A mere eighteen years later
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Whilst in it, she gives birth to a healthy baby daughter; once out of it, a mere eighteen years later, she finds herself, rip van winkle-like, a middle-aged mother whose friends have all gone through all the normal marital, social and political traumas and back againthis tragicomedy shows coupland in his most mature form yet, writing with all his customary powers of acute observation, but turning his attention away from the surface of modern life to the dynamics of modern relationships, but doing so with all the sly wit and weird accuracy we expect of the soothsaying author of generation x, shampoo planet, life after god, microserfs and polaroids from the deadoxfam bookshop cheltenham girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear - all served coupland-stylekaren, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Relaxed silhouette crafted in ultra soft light linen for a laid back sunny lunch or a moonlight beach party brand new with tags see oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue linen collarless dress size small featuring front fasting and drop waist button front fastening with long sleeves which has white stitching detail around the cuff and also around the hem this dress defines summer linen with its vibrant colour and youthful shape creating an optimistic and romantic, feminine vibe
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2h welsh a mare 10 years old previously broken then been a field ornament, she is now coming back into workshe is being lunged with tack and worked dailyshe loves a routine and is currently in during the night and out during the day but is happy to live outshe is a project as a potential lead rein/first pony my kids will be riding her next week so her price will increase the more she does, i thought i would offer her for sale as a project as she is before i do more with hershe’s good to catch, bath, bit fidgety to groom but getting betterturns out in mixed herdshe comes with her tack
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Really good condition, a couple of years old, hdcomes with power cable and remote
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Used viking racing bike for a child 5-8 years, in used condition
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Used viking racing bike for a child 5-8 years, in excellent used condition
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The first eighteen years of a remarkable manoxfam bookshop cheltenham frederic raphael shared his days at cambridge with us in his bestselling novel glittering prizes, now, in this evocative, painfully honest memoir he tells us about the first eighteen years of his lifehis early years were spent in america and it was not until he was six that he and his parents sailed for englandthis is a painfully honest and revealing memoir of a sensitive, intelligent boya scholarship to charterhouse followedevacuated to devon in the war, freddie's prep school days were happyhis thirst for learning and easy intellect made him selective in his choice of friends, his embarrassment at his jewish origins made him secretiveit was here that he experienced the anti-semitism that coloured the rest of his lifea major scholarship to read classics at st john's cambridge where he meets the girl who will become his wife is the beginning of a happier periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Then, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brotherthis is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascentthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationaloxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtsuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone knows the story of anne boleynhenry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western worldthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hinged
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'lucie manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in paris's most feared prison, the bastilleoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of timestheir story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the french revolutionfinally reunited, the manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat darnay and the dissolute lawyer carton'dickens's magnificent account of the revolution and one of his best (and shortest) novels' observer see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Thousands of years later, in the year , scientist dr heywood floyd (william sylvester) discovers a similar black monolith on the moon, which then emits a signal aimed at the planet jupiterat the dawn of mankind, a tribe of ape-like beings are visited on earth by a large black monolithhowever, their mission comes under threat when their ship's sentient computer, hal (voice of douglas rain), seemingly develops a malfunctionoxfam shop hebden bridge sci-fi epic directed by stanley kubricksee oxfam website for delivery information read morea year later, astronauts dr david bowman (keir dullea) and dr frank poole (gary lockwood) are en route to jupiter to investigate the signal's destination and purpose
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She tells her story many years later from the waldorf astoria in new yorkit tells the extraordinary story of a geisha -summoning up a quarter century from to the post-war years of japan's dramatic history, and opening a window into a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradationoxfam bookshop cheltenham this story is a rare and utterly engaging experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher memoirs conjure up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the land's most powerful mena young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house
