A moment of clarity
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Collect or will deliver within a reasonable distance the box set includes: a game of thrones a clash of kings a storm of swords, 1: steel and snow a storm of swords, 2: blood and gold a feast for crows a dance with dragons, 1: dreams and dust a dance with dragons, 2: after the feast read moregame of thrones - paperback box set - as new unread
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham because alice and howard goodwin run a small dairy farm in the midst of encroaching suburbia, and because their whimsical ways betray their city origins, they are shunned as 'that hippie couple', outsiders in the small midwestern town of prairie centernevertheless, they feel that they and their two daughters are living in a self-made paradisethis sets into motion a devastating and irrevocable string of events that will change the goodwins' lives for ever as they find themselves trapped in a nightmare from which they cannot escapesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut alice has always believed that all it would take to fall from grace is 'one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident'and one morning, while alice is babysitting her neighbour's children, a tragic accident does occur on the farmspellbinding, lyrical, and universal in its themes, this powerful, emotional page-turner shows that jane hamilton is a writer of exceptional talenta map of the worldis a harrowing tale of guilt, betrayal and the loss of innocence
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The reason? his cold war past has come back to claim himinterweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring qualitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music durham penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carréintelligence operations that were once the toast of secret london are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the cold warsomebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater goodpeter guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of george smiley of the british secret service, otherwise known as the circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to london
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With a signature and dedication by the author on the half-title page and a dedicatory message beneath thatchapters: : in the lee of dragons; : laying the mark; : before thewind; : cruising in company; : across the line; : dress overall; : the course aheadin excellent, hardly-read used conditioneastern waters eastern winds: a history of the royal hong kong yacht club: : one hundred years(hong kong: the club, )with bibliography and lots of photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreintroduction by vic locke, commodore1st hardback published by the royal hong kong yacht club ina huge, handsome, and extensively-illustrated centennial history of this venerable yacht club4to, blue cloth, gilt crest to front board, gilt lettering to spineoxfam books & music fareham chambers, gillianforeword by the right honourable christopher patten, governor of hong kong
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Written by a team of 11 pf the most renown historians on the subject, this volume offers a panoramic view of black life, rich with first-person accounts that invite readers to view the past through the eyes of african americansfrom harriet tubman and frederick douglass to martin luther king, jrsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand louis farrakhan, to make our world anew is an unforgettable portrait of a people"to make our world anew" reconstructs uhistory through the experiences and struggles of black americansthe hard back has little to no signs of usage otherwiseoxfam bookshop victoria road used: very good condition the book is in very good condition with near pristine pages but it's dust-jacket does have a small amount of wear
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34 €
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5 cm width: 35 cm depth: 20 cm in good, used condition with some visible weara very distinct coat of arms, gold colour painted with 2 light pointsthe electrical wiring is old of course and no longer according to today's requirementsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe casings for the lights can be removed after which they are suitable for thick candles with a diameter of up to 4 cm (see 9 and 10)originally these were holders for candlesthe coat of arms is attached to a red velvet-lined wooden panelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A game of thronesa feast of crowsa clash of kingsthey are as good as new so could be given as a birthday or christmas presentdancing dragons part 1 & 2a song of ice and firestorm of swords part 1 & 2a set of 7 paper backs by george r
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Condition: very good conditionone tiny dent to a corner and a couple of tiny pinprick indentations here and therefluted columns and square bases with hand-chased swags of acornsi will post from the netherlandsantique silver pair of corinthian style candlesticks with removable nozzles and beaded bordersthe dimensions of this fine pair of hand-made antique silver candlesticks are: length 12bit of scratching on the top of a scone5 cm wide at base 8look at my other adverts for more quality silvermade in sheffield made by thomas a scott fully english hallmarked for sterling silverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiacorns really jump out of it, very much detail in itplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 oz / weighted) (nozzles 48 grams together)when buying more items from me, you only pay once for postage costs
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You are bidding on a wonderful walking cane carved from a single piece of woodhe has a beard and has a sour lookdimensions: it has a length of 88 cmthe cane will be properly packaged and shipped with insurance and registrationin good conditionit holds a wrist strap in the hole belowdepicted is an arabian man wearing a fez (moroccan hat)i think the wood has been lacquered or treated as the base seems to be made of a bamboo-like woodit light in weight and splits easilyit weighs 120 gramsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe wood is special as it has the spots of a pantherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Pencil inscription to the inside of the front boardgilt illustration of a ship to the front boarda history of newfoundland from the english, colonial, and foreign records by dthis book is in good condition, the pages are clean and bright, and tightly bound with no loose or missing pages 634pp 25cm x 17cmbound in green linen boardsgilt title lettering to the spineillustration of queen victoria is stuck to the title versoillustrated throughout with many sketch maps, and it has 5 full page plates plus a huge fold out map at the back of the booknewspaper cutting stuck to the title pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis second edition was published in by eyre & spotiswoodethe ends of the spine are worn, and the board corners are bumpedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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As one can see, i used a chiaroscuro technique for the preparation of the photos, to try to make the audience understand and above all see the absolute homogeneous brilliance / shine that is present in the gold used to illuminate this type of manuscriptsize of the handwritten part: 6 