Almost seventy years later
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Shona, born almost seventy years later, is headstrong and striking born in carlisle in , brought up in a children's home and by reluctant relatives, evie, with her wild hair and unassuming ways, seems a quiet, undemanding childoxfam bookshop cheltenham a powerful, moving story about motherhood, abandonment and guilt which casts a shadow across generationsshe grows up in comfort and security in scotland, the only child of doting parents the two girls have only one thing in common: both were abandoned as babies by their mothersdifferent times, different circumstances, but these two girls grow up sharing the same obsessionboth mothers dread disclosure; both daughters seek emotional compensation and, ultimately, revengesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach sets out to stalk and then haunt her natural motherbut there are, as she discovers, unanswered questions about her past
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" in leadville, ed platt tells the story of western avenue from the optimism of its construction in the s to its partial demolition seventy years laterbut almost dickensian in the recording of the colour and pathos of its inhabitants' tim lott, the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road "one afternoon in january , as i drove along western avenue, i did what i had never done before: i parked the car in a side-street and walked on to the road'platt has created a drama that is not only orwellian in its attention to what you might call the state of the nationit is a tale of the city and the traffic, of suburbia and the dreams of its inhabitants, and of our senseless and all-consuming love affair with the motor car
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seventy years later, after a particularly troubling case, sadie sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the metropolitan policealice edevane, sixteen years old and a budding writer, is especially excitedoxfam bookshop cheltenham the lake house by kate morton is the mysterious and enchanting fifth novel from the number one bestselling author of the house at riverton and the secret keeperbut by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night skies, the edevane family will have suffered a loss so great that they leave loeanneth foreveran abandoned housenot only has she worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn'tuntil one day, sadie stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a tracean unsolved mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejune , and the edevane family's country house, loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated midsummer eve partymeanwhile, in the attic writing room of her elegant hampstead home, the formidable alice edevane, now an old lady, leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writesshe retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in cornwall but soon finds herself at a loose enduntil a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past, seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets alice has spent her life trying to escape
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The letters lead her back almost seventy years to pre-war norfolkall too quickly it is clear that what happened long ago under the shadow of vesuvius, she suspects, still has the power to cause terrible painpraise for rachel hore's novels: 'compelling, engrossing and moving; a perfect holiday indulgence' santa montefiore' fascinating, hugely readable' judy finnigan 'an elegiac tale of wartime love and secrets' telegraph 'a tender and thoughtful tale' sunday mirror 'pitched perfectly for a holiday read' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morenot only is it the very place where her grandfather was stationed as a soldier in , but she also discovers that it harbours the secret of a love long lostbut as briony delves into sarah and paul's story, she encounters resentments and secrets still tightly guardedoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of a week in paris, and a place of secrets, comes a timeless love story, lost in letters of the pasthanded a bundle of tattered letters found buried at the villa, briony becomes enraptured by the blossoming love story between sarah bailey, an english woman, and paul hartmann, a young germanthe richard and judy book club pick can a chance encounter unlock one woman's past? on holiday in italy, briony wood becomes fascinated by the wartime story of a ruined villa hidden amongst the hills of naples
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almost 100 years later came one of the most important experiments in scientific history, by the young misfit new zealander, ernest rutherfordhe showed the atom consisted mostly of space, and in doing so turned 200 years of classical physics on its headits story is one riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of geniusyet, he and a handful of other revolutionary young scientists weren't prepared for the shocks nature had up her sleevethis is the first popular account of the fascinating story of the atomjohn dalton gave us the first picture of the atom in the early sit was a brilliant dane, neils bohr, who made the next great leap - into the incredible world of quantum theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremind-bending discoveries about the atom were destined to upset everything we thought we knew about realityeven today as we peer deeper and deeper into the atom, it throws back as many questions at us as answersoxfam bookshop cheltenham all things are made of atoms, little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart but repelling upon being squeezed into one anotherno one ever expected the atom to be as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as it turned out to be
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Now, almost 50 years later, an unauthorized sgovernment allowed fbi special agent jimmy woo to forge a team of unlikely heroessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich the spymission goes down in flames - and from the ashes arise forces from the golden age of marvel! collects agents of atlas 1-6together, they stormed the fortress of a criminal mastermind to rescue president eisenhower - but the group disbanded soon afterduring the late s, the u
