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If the task at hand is failed, you face the threat of a thermonuclear holocaust and a trip home in a body bagsoldier of fortune is one of many among first-person-shootersto add to the fun of playing, each individual character you blow away will react accordingly to whereabouts on the body he is shot; there are over 25 hit points to go for, plenty for the bloodthirstiest gamer to think aboutsof hasn't received a bbfc rating of 18 for no reasonsoldier of fortune has some very violent imagery, you have been warnedthere are a lot of flesh and bones to be seen here, let alone people peeing in the street, displaying their assets for all to see! it's a big game, featuring ten covert missions over five continents, all of which are played out in a 26 level extravaganzathe aim of soldier of fortune is to locate and secure four stolen nuclear warheadssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop henley-on-thames tough guy, are you? like men who like big, powerful weapons? if you're not squeamish about severed limbs and broken bones, and have a talent for dismemberment, then soldier of fortune might just float your boatas with the majority of titles in this genre, you take on the role of the hero in a story that, although unoriginal, will keep you engrossed for a long while
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She speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the louvre and america's black holocaust museumthey are concerned with race, gender and globalisationthe collection is structured in three parts and these are heart-stoppingly introduced by a prayer for the dead of 9/11, a meditation on martin luther king and a eulogy for james baldwinthe duty of the press and the role of the artistshe was a magician with language, who understood the power of words" - oprah winfreya vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered american writersspanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around us'the nobel lecture in literature, see oxfam website for delivery information read moremouth full of blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us all"she was our consciencemorrison's nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to amnesty international and the newspaper association of americathroughout mouth full of blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by toni morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellenceshe revisits the bluest eye, sula and beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readersit celebrates morrison's extraordinary contribution to the literary worldbut we do languagethat may be the measure of our livesthat may be the meaning of life'word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other lifethe sweep of american history and the current state of politicsshe used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend themour truth-teller
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Interest in sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed german troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the nazi regime during the holocaust yearsreaders of this book will gain a fresh, broad view of the period, personalities and problems from a swedish orientationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides during that timeoxfam books & music beeston edinburgh university press, very good condition, crease on front cover this book fills a gap in the existing literature on the second world war by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by sweden during the conflict
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Oxfam bookshop hertford nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocausthe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryand in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible processbruno's friendship with shmuel will take him from innocence to revelationall he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play withsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreuntil he meets shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas
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Oxfam bookshop brigg nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocausthe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryand in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible processbruno's friendship with shmuel will take him from innocence to revelationall he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play withslight creasing on front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreuntil he meets shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas
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It depicts spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a polish jew and holocaust survivormaus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the authors account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragediesoxfam shop bishop's stortford a graphic novel by american cartoonist art spiegelman, serialized from tothis reprint of the complete maus collection is in excellent conditionit is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of traumathe work employs postmodernist techniques and represents jews as mice, germans as cats, and poles as pigssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecritics have classified maus as memoir, biography, history, fiction, autobiography, or a mix of genresin , it became the first (and is still the only) graphic novel to win a pulitzer prize (the special award in letters)
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford set in the jewish community of london and europe, this is the story of a group of holocaust survivors, several of whom are bent on revenge, not against their former captors but against themselvesfirst edition signed with dedication see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music marlborough charles hamilton sorley is unique among the war poets in his precious recognition of the horror of war which it required the banked up holocaust of the somme to bring home to owen, sassoon and rosenbergyet is such an engaging and attractive character that this biography the first detailed and full length study is entire absorbingsorley himself accused rupert brooke of having taken the sentimental attitudesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresorley's life was brief and up to the war outwardly uneventful
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Agnes' story encompasses his own youth, the horrors of the holocaust, and the breadth of the american dreamoxfam bookshop royal exchange square when harry begins to receive tormented letters from his childhood friend agnes, a struggling sculptress, it reawakens his pastharry begins to seek out agnes, believing he can help hersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreten years after her death, faced with a young, soulful girl reminiscent of agnes, harry feels trapped, threatened and chastenedafter all he was the only one closest to understanding the mysterious source of her art