x 4handwritten text on one column of 16 lines with the use of a pale dark brown ink and annotated with pale red inkthis handwritten parchment is in rather good condition, considering its nearly 600 years of agehowever, there might be some slight signs of ageing or marginal dirt that do not damage anything at allour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletext in latin and sometimes in french, liturgical manuscript in elegant gothich-batarde style, a classic of the xv centurytotal size of the handwritten parchment: 11illuminated manuscript on parchment, xv century ( circa), written most likely in a scriptorium in central-northern franceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham originally a performance piece by alan moore and tim perkins, the birth caul is a shamanism of childhood, a journey from the present to the past, back into the womb and beyondthe magical creation theory story of love, death and resurrection snakes and ladders was also a performance, entwining the disinterment of oliver cromwell and elizabeth siddal, the visionary nature of arthur machen's experiences after the death of his wife and alan moore's magical traveller, john constantinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know ittherefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the workwithin the united states, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the workthis work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possiblethis work is in the public domain in the united states of america, and possibly other nationsas a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevantscholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public
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Light blue hardboards with cream cloth spinesin very good condition, vol i - 339 pages, vol ii - 401 pages, vol iii - 383 pages, vol iv - 405 pagesfirst edition published in by the bobbs-merrill company, indianapolisthe set features 12 full page colour plates, 400 b/w plates and 2 folding maps, one showing travel and transportation system of the pioneers through the wilderness between the atlantic coast and missouri; and the other showing the itineraries described in capt marcy's prairie traveller, edited by capt r burtoni have here a rare set of four books entitled a history of travel in america showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent vols i-iv by seymour dunbarour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A must for those who collect british political ephemeragiven the flimsy nature of the publication it is a remarkable survivorcover is poor, with a cut section and yellowing cellotape on the reversesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop balham home and abroad: a selection of evening standard cartoons by vicky, with a foreword by osbert lancaster softcover publisher: an evening standard publication useda rare copy of the issue of vicky's cartoonscontains political cartoons from the period, with easily recognisable personages, de gaulle, krushchev, macmillan, wilson etcbut the spine is good with no loose pages or markings content pages fair to good
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Barnevelder have a beautiful patterning on their feathersa trio of barnevelder (1 male, 2 females) 14 weeks oldplease bring a suitable carrierthe photos are of my adult chickens so you can see the variety of colours of barnevelder poultrythey lay a chocolate coloured egg 3-4 per weekthis gentle inquisitive breed of poultry is ideal to add to a flock there friendly and docile and love to free range
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Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world warshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itwhen his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aidsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore *a richard & judy bookclub pick spring *a year of marvellous ways is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from sarah winman, author of the international bestseller when god was a rabbit and a sunday times top ten bestsellermarvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifea year of marvellous ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heelslately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope
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This study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portuguesendukaku amankulorrobert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatures carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans m" african writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what "africa" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by europeansforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinkaoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (edwriters from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africasee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontributors for this section include jonathan acontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricardafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell gpovey, thomas knipp, and jzell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organizationpeters, arlene a in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movement) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universe
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4cm, thickness 1measurements - length/width 56x30packaging and delivery - item will be securely packed, insured and sent by tracked and proof of signature delivery2cm, weight both 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledescription - a pair of mahogany wood wall plaques of rectangular shape with canted corners, hand painted bleached and dyed wood figure portraits on black lacquer background of dutch girl carrying water buckets and young boy as a fish seller smoking a pipe both wearing traditional folk clothes, circaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition - good condition, light scratches and areas of discoloration to the black lacquer, one small repair to the corner, please see picturesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The dimensions of these fine pair of hand-made silver candlesticks are: length 29 cm (11they both have a decorated crest on the base in the shape of a birdmade in sheffield made by john & thomas settle fully english hallmarked, very good visiblegrams ( troy ounce / weighted) (one scone weights 33 grams) they are in very good condition! it is not possible to believe that they are 204 years old and in such good conditionclick on my name silversale and click the button follow to keep in touch with my other quality auctions, read moreone candlestick has a slight leannext to that a couple of tiny pinprick indentations and small dents here and therelook at my other adverts for more quality silverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablean antique georgian sterling silver pair of large table candlesticks, in a neoclassical style, having round bodies, removable nozzle (one is stuck), bead-edged borders and a blue velvet base4 inch) base diameter 14are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteone scone is stuck