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years later, in , determination and chance lead her back to northern greenland as a scientist at the head of a british expedition, defying the expectations of those who believe a woman has no place in that harsh worldthe violent extremes of the north obsess them both: perpetual night and endless day; frozen seas and coastal meadows, and the strange, maddening pull it exerts on the people trying to make their mark on its vast expanses - a pursuit of glory whose outcome will reverberate for years to comeoxfam bookshop cheltenham richard & judy book clubfollow your heartflora mackie first crossed the arctic circle at the age of twelvejakob and flora's paths crossyearning for wider horizons, he joins a rival expeditionshortlisted for the costa novel awardsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollow your ambition'a dazzling tale of romance and survival' (guardian)follow the path to the freezing northgeologist jakob de beyn was raised in manhattanit is a fateful meeting, where passion and ambition collide and an irresistible attraction is born
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a man loses five years of his lifethirty years later, ava returns to candlebark creek with her daughter, nina, who is determined to meet her mother's lost love for herselfnow she must decide if revealing the truth will hurt more than it healsrunning away for the second time in her life, twenty-seven-year old ava believes the cook's job at a country b&b is perfect, until she meets the owner's son, john tatetwo women are desperate for him to rememberwhat readers are saying about a place to remember: 'a memorable, emotional family saga in an unforgiving settingwith their connection immediate and intense, they begin a clandestine affair right under the noses of john's formidable parentsthe young fifth-generation grazier is a beguiling blend of both man, boy and a terrible flirtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe emotion and poignancy of this story will stay with me' 'definitely a five star read for me and highly recommended!' 'this is a story that readers won't forget in a hurryperfect for fans of kate kerrigan and colleen mcculloughi'd recommend it to everyone'while struggling to find her own place in the world, nina discovers an urban myth about a love-struck man, a forgotten engagement ring, and a dinner reservation back in the eighties
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For years the band struggled with obscurity, homelessness, and more than its share of breakdowns (both mental and vehicular)fifteen years later, the bouncing souls have signed with epitaph records, toured four continents, and played with countless legendary punk bands, including fugazi, bad brains, green day, agnostic front, the descendents, and the ramonesculled from over 400 hours of archive footage shot and collected by lead singer greg attonito, and over 50 hours of interviews with the band and their extended family of friends, do you remember? is the story of the good times and the bad, and the music that was born out of bothoxfam shop magdelen street in , four new jersey teenagers wrote a punk song called "braindeadbut it wasn't always so glamoroussee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut it was also a blast" it was terribleand it was enough for the members of the bouncing souls to turn away from the path of college and career to pursue their music
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Forty eight years later the dutch conductor eduard van beinum recorded this performance with the london philharmonic orchestra in london's kingsway hallnow we have assembled from rushes salvaged some years ago an impression of london at the timeelgar in a letter to his publisher described it as "cheerful and londony - 'stout-and-steaky' "the film can be viewed with subtitles detailing locations of shotsaudio extra - cockaigne overture (elgar): part of this performance is used in 'operating london'childrens' coronation: children from all over london rise early to travel to the victora embankment to view the coronation procession on tuesday 2nd juneelgar conducted the first performance in junesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome footage turned up in all that mighty heart, overhaul (yb30 the london bus) and under nights streets (yb39 fifties underground)casing and disk are in good conditionafter shooting some feet of film in it was shelvedelgar subtitled this overturn 'in london tower'oxfam books & music romsey operating london was never completed by btf
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3 - eight years later format: paperbackjump eight years into the future and catch up with the web-slinging and wall-crawling spider-man family!amazing spider-man: renew your vows vol
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If marc-antoine petit was a great surgeon, it is above all as a professor that he occupies an important place in lyon surgery: he undertook to create a medico-surgical education at the hôtel-dieu which will be the prelude to creation from the école secondaire de médecine de lyon, twenty two years later, intraite´ de la fie`vre ente´ro-me´sente´rique, observe´e, reconnue, et signale´e publiquement a` l'hotel-dieu de p[ar]ison december , he delivered the farewell speech which terminated his duties as surgeon major and professor of surgical clinicare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiavec figures colorie´escatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoctavo: xl + 296 with a lovely folding coloured plateit was on december that the first course in surgical clinic was inaugurateddans les anne´es et , par mthis is an important book on the fever that ravaged france inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was