Iosif the terrible
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In between the personal beginning and the personal ending, amis gives us perhaps the best one hundred pages ever written about stalin: koba the dread, iosif the terriblestalin said that the death of one person was tragic, the death of a million a mere 'statistic'it is largely political (while remaining personal)amis's remarkable memoir explores these connectionsit addresses itself to the central lacuna of twentieth-century thought: the indulgence of communism by intellectuals of the westwith general shelfwear and foxingthe author's father, kingsley amis, though later reactionary in tendency, was 'a comintern dogsbody' (as he would come to put it) from tokoba the dread, during whose course the author absorbs a particular, a familial death, is a rebuttal of stalin's aphorismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road koba the dread is the successor to martin amis's celebrated memoir, experiencehis second-closest, and then his closest friend (after the death of the poet philip larkin), was robert conquest, a leading sovietologist, whose book of , the great terror, was second only to solzhenitsyn's the gulag archipelago in undermining the ussr
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The first part chronicles his childhood, coronation, marriage and illnessivan's response is swift and brutal, sending in his own secret police, the oprichniks, against the boyarseisenstein's complex storyline reflects the bloody events of the time, and is full of political in-fighting, family betrayal, assassinations and murdereisenstein juxtaposes striking imagery with a stirring score by prokofievoxfam shop colne road eisenstein's epic production tells the story of one of russia's greatest and most ruthless leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein an effort to build bridges he appoints a monk, philip, to be bishop of moscow, but his plan backfires when philip tries to bring ivan under the churches influencein 'ivan the terrible: part 2 (the boyars plot)' (), ivan is feeling isolated and lonely after his attempts to establish a united russia have left him without a wife (poisoned), and the defection to the poles of his most trusted fighter
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Russia moscow kopek - ivan iv vasilyevich "the terrible" () “grand duke sovereign of all russia” moscow mint, before g; 12 x 9 mm rare nef/ef ex roma numismatics limitedsee images for correct impressionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwill be sent by registered mailonline tracking availablecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storephotographic expertise includedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Tarzan the terrible [tarzan 8] by edgar rice burroughs *excellent condition*
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Angela mccluskey comes to birmingham from ireland with her family as a young girl to escape the terrible poverty in her homelandtragedy strikes and angela is left to rear her frail daughter on her own, though the worst is yet to come when angela suffers another terrible misfortuneoxfam bookshop cheltenham a story of struggle and hardship and one girl's battle for survival from the best-selling author of if you were the only girl and another man's childpregnant and destitute and already with one mouth to feed that she can ill afford, there is nowhere left to turnwhat destiny awaits angela and her unborn child? caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, will angela forever be punished for the choices that she makes? see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the dream of a better life is dashed as bad fortune dogs the familywhen angela marries her childhood sweetheart, she has hopes of a brighter future, which are dashed when her husband is called up to fight in the great war
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham although the cleves generally revelled in every detail of their family history, the events of 39;the terrible mother&39;s day&9; were never, ever discussedeleven years later, the mystery &45; with its taunting traces of foul play &45; was no nearer a solution than it had been on the day it happenedher closest friend hely &45; who would try anything to make harriet love him &45; has sworn allegiance to her call for revengehere eccentric great aunts bustle about graciously despite faded fortunes and a child&39;s inquiring mind not only unearths telling family artefacts, but stirs up a neighbourhood nest of vipers and larcenythe little friend is a profoundly involving novel which demonstrates how the imaginary life embraces what literature we read, what special places we inhabit and what kindred souls we recognize, to help crack open even the darkest secrets life has hiding for uson that day, nine&45;year&45;old robin cleves, loved by all for his whims and peculiarities, was found hanging by the neck from a rope slung over a black&45;tupelo tree in his own gardensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis isn&39;t good enough for robin&39;s youngest sister harrietbut the world these plucky twelve&45;year&45;olds are to encounter has nothing to do with child&39;s play: it is dark, adult and all too menacingin donna tartt&9;s mississippi, the sense of place and sense of the past mingle redolently with rich human drama to create a collective alchemyonly a baby when the tragedy occurred, but now twelve&45;years&45;old and steeped in the adventurous daring of favourite writers such as stevenson, kipling and conan doyle, harriet is ready and eager to find and punish her brother&39;s killer
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He is about to be appointed us ambassador to england, a position which will enable him to take over the world and thus fulfil the terrible forecasts of scripturethe third film, 'omen 3 - the final conflict' (), finds damien (sam neill) all grown up and heading a multinational companythorn searches for an answer to his son's behaviour and meets maverick priest father brennan (patrick troughton), who tries to convince him that damien is in fact the antichrist and must be stopped at all coststhe saga begins with 'the omen' (), when us ambassador robert thorn (gregory peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby, whose mother has died in childbirth, for his own stillborn sonall as new condition ltd edition nosee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut there is opposition in the form of a bunch of monks with sacred daggers who will do everything necessary to prevent satan's enthronementaunt marion (lee grant) is the first to suspect there is more to the young devil than adolescent angst, leading to her swift dispatch by a killer ravenoxfam bookshop chelmsford triple bill featuring the first three 'omen' filmsas for damien, he is making his mark at military school, and is dismayed to discover his true demonic identity - but not for longthe ambassador at first dismisses this as the crazy rantings of a religious maniac, but subsequent events suggest that maybe the priest had a pointby the age of five, the child, damien (harvey stephens), seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the thorn household, suffering a violent fit when he is taken to church and causing his nanny to hang herselfthe second film, 'damien - omen ), picks up events a few years later, with the now-orphaned damien (jonathan scott-taylor) turning 13 and living with his adoring aunt and uncle
