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This unusual picture on material (similar to a canvas photo) has an intricately carved frame with striking colours and is a good size measuring 27" w x 39" i think the significance of the hand painted over the mouth was a ritual the sioux indians had done before any confrontation to show if captured they would not give any information or betray the tribe
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A multi-generational family story revolving around brothers and sisters, it explores the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honour and sacrifice for each otherdust jacket in reasonable condition, see photosand the mountains echoed is a deeply moving new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another and how the choices we make resonate through historythe book is in very good condition
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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 centera map of the worldis a harrowing tale of guilt, betrayal and the loss of innocencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 escapebut 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 farmnevertheless, they feel that they and their two daughters are living in a self-made paradisespellbinding, lyrical, and universal in its themes, this powerful, emotional page-turner shows that jane hamilton is a writer of exceptional talent
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Beset by heartbreaking visions of a past he gave up, he questions his choices: in swapping a precarious life as a brilliant underground artist for comfort and security did he betray his dreams? and if his dreams are lost, what does he have left? one of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years, the dream life of sukhanov is a work of demonic energy and startling imagery: a new classicbut the year is and the air is heavy with changesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham stepping out into the dusk of a warm moscow evening, esteemed art critic anatoly sukhanov feels on top of the world: his career is glittering, his wife is beautiful and his children are cleversukhanov's future will be haunted by doubt
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Hardback copy with dust jacketa multi-generational family story revolving around brothers and sisters, it explores the ways in which they love, wound, betray, honour and sacrifice for each otherand the mountains echoed is a deeply moving new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another and how the choices we make resonate through historythe book is in very good condition
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Phoebe is determined not to betray her mother's trust and, giving up her own chance of happiness, she stays behind to care for herdespite her english mother's feckless ways, phoebe is fiercely protective of annieoxfam bookshop cheltenham phoebe giamatti lives with her boisterous italian family in the heart of london's east endthen just as the family are about to go to italy for the winter, phoebe discovers annie is in trouble - and the paxmans are involvedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morephoebe's father was killed in gang warfare and she and her family share a deep hatred for the paxman brothers - whose lawless ways strike terror into the whole communitybut when phoebe and annie are forced to leave london and annie falls dangerously ill, phoebe has little choice but to turn to the man she holds responsible for all her family's troubles
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" -- ***** reader review***************************************************if you betray a fellowship you are a dead manhis battle scenes are bone-crunchingly good, his descriptions of the viking world bright and evocativeoxfam bookshop cheltenham from giles kristian, the sunday times bestselling author of lancelot, comes this brutal, bloody and captivating viking adventure, continuing the story begun in the bestselling raven: blood eye"kristian can really writeso that for those precious hours you are happily lost within this book's own universebut to survive this adventure, his cunning must be as sharp as his bladegiles kristian is a great storytellerraven: sons of thunder is the second title in the raven trilogysailing in search of revenge, the pagan norsemen venture into the heart of a christian empire that would wipe their kind from the face of the earth, a place where danger lies in wait around every bend of the great river up which they travelhaving proved himself in battle, he is now certain that viking blood flows in his veinshave you read raven: blood eye, the first in the trilogy? see oxfam website for delivery information read morea young man with no memory and a blood-tainted eye, raven has found friendship and purpose amongst this fierce band of warriorsthe story continues in raven: odin's wolvesraven and the wolfpack plough the sea-road in pursuit of the saxon traitor, ealdred, who has left the fellowship for dead and fled to the frankish emperor charlemagne and the promise of untold richesa brilliant story, beautifully told" -- sunday express"this was a brilliant read for me as a weathered historical fiction reader" -- ben kane"an all-action adventureperfect for fans of bernard cornwell, robert low and game of throneshe weaves in rich historical detail with a light touch" -- ***** reader review"the action oozes energy
