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Oxfam shop colne road bob dylan ?- the times they are a-changin' label:columbia ?- cd format:cd, album, reissue country:europereleased: genre:rock style:folk rock see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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' the times literary supplement 'i despised men who accepted their fatei shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands' it is and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, francis crawford of lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - has at last come back to edinburghis he back to foment rebellion? does he seek revenge on those who banished him? or has he returned to clear his name? no one but the enigmatic lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is ready'she is a brilliant story teller, the lymond chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply aboutperfect for fans of a game of thronesoxfam bookshop brigg voted one of britain's favourite historical novels before george rmartin there was dorothy dunnettlymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strife'a storyteller who could teach scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention'new york times'melodrama of the most magnificent kind' the guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut for many in an already divided scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant queen mary like clouds of midges, he is not welcome
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The new york times crossword puzzle is known for its wit and wordplayyou better be on your game to solve this collection of some of the most fun, punny out-there puzzles ever printed in the timesfeatures: - 75 times crossword puzzles - portable format is perfect for travel or solving at home - edited by the biggest name in crosswords, will shortz
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A poignant, compelling family saga' the sunday times the no1 sunday times bestseller from the million-copy best-selling author of the island, the thread, and the return'fascinating and moving' the times 'an imaginative tour de force, and a great read' daily mail 'an absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal' good housekeeping 'heartbreaking' essentials 'vibrantan ambitious couple are about to open the island's most spectacular hotel, where greek and turkish cypriots work in harmonyin the deserted city, just two families remainwhen a greek coup plunges the island into chaos, cyprus faces a disastrous conflictoxfam shop dumfries 'intelligent and immersivein the summer of , famagusta in cyprus is the most desirable resort in the mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortunethis is their storypraise for the sunrisehislop brings history to life in this compelling tale' tatler 'fascinating' sunday mirror see oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo neighbouring families, the georgious and the özkans, are among many who moved to famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the islandforty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiersturkey invades to protect the turkish cypriot minority, and famagusta is shelledbut beneath the city's façade of glamour and success, tension is building
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At times there is an elegiac strain not dissimilar to edward thomasadrian bell () was an english ruralist journalist and farmer, and the first compiler of the times crosswordwhen the times began to lose circulation to the daily telegraph because the latter was running a daily crossword, bell's father suggested him to the editor as the first "setter" even though he had never even solved onesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe three books constitute a threnody for, what was then, a vanishing, pre-mechanized way, of farming and rural lifeour book is in good general condition, its light blue-green cloth covers showing wear consistent with age - general grubbiness, some rubbing of edges & angles, light shelf wear to top & tail of spine, slight dulling of gilt title etc on the spine, some bumping of corners, and darkened page tops - but no frank damagebell had just 10 days' notice before his first puzzle was published, in the weekly edition on 2 january in corduroy the author's experiences as a farm apprentice in suffolk are describedslight foxing on fore-edge, but none seen withinoxfam books & music islington written by a keen ruralist, journalist and farmer, the book "corduroy" () was an immediate best-seller, and was followed by two more books on the countryside, "silver ley" () and "the cherry tree" (), the three books forming a ruralist farm trilogythe tone is affectionate, humourous and not in the least patronizinghe was friendly with many literary and cultural figures, including edmund blunden, fhaving set around puzzles between and , bell is credited with helping to establish its distinctive cryptic clue styleinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; previous owner's name neatly inscribed on front fep; bookseller's label on rear pastedownhe wrote the "countryman's notebook" column in the eastern daily press from , and produced over twenty other books on the countrysidemassingham, alfred munnings, john nash and henry williamson
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colonyoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parishe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late ssally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societyhis newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr inhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selective
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More twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the startoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottomas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by onea remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkablebut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must doi loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moretasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian seapraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking taleand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himfrom the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldenno man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out alive
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen signed first edition february hardback book with dust jacket, unclipped published in the gripping new sunday times top 5 bestseller from the bestselling author of out of the dark and orphan x'an immensely entertaining adventure' the times evan smoak lives by his own codepraise for orphan x'outstanding in every way' lee child'weapons-grade thriller writing' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morewith max now under his protection, evan realizes that the forces against them pose as daunting a threat as he has ever facedpacked with edge-of-your-seat suspense, explosive action and razor-sharp plotting, into the fire confirms gregg hurwitz as a rival to lee child, david baldacci, james patterson and harlan coben as a master of the modern thrillerhe'll take on one last mission then go out on a high noteclean, neat and tidy, just the way he likes it max merriweather hasn't got much left to losebad luck and trouble have seen off his marriage, his home and his career' now his cousin is dead and max's own chances of survival look bleakwhich is exactly why his cousin gave him an envelope with the instruction: 'if anything ever happens to me, call the number insidebut all good things must come to an endthrowing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic evan smoak ishe'll be lucky just to get through it aliveas a boy he was taken from a foster home to be raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin codevnamed orphan xhe's the man you want in your corner when justice is needed' daily mailon the run and stalked by death, he meets the one man who might save him: evan smoakand then he meets max merriweatherthen he broke free to live in the shadows as the nowhere man, using his unique skills to help those in desperate needon the face of it he's the last guy you'd expect to be trusted with a deadly secret'a stellar series, the stories get better with each instalment
