The walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award
List the walter scott prize for historical fiction winner of the independent bookshop week book award
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the walter scott prize for historical fiction sunday times barry ronge fiction prize university of johannesburg english literary award nominated for the folio prize in , the ss birmingham approaches indiaduring these years, morgan will come to a profound understanding of himself as a man, and of the infinite subtleties and complexity of human nature, bringing these great insights to his remarkable novelforster's great work of literature, is publishedon board is morgan forster, novelist and man of letters, who is embarking on a journey of discoveryit will be another twelve years, and a second time spent in india, before a passage to india, eas morgan stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyesthe seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty skysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat once a fictional exploration of the life and times of one of britain's finest novelists - his struggle to find a way of living and being - and a stunningly vivid evocation of the mysterious alchemy of the creative process, arctic summer is a literary masterpiece, by one of the finest writers of his generation
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Oxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridgethrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacybut will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepwhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford **winner of the william hill sports book of the year award**a sunday times book of the year and telegraph best book of 'extraordinary' clare baldingthe poignant, life-affirming story of a determined boy, a visionary coach, and how the dream of a record-breaking channel swim became realityeltham, south londonthe hot fug of the swimming pool and the slow splashing of a boy learning to swim but not yet wanting to take his foot off the bottomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morephotographers and family wait on the shingle beach as a boy in a bright orange hat and grease-smeared goggles swims the last few metres from france to englandfast-forward four yearshe has been in the water for twelve agonizing hours, encouraged at each stroke by his coach, john bullet, who has become a second fatherthis is the story of a remarkable friendship between a coach and a boy, and a love letter to the intensity and freedom of childhood
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(i will fit and remove roof box for you) requirements: roof bars cost per week £10), plus £30 depositcost £30 for 1 week, (additional days at £4 per day) or £50 for 2 weeks collection from colden common so506htdimensions: l 6ft 183cm x w 2ft 61cm x height 15ins 38cm volume: 580 litre load capacity: 60kg (basically its like having a extra large boot!) check out my feedback, to bid with 100% confidencealso, for those, that need extra height£10 deposit sign agreement which states the hirer is responsible for the total cost of the roof box if the box is damaged/lost/stolen whilst in their possessiona copy of your driving license, utility bill (less than 3 months old from your current address as proof of id)for hire only exodus roof box hire only (located nr winchester and eastleigh hampshire this auction is for the hire only of a halfords 580l exodusroof box(see picture) i have a small stepper for hireplease contact me before bidding to check availability for the period you requireany questions, please email me, very happy to answer any of your queriesagreement: £120 refundable cash deposit580 litre 60kgs exodus roof box one side opening, central locking system for maximum safety(the provision of adequate insurance cover for the roof box is the sole responsibility of the hirer) i've been asked if i can deliver/ collect (including fitting and removing), i will do this for a fee of £10 each way within 5 mile radius of winchester and eastleigh
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Mum and dad have both been dna lab tested and verified as biewers! they will be micro-chipped, 1st vaccinated, wormed, vet-checked, frontlined and will leave with 1 months insurance when they go to their new homes! book yours now! please also click on the link 'watch video'' for a better view of the mum and pupsbookings only we have 6 beautiful pure biewer yorkies for sale! they are 5 boys and 1 girl
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Light foxing on endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredj has splits and chips and is foxedprofessor sommerville has avoided this mistake and emphasised at every step the importance of geometrical arguments"there has been a tendency in elementary textbooks to reduce three-dimensional geometry to a series of algebraic manipulations, and to obscure the geometrical ideas which for the essential part of the theoryoxfam shop shirley hardback with price-clipped dust jacket"this is a textbook for honours students at the universities and should prove most usefulinternally clean and unmarkedscience progress
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Two great issues in great shape! i would grade these issues in as good as new condition, though i am not an official graderare 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 storesee the pictures to judge for yourselfcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst appearance of the morlocks and callistobagged and boardedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehappy bidding! read more
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We have 6 beautiful pure biewer yorkies for sale and ready to go to their new homes! they are 5 boys and 1 girlmum and dad have both been dna lab tested and verified as biewers! they will be micro-chipped, 1st vaccinated, wormed, vet-checked, frontlined and will leave with 1 months insurance when they go to their new homes! get yours now! please also click on the link 'watch video'' for a better view of the mum and pups
