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every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forevernow this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of paulo coelho will want to treasure foreversantiago, a young shepherd living in the hills of andalucia, feels that there is more to life than his humble home and his flockthis is such a book - a beautiful parable about learning to listen to your heart, read the omens strewn along life's path and, above all, follow your dreamsone day he finds the courage to follow his dreams into distant lands, each step galvanised by the knowledge that he is following the right path: his ownwith paulo coelho's visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, the alchemist is a story with the power to inspire nations and change people's livesoxfam bookshop hertford a global phenomenon, the alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe people he meets along the way, the things he sees and the wisdom he learns are life-changing
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Inside the book, i've given a short review and synopsis of each and every studio album dylan released between and "oxfam bookshop newport "this book, 6 decades of dylan, is meant for the listener just beginning his or her bob dylan music collectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Charming, funny and touching, every living thing is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of britain's best-loved authorsduring his decades spent as a country vet in yorkshire, james herriot saw huge advances in medical science, technological leaps, and a world irrevocably changed by warsince they were first published, james herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal loversyet some things always stayed the same - gruff farmers, hypochondriac pet owners, and animals that never do quite what you expect them tofrom a green young man in his first job in the s, to an experienced veterinary surgeon, married with two children, james spent his entire career among the people and animals of darrowbysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the fifth volume of memoirs from the author who inspired the bbc series all creatures great and small, and the new itv adaptation
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Now that's what i call music decades cd albumfew light scratches on cds but all play finevery good all round condition
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Picture yourself a few decades from now, in a world in which average temperatures are three degrees higher than they are nowoxfam bookshop cheltenham an eye-opening and vital account of the future of our earth, and our civilisation, if current rates of global warming persist, by the highly acclaimed author of 'high tide'meanwhile, in new york, a category 5-plus superstorm pushes through the narrows between staten island and brooklyn, devastating waterside areas from long island to manhattanbut the biggest story of all comes from south america, where a conflagration of truly epic proportions has begun to consume the amazonthe title, 'six degrees', refers to the terrifying possibility that average temperatures will rise by up to six degrees within the next hundred yearswith a little foresight, some intelligent strategic planning, and a reasonable dose of good luck, we can at least halt the catastrophic trend into which we have fallen - but the time to act is nowthis is the first time we have had a reliable picture of how the collapse of our civilisation will unfold unless urgent action is takenpakistan, crippled by drought brought on by disappearing himalayan glaciers, sees 27 million farmers flee to refugee camps in neighbouring indiaon the edge of greenland, rivers ten times the size of the amazon are gushing off the ice sheet into the north atlanticmost vitally, lynas's book serves to highlight the fact that the world of doesn't have to be one of horror and chaossee oxfam website for delivery information read morevast pumping systems keep the water out of most of holland, but the residents of bangladesh and the nile delta enjoy no such protectionits desperate government prepares a last-ditch attempt to increase the flow of the indus river by bombing half-constructed indian dams in kashmirthe pakistani president authorises the use of nuclear weapons in the case of an indian military counter-strikedisplaced victims of north africa's drought establish a new colony on greenland's southern tip, one of the few inhabitable areas not already crowded with environmental refugeesalien as it all sounds, mark lynas's incredible new book is not science-fiction; nor is it sensationalist
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A few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targets
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Rambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorrambling recollections of seven decades harold taylormemories of bolton & w war ii years active service see content photo for details slight dis colouration to front cover 21 cm x 15 cm paperback 75 ppbolton & world war ii yearsany questions e mail or phone read moreplease read all below before bidding especially overseas bidders
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Republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles by adamtitle: republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles format: hardback type: book publisher: hamlyn uk release date: language: english
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Brought back from spain in large ancient jar, age totally unknown but it's seen a few decades of harvestingheight 42cm (16price reduced and open to offers5in) width 26cm (10in) opening 155cm (6in) read more
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Re-live the last few decades of great music in this fast- moving board game based on the chart - topping now that's what i call music albums2 - 6 players ages 8oxfam shop tooting as good as new from new romantics and britpop to house and rap, this is the soundtrack to our lives see oxfam website for delivery information read moremusic trivia and a whole lot more! now that's what i call music the board game
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But just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empiresimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centuryit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first time
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As bruno latour has pointed out, scholarly efforts of the last few decades to exposethat way forward, however, may either frighten or hearten us, depending on the variety of disknowledge we see deployed
