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The still-unsolved crime clive rediscovered years later, practising as a criminal lawyer) 'mosaic' weaves two distinct narratives: firstly, a roman pavement found in wartime east yorkshire, england, , then a police investigation into its baffling overnight-theft, seven years laterplus a second, parallel strand about what happened (coxfam bookshop carlisle the foreword to his 'mosaic' summarises clive ashman as "artist, writer, motor mechanic and qualified lawyer" - varied backgrounds shaping unique novels described belowhis 'enthralling' (to quote one reader's reviewone that starts briefly enough, in italy, with scenes from a famous road-race, the mille miglia; then those two newcastle lawyers from our own time (michael tryton & william cariss) we encounter competing over there in a modern, recreation eventracing in a period car they'd nicknamed 'xenobia', both men are mysteriously drawn back to the same places/crimes as in 'mosaic', with the competition number on xenobia's doors only a pointer to another parallel narrative, this time from 286 adthe man with whose spectacular rise and fall as british 'emperor' he is inextricably linked, including the very stone it ends at337 ad) to the roman villa the floor in question came fromto where a junior roman officer his boss soon dubs 'triton' is drawn as rapidly into the rebel regime of that charismatic admiral-turned-usurper, mauseus carausiussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits much-anticipated sequel was released in , but 'two-eight-six' is also a prequelwhat ashman calls 'the carausius stone' - a roman milepost (see his drawing on the back-cover) now forming the centrepiece to the roman gallery of the tullie house museum in carlisle, cumbria, ukexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearfirst released in by voreda books as a paperback, his 'mosaic' marked the 60th anniversary of a mysterious, true-life 'heritage crime' from which it's based on
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This work had a second edition only 4 years later, in , which proves the success of the french editiontwo years later, in , the french version le miroir du monde was published in prose because heyns did not have enough time for the translation of the rhymed versionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe sheet size is 10the source is le miroir du monde, the french prose edition of the spieghel der werelt, the first pocket atlas published in in the dutch language by philip galle, with text in rhyming verse edited by peeter heyns and printed st the plantin typographythe map shows some spotsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe last, published the year of ortelius’ death, contained 123 mapsthe plates were designed and engraved by philip gallefrom to , galle & heyns published 11 editionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The title is the later king yearsthe item format is a cdcd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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This is a novel in which the events of a hundred years ago constantly set off contemporary echoes, a novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and race; about what we think, what we believe, and what we knowarthur conan doyle, famous as the creator of the world's greatest detective, is mourning his first wife (having been chastely in love for ten years with the woman who was to become his second) when he hears about the edjali caseoxfam bookshop cheltenham arthur and george grow up worlds and miles apart in late nineteenth-century britain: arthur in shabby-genteel edinburgh, george in the vicarage of a small staffordshire villagejulian barnes has long been recognised as one of britain's most remarkable writersthey appeal to the police, to no less than the chief constable, but to their dismay he appears to suspect george of being the letters' authorwith a mixture of detailed research and vivid imagination, julian barnes brings to life not just this long-forgotten case, but the inner lives of these two very different menhe is arrested and, on the flimsiest evidence, sent to trial, found guilty and sentenced to seven years' hard labourgeorge edjali's father is indian, his mother scottishwhile those already familiar with his work will enjoy its elegance, its wit, its profound wisdom about the human condition, arthur & george will surely find him an entirely new audienceincensed at this obvious miscarriage of justice, he is galvanised into trying to clear george's nameagain the police seem to suspect the shy, aloof birmingham solicitorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethen someone starts slashing horses and livestockwhen the family begins to receive vicious anonymous letters, many about their son, they put it down to racial prejudicethe reader sees them both with stunning clarity, and almost inhabits them as they face the vicissitudes of their lives, whether in the dock hearing a verdict of guilty, or trying to live an honourable life while desperately in love with another womanbut as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events which made sensational headlines at the time as the great wyrley outragesarthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, george remains in hardworking obscurityarthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; george a solicitor in birmingham
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Winnie the pooh baby comfort blanket from the hundred acre wood collectionwinnie the pooh rainbow designs - hundred acre wood - baby comfort blanket, 200 g,rbd-toy44a milne's heart-warming tales from the hundred acre wood storybooks, the classically stylised character-led comfort blanket features beautiful embroidered detailing and premium multi-textured, tactile fabric to encourage sensory playbased on the famous character from a