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Oxfam 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 )see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifean astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistscromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionali envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with 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 prizessee oxfam website for delivery information read morean astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell 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 exceptionali 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 prizessee oxfam website for delivery information read morean astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own career
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the pulitzer prize, the national book critics circle award and the governor-general's award, and short-listed for the booker prize'the stone diaries' is the story of one woman's life, a truly sensuous novel which relects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our centurythis is the story of daisy goodwill, from her birth on a kitchen floor in manitoba, canada, to her death in a florida nursing home nearly ninety years laterthrough daisy's life, shields reflects and illuminates the unsettled decades of our century in this rich and poignant novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the cwa john creasey new blood dagger for best debut crime novel of the yearshortlisted for the theakston's crime novel of the year awardinspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled new orleans, the axeman's jazz by ray celestin is a gripping thriller announcing a major talent in historical crime fictionas a dark serial killer - the axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask him:detective lieutenant michael talbot - heading up the official investigation, but struggling to find leads, and harbouring a grave secret of his ownas michael, luca and ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity, the axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of new orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victimas recommended on the radio 2 arts show with claudia winklemansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreobsessed with sherlock holmes and dreaming of a better life, she stumbles across a clue which lures her and her musician friend, louis armstrong, to the case - and into terrible dangerformer detective luca d'andrea - now working for the mafia; his need to solve the mystery of the axeman is every bit as urgent as that of the authoritiesand ida - a secretary at the pinkerton detective agency
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the hugo award for best novel book 1 in the record-breaking triple hugo-award-winning trilogy***a new york times notable book******shortlisted for the world fantasy, nebula, kitschies, audie and locus awards******the inaugural wiredcom book club pick this is the way the world ends'astounding' npr;'amazing' ann leckie; 'breaks uncharted ground' library journal; 'powerful' io9; 'elegiac, complex, and intriguing' publishers weekly; 'intricate and extraordinary' new york times; 'brilliant' washington post the broken earth trilogy is complete - beginning with the fifth season, continuing in the obelisk gate (winner of the hugo award for best novel) and concluding with the stone sky (winner of the hugo award for best novel and nebula award)this is the stillness, a land long familiar with catastrophe, where the power of the earth is wielded as a weaponit starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world's sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sunit starts with death, with a murdered son and a missing daughtersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit starts with betrayal, and long dormant wounds rising up to festerand where there is no mercyfor the last time
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winner of the costa first novel awardthe british book awards book of the yearoxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times top 10 bestsellerin the long hours of waiting, the boys are left alonemany years on, hanny is a grown man no longer in need of his brother's care'this is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' observer'a masterful excursion into terror' the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand they cannot resist the causeway revealed with every turn of the treacherous tide, the old house they glimpse at its endit's an amazing piece of fiction' stephen kingtwo brothersone mute, the other his lifelong protectoryear after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the loney, in desperate hope of a curea brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving horror - 'the loney is not just good, it's greatbut then the child's body is foundand the loney always gives up its secrets, in the end
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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 kidsand nobody says ryan's stupidthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinebut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightnot even behind his backryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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Oxfam 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 foreverthe miniature of a paris neighbourhood, made by her father to teach her the way homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe microscopic layers within the invaluable diamond that her father guards in the museum of natural historyin this magnificent, deeply moving novel, the stories ofmarie-laure and werner illuminate the ways, against all odds, people try to be good to one another'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 walled city by the sea, where father and daughter take refuge when the nazis invade paris
