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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 books & music durham penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carréinterweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring qualityintelligence 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 good
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(hong kong: the club, )eastern waters eastern winds: a history of the royal hong kong yacht club: : one hundred years1st hardback published by the royal hong kong yacht club inchapters: : in the lee of dragons; : laying the mark; : before thewind; : cruising in company; : across the line; : dress overall; : the course aheadwith a signature and dedication by the author on the half-title page and a dedicatory message beneath thatoxfam books & music fareham chambers, gillianintroduction by vic locke, commodorein excellent, hardly-read used conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more4to, blue cloth, gilt crest to front board, gilt lettering to spinewith bibliography and lots of photographsforeword by the right honourable christopher patten, governor of hong konga huge, handsome, and extensively-illustrated centennial history of this venerable yacht club
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And louis farrakhan, to make our world anew is an unforgettable portrait of a people"to make our world anew" reconstructs u the book is in very good condition with near pristine pages but it's dust-jacket does have a small amount of wearthe hard back has little to no signs of usage otherwisehistory through the experiences and struggles of black americanssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom harriet tubman and frederick douglass to martin luther king, jroxfam bookshop victoria road used: very good conditionwritten by a team of 11 pf the most renown historians on the subject, this volume offers a panoramic view of black life, rich with first-person accounts that invite readers to view the past through the eyes of african americans
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe coat of arms is attached to a red velvet-lined wooden panelthe casings for the lights can be removed after which they are suitable for thick candles with a diameter of up to 4 cm (see 9 and 10)a very distinct coat of arms, gold colour painted with 2 light pointsthe electrical wiring is old of course and no longer according to today's requirementsoriginally these were holders for candlesplease 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 available5 cm width: 35 cm depth: 20 cm in good, used condition with some visible wear
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A feast of crowsa game of thronesdancing dragons part 1 & 2a song of ice and firethey are as good as new so could be given as a birthday or christmas presenta clash of kingsstorm of swords part 1 & 2a set of 7 paper backs by george r
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiantique silver pair of corinthian style candlesticks with removable nozzles and beaded bordersthe dimensions of this fine pair of hand-made antique silver candlesticks are: length 12made in sheffield made by thomas a scott fully english hallmarked for sterling silver5 oz / weighted) (nozzles 48 grams together)bit of scratching on the top of a scone5 cm wide at base 8condition: very good conditionlook at my other adverts for more quality silverwhen buying more items from me, you only pay once for postage costsfluted columns and square bases with hand-chased swags of acornsone tiny dent to a corner and a couple of tiny pinprick indentations here and thereplease 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 storei will post from the netherlandscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableacorns really jump out of it, very much detail in it
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It weighs 120 gramsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditiondimensions: it has a length of 88 cmit holds a wrist strap in the hole belowthe wood is special as it has the spots of a pantheri think the wood has been lacquered or treated as the base seems to be made of a bamboo-like wooddepicted is an arabian man wearing a fez (moroccan hat)please 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 storehe has a beard and has a sour lookthe cane will be properly packaged and shipped with insurance and registrationyou are bidding on a wonderful walking cane carved from a single piece of woodit light in weight and splits easilycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt illustration of a ship to the front boardbound in green linen boardsnewspaper cutting stuck to the title pageillustration of queen victoria is stuck to the title versothe ends of the spine are worn, and the board corners are bumpedpencil inscription to the inside of the front boardillustrated throughout with many sketch maps, and it has 5 full page plates plus a huge fold out map at the back of the booka history of newfoundland from the english, colonial, and foreign records by dplease 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 storethis second edition was published in by eyre & spotiswoodegilt title lettering to the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis book is in good condition, the pages are clean and bright, and tightly bound with no loose or missing pages 634pp 25cm x 17cm
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikias 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 manuscripthowever, there might be some slight signs of ageing or marginal dirt that do not damage anything at alltotal size of the handwritten parchment: 11size of the handwritten part: 6 x 4illuminated manuscript on parchment, xv century ( circa), written most likely in a scriptorium in central-northern francethis handwritten parchment is in rather good condition, considering its nearly 600 years of ageplease 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 storetext in latin and sometimes in french, liturgical manuscript in elegant gothich-batarde style, a classic of the xv centuryhandwritten text on one column of 16 lines with the use of a pale dark brown ink and annotated with pale red inkcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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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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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