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At the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaderswe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power
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A bravura new interpretation of the course, causes and characters of the spanish civil war, still the twentieth century's bloodiest internal conflictanalysis of the civil war has always focused on victors and vanquished, but what of those who eschewed the struggle, those who stood apart from the carnage and chaos? was there a third way?starting at the extreme right of the political spectrum and moving across it to the extreme left, using the emblematic lives of ten key individuals, preston builds up an astonishingly vivid picture of how the war came to pass, and how those who started, suffered and stopped it were coloured by the experiencehere are brilliant psychological profiles of the communist firebrand la pasionaria, of the canny falangist primo de rivera, of the aloof intellectual non-participant salvador madariaga, and of the enigma himself, generalissimo francopreston finds his finest prose style yet in this scintillating book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds a brilliant new portrait of the spanish civil war from our greatest historian of spainoxfam books & music bury st
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The younger, sid hamm, became a communist before going to spainoxfam books & music bury stthe elder, frank thomas, had a powerful yearning for military adventuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morehamm was just arriving in spain to join the republican international brigadethis story of a parochial civil war within the most defining of all civil wars has come to light through robert stradling's discovery of two unknown documentsthey had similar backgroundsthree months later, thomas was back home, recuperating from terrible wounds, while hamm met his death attempting to puncture the very defence works which thomas had helped to constructrobert stradling has provided a comprehensive introduction to these two accounts, with detailed notes and explanatory glosses, complemented by a selection of maps and illustrationsedmunds during the spanish civil war two young welshmen volunteered to fight for their convictions - but on opposite sidesin april , by now a battle-hardened veteran, thomas was with franco's foreign legion near the town of brunete, helping to strengthen the nationalist trenches
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He examines all the key areas of marx's writings, including his early works, the communist manifesto, the german ideology and capital, explaining their wider historical and theoretical contextthe philosophy of marx will become the standard guide to marx's thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most influential french philosophers to have emerged from the s, balibar brings a lifetime of study and expertise to create a brilliantly concise portrait of marx that will initiate the student and intrigue the scholaroxfam books & music lichfield providing a lucid and accessible introduction to marx, complete with pedagogical boxes, a chronology and guides to further reading, etienne balibar makes the most difficult areas of his philosophy easy to understandmaking clear such concepts as class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress, determinism, commodity fetishism and the state, balibar includes brief yet incisive biographical studies of key marxists such as althusser, gramsci, engels and lenin
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Oxfam bookshop newark paperbacktight copy but the pages are age- brownedcover the period from the third world congress of the com international () to the fourth congress () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He has a memorable journey on a pilgrims' bus in persia, goes behind the iron curtain to meet communist dignitaries and speeds in his glamorous grey bentley to visit duchesses in the scottish borders book condition throughout very good: dust jacket complete and unmarked, cloth covers very good and all pages crisp and cleanoxfam bookshop shaftesbury when they met in trevor-roper, a young historian at christ church, oxford, was 33trevor roper promised to write to him and his letters continued until berenson's death in inberenson, the world-famous art critic, was 82, frail but still intensely curious about the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreelegantly constructed, beautifully and precisely written, they are shot through with high-octane malice, sharp judgements and blistering comments, and many wonderfully funny episodesrowse, anthony eden, gerald brenan, aat the same time he loves intrigue and controversysubjects range widely: several brilliant set-pieces on oxford college elections, books, journalism, publishing, politics (postwar europe, ex-nazis and collaborators, the cold war, suez, etc), history and history-writing, personal life (including marriage to earl haig's daughter alexandra after her messy divorce), travel, gossip, and so ontaylor, arnold toynbee, dimitri shostakovitch, c trevor-roper was an intellectual heavyweight, but the overall tone here is one of amusement at the human comedy', the vanity, snobbery and human weakness he sees all around himfigures in the letters include evelyn waugh, isaiah berlin, alewis and harold macmillan
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Oxfam shop evesham this is the first account of russia's second revolution - the country's dramatic, wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economyin the final stage of the book, freeland chronicles the end of the first wave of russia's capitalist revolution, detailing the economic crisis currently rumbling through the countrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was the height of market euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, a prosperous future seemed within easy reachwritten by one of the finest writers on contemporary russia, it is told by interweaving high politics with glimpses of the revolution's impact on the lives of ordinary peoplebeginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal living conditions in the soviet union, she moves on to the romantic early days of the capitalist transformationwoven through the book are remarkable stories - of yeltsin's use of popular psychics, of the might of the 'robber barons' who form alliances with criminal mafia gangs, of machiavellian politicians who 'have dealt with the devil and believe they have made a good bargain'