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Praise for philippa gregory:  'meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is gregory on top form' good housekeeping  'gregory has popularised tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' sunday times  'engrossing' sunday express  'popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' the times  see oxfam website for delivery information read more' jane grey was queen of england for nine daysthere jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdom 'farewell, my sister,' writes katherine to the youngest grey sister, marya beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding elizabeth's suspicious glarewhen jane refused to betray her protestant faith, mary sent her to the executioner's blockshe intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find loveoxfam shop colne road 'how long do i have?' i force a laugh'they have confirmed your sentence of death we don't have long at allbut her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile queen mary and, when mary dies, to her sister queen elizabeth, who will never allow katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she doesusing her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked jane in the tower so when katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the tower you are to be beheaded tomorrowafter watching her sisters defy the queen, mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throne'not long,' he says very quietlybut she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin elizabeth 'learn you to die' is the advice that jane gives in a letter to her younger sister katherine, who has no intention of dying
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This is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting' the timesoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the slightly foxed best first biography prize a sunday times paperback of the year 'a masterpiece of history and memoir' evening standard'superb'luminous, elegant, haunting - i read it straight through' philippe sands, author of east west street'deeply movinghis account of tracing lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two familieswrites with an almost sebaldian simplicity and understatement' guardian'sensational and grippinglittle lien wasn't taken from her jewish parents in the hague - she was given away in the hope that she might be savedmuch later, she fell out with her foster family, and bart van es - the grandson of lien's foster parents - knew he needed to find out whyit is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefinedhidden and raised by a foster family in the provinces during the nazi occupation, she survived the war only to find that her real parents had notshedding light on some of the most urgent issues of our time' judges of the costa book of the year see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries sunday times bestseller prayer for the dead is the fifth novel in the bestselling inspector mclean series by author james oswaldjames' overnight success has drawn comparisons with the meteoric rise of e l james and her fifty shades of grey series' daily mail 'fifty shades of hay' the times 'oswald is among the leaders in the new batch of excellent scottish crime writers' daily mail 'the new ian rankin' daily record 'an excellent start to what promises to be a fine series' guardian 'classy, occasionally brutal, and with the odd suggestion of the supernatural, this will doubtless be another deserved hitteamed with the most unlikely and unwelcome of allies, he must track down a killer driven by the darkest compulsions, who will answer only to a higher powerin a sealed chamber, deep in the heart of gilmerton cove, a mysterious network of caves and passages sprawling beneath edinburgh, the victim has undergone a macabre ritual of purification'are you ready for the mysteries to be revealed?' praise for james oswald: 'a star of scotland's burgeoning crime fiction scene' daily record 'crime fiction's next big thing' the sunday telegraph 'literary sensationthe baffling lack of forensics at the crime scene seems impossibleinspector tony mclean knew the dead man, and can't shake off the suspicion that there is far more to this case than meets the eyebut it is not the only thing about this case that mclean will find beyond belief'the hallmarks of val mcdermid or ian rankin: it's dark, violent, noirish' the herald***'are you ready to be reborn?' the search for a missing journalist is called off as a body is found at the scene of a carefully staged murderoswald's writing is in a class above most in this genre' daily express see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A times bestsellermytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - mika provata-carlone, bookanistatranslated from the norwegian by paul russell garrett see oxfam website for delivery information read more"an intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, woodthe sixteen trees of the somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire centuryoxfam shop clitheroe a family story of epic scale, by the author of norwegian wood and the bell in the lakeperhaps einar is not dead after allthe death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his motheran engaging, satisfying read" the times"so cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" scotsmanedvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in norway with his taciturn grandfather, sverrebut he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, einar, is somehow bound up with this mysteryedvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from norway to the shetlands, and to the battlefields of france - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritanceone day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanship
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial frontboards and backboards, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-wornin arranging the plan of this handbook on the art of driving a car the writer has been largely guided by correspondence on motoring matters received during a numbers of years from readers requests for information from readers of the times, and generally containing requests for information on certain definite points about driving in relation to car maintenance all pages clean and completeall edges have handling marksblue cloth spine, paper on boards paste-downs have motoring adverts, hinge between pastedown and endpapers, cracked near the bottompublisher: the london times, undated,circaoxfam shop darlington hardback, quarter boundspine, stained, rubbed, bumped, shelf-wornused very good condition
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Will this close-knit unit who have come to depend on each other still be together next christmas? and what will they have learnt about having somewhere you truly belong?praise for marcia willett:'a genuine voice of our times' the times'riveting, moving and utterly feel-good' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut things are going to be different for jakey this yearthe cornish home which he has known all his life is in danger of being sold up, and everything is changinghe hates seeing them disappear back into their boxes, especially the big, homemade angel, which has put in an appearance at family christmases for many years'it's just after christmas, and four-year-old jakey is helping to put away the decorationsoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'he feels restless; sad that the tiny, sparkling lights and the pretty tree will no longer be there to brighten the short, dark winter daysjakey calls her auntie gabriel, and she holds a big red satin heart
