A handlist of rhetorical terms

List a handlist of rhetorical terms

  • 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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  • List price (msrp)publisher: university of california pressproduct category: booksbinding: paperbackauthors: lanhamcondition: good

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  • Where meanings have changed, or terms have been borrowed from other disciplines, the most current usage is indicatedthe origin, etymology, part of speech and definition of each term and phrase are all provided, including the language, meaning or root of each term and constituent partsnames of deceased entomologists, or scientists from other fields who have contributed to entomology are included, with the citation for their biography or obituarynote:the only dictionary of its kind available, covering all aspects of insect biology and taxonomyoxfam bookshop wallingford this book is a comprehensive, fully cross-referenced collection of over terms, names and phrases used in entomology, incorporating an estimated definitionsall insect order, suborder, superfamily, family and subfamily names are given, together with the diagnostic features of orders and familiesthis book is an essential reference source for all professionals and students of entomology and related disciplinesalso includes the names of prominent entomologists see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe common names of insects, their scientific binomen and taxonomic classification are provided, with diagnoses of pest species in many casesit is the only listing which covers insect anatomy, behaviour, biology, ecology, histology, molecular biology, morphology, pest management, taxonomy and systematics

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  • A pair of unique hand carved wooden carp sculptures one of a kind mirror carp measurements tail to nose 21 and a half inches floor to top of tail 14 in width of carp body 2 and a half inches width of base 5 and a half inches length of base 14 inches height of base 2 inches common carp measurements tail to nose 20 in floor to top of tail 15 in and a half width of carp body 3 inches width of base 5 and a half inches length of base 14 inches height of base 2 inches

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  • This book gives a thorough background to the path with much detail about the various insight stagesit is a transcript of a series of eleven preparatory talks given by sayādaw u jotika of burma prior to a meditation retreat held in australiabook is in excellent condition comes with a map of the journey bookmarka map of the journey is an orginial, never previously published workpublisher: inward path place of publication: malaysia format: paperback publication year: subject: buddhism language: english a map of the journey by sayādaw u jotika is over 400 pages long introduction to insight meditationthe sayādaw illustrates this with many stories from his own practice and from his many teachers

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  • Game of thrones - paperback box set - as new unreadcollect or will deliver within a reasonable distance the box set includes: a game of thrones a clash of kings a storm of swords, 1: steel and snow a storm of swords, 2: blood and gold a feast for crows a dance with dragons, 1: dreams and dust a dance with dragons, 2: after the feast read more

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  • A map of the worldis a harrowing tale of guilt, betrayal and the loss of innocenceand one morning, while alice is babysitting her neighbour's children, a tragic accident does occur on the farmsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 centerbut alice has always believed that all it would take to fall from grace is 'one stupendous error, or else an unfortunate accident'spellbinding, lyrical, and universal in its themes, this powerful, emotional page-turner shows that jane hamilton is a writer of exceptional talentthis 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 escapenevertheless, they feel that they and their two daughters are living in a self-made paradise

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  • Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreintelligence operations that were once the toast of secret london are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the cold warinterweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring qualityoxfam books & music durham penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carréthe 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 london

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  • Wembley alone played for people for two nightsthe copyright of this video recording is owned by queen films vhs queen at wembley lp queen a kind of magic directed and produced by gavin taylorthe show itself incorporated the largest lighting ever assembled for a live show and featured the largest space; 160 feet wide and capable of filling an entire end of wembley stadiumthe construction of this massive set was filmed using a 35mm time lapse photograph during the week before the showthe copyright of this video recording is owned by queen films every time queen goes on tour, they always produce the most spectacular shows of their timethe set was so large that the supports had to be drilled in the concrete foundations of the stadiumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeexecutive producer jim beachthe cameras covered all angles of the stadium, including aerial shots taken from a helicopterthe result is an impressive record of one of the best rock bands of all timea shipment will be made with tracking number, with a very resistant tube that guarantees the arrival of the package in excellent conditionsthis was the case in july when they first played at wembley stadium on a tour of the united kingdom that played for people, breaking all previous attendance recordsare 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 availablequeen ?– at wembley label: picture music international ?– mvp format: vhs, pal, stereo country: uk & europe released: genre: rock style: arena rock in ex condition queen ?– a kind of magic label: virgin emi records ?– format: vinyl, lp, album, reissue, remastered, 180 gram, gatefold country: uk & europe released: 25 sep genre: rock, pop style: hard rock, pop rock, arena rock in mint & sealed condition directed and produced by gavin taylor

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  • A clash of kingsdancing dragons part 1 & 2they are as good as new so could be given as a birthday or christmas presentstorm of swords part 1 & 2a song of ice and firea game of thronesa set of 7 paper backs by george ra feast of crows

