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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham now a bbc radio 4 book at bedtime winner of the women's prize for fiction winner of the london hellenic prize shortlisted for the international dublin literary award shortlisted for the costa novel award shortlisted for the dsc prize for south asian literature longlisted for the man booker prize 'a book of the year, ' - guardian, observer, telegraph, new statesman, evening standard, new york times 'the book for our times' judges of the women's prize 'elegant and evocativebut she can't stop worrying about aneeka, her beautiful, headstrong sister back in london - or their brother, parvaiz, who's disappeared in pursuit of his own dream: to prove himself to the dark legacy of the jihadist father he never knewhandsome and privileged, he inhabits a london worlds away from theirsthen eamonn enters the sisters' livesas the son of a powerful british muslim politician, eamonn has his own birthright to live up to - or defyis he to be a chance at love? the means of parvaiz's salvation? two families' fates are inextricably, devastatingly entwined in this searing novel that asks: what sacrifices will we make in the name of love? a contemporary reimagining of sophocles' antigone, home fire is an urgent, fiercely compelling story of loyalties torn apart when love and politics collide - confirming kamila shamsie as a master storyteller of our timesa powerful exploration of the clash between society, family and faith in the modern world' guardian isma is freesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in america, resuming a dream long deferred
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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 prizeyet the dark tide of gossip and innuendo means that zennor is neither a place of recovery nor of escapespring, , 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 storiesinto this turmoil come dthey befriend clare coyne, a young artist struggling to console her beloved cousin, john william, who is on leave from the trenches and suffering from shell-shocksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in her prize-winning first novel, zennor in darkness, helen dunmore reimagines the plight of dh lawrence and his german wife, frieda hoping to escape the war-fever that grips londonshe is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writerlawrence and his german wife hiding out in cornwall during the first world war
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham *longlisted for the man booker prize **shortlisted for the goldsmiths prize and the gordon burn prize *'i was grippedwhile the fury swirls around them, selvon and ardan remain focused on their own obsessions, girls and grimeprovocative, raw, poetic yet tender, in our mad and furious city marks the arrival of a major new talent in fictionbut now, after the killing of a british soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is saferemarkable' robert macfarlane, guardian books of the year'a novel so of this moment that you don't even realize you've waited your whole life for it' marlon jamesfor selvon, ardan and yusuf, growing up under the towers of stones estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir friend yusuf is caught up in a different tide, a wave of radicalism surging through his local mosque, threatening to carry his troubled brother, irfan, with it
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fiction sunday times barry ronge fiction prize university of johannesburg english literary award nominated for the folio prize in , the ss birmingham approaches indiaduring these years, morgan will come to a profound understanding of himself as a man, and of the infinite subtleties and complexity of human nature, bringing these great insights to his remarkable novelit will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in india, before a passage to india, eon board is morgan forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discoveryas morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyesthe seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty skyat once a fictional exploration of the life and times of one of britain's finest novelists - his struggle to find a way of living and being - and a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process, arctic summer is a literary masterpiece, by one of the finest writers of his generationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforster's great work of literature, is published
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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 markshe is a popular writer for children and has won both the carnegie medal and the whitbread awardthe 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 experienceshe was appointed cbe in the new year's honours list, and dbe in"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joysee 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 londonher other books include going back; judgement day; next to nature, art; perfect happiness; passing on; city of the mind; cleopatra's sister; heat wave; beyond the blue mountains, a collection of short stories; oleander, jacaranda, a memoir of her childhood days in egypt; spiderweb; her autobiographical work, a house unlocked; the photograph; making it up; consequences; family album, which was shortlisted for the costa novel award, and how it all beganin any circumstances, from a wedding to a christmas shopping expedition, lively finds an emotional dilemma, engaging the reader as thoroughly as if they were reading a novel and leaving them speechless' daily mailpenelope lively is the author of many prize-winning novels and short-story collections for both adults and children
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham city of the mind is the second novel by booker prize winning author penelope livelythere 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 himpenelope lively lives in londonshe 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 blendshe 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 inher 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 begansee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere too is the london of prehistory, of georgian elegance, of the blitzbut 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 simultaneous'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 children
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The official name in its early days was the stalin peace prize among peoples and, after de-stalinization, the lenin peace prize among peoples)atalin > stalin (20th december, neruda was awarded the stalin prize for strengthening peace among peoplesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisensations: neruda in relaxed attitude, looking good, conveys pride and satisfactionartist/photo source: publifototechnique: gelatin silver paper printing colour: white and black edition: ) gelatin silver paper printing printing date: condition: good, no damage, no creasesplace: milano (milan - italy) it has a text in italian typed in black ink on the back5 x 18 cm composition: neruda standing, with her elbow resting on a railing, facing to one side, wearing a hat and coatit mentions the date, place, and subject of the photographthe typed text has an error that confuses the reader: ‘atalin per la pace’please 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 storeit has a stamp on the back, with the details of the company that took the photograph: publifotothe title has errors caused by the italian confusion of the name ‘stalin’ with atalincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate longlisted for the man booker prize , longlisted for the wainwright prize , shortlisted for the gordon burn prizeto ancient peggy, gossiping at her gateto families dead for generations, and to those who have only recently moved hereit belongs to mad pete, the grizzled artistit belongs to england's mysterious past and its confounding presentdead papa toothwort, who is listening to them allthis village belongs to the people who live in it and to those who lived in it hundreds of years agochimerical, audacious, strange and wonderful - a song to difference and imagination, to friendship, youth and love, lanny is the globally anticipated new novel from max porter see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut it also belongs to dead papa toothwort who has woken from his slumber in the woodscondition- as newnot far from london, there is a village