a city councilor in lyon, president of the national society of medicine and medical sciences in lyon and president of the academy of sciences, fine arts and arts in lyonlovely full calf binding (some stains on the cover)compose´ en partie par emarc antoine petit () was a french surgeon who was the first to occupy the post of surgeon major at the hôtel-dieu de lyon; he was the initiator of medical and surgical education in lyon, which led in to the creation of the secondary school of medicineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Two years later, he escapes in a boat with a boy named xury; a captain of a portuguese ship off the west coast of africa rescues him see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ship is en route to brazilthis journey, too, ends in disaster, as the ship is taken over by salé pirates (the salé rovers) and crusoe is enslaved by a moorcrusoe sells xury to the captainafter a tumultuous journey where his ship is wrecked in a storm, his lust for the sea remains so strong that he sets out to sea againwith the captain's help, crusoe procures a plantationoxfam books & music perth crusoe (the family name corrupted from the german name "kreutznaer") set sail from kingston upon hull on a sea voyage in august , against the wishes of his parents, who wanted him to pursue a career in lawred wraps, award books no publication date, tanning to pages and page edges
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Many years later she tells her story from a hotel in new york, opening a window into an extraordinary half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradation and summoning up a quarter of a century of japan's dramatic historyoxfam bookshop hertford 'an epic tale and a brutal evocation of a disappearing world' the timesa young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha house'intimate and brutal, written in cool, lucid prose it is a novel whose psychological empathy and historical truths are outstanding' mail on sunday see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The author, william sleigh, does not seem to have left any personal history easily available to the casual researcher, but the book did belong to a john winship, of barton (on humber) & hull, who appears to have been (among other things) a sailor in the later years of the 19th century a little foxing noted on the first couple of leaves, and the title page has a small tear to the fore-edge, but otherwise the book is remarkably unworn and appears little used faded gilt spine divisions can still be seen inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages appear clean, though generally a little brownedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in surprisingly good condition for its great age, though its marbled paper-covered half-leather boards are rubbed, worn, and marked consistent with use, and the top two panels of the spine are partly detached; title in faded gilt on a red panel in the partly-detached portionof the most necessary subjects, divine, moral and literary", but it is not arranged in different sections for the different subjects - in double columns, it works through from a - z as any dictionary might do, so that 'history' is followed by 'holiness, holiness of god, honour (civil'), while 'christians' (several varieties) is followed by 'circumcision' - a rather amusing juxtaposition, and also preceded by 'children'oxfam books & music islington this unusual little book's lengthy title continues "  textblock edges all marbled
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Postcard celebrating the first posting of the 1d black(may ) from bath and stamped on same date 150 years later with the 20p double header stamp£5 each or 4 for £15
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On an august day eight years later, after the 'iron road' had reached many parts of england, the johnson family from essex caught a train at euston station and, within little more than twenty-four hours, were gazing in rapture at their first view of mountain sceneryinternally clean and bright"early in the railway age, william wordsworth mused wistfully in a letter from london to his family in the north, 'o that there was a railway to take me to kendal or lancasteror preston'Â minimal shelf wear, only a tiny blemish on the reverse cloth spine" includes a reproduction of the map from the guidebook used by the johnsonssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe illustrated record of their sojourn in the lake district, now in the wordsworth trust collection, contains an engaging account of their adventures, often enriched by their use of wordsworth's own 'guide to the lakes' and enlivened by unique glimpses of the poet himself and members of his familyoxfam shop kendal as new with an unbroken spine
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Oxfam shop thornbury one of the amazon editors' best books of following his hugely celebrated debut novel, the yellow birds, kevin powers returns to the battlefield and its aftermath, this time in his native virginia, just before and during the civil war and ninety years later' grazia see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe novel pinpoints with unerring emotional depth the nature of random violence, the necessity of love and compassion, and the fragility and preciousness of lifeit will endure as a stunning novel about what we leave behind, what a life is worth, what is said and unsaid, and the fact that ultimately what will survive of us is love'an american civil war epic which confirms powers as a significant talent' observer'gorgeous and devastating' new york times'achingly relevant
