The nazca desert
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The story of two german geologists, who, having left germany in the mid s to work in africa, decided to avoid world war 2 by living in the namib desertblack cloth covers with some marks; faded gilt titles on spine and some damage to head and tail of spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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30 €
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Migrant deaths in the arizona desert la vida no vale nada by raquel rubio-goldsmith (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
24 €
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South west africa animals of the namib desert on letter used windhoek cancel perfect condition read more
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The pair travel to the nazca desert and matt realizes the horrifying truth: the nazca lines are the second gate - it is about to openbut, this time, will he have the strength to prevent it? publishedmatt and his friend richard travel to peru and, assisted by a secret organization known as the nexus, follow a series of clues to the gate's whereabouts see oxfam website for delivery information read morematt manages to escape with the help of pedro, a local boybut he is pulled into another horrifying adventure when he discovers a second gate existsoxfam bookshop harrogate after his experiences at raven's gate, fourteen-year-old matt freeman thinks his days of battling evil are overbut there is a traitor in the nexusrichard is kidnappedcondition- goodsome shelf wear
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Following atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlerswhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revolts
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The desert rats in the gulfthe shield and the sabre
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A highly decorated american pilot who flew for the french in the first world war, halifax was shot down in , horribly wounded and banished to africa after trying to desertoxfam bookshop newport in a sleepy outpost in the moroccan desert, charlie halifax is living a quietly desperate lifewoven head and tail bandssmall creases to front wraparoundbeige paper-covered boards, with brown cloth covered spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreglossy pictorial dustjacketwhile flying for the french during the war between the foreign legion and arab tribesman, he learns of the orteig prize, offered to the first man to fly between paris and new yorksuperficial scuffs and markstext block is clean and tightgilt text to spine
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Oxfam shop smithdown road few people know of the battle over the sinai desert between the royal flying corps and german airmen, part of britain's campaign against turkey in the first world waralthough a smaller conflict than the western front, in some ways it was more dramatic, involving the use of cavalry and the arab revolt led by tsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with remarkable photographs that have only just come to light, this book provides a unique historical recordseward, mc, who was a pilot with no 14 squadron rfcthis fascinating book is based around the experiences of the author's father, w
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Lovely full coloured gilt and enamel pin back ww2 british army tie or lapel pin badge for the 8th army, the wwii desert ratswhite and yellow crest shield wartime eighth army badge, as seenhappy to accept paypal and non-online payment methods, but buyer covers fees if using the formertracked and insured postage = £3really good condition badge as worn by veterans and supporters of this famous second world war military unit, in civilian dressideal for militaria collector or re-enactorstandard royal mail post = £% at buyer's risk)
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Clarks the original desert shoes black suede size 10 brand new £40 including postage costsanywhere in united kingdom
40 €
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5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertin ""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 moreoxfam 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 turkspart 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 noticethe 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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This beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismthe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itthe oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in chinamade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faiththe diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters long
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Meanwhile, travelling through the nevada desert and the ruins of las vegas, carlos oliviera, lif she is to stand a chance at stopping the attack, alice must join forces with anyone willing to help and be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the human racetogether, the small band of survivors seeks out eminent scientist dr charles ashford (jared harris), the only man with the knowledge to help them out of their awful entrapment - but they soon discover that ashford's co-operation comes at a heavy priceoxfam bookshop truro complete collection of action films based on the popular computer gamein 'resident evil: afterlife' () alice continues her fight against the umbrella corporation(mike epps), and new survivors k-mart (spencer locke), claire redfield (ali larter), and betty (ashanti) are fighting to survive against hordes of zombies, killer crows and other terrible creatures spawned by the deadly t-virus that has killed millionsthe group of survivors, including jill valentine and claire redfield, attempt to strengthen their numbers and find refuge, but can they escape the zombie-infested city before it's too late? in 'resident evil: retribution' () alice finds herself at the very heart of umbrella's operation facility, having been captured by the organisationthe infamous umbrella corporation has banned anyone from leaving in case of possible infection with the outside worldfollowing new information, she heads to los angeles where she seeks out any survivors of the