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  • One tiny dent to a corner and a couple of tiny pinprick indentations here and therei will post from the netherlandsthe dimensions of this fine pair of hand-made antique silver candlesticks are: length 12antique silver pair of corinthian style candlesticks with removable nozzles and beaded bordersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: very good conditionmade in sheffield made by thomas a scott fully english hallmarked for sterling silveracorns really jump out of it, very much detail in itfluted columns and square bases with hand-chased swags of acorns5 oz / weighted) (nozzles 48 grams together)bit of scratching on the top of a sconewhen buying more items from me, you only pay once for postage costs5 cm wide at base 8are 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 availablelook at my other adverts for more quality silver

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  • Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe cane will be properly packaged and shipped with insurance and registrationit light in weight and splits easilydepicted is an arabian man wearing a fez (moroccan hat)it holds a wrist strap in the hole belowit weighs 120 gramsyou are bidding on a wonderful walking cane carved from a single piece of woodthe wood is special as it has the spots of a pantherin good conditionhe has a beard and has a sour lookare 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 availablei think the wood has been lacquered or treated as the base seems to be made of a bamboo-like wooddimensions: it has a length of 88 cm

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  • However, there might be some slight signs of ageing or marginal dirt that do not damage anything at allilluminated manuscript on parchment, xv century ( circa), written most likely in a scriptorium in central-northern franceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetotal size of the handwritten parchment: 11size of the handwritten part: 6 x 4this handwritten parchment is in rather good condition, considering its nearly 600 years of agehandwritten text on one column of 16 lines with the use of a pale dark brown ink and annotated with pale red inkas one can see, i used a chiaroscuro technique for the preparation of the photos, to try to make the audience understand and above all see the absolute homogeneous brilliance / shine that is present in the gold used to illuminate this type of manuscriptare 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 availabletext in latin and sometimes in french, liturgical manuscript in elegant gothich-batarde style, a classic of the xv century

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  • Some groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patriasamshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstonesome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etcsize of the paper samples: cawith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecovering the period 15th - 19th centurythis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this catalogue¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copiesone of the most popular watermarks aftera large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermillsare 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 availableit stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centurysoftcover, oblong, 99 pp

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  • When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aidsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremarvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifedrake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world warshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees ita 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 heelsoxfam 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 bestsellerlately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescope

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  • Writers from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africa carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans mafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell gndukaku amankulorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universe in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movementzell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organizationoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (ed this study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portuguesepovey, thomas knipp, and jforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinkacontributors for this section include jonathan acontributors 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 europeanspeters, arlene arobert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatures

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  • Grams ( 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 condition4 inch) base diameter 14our 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 (11one candlestick has a slight leanmade in sheffield made by john & thomas settle fully english hallmarked, very good visiblethey both have a decorated crest on the base in the shape of a birdclick on my name silversale and click the button follow to keep in touch with my other quality auctions, read morenext to that a couple of tiny pinprick indentations and small dents here and thereone scone is stuckare 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 availablelook at my other adverts for more quality silveran 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 base

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  • ' daily mirroramid the derelict terraced houses of manchester's hulme, one boy experiences adventures, abuse, crippling poverty and an encounter with the moors murdererstommy's story continues with boy number 26 - also available nowhe moves us through his daily struggle with poverty and neglect in s manchester like it's the most natural thing in the worldalongside his siblings he begs or steals a few pennies to bring home to his parents to avoid a beating, while looking for something to eat and a little adventure along the wayduring this single year before his family implodes and his world changes forever, young tommy almost falls foul of the school welfare officers, the nuns, the police, and myra hindley and ian bradyit will stay with me forever''a must-read''a wonderfully atmospheric and emotive story''so sad and still hilariously funny'real reader reviews from goodreadswith an unlikely sense of fun and a huge dose of good humour, tommy introduces us to his foul-mouthed and chaotic family membersa raw and often funny snapshot of 7-year-old tommy's brutal young lifecom see oxfam website for delivery information read morereaders love : a slice of bread and jam:'a beautiful book, humbling, sad and funny all at the same timetommy lives at the heart of a large irish family in derelict hulme, ruled by an abusive and alcoholic father and a drunk, negligent motheroxfam bookshop cheltenham ***the sunday times bestseller***'tommy's book is a stark but funny and heartwarming snapshot of one year growing up in crippling poverty in an irish traveller family ruled by an abusive, alcoholic father and a drunken, neglectful motherdeeply flawed they may be, but amongst the violence, grinding poverty and distinct lack of hygiene and morality lies a strong sense of loyalty and, above all, a spirit of survival

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  • When his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aidsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries a year of marvellous ways is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from sarah winman, author of the international bestseller when god was a rabbit 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 heelsdrake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world warshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itmarvellous 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 telescope

