The timesshorlisted for the womens prize for fiction one september
List the timesshorlisted for the womens prize for fiction one september
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Oxfam bookshop hertford 'a cracking historical novel - with a twinge of the surreal - about passion and obsession' the timesshorlisted for the women's prize for fiction one september evening in , the merchant jonah hancock finds one of his captains waiting eagerly on his doorstepas gossip spreads through the docks, coffee shops, parlours and brothels, everyone wants to see mr hancock's marvelthis meeting will steer both their lives onto a dangerous new coursewhat will be the cost of their ambitions? and will they be able to escape the legendary destructive power a mermaid is said to possess? see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe has sold jonah's ship for what appears to be a mermaidand a courtesan of great accomplishmentits arrival spins him out of his ordinary existence and through the doors of high society, where he meets angelica neal, the most desirable woman he has ever laid eyes on
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Oxfam shop colne road shortlisted for the orange prize for fiction iasi, romania, the early sbut while augustin's world remained the same size safta's expanded to embrace languages, society - and a fleeting love, one long, hot summerbut then came war, and in its wake a brutal stalinist regime, and nothing would remain the samefor the man is augustin, son of the cook at the manor house which was safta's family homethe memories are safta's alsosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreborn six months apart, they grew up with a connection that bypassed wordsslowly, painstakingly, memories appear on the pagedeaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called safta brings paper and pencils with which he can drawa nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital
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Author: lionel shriver winner of the orange prize for fiction read moretitle: we need to talk about kevin
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By rachael linkie - the cost for the book is for the postage and packing and the book is in 'as new' condition read more
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinethe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for younot even behind his backbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsthe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinethe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for younot even behind his backbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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An astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )by thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final dayscromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalan astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysi envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizescromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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Until one day they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imaginedoxfam bookshop hertford longlisted for the orwell prize for political fiction, 'a moving portrayal of the effects of a wrongful conviction on a young african-american couplehe is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting careersee oxfam website for delivery information read more devastated and unmoored, celestial finds herself struggling to hold on to the love that has been her centre, taking comfort in andre, their closest friendroy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime celestial knows he didn't commitwhen roy's conviction is suddenly overturned, he returns home ready to resume their life together' - barack obama a book of the year according the i, guardian, sunday times, sunday mail newlyweds celestial and roy are the embodiment of the american dream a masterpiece of storytelling, an american marriage offers a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three unforgettable characters who are at once bound together and separated by forces beyond their control
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Awards: winner of the baileys women's prize for fiction and the desmond elliot prizecondition: very goodgenre: contemporary irish culturecollection only
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fiction and richard and judy pickit explores the passions between a man and a woman, the tenderness of parent and child, and the life-changing power of an ardently held beliefsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story spans the vibrant intellectual world of concord and the sensuous antebellum south, through to the first year of the civil war as the north reels under a series of unexpected defeatslike her bestselling 'year of wonders', 'march' follows an unconventional love storyfrom the author of the acclaimed 'year of wonders' and 'people of the book', a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the american civil warset during the american civil war, 'march' tells the story of john march, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in 'little women', louisa may alcott's classic american novelas he recovers from a near-fatal illness in a washington hospital, he must reassemble the shards of his shattered mind and body, and find a way to reconnect with a wife and daughters who have no idea of the ordeals he has been throughin brooks's telling, march emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in himself and in the union cause when he learns that his side, too, is capable of barbarism and racismas alcott drew on her real-life sisters in shaping the characters of her little women, so brooks turned to the journals and letters of bronson alcott, louisa may's father, an idealistic educator, animal rights exponent and abolitionist who was a friend and confidante of ralph waldo emerson and henry david thoreau
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Winner of the women's prize for fictionpaperback book is in very good conditionthe road home by the author rose tremaincollection only
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritieswe are all potential targetsthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombcover & spine in very good conditionnow it is much more complexpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of age
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Typeset in the future:how the design of science fiction defines o how the design of science fiction by dave addey (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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She later won the booker prize for her highly acclaimed novel moon tigeroxfam bookshop cheltenham beyond the blue mountains is a collection of short stories by booker prize winning author penelope livelythe 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 experience'the fourteen brief stories in beyond the blue mountains reveal penelope lively at her most polished and perceptiveher 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 morepenelope lively lives in londonshe 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 inshe has twice been shortlisted for the booker prize: once in for her first novel, the road to lichfield, and again in for according to mark"the slovenian giantess" is a condensed masterpiece' sunday times'penelope lively is a genius and this collection is a joyin 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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His collected poems won the pulitzer prize for poetryoxfam shop arnold james wright is one of the most significant, most enduring figures in modern american poetry, the central figure of a greatly talented generationwhether he was writing about his native ohio, the natural world, love lost and found, or the luminous resonant italy of his later work, wrights mastery of language and his powerful, haunting voice marked him out as one of the finest writers of his time, a poet whose work caught the spirit of americas anxious yet hopeful post-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames wright was born in martins ferry, ohio, in
