Fig tree uk (36 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: FINE. First printing, a trade paperback. The author's first novel, a story of Wicca and a young girl's quest to find an unbroken thread from olden times. SIGNED on the title page. 224 pp. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Soft cover. Zustand: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. As new copy. (see picture) 224 pages.Signed and inscribed "My Mind Is Wandering Again ." by the author on the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. *PROOF* THE BOOK IS IN GOOD CONDITION. BINDING TIGHT. COVER IN GOOD CONDITION. THE PAGES ARE CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN INTERESTING BOOK.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Sehr gut. Gebraucht - Sehr gut SG - leichte Beschädigungen, Verschmutzungen, ungelesenes Mängelexemplar, Versand Büchersendung - Reports from beyond the horizon of old age. This book looks at the context of a life and times, the history and archaeology that is actually being made as we live out our lives in real time, in her case World War II; post war penny-pinching Britain; the Suez crisis; the Cold War and up to the present day.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neu neuware, importqualität, auf lager - 'Fine, taut writing . . . packs an emotional punch' - The Times Margaret Beaufort and Margaret of Anjou - two women who will stop at nothing to place their sons on the English throne. In exile in France with her young son Prince Edward, Margaret of Anjou at last gives up on promises of aid by King Louis and sets sail for England. There, she will return her husband Henry to the throne - and ensure young Edward will be its heir. Meanwhile, Margaret Beaufort, separated from her son Henry of Richmond when he was an infant, sees the unrest surrounding the Lancastrian defeat as her chance to finally get him back. But the steps she takes to return her son imperil the kingdom and the throne's current occupant - King Edward IV. With rebellions tearing the country apart, how far will each woman go to further the interests of their sons And who can stand in their way.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'A stunning piece of speculative fiction' The i'A haunting novel about love, survival and everything in between . one to get excited about' Stylist, Best Modern Dystopia---But she isn't here, no one is here. And I have a terror of being alone, in this building, in London, in the world.Neffy is a young woman running away from grief and guilt, and the one big mistake that has derailed her career. When a debilitating new virus sweeps across the globe, volunteering in a vaccine trial offers her a way to make up for her past. But then, the virus mutates, and the future she had dreamed for herself is gone.As the London streets outside the medical unit fall silent, and food begins to run out, Neffy must decide where safety lies. Might she find solace by revisiting her own heady memories of the past Can she trust the strangers trapped inside with her - despite her growing suspicions Or is her best chance of a future to be found in the terrifyingly unknown world outside Haunting and compelling, The Memory of Animals is a novel about freedom and captivity, survival and sacrifice, and what we cling to when everything else has been taken away, from the Costa Award-winning, Women's Prize-shortlisted author of Unsettled Ground.---'Unsettling, moving and thoughtful, with horror lurking at the edges, this is a subtle, elegant novel. Claire Fuller is a huge talent' Lucy Atkins, author of Magpie Lane'Compulsive and thoroughly convincing. Terrific!' Clare Chambers, author of Small Pleasures. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'So sharply, so utterly brilliant that I found myself holding my breath while reading it, dazzled by Fuller's mastery and precision' LAUREN GROFF, author of Fates and Furies__________________________________________________________________________What if the life you have always known is taken from you in an instant What would you do to get it back Twins Jeanie and Julius have always been different from other people. At 51 years old, they still live with their mother, Dot, in rural isolation and poverty. Inside the walls of their old cottage they make music, and in the garden they grow (and sometimes kill) everything they need for sustenance.But when Dot dies suddenly, threats to their livelihood start raining down. Jeanie and Julius would do anything to preserve their small sanctuary against the perils of the outside world, even as their mother's secrets begin to unravel, putting everything they thought they knew about their lives at stake. Unsettled Ground is a heart-stopping novel of betrayal and resilience, love and survival. It is a portrait of life on the fringes of society that explores with dazzling emotional power how we can build our lives on broken foundations, and spin light from darkness.____________________________________________________________________'A gorgeously written celebration of the natural world as well as a moving portrait of a family struggling against time' LUCY TAN.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 2015. An excellent copy, clean and unmarked throughout, seemingly barely read with page edges crisp, no notable signs of wear. Covers firm and secure, and dust jacket complete, with just some minor rippling around the edges from normal handling and shelving. Why on Amazon do most sellers not describe their actual book? Buy with confidence and support a genuine Independent Bricks & Mortar Real Bookshop. We are Maynard & Bradley CAMBO & PBFA(now lapsed) members here in Leicester City Centre. Size: 165 x 245 mm. 288. Item Type: Book. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Britain/UK; Modern; ISBN: 0007107099. ISBN/EAN: 9780007107094. Inventory No: 44678.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good ++ / Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine +. First Edition. A UK first edition, first impression - with 001 on the copyright page. The Wrapper : The wrapper on this copy is very bright, is unfaded, and is complete. It is unclipped. It shows trivial bruising to the spine ends. Looks very sharp. The Book : The book is square and tight. There are no previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners sharp. It shows bruising to the spine ends. The pages are clean. The closed page edges are bright - there is a tiny mark on the leading edge ( inconsequential ). The binding is tight - no cracked hinges. No remainder marks. A nice copy in a protected wrapper. Paypal accepted.…