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Collection only purchased in almost 7 years later and in such good condition amazing bike amazing enjoyable ride read morecan send more pictures of anything specific or the whole bikebike is in great condition has been kept inside a shed as it is no longer being usedgears on both handlesas this is for sale on other platforms please confirm with us before purchasing, happy to answer any questions or send more pictures bike is in good used condition, there are some paint chips and scratches on the bike but very good for its age please see picturescomes with lock and key shown on picture and a bell and a bottle holder
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Published in to celebrate seventy years of 'birmingham's airport and the events that shaped an era'luxury limited circulation large format paperback (approx 12 ins x 8+ ins) written by freelance journalist and regional airport advocate malcolm handleywould prefer local buyer: postage cost on requestwith 203 pages of interesting facts and beautiful illustrations, this book is in exceptionally good condition - virtually as new
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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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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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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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Jcb 240v corded 360w 1/2 sheet sander - hardly used - almost 2 years guarantee remaining - bought this just over a year ago, used it a few times of planks of wood wanted to make a tablethese 360w sell for over £60not been used since - clearing workshop as movingorbit diameter 24mm/orbit speed (no load) - rpm 225mm wide x 113mm long sanding plate supplied with a 3 m cable
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Dumpy 4 litre charging bottle,300 bar, complete with valve, luminous guage,(can read and fill at night)and whip, due its first test end april ,so almost 3 years test left, has rubber boot/stand,very easy to move around, and very stable standing on boot,unmarked,and fills really slowly so you don't need to top off chargejust add ur quick fill adaptor and off you go, has plenty air in too, no post collection only
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We are looking to rehome our two healthy goldfish, they are almost 2 years old but need to be in a pond or larger tank
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This is bruce he is almost 4 years old and we have to find him a forever home its a sad time for us but for the best the bruce we cant keep himhe is okay on a lead better off than onhe is a loving dog he has been around 4 small children and a cat
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Articles from seventy years of this publication unused copy but has some tears on dust jacket otherwise condition is very good almost like newbeano and dandy crazy about creatures
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It was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining "in exile" for the next seventy yearsand depending on where you stood at the time they were seventy years of heaven, or of hell opinions invariably ran to extremes, as did the behaviour of the popes themselvesthis is a portrait sketch of that erasmall marks to pageblockthe city chosen to replace rome was avignonoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , signal booksand at the centre of the picture is avignon itself, as it grew from being a relatively insignificant town on the rhône to become, albeit briefly, one of the great capitals of the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredustwrapper clean, small mark of glue left by old label on back boardat the beginning of the fourteenth century anarchy in italy led to the capital of the christian world being moved from rome for the first and only time in historyillustrated in b&w
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What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beautytwenty years later kirsten, an actress in the travelling symphony, performs shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapseclarke awardlonglisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction national book awards finalistpen/faulkner award finaliststation eleven by emily stmartin, author of game of thronesthe new york times bestsellerwinner of the arthur cbeautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac, a book that i will long remember, and return tothe world will never be the same againjohn mandel is a bold vision of a dystopian future, frighteningly real, perfect for fans of margaret atwood's the handmaid's taleone snowy night in toronto famous actor arthur leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetimebut then her newly hopeful world is threatenedif civilization was lost, what would you preserve? and how far would you go to protect it? see oxfam website for delivery information read morestands above all the othersthat same evening a deadly virus touches down in north americaoxfam shop evesham 'best novel
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And it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slumscoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himself see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understandthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tonethe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earnedthe first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceivedmurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold
