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Sir roy strong, author, broadcaster, former director of the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum, tells the story of britain from the very earliest recorded celtic times to the era of margaret thatchersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop harrogate the story of britain is a significant book published at a significant moment, for there can rarely have been a time when public concern about history and the teaching of history has created so much controversy and debatefeaturing illustrated double-page spreads arranged by subject, he tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters which give meaning and purpose to the periods they considerit is a tremendous story, and roy strong, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, is the ideal person to tell it
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Mankind is on the threshold of the next evolutionary phase -- the era of the spiritual human
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Mancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforefrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceanswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translations
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Yet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storythey evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish elitethe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violencethey give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromiseand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionthey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapewe glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawin the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independence
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The pursuit of happiness in the founding era an intellectual history by carli nconklin (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Florence collectibles: an era of elegance (a schiffer book for collectors) by doug foland
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morefirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwayshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transition
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horroras the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centuryfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morepart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled history""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experiencebetween and as many as 1the extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth century"" the west gradually began to take notice5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertthe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union
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The study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarthis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are givenpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'oxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringsome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt with
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It also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processcourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent sealove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsit provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hairthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsthe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear
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The book's investigative study of the history of interpretation of the church's teaching on the subject from the early church to modern theological era, and second temple judaism's writings on the topic, is unsurpassedoxfam shop colne road this book deals with the identity of the torah that yahweh promised he would write on the hearts of new covenant participants, as prophesied in jeremiah and understood later in new testament times by paulno work currently existing on this subject can compete with this book's historical survey and exegetical analysis, reading jeremiah and paul contextually on the issuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepastors and virtually all christians interested in reading or researching paul and the subject of gospel/law controversy in biblical studies will benefit from itthis theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and christian religious departments of universities worldwide
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Through detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widelyoxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruption
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Teethed, can damian, the teen titans and their new ally jackson hyde defend their city from the jaws of disaster? the newest era of one of dc's greatest super-teams continues in teen titans vol2! written by benjamin percy (green arrow) with stunning art by khoi pham see oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, aqualad, jackson hyde, heads west to fulfill his destinyand finds himself in the crosshairs of the teen titans! plus, out of the depths of the san francisco bay rises king shark, backed by an army of mutant shark-people! outnumbered and outoxfam books & music perth the new adventures of the teen titans continue, with damian wayne at the helm! as the teen titans adjust to their new lives at titans tower, damian investigates a series of strange disappearances in san francisco
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Thousands of years before luke skywalker would destroy the death star in that fateful battle above yavin 4, one lone padawan would become a fugitive hunted by his own masters, charged with murdering every one of his fellow jedi-in-training! from criminals hiding out in the treacherous under-city of the planet taris, to a mysterious droid recovered from the desolate landscape of a cratered moon, padawan zayne carrick will find unexpected allies in his race to clear his name! set during the era of the smash-hit videogames, "knights of the old republic" features all-new characters and is the perfect introduction for anyone interested in exploring the universe beyond the movies! see oxfam website for delivery information read more crease on bottom right corner of cover, and original price sticker on backpages are unblemishedoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: good
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The neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorypart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europepart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein as new conditionother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodoxfam bookshop leeds 179ppthe significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoples