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK'Spare Parts is a fascinating read filled with adventure, delight and surprise' RAHUL JANDIAL, surgeon author of 'Life on a Knife's Edge''This is a joyful romp through a fascinating slice of medical history' WENDY MOORE, author of 'The Knife Man'_______________________________________________________________How did an architect help pioneer blood transfusion in the 1660s Why did eighteenth-century dentists buy the live teeth of poor children And what role did a sausage skin and an enamel bath play in making kidney transplants a reality We think of transplant surgery as one of the medical wonders of the modern world. But transplant surgery is as ancient as the pyramids, with a history more surprising than we might expect. Paul Craddock takes us on a journey - from sixteenth-century skin grafting to contemporary stem cell transplants - uncovering stories of operations performed by unexpected people in unexpected places. Bringing together philosophy, science and cultural history, Spare Parts explores how transplant surgery constantly tested the boundaries between human, animal and machine, and continues to do so today.Witty, entertaining and at times delightfully macabre, Spare Parts shows us that the history - and future - of transplant surgery is tied up with questions about not only who we are, but also what we are, and what we might become. . .…

Zustand: New. WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2021SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN S PRIZE 2021 Her strongest yet. a powerful, beautiful novel that shows us our land as it really is: a place of shelter and cruelty, innocence and experience .

Zustand: New. Peggy Hillcoat is eight. She spends her summer camping with her father, playing her beloved record of The Railway Children and listening to her mother s grand piano, but her pretty life is about to change.Every parent lies. But some lies are bigger than.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. Including new and never-before-published stories and forgotten treasures: the definitive selection of short stories from one of our greatest living writers, curated by the author herselfWry, compassionate and glittering with wit, Penelope .

Zustand: New. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen. For Stanley and foodie fans, this is the perfect, irresistible gift.

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New. A LAUGH-OUT-LOUD NOVEL FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A SHORT HISTORY OF TRACTORS IN UKRAINIANAfter walking out on his wife to shack up with Brexit Brenda next door, George Pantis thinks he s got it made - especially when he wins .

Zustand: New. Yeonmi Park was not dreaming of freedom when she escaped from North Korea. She didn t even know what it meant to be free. All she knew was that she was running for her life, that if she and her family stayed behind they would die. This is the story of Park .

Zustand: New. A stunning piece of speculative fiction The i A haunting novel about love, survival and everything in between . one to get excited about Stylist, Best Modern Dystopia---But she isn t here, no one is he.

Zustand: New. Inviting, stylish and candid . Pollard s future, as a novelist, is very bright indeed The i Clever, warm, and funny Sarah Moss, The Guardian This isn t the first - and most certainly won t be the last -.

Zustand: New. So sharply, so utterly brilliant that I found myself holding my breath while reading it, dazzled by Fuller s mastery and precision LAUREN GROFF, author of Fates and Furies____________________________________________________________.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. A Guardian book to look out for for 2024 A bold and intimate grappling with the hidden history at the heart of a childhood that was set up as a collectivist social experiment EWAN MORRISON, author of How to Survive Everything.

Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 308 pages. In Very Good condition with Near Fine condition dust jacket. Spine is black with light blue and white lettering. Dust jacket protected by mylar covering, price uncut: "£12.99" on front flap. Boards have mild creasing along spine tail and front head joint. Signed flat on title page by Elizabeth Wilhide. Shelved Room C. 1401880. Special Collections.…

Hardcover. First UK Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 367 pages. In Near Fine condition with a Near Fine condition dust jacket. White spine with black and jade lettering. Dust jacket is wrapped in a mylar covering with a thin neon orange 'signed by the author' sticker on the front cover. Signed flat by Marina Lewycka on the title page. Shelved in hallway. 1383173. Special Collections.…

Zustand: New. Mimi Fleming is fast realizing on her return to Notting Hill that there is no greater hell than the W11 neighbours with whom she shares an exclusive communal garden. They re busy not just turning back the clock but also their homes into palatial iceberg hou.

Zustand: New. When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radial lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel s children will soon have to come to terms with this unsett.

Zustand: New. For the past twenty-five years, I have been reviewing restaurants across Britain and beyond, from the humblest of diners to the grandest of gastro-palaces. And throughout I ve been taking the best ideas home with me to create glorious dishes for my o.

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Zustand: New. So Gelon says to me, Let s go down and feed the Athenians. The weather s perfect for feeding Athenians. It s 412 BC, and Athens invasion of Sicily has failed catastrophically. Thousands of Athenian soldiers are held captive in the quarri.

Gebunden. Zustand: New. A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE WEEK Spare Parts is a fascinating read filled with adventure, delight and surprise RAHUL JANDIAL, surgeon author of Life on a Knife s Edge This is a joyful romp through a f.

Zustand: New. FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF EAST, MADE IN INDIA AND FRESH INDIA The ability to put a good dinner on the table has become my superpower and I want it to be yours too. Dinner is a fresh .

Gebunden. Zustand: New. Exquisitely designed, beautifully written and featuring mouth-watering photography, this gorgeous tome makes the perfect gift for the pasta lover in your life!Guardian columnist and award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy condenses e.