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Pamphlet of the surrealist andré breton () opposing louis aragon's communist poem ‘front rouge’ (printed at the end of the pamphlet)” (= ‘le surréalisme au service de la révolution’)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitestamped in red on the back: “le surréalisme athe pictures provide a good impression; they are part of the descriptionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe brochure is in good condition, it only has a moisture spot in the top right corner of ppjosé pierre: tracts surréalistes i, - sebbag 26 printed on india paperwill be shipped with track and traceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(the title of the pamphlet refers to a text by karl marx: ‘misère de la philosophie’
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The unlikely pair - the younger son of a duke and a journalist committed to the communist party find common ground as they seek for the truth behind the genera's murder and discover that everyone present - including the duke himself - had a motive for wanting sir alistair out of the waysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst published in hardback in , this classic detective story introducing lord edward corinth and verity browne was much acclaimedone of his guests is general sir alistair craig vc, who swallows poison in the duke's excellent port and dies just as latecomer lord edward corinth and journalist verity browne arrive on the sceneoxfam shop colne road it is august and the duke of mersham is hosting one of his influential parties, bringing together public figures interested in improving anglo-german relations
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The book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a yearone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholeprogressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclist
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He composed prolifically across a range of genres, but struggled through his lifetime for recognition from the british musical establishment, which largely ignored his worksoxfam music shop reading alan dudley bush (22 december october ) was a british composer, pianist, conductor, teacher and political activistsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea committed communist, his uncompromising political beliefs were often reflected in his music
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Oxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionlater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inthe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthe bravery of the protestorsthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverpolitical pluralismthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economyusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthere is some slight foxing to the inside
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The plate dates from the s or s and is a typical propaganda image in favour of joseph stalin and the communist regime of the timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteto make the prints 'cleaner', the etching plate needs to be polished, but i have chosen not to do soit is very clear to see that the etching plate has been damaged by frequent use and the yearsif interested, multiple prints can be madethe etching therefore has all kinds of unintended ink printsthe pictures of the etching plate clearly show the damageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis lot only concerns the etching, without the etching plate and without the frame and mat! read morethe photo with the frame and the mat gives a good impression of how the etching looks framedthe print is made on high-quality, acid-free etching paper that does not discolourare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat a flea market in warsaw i found an old etching plate depicting marx, engels, lenin and stalin
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The letters chronicle the social quirks and political upheavals of the twentieth century but also chart the stormy, enduring relationships between the uniquely gifted - and collectively notorious - mitford sistersoxfam bookshop cheltenham carefree, revelatory and intimate, this selection of unpublished letters between the six legendary mitford sisters, compiled by diana mitford's daughter-in-law, is alive with wit, passion and heartbreaksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere's nancy, the scalding wit and bestselling novelist; pamela, who craved a quiet country life; diana, the fascist wife of sir oswald mosley; unity, whose obsession with adolf hitler led to personal tragedy; jessica, the runaway communist; and deborah, the socialite who became duchess of devonshirea correspondence of this scope is rare; a collection penned by six born storytellers is irreplaceablewriting to one another to confide, tease, rage and gossip, the mitford sisters set out, above all, to amuse
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"since we are no longer hidebound by a monolithic communist system, the environmental issues must be discussed in the context of domestic politics, with each society attempting its own trade offs between employment and environmental improvement, albeit in the context of global pressures" see oxfam website for delivery information read moresecond editionoxfam bookshop newark hardback
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The author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold war based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinafirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yalu
