordance with the decision of the inter-allied peace conference at versailles (a 'winged victory)this fine looking example was awarded to: ptelovely condition example of the ww1 victory medal (also called the inter-allied victory medal) with original ribbonthanks for looking - please check out my other coins & medals for saler (the south lancashire regiment)a particular form of this historic greek monument was chosen by each nation, except the nations in the far east who issued the medal but with a different designthe dates of the war were in every case to , except that of the british empire, which gave the dates as illustrated ( to )
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Doors, the - peace frog 2:54doors, the - queen of the highway 2:47doors, the - land ho! doors, the - the spy 4:17doors, the - waiting for the sun 3:59
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At the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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peace and love in the dubchannel one under heavy mannersking tubby's in fine styletubby get smartdub to the rescuethe champion versionthe poor barber
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