Dear life a doctors story of love
List dear life a doctors story of love
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Powerful, moving and at times quite devastating, this is judith tebbutt's story in her own wordsa couple for thirty-three years, they had first met in zambia: africa had played a major part in their life togetheroxfam bookshop cheltenham this is the story of how, over a period of one hundred and ninety-two days, i was torn away from the life i knew and loved, and dragged down to the depths of despair; of how i endured enforced isolation and near-starvation at the hands of somali pirates; and of how i made a choice to survive by any and all means that i could musterjudith was torn away from david by a band of armed pirates, dragged over sea and land to a village in the arid heart of lawless somalia, and there held hostage in a squalid room, a ransom on her headafter a joyous week on safari in the masai mara, they flew on to a beach resort forty kilometres south of somaliaand there, in the early hours of 11 september, tragedy struck themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein september judith tebbutt and her husband david set out on an adventurous holiday to kenyathere, too, she learned the terrible truth that the responsibility of securing her release now rested with her son ollie
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Discover my life unzipped in this great new fill-in book with a zip! my life unzipped is a sensational new book for tweens, ready to be completed! the fill-in book becomes "the story of my life," focusing on everyday life, amusing and embarrassing situations at home, school and elsewhere, secrets shared with friends, likes and dislikes, family, dreams and aspirations, from the child's point of viewthe spaces in the text encourage tweens to get involved in writing their own sidehilarious illustrations and great ideas to get kids writing their own informal journals are safely kept secret inside the zip-up cover
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So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitzfor lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sighti recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of warshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toooxfam shop pershore the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryi tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust
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So begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitzfor lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sighti recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of waroxfam bookshop hertford the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toocoming septemberi tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingwaiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girlin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenaudon't miss heather morris's next book, stories of hope' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust
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The last act of love: the story of my brother and his sistertitle: the last act of love: the story of my brother and his sisterauthor(s): rentzenbrink, cathy
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Told with boundless warmth and affection, the last act of love by cathy rentzenbrink is a heartbreaking yet uplifting testament to a family's survival and the price we pay for loveit's a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changedthis is the story of what happened to cathy and her brother, and the unimaginable decision that she and her parents had to make eight years after the night that changed everythingin the summer of , cathy's brother matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night outthey did not know then that there are many and various fates worse than deathoxfam bookshop cheltenham a richard and judy book club selectionsitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding his hand and watching his heartbeat on the monitors, cathy and her parents willed him to surviveit was two weeks before his gcse results, which turned out to be the best in his schoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music perth drummond of hawthornden: the story of his life and writing  no dust jacket a valuable account of william drumond's life & writings by the celebrated biographer of miltona companion piece to drummond, poetical works of william drummond of hawthornden not an ex library cope see oxfam website for delivery information read moregreen cloth with gilt decoration and lettering
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love emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsit provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hairthis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processcourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seathe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionsit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham bringing sixteenth-century languedoc vividly to life, kate mosse's the burning chambers is a gripping story of love and betrayal, mysteries and secrets; of war and adventure, conspiracies and divided loyaltiesmeanwhile, as a long-hidden document threatens to resurface, the mistress of puivert is obsessed with uncovering its secret and strengthening her powercarcassonne : nineteen-year-old minou joubert receives an anonymous letter at her father's bookshopsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresealed with a distinctive family crest, it contains just five words: she knows that you livebut before minou can decipher the mysterious message, a chance encounter with a young huguenot convert, piet reydon, changes her destiny forevertoulouse: as the religious divide deepens in the midi, and old friends become enemies, minou and piet both find themselves trapped in toulouse, facing new dangers as sectarian tensions ignite across the city, the battle-lines are drawn in blood and the conspiracy darkens furtherfor piet has a dangerous mission of his own, and he will need minou's help if he is to get out of la cité alive
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Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men undergoing unbelievable hardshipssuch were the trials facing the men who shipped out as doctors on south seas whalers in the early nineteenth centuryirritable captainstropical diseasein this lively and often darkly humorous tale we learn what type of person would sign on for a dangerous three year voyage across the globe, what types of medicines and surgical tools were available and what sort of people they encountered on remote south seas islands
