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costain and printed by collins in pages all intact but showing signs of ageingwritten by thomas ba fictional story of a tontine (a strange and enticing form of gamble, part lottery, part insurance) which begins with the battle of waterloo
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Detective hartley (alfred burke) is investigating the rapid increase in the number of missing women, while scientist jack costain (john saxon) is looking into the rise in alien activityin 'captive' (), set in the year ad, earth is at war with the planet sthyroliahowever, when the creature removes its suit, it becomes invisible, and it's up to agent hazen (ted cooper) and lieutenant bowers (harry landers) to find the alien and save the dayfinally, in the short 'the dream doctor' (), a gypsy (julie suedo) interprets people's dreams and gives them readings, but is there more to her talents than meets the eye? see oxfam website for delivery information read morecyclops' (), having discovered a precious source of radium in the peruvian andes, drthorkell (albert dekker) begins mining the radioactive substance for use in his experimentsin 'stranger from venus' () an alien arrives on earth to warn its inhabitants to cease their destructive ways before it's too late'target earth' () follows a couple as they try to seek refuge from an impending invasion of robots from the planet venusin 'once in a new moon' () the small town of shrimpton-on-sea is pulled into space by the force of a passing dead star, sparking conflict among the new planet's inhabitants as they try to reorganise themselves into a fairer social structurebullfinch (charles halton) and his assistant for their helpwhen the creature lands in santa monica, its alien ship causes radio transmissions to go haywire, which alerts the authorities to its presencethis begins to strain thorkell's eyesight however, and so he summons drin 'the night caller' () aliens from jupiter's moon, ganymede, come to earth in search of females to mate with'in psi factor' (), after a rogue scientist receives suspected extraterrestrial communications, he tries to decipher a possible motive while nefarious organisations try to cover up the truthin 'the alien factor' () a spaceship crash-lands in maryland, releasing a number of alien specimens that were bound for an intergalactic zoo, to terrorize the small townwhen thorkell no longer needs help, he attempts to send them away, but as they resist he decides to investigate the effects of his shrinking process on humansmany of these experiments use radium to shrink various animals taken from the jungle, with droxfam original liverpool collection of classic sci-fi featureswill they be too late to put a stop to the creatures' plans? 'phantom from space' () follows an extraterrestrial that lands in america and sparks a nationwide manhuntthorkell observing all of his subjects in their miniature statesthe threatening appearance of the alien in its huge spacesuit inspires fear in the locals, and it kills two men in self-defence, triggering a huge police searchit is some time, however, before they make a connection between the twowhen their spaceship is shot down, and they find themselves stranded, a group of aliens take a family hostage while they try to figure out a way off the planet
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Oxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europethe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviafrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe successful bidder was fred fdolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annethe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inwhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmenthowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, infrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker village
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