Faces of the people and the face of fame
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A personal message is written from the wife of the recipient with love and best wishes for a happy xmasthe quote on the first page is as follows: dedicated to all the peoples of the world who kept the flame of freedom burning in mankind's darkest hourhistorically collectable: ÂŁ eastbourneauthentic piece of history, the victory book by odham's, covering various aspects of the war and the demise of the german army
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Oxfam shop didsbury this large volume - transvaal in war and peace provides an early history of the boers and the causes of the wargilt edging to pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebinding tight and pages clean internally condition: goodvirtue and company, limitedincludes detailed descriptions of the main areas of the transvaal and the natural resources mined there for example; the diamond mines of kimberley and the gold mines of johannesburgspine and corners worn
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Based on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policyfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound ways
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A face carved out of the trunk of the piece of african hardwooda lovely carved piece, very uniquewidth 44cm stand 27cm x 23a large sculpture, height 144cm standing on a stand
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Tolkien's middle earth, here is the complete guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages, and peoplethe tolkien companion explains, translates, and links every single reference - names, dates, places, facts, famous weapons, even food and drink - to be found in tolkien's world, which includes not only the hobbit and the lord of the rings but also the simarillion and many other posthumously published workspresented in alphabetical order for quick and easy reference, this is an indispensable accompaniment for anyone who embarks on the reading journey of a lifetime see oxfam website for delivery information read morea detailed explanation of the various elvish writing systems, together with maps, charts, and genealogical tables, bring the remarkable genius of tolkien and the unforgettable world and wonder of middle earth to life with focus and accuracyoxfam bookshop byres road for all those who journey to j
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Tracing his journey from child, to husband to father, from happy-ever-after to death-do-us-part, from beginnings to endings - and from there to starting afresh once more - it tells of the people and places in jim's life, his hopes, fears and fantasies, his ever-evolving relationships and the books that remain always constantoxfam bookshop cheltenham jim foley loves his parents, his brother, his sister, dickens and god, although not necessarily in that orderthis is jim's story, from early days spent in county clare to early adulthood in america, and back to clare againdeeply-felt, beautifully-told, and written in niall william's lyrical, lilting prose, only say the word offers both acceptance of the past and hope for the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morelater, he loves kate, enough to make her his wife; later still, he loves his children, jack and hannah
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It also includes the first fully detailed and thoroughly documented history of the people and companies behind these popular brands, plus several color plates picturing the different boxes and lids used for the various seriesthe cylinderography includes indestructible, columbia-indestructible, u-s everlasting, medicophone, singaphone and cortina records; both two and four minute cylinders are covered in detailthis is an essential work for cylinder collectors! " hardback in very good condition (nearly new) with clean pages throughout and securely boundfirst edition and printed insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain " this is the first volume in mainspring's new american cylinder record index projectentries include standardized titles, artist names and pseudonyms, composer and lyricist credits, recording and release dates (where known) and alternate issues
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China intangible cultural `souvenir`doll in case this doll represents characters in chinese operas a description of the doll and the face paint is available on an attached paper which is written in english and chinese excellent condition read more
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It tells the extraordinary story of a geisha -summoning up a quarter century from to the post-war years of japan's dramatic history, and opening a window into a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradationa young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha housesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe tells her story many years later from the waldorf astoria in new yorkher memoirs conjure up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the land's most powerful menoxfam bookshop cheltenham this story is a rare and utterly engaging experience
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Also included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographywinston link photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's workhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placeoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of o" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwaynearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age
