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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalffinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doom
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Numerical discourses of the buddha: an anthology of suttas from the anguttara nikaya (sacred literature series) this edition is from vistaar publications delhi selected and translated from the pali by nyanaponika thera and bhikkhu bodhi in excellent condition drawn from the anguttara nikaya, numerical discourses of the buddha brings together teachings of the buddha ranging from basic ethical observances recommended to the busy man or woman of the world, to the more rigorous instructions on mental training prescribed for the monks and nunsp&p will cost £2the anguttara nikaya is a part of the pali canon, the authorized recension of the buddha's word for followers of theravada buddhism, the form of buddhism prevailing in the buddhist countries of southern asia
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But since i came to the end of that project the chimes are all redundant, as i can't use any of them for their normal purpose in my sort of abode!:-) personal collection only, full payment in cash, non-negotiablethe interactions of the different scales produced beautiful to hair-raisingly other-worldly musical effectsthis chime is smaller and less heavy than the mezzo version, but is quite heavy for its size because the tube walls are relatively thickdo come and listen before deciding whether to buy! read morethis is one of a collection of high-grade precision-tuned chimes that i'm selling off at this timemade by music of the spheres in the usa, this is a high-grade precision-tuned set, tuned to a haunting eastern european gypsy scalethese are seriously musical! because their sound can be loud and penetrating, they are best hung at a reasonable distance from one's main living spacei called that sub-project 'wind chimes in the wild', and took chimes out into wild places (usually high up in the teign gorge) and made long recordings of them - both single sets and various combinations - in spacious natural soundscapesi purchased them at considerable expense, not to hang up at my abode but for me to carry out a really quite thrilling sub-project of my making recordings of natural soundscapes
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) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist(total of 2 books) read morecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margin’ registered shippinghe wrote extensively about morocco (otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagesee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tape70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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The scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe futuristic and symbolist sets and props were lavish in this keith warner production of the four operas, rhinegold, die valkure, siegfried and gotterdammerung of richard wagner's famous ring cycle and there appear to have been changes from the original previous and productionsthe finale appeared not to be quite the same as the recordings of say solti, von karajen, and otherswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra conducted by antonio pappano was excellent, although the "donner" anvil in the finale of rhinegold was replaced by a loud thud and thunder flashes, and on the first performance on 1st october, what may be some additional tubas and horns appear to have been added among other changes to the score to the gotterdammerung finale, with no special effects for the collapse of valhalla, which does not appear to have been picked up by the criticshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of the four operas in this cyclepdf copy of der ring des nibelungen royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red programme with royal arms for autumn seasonthere were also other flat horns in both siegried and gotterdammerungthese performances received some good but mixed reviewsthe singing was excellent by john lundgren as wotan the wanderer, sarah connolly as fricka, gunter groissock as fasolt, johannes kranzle as albericht, gerhard siegal as mime, stevan vinke as siegfried, nina stemme as brunnhilde, heather engebretson as the woodbird
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Written by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luce
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Each affordable volume reflects oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much moreabout the series: for over 100 years oxford world's classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globeoxfam bookshop cheltenham with searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sage' the novel that set the pattern for the modern western, riders of the purple sage was first published in , immediately selling over a million copieshere was the unknown and the perilousthe punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the mormonssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresecrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements zane grey built his acclaimed story of the american westin the remote border country of south utah, a man is about to be whipped by the mormons in order to pressure jane withersteen into marrying against her will
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchhe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more
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The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodestranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germany
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Among the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedoxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturecom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read morein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newboard of education
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A renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survivalwhen hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetimeoxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the bookas meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survival
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This memoir was his brutal and deeply personal account of the russian front's appalling carnagefaust describes how his tiger unit fought pitch battles in the snows of western russia against the full might of the red army: the t34s, stalin tanks, sturmovik bombers and the feared katyusha rocket brigadeshis astonishing testimony reveals the merciless decisions that panzer crews made in action, the devastating power of their weaponry and the many ways that men met their deaths in the snow and ice of the ostfront' today it stands as one of the great semi-autobiographical accounts of warfare in world war 2: a crescendo of horror, grom survival and a fatalistic acceptance of the panzer man's destinysome readers were outraged at the book's final scenes, while others wrote, 'now, at last, i know what our men did in the eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford wolfgang faust was the driver of a tiger i tank with the wehrmacht heavy panzer battalions, seeing extensive combat action on the eastern front infirst published in the late s, this memoir's savage realism shocked the post-war german public
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Liz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againmore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoythis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of alland her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really arethe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearimmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-time
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The box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master ch÷gyam trungpa on the reverse sidethere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp £149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgean 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorthe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnesscan post extra £3the remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorshipthrough these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifealso a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardsshambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp £149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't notice
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An agent of the king is a thriller set in the early years of the napoleonic warsa gritty sometimes bawdy thriller, set in violent times with a new breed of hero caught up in one of the most turbulent times in historyfrom the ballrooms and bordellos of london to the hostile spanish mountains battles every bit as deadly as those faced by the nation's soldiers are fought and men die as the two empires struggle for dominanceultimately archie is faced with the ultimate choice, risk losing the most precious thing in his life with the life of king george himself at stakeserving with nelson in the mediterranean archie finds himself stranded in egypt where if he can survive he will play a vital role in the battle of the nile back in england, along with an oddball collection of friends archie risks everything to thwart the violent ambitions of napoleon's spymasterin the tradition of bernard cornwell and his hero sharpe, archie dexter is pitted against the might of napoleons designs on europe, not on the battlefields but in the dark shadowy world of espionageavailable in paperback or ebook