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What was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beautytwenty years later kirsten, an actress in the travelling symphony, performs shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapseclarke awardlonglisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction national book awards finalistpen/faulkner award finaliststation eleven by emily stmartin, author of game of thronesthe new york times bestsellerwinner of the arthur cbeautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac, a book that i will long remember, and return tothe world will never be the same againjohn mandel is a bold vision of a dystopian future, frighteningly real, perfect for fans of margaret atwood's the handmaid's taleone snowy night in toronto famous actor arthur leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetimebut then her newly hopeful world is threatenedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestands above all the othersthat same evening a deadly virus touches down in north americaif civilization was lost, what would you preserve? and how far would you go to protect it? in excellent near-new conditionoxfam bookshop lincoln 'best novel
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Trains seventy trains 'seventy by j50 economy delivery item location: ashton-under-lyne, item specifics condition: good: about the condition format: hardback publication year: author: jsnelllisted item information condition: good price: £1b snell language: english subject: trains & railways publisher: ian allan this is a hardback book of 'trains 'seventy' by j b snell its in good condition can be collected fom ol6 7ps or posted to you
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Blue seventy reaction wetsuit size medium worn less than 10x blue seventy reaction wetsuitposted by david in water sports, wetsuits & accessories in woodley
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seventy seven stork standard (hand made in japan) specifications body: 2-piece maple plaintop / 2-piece chambered african mahogany back neck: 1-piece african mahogany nut: bone fingerboard: indian rosewood machineheads: gotoh / sd90-sl pickups: seventy seven ah255 bridge: gotoh / ge104b & ge101a finish: cherry sunburst top lacquer case: black tolex hardshell / green plush interior / luthier's checklist
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seventy seven stork standard (hand made in japan) excellent condition specifications body: 2-piece maple plaintop / 2-piece chambered african mahogany back neck: 1-piece african mahogany nut: bone fingerboard: indian rosewood machineheads: gotoh / sd90-sl pickups: seventy seven ah255 bridge: gotoh / ge104b & ge101a finish: cherry sunburst top lacquer case: black tolex hardshell / green plush interior / luthier's checklist
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He stayed in rome and nearly 20 years later his book “antiquities of the jews” (antiquitates judaicae) was published for greek and roman readerswith almost 200 (!) beautiful copper engravings in the text and some double-page prints and the map of jerusalemthere he was given a home and an incomeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikijosephus went back to rome with titus after the fall of jerusalem94 ad) and “the jewish war” (c75 ad) the emphasis is on the first century ad, especially on the jewish revolt against the roman occupation in the period ad (the first jewish–roman war) that resulted in the destruction of jerusalem in 70many quires and ppthrough the work of josephus, it is possible to place the new testament in the context of history and customs of the jews in that periodinitially josephus flavius participated in the first jewish–roman war () as as head of jewish forcesjerusalem and the jewish temple were destroyed by the romans in this revoltin this book he describes the history of his people from the time the world was created until his own timeas a freedman of the flavian emperors, he was allowed to take the name flaviuscondition: moderate to fair - needs to be re-boundthese works provide valuable insight into judaism in the first century and the history of early christianitytext seems to be completethe eyewitness accounts and research by flavius josephus are the most important extra-biblical source for this periodtitus flavius josephus (37-cthe first passage is known as the testimonium flavianum (antiquitates judaicae, xviiifollowing a dream he had when he was a prisoner of war, he predicted that the roman commander vespasian would become emperor of romewaarby komt het gezantschap van philo aan den keyzer kaligula, alles uyt de oversetting van den heer d'andilly in't nederduytsch overgebragt door wxx, 200) accounts the execution of james (the leader of the jewish christian community in jeruzalem), who is referred to as ‘the brother of jesus, who is called christ’some prints are missingas josephus wrote about the period in which the events of the new testament occurred, the work of josephus is of great importance to the study of early christianityhe also wrote an autobiography (vita) and a polemic work, “against apion” (contra apionem), in which he refuted certain allegations against the jewish people and explained jewish lawjosephus wrote his works in koine greek in order to explain the history of the world to the roman public from a jewish perspectivethe work of josephus includes two passages about jesus of nazareth(2 volumes) [and] egesippus van de joodsche oorlogen, en de verdelging jerusalems - amsterdam, pieter mortier, parts in 1 volume - () pp - half-leather binding; spine with large raised bands and letter piece - cm (large folio)loose, frayed and with tears in front, in the middle approxvery dark and sharp printsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejosephus himself upheld the laws of moses and believed that judaism and greek-roman thinking could be united into what is called hellenistic judaismfrayed at edges, large print torn, light moisture stain in part egesippuspaper overall neat and crispwhen that actually really happened, vespasian granted him a pardon100) was a roman-jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestrycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablealthough there is controversy about this among historians, josephus seems to be one of the first outside of the gospel writers to have mentioned jesus and his title “christ”in his two most important works “antiquities of the jews” (cflavius josephus - alle de werken van flavius josephus: behelzende twintig boeken van de joodsche oudheden, 't verhaal van zyn eygen leeven, de histori van de oorlogen der jooden tegens de romeynen, zyne twee