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Charley bernstein works in the london art world and is tracing a family history erased by the holocaustin his possession is a diary written by a relative in a labour camp during the third reich, and charley must follow the threads leading from its haunting pages to his own presentnew and unread copyoxfam books & music jesmond first edition, second print copy of this story of two men whose lives are woven together as they seek to discover the truth about their pastssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Described by a jewish leader as 'the pimpernel of the jews', foley was an unsung hero of the holocaustmichael smith's work uncovering the remarkable truth led to the recognition of frank foley as righteous among nations, the highest honour the jewish state can bestow upon a gentilebut why is this extraordinary man virtually unknown, even in britain?the reason is simple: foley was mi6 head of station in berlin, bound to secrecy by the code of his professionoxfam bookshop cheltenham as the horror of nazism tightened its grip on germany, jews found themselves trapped and desperateworking as a berlin passport control officer, foley helped thousands of jews to flee the country with visas and false passports, personally entering the camps to get jews out, and sheltering those on the run from the gestapo in his own apartmentfoley is a story of courage and quiet heroism in the face of great evil - a reminder of the impact that one brave individual can have on the lives of manysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor many, their only hope of salvation came in the form of a small, bespectacled british man: frank foley
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Oxfam shop kendal new and sealed this sombre film takes a look at the largely overlooked gypsy victims of the holocaust, who were shot dead by the side of the road or used as human guinea pigs in experiments, conducted in the name of 'medical research' in nazi concentration campssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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"the films presents the indelible true story of the enigmatic oskar schindler, a member of the nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than jews during the holocaustschindler's list: "schindler's list a steven spielberg film, is a cinematic masterpiece that has become one of the most honored films of all time the film is in black & white with colour segments the film won every major best picture award and an exceptional number of additional honours" 2 disc laserdisc letter boxed - the film on this laser disc is presented in the aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter theatrical prints running time: 3 hours and 17 minutes very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more "winner of seven academy awards including best picture & best director
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In this context, the author presents an illuminating study of the early military history of the organisation up to the racial holocaust of julybased on his personal experience, mr balasingham offers a critical elucidation of all peace efforts the ltte participated in, from thimpu talks to the recent norwegian facilitated negotiationsmr balasingham also devotes a lengthy chapter analysing the ramifications of the indian intervention in sri lanka and the crucial role played by the ltte during that turbulent period fromoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames the tamil national struggle, which spans a period of fifty years, has taken different forms at different times conditioned by the intensity of state repression and by the mode of tamil resistancesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe significance of this voluminous study, running into more than five hundred pages, lies in its exposition of a new realm of material, hitherto unknown and the new insights it provides into the dynamics of the tamil liberation strugglewith the collapse of non-violent struggles, the tamil national movement underwent organisational transformation leading to the birth and growth of the armed resistance campaign spearheaded by the liberation tigers of tamil eelam (ltte)surveying the entire spectrum of the struggle, mr balasingham points out that non-violent struggles of the early stages generated the spirit of tamil nationalism and mobilised the tamil people into a collective national force, poised against the repressive sri lankan state
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Oxfam shop fulwood road about the herrhagen jewish school in karlstad, sweden, which hosted jewish refugees during the holocaustthis book shows how global history can be investigated locally and how special understanding develops within those who examine the archivesthis book is in dual text (english/swedish)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Description in thai on reverse see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street during a rescue mission into the amazon rainforest, a professor stumbles across lost film shot by a missing documentary crew whose goal was to study the region's indigenous cannibalistic tribeslanguages are english and thai
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In , while based in budapest for the purposes of business, perlasca was confronted directly with the horror of the holocaust and, unlike so many others, didn't turn a blind eye but did whatever he could to save livesitalian with english subtitlescan marotta foil the plot before priceless relics are lost? in excellent clean conditionoxfam bookshop kingsbridge collection of five films starring luca zingarettihowever, his plans to interfere with the way the mafia conduct their business means he becomes a threat to those in powerlastly, in 'calling inspector marotta' (), inspector giovanni marotta (zingaretti) is despatched to rome in following a tip-off about a major robbery in the pipeline'by the light of day' () follows the story of don giuseppe puglisi (zingaretti), a priest from palermo, who fights against the local mafia-controlled environment to save young children and teenagers from becoming involved in a life of crimeastonishingly, the target of the robbery is st peter's treasuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'perlasca: the courage of a just man' (), though giorgio perlasca (zingaretti) was initially a supporter of italian fascism and fought for mussolini in east africa during the italo-abyssinian war, he became increasingly disenchanted with the doctrine as it merged with hitler's anti-semitic visionin 'cefalonia' (), when over 500 officers and italian soldiers deployed between kefalonia and corfu receive the news that their country has sought an armistice, their thoughts turn to home and a reunion with their familiesbut their initial elation soon turns to gloom, however, when they learn that their former german allies have issued them with an ultimatum to surrender or fight'paolo borsellino: the 57 days' () traces the 57 days after the assassination of his friend and fellow anti-mafia judge giovanni falcone when paolo borsellino (zingaretti) must come to terms with his own inescapable destinymarotta goes undercover and quickly gains access to the group planning the heist and even develops a romantic relationship with female gang member lulu (meret becker)
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Analysis of the origins of the holocaust traditionally centres around völkisch racial ideologies, overlooking the effects of racial ideas on biology and healthsmall area of cloth missing from bottom of front coverspine is cockedoxfam shop kendal hardback in good condition with clean and bright pagesbased on a wealth of hitherto neglected archival sources, this book analyses the origins, social composition and impact of eugenics in the context of the social and political tension of an industrialising empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno dust jacket (illustration is of book with dust jacket)
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A sound but browned copy of futura's edition of this controversial account of the tragic raid on dresden towards the end of ww2 by david irving a holocaust denier and nazi apologist whose views and led to his ostracism and even imprisonmentaltough it's 40 plus years are evident this is good reading copy
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Nelly’s family has been murdered in the holocaust - johnny is convinced that his wife, too, is deadhaving barely recovered from facial surgery, she sets out to find her husband johnny
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