t-virus epidemicin the third film, 'resident evil: extinction' (), alice is alone, years after the raccoon city disaster, and aware that she has become a liability and likely to endanger those around hersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, they have failed to anticipate that all the employees who were trapped in the hive with the virus, and thought to be dead, have been turned into the living dead and one scratch from them can cause the recipient to become like themin 'resident evil' () a virus has been sealed in an underground research centre known as the hive, and alice (milla jovovich) and rain (michelle rodriguez) are sent in with a team of commandos to destroy itfinally, in 'resident evil: the final chapter' (), humanity is on the brink of extinction as alice returns to raccoon city to try to stop umbrella from launching one final attack on the remaining survivorsaware that umbrella hold the secret to her past, alice sets out to explore the facility in search of the truth and those responsible for the initial virus outbreakalong the way she teams up with other survivors of the disaster as the battle against umbrella and the zombies rages onalong with other survivors jill valentine (sienna guillory) and carlos oliviera (oded fehr), alice must fight for her survival, and do all she can to escape the nightmare necropolisshe is struggling to survive and bring down the umbrella corporation led by the sinister albert wesker (jason o'mara) and head researcher drisaacs (iain glen)in 'resident evil: apocalypse' () alice finds herself stuck in the contaminated raccoon city after the re-opening of the deadly hive
7 €
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In 'botswana special', the intrepid explorers, attempting to reach the namibian border, have to traverse arduous salt pans, do battle with the kalahari desert, and see if they can navigate the foaming torrents of the okavango deltain 'vietnam special', equipped with, of all things, motorcycles, the adventurers have to cover the entire length of the country in just eight daysin 'polar special' the top gear team sets out on its most ambitious and arduous challenge to date - a race starting in canada and finishing at the north poleoxfam shop prescot four special top gear episodes presented by jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james maysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'us special', with a budget of $ dollars, each of the team has to buy a car for an epic road trip, stopping along the way to compete in a series of challenges which range from driving across alabama without getting shot, to preparing and eating road kill whilst camping out for the night
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The film tells the story of a group of seven prisoners who escaped from a soviet gulag in stalin-era russia and walked over miles across some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world, crossing the siberian arctic, the gobi desert and the himalayas before finally arriving in british-ruled indiaoxfam shop ulverston epic drama from renowned australian director peter weir, starring colin farrell, jim sturgess, ed harris, mark strong and saoirse ronanthis tale of human endurance and survival against-the-odds is loosely based on slavomir rawicz's book, 'the long walk: the true story of a trek to freedom'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham "in this autobiographical tale, we follow coelho and his wife chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the mojave desert in search of the eternal feminineoriginally published in brazil by editora rocca in as valkiriasthis copy is the first american edition, signed by the author on the title pagetranslated from the portuguese by alan rsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages browned, dust jacket slightly creased to edges, text block a little cockedminimally rubbed
29 €
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The sidi rezeg battles binding: cloth with dustjacket pages: xiv, 505 + frontispiece + 13 plates (printed both sides) + 3 folding maps condition: books very good, traces of use; small tear to one folding map (see photograph); dust jacket poor (see photograph) this book deals with the famous ‘çrusader’ offensive, the first operation of eighth army, in which 1st south african division and the south african air force had their earliest experience in the western desertour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare 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(source: dust jacket) books are sent by registered post using postnl read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
34 €
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All royalties go directly to fund oxfam's work with refugeesthis is a collection of stories by accomplished travellers and adventurous souls like sarah outen, benedict allen, ed stafford and al humphreys, who have completed daring journeys through challenging terrain, adventuring from the calais jungle to the amazon, from land's end to the gobi desert, from new guinea to iran and many other places in betweeneach has a story to tell of a time when they were vulnerable, when they were in need and a kind stranger came to their rescueoxfam bookshop cheltenham travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer travel opens our minds to the world; it helps us to embrace risk and uncertainty, overcome challenges and understand the people we meet and the places we visitsomeone who could have walked past, but chose not tobut what happens when we arrive home? how do our experiences shape us? the kindness of strangers explores what it means to be vulnerable and to be helped by someone we've never met beforesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese are stories that make our hearts grow, stories that will restore our faith in the world and remind us that, despite what the media says, the world isn't a scary place - rather, it is filled with kind strangers just like us
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Vandals, the - desert woman 3:38vandals, the - susanville 4:27vandals, the - elvis decanter 3:28vandals, the - goop all over the phone (pleasant all over the bill) 3:13vandals, the - clowns are experts (at making us laugh) 4:02
