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Obsession with carp: the story of one man's quest to catch the biggest fish from the uk's hardest waterswe appreciate the impact a good book can havebook binding:hardbackauthor:lane, davewe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!
101 €
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The story of a new name is the second book in this seriesin these neapolitan novels, elena ferrante, the acclaimed author of the days of abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belongingin the story of a new name, lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stiflingshe writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of naples from the late-s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and timea beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," ferrante proves herself to be one of italy's most accomplished storytellerslove, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their storiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moremarriage appears to have imprisoned lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for elenawith these books, which the new yorker's james wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopledoxfam bookshop ealing in , elena ferrante's my brilliant friend introduced readers to the unforgettable elena and lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the neapolitan novelsyet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvellously nuanced portrait of friendshipyet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challenges
4 €
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This edition also includes the short story: the story of a lieit is a hardback with red cloth boards with blind stamped design and gilt decorationadditional photos available, please askwritten by robert louis stevenson and published by t nelson and sons, ltdfor a book of this age, i feel this is in very good conditionin – a vintage pocket edition
10 €
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This edition also includes the short story: the story of a lieit is a hardback with red cloth boards with blind stamped design and gilt decorationadditional photos available, please askwritten by robert louis stevenson and published by t nelson and sons, ltdin – a vintage pocket edition
8 €
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The last act of love: the story of my brother and his sistertitle: the last act of love: the story of my brother and his sisterauthor(s): rentzenbrink, cathy
1 €
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Title: the crocodile by the door: the story of a house, a farm and a familyauthor(s): guinness, selinapublisher: penguin
10 €
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Oxfam books & music perth drummond of hawthornden: the story of his life and writing  no dust jacketa companion piece to drummond, poetical works of william drummond of hawthornden not an ex library cope see oxfam website for delivery information read more a valuable account of william drumond's life & writings by the celebrated biographer of miltongreen cloth with gilt decoration and lettering
8 €
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The title is the story of a young heartfor 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
14 €
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The story of a great medieval book peter lombard's 'sentences' by philipp wrosemann (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
19 €
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E burrow - penlune: the story of a cornish village red hardback book published by ssome light wear to coverfor viewings/collections a facemask is still required pleaseunfortunately no mask = no saleinside page inscribed to someone, otherwise a clean copy***half sale proceeds being donated to charity*** ---------------------------------------------------------------- available to collect locally in surrey, or can post at extra cost (first, second, first signed for, second signed for & special delivery by 1pm next day options) and payment through paypali will be wearing one and will have sanitised my hands
5 €
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Fermat's last theorem: the story of a riddle that confounded tdispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is very good
2 €
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Portrait of sinatra 40 songs from the life of a man double vinylor, they are also on friday ad, until soldlots of other sets available if you want to browse more when you comethank you for lookingitem location: cheddar, somerset(click to reveal full phone number) for directions or email through the friday ad websitehappy to post by hermes at costartist: frank sinatra tracklist: a1: let's face the music a2: nancy (with the laughing face) a3: i've got you under my skin a4: let me try again (laisse moi le temps) a5: fly me to the moon a6: all or nothing at all a7: for once in my life a8: bonita a9: my kind of town a10: call me irresponsible b1: all the way b2: strangers in the night b3: didn't we b4: come fly with me b5: second time around b6: in the wee small hours of the morning b7: bad, bad leroy brown b8: softly, as i leave you b9: cycles b10: send in the clowns c1: that's life c2: little green apples c3: song of the sabia c4: goody goody c5: empty tables c6: i believe i'm gonna love you c7: stargazer c8: i sing the songs (i write the songs) c9: you are the sunshine of my life c10: it was a very good year d1: something stupid d2: young at heart d3: you make me feel so young d4: yesterday d5: pennies from heaven d6: if d7: something d8: star d9: love's been good to me d10: my way belonged to my dad, but now sadly, no longer needed
15 €
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We take pride in serving youpages maybe folded due to previous owners usebooks spine maybe slightly creased due to age and wearpublisher: ebury presscategory: booksitem information:author: moyles, chris
1 €
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate a reissue copy of this story of a little boy growing up in a traditional chinese village, attractively illustrated with drawings by the author who herself grew up in chinasee oxfam website for delivery information read moredustwrapper clipped, edgeworn, closed tear lower spine and lower front edge and corner lossesred cloth, black titles; unmarkedinternally unmarked144 pp; b&w illus throughout
17 €
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Oxfam bookshop newport the story of a yorkshire woman who was called upon by the ministry of labour and national service to be directed to work of national importanceminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morerear free endpaper has been torn outa heart-warming and touching collection of anecdotes about life as a clippie, and how it impacted upon her life at homeblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spineendpapers discolouredgiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tramvarious scuffs, marks and discolouration
34 €
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At the heart of the team is the tale of a beloved and effective soldier, ashley white
21 €
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The title is a man and his musicfor 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
12 €
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Oxfam shop kendal very good conditionthe way of a pilgrim was written by an anonymous nineteenth-century russian peasant and depicts his examination of how to pray without ceasing12 point garamond, 1see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas he becomes open to the promptings of god, the reader, too, is enlightened as he shares these rich religious experiences, presented in a humble, simple, and beautiful narrativeminimal shelf wear to page edgesthis edition is cleanly formatted for easy readingthrough his voyages and travels, he delves into the value and power of prayer