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We know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningthis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgeshaunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved mostsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world warfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"twenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertainty
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morefive basic stages of economic growth are distinguished with detailed discussions of each stage including illustrative examplesoxfam bookshop lower petergate professor rostow gives an account of economic growth based on a dynamic theory of production and interpreted in terms of actual societiesthere is some foxing to the pages and the cover has some stainingthe final chapter includes a comparison of his non-communist manifesto with marxist theory
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The conflict started when the military garrisons of seventeen spanish cities rose in rebellion to the communist government, and escalated when left wing sympathisers joined the war on the side of the communists while hitler aided the right wing government in waitingedmunds using newsreel footage this documentary follows all the major battles and incidents of the three years of civil war in spainoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He was the first non-communist western correspondent to be granted residency by the communist government and he spent 30 months in pekingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book contains the memoirs of david chipp's life in peking together with six essays that he wrote on the history of english journalism, and a miscellany of reflections on some of the diverse aspects of his lifewith black and white and colour photographsdavid chipp had a distinguished career as a journalist which culminated in 17 years' service as editor in chief of the press association in fleet streetoxfam books & music beaconsfield one of a limited edition of 500 printed privately by the author's estateabsolutely minimal shelf wear to the dust coveran excellent clean copy
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Paris - first day sheet, 17th october, - battle of fontenoy - paris - first day sheet, 13th june, - périgueux postage stamp printing - first day sheet, 19th june, - sainte-chapelle de riom - riom (map) - first day sheet, 19th june, - sainte-chapelle de riom - riom - first day sheet, 6th february, - marianne - paris - first day sheet, 8th may, - the opening of the estates general, 5th may, - versailles - first day sheet, 20th february, - council of europe - strasbourg - first day sheet, 2nd january, - marianne - paris (map) - first day sheet, 24th-25th april, - twenty-first congress group philatelic massif central - first day sheet, 5th june, - rural family aid - angers - first day sheet, 16th october, - general delestraint - biache-saint-vaast - first day sheet, 19th june, - sainte-chapelle de riom - riom (postcard) - first day sheet, 8th april, - world month of the heart - paris - first day sheet, 24th april, - sea force's reserve officer - paris - first day sheet, 27th june, - world fencing championship - clermont-ferrand - first day sheet, 26th february, - 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) - riom - first day sheet, 18th february, - jean zay, - orléans - first day sheet, 16th march, - 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) - aigueperse - first day sheet, 16th march, - 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) - aigueperse (map) - first day sheet, 25th july, - seventy-third france's cyclist tour - first day sheet, 9th may, - 'gaspard des montagnes' (henri pourrat) - ambert - first day sheet, 7th march, - art cutlery - thiers + drawing on silk - first day sheet, 7th march, - liberty international philatelic exhibition, paris, - dijon - first day sheet, 21st august, - wrestling world championship - clermont-ferrand - first day sheet, 2nd december, - twenty-sixth congress of the french communist party - numbered 199 - first day sheet, 21st april, - liberty by eugène delacroix + drawing on silk - first day sheet, 25th march, - fifth anniversary, - first day sheet, 24th-25th june, - celebration of the federation of 14th july, - riom - first day sheet, 14th july, - philatelic souvenir - first day sheet, 15th december, - inauguration of the aubière's post office - aubière - first day sheet, 28th october, - centenary of the first electric tram - clermont-ferrand - first day sheet, 28th october, - centenary of the first electric tram - clermont-ferrand (map) - first day sheet, 24th-25th june, - celebration of the federation of 14th july, - riom (map) - first day sheet, 8th-9th december, - eloysien philatelic group - saint-éloy-les-mines - first day sheet, 2nd october, - world bowling - clermont-ferrand read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecheffer - paris - first day sheet, 7th june, - battles of mont-mouchet - saint-flour - first day sheet, 22nd march, - council of europe - strasbourg - first day sheet, 15th february, - church of brou - bourg-en-bresse - first day sheet, 22nd march, - general marceau - chartres - first day sheet, 10th april, - cap horner antoinette - saint-malo - first day sheet, 18th october, - normandie-niémen - paris - first day sheet, 15th february, - church of brou - bourg-en-bresse (map) - first day sheet, 16th may, - forty-third national congress of the federation of french philatelic societies - lens - first day sheet, 14th march, - 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) - paris - first day sheet, 6th march, - uour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelot consisting of 85 'first day' cover envelopes and/or cards supplied in a rigid album and its protective box complete list: - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) 15th march, - tunis - first day sheet, 12th june, - lourdes - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day), 25th june, - algiers - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day), 