The specsavers national book award and waterstones book of the year
List the specsavers national book award and waterstones book of the year
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Oxfam bookshop brigg a top ten indie publishers' fiction bestseller for an independent book of the year pick a waterstones best books of the year pick a bookseller book of the year pick this is the story of a hen named sproutan anthem for individuality and motherhood, the hen who dreamed she could fly has captivated millions of readers in koreaand with nomoco's evocative illustrations throughout, this first english-language edition beautifully captures the journey of an unforgettable character in world literatureno longer content to lay eggs on command only to have them carted off to the market, she glimpses her future every morning through the barn doors, where the other animals roam free, and comes up with a plan to escape into the wild-and to hatch an egg of her ownnow the novel is making its way around the world, where it has the potential to inspire generations of readers the way jonathan livingston seagull or the alchemist havesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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national book award finalist john lahr is the author of tennessee williams: mad pilgrimage of the flesh, among other bookshe has twice won the george jean nathan award for dramatic criticism and is the first critic ever to win a tony award (coauthor, elaine stritch at liberty)he was the senior drama critic of the new yorker for over two decades
18 €
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The national book award badge is part of the cover, not a stickerbook is in good condition, spine is not cracked as shown in picturespre owned paperback nimona by noelle stevenson
10 €
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Finalist for the national book award,the yellow birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in iraq
31 €
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Gorgeous' max porter, author of lanny a times book of the year an i book of the year a reading agency book of the year a bbc radio 2 book club pick a bbc radio 4 'book at bedtime' an observer pick for one summer following the second world war, robert appleyard sets out on foot from his durham villageoxfam shop hebden bridge 'what a radical thing, these days, to have written a book so full of warmth and kindnessthere he meets dulcie, an eccentric, worldly, older woman who lives in a ramshackle cottage facing out to seastaying with dulcie, robert's life opens into one of rich food, sea-swimming, sunburn and poetrysixteen and the son of a coal miner, he makes his way across the northern countryside until he reaches the former smuggling village of robin hood's baysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe two come from different worlds, yet as the summer months pass, they form an unlikely friendship that will profoundly alter their futures
6 €
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Oxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speechpeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and racewe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsednarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountinga truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bhe reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issueshe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriain their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news mediasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
12 €
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Oxfam shop evesham twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prizefizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookwithout doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreruby tells the story of the family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling french photographer catches frail beautiful alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of ruby's own life'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens'little short of a masterpieceoutrageously funnybunty had never wanted to marry george, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath york minster, with sensible and sardonic patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch gillian who refused to be ignored, and rubywill dazzle readers for years to come' - hilary mantel, author of the mirror and the lightruby lennox was conceived grudgingly by bunty and born while her father, george, was in the dog and hare in doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a d-cup that he wasn't married
3 €
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Oxfam bookshop hertford twenty-fifth anniversary edition of kate atkinson's brilliant and unforgettable first novel, which won the whitbread (now costa) book of the year prizefizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookwithout doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreruby tells the story of the family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling french photographer catches frail beautiful alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of ruby's own life'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickens'little short of a masterpieceoutrageously funnybunty had never wanted to marry george, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath york minster, with sensible and sardonic patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch gillian who refused to be ignored, and rubywill dazzle readers for years to come' - hilary mantel, author of the mirror and the lightruby lennox was conceived grudgingly by bunty and born while her father, george, was in the dog and hare in doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a d-cup that he wasn't married
2 €
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The story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this bookwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eithernevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: it is extremely funny, but the african beach scene is horrificsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantthe magic is in how it unfoldsthe story of two women whose lives collide one day, leaving one with a terrible choice to makeoxfam bookshop st albans shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classiconce you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about ittwo years later they meet againit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it
2 €
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*selected as a book of the year in the sunday times and the observer*featuring all the inspiring, retail price ÂŁover 100 relaxed, achievable & delicious recipesnew, unwanted gift, at bargain price, which would make an excellent present for someone who likes cooking