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More than a mere traveller's tale, this much-loved diary celebrates the history, passion and culture of the last unspoilt corner of franceyou may still travel the length of the route with a donkey to carry your bags and pass the time of day with farmers and country folkfor visitors pressed for time or reluctant hikers, the book even includes a range of cheating options - hopping on a school bus to save a day's trek here and there, even driving from village to village see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music olneystevenson's route is now a nationally recognised and preserved ramblers trail and takes in some of france's most stunning and unspoilt countryside this edition of the rl stevenson book includes a modern addition by laurence phillips entitled in the footsteps of rls  read it and live it for yourself: the classic 19th century travelogue by the author of "treasure island" is the evergreen story of one man's 200-mile hike through the mountainous heart of france, and his love-hate relationship with his companion modestine, a donkey with a personality as broad as the dramatic landscapes of the languedoc and beyondthis new edition, on the 130th anniversary of the original publication, features an eat and sleep guide for the modern traveller keen to follow in the footsteps (and hoof prints) of the original adventurersthis edition even tells you which villages and hamlets on the trail have a resident physiotherapist, should the walking start to take its tollin laurence phillips companion section, discover up-to-date reviews of dozens of places to eat, from the starched napkins of great restaurants to home cooked meals around a kitchen table; find plenty of hotels, guesthouses, campsites, even one of stevenson's monasteries, on the original route: take a fresh look at the ever glorious lozere and southern auvergne and discover tips for everyone passing through or hiking the original route - whether travelling with a donkey, strolling with the family and friends, walking the dogs, driving through the region or even exploring in a wheelchairthere are no international chain hotels in the lozere, and hospitality is left to innkeepers, taverniers, monks and local familieslots of advice for disabled guests, and heads up on which restaurants and hotels accept donkeys and dogs as guests
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years later, after a darkness appears in the beast world which leaves kumatetsu facing a deadly battle to maintain control over his realm, the teenage kyuta is torn between helping his master win his fight or returning home to shibuya to resume his old lifedisc and packaging in very good conditionwhen nine-year-old orphan kyuta (voice of luci christian/eric vale) discovers a mysterious passageway that leads to the land of beasts, he is taken in by kumatetsu (john swasey), a legendary warrior looking for a new apprenticesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle animated adventure
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It was no surprise when a couple of years later this led to the screen going blankusb cable to link to a pc or card reader to download photos to a device with large rectangular usb porthe/she had cleaned it up as best they could
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Definitely a hoys contender in later years read morethis lady has the bone and is going to go fara future championtop quality welsh a filly foal out of sarum rosie lee medal winner and by springbourne envoy medal winner and hoys finalists
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Org, 28th november about the author lucian stone is assistant professor of philosophy at southern illinois university edwardsville' --oxfordjournalsreview 'a collection of essays on the continuing significance of simon weil is likely to be welcome to those interested in serious reflection on religions and their traditions
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First close to abstraction, the painter started to add male and female portraits to his artworks a few years lateroreke inspired both by the artistic style developed by the initiators of the pop art movement and by the aesthetics of american comics of the 50s and 60sthe frequent use of drips, the large proportion given to typographical characters and the occasional insertion of collages amplify the dynamism of his works and enhance the ‘comic book’ look of his stagingsdescribed by the artist as ‘street pop art’, his style is resolutely contemporary, full of energy and fantasyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoreke discovered pictorial arts through the practice of graffiti, early soreke’s touch lies in its backgrounds, he essentially works with spray paint as in graffiti artour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehis characters finally complete the whole artwork and thus improve the often humorous story told by the painteronce the canvas is filled with the sprayed paint, the artist adds ink and acrylicalways powerfully colourful, the graphic compositions of mrusing his spray paints, he first adorned walls with his colourful drawings before making them on canvasplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Shelf wear to top and bottom edges of spineoxfam bookshop newport one in a series of novels presenting an idealized portrait of france during the reign of queen marie antoinette, but also showing the decadence of the nobility of the time, with its ending seeming to suggest the "beginning of the end" of the nobilityheavy tanning to text blockvarious scuffs, marks and areas of discolouration to boardsgreen cloth covered boards with gilt text to front and spine, and blind embossed decoration to frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresplit to rear endpaper at hinge, revealing linen binding beneathbinding has separated at places within text block, but is still intact
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