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6 photographs, 2 small maps, footnotes & references, abbreviations, appendicesoxfam books & music lancaster this is a comprehensive description of the kwaza language of southern rond nia, in the brazilian amazonthe present work is part of an attempt to preserve the kwaza languagepart i deals with the grammar of kwaza in detail and gives an overview of its social, cultural and historical contextkwaza is not clearly related to any other known languageprevious owner name on first pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreuntil recently, almost nothing was known about kwaza and with only 25 remaining speakers this indigenous language is likely to become extinct some time this centurypart ii contains a selection of kwaza texts with morphological analyses and free translationspart iii is a dictionary of kwaza, with many examples and an english-kwaza register original publisher's white & green paperback, white title spine and frontcover, thick large 8vo, xxij, 760ppmoreover, the history and the culture of its speakers are otherwise undocumented
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The collection is divided into four parts: a ballad of evesham, miscellaneous, children and christmasoxfam shop cotham hill a collection of poetry by h l haynesthere is slight bumping and rubbing to the covers with several small stains on the front cover there is some browning to the end of the rough cut pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more there is light foxing on the inside of the front and back cover, on the front and back free end papers and a little on the title pagethe book is believed published in there is a dedication written in pencil on the front free end paper other than that, the pages are clean and the binding is sound the last three sections comprise a selection of individual poems
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Drake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world warshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itwhen his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aidsee oxfam website for delivery information read more a year of marvellous ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heelslately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescopemarvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifeoxfam shop dumfries a year of marvellous ways is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from sarah winman, author of the international bestseller when god was a rabbit
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So whether you want to eat spaghetti with clams, aubergine and prosciutto roulades or baked omelette with courgettes, you'll find all you need here to create the perfect venetian feastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeautifully illustrated with vignettes by tatjana hauptmann, and with culinary stories by donna leon and extracts from the brunetti novels, this is so much more than a cooking guide - it is a wonderful journey, full of ideas for recreating the delights of venetian cuisine in your own homewe are given the secrets to brunetti's favourite pasta (penne rigate), paola's famous apple cake, a lasagne recipe from brunetti's mother, donna leon's favourite meal (risotto di zucca), and a host of other sumptuous and authentic italian classicsin a taste of venice, roberta pianaro invites readers into the brunettis' kitchen to learn how to prepare for themselves the delicious meals paola brunetti cooks for her familyoxfam shop worcester food plays an important role in donna leon's bestselling commissario brunetti novels
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We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical worksoxfam bookshop wallingford excerpt from a life of benito juarez: constitutional president of mexico the following publications, constantly consulted by me in the course of my work, will be referred to as a rule under the abbreviated titles as here after notedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefind more at wwwin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyabout the publisher forgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bookscom this book is a reproduction of an important historical work
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Containing all but a few of the original matter of opinion columns that have appeared every week in amateur photographer over the last few years, plus a few earlier pieces, this is a book that should be appreciated and treasured by everyone who loves the art of photography whether discussing the zone system, 35mm rangefinders, large format or even digital photography, roger tells it like it is, challenging the legends and stripping away the myths to get to the very heart of what photography is really all aboutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford roger is the author of dozens of books on the techniques of photography, but here for the first time is a book about the man himself, his experiences and his frequently controversial "emperor's new clothes" philosophies
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Then katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to raythe family is not pleased, as her brother jamie observes, ray has 'strangler's hands'and the tidy and pleasant life jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, tony, to the dreaded nuptialssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunnoticed in the uproar, george discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mindkatie can't decide if she loves ray, or loves the way he cares for her son jacob, and her mother jean is a bit put out by the way the wedding planning gets in the way of her affair with one of her husband's former colleaguesoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'a painful funny humane novel: beautifully written, addictively readable and so confident' the timesdiscover this brilliantly comic and moving bestselling novel by the award-winning author of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time and the porpoiseat fifty-seven, george is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz
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The second edition of this widely used work offers new features that will make it even more useful:* a completely revised alphabetical listing that defines nearly terms used by scholars of formal rhetoric from classical greece to the present day* a revised system of cross-references between terms* many new examples and new, extended entries for central terms* a revised terms-by-type listing to identify unknown terms* a new typographical design for easier access see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston with a unique combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, a handlist of rhetorical terms provides in one convenient, accessible volume all the rhetorical terms-mostly greek and latin-that students of western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writing
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Published here alongside these last diaries are tony benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty yearswith the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisissee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing an illness in the diaries, kept for over sixty years, ceasefinally, we share in tony benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimismoxfam shop gloucester in this final volume of diaries, tony benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age
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He suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, some edge and board wearit traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestlernot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discover
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