6 €
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*selected as a book of the year in the sunday times and the observer*new, unwanted hardback book by nigella lawson, at bargain price, which would make an excellent present for someone who likes cookingover 100 relaxed, achievable & delicious recipesfeaturing all the inspiring, retail price ÂŁ read more
6 €
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The story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this bookwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitheroxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe magic is in how it unfoldsnevertheless, 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 itit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it
2 €
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The story starts there, but the book doesn'twe don't want to tell you too much about this bookwhen you do, please don't tell them what happens eitherand it's what happens afterwards that is most importantoxfam shop clitheroe shortlisted for the commonwealth writers' prize and costa novel of the year, this international bestseller has become a reading group classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe magic is in how it unfoldsnevertheless, 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 itit is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it
2 €
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Oxfam shop thornbury a guardian and observer book of the yearin early , the islamic state clinched its control of raqqa in syriabaghdadi, the leader of isis, urged muslims around the world to come join the caliphateat the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who respondedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat is the line between victim and collaborator? how do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? what role is there for muslim women in the west? in what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, moaveni takes us into the school hallways of london, kitchen tables in germany, the coffee shops in tunis, the caliphate's ob/gyn and its 'guest house for young widows' - where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried - to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admithaving witnessed the brutal oppression of the assad regime in syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his callan intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their comfortable lives behind and join the islamic stateemma, from germany; sharmeena, from bethnal green, london; nour, from tunis: these were women - some still in school - from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by jane austen and dan brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventurebut instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence
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7 €
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! please see photo 3 a book of the year in evening standard and metro when tash, daughter of a russian oligarch, is sent to an english boarding school, she is new to the strange rituals of the girls thereoligarchy is the fierce new novel about power, privilege and peer pressure from the bestselling author of the end of mrtheirs is a world of strict pecking orders, eating disorders and instagram angstthen her friend bianca mysteriously vanishes, and quickly the routines of her dorm-mates seem darker and more alien than ever beforewhile she spends her time with the other girls at the lake and the stables, a hand-picked few are invited to join the headmaster at his house for extra lessonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
40 €
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Oxfam bookshop st albans chosen as a book of the year in the times literary supplement, the evening standard, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the times'a brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' evening standard'vintage le carré'utterly engrossing and perfectly pitchedvintage john le carréimmensely clever, breathtakingthere is only one le carrélike wine, le carré's writing has got richer with ageintelligence operations that were once the toast of the service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the berlin wallit gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 yearssomebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater gooddon't wait for the paperback' the times'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in britainthe reason? cold war ghosts have come back to haunt himeloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' daily mail'splendid, fast-paced, riveting' andrew marr, sunday times'remarkablereally, not since the spy who came in from the cold has le carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' john banville, guardianpeter guillam, former disciple of george smiley in the british secret service, has long retired to brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to londonhe's in the first rank' ian mcewan'one of those writers who will be read a century from now' robert harris see oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
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Oxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearit was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elitebeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayfarrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresa deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex presidenthe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold warit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for itfinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgracehis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmentrichard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by itin richard nixon, award-winning biographer john asee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentbut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarised
14 €
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square the jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning lauren beukesbut the shining girls have arrived' (the times)"the girl who wouldn't diekirby is lucky she survived the attackhunting a killer who shouldn't existharper stalks his shining girls through the years - and cuts the spark out of themyou shouldn't shineyou shouldn't make me do thisshe is sure there were other victims were less fortunate, but the evidence she finds is'gone girl has not exactly gonebut what if the one that got away cameback for him? see oxfam website for delivery information read more"it's not my fault