boeken tegen apion, en zyne beschryving van den marteldood der machabeendespite the defects, a very interesting book in large format, especially because of the more than 200 (!) beautiful copper engravingsmust-have book for serious researchers of the times of the old and new testamentshighly detailed copper engravings, true masterpieces by jan and caspar luyken, the top engravers of the 18th century! the pictures provide a good impressionthe second passage (ibidin rome, josephus wrote “the jewish war” (de bello judaico), a work with the message that the fall of jerusalem and the jewish people were the will of god (the romans were instruments of god) and that it would be best to stop the resistance against the romanshe was captured in the early stages of this rebellion and probably owed his life to thisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop west bridgford cd in almost as new conditionthe reprisals against her family force her to drop her project, but years later the adult sonja decides to try againa bright bavarian girl, sonja (lena stolze), quickly becomes unpopular when she attempts to research an essay entitled 'my town in the third reich'michael verhoeven directs this look at modern german hypocrisy, based on the true story of anja rosmuscase clean with minor shelf wear markssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelanguage in german with english subtitles
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Twenty-five years later the kill club - a secret society obsessed with notorious crimes - gets in touch with libby to try to discover proof that may free benalmost broke, libby agrees to go back to her hometown to investigate - for a feebut when libby's search uncovers an unimaginable truth, she finds herself right back where she started: on the run from a killeroxfam shop colne road the bestselling phenomenon 'eerily macabrethe original 1 bestseller, by the author of gone girl 'i would rather read her than just about any other crime writer' kate atkinson'gillian flynn is the real deal: a sharp, acerbic and compelling storyteller' stephen king'an extraordinarily good writer' observer see oxfam website for delivery information read morewonderful' guardian'a nerve-fraying thriller' new york times'every bit as horribly fascinating as in cold blood' daily maillibby day was seven when her family was murdered: she survived by hiding in a closet - and famously testified that her older brother ben was the killer
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But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, abc's south asia correspondent, is posted to new delhi, the most polluted city on earthhaving given up a blossoming radio career in sydney to follow her new boyfriend to india, it seems like the ultimate sacrifice and it almost kills sarah - literallyafter being cursed by a sadhu smeared in human ashes, she nearly dies from double pheumoniafrom the 'brain enema' of a meditation retreat in dharamsala to the biggest hindu festival on earth on the steps of the ganges in varanasi, and with the help of the dalai lama, a goddess of healing hugs and a couple of bollywood stars - among many, many others - sarah discovers a hell of a lot moreit's enough to send a rapidly balding atheist on a wild rollercoaster ride through india's many religions in search of the meaning of life and deathoxfam bookshop st albans translation in to dutch of sarah macdonald's account of two experiences of india after backpacking her way around india, 21-year-old sarah macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to returnsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Gorgeous, charismatic and spontaneous, lee seems almost too perfect to be truefour years later, struggling to overcome her demons, catherine dares to believe she might be safe from harmuntil one phone call changes everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredriven into the darkest corner of her world, she plans a meticulous escapebut there is a dark side to him and his erratic, controlling and sometimes frightening behaviour means that catherine is increasingly isolatedoxfam shop evesham catherine has been enjoying single life for long enough to know a good catch when she sees one
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Sixty-five years later, the three 'miracle babies' met for the first time at mauthausen for the anniversary of the liberation that ultimately saved themjosef mengele; then to a german slave labour camp where, half-starved and almost worked to death, they struggled to conceal their condition; and finally, as the allies closed in, their hellish 17-day train journey with thousands of other prisoners to the mauthausen death camp in austriaalone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the nazis, these young women were privately determined to hold on to all they had left: their lives, and those of their unborn babiesthat the gas chambers ran out of zyklon-b just after the babies were born, before they and their mothers could be exterminated, is just one of several miracles that allowed them all to survive and rebuild their lives after world war iiunited by their remarkable experiences of survival against all odds, they now consider each other "siblings of the heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestrangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbandsborn survivors follows the mothers' incredible journey - first to auschwitz, where they each came under the murderous scrutiny of dr" in born survivors, wendy holden brings all three stories together for the first time to mark their seventieth birthdays and the seventieth anniversary of the ending of the waroxfam bookshop cheltenham among millions of holocaust victims sent to auschwitz ii-birkenau in , priska, rachel, and anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secreta heart-stopping account of how three mothers and their newborns fought to survive the holocaust, born survivors is also a life-affirming celebration of our capacity to care and to love amid inconceivable crueltyhundreds died along the way but the courage and kindness of strangers, including guards and civilians, helped save these women and their children
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