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  • We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical worksin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecom this book is a reproduction of an important historical workfind more at wwwforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyoxfam 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 books

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  • It gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 yearsthere is only one le carrédon't wait for the paperback' the times'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in britainhe's in the first rank' ian mcewan'one of those writers who will be read a century from now' robert harris see oxfam website for delivery information read morevintage john le carréeloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' daily mail'splendid, fast-paced, riveting' andrew marr, sunday times'remarkableintelligence operations that were once the toast of the service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the berlin wallthe reason? cold war ghosts have come back to haunt himoxfam bookshop st albans chosen as a book of the year in the times literary supplement, the evening standard, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the times'a brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' evening standard'vintage le carré'utterly engrossing and perfectly pitchedreally, not since the spy who came in from the cold has le carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' john banville, guardianpeter guillam, former disciple of george smiley in the british secret service, has long retired to brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to londonlike wine, le carré's writing has got richer with agesomebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater goodimmensely clever, breathtaking

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  • Flat signed by bettany hughes on the title pageboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedvery good++ / very goodas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the corebased on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest citiesstanding as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresphoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their homefrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layersfor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storyistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact

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  • As times change, so do their fortunes for better and worse, ebbing and flowing as the years go byoxfam bookshop st albans in a small town somewhere in the middle of england, the aftermath of the second world war brings changefor ambitious industrialist charles freeman, it brings new opportunities and marriage to maryquite simply, in a land of plenty is the story of our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe buys the big house on the hill to cement their union and nail his aspirations to the futureat its heart are a diverse and persuasive cast of loveable and odious characters whose various attempts to break free are chronicled in an addictive and compelling narrative of extraordinary power and resonancein quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of joy and tragedy: simon, large and ebullient like his father, follows in his footsteps into the business; james becomes a photographer and proceeds to document the town; robert, wilful and self-assured, submerges himself in the darker side of life; and alice, a dippy individualist who is almost transformed into a picture of convention when she succumbs to the efficient attentions of harry singh, grocer's boy turned property entrepreneurcharles' business grows in direct proportion to his girth and becomes synonymous with the town's fortunes as britain claws its way from the grey austerity of the war yearstheir stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the death and perhaps rebirth of middle england over the past fifty years

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  • This work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are bright and clean  condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are ageda history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()complete in four volumesoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltda collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchill) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democracieswith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumescondition: goodchurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other texts

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  • Oxfam shop colne road penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carresomebody 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 qualitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreintelligence operations that were once the toast of secret london are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the cold warthe 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 london

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  • Full 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 powerssee 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 deceitthe suicide of william goldacre is devastating to those left behindso 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 crimebut 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 herself

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  • 'sherlock holmes' (), based on a new story by producer lionel wigram using arthur conan doyle's famous characters, follows sherlock holmes (downey jr) and his loyal assistant dr watson (law) as they deal with a mysterious new nemesis: lord blackwood (mark strong), a cult leader and satanist who harbours the most deadly of intentionsabandoning the accepted portrayals of holmes and watson, as perfected by basil rathbone and nigel bruce in the films of the s and '40s, downey jr's holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action and intellect, while law's watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gambling  in 'sherlock holmes: a game of shadows' () the crown prince of austria is found dead and inspector lestrade (eddie marsan) pronounces suicide as the cause of deaththe supporting cast includes stephen fry, kelly reilly, geraldine james and noomi rapaceslight tear to outer box see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston guy ritchie directs this double bill of action thrillers starring robert downey jr and jude lawbut sherlock holmes deduces that the prince has been murdered - and is soon untangling an international web of intrigue, in which all threads appear to lead to criminal mastermind professor moriarty (jared harris)

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  • France, 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 russiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe war was launched without a united nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that iraq had retained weapons of mass destructionoxfam 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 husseinthe 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 warbased 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 wholethe franco-american narrative offers a unique prism through which the american road to war can be better understood

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  • The analysis effectively restores the dimension of evilpayne defines fascism as a form of ultranationalism espousing a myth of national rebirth and marked by extreme elitism, mobilization of the masses, exaltation of hierarchy and subordination, oppression of women and an embrace of violence and war as virtuesthe term 'fascist,' used so freely these days as a pejorative epithet that has nearly lost its meaning, is precisely defined, carefully applied and skillfully explainedit is a masterpiece of comparative history, for the comparisons enhance our understanding of each part of the wholeoxfam books & music perth "a history of fascism is an invaluable sourcebook, offering a rare combination of detailed information and thoughtful analysis"-susan zuccotti, the nation"a magisterial, wholly accessible, engaging study"-publishers weekly see oxfam website for delivery information read more

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