18th march, - riom - philatec philatelic exhibition, 13th september, - paris - first day sheet, 12th december, - jean-nicolas corvisart - first day sheet, 6th november, - cooperation - paris - first day sheet, 11th december, - first european exhibition - strasbourg - first day sheet, 25th september, - council of europe, european social charter - strasbourg - first day sheet, 6th november, - thirtieth anniversary of 'l'école de l'air' (military school) - salon-de-provence - first day sheet, 25th september, - 'les très riches heures du duc de berry' (the very rich hours of the duke of berry) - chantilly - first day sheet, 20th october, - 'tricentenaire du peuplement de l'île bourbon' (tricentenary of the bourbon island's colonisation) - paris - first day sheet, 25th september, - council of europe, european social charter - strasbourg (map) - first day sheet, 20th february, - charles d'orléans - paris - first day sheet, 23rd january, - uare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiparis - first day sheet, 9th may, - handing the european flag over to the city - orléans - first day sheet, 6th november, - thirtieth anniversary of 'l'école de l'air' (military school) - salon-de-provence (map) - first day sheet, 10th april, - 'maison des jeunes et de la culture' (youth and cultural centre) - paris - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day), 23rd march, - paris - first day sheet, 5th june, - 'maison de l'andorre à paris' (house of andorra in paris) - andorre-la-vieille - first day sheet, 22nd january, - auch's shield - auch - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day), 19th march, - paris - first day sheet, 6th may, - bicentenary of the reattachment of lorraine and barrois to france - nancy - first day sheet, 6th may, - bicentenary of the reattachment of lorraine and barrois to france - nancy (map) - first day sheet, 'journée du timbre' (stamp day), 19th march, - orléans - first day sheet, 30th april, - millennium of mont-saint-michel - mont-saint-michel - first day sheet, 5th november, - vercingétorix - clermont-ferrand - first day sheet, 23rd april, - pont of pont-saint-esprit - pont-saint-esprit - first day sheet, 12th february, - françois mansart - paris - first day sheet, 28th may, - fiftieth anniversary of the victory of verdun - verdun - first day sheet, 5th november, - clovis - reims - first day sheet, 24th september, - europa - paris - first day sheet, 14th december, - the red cross - troyes - first day sheet, 18th march, - 'journée du timbre' (stamp day) - paris - first day sheet, 29th june, - 'traité d'aix-la-chapelle' (treaty of aix-la-chapelle) - first day sheet, 12th october, - mexico olympic games - paris - first day sheet, 5th october, - second centenary of corsica's reattachment to france - ajaccio - first day sheet, 9th november, - fiftieth anniversary of the armistice - paris - first day sheet, 23rd august, - french landing in provence - saint-raphaël - first day sheet, 11th january, - republic of h
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These used 1 & 5 leva notes were currency during the communist era and shortly afterwards and are becoming rare collectors' itemsthey were withdrawn in upon revaluation and completely new notes were issuedi got them in when you took old shirts and jeans from the west to sell to the localstotally different today: even the cops abandoned their soviet style uniforms and now look like spanish policia! both for £12 with free receipted postage
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Set during the early fifties at the time of joseph mccarthy's communist witch-hunt, howard prince (allen) is a restaurant cashier who is asked to 'front' for several blacklisted television writers by submitting their scripts under his namesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good conditionat first, being politically uninterested, howard does this in order to pay off his gambling debtsdrama directed by martin ritt and starring woody allen, zero mostel and andrea marcoviccibut as he becomes more personally involved with the writers and their work he starts questioning the system that is driving these writers underground
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It takes issue, too, with the customary view of brecht's career and politics which sees him as compromising either with communist party dogma or bourgeois aestheticssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop exeter this study argues with received accounts to reclaim brecht's emphasis, re-examining the concepts of gestus and verfremdung and their realisation in brecht's poetry in terms of his attempt to consciously apply the methods of dialectical materialism to art and cultural practicethe dustjacket, while bright and without tears, has faded on and near the spinethe book has owner's name in ink, but all pages are bright and unmarked
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Nancy, the scalding wit who transferred her family life into bestselling novels; pamela, who craved nothing more than a quiet country life; diana, the fascist jailed with her husband, oswald mosley, during wwii; unity, an attempted suicide, obsessed with hitler; jessica, the runaway communist and fighter for social change; and deborah, the genial socialite who found herself duchess of devonshirespanning the twentieth century, these magically vivid letters between the legendary mitford sisters constitute not just a superb social and historical chronicle (what other family counted among its friends hitler and the queen, cecil beaton and president kennedy, evelyn waugh and givenchy?); they also give an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationship between six beautiful and gifted women who emerged from the same stock, incarnated the same indomitable spirit, yet carved out starkly different roles and identities for themselveswriting to one another to confide, commiserate, tease, rage and gossip, the sisters wrote above all to amusesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeditor charlotte mosley -- diana mitford's daughter-in-law -- has had unrestricted access to the vast archive of family letters and photographs, most of which have never been published beforea correspondence of this scope is rare, for it to be penned by six such born storytellers makes it uniqueoxfam bookshop hertford the never-before published letters of the legendary mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century's signal events played out in the lives of a controversial and uniquely gifted family