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Without understanding the territorial, social and familial conflicts of this time one cannot truly appreciate the impulses behind the major symphonies and song cycles of his later yearshis three studies of mahler, the early years (), the wunderhorn years (), and songs and symphonies of life and death (), are among the enduring monuments of postwar mahler literaturefrom his birth in bohemia, then part of the mighty austro-hungarian empire, to a survey of his early works, many now lost, gustav mahler: the early years forms an indispensable prelude to the period of the great compositionstwo composers have been central to his writings on music, gustav mahler and benjamin brittenhe was founder professor of music at the university of sussex (), was visiting professor at king's college, london, and is currently a visiting professor at the universities of sussex and yorkrevised and updated in the early s, this paperback edition includes a new introduction by the author to bring this classic work once again to the forefront of mahler studiesthe conflicts which came to mark mahler's music and personality had their beginnings in his childhood and youthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredonald mitchell was born inoxfam books & music lichfield available again for a new generation of mahlerians, donald mitchell's famous study of the composer's early life and music was greeted as a major advance on its first appearance in
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I am looking to rehome my boy dexter, he's a 4 year old neutered male lynx point siamese with certificate, he has been going out and not coming home for months on end, he won't stay here he doesn't like neighbours dog and he's unhappy, please msg if you think you can offer him a good home he was three hundred pound when i had him so looking to get half his worth back as i won't hv the years i wanted with him:-(
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In good antique condition with aged patina and with a couple of minor professional repairs which were done over a hundred years agothe top has four panels one of which has a deep groove that appears by the depth of the patina to have been done many many years ago, and adds to it's charmthe three panels at the front have carved lozenges with roses and rondells across the frontthis is a beautiful panelled 17th century carved dark oak chest/cofferthere is no wood worm or rotmeasurements 140cm long x 55cm wide x 63cm high read moreit has the original hinges and 3 locks on the front with iron handles on the carved sides
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Are people who belonged to a low-income household in still poor three years later? this report shows what the chances of outflowing from poverty are and which factors determine whether people exceed the low-income thresholdoxfam bookshop carlisle uit de armoede werken -Â omvang en oorzaken van uitstroom uit armoede zijn mensen die in behoorden tot een huishouden met een laag inkomen, drie jaar later nog steeds arm? dit rapport laat zien wat de kansen op uitstroom uit armoede zijn en welke factoren bepalen of men boven de lage-inkomensgrens uit komtgelukkig blijkt echter ook dat, als men uit de armoede uitstroomt, dit in veruit de meeste gevallen gepaard gaat met het vinden van (meer uren) betaald werkworking out of poverty -Â extent and causes of outflow from povertysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefortunately, however, it also appears that, if people leave poverty, in most cases this is accompanied by finding (more hours) paid workis it only about finding work or do other matters, such as a change in the composition of the family, play a role? and what are the reasons people don't look for work to get out of poverty that way? does that have to do with health problems, with poorer job opportunities that discourage people, or with certain views about work and unemployment? the report shows that paid work does not necessarily mean the end of povertygaat het uitsluitend om het vinden van werk of spelen ook andere zaken, zoals een wijziging in de samenstelling van het gezin, een rol? en wat zijn de redenen dat mensen niet naar werk zoeken om op die manier uit de armoede te raken? heeft dat te maken met gezondheidsproblemen, met slechtere arbeidsmarktkansen waardoor men ontmoedigd raakt, of met bepaalde opvattingen over werk en werkloosheid? het rapport laat zien dat betaald werk niet per definitie het einde van de armoede betekent
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Translated into over two thousand languages, it is estimated that more than six billion copies have been sold in the last two hundred years alonein this seminal account karen armstrong traces the gestation of the bible to reveal a complex and contradictory document created by scores of people over hundreds of yearsoxfam shop wolverhampton the bible is the most widely distributed book in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Twelve years later, finn has built a new life with ellen, layla's sister, when he receives a phone calloxfam bookshop brigg the million-copy bestselling author b a paris returns with a breathtaking thriller'we're in a new golden age of suspense writing now, because of amazing books like bring me back' lee child'made me stay up way beyond my bedtime!' jane corry finn and layla: young and in love, their whole lives ahead of themclever, addictive and twisty, i couldn't sleep until i found out the truthdriving back from a holiday in france one night, finn pulls in to a service station, leaving layla alone in the carpraise for b a paris: 'an addictive new voice in suspense fiction' sophie hannah 'just finished this brilliant bookit's the truth - but not the whole truthbut is it her - or someone pretending to be her? if it is her, what does she want? and what does she know about the night she disappeared? bring me back is the utterly compelling, white-knuckle thriller from sunday times bestseller b a parissomeone has seen layla the twist floored me! utterly compelling from beginning to end' claire douglas see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen he returns, minutes later, layla has vanished, never to be seen againthat's the story finn tells the police