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Pre-owned, good condition a4 size book of 158 pages with 400 photographs chronicling the legendary reputation of our country's bravest and most daring special force from its inception as special raiding groups in the western desert during ww2, through the iranian embassy operation in , to where they are today via jungles, deserts, mountainous terrains, belfast and the falklands20 or collect from warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area provided read morepackaging and receipted postage just £3
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People of the sands provides a player-focused, in-depth exploration of the scorching desert nations of the inner sea regionmanufacturer: paizo publishinginside this book, you’ll findpeople of the sands ex
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Male enchi 100% het desert ghost stunning example for anyone that wants to get into the desert ghost gene this guy is a must!! i am making him available after deciding i now have enough visual desert ghost and he no longer is in my plansthe price is set is fair for a and i am in no hurry to sell so please only genuine enquiries this a a cost effective way to get yourself into the desert ghost genehe has sired 6 clutches for me in the last two years and 5 of these producing visuals and is a fantastic feeder taking frozen rats or multis
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Male enchi 100% het desert ghost stunning example for anyone that wants to get into the desert ghost gene this guy is a must!! i am making him available after deciding i now have enough visual desert ghost and he no longer is in my plansplease only genuine enquiries this a a cost effective way to get yourself into the desert ghost projecthe is producing visuals and is a fantastic feeder taking frozen rats or multis
150 €
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The first section, 'desert houses', comprises 68 desert structures, while the second section, 'dusk', presents houses photographed after the sun had disappeared over the horizon, now rendered in subdued, dusky tones that suggest both present and absence, and the weight of isolationruwedel examines the desert regions east of los angeles as a palimpsest of cultural and natural histories, presenting an inventory of a particular, and poignant, form of vernacular architecture; each structure might be read as a clue to the lives of anonymous individuals, and the impulse to create a home in the wilderness, however transitorythis is a signed edition in a good conditionthe cover is an embossed hardback with tipped-in image and has some shelf wear around the top edge and spine, inside is unmarked and in a very good conditionoxfam books & music islington message from the exterior explores the ruins and remains of failed attempts to live in the desert's harsh environments, depicting abandoned houses - small, often eccentric huts, both humorous and a little forlorn 128 pages, 77 colour plates see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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desert palace with an uncancelled stamp and text, see photo 20cover of desert palace fine, the magic lamp has signs of wearmm and the magic lamp (with "flip movies"), previously published in and mm and the desert palace story previously published in booklets in beautiful condition, especially mm and the desert palaceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe booklets are good in the gum and completeare 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 websitethe lot will be packed with the utmost care, to minimize the risk of damage, in bubble wrap and a sturdy box, the shipping of this lot is per registered parcel mail nationally and internationally, there are favourable shipping costs when winning multiple lots within the same auction, keep a close eye on the track and trace code to prevent the album from being sent back unintentionally after 1 failed attempted deliverybooklet dimensions: 11first editions in good conditionoffered, 2 mickey mouse big little books (#) fromthe magic lamp has a name, purple stamps etccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
37 €
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1, desert iguanas unsexedfour desert lizards & vivariumnew in box – arcadia t5 d3+ high output desert reptile lamp 12% uv-b quick sale £60 read more3, savigny’s desert agama male & female (like small bearded dragons) happy sharing the same vivarium vivarium 87cm width x 49cm depth x 44cm height (108 cm height inc cabinet) 2, keys & child lock on cabinet doors rocks included
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Made of pvc, painted finished product (1 type in total), with a dedicated pedestalwe may not be able to send it to countries which prohibit importing lithiumthe condition rank: new
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein , collette visited algeria for the first time with bertrand de jouvenelthis one was printed for pierre andré taverne 22 original lithographs in the text of tipped-in in colour by christian caillardquarto (25 x 33 cm), loose leaf in a cover with french flaps, art binding with leather and canvas cardboard slip casesmitten, she came back in and with maurice goudeketare 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 websitethese texts would be gathered together and published after her death under the following titles: fleurs du désert, notes algériennes et marocaines read more95 of a total of 157 copies, all on pure lana rag paperthe map of morocco is from , which was when colette and maurice goudeket were invited by the pasha of marrakech to stay in his fez palaceenchanted by these visits, colette expresses her awe for these sun bathed lands in her bookwhat left the deepest impression was the desert, which was, in her opinion, an unforgettable spectaclecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Lego star wars desert skif luke skywalker floats in the desert skiff above the pit in which the life-threatening sarlacc livesif he falls off the shelf, he'll probably be eaten by the awful sarlacc! or does his friend lando calrissian help him escape the notorious bounty hunter boba fett? you decide! set includes 4 mini figures: luke skywalker, lando calrissian, boba fett and kithabaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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