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The tragedy of strafford is linked with the terrible insurrection in irelandoxfam shop macclesfield some slight scuffing to cover and browning of pagesthis volume tells the story of the four eventful years which immediately preceded the civil war, years which transformed the tranquil dominions of king charles into a land rent by mistrust and menaced by fire and swordit tells of the rise of the covenanters in scotland with such leaders as the gallant montrose and the mysterious argyllmiss wedgewood has sought to convey the vivid day sequence of events as they flooded down on the men & women of the time, and to restore as far as possible the immediacy of their experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit tells of parliament's opposition to the king under the skilful leadership of john pym
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But while the young king proves to be intelligent, courageous and dedicated to the welfare and protection of his people, he lives his life under the terrible affliction of leprosy which has plagued him from an early agebut war is comingfilled with drama and battle, tragedy and romance, sharon penman's the land beyond the sea tells the epic tale of a clash of cultures during the 12th centuryseeking retribution for the massacre in , saladin, leader of the vast saracen army, launches a campaign to reclaim the sacred land from its current ruler, baldwin ivfurthermore, there are few that baldwin can trust, including the archbishop william of tyre and lord balian d'ibelin, a charismatic leader who has been one of the few to maintain the peacewhile the scheming of rival factions and fierce political deception plague the halls of the royal court, the ever-present threat from saladin weighs heavily on the young king's shouldersthe crusaders who stayed have adapted to an utterly new world: a landscape of blazing heat, exotic customs and enemies who are also neighbourssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe kingdom of jerusalem, also known as outremer - the land beyond the seaoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf weara young realm, outremer was baptized in blood when the men of the first crusade captured jerusalem from the saracens in
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But ook and gluk's idyllic life takes a turn for the terrible when an evil corporation from the future invades their quiet towngeorge beard and harold hutchins present the sensational saga of two silly caveboys named ook and glukook and gluk have a pretty awesome life growing up together in caveland, ohio, in bc
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And 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 revelationuntil 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 pyjamashe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryall 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 withoxfam shop thornbury what happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocaustsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgeryback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchoxfam shop ulverston it's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavourfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dillon has had his own run-ins with the tribe, and when the distraught man begs him for help, he sees a chance to settle some old scores - but dillon has no idea of the terrible chain of events he is about to unleash, nor of the implacable enemies he is about to gainoxfam bookshop cheltenham jack higgins, the undisputed master of action and suspense is back with a brand new adventure featuring the unstoppable sean dillonthe man he stops at heathrow airport is caspar rashid, born and bred in england, but with family ties to a bedouin tribe fiercely wedded to the old ways, as rashid has just found out to his painhis thirteen-year-old daughter, sara, has been kidnapped by rashid's own father and taken to iraq to be married to a man known as the hammer of god, one of the middle east's most feared terroristsbut the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever knownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebefore his journey is done, many men will die - and dillon may be one of themfor intelligence operative sean dillon, it is a routine passport check
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Until the night president harding takes part in carter's act only to die two hours later, and carter finds himself pursued not only by the secret service but by a host of others desperate for the terrible secret they believe harding confided in himbut in s america the stakes are growing higher, as technology and the cinema challenge the allure of magic and carter's stunts become increasingly audaciousseamlessly blending reality and fiction, gold lays before us a glittering and romantic panorama of our modern world at a point of irrevocable changesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham charles carter, dubbed carter the great by houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness
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But he is unprepared for the truth when his growing curiosity leads to the terrible discovery that everything about his existence is a lie, that the island is a cruel hoax, and that he, jordan and everyone they know are actually more valuable dead than aliverecently plagued by unexplained nightmares, lincoln is restless and increasingly questioning of the restrictions placed on his lifethe only way out is to be chosen to go to the island, reportedly the last uncontaminated spot in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop herne bay thriller starring ewan mcgregor and scarlett johanssonlincoln six-echo (mcgregor) and jordan two-delta (johansson) are among hundreds of residents of a contained facility in the mid-21st centurylike all of the inhabitants of this carefully controlled environment, everything about their day-to-day lives is monitored, seemingly for their own good
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In flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgeryback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road it's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavour
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A fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery' the timesbased on a true story, lawrence hill's epic novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful womanabducted from her west african village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the american south, aminata diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home againafter escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through manhattan in the chaos of the revolutionary war, is shipped to nova scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to africasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham 'a beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts
