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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 prizeinto this turmoil come dh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips londonlawrence and his german wife hiding out in cornwall during the first world waryet the dark tide of gossip and innuendo means that zennor is neither a place of recovery nor of escapethey 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-shockoxfam bookshop cheltenham in her prize-winning first novel, zennor in darkness, helen dunmore reimagines the plight of dsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writerspring, , 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 stories
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Oxfam shop colne road shortlisted for the orange prize for fiction iasi, romania, the early sborn six months apart, they grew up with a connection that bypassed wordsa nameless man is found on the steps of a hospitalslowly, painstakingly, memories appear on the pagebut then came war, and in its wake a brutal stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the samesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor 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 alsodeaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called safta brings paper and pencils with which he can draw
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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 greeceoxfam 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, smilesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreimpatient 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 himbut 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 path
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Winner of the moravia prize for fiction, the jewish husband is a bittersweet story of passion, hatred, cruelty and oppressionoxfam books & music salisbury it is and fascist italy has imposed its infamous race lawsa young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniashe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentilesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe wins her affections, but the price is greata very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flaws
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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 neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifebut 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 careeran astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysi 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 prizesan 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 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 careersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 exceptionalbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysan 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 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 careersee oxfam website for delivery information read morei 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
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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 kidsryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youit's the people around him who are the problemthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidif he blows that, he's all alonebut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightnot even behind his back
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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 kidsryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youit's the people around him who are the problemthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidif he blows that, he's all alonethe 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 itthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightnot even behind his back
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizecollection onlycondition: very goodgenre: contemporary irish culture
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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 pickin 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 racismit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held beliefset 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 novelas 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 thoreauthe 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 storyfrom 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 waras 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 through
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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 doorstepthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new courseits 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 onhe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidand a courtesan of great accomplishmentas 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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Winner of the women's prize for fictioncollection onlypaperback book is in very good conditionthe 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 livelythe 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 experienceher 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 began"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joyin 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 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 markshe 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 insee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptivepenelope lively lives in london
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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 livelyher 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 beganthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him'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 mark'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blendpenelope lively lives in londonshe 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 insee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own'this is the city in which everything is simultaneoushere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitz
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It should be remembered that maurice maeterlinck was the only belgian writer to receive the nobel prize for literature inthis ballet is one of the last works by maurice maeterlinck who died a few years later in nice, france init should be pointed out that there is no written record of this balletare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea very rare 4-page leaflet of a ballet written and directed in the uby maurice maeterlinck in during his stay in america after the second world warthis is one of the only known copiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis leaflet is the staging text for the ballet intended for the american public
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Longlisted for the orange prizeunder the pretence of his cider business, jonathan visits his newly widowed aunt and there meets her unruly servant girl, tamar, who soon reveals that she has secrets of her owna generation after the civil war, jonathan dymond, a cider maker, has so far enjoyed a quiet lifeoxfam bookshop hertford a novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century english familysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut when he discovers a letter from his dying uncle, hinting an inheritance and revenge, he is determined to unravel the mystery in his family
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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 inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedhardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports storiesthis annual was first published in , with the last edition published inone of these, from issue 15, appeared in classics from the comics in maythe book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comicthe victor told adventure tales in comic book format the victor ran for issues from 25 january until it ceased publication on 21 novemberoxfam shop redruth the victor was a british comic paper published weekly by d associated with it was the annually published the victor book for boysit featured many stories that could be described as "boy's own" adventuressee oxfam website for delivery information read more many of the victor's stories focused on the exploits of the british military in world war twoslight damage on binder edge and bottom of pages but does not harm reading or picturesin 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 wara hardback book, the best of the victor, was published in ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comic
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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 foreverthe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paris'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 historyin 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 homesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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 youth
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom 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 omnipresentin 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-involvedin 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 similaritiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages 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 terrorismnow it is much more complexfor 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 nigercover & spine in very good conditiona few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombwe are all potential targets
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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 macleodin 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 hedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury st
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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetryjames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, insee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether 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 yearsoxfam 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 nonfictionlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it6 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 withas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fictionthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4
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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" eight pages of monochrome photographsin gilt on spine, in very good condition dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etc text, clean, bright and unmarked throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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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Northern ireland the orange state by michael farrellexcellent condition great for collectors
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Oxfam bookshop thame the orange fairy book, edited by andrew lang(presumed first edition) thirty three fairy tales with eight coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations by h  wear and tear consistent with agesee oxfam website for delivery information read more inscription in ink on front page by previous ownerhardback with gilt-edged pages
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