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The 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 moreoxfam 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 beyond
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This work is in the public domain in the united states of america, and possibly other nationsthis work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possibletherefore, 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 workscholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the publicwe appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevantwithin 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 worksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 itas a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii 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 dunbarfirst edition published in by the bobbs-merrill company, indianapolisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 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 burtonin very good condition, vol i - 339 pages, vol ii - 401 pages, vol iii - 383 pages, vol iv - 405 pageslight blue hardboards with cream cloth spinescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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But the spine is good with no loose pages or markings content pages fair to gooda must for those who collect british political ephemeracontains political cartoons from the period, with easily recognisable personages, de gaulle, krushchev, macmillan, wilson etcgiven the flimsy nature of the publication it is a remarkable survivorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea rare copy of the issue of vicky's cartoonscover is poor, with a cut section and yellowing cellotape on the reverseoxfam 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 used
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This gentle inquisitive breed of poultry is ideal to add to a flock there friendly and docile and love to free rangethey lay a chocolate coloured egg 3-4 per weekplease bring a suitable carrierthe photos are of my adult chickens so you can see the variety of colours of barnevelder poultrybarnevelder have a beautiful patterning on their feathersa trio of barnevelder (1 male, 2 females) 14 weeks old
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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 telescopedrake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itmarvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifeoxfam 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 bestsellerwhen 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 aid
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Ndukaku amankulorpovey, thomas knipp, and j in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movement this study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portugueseafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell gpeters, arlene aoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (edrobert 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 mcontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricard" 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 europeanssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriters from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africacontributors for this section include jonathan azell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organizationforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinka) 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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Are 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 picturesdescription - 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, circapackaging and delivery - item will be securely packed, insured and sent by tracked and proof of signature delivery2cm, weight both 2measurements - length/width 56x30please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 available4cm, thickness 1
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikione candlestick has a slight leanthey both have a decorated crest on the base in the shape of a birdan 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 baseone scone is stuck4 inch) base diameter 14please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe dimensions of these fine pair of hand-made silver candlesticks are: length 29 cm (11grams ( 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 moremade in sheffield made by john & thomas settle fully english hallmarked, very good visiblenext to that a couple of tiny pinprick indentations and small dents here and therecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelook at my other adverts for more quality silver
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Previous owner name on first pagekwaza is not clearly related to any other known languagepart 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, 760ppuntil recently, almost nothing was known about kwaza and with only 25 remaining speakers this indigenous language is likely to become extinct some time this centurymoreover, the history and the culture of its speakers are otherwise undocumentedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more6 photographs, 2 small maps, footnotes & references, abbreviations, appendicespart i deals with the grammar of kwaza in detail and gives an overview of its social, cultural and historical contextoxfam 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 language
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The book is believed published inthere is slight bumping and rubbing to the covers with several small stains on the front cover there is a dedication written in pencil on the front free end paper there is some browning to the end of the rough cut pages other than that, the pages are clean and the binding is soundsee 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 collection is divided into four parts: a ballad of evesham, miscellaneous, children and christmas the last three sections comprise a selection of individual poemsoxfam shop cotham hill a collection of poetry by h l haynes
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Marvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifelately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescopedrake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world waroxfam 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 rabbitshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itsee 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 heelswhen 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 aid
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Beautifully 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 homeso 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 feastwe 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 classicsoxfam shop worcester food plays an important role in donna leon's bestselling commissario brunetti novelsin 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 familysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam 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 notedabout the publisher forgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bookssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyfind more at wwwcom this book is a reproduction of an important historical workin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionwe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more 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 photographyoxfam 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 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 about
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Then katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to rayat 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 jazzand the tidy and pleasant life jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, tony, to the dreaded nuptialskatie 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 porpoisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunnoticed in the uproar, george discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mindthe family is not pleased, as her brother jamie observes, ray has 'strangler's hands'
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Oxfam 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 writingthe 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 more
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With 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 crisispublished 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 yearsfinally, we share in tony benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing an illness in the diaries, kept for over sixty years, ceaseoxfam 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 sleepwalkingexcellent pages, some edge and board wearnot 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 discoverit traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestler
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The reason? his cold war past has come back to claim himpeter 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 londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carreintelligence 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 goodinterweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carre has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality