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It has remained in the box for the last few decadesit comes with a basic printer and additional 16k ram!! if you are genuinely interested, then i will locate the printer and ramthe original home computer, which i bought in the early 'sthey are in my old bedroom somewhere! read more
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A vintage machine from a few decades ago, that used to be installed in places to test breathobviously an antique now, original and may go to a good place on display, like in a pub or museumhappy to deliver in that area or m25 jct 18 offers accepted read moreamersham / uxbridge area
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Royal worcester lavinia pattern egg coddlers - 1 large and 1 standard rarely found in this pattern which was produced in the s and s some faint minor scratches on the mirror finish lids and a small crack in the inside of the standard one just near the rim which i’ve shown in the photograph been stored in my mum’s kitchen cupboard for the last few decades! read more
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Royal worcester egg coddlers - 1 large, 1 standard - in “birds” pattern featuring a wren and 2 finches “birds” was produced from the s and discontinued in faint minor scratches on mirror finish lids excellent condition been stored in a cupboard in my mum’s kitchen for the last few decades! read more
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Vintage royal worcester standard egg coddler in june garland pattern of pastel pink roses and other flowers some faint scratches on mirror finish lid and slight peeling of plating on inside rim as seen on the photograph stored for the last few decades in my mum’s kitchen cupboard! read more
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Melnick elaborates this idea through an in-depth look at jewish songwriters, composers, and perfomers who made "black" music in the first few decades of this centuryoxfam shop dumfries all too often an incident or accident, such as the eruption in crown heights with its legacy of bitterness and recrimination, thrusts black-jewish relations into the news"a right to sing the blues" offers just such a revision remarkably flexible, this narrative can organize diffuse materials into a coherent story that has a powerful hold on our imagination"black-jewish relations," jeffrey melnick argues, has mostly been a way for american jews to talk about their ambivalent racial status, a narrative collectively constructed at critical moments, when particular conflicts demand an explanationmoving beyond the narrow focus of advocacy group politics, this book complicates and enriches our understanding of the cultural terrain shared by african americans and jewshe shows how jews such as george gershwin, irving berlin, al jolson, and others were able to portray their "natural" affinity for producing "black" music as a product of their jewishness while simultaneously depicting jewishness as a stable white identitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremelnick also contends that this cultural activity competed directly with harlem renaissance attempts to define blacknessa volley of discussion follows, but little in the way of progress or enlightenment results--and this is how things will remain until we radically revise the way we think about the complex interactions between african americans and jews
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And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectlife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe
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Over the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive wayhowever, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings
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A novel way of analysing contemporary societies is neededover the past few decades, modernity has been radically changed by globalization, individualization, new inequalities, and fundamentalismoxfam shop dumfries we are all modern todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book proposes such an analysisbut modernity today is not what it used to be
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This set was sold by dixons a few decades agogood starter kit for film photographydedicated flashit comprises: praktica bx20 body mm zoom lens
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Used (not for last few decades) general wear signs but in good conditioncash on collectionmappin and webb silver plated tea set
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Unfortunately i do not know if it works, however there is no reason to suspect it doesn’t, it’s just been sat idly in the box for the past few decades! as such i would invite you to take a look at it alternatively i can send more pictures if you are interestedthis was part of my late father’s collection
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Regularly sees my farrier every 6 weeksonce caught she's very quiet to lead (walks every slow), stands to be tied up, groomed and bathedshe has predominantly been a companion mare to my mini cob, can be abit hit and miss to catch as she hasnt had much handling work being caught as she follows the rest in from the fieldnova would make a lovely project for someone to break in for their children, travels and loads easyshe has seen poles, tractors and people doing general yard maintenancei know her history and has only been used as a broodmare before coming to me8 year old cremello few spot welsh cross mare at around 11handsnova: heartbreaking for me to come to this decision but i need to do whats best for her and her futurehappy for viewings based in northamptonshire mid 3 figures read moreshe has been lunged in a roller and has started having a saddle on, recently brought a brand new bridle for her and currently starting the bitting processquiet personality to handle, no broken in yet but would make a lovely childs pony for someone in the future
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decades cd box set15 cd box set the hits of the 60’s 70’s & 80’sgreat for a present for some onebrown new unopened as still in cellophane wrapper
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Nintendo ds game- guitar hero on tour decades bundle- this is a really cool guitar hero game with catchy songs you can play with the grip guitaryou must need a nintendo ds lite in order to play this awesome game
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Brand new in box ÂŁ5 collection eggbuckland catch phrase decades gameposted by amy in music, films, books & games, games & board games in plymouth
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decades cd box setgreat for a present for some onenew unopened as still in cellophane wrappercollection only please read more15 cd box set the hits of the 60’s 70’s & 80’s
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