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Songs like minute prologue, passing thrum nancy, tonight will be fine, story of isaac cbs ex/ex read moreleonard cohen – songs of leonard cohen great abum4 songs like suzanna, so long marianne, winterlady, sisters of mercy, the stranger songs, winter lady cbs ex/ex leonard cohen – songs from a room great abum songs; bird on a wire, story of isaac, the partisan, tonight will be fine, seems so long ago, the butcher cbs s ex/ex leonard cohen – songs of love and hateare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigreat abum from songs like famous blue raincoat, avalanche, diamonds in the mine, they locked u a man cbs ex/vg+ leonard cohen – new skin for the old ceremony great songs:i tried to leave you, there is a war, lover lover lover, is this what you wanted, chelsea hotel cbs ex/vg+ leonard cohen – various positions great album with great songs:dance me to the end of love, major hit: hallelujah, the captain, coming back to you, if it will be your will cbs ex/ex leonard cohen – live songs his great songs played liveplease 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 available
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Songs like minute prologue, passing thrum nancy, tonight will be fine, story of isaac cbs ex/ex read moreleonard cohen – songs of leonard cohen great abum4 songs like suzanna, so long marianne, winterlady, sisters of mercy, the stranger songs, winter lady cbs ex/ex leonard cohen – songs from a room great abum songs; bird on a wire, story of isaac, the partisan, tonight will be fine, seems so long ago, the butcher cbs s ex/ex leonard cohen – songs of love and hateare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigreat abum from songs like famous blue raincoat, avalanche, diamonds in the mine, they locked u a man cbs ex/vg+ leonard cohen – new skin for the old ceremony great songs:i tried to leave you, there is a war, lover lover lover, is this what you wanted, chelsea hotel cbs ex/vg+ leonard cohen – recent songs sthe lost canadian, humbled in love, the guests, our lady of solitude, came so far for beauty, the window cbs ex/vg+ leonard cohen – live songs his great songs played liveplease 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 available
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For the first time cheryl misak tells the full story of his extraordinary lifekeynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom wittgenstein treated as an equaloxfam bookshop preston when he died in aged 26, frank ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theorythis amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the bloomsbury setsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehad he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the century
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Author roger leivers' meticulous and comprehensive research has brought to life the remarkable story of the godmanchester stirlinga story of friendship, bravery, and sacrifice, acted out against the nightly threat of never returning to this sceptred isle againthis event, hidden for so long, had drifted into the fog of history, but a chance email led to this amazing story revealing itselfstirling to essen is also the story of the men who served alongside their pilot, and the unbreakable bond of friendship they found as they soared over the deadly skies of the third reich and occupied europewhat became of these men, did fate smile upon them or was luck to desert them? time and again new and unexpected stories came to light, embroidering the already rich tapestryin october , he joined raf bomber command's noan epic tale of a wealthy young man, whose mother died during his birth, who lived for excitement, and who went on to join the raf inmatthew drummond henderson wilson went on to become a ferry pilot, a flying instructor and finally a test pilotthis hardback and its dust jacket are in near new conditionoxfam bookshop wallingford on 11 april , a stricken short stirling royal air force bomber crashes into fields to the east of godmanchester in cambridgeshire, englandhours earlier the commitment and skill of the crew had been tested to the limit confronting the formidable searchlight and flak defences of the german city of essenxv squadron becoming a squadron leader, and taking part in numerous raids on brest and the ruhrsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: dear heart and other songs about lovemissing information?artist: mancini,henry
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The stories were written at varying times throughout his lifethe wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahl"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikianother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasurethe book was first published in london in by jonathan capethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's bookstwo of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world warplease 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 available
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The story of music is the story of our urge to invent, connect, rebel -- and entertain in his energetic tour through years of music, from prehistoric instruments to pop, goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels and tired terminology and leads us through the story of music as it really happened, so that each musical innovation strikes us with its original forceoxfam books & music norwich published to coincide with howard goodall's major new bbc tv series, this is an accessible history for all music lovershe focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made soundalong the way, he also gives refreshingly clear descriptions of what music is and how it works: what scales are all about, what happens in harmony, why some chords sound discordantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavour and a groundbreaking map of man's musical journey for many of us, music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex and specialised
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I have for sale a paperback version of this two by two the story of noah’s faith book like new children love to listen but even more they love to participate me too books invite your child to join in the fun by pointing repeating filling in making sounds and answering questionspublished in author marilyn lashbrook can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport from the 'puffin picture books' series, 'the story of plant life' is a beautifully informative book for young readers about the plant world; how plants live and breathe, and how plants obtain light and foodcolour and black and white illustrations throughout (see images 2 and 3 for examples)no highlighting or other notesvery good condition undated but likelypictorial soft cover has only minor wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea lovely, collectable iteminside, pages are clean and bright
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Oxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (cthrough the changing fortunes of the jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins: bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty dai-yu
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Nickle eck is an amazing story book which is quite popular among peopleit's a sad story but this book can give you a good lesson in your life!this story is quite amazing and you will feel the real affection and bonding between two brothers those who lost their family during world war 2 in birmingham