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Recipient of the dedication: alicia parada ritchie (sister of chilean actor, theatre director, teacher and prominent communist activist roberto parada)title: flor para todos handwritten letter attributed to pablo nerudacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepablo neruda instituted this system by which he would not have to waste much time writing, just add a namesigned: [flor parra todos / isla negra / / pablo neruda / para alicia parada] - note: - note: it comes without a certificate of authenticity (coa), but the authorship is guaranteed by the ownerstructure and research on the text: the strongest theory with regard to these dual documents is that pablo neruda used a pocket notebook of academic use with generic dedication texts and simple drawings, in order to tear the pages out of the notebook due to the requests for dedications he receivedmaterial: non-glossy paper envelope, darkened colour due to aging, coming from a notebookpablo neruda is usually very orderly when he makes a letter from beginning to end, but when the manuscript is already half elaborated, and picks it up to build a piece from others, already written, and with different motivations, he builds a frankenstein worksubject matter: dedication and drawing date of creation: place of creation: isla negraour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storededication attributed to pablo neruda, in green and black inkare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5 x 12 cm gender and nature of the document: quick dedication, of an affectionate naturematerial: dual on the one hand there is a classic dedication in green ink, generic in nature, and on the other there is an addition in specific black ink with the name of the recipientdimensiones: 18writing material: green ink pen and black ink pen
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8 [prints] nature of the publication: it’s a collective project of political nature, linked to the italian communist movements of the mid-sedition: brigada pablo nerudacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontent: 1 sheet containing 8 excerpts of the collection of poems of pablo neruda in spanish and in italian; these poetic excerpt are related to the illustrations, and 8 colour screen printsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5 x 35 cm pages: 1 ffthe purpose is to condemn the violence against young chileans by the chilean state through this tribute to poet pablo neruda, as they consider him one of their own and the main chilean literary figure of all timecondition: very good, no flaws, good colour quality, complete, intact, cleanlimited numbered series: author: collective, ‘brigada pablo neruda’ paperback binding, cover in small letters, with a central colour illustration
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Size: - 18 x 14 cm ricardo fonseca was a chilean communist activist and politician, founder of the teaching workers international, itecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemember of the centro hijos of tarapacátitle: a la memoria de ricardo fonsecacondition: good, no flaws, all pages are firm and solid, no tears, a small stain on the cover bottom left, the rest in perfect conditionpagination: - 8 pphis trade-union work opened the doors to the new chilean intellectuals, which provoked a new political and cultural direction in chilebinding: paperback booklet with flaps, folded into sections, an original central staple holds the structureour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenational leader of the general associations of teachers, of the federation of teachers, and the union of teachersin gratitude after his death, pablo neruda and a group of intellectuals paid tribute to him with this booklettribute editionnote: newspaper serials are extremely rare, there is hardly any knowledge of thesefor pablo neruda, ricardo fonseca meant a lot in the worker's struggle, and he paid him this tributeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicontent: it includes a prologue by a certain jand the text of pablo nerudasantiago de chile
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Oxfam shop ulverston the author was a christian missionary imprisoned in communist china after their invasion of tibet in8vo blue cloth/gold pp255 f-/vg- see oxfam website for delivery information read more this book is the second of his trilogy of his prison experiences (the first volume is called when iron gates yield and the third is titled the sky is red), is near fine, in slightly worn originally priced dustwrapper, a nice copy
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(b) 3 coins of former communist yugoslavia , (c) spain - 10 coins of franco era - one coin and 9 coins with franco's head ('s, 50's & 60's) not shown in photos, and free to purchaser, if wanted: 20 pre-euro coins from france, italy and netherlands, almost all from ’s and ’s403 troy ounces silver) of cent coins of and cent coin of cent coin of nd photo: (a) australian coin - penny (pre-decimal currency) with kangaroo(b) federation of nigeria three pence(c) eire d coin(b) 3 belgian coins and1st photo: (a)luxembourg - obverse side: puddler (iron worker), inscribed letzeburg (luxembourg)(e) 2 coins of jersey - coin "one twelfth of a shilling" and coin "one fourth of a shilling"(d) isle of man one pennyone 5f coin and two 1f coins3rd photo (a) 2 coins from greece - 10 drachma coin of and 5 drachma coin ofmiscellaneous coins from bolivia, india, cuba and turkeyreverse side; crowned monogram of charlotte50 "royal mail signed for” or collection from wooburn green, bucks (near beaconsfield)(c) 5 swiss coins - 5 fr coin (
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