5 €
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There are minor signs of age and use but it is in good conditioni will also send if buyer will pay for the additional cost of sendingit is 11 cm high and 10 cm widethe small door stop is in the form of a sitting black and white catplease contact me for the cost of doing sobuyer can collecti will deliver locally
10 €
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The story of music is the story of our urge to invent, connect, rebel -- and entertain in his energetic tour through years of music, from prehistoric instruments to pop, goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels and tired terminology and leads us through the story of music as it really happened, so that each musical innovation strikes us with its original forcehoward goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavour and a groundbreaking map of man's musical journeysee oxfam website for delivery information read more for many of us, music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex and specialisedalong the way, he also gives refreshingly clear descriptions of what music is and how it works: what scales are all about, what happens in harmony, why some chords sound discordanthe focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made soundoxfam books & music norwich published to coincide with howard goodall's major new bbc tv series, this is an accessible history for all music lovers
25 €
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Only a handful survived, and chung mey's story provides a rare glimpse inside the workings of a brutal and highly organised assembly line of deathoxfam shop heaton survivor: the triumph of an ordinary man in the khmer rouge genocide (signed copy) chum mey's confessions with introduction by david chandler and youk chhangsee oxfam website for delivery information read more chung mey personifies the tormented history of his country, surviving gunfights and rocket attacks during a civil war, losing his wife and four children during the brutal khmer rouge regime, and dragged blindfolded into tuol sleng prison, where more than people were chained and tortured and sent to a killing field7 million people died between and when the khmer rouge ruled cambodiathe book is in very condition and features a signature from the author on the first page
19 €
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Featuring illustrated double-page spreads arranged by subject, he tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters which give meaning and purpose to the periods they considersir roy strong, author, broadcaster, former director of the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum, tells the story of britain from the very earliest recorded celtic times to the era of margaret thatcheroxfam bookshop harrogate the story of britain is a significant book published at a significant moment, for there can rarely have been a time when public concern about history and the teaching of history has created so much controversy and debatesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a tremendous story, and roy strong, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, is the ideal person to tell it
5 €
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Oxfam shop lower parkstone 'the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more'; roald dahla clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes the story of how master storyteller roald dahl became a writer (and a wealth of tips for aspiring authors)would you use your power for good or for personal gain? that's what henry has to decide in "the wonderful story of henry sugar", one of the seven short stories in this extraordinary collectionanthology for younger readers "if you could see with your eyes closeda giant turtle and a very special boy who can talk to animals, a cunning hitchhiker and the curious driver who picks him up, and a very lucky plowman who finds a fabulous fortune but loses a golden opportunity are only a few of the characters you'll meetwith roald dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
12 €
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Oxfam books & music perth the hunter is the story of a man who hits new york head-on like a shotgun blast to the chestsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebetrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, parker makes his way cross-country with only one thought burning in his mind - to coldly exact his revenge and reclaim what was taken from him! for fans of gritty in-your-face crime-fiction graphic novels, there is no comparison
8 €
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All hallows' eve is the story of a man and woman whose love was so great it could bridge the gap of death; of evil so terrible as to be unmentionable, of a vision so beautiful it must be truecharles williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths
22 €
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This is the story of one man's struggle to protect kenya's wildlifehe is the editor of natural connections
18 €
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The story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologysummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planet
19 €
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The wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahl"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeanother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasuretwo of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world warplease 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 availablethe book was first published in london in by jonathan capethe stories were written at varying times throughout his lifethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's books
36 €
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Kipling, rudyard - the story of the cadsbys, a tale without a plot - - athis is a story noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of indiaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilimited, londonillustrations by jwheeler & co allahabad and sampson low, marston, searle & rivington - 1st english edition - beautiful half-leather binding - original cover included in the binding - with some minor scuffs on the spine and edges of front cover, 85 ppfirst illustrated edition - illustrations by f? - hardcover, 132 ppkipling, rudyard - the light that failed - 1st american edition without date - new york, hurst & company - 132 pprudyard kipling - kim - macmillan and co limitestownsend - original red cloth binding with slightly damaged dust jacket - 160 ppthe spine of the red cloth hardcover is somewhat worn, cover is splodgy but intact; endpaper a bit loose from the binding; label on inside front cover; otherwise good copy of this rare publication22 x 14 cm - ex-libris on inside front cover - very good copyour 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 website21 x 15 cm - small dedication on endpaper, newspaper cuttings added - minor damage in fold front endpaper but otherwise very good copykipling, rudyard - “they” and the brushwood boy - macmillan and cocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelockwood kipling, the author's fathercm - dedication on endpaper from , on page 1 a handwritten quote from kipling - spine a little discoloured and with a spot but otherwise good copyfirst edition second impression - cm
51 €
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Oxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (c) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins: bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty dai-yuthrough the changing fortunes of the jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives
10 €