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But what was the cause of his tragedy and how far might the consequences reach? is there a link between the young man's leap from a dorset cliff and a horrific poisoning in cambridge?following various career-threatening misdemeanours, detective sergeant barbara havers is desperate to redeem herselfso when a past encounter with bestselling feminist writer clare abbott and her pushy personal assistant caroline goldacre gives her a connection to the cambridge murder, barbara begs di thomas lynley to let her pursue the crimethe suicide of william goldacre is devastating to those left behindsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road inspector lynley investigates the london end of an ever more darkly disturbing case, with barbara havers and winston nkata looking behind the peaceful façade of country life to discover a twisted world of desire and deceitfull of shocks, intensity and suspense from first page to last, a banquet of consequences reveals both lynley and havers under pressure, and author elizabeth george writing at the very height of her exceptional powers
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Main volume has gold stamped blue boards with a marbling effect to front thought to be due to dampthe main volume was published by wmbookplate to front pastedown, a facsimile of lavoisier's ownminor spotting to edges of block, but binding goodsmall areas of marking to back boardoxfam bookshop sevenoaks a two volume set, by denis iin good used conditiondust jacket sunned to spine, some marks and rubbing and edge shelf wearincludes plates illustrating the original paperssupplement has gold stamped blue boards with some marksmatching bookplate to paste downthis is a heavy item and will be sent by courier see oxfam website for delivery information read moreduveen, herbert sduveen was published by dawsons of pall mall in to incorporate new material, both additional material and corrections to the original textklickstein with a preface by john fdawson & son, ltdthe supplement to this volume, by denis i
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T clanchy3) england in the later middle ages written by moxfam shop hebden bridge 5 x volumes: 1) england under the tudors written by gh keen4) england under the stuarts written by gvolumes come without slipcasem trevelyan5) anglo-saxon england written by peter hunter blair editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, british historian felipe fernandez-armesto, and published by the folio society a history of england () is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of english history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient roman times to the end of the 20th centuryr elton2) early medieval england written by m
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The diplomatic crisis leading up to the war shook both french and american perceptions of each other and revealed cracks in the transatlantic relationship that had been building since the end of the cold warthe war was launched without a united nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that iraq had retained weapons of mass destructionbased on exclusive french archival sources and numerous interviews with former officials in both france and the united states, a history of the iraq crisis retraces the international exchange that culminated in the iraq conflictit shows how and why the iraq crisis led to a confrontation between two longtime allies unprecedented since the time of charles de gaulle, and it exposes the deep and ongoing divisions within europe, the atlantic alliance, and the international community as a wholeoxfam bookshop glossop road scuffing to dust cover, otherwise good condition in march , the united states and great britain invaded iraq to put an end to the regime of saddam husseinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe franco-american narrative offers a unique prism through which the american road to war can be better understoodfrance, under president jacques chirac and foreign minister dominique de villepin, spectacularly opposed the united states and british invasion, leading a global coalition against the war that also included germany and russia
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An important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in cricket and india, a corner of a foreign field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and how sport can influence both social and political historylater chapters explore the competition between hindu and muslim cricketers in colonial india and the extraordinary passions now provoked when india plays pakistannayudu and sachin tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too, in arresting and unexpected ways, do mahatma gandhi and muhammad ali jinnahjardine, provide a window into the operations of empirethe extraordinary life of india's first great slow bowler, palwankar baloo, introduces the reader to the still-unfinished struggle against caste discriminationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg a book that seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social changethe indian careers of those great english cricketers, lord harris and d
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I have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki858 pages, 22 x 14 cmthe highlight in this book are the 14 excellent fold-out maps which include: world in hemispheres map of america with the latest discoveries accurate map of europe a new map of africa aegyptus antiqua asiae quae vulgo minor dicituret syriae orbis veteribus notus palaestina italia antiqua graecae antiquae britannia antiqua gallia antiqua orbis romanus the solar system half dark brown leather on orange marbled boardsit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, londonthe book covers the political state and principal revolutions of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times; their manners and customs; the local situation of cities; especially of such as have been distinguished by memorable events: with an abridgment of the fabulous history of mythology of the greeks6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesfirst map of the world is detachedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth hinges are cracked but the boards are still in fine condition
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Oxfam books & music troon visually inventive and stylised adaptation of the dark and sinister children's books, starring jim carreyimagining himself a master of disguise, count olaf undertakes a series of dastardly crimes to separate the baudelaire children from their kindly guardians, and hopefully from their livesafter their parents are killed in a fire, the baudelaire siblings, violet (emily browning), klaus (liam aiken) and the infant sunny, are taken in by a succession of relatives and guardians, including kindly snake expert uncle monty (billy connolly) and their nervous aunt josephine (meryl streep)worst of the lot though is the evil count olaf (jim carrey), obsessed with getting his hands on the baudelaire children's inheritancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There a small rip to the top of the spine ends and some slight crushing to the spine ends the book is the tale of a lost race climaxing in the discovery of a secret location occupied by incans, and contains illustrations, including a frontispiece by frances ewana very rare editionthe green cloth pictorial boards with gilt lettering along the spine, are lightly rubbed and bumped at the corners and edgesthe hardback is in good condition for its agethere is a crack at the hinge near the back as shown in the photo, and a date has been written on the front endpaper inside, the uncut pages are lightly tanned with age, with some foxing throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop didsbury "a princess of vascovy: her trials and troubles, her adventures, and misadventures and where they brought her" is a romantic novel by john oxenham, otherwise known as william arthur dunkerley, the english journalist, novelist and poet, born in manchester in
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Unlike most other texts, 'a history of the british isles' is not just a history of englandfrom the earliest pre-history right up to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the british isles have passed to achieve their current identity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham jeremy black's vigorous and fascinating study tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the worldproper weight is given to all four, often fractious, components of the british isles - england, ireland, scotland and wales - providing the reader with an admirably balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past
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The flavour of each spirit is analysed and the differences between them teased out, as are the stories of the notable men and women who have played such a integral part in their creationin peat smoke and spirit, islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island revealed through intimate descriptions of the austerely beautiful and remote countrysidethe perfect adjunct to a glass of whisky on a dark, fire-lit evening, peat smoke and spirit is the last word on islay and its whiskiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterleaved through these different narrative strands comes the story of the whiskies themselves, traced from a distant past of bothies and illegal stills to present-day legality and prosperityoxfam bookshop thame those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the isle of islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectrum
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