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3 €
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A book for someone who enjoys restoring booksdamaged copy of an early english pop-up book for children from with short texts, illustrated with b/w images in english by fthe book is an (unpaginated) hardcover with original spine; the front endpaper is missing and the binding of the bookblock is loose in some placesthe book has five spreads with colour pop-ups, of which three are more or less intact; in one the pop-up is missing, the second is intact but partly loose from the backgroundhedderwick-browne, clifton bingham, mplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegillington and othersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford daily telegraph and new statesman book of the year see oxfam website for delivery information read more
7 €
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"-aleksa djilas, new york times book review "judah writes splendidly"-mark danner, new york review of books  "judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the serb past"-david rieff, toronto globe and mail tim judah was balkans correspondent for the london times and the economist, and has been a frequent contributor the new york review of booksthe story he tells does much to explain both the serb obsession with the treachery of outsiders and their quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding, or rather reestablishment, of the serbian stateoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university presssoftback in as new condition praise for the first edition: "a lively and balanced history of the serbssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejournalist tim judah's classic account, now brought fully up to date to include the overthrow of miloševic, the assassination of zoran djindic, the breakaway of kosovo, and the arrest of radovan karadzic
9 €
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The backyard poultry book is a complete book of instruction and reference- the approach is practical and enthusiasticfor anyone interested in keeping poultry in the back garden
1 €
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Oxfam shop mold the inspirational inside story from the tour de france and sports personality of the year winner"this year g was the strongest rider, and he finally had lady luck on his sidean unstoppable combination" chris froome"i understood what geraint's win meant: for him, for me, for the team, and for wales, too" dave brailsford"wow!" thierry henryfor years geraint thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an olympic gold medallist on the track, commonwealth champion, yet at the tour de france a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team-matesin the summer of , that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion - from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the alps to the brutal slopes of the pyrenees and, finally, the champs-elysees in parisnot only can nice guys come first - they can win the biggest prize of allwith insight from the key characters around geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling and heart-warming tales in sportas a boy, g had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the tour on televisionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis july, across twenty-one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his own
10 €
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Each folder includes all issues of the year in perfect mnh conditioncomplete set of year sets in special folders from as issued by the danish postplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’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 storevery high catalogue value and all stamps are still valid for postage !!!are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifolders are all in protective plastic sleeves and in like new condition
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Doom nor nick fury and ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecan stop them! and when their actions lead to the death of one of their own, the first family storms the gates of heaven to save their teammate! plus: spider-man and the human torch against hydro-man! collectingoxfam books & music perth pushed beyond their limits, the fantastic four invade latveria and take control of the country - and neither dr
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Now available in paperback, this is the first academic book dedicated to the filmmaking of the three-best known mexican-born directors, guillermo del toro, alejandro gonzalez inarritu and alfonso cuaronoxfam bookshop leeds 270ppdeborah shaw examines the career trajectories of the directors and presents a detailed analysis of their most significant films with a focus on both the texts and the production contexts in which they were madeclean text throughoutthe three amigos will be of interest to all those who study hispanic and spanish cinema in particular, and world and contemporary cinema in generalgeneral shelf wear on the front and back coverspine is intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese include studies on del toro's cronos/chronos, el laberinto del fauno/pan's labyrinth, and hellboy ii: the golden army; inarritu's amores perros, 21 grams and babel; and cuaron's solo con tu pareja/love in the time of hysteria, y tu mama tambien, and children of men
10 €
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Complete set of year sets in special folders from as issued by the aland posteach folder includes all stamps of the year in perfect mnh condition also additional sheelets and bookletsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’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 storevery high catalogue value and all stamps are still valid for postage !!!are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifolders are all in like new condition
49 €
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The comic strip bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelot composed of the issues from noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublication of daily strips and sunday plates by garth, tarzan, johnny hazard, modesty blaise, secret agent corrigan, rip kirby, mandrake, the phantom, flash gordon, james bond, superman and others45 to 78 except for nostabloid format 42 x 29 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipages: 20 self-coveredfalls publishingcentral fold, in very good condition
49 €
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This is the 1st and 3rd book of the series50p each or ÂŁ1 for bothgood condition, great stories
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