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Discover my life unzipped in this great new fill-in book with a zip! my life unzipped is a sensational new book for tweens, ready to be completed! the fill-in book becomes "the story of my life," focusing on everyday life, amusing and embarrassing situations at home, school and elsewhere, secrets shared with friends, likes and dislikes, family, dreams and aspirations, from the child's point of viewthe spaces in the text encourage tweens to get involved in writing their own sidehilarious illustrations and great ideas to get kids writing their own informal journals are safely kept secret inside the zip-up cover
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The life story of winston churchill prime minister by hugh martinwritten inside the book in italics are the words bush magpie hotel and something else which i am not sure what it isvery old cloth bound book in immaculate condition
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the story of the black female mathematicians at nasa who helped win the space race the book that inspired the filmsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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My james, the heart-rending story of james bulger by his father ralph bulger£1 i am in hoghton near preston, but can post if you pay the postage
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A copy of esther price: the life story of an apprentice at quarry bank millit is in as good as new condition
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff the classic story of lost youth in the horror of the american civil war in black cloth with blindstamped american eagle on front cover, the lettering is gilt45 caliber bullet) in diameter that has been drilled through the front board and the first 190 pages of text, which does not effect any of the printed text as it is placed in the lower margin of each pagethere is a circular hole 7/16" (the same as athis hole along with splashes of red was deliberately produced to give the book a dramatic appearance see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff "in the s, the united states underwent a second revolutionno marks or inscriptions not ex-library" hardback book in as new condition in a similar condition unclipped dust jacketthe opening of the baltimore & ohio line, the first american railroad set in motion a process which would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad linessee the attached images of this copysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A heroic, yet, dreadful action is about to take place over cologne, involving the bravest of the brave - the pathfinder forcein the log book of one of that force, flight sergeant george owen, are the details of his 29 operationsthis work is set on 23rd december
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The three loves of elvis presleysoft-back good clean condition, but middle pages loose but not damagedby robert holmespublished by charles buchan's publications ltd
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This is the extraordinary story of how the fabric of english society shifted beyond recognition in fifty turbulent years in the twentieth centuryblack diamonds tells the story of its demise: family feuds, forbidden love, class war, and a tragic and violent death played their partoxfam bookshop cheltenham catherine bailey's black diamonds is an extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynastyfascinating' easy livingcatherine bailey read history at oxford universityit is england's forgotten palace which belonged to britain's richest aristocratspeels back the grand façade of wentworth toreveal a family riven with fueds, mental illness and forbidden love' tatler'a compelling new historyshe is a successful, award-winning television producer and director, making a range of critically acclaimed documentary films inspired by her interest in twentieth century historywentworth in yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries employing tens of thousands of menshe lives in west londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the finest and largest georgian house in britain and belonged to the fitzwilliam familyshe is the author of black diamonds and the secret rooms: a true gothic mysteryfascinating insights into the dynasty that once ruled this yorkshire roost' daily mail'an aristocratic tale of epic proportions, this gripping novel cleverly interweaves interviews, letters and historical factbut coal, one of the most emotive issues in twentieth century british politics, lies at its heart
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But what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identityin this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todaythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminein europe there are only sevenhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groups
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Every one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storygenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedsome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencegenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativethe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkablethe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalryover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to sciencevaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millions
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Monte cassino tells the extraordinary story of ordinary soldiers tested to the limits under conditions reminiscent of the bloodbaths of world war oneit is a story of incompetence, hubris and politics redeemed at dreadful cost by the heroism of the soldierstowering over the entrance to the valley was the medieval monastery of monte cassino, a seemingly impenetrable fortress high up in the 'bleak and sinister' mountainsrunning time approximately 6 hoursat the beginning of italy was the western allies' only active front against nazi-controlled europe, and their only route to the capital was through the liri valleyread by tim pigott-smith and gareth armstrongoxfam bookshop coventry the six-month battle for monte cassino was britain's bitterest and bloodiest encounter with the german army on any front in world war twosmall crack to front of casesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was where the german commander, kesselring, made his standthe cassettes in good conditionin a battle that became increasingly political, symbolic and personal as it progressed, more and more men were asked to throw themselves at the virtually impregnable german defences