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We are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedhe reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'a truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan breaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news medianarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingpeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and racehe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriaoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speech
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Seeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augcontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moremodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writers
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Provenance: directly from several collectors (usa during era robert indiana (ri) - the mother of us all 13 lithographs complete portfolio bonus: the original serigraph mother of us all (see also last picture) silkscreen/serigraph - signed / numbered in pencil- proofs: 26 image size: as per the item information printer: fernand mourlon paris publisher: intended for publication by leon amiel paris provenance: robert indiana prints catalogue raisonne (page ) (this is the "robert indiana prints "bible") - also as per the pictures i have severely check all auction results from almost every auction in the world (artnet)ri 's involvement withe thomson and various productions of the opera began in allready! and culminated in a bicentennial production by the santa fe opera in these 13 lithographs shipped by registered mail with insuranceus grant / indiana elliot / jo the loiterer/ lilian russell / anthony comstock / anne / henrietta m / gloster hemming / jenny reefer / constance fletcher / angel more these lithographs illustrate robert indiana's custome design vfor the virgil thomson / gertrude stein opera "the mother of us all"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis portfolio consists of some artist proofs (!) and numbered (edition numbers); different proof & edition numbers; as per the photosthe publisher told me this is because of the paper (every single print was stored in a drawer/ room temperatureit is not on lithograph itselves! sory for this photo imperfection the prints in the set are susan b / gertrude s / gen#exclusiveartweek read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikion the photo's you see some little crease on the right side /middleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe general grant is a bit less white than the othersonly one set was sold over the years: at christie's (in ) set price for a complete edition was $ (not included the commission costs of 25%) i sold one set on catawiki last month - i am now selling my last set! this is in the only complete set which is currently being sold in the worldthe set is in "perfect" condition"; only very little side (not he print itself) mini creasesplease note - this is my camera problemcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Having a turn out and this is, i believe from research, one of four part books written by thomas à kempis circagold embossed title on frontthere is a small red mark on page 127, i'm uncertain what from, possibly a red penotherwise the book is in fabulous condition for its agearchdeacon of cleveland, canon of york, rector of kirby misperton, and rural dean of maltontranslated and edited by the vengold edging to pageslondon henry frowde, oxford warehouse and longmans, green & coany questions please askthank you for looking:)the spine is torn slightly as you can see from photos and the leather covering is worn in places round the edgeswhether religious or not, this is a beautiful little book to own, and from what i can discover a rare antiquitythe pages are intact with no tears, and the expected colour changes of agei found a few newspaper cuttings inside, presumably from the era, adding to the collectability'of the imitation of christ' - aids to the inner life
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The diary of lena mukhina is a truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern historyand she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreamsit offers readers the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survivethen, on 22 june , hitler broke his pact with stalin and declared war on the soviet unionlike a good soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning german, the language of russia's nazi allylena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousandssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom day to dreadful day, lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the russian winter, the cruel deaths of those she lovedall too soon, leningrad was besieged and life became a living helloxfam bookshop cheltenham in may lena mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether vova, the boy she liked, liked her
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Gone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begunthe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on cold hillfor jason and emily danes, this is their forever home, and for maurice and claudette penze-weedell, it's the perfect place to live out retirementnow a smash-hit stage playoxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut looks are deceptive and it's only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homesdespite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, cold hill park appears to be the ideal place to livethere is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in cold hill house and no one has ever truly leftalthough much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new housescold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homes
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Having a turn out and this is, i believe from research, one of four part books written by thomas à kempis circagold embossed title on frontthere is a small red mark on page 127, i'm uncertain what from, possibly a red penotherwise the book is in fabulous condition for its agearchdeacon of cleveland, canon of york, rector of kirby misperton, and rural dean of maltontranslated and edited by the vengold edging to pageslondon henry frowde, oxford warehouse and longmans, green & cothank you for looking:)the spine is torn slightly as you can see from photos and the leather covering is worn in places round the edgeswhether religious or not, this is a beautiful little book to own, and from what i can discover a rare antiquitythe pages are intact with no tears, and the expected colour changes of agei found a few newspaper cuttings inside, presumably from the era, adding to the collectability'of the imitation of christ' - aids to the inner life