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First edition - sampson low, marston, searle and rivington (all rights reserved) - book description: 2 volsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe congo and the founding of its free state: a story of work and exploration stanley, henry mare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome torn pages and illustrations in both volsi: xxiv-528pp - vol ii: 483pp 21,5 x 14 cm read morehave been repaired2 also lacks its large mapex-library set, in recent library rebinding, light blue & gilt boards, tight, new end-papers, perfect hinges, no foxingdespite these faults this is a clean, tight and pleasant to handle reading set of the first editionlibrary stamps and white shelf number on spines; vol1 lacks title-page, 6 of the 21 full-page illustrations, and the large map contained in a rear pocket of the original bindingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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He recreates the drama and the excitement of the cases and trials, the men and the books, which were largely responsible for the establishment of our modern libertiesmarke with an introduction by bernard schwartzoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street revised and enlarged editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremarke demonstrates this hereprofessor julius j'history consists of much more than despots, warlords, and heads of statethe tales are told with the freshness and this makes them appeal not only to students and practitioners of law but to anyone' -from the blurb book is in very good condition, with unclipped dust jacket
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames precis of the archives of the cape of good hope - letters despatched from the cape, , volume iiialso added land grants, attestations, journal of voyage to tristan da cunha, names of freemen, &cbrown cloth, gilt titlessee oxfam website for delivery information read more corners and edges rubbed and bumped, boards marked, ex-library, with stamps, endpapers browned, contents otherwise clean and bright, small loss at the bottom corner of closing pages
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham satire, veneration, and stits goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies, by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-reformation religious experiencesjoseph as an exemplar in western europe as early as the thirteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by counter-reformation thought and the inheritance of mikhail bakhtin (rabelais and his world, )in very good condition but with bumps to upper cornersis the first to reclaim satire as a central component of catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts aloneit reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing stjoseph in art, c
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Following an illness in the diaries, kept for over sixty years, ceasefinally, we share in tony benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished here alongside these last diaries are tony benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty yearsoxfam shop gloucester in this final volume of diaries, tony benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old agewith the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisis
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However, our amodal (non-sensory) propositional attitudes are never actually among the contents of this stream of conscious reflectionit enables sensory images to be sustained and manipulated through attentional signals directed at midlevel sensory areas of the brainthey are never themselves consciouswritten with his usual clarity and directness, the centered mind will be essential reading for all philosophers and cognitive scientists interested in the nature of human thought processesthus one might hear oneself as judging, in inner speech, that it is time to go home, for exampleour beliefs, goals, and decisions are only ever active in the background of consciousness, working behind the scenes to select the sensory-based imagery that occurs in working memoryin addition to arguing that non-sensory propositional attitudes are never conscious, he also shows that they are never under direct intentional controlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis system has been much studied by cognitive scientistsoxfam bookshop preston the centered mind offers a new view of the nature and causal determinants of both reflective thinking and, more generally, the stream of consciousnessdrawing on extensive knowledge of the scientific literature on working memory and related topics, carruthers builds an argument that challenges the central assumptions of many philosopherswhen abstract conceptual representations are bound into these images, we consciously experience ourselves as making judgments or arriving at decisionspeter carruthers argues that conscious thought is always sensory-based, relying on the resources of the working-memory systemtop corner is slightly bent but book is otherwise as new
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It also describes the role of the business executive in influencing change in arab society and explores crucial managerial topicswritten by farid aoxfam bookshop sevenoaks a study of the interpersonal and managerial style of the top arab executive, highlighting the influence of the environment on business conditions, social behaviour, and on the attitudes of the arab executivepublished by the macmillan press insee oxfam website for delivery information read moremuna with a signed dedication on the flyleaf and includes a letter from the author to accompany the copyin very good used condition with very good dust jacket
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Oxfam shop darlington record in excellent condition, spindle marks, sleeve in excellent conditionthe screenplay by jesse hill ford and stirling silliphant is based on ford's novel the liberation of lord byron jonesjones is a american neo noir crime film directed by william wyler, his final project in a career that spanned 45 yearsthe novel, in turn, was based on events that happened in a southern town where writer ford livedthe screenplay was written by ernest lehman, based on the novel by john o'hara that tells the story of the estranged son of a pennsylvania factory owner who marries into a prestigious family and moves to new york to seek his fortunetracklist side 1 1 from the terrace side 2 1the liberation of lthe film stars roscoe lee browne, lee jcobb, lola falana, anthony zerbe, lee majors, arch johnson, yaphet kotto, eve mcveagh, chill wills and barbara hershey in an early rolejones see oxfam website for delivery information read morealbum in excellent conditionthe liberation of l  cinema records-undated from the terrace is a american deluxe color drama film in cinemascope directed by mark robson, and starring paul newman, joanne woodward, myrna loy, ina balin, george grizzard, and leon ames, with a young barbara eden appearing in one scenethe motion picture's release added to the controversy, especially in humboldt, tennessee, where ford livedafter he wrote the book, he was verbally attacked for writing about the events that had occurred in his townthis was the third movie that real-life spouses paul newman and joanne woodward made together