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1 sunday times bestselling memoir of nursing todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham read costa award-winning author christie watson's incredible noand in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a handwe watch christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive'a powerful insight into the life of nurses' the times, books of the year'a remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath' ruby wax see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit made me laugh' adam kay, author of this is going to hurt and twas the nightshift before christmas christie watson was a nurse for twenty years'it made me crytaking us from birth to death and from a&e to the mortuary, the language of kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindnessin our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, christie is with usshe is a guide, mentor and friendit made me think
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The book contains original headlines, pictures and articles from newspapers of the timesit has a unique perspective to manchester united's colourful history, seen through the eyes of some of the nations leading sports reporters of the timesthe measurements of the book are:- 38 cms x 31cms x 2cms local pickup only (if the advert shows the item is still for sale) read morethis book commemorates those manchester united footballing moments dated from , to up to near present day
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Was meeting mr range rover destiny or karma?should she be grateful or just hopping mad?and can stella grab a chance at real, honest-to-goodness happiness now it finally seems within her reach? keyes can deftly mix dark and light, tragic and comic in a way that only a handful of writers can' irish times'one of our finest writers' jojo moyespraise for marian keyes:'comic, convincing and true' guardian'mercilessly funny' the times'funny, tender and completely absorbing!' graham norton see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat happens next will take stella thousands of miles from her old life, turning an ordinary woman into a superstar and, along the way, wrenching her whole family apart1 bestselling author of grown ups'a total triumph' daily mail ever wished you could trade your life in for a better one?one day, sitting in traffic, married dublin mum stella sweeney attempts a simple good deedwhen the result is a terrible car accident, she meets a handsome with a range rover who wants her number - no, for insurance purposes - and in this meeting a seed is born which will change stella's life foreveroxfam shop colne road discover the entertaining, uplifting and intriguing tale of finding true happiness in unexpected places from the no
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Emotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposedannika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth centurytext is unmarkedthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy the book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the warsimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were sufferedwere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read more there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperback
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The volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabialong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedfiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantswaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerwaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review oforiginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scaleonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedthis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dustseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'sthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallyalexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesfinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centuryall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsthe edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequence
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They don't have a chance in hell of dodging her quick-witted wallop as she relays their stories from their spouse's points of view' the times 'poignant, thoughtful, funny, rich and accessible' ruth padel, guardian, books of the year see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif you have ever wondered, for example, how exactly darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, frau freud thought about her husband - then this is the book for you, as the wives of the great, the good, the not so good, and the legendary are given a voice in carol ann duffy's sparkling and inventive collectionoxfam shop ulverston that saying? behind every famous man'carol ann duffy is a poet of skill, talent and great heart' erica wagner 'duffy takes a cheeky, subversive, no-nonsense swipe with a dish clout at the famous men of history and mythwitty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend? from mrs midas to queen kong, from elvis's twin sister to pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in carol ann duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, the world's wife
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The study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contexttranslated by chiara peri and philip roxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitymany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitydrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israeldavis see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plainthe siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and lifethey prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can musterfor the british there, life is orderly and genteelthen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residencyas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerablebut farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read more'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yoke
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Without doubt one of the finest novels i have read for years' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoutrageously funnyfizzing with wit and energy, kate atkinson's hilarious novel made me laugh and cry' daily mail'an astounding bookwill 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'delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as dickensruby 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 lifeoxfam 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 prize'little short of a masterpiecebunty 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 ruby
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasiona man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistathe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menacewith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worldthe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderalone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumoxfam bookshop cheltenham warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfareone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling walls
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moread 264 - the roman empire is torn in twoa fearsome, masked warlord attacks, bringing fire and sword against the anglesthe western provinces - gaul, spain and britain - have been seized by the pretender postumuson a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, ballista must journey the amber road to the far north to hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birtheveryone must choose a sidedoes treachery pose the greatest danger?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramapraise for harry sidebottom: sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrto the east, on the plains of northern italy, the armies of the emperor gallienus musteryet not all welcome ballistas returnoxfam shop launceston warrior of rome: the amber road is the sixth book in harry sidebottom's warrior of rome seriesfans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottoms recreation of the ancient worldharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical art
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The literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into useoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehe asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyhe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living language
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