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The film received five academy award nominations, including best actress, for meryl streep; she also received the golden globe award for best actressrare in this beautiful condition! ¶ in "the french lieutenant's woman", the english writer john fowles () makes a groundbreaking work of historical fiction set in the victorian era; considered an example of historiographical metafiction, the novel uses real historical events to shape the literary narrative surrounding fowle's fictional charactersback cover has minimal stains, otherwise the book has "fine" condition, dust jacket "near fine" due to minimal wear on the endscondition; excellent copy of this first uk edition with a very good dust jacketthis was a huge success; the screenplay was done by harold pinter (who was subsequently nominated as a nobel laureate)are 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 storemade into a film in starring meryl streep and jeremy ironscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe dust jacket is not price-clippedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe film established fowles' international reputation
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the mckitterick prizeshortlisted for the east midlands book awardshortlisted for the man booker prize shortlisted for new writer of the year in the specsavers national book awardsobserver book of the year the lighthouse begins on a north sea ferry, on whose blustery outer deck stands futh, a middle-aged, recently separated man heading to germany for a restorative walking holidayhe is mindful of something he neglected to do there, an omission which threatens to have devastating repercussions for him this time aroundhe recalls his first trip to germany with his newly single fathersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the end of the week, futh, sunburnt and blistered, comes to the end of his circular walk, returning to what he sees as the sanctuary of the hellhaus hotel, unaware of the events which have been unfolding there in his absenceas he travels, he contemplates his childhood; a complicated friendship with the son of a lonely neighbour; his parents' broken marriage and his ownbut the story he keeps coming back to, the person and the event affecting all others, is his mother and her abandonment of him as a boy, which left him with a void to fill, a substitute to findin the morning, futh puts the episode behind him and sets out on his week-long circular walk along the rhinespending his first night in hellhaus at a small, family-run hotel, he finds the landlady hospitable but is troubled by an encounter with an inexplicably hostile barman
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Oxfam 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'superbthis is a necessary book - painful, harrowing, tragic, but also uplifting' the timesshedding 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 moreit is a story about love and misunderstanding and about the ways that our most painful experiences - so crucial in defining us - can also be redefined'luminous, elegant, haunting - i read it straight through' philippe sands, author of east west street'deeply movingmuch 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 whywrites 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 savedhidden 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 nothis account of tracing lien and telling her story is a searing exploration of two lives and two families
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the cwa john creasey new blood dagger for best debut crime novel of the yearshortlisted for the theakston's crime novel of the year awardas recommended on the radio 2 arts show with claudia winklemaninspired by a true story, set against the heady backdrop of jazz-filled, mob-ruled new orleans, the axeman's jazz by ray celestin is an ambitious, gripping thriller from a major talent in historical crime fictionas michael, luca and ida each draw closer to discovering the killer's identity, the axeman himself will issue a challenge to the people of new orleans: play jazz or risk becoming the next victimas a dark serial killer - the axeman - stalks the city, three individuals set out to unmask himmeanwhile, ida is a secretary at the pinkerton detective agencyobsessed with sherlock holmes and dreaming of a better life, ida stumbles across a clue which lures her and her musician friend, louis armstrong, to the case - and into terrible dangersee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow a newly freed man, luca is back working with the mafia, whose need to solve the mystery of the axeman is every bit as urgent as that of the authoritiesthough every citizen of the 'big easy' thinks they know who could be behind the terrifying murders, detective lieutenant michael talbot, heading up the official investigation, is struggling to find leadsand as the case builds to its crescendo, the sky will darken and a great storm will loom over the cityformer detective luca d'andrea has spent the last six years in angola state penitentiary, after michael, his protégée, blew the whistle on his corrupt behaviourbut michael has a grave secret, and if he doesn't get himself on the right track fast, it could be exposed
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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 kidsand nobody says ryan's stupidthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'the only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karinebut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightnot even behind his backryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youit's the people around him who are the problemif he blows that, he's all alone
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winner of the impac award and james tait black memorial prizeoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary prize-winning debut from andrew milleruntil, en route to st petersburg to inoculate the empress catherine against smallpox, he meets his nemesis and saviourat the dawn of the enlightenment, james dyer is born unable to feel paina source of wonder and scientific curiosity as a child, he rises through the ranks of georgian society to become a brilliant surgeonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet as a human being he fails, for he can no more feel love and compassion than pain