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Tracklist side 1 1 preces and responses 2 psalm 84 3 first lesson: ii chronicles vi, Â magnificat 5 second lesson: i peter i, 22-ii, 9 6 nunc dimittis 7 creed, lesser litany, lord's prayer, versicles and responses 8 collects side 2 1 anthem: i was glad 2 prayers read by the precentor 3 hymn: christ is made the sure foundation 4 voluntary: toccata in f (from fifth organ symphony, opargo( the choir of westminster abbey is renowned worldwide as one of the finest choirs of its typeoxfam shop darlington record excellent, spindle markscomprising up to thirty boys (all of whom attend the abbey's unique choir school) and twelve professional adult singers, known as lay vicars, its wide-ranging performing activities are rooted in centuries-old tradition and its repertoire ranges from plainsong and tudor polyphony to twentieth-century masterpieces and new commissionssleeve excellent42) see oxfam website for delivery information read morealbum cover, very good condition
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The notion of symphonic here is, without doubt, still present, but not in any normal waybrian mcbride and adam wiltzie emerged from the studio in early with the equally huge and their refinement of the declinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover two very differently themed discs, and three lps, stars of the lid engage long conceptual ideas from a place one can only call micro-minimalismoxfam books & music salisbury after the near symphonic exercise of engaging the void that was tired sounds of stars of the lid in , it was hard to believe there was anything left to doan obsession with drones fading in and out on all kinds of instruments is what takes precedent here, whether that be a string section, a solo cello, harp, trumpet or a children's choir
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For example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augcontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moremodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writers
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the spublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'crossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideasthis book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generally
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Eliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsroos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and tno marks and good bindingbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â condition
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Lot consists of:lords of the samurai - the legacy of a daimyo familywritten by yoko woodson222 pagesbushido - the way of the warriorwritten by john newman192 pagessamurai - the story of a warrior traditionwritten by harry cook143 pages shipped via postnl
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A certificate will be included, signed by methis is a direct colour print on high quality photopaper, done by a professional photolab, from the original colour transparancythe transparancy was marked “mick rock”, so it may be possible that rock shot this onethis is david bowie on stage, most probably informat: 30 x 40 centimetersthis print is numbered 2 of the one and only run of 10this print was made directly from an original transparancy out of the archives of the late barbara dewittbarbara dewitt served as david bowie’s public relations agent in the late seventies
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Please feel free to contact me for any more informationshe will have her papers, 1st set of vaccinations, 5 weeks insurance, a puppy pack with toys, treats, puppy pads a bowl and some of her food, a stronghold flea treatment and be wormed and microchipped ready to go to her new forever home, she can be seen with mum and pictures of dad can be seenc registered stunning little girl boxer for sale, she is my pick of the litter and is out of a chunky litter of 10 with both tailed and bob tail in the litter so she carrys the genei have for sale a beautiful k
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Fantasy book for children 8/15 years: fay-nights an intriguing adventure story as the young fynn moves from a believable world into a captivating tale of friendship and survival inside the ancient lands of the watcheye and the game: it is called fay-nightskind regards, miggy jplease don 't hesitate to contact me for any further information and many thanks for just viewing some of my workthe novel champions understanding between different beings/peoples, encouraging harmony and friendship, making the book an excellent gift for any young person
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The five ages of the universe - inside the physics of eternity fred adams and greg laughlin price includes signed/tracked postage read more
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Note, one of the covers has the tie cord missingthese cover the full base of the seat and the middle of the back sectionpair of faux leather front seat covers with ford brandingthis could be easily fixed to secure to the seat
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A st edition hardback complete with dustcover of harry potter and the order of the phoenix 766 pagesalso a edition hard back book of harry potter and the goblet of fire by j k rowlinggrip it tight,we don't want you sliding off the end'slight stain on bottom edge and slight creases to centrealso included is a harry potter bookmark 'the first flying lesson636 pages complete with dustjacket
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