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The song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewith 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 have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsbirds 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 lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdwas 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 lovedoxfam 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 birdsnor 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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Twenty years later and reeling from the end of an abusive marriage, she wonders if it has cursed her all this timeits shimmering beauty has been tainted by the actions of her husband the night before : lady isabella gerard asks her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy itnow she's determined to discover the history behind the beautiful golden dressas the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this is not his intended victimsee oxfam website for delivery information read more : fenella brightwell steals a stunning gown from a stately homeoxfam bookshop royal exchange square 'i see it all again: the silver moon swimming beneath the water and the golden gown billowing out about her'three months later: lord eustace gerard stands beside the lake looking down at the woman in the golden gown
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Oxfam bookshop truro legends about the orient express have grown over the yearsthe authors have had the use of official and unpublished archives of the international sleeping car company (wagons-lits) together with authentic information known only to specialists to offer a hundred years of real life adventuresthe book itself is unmarked and tightly bound and contains many photographs, drawings and maps in both colour and black and whitesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Meanwhile, a colleague is much more concerned with unravelling uncannily similar events three hundred years old, events twisted by the centuries into their current, misshapen form, as the fairy-story of the pied piper of hamelinoxfam shop inverness pungent tales of world war two converge with more distant memories of the thirty years war in this powerful, compelling debut novelwhat he finds there is deeply unsettling and harrowinga young british army doctor finds himself ordered to investigate a curious plague in a polish refugee campsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe war is overset in the borderlands between germany and poland, this powerful first novel is reminiscent in mood, complexity and accomplishment of pat barker's world war one trilogy or sebastian faulks' birdsong
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When he re-surfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the iron curtainone of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, pontecorvo was privy to many secrets: he had worked on the anglo-canadian arm of the manhattan project, and quietly discovered a way to find the uranium coveted by nuclear powersoxfam bookshop carlisle the memo landed on kim philby's desk in washington, dc, in julyyet when he disappeared mi5 insisted he was not a threatsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethree months later, bruno pontecorvo, a physicist at harwell, britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a tracenow, based on unprecedented access to archives, letters, surviving family members and scientists, award-winning writer and physics professor frank close exposes the truth about a man irrevocably marked by the advent of the atomic age and the cold war
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Sun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furtherthis comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaythe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timethe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsnow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership
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He was ordained bishop of ypres in and died of the plague two years laterborn in holland in , cornelius jansen, known as jansenius, after studying in the netherlands, made the acquaintance of jean duvergier de hauranne, better known later as abbé de saint-cyran, in paris inthey became friends and withdrew together near bayonne where they studied theology and the works of saint augustineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe posthumous publication in of his major work, l'augustinus, was the trigger for the jansenist quarreljansenius then returned to leuven where he was awarded a doctorate in theology inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelovanii, nempaes, quarto, period sheepskin binding, ribbed spine, 625 pages plus indexhe then became involved in numerous controversies against the protestants and the jesuits, but also against richelieu, whose policies were contrary to catholic interestscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Eight hundred years on, a king';s life is properly examinedthis definitive biography, the fruit of a lifetime's study, does not present edward ii as a heroic or successful king: his deposition after a turbulent reign of nearly twenty years is proof enough that it went terribly wrongoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear edward ii, king of england, lord of ireland, and duke of aquitaine, was the object of ignominy during his lifetime and calumny since itif edward ii was not a successful king, he was not fundamentally different in many ways from most english monarchsit also tackles the contentious issue of whether edward ii did not die in , murdered under barbaric circumstances, but lived on as a captive in england and then a wanderer on the continentthe biography strikes a deft balance, taking full account of the problems the king faced in england, scotland, and ireland and in his relations with franceconventionally viewed as worthless, incapable of sustained policy, and significant only for his sporadic displays of ill-directed energy or a stubborn adherence to greedy and ambitious favorites, he has been presented as fit only to be deposed and replaced by someone more worthy of the thronesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut seymour phillips'Â scrutiny of the multitude of available sources shows that a richer picture emerges, in line with the complexity of events and of the man himself