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When jane refused to betray her protestant faith, mary sent her to the executioner's blockusing her position as cousin to the deceased king, her father and his conspirators put her on the throne ahead of the king's half-sister mary, who quickly mustered an army, claimed her crown and locked jane in the tower' jane grey was queen of england for nine daysafter watching her sisters defy the queen, mary is aware of her own perilous position as a possible heir to the throne'they have confirmed your sentence of death'not long,' he says very quietly 'learn you to die' is the advice that jane gives in a letter to her younger sister katherine, who has no intention of dyingoxfam shop colne road 'how long do i have?' i force a laughshe intends to enjoy her beauty and her youth and find love 'farewell, my sister,' writes katherine to the youngest grey sister, mary you are to be beheaded tomorrowthere jane turned her father's greedy, failed grab for power into her own brave and tragic martyrdom so when katherine's secret marriage is revealed by her pregnancy, she too must go to the tower praise for philippa gregory:  'meticulously researched and deeply entertaining, this story of betrayal and divided loyalties is gregory on top form' good housekeeping  'gregory has popularised tudor history perhaps more than any other living fiction writer all of her books feature strong, complex women, doing their best to improve their lives in worlds dominated by men' sunday times  'engrossing' sunday express  'popular historical fiction at its finest, immaculately researched and superbly told' the times  see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut her lineage makes her a threat to the insecure and infertile queen mary and, when mary dies, to her sister queen elizabeth, who will never allow katherine to marry and produce a potential royal heir before she does we don't have long at allbut she is determined to command her own destiny and be the last tudor to risk her life in matching wits with her ruthless and unforgiving cousin elizabetha beautiful dwarf, disregarded by the court, mary finds it easy to keep secrets, especially her own, while avoiding elizabeth's suspicious glare
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He also encounters a group of germans resolved to oppose hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? such people are closely watched by volodya, a russian with a bright future in red army intelligenceeleven-year-old carla von ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as hitler strengthens his grip on germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from cable street in london's east end to pearl harbor in hawaii, from spain to stalingrad, from dresden to hiroshimainto this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former british mp, ethel leckwith, and her student son, lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of nazismbut nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human raceberlin in is in upheavaloxfam shop colne road winter of the world is the second novel in ken follett's uniquely ambitious and deeply satisfying the century trilogybut daisy is more interested in aristocratic boy fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the british union of fascistsat cambridge, lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling american socialite daisy peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despiseback in berlin, carla worships golden boy werner from afaron its own or read in sequence with fall of giants and edge of eternity, this is a magnificent, spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal drama
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To do this he is forced to betray his girlfriendsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewinner of three cesar awards: best film, best actor, best actressoxfam shop herne hill leotard, a pimp, is co-erced by the police into becoming a 'balance' (slang for an informer) in an operation to capture an underworld gang
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From the battlefields of asia minor and north africa, to the lawless streets of rome and the gladiator arena, they face death daily, until on the ides of march, the twins are reunited and must decide either to back or to betray caesar on his day of destinysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretarquinius, separated from romulus in the chaos of war, hides in alexandria, searching for guidancebut mortal danger awaits them bothsoon after, romulus fights at zela, the vicious battle where caesar famously said, 'veni, vidi, vici'meanwhile in rome, romulus's twin sister fabiola lives in fear for her life, loved by brutus, but wooed by marcus antonius, his deadly enemyoxfam shop dumfries the dramatic climax to ben kane's forgotten legion trilogyhaving survived the perils of a journey across half the world, romulus and tarquinius are press-ganged into the legions, which are under imminent threat of annihilation by the egyptians
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Though her pupils are captivated by her, as they begin to develop their own personalities tensions inevitably emerge and one of them will ultimately betray hermiss jean brodie educates her pupils in a flamboyant manner, presenting life as one long romantic adventure and giving voice to her fervently held views on art and musicoxfam bookshop aberystwyth tv adaptation of the popular muriel spark novel starring geraldine mcewan as the titular charactersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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1-1 ain't that easy deaths 1-3 the charade 1-4 sugah daddy 1-5 really love 1-6 back to the future (part i) 1-7 till it's done (tutu) 1-8 prayer 1-9 betray my heart 1-10 the door 1-11 back to the future (part ii) 1-12 another lifeartist: d'angelo & the vanguard
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