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Particularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkmost of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered withinpatrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?– the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?– emsp 332 format:2 × vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greensladecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tape70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aean-13 number read moreit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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Putney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewabout the author laura dbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvrecorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, d
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Oxfam shop ulverston the first two movies from the popular action adventure franchisehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too latein 'pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl' (), when elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (geoffrey rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (orlando bloom) goes to her rescuebut jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for will and elizabeth, who get caught up in jack's mishapsif jack can't find a way to rid himself of davy jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurerswith time running out, jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlifein 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' (), once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, jack finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary davy jones (bill nighy), captain of the ghostly flying dutchmansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (johnny depp) and quickly sets off in pursuit
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Gandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondormeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogywhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrthe fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of j
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Film-making history was made when, in the two towers, an actor's performance and digital animation were seamlessly integrated to create the world's first totally lifelike animated characterfully illustrated with more than 100 exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and drawings from the return of the king and the two towers, and with contributions from the many designers and animators who brought gollum to life, this book examines the transition to the big screen of one of tolkien's most popular characters from the hobbit and the lord of the ringsoxfam shop ulverston the official tie-in to the return of the king, in which actor andy serkis relates how he and the team of animators brought tolkien's character gollum to lifenow andy serkis tells his own story about how a three-week commission to provide a voiceover for gollum grew into a four-year commitment to breathe life and soul into the lord of the rings' most challenging screen performancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop mutley plain fully indexed, the edition of the "yearbook" is the most comprhensive and authoritative reference about the work of the united nations, other international organizations and related bodiessome light foxing to top edge of pages, otherwise very goodthis volume of the "yearbook" details the activities of the united nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a ne form of multilaeral cooepration for a better worldit records the dicverse and globe-encompassing activities of the united nations and its enduring efforts to deal witht eh world;s pressing concerns, particualrly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, th settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the aging and humanitarian assistance for refugees as wel as disaster reliefsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officias and shcoalrs but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and studentsbook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely bound
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Oxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringthis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredsome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar days
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I think you're going to like himhis name's simonthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for daysthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessbut in a couple of pages he'll be deadoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly real'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightand he was never the same after thatthe shock of the fall is all of these booksit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is, however, much more than a catalogue of military badgesthis book is an invaluable aid to the serious collector and an essential work of reference for every dealer in militariathe illustrations include hundreds of badges not previously listedthere are accounts of the badges worn by each unit of every country - australia, britain, canada, the colonies, india, new zealand and south africa - and a total of around badges are illustrated full size by first class photographs and line drawingsoxfam bookshop carlisle a unique work of reference, this book is the first serious attempt to describe and illustrate the military badges of all the forces of the british empire involved in the great warthe author has not simply identified each military formation by the title it held during the great war, but has shown when it originated and, when not disbanded, the manner in which it has been preparedpages are in good condition, boards are in good condition dust jacket is in good condition with some wear and tear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe description of each unit also includes mention of the theatres of war in which it was engagedthe result is a body of information that the military historian, too, will find of enormous value
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There are marks on the front cover and the corners are creased and bumpedthe purpose of the series is to highlight the basic features of commonly shared patterns of culture and social institutions among the different lowland filipino ethnolinguistic groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejocano served as professor emeritus at the asian center of the university of the philippines and executive director of punlad research house, incoxfam bookshop hexham this book is the third in the series of integrated studies on filipino society and culturethis volume addresses the following questions: is it possible to speak of a generalized filipino kinship and family organization, or, is it too risky to make such a generalization because of the geographical distances and dialect differences? felipe landa jocano was a filipino anthropologist, educator, and author known for his works in philippine anthropology, in particular for documenting and translating the hinilawod, a western visayan folk epichowever, the text block appears to be clean a free from annotationsthis paperback edition is in a reasonable, used conditionhe has authored numerous books on various aspects of filipino society and culture
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999 weight: 1 oz ( g) diameter: mm edge: milled mintage: pcs finish: proof new zealand mint is releasing four beautiful lunar coins to celebrate the year of the goatdescription country: pitcairn islands year: face value: 2 dollar metal: silver finenessthe goat is the eighth animal in the twelve year zodiac cyclepackaging this gilded silver lunar year of the goat coin comes packaged in an ingot-shaped coin case and lunar-themed printed outer caseplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesymbolising such character traits as creativity, intelligence, dependability, and calmness, those born during the year of the goat love to dream and ponderto the left of the design, the gold gilded chinese character for goat is set against a proof quality backgroundcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablereverse this coin face features a relief engraved goat of a contemporary style, set against a detailed background illustrating the global community of cultures in which we liveobverse this features the ian rank-broadley effigy of her majesty queen elizabeth iiare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithose born during this lunar year are often quiet of personality and very fond of natureour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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