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In this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one anotheroxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize for fictionnational book award finalistnew york times bestsellerwinner of the carnegie medal for fictiona beautiful, stunningly ambitious novel about a blind french girl and a german boy whose paths collide in occupied france as both try to survive the devastation of world war ii'open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close foreversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paris'for marie-laure, blind since the age of six, the world is full of mazesand a future which draws her ever closer to werner, a german orphan, destined to labour in the mines until a broken radio fills his life with possibility and brings him to the notice of the hitler youththe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural historythe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way home
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Not 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 sportan 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-matessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 sideas a boy, g had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the tour on televisionthis july, across twenty-one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his ownin 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 paris
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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 ;Â stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The lighter shade is just the camera, the true colour is the first one where it is darknew top that has just been taken out of the bag for the photoit is a long top so can tuck in nicegap v neck t shirtcan post for £1
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This valentines day card contains the following words: (on the front cover) for the one i love(on the next two pages) i can't imagine life without your love to see me throughyou've given me purpose to my life by showing that you careand cannot wait to share this very special day with youhappy valentine's day it measures 24(on the inside front page) and that is just the start of all the many reasons why i love you and respect you with each day that passes by5(l) x 17(w) cm condition: this card is in excellent, as new condition and comes complete with envelope read morewhenever i have needed you you've always been there
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Selling due to having clearout ideal for personal use or for selling onecollect from heckmondwikeplease ask for any more questions etcall in great conditioncould be profit to be made
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But her energetic and savvy approach to solving crimes is her greatest appeal, and the reappearance of the original lady detective is sure to captivate a new generation of crime fiction fanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moregladden, and paving the way for the more famous female detectives of the early twentieth century, namely miss marple and nancy drewoxfam shop colne road in , the british writer james redding ware, under the pseudonym andrew forrester, published the female detective, introducing readers to the first professional female detective character, mrsin the female detective was made available to the general public for the first time since its original publication; the british library is now reissuing this foundational crime novel as part of its crime classics seriesgladden's deductive methods anticipate those of arthur conan doyle's sherlock holmes, who would not appear for another twenty years--and like holmes, she regards the regular constabulary with disdain
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'the wife likes to read romantic fictionfeaturing original ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new textthe husband does not waste his time on silly storiesthe large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to copehe likes to read books about things that really happened and tales of real men'Â this delightful book is the latest in the series of ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about themor help manage the england football team' 'the husband likes to do simple repairs, like changing the washer on a tap'hilarious' stylist see oxfam website for delivery information read morereading these will be invaluable if he ever has to land on the moon or be in the safterwards he likes to talk at great length about what a struggle it was, and will want to be treated as if he has invented a machine that turns farts into goldoxfam shop arnold the handy guide to the husband makes the perfect gift for any long-suffering wife or prospective bride to give to their beloved husbandthe books are a fantasy and an escape for her
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Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature init is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writerthis is the fifth voloxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early sof his autobiographyit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of events
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Longlisted for the orange prizeunder the pretence of his cider business, jonathan visits his newly widowed aunt and there meets her unruly servant girl, tamar, who soon reveals that she has secrets of her ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford a novel of secrets and revenge within a seventeenth-century english familya generation after the civil war, jonathan dymond, a cider maker, has so far enjoyed a quiet lifebut when he discovers a letter from his dying uncle, hinting an inheritance and revenge, he is determined to unravel the mystery in his family
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal" eight pages of monochrome photographsoxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researchersee oxfam website for delivery information read more text, clean, bright and unmarked throughout dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etcin gilt on spine, in very good condition
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Shortlisted for the smarties prize, the secret of platform 13 is an exciting magical adventure from eva ibbotson, the award-winning author of journey to the river seaa wizard, an ogre, a fey and a young hag have come to find the prince of their kingdom, stolen as a baby nine years beforeit appears only once every nine yearsoxfam bookshop harrogate under platform 13 at king's cross station there is a secret door that leads to a magical islandcondition- very good see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the prince has become a horrible rich boy called raymond trottle, who doesn't understand magic and is determined not to be rescuedand when it opens, four mysterious figures step into the streets of london
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7 registered born wiltshire horn shearling ewes for sale from our prize winning benningtons flocka breed known for its self shearing,easy lambing abilities, milky mothers going onto produce vigorous fast growing meaty lambs for the tablebucket and electric fence trained,wormed and vaccinated(heptivac) £140 each or would consider an offer for the groupregistered norfolk horn shearling ewes also available tooplease feel free to contact us for further informationperfect for both smallholders and for commercial breeding
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