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I recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of warso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitzfor lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toooxfam shop pershore the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryi tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust
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With insight from the key characters around geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling and heart-warming tales in sportoxfam shop mold the inspirational inside story from the tour de france and sports personality of the year winner"this year g was the strongest rider, and he finally had lady luck on his sidean unstoppable combination" chris froome"i understood what geraint's win meant: for him, for me, for the team, and for wales, too" dave brailsford"wow!" thierry henryfor years geraint thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an olympic gold medallist on the track, commonwealth champion, yet at the tour de france a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team-matesin the summer of , that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion - from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the alps to the brutal slopes of the pyrenees and, finally, the champs-elysees in parisas a boy, g had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the tour on televisionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot only can nice guys come first - they can win the biggest prize of allthis july, across twenty-one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his own
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It is a hilarious and extraordinary story of a singular mannow byron rogers has unearthed the amazing story of this man's life, and that of his household - one both comic, absurd and touchingbyron rogers' previous books for aurum have twice been radio 4 book of the weekthomas is now accepted, along with ted hughes, philip larkin and seamus heaney, as one of the great post-war british poetsall his life, he was a minister in the church of wales, at a succession of increasingly remote country parishesthomas (an english-educated man who set out to become more and more welsh throughout his life)it describes the life of one of 20th-century english literature's greatest poetsthis is sure to be widely reviewed for his second biography rogers - a welshman who moved to england - has found the perfect subject: the great welsh poet rsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe had a reputation for being an austere, unforgiving, taciturn, wintry manto thomas's many admirers this will be a surprising, sometimes shocking, but at last humanising portrait of someone who wrote truly metaphysical poetrythomas's poetry published by penguin modern classics, orion and bloodaxe with substantial sales every yearhe is regarded in wales as the national poethere is a man who banned hoovers from his house on grounds of noise, whose first act on moving into an ancient cottage was to rip out the central heating, whose attempts to seek out more authentically welsh parishes only brought him more into contact with loud english holidaymakersoxfam shop dumfries this is the follow-up to the author's previous biography, the critically acclaimed and sales success, "the last englishman"
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I recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of warso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitzfor lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightoxfam bookshop hertford the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toocoming septemberi tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingwaiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girlin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenaudon't miss heather morris's next book, stories of hope' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust
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From the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovednor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dust
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An act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truthoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usathe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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Oxfam shop clitheroe from little beginnings: the extraordinary story of a bloodstained, diminutive crumb of a servant girl who went on to shape the worlddickensian in style with an unforgettable cast of characters, little is a masterpiece for modern timeslittle is a stunning artefact of a novel; a wonderfully grisly reimagining of the life and times of madame tussaudsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecarey weaves a tale of heartfelt sympathy and jet-black humour; eccentric oddity and utter enchantmentexuberant and utterly distinctive, little recalls a momentous stretch of french history through the eyes of marie groscholtz, who survives the harshest of beginnings and most violent of revolutions to craft her place in history
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry visee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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For the first time cheryl misak tells the full story of his extraordinary lifekeynes deferred to him; he was the only philosopher whom wittgenstein treated as an equaloxfam bookshop preston when he died in aged 26, frank ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics, laying the foundations for decision theory and game theorythis amiable shambling bear of a man was an ardent socialist, a believer in free love, and an intimate of the bloomsbury setsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehad he lived he might have been recognized as the most brilliant thinker of the century