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A copy of esther price: the life story of an apprentice at quarry bank millit is in as good as new condition
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Great adventure story based on fact" author explains research at end of the bookoxfam books & music beeston the last englishman the story of hereward the wake by hebe weenolsen "the last englishman is the story of hereward the wake, who returned from the crusades to find england at the mercy of the normans and fought with every breath of his life for her liberationdust jacket, unclipped and in good condition, has rubbing chips and two tears and small surface damage to spinevery rare to find book still with dust jackethardback is red cloth covered board with silver lettering to spine and embossed cartouche to front and is in excellent conditionpages have foxing to edges, tightly bound, clean and unmarkedfoxing to inside d/jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremap illustration to first and last pages
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From the screenwriter of the acclaimed television series, the assassination of gianni versace: american crime storya thriller unlike any you have ever read but what if the danger isn't from the killer he is trying to catch, but from the country he is fighting to protect?nominated for seventeen international awards and inspired by a real-life investigation, child 44 is a relentless story of love, hope and bravery in a totalitarian worldunder stalin's terrifying regime, families live in fearoxfam bookshop brigg over 2 million copies sold moscowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the all-powerful state claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree?an international bestseller in over 30 languages an ambitious secret police officer, leo demidov believes he's helping to build the perfect societybut when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large - a threat the state won't admit exists - demidov must risk everything, including the lives of those he loves, in order to expose the truth
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From the screenwriter of the acclaimed television series, the assassination of gianni versace: american crime storya thriller unlike any you have ever read but what if the danger isn't from the killer he is trying to catch, but from the country he is fighting to protect?nominated for seventeen international awards and inspired by a real-life investigation, child 44 is a relentless story of love, hope and bravery in a totalitarian worldunder stalin's terrifying regime, families live in fearoxfam bookshop cheltenham over 2 million copies sold moscowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the all-powerful state claims there is no such thing as crime, who dares disagree?an international bestseller in over 30 languages an ambitious secret police officer, leo demidov believes he's helping to build the perfect societybut when he uncovers evidence of a killer at large - a threat the state won't admit exists - demidov must risk everything, including the lives of those he loves, in order to expose the truth
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The war of 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the war in lebanonwhat emerges is a universal story - a complex picture of love, pain, resistance and survival in the face of uncertainty and violencea series of letters written by hanady salman - a mother living through the war in beirut - carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflictthe war of 33 is more than a document of a particular historical experienceshe tells the stories of her family and the people she lives the war with - the refugees, the wounded, and the everyday lebanese, struggling to maintain their sanity and their humanity during a time of war
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Surviving the angel of death: the true story of a mengele twin in auschwitz, paperback by kor, eva mozes; buccieri, lisa rojany, isbn , isbn-13 describes the life of eva mozes and her twin sister miriam as they were interred at the auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust, where drjosef mengele performed sadistic medical experiments on them until their release
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He fell in love with the dakota badlands, purchased two badlands ranches, and threw himself into the life of the vanishing frontierroosevelt, in return, transformed the american west and helped to make cowboy life a central feature of american mythologyincluded are more than 150 photographs of the life and times of theodore roosevelt, drawn principally from the extensive collections of the theodore roosevelt centre at dickinson state universityroosevelt lived and worked in the north dakota badlands for four years between , but the american west remained one of his deepest passions and his favourite arena for pursuing the strenuous lifethis book explores the ways in which a buffalo hunt transformed theodore roosevelt into the strenuous, larger-than-life figure who graces mount rushmore and led the united states (sometimes kicking and screaming) into the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprominent inscription on ffep, otherwise excellent condition in dust jacket, not price clippedhe hunted big game in virtually every western state, recruited his rough riders from among those he had met in his western travels, and wrote a series of articles and books based on his adventures in the westroosevelt ventures into the american west in to kill a buffalooxfam bookshop henley-on-thames no president of the united states is as thoroughly associated with the american west as theodore roosevelt, who was born in new york city and educated at harvard university
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Nonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early sof his autobiographythis is the fifth volsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcpaustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature init is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writerit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of events
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"sixty years a queen - the story of her majesty's reign" by sir herbert maxwell eyre & spottiswoode, london - first uk edition - 35cmx25cm, 240p - condition: half leather binding with some wear and rubbing to boards ands spine, complete internally, incl colored frontispiece a beautifully illustrated book on the life and reign of the english royal, queen victoria by sir herbert maxwellare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis book features impressive illustrations and photographs throughout including a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of the queenplease 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 availablemaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read more
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