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Simple minds - glittering prizetitle:simple minds - glittering prizeyour item will be previously owned but still in great conditionthe disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wearartist:simple minds
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Siren's prize vgkingdoms of kalamar official dungeons & dragons d20 siren's prize (vg)manufacturer: kenzer & cothe job is simple - go to the lighthouse and see why the keeper has been neglecting his dutyproduct line: kingdoms of kalamar official dungeons & dragons d20
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Glittering prize 3:59the title is glittering prizefor 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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I am offering to the market this broadcast vinyl lp - prize song & liebesfreud & traumere! for salewe have 100's of vinyls / lp's currently in stock!!! special features: * broadcast * 2 sided vinyl * excellent condition * orignal play list: side 1: prize song side 2: liebesfreud & traumere go on, add a little piece of history to your homecheck out our other products
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Smart cup prize trophy ideal prize for a pony show 9'' x 3'' x 3'' small amount of tarnish on the size and motif thanks for lookingitems may be advertised elsewhere and could be removed early thank you read moreplease see my other items
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Winner of the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for the goldsmiths prize 'a rare and dazzling feat of art' george saunders, author of lincoln in the bardo'mcgregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation' sarah hall, author of the wolf border'reservoir 13 is quite extraordinary - the way it's structured, the way it rolls, the skill with which jon mcgregor lets the characters breathe and age' roddy doyle, author of paddy clarke ha ha ha see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans winner of the costa novel awarda guardian book of the yearan ft book of the yeara tls book of the yeara telegraph book of the yearfrom the award-winning author of if nobody speaks of remarkable thingsthe villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet homemidwinter in the early years of this centuryreservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's lossan extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subsidea teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of englandmeanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsedthe search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life
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Winner of the costa novel award; longlisted for the man booker prize; shortlisted for the goldsmiths prizemidwinter in the early years of this centuryoxfam bookshop kingsbridge signed by author job mcgregor to the title page, without date or dedicationfrom the award-winning author of if nobody speaks of remarkable things, reservoir 13 tells the story of many lives haunted by one family's loss 'mcgregor writes with such grace and precision, with love even, about who and where we are, that he leaves behind all other writers of his generation' (sarah hall, author of the wolf border')the villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet homefirst edition, first printing - indicated by the single number 1 on the copyright pagebinding has a slight lean, and there are light surface marks to the unclipped dust jacket, otherwise in very good clean condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morea teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of englandmeanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsedthe search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday lifean extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger's tragedy refuse to subside
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a major film starring brie larson, winner of the academy award for best actress and the best actress baftashortlisted for the man booker prize, the orange prize and a richard and judy book club selectionhe lives with his mathey live in a single, locked roomroom by emma donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedomjack and ma are prisonersthey don't have the keysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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' soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiathis is a book that needed to have been writtenoxfam 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 indiahe deserves the recognition'profound and stimulatingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis books have been translated into thirty languagesthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power' 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 viewpointsshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away' the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomout 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 peace
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Pensioned by the provincial council in paris between and , he worked with the scene painter corpesarare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe participated in various artistic competitions, being distinguished with the "barcelona comic" drawing prize, the old barcelona prize, the medal of the exhibition of art and decorative industries of mexico and the gold medal of catalan landscapeshe participated in several collective exhibitions, and between and organised individual exhibitions annually in the sala parés in barcelonahe finally completed his artistic training in romeoil signed lower left with frame painter, landscaper and set designer, domingo soler began his training at the academy of fine arts in his hometown, and then continued his studies in barcelona, at the school of la lonjaplease 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 storehe was teaching at the italian school of barcelona and later at the school of arts and crafts he was also president of the association of watercolour painters of cataloniacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe is represented at museo de sabadell and at museo acuarela de llançà
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She has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and is the youngest ever winner of the nobel peace prizeon 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 moremalala yousafzai's extraordinary journey has taken her from a remote valley in northern pakistan to the halls of the united nationsoxfam 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 education