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Oxfam bookshop hertford nobby stiles, one of britain's great footballing characters, tells his life story in this intriguing autobiographythe author evokes all the emotions that carried him to the extraordinary expression of joy which enchanted the nation when he danced his unforgettable victory jig at wembly at the moment of world cup successhe poignantly re-captures the anguish of the munich air tragedy and he revisits the tough streets of collyhursthe talks about his lifelong affair with the game, but it also shockingly candid about the other side of the football dream2 x cds read by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The extraordinary story that unfolds in the hiram key revisited reveals that the building of the modern world was no haphazard processin the early days of christianity their views offended and opposed those of the orthodox church, and later in feudal europe, both the state and the established church considered them heretics and sworn enemiesthe new world order is already hereoxfam books & music aberdeen is freemasonry nothing more than a benign and charitable men's social club as the order insists or does it have a deeper and perhaps darker purpose? could these men be part of the "illuminati" - a group of intellectuals with extremely grand plans for the development of civilization? and if so, what is the grand plan that these men were so determined to bring about, and why should there be such opposition to it? christopher knight and alan butler reveal that present-day freemasons are the spiritual descendents of an ancient priesthood that was forced to act in secrecyyet they could not be silenced - or defeated - and members of this priesthood have continued to this day to work in subtle and sometimes subversive ways to achieve their aims, often occupying very elevated positions within western society, and always maintaining complete anonymity to those outside their fellowshipsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere was a grand plan - and it has succeeded
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Oxfam shop colne road 'an extraordinary story of innocence and persecution, determination and grit21 years later, local newspaper editor don hale was thrust into the casehe faced obstacles at every turn, and suffered several attempts on his lifestephen downing, the 17-year-old groundskeeper with learning difficulties and a reading age of 11, was the primary suspectall of this merely strengthened his resolve: why should anyone threaten him if downing had committed the crime?in , stephen downing was finally acquitted, having served 27 years in prisonwendy was attacked in broad daylight in bakewell cemeteryit had me rattling through the pages' sophie drapera gripping true crime investigation into the longest miscarriage of justice in british legal historyhe was immediately arrested, questioned for nine hours, without a solicitor present, and pressured into signing a confession full of words he did not understandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredetermined to take it to appeal, as he investigated the details, he found himself inextricably linked to the narrativeimmerse yourself in this masterful account of hale's long, dedicated and often dangerous campaign to rescue a long-forgotten victim of the british legal system; the longest miscarriage of justice in british historyin september , stephen downing was convicted and indefinitely sentenced for the murder of wendy sewell, a young legal secretary in the town of bakewell in the peak district
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Interweaving encounters with nomadic arabs and other adventures into a richly textured autobiographical narrative, it has its climax in the extraordinary story of saint-exupéry's crash in the libyan desert in , and his miraculous survival'a conrad of the airoxfam bookshop st albans both a gripping tale of adventure and a poetic meditation, antoine de saint exupéry's wind, sand and stars is the lyrical autobiography of an aviation pioneer, from the author of the little princelater works, including wind, sand and stars and flight to arras, stress his humanistic philosophyin de saint-exupéry began flying for the pioneering airline latécoère - later known as aéropostale - opening up the first mail routes across the sahara and the andes'self-discovery comes when a man measures himself against an obstacle,' writes saint-exupéryif you enjoyed wind, sand and stars, you might like woody guthrie's bound for glory, also available in penguin modern classicssaint-exupéry's popular children's book the little prince is also read by adults for its allegorical meaningthis book explores the transcendent perceptions that arise when life is tested to its limitslike conrad, saint-exupéry is a poet of action'andré maurois see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis penguin modern classics edition is translated from the french with an introduction by william reeswind, sand and stars is drawn from this experiencewriter and aviator antoine de saint-exupéry (), was born in lyon, francesaint-exupéry's plane disappeared during a mission in world war iihis first two books, southern mail and night flight, are distinguished by a poetic evocation of the romance and discipline of flying
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Living in the shadow of their fathers' extraordinary fame brought sara and dora great privilege, but at a terrible costdrawing on a host of new sources, katie waldegrave tells the never-before-told story of how two young women, born into greatness, shaped their own legaciesin different ways, each father almost destroyed his daughtergrowing up in the shadow of genius, each girl made it her life's ambition to dedicate herself to her father's writing and reputationanorexia, drug addiction and depression were part of the legacy of fame, but so too were great friendship and lovethey were also the daughters of best friends: william wordsworth and samuel taylor coleridge, the two poetic geniuses who shaped the romantic ageoxfam bookshop cheltenham dora wordsworth and sara coleridge, were life-long friendssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the extraordinary story of oskar schindler, who risked his life to protect jews in nazi-occupied poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercyhe was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviouroxfam bookshop cheltenham in the shadow of auschwitz, a flamboyant german industrialist grew into a living legend to the jews of cracowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the extraordinary story of oskar schindler, who risked his life to protect jews in nazi-occupied poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of mercyhe was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviouroxfam bookshop st albans in the shadow of auschwitz, a flamboyant german industrialist grew into a living legend to the jews of cracowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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