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The complexities of the mint attributes in this chaotic period - lacking as the do in almost instance the name or initial of the responsible mint - have been dealt with in light of recent scholarshipthis third volume continues the comprehensive revision of this era, and covers in detail the next fifty years; a very different period during which the empire came perilously close to total disintegration under the pressure of foreign invasions and seemingly interminable civil warthe economy also collapsed and with it the imperial coinage, a desperate situation which was only partially alleviated by the currency reform of aurelian undertaken late in his reign
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Stretching from the midwest in the mid-century to wall street and eastern europe in the age of globalised greed, the corrections brings an old-time america of freight trains and civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and new economy millionaires1 bestseller and the worldwide literary sensation, the corrections has established itself as a truly great american novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit announces jonathan franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of american society and the american souloxfam bookshop cheltenham the winner of the national book award, the new york times nothe lamberts - enid and alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a troubled agealfred is ill and as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures, secrets and long-buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needs
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Otherwise the book is as new  showcases nineteenth-century botanical illustrations by top contributors, tracing the development of the genre, the contributing trends of the victorian era, and reproducing excerpts from some of the periodicals and publications of the timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a tear on the bottom edge of the dust jacket at the spine approx 2cmoxfam books & music olney
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Scribendums tribute to the art of ruggiero ricci for the 100th anniversary of his birth ricci was one of the last legendary violinists of the heifetz era, a virtuoso of the old school, able to combine technical mastery with exceptional skills as a musical communicator from riccis vast discography over 500 recordings - we have selected some recordings now rare and representative of the maestros talent and interpretive ability this set contains ruggiero riccis sought-after original recordings for unicorn-kanchana
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An example of a book written in the era of the second world war, as a scholastic aid for students within the naval and merchant services to facilitate the understanding and writing of good english languagethe spine is sun-faded and the page block is foxedauthor:Â callender, geoffery (editor)publisher: cambridgeabout this itembeginning with, the coming of the armada (), by charles kingsley to the navy is here' (), by winston ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedition: 1st edition13cm x 19cm tallbinding: hardcover, no dustjacketcondition: goodchurchill and the final piece is a poem entitled the three bells () by joxfam shop shirley title: sea passagesprinted on war economy paper which is browned by agingcontents are short essay pieces followed by questions and suggestions to be used as study aidspublication datecambridge university presscloth cover, title on the front cover, and spinename of previous owner and date on the front endpapera naval anthology and introduction to the study of english
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Providing a comprehensive assessment of jeremy gardiner's career to date, this monograph, the first of its kind, explains how this distinctive artist has taken the exploratory landscape vision of mid-century st ives modernists like ben nicholson, peter lanyon and john tunnard into a new post-millennial era gardiner's unique geological interpretation of landscape not only describes the current lie of the land but portrays it as a complex outcome of natural processes over vast periods of time including essays from leading art writers, this book provides an insight into the career of one of britain's most innovative contemporary landscape artistswhile indebted to british and american modernism, gardiner's new conceptual rigour and technical repertoire is informed by science, geomorphology, new technologies and direct physical engagement with ancient landscapessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by lund humphries, first editionoxfam shop cowley road hardcover with dust jacket over black boardsby ian collins, peter davies, simon martin, christiana payne and william varley, with a foreword by wendy baron
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Set in the ancient heian era, yone (nobuko otowa) and her 20-year-old daughter-in-law shige (kiwako taichi) are scratching a meagre living in the forest when a band of marauding, depraved samurai rape and slay the two women, leaving their hut in ashes, and the blood-covered bodies splayed nearbybut one day the warrior gintoki (kichiemon nakamura) returns home to find his wife and mother gone and is assigned to rid the country of the murderous ghostssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea passing black cat revives the spirits of the fallen women and transforms them into shape-shifting ghosts who proceed to wreak revenge on the samurai class by luring them into the surrounding bamboo grovesoxfam shop nether edge kaneto shindô writes and directs this japanese horror
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It is a wonderful document of what is arguably railroading's most compelling erajeff brouws-a railroad authority and photo historian-has contributed a biographical essay that traces shaughnessy's beginnings photographing steam locomotives in his hometown of troy, new york, to his documentation of the dramatic steam-to-diesel transition, with an emphasis on the northeastern united states and canada, where the concentration of railroad action and often deep snow resulted in beautiful and unusual imagesnot just a compendium of photographs of locomotives, this book covers the whole railroad world-the sheds, tunnels, viaducts, yard stations, and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis collection, the best of his work over a forty-year career, features 170 duotone photographs taken between and , with an emphasis on the railroad culture of the fifties and sixtiesoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed on title page, no dedication, signature onlyjim shaughnessy is a revered name among railroad photographers
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