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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 dshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writerthey 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-shockspring, , 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 storiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinto this turmoil come dlawrence 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 escapeh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips london
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Oxfam shop colne road shortlisted for the orange prize for fiction iasi, romania, the early sdeaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called safta brings paper and pencils with which he can drawbut 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 alsosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslowly, painstakingly, memories appear on the pagefor the man is augustin, son of the cook at the manor house which was safta's family homea nameless man is found on the steps of a hospitalborn six months apart, they grew up with a connection that bypassed wordsbut then came war, and in its wake a brutal stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the same
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Longlisted for the orange prize for fictionimpatient 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 himoxfam shop dumfries hal treherne is a soldier on the brink of a brilliant careersee 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 pathclara shares hal's sense of duty and honour; she knows she must settle down, make the best of things, smilebut 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 greece
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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 lawsshe is everything that he is not - the privileged daughter of a family that is wealthy, prominent and, above all, gentilea very good condition copy, used with light shelf wear but with no major flawssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea young jewish professor entertains a tormented passion for the beautiful and enigmatic soniahe wins her affections, but the price is great
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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 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 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 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 sell**one of the guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy picklike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyin 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 beliefsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom 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 warset 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 defeatsas 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 doorstepwhat 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 marvelhe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidthis 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 onand a courtesan of great accomplishment
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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 livelyshe 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'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher 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 joyshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inthe 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 londonin 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 is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread award
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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 livelyit stirs memories of his boyhood, the early years of his daughter jane and the failed marriage that he has almost put behind him'this is the city in which everything is simultaneoushere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzshe 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 moreher 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 was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe inbut matthew is occupied with constructing a new future for london in docklands, and with it he begins to forge new beginnings of his own'in london's changing heartland, architect matthew halland is aware of how the past and the present blend'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 childrenthere is no yesterday, nor tomorrow, merely weather, and decay, and constructionpenelope lively lives in londonshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread award
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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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Longlisted for the orange prizeoxfam bookshop hertford a novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century english familyunder 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 ownbut when he discovers a letter from his dying uncle, hinting an inheritance and revenge, he is determined to unravel the mystery in his familysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea generation after the civil war, jonathan dymond, a cider maker, has so far enjoyed a quiet life
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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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In addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports storiesthe victor told adventure tales in comic book format associated with it was the annually published the victor book for boysthis annual was first published in , with the last edition published inslight 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 comicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the victor ran for issues from 25 january until it ceased publication on 21 novemberit featured many stories that could be described as "boy's own" adventuresthe book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comicone of these, from issue 15, appeared in classics from the comics in mayin 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 waroxfam shop redruth the victor was a british comic paper published weekly by d many of the victor's stories focused on the exploits of the british military in world war two
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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 forever'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazessee 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 youththe 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 home
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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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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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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetryoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, inwhether 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 years
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4see 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-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 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 withlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through it
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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 throughoutin gilt on spine, in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more eight pages of monochrome photographs dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etcoxfam 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 langsee oxfam website for delivery information read more(presumed first edition) inscription in ink on front page by previous owner thirty three fairy tales with eight coloured plates and numerous black and white illustrations by h  wear and tear consistent with agehardback with gilt-edged pages
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