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Thousands of years later, in the year , scientist dr heywood floyd (william sylvester) discovers a similar black monolith on the moon, which then emits a signal aimed at the planet jupiteroxfam shop hebden bridge sci-fi epic directed by stanley kubricka year later, astronauts dr david bowman (keir dullea) and dr frank poole (gary lockwood) are en route to jupiter to investigate the signal's destination and purposeat the dawn of mankind, a tribe of ape-like beings are visited on earth by a large black monolithsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, their mission comes under threat when their ship's sentient computer, hal (voice of douglas rain), seemingly develops a malfunction
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Gabriel garcia marquez of love and other demons love in a time of cholera one hundred years of solitude editorial sudameicana publications in the original south american spanish bought on a trip through peru and chile with the intention of improving my spanishunread - which gives a clue to my level of spanish spine on 100 years slightly faded but otherwise the books are as new and unread condition
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Folk art has been around for a couple of hundred years or more, and is found all over the world, predominantly in europe, and in many formsoriginal 's large 5ft church bench height 108cm width 152cm depth seat 42cm floor to seat 43cm this church bench, which is made from solid hardwood beech, was purchased many years ago with other church furniture which has now been soldthe seat remaining plainthis like all original folk art pieces is a one offit has been painted in a striking dark orange and then given a nearly overall folk art style to the backrest, arms and legsat least you can be sure there won't be another! read moreand if you like the folk art style hand painted pieces, or just fancy a fun item with a pop of colour to brighten an area or space in your home, this maybe for youthe bench has been given a clear wax finish and a darker wax has been applied to certain areas to give that more vintage aged appearance to the piecewe used it in a hallway and sometimes at our dinning table at our previous property
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Title: hot hundred - hits of the 50stitle: hot hundred - hits of the 50sformat: box setcondition: goodproduct category: musicartist: various artists
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hundred mile high city 3:06the title is hundred mile high cityfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Ideally to be collected no later than 15 june read moreit comes with a 10 years warranty for the inverter motorbeko wdxw washer dryer - white only 2 years old, excellent condition, still has the protective films on it
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And it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slumscoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himselfthe entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to beholdthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic toneoxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understandmurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceived
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Or did they? twelve years later susan wakes in a hospital bedall she knows is that her convalescence is unfolding into a fearful nightmare - and that the faces that surround her, pretending loving care, are those of the four men involved in that murder years beforehave the dead come back to life? or has susan plunged into the abyss of madness? with the help of her neurosurgeon, susan desperately clings to her sanity while fighting to uncover who or what could be stalking hershe doesn't remember who she is or why she is thereplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis in a cavern called the house of thunder, susan thorton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazingand in the following four years, the four young men who participated in that grim fraternity rite also died violentlyapparently involved in a fatal accident, she is suffering from amnesia
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In the sequel, '28 weeks later' (), directed by juan carlos fresnadillo, it's six months later and the us military have managed to restore order in the populationdanny boyle directs '28 days later' (), a look at what could happen after a viral attackthe virus is so deadly that within seconds the infected person is taken over by a murderous rage, permanentlysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunfortunately, one of the returning refugees is carrying the virus, and it won't be long before a pandemic spreadsoxfam shop elgin double bill of futuristic nightmare scenariosafter 28 days there is only a handful of non-infected survivors, but the virus is not the only thing they have to contend with
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Copper fire garde just the job for coal fire it is very old very good condition good quality never seen one like it all copper easley cleaned just wipe over damp cloth not much maintenance looks the part read more
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