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Oxfam shop colne road longlisted for the man booker prize and the baileys women's prize for fiction home is a foreign country: they do things differently therein a tiny flat in west london, sixteen-year-old marina lives with her emotionally delicate mother, laura, and three ancient hungarian relativesbut the place she runs to makes her feel even more of an outsidershe isn't noticing that, at combe abbey, things are starting to go terribly wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreimprisoned by her family's crushing expectations and their fierce unenglish pride, by their strange traditions and stranger foods, she knows she must escapeand as a semi-hungarian londoner, who is she? in the meantime, her mother laura, an alien in this strange universe, has her own painful secrets to deal with, especially the return of the last man she'd expect back in her lifeat combe abbey, a traditional english public school for which her family have sacrificed everything, she realises she has made a terrible mistakeshe is the awkward half-foreign girl who doesn't know how to fit in, flirt or even be
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Winner of the royal society of literature ondaatje award and the spirit of scotland award and shortlisted for the guardian first book award, the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize and the scottish book of the year prizetravelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the mogul emperor, babur the great, stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditionsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of warcaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasion
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the costa book of the yearwinner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the yearthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survive' observerafter signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the governor-general's award, and short-listed for the booker prize'the stone diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which relects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our centurythrough daisy's life, shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novelthis is the story of daisy goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in manitoba, canada, to her death in a florida nursing home nearly ninety years latersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop pershore *new novel a thousand moons now available*winner of the costa book of the year winner of the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award longlisted for the man booker prize 'pitch perfect, the outstanding novel of the year' observer after signing up for the us army in the s, aged barely seventeen, thomas mcnulty and his brother-in-arms, john cole, fight in the indian wars and the civil warthen when a young indian girl crosses their path, the possibility of lasting happiness seems within reach, if only they can survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehaving both fled terrible hardships, their days are now vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in
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Hooft prize, and in she received the dutch literature prizeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihella 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 conditionhélène serafia (hella) haasse (batavia, 2 february - amsterdam, 29 september ), pen name hella s5/7 of volume ) of de gids, hella haasse wrote the article: “de huiskamer van de toekomst”haasse, was a dutch writer of novels, essays, theatre and poetryhe 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”haasse submits her article with the remark that she finds it a very difficult subject to address in such a short period of timein she was awarded the p(wikipedia) read morecornelis pieter (kees) lekkerkerker (willeskop, 15 november - amsterdam, 28 august ) was a dutch literary expert, text editor and bibliographerplease 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 storeletter in response to a letter from lekkerkerker who had asked her to contribute to a special issue (“de wereld van morgen”) of de gidsat the top right someone, probably lekkerkerker, has written a date in pencilcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Winner of both a booker prize and pegasus prize for literature, the bone people is a work of unfettered wordplay and mesmerising emotional complexityone night her solitude is disrupted by a visitora speechless, mercurial boy named simon, who tries to steal from her and then repays her with his most precious possessionoxfam books & music perth in a tower on the new zealand sea lives kerewin holmes, part maori, part european, an artist estranged from her art, a woman in exile from her familythere is writing on the first page of the book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas kerewin succumbs to simon's feral charm, she also falls under the spell of his maori foster father joe, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsettling mixture of tenderness and brutalityout of this unorthodox trinity keri hulme has created what is at once a mystery, a love story, and an ambitious exploration of the zone where maori and european new zealand meet, clash, and sometimes merge
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In he was awarded the prince of asturias prize for literaturehe has also been a finalist for the international impac dublin literary award (the book of illusions), the pen/faulkner award (the music of chance), the edgar award (city of glass), and the man booker prize ()author: paul austerin , he was the first recipient of the nyc literary honors in the category of fiction
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Smith prize for her collected poemsas the author and editor of almost fifty books of poetry, criticism and theology, she received numerous awards, including the wthis new selected poems comes forty years on from her first carcanet selected, which it honours by retaining her original choices while adding a substantial number of poems from her several later collectionsedited by rebecca watts, whose debut poetry collection was shortlisted for the seamus heaney prize, this book is a new take on a poet whose human sympathy and religious faith are transferable and timelesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop hebden bridge elizabeth jennings () is one of the twentieth century's best-loved and bestselling poets
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No date, prize plate datedpage edges browned/foxed, prize plate front pastedown, a few marginal marks but overall internally cleanoxfam bookshop harrogate a late victorian adventure story set in africa and claiming to be "kept as far as possible within the bounds of fact"288 pp plus 32 pp publisher's catalogue to rear; 16 b&w plates plus many smaller illusillustrated boards edgeworn and slightly markedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretitle page partly detached, otherwise binding secure
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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 ; stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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