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the slightly foxed best first biography prize winner of the eastern eye alchemy festival award for literature in sophia duleep singh was born into royaltymeticulously researched and passionately written, this enthralling story of the rise of women and the fall of empire introduces an extraordinary individual and her part in the defining moments of recent british and indian historysophia, god-daughter of queen victoria, was raised a genteel aristocratic englishwoman: presented at court, afforded grace-and-favour lodgings at hampton court palace and photographed wearing the latest fashions for the society pagesher father, maharajah duleep singh, was heir to the kingdom of the sikhs, a realm that stretched from the lush kashmir valley to the craggy foothills of the khyber pass and included the mighty cities of lahore and peshawarit was a territory irresistible to the british, who plundered everything, including the fabled koh-i-noor diamondsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexiled to england, the dispossessed maharajah transformed his estate at elveden in suffolk into a moghul palace, its grounds stocked with leopards, monkeys and exotic birdsher causes were the struggle for indian independence, the fate of the lascars, the welfare of indian soldiers in the first world war - and, above all, the fight for female suffragesophia transcended her heritage to devote herself to battling injustice and inequality,a far cry from the life to which she was bornbut when, in secret defiance of the british government, she travelled to india, she returned a revolutionaryshe was bold and fearless, attacking politicians, putting herself in the front line and swapping her silks for a nurse's uniform to tend wounded soldiers evacuated from the battlefields
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This series was the winner of the american institute of architects' prestigious "award for excellence in international book publishing"see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach volume in this series is introduced with an essay on the architect, and a chronological or stylistic presentation of their most outstanding buildings and projectsno other series provides such a complete and concise summary of the world's leading architects' worksthe volumes are fully illustrated in black-and-white with photos and project renderings
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winner of the specsavers national book award and waterstones book of the yeara richard and judy book club selectionoxfam bookshop cheltenham the phenomenal number one bestseller and a major bbc tv seriesit is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected waysdoes the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? and will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall?beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, jessie burton's magnificent debut novel the miniaturist is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truthonly later does johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenella is at first mystified by the closed world of the brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them allthere is nothing hidden that will not be revealedshe has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader johannes brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, marinon an autumn day in , eighteen-year-old nella oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of amsterdam
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Oxfam bookshop hertford winner of the man booker prize winner of the galaxy british book awards 'author of the year' 'an extraordinary and brilliant first novelhe works in a teashop, crushing coal and wiping tables, but nurses a dream of escapedriven by desire to better himself, he comes to see how the tiger might escape his cagewhen he learns that a rich village landlord needs a chauffeur, he takes his opportunity, and is soon on his way to delhi at the wheel of a hondasee oxfam website for delivery information read morebalram was born in a backwater village on the river ganges, the son of a rickshaw-puller' sunday times meet balram halwai, the 'white tiger': servant, philosopher, entrepreneur, murdereramid today's india's cockroaches and call-centres, its gods, slums, shopping malls, and crippling traffic jams, balram learns of a new morality at the heart of a new indiaadiga is a real writer - that is to say, someone who forges an original voice and vision
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winner of the booker prizethe story is told by its chief protagonist, saleem sinai, and is set in the context of actual historical eventsoxfam bookshop hertford portraying india's transition from british colonialism to independence and the partition of india it is considered an example of postcolonial, postmodern, and magical realist literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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winner of the specsavers national book award and waterstones book of the yeara richard and judy book club selectionoxfam bookshop hertford the phenomenal number one bestseller and a major bbc tv seriesit is to be furnished by an elusive miniaturist, whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in unexpected waysdoes the miniaturist hold their fate in her hands? and will she be the key to their salvation or the architect of their downfall?beautiful, intoxicating and filled with heart-pounding suspense, jessie burton's magnificent debut novel the miniaturist is a story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truthonly later does johannes appear and present her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenella is at first mystified by the closed world of the brandt household, but as she uncovers its secrets she realizes the escalating dangers that await them all* superficial wear and tear to front cover and inside title page is slightly creased at the bottomthere is nothing hidden that will not be revealedshe has come from the country to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader johannes brandt, but instead she is met by his sharp-tongued sister, marinon an autumn day in , eighteen-year-old nella oortman knocks at the door of a grand house in the wealthiest quarter of amsterdam
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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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