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And 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 revelationuntil 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 pyjamashe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryoxfam bookshop hertford nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocaustall 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 more
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And 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 revelationuntil 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 pyjamashe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryall 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 moreslight creasing on front coveroxfam bookshop brigg nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocaust
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When you slowly lift the cover of the terrible book, dozens of dreadful creatures rush out, threatening to destroy the world itself! this was your mistake, and only you can fix it now! spells allow you to support your playmates, improve your deck, draw cards, etcbut the monsters from the book fight back
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In flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgeryback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavouroxfam shop kendal new and sealed
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From the heroic dreams of the small boy curled up on the rim of the big fire-place in his family's castle, to the terrible moment of failure and beyond, stauffenerg's hours are rich indeedoxfam shop magdelen street of all the men and moments that might have changed the course of history, count von stauffenberg and his ill-fated attempt to kill adolf hitler is perhaps the most vivid and agonising see oxfam website for delivery information read morein a brilliant tapestry of fact and imagination, paul west uses his protagonist's solo voice to give an astounding new dimension to historical impersonation
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But when the terrible truth of his despotic rule is revealed, he must fight for both his life and soul against one of the cruelest leaders in historyoxfam bookshop carlisle oscar-winning drama starring forest whitakercase: ex disc: ex see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen a naive young scottish doctor, nicholas garrigan (james mcavoy), arrives in s uganda hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand, he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earthbefriended by the charismatic new leader, idi amin (whitaker), and appointed as his personal physician, nicholas is originally blinded by his larger-than-life and charming persona
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In the hands of mario puzo's brilliantly sinister talent, the terrible magic of the mafia comes alivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore this is a novel of explosive suspense, heroic action - and an evil on an epic scale
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Then they are separated - first by a quarrel, then by the terrible war which engulfs their world, and finally, after a miraculous reunion, by a tragedy that seems to make it impossible for either of them ever to love againoxfam bookshop ipswich driven by her idealism and courage, alex goodwin will make any sacrifice to win votes for womensee oxfam website for delivery information read morea hard-working young surgeon, patrick is as idealistic as alex and loves her with all his hearther despairing family, unable to rescue her from yet another dangerous prison sentence, is overjoyed when patrick o'leary comes into her life
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Horrible history terrible tudor jigsaw puzzlehorrible history terrible tudor jigsaw puzzlecomplete and vgcposted by julian in music, films, books & games, games & board games in poole
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As they draw ever closer to the elusive dr wheeler, one hot day in june at the ambassador hotel in la, their search finally reaches its terrible climaxtogether with the sinister man known only as washington harold, she goes in search of the charismatic and elusive dr wheeler - the man rose credits with rescuing her from a terrible childhood, and against whom harold nurses a silent grudgeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the summer of , rose sets off for the united states from kentish town; in her suitcase a polka-dot dress and a one-way ticketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the odd couple journey across an america on the brink of paranoid disintegration, their journey mirrors that of robert kennedy's presidential campaign
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This is the story of that terrible night, the air raid intended to be the climax of sir arthur 'bomber' harris's relentless campaign to defeat nazi germanyjohn nichol's dramatic tribute to the men who flew on the raf's bloodiest raid has provided the surviving veterans with the chance to tell the story of that terrible night - the night they flew to nuremberg30 march was the night when everything conspired against bomber commandwhile the airmen of bomber command were among the greatest heroes of the conflict, their contribution and sacrifice has, until recently, been sidelined in the face of post-war criticism of bomber command's tacticspiecing together the dramatic stories of these young fliers - the fledgling crews and the veterans, the survivors and the fallen, former raf flight lieutenant john nichol has interviewed the few surviving veterans, british and german, in the air and on the ground, to record the voices of a diminishing generation795 aircraft set out, nearly 700 men did not returnsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge from bestselling author of tail-end charlie and tornado down comes this powerful and deeply moving account of bomber command's nuremberg raid - the raf's bloodiest night of the second world warmore men from royal air force bomber command died on one single night of the second world war than the total raf aircrew losses during the whole of the four-month-long battle of britainyet they were among the best of their generation
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Tsr advanced dungeons & dragons 2nd edition - dungeon master's books dungeon master's screen w/terrible trouble at tragidore (2nd printing) (fair+) (laminated screen)dungeon master's screen w/terrible trouble at tragidore (2nd printing) fair
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Oxfam shop dumfries "throughout the whole vast shadowy world of ghosts and demons there is no figure so terrible, no figure so dreaded and abhorred, yet looked upon with such fearful fascination, as the vampire, who is himself neither ghost nor demon, but yet who partakes the dark natures and possesses the mysterious and terrible qualities of both" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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