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Oxfam shop ulverston drama following the life of the legendary 'man in black', johnny cashwith his driving freight-train chords, steel-eyed intensity and a voice as deep and black as night, cash sang blistering songs of heartache and survival that were gutsy, full of real life and unlike anything heard beforethat day kicked off the electrifying early career of johnny cashcash (joaquin phoenix) walks into the soon-to-be-famous sun studios in memphisthe movie begins in , when a tough, skinny guitar-slinger who called himself jin the most volatile period of his life, he evolved from a self-destructive pop star into the iconic 'man in black' - facing down his demons, fighting for the love that would save him time and again, and learning how to walk the razor-thin line between destruction and redemptionreese witherspoon won a best actress academy award for her role as june carter, cash's long-suffering wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas he pioneered a fiercely original sound that blazed a trail for rock, country, punk, folk and rap stars to come, cash began a rough-and-tumble journey of personal transformationit was a moment that would have an indelible effect on american culture
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Oxfam bookshop newport a collection of poetical works from this renowned author, along with a brief account of his lifebrown marbled leather-covered boardscracks at hinges to endpapersgilt text within separately affixed panel to gilt-banded spine see oxfam website for delivery information read morereading creases and wear to hinge edges and top and bottom of spine, and to edges of boardstext block is generally clean and tight and lightly tanned towards outer edges of leaveswoven head and tail bandsvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationendpapers discoloured
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Produced in the £5 coin was issued to commemorate the life of the queen motherp&p £2 read morethe coin has a diameter of 4cm and is in very good condition
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In recognition of the beauty of this quintessentially english countryside, the area covering 790 square miles was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty indespite its popularity with tourists, the cotswolds remains tranquil and serenethis area is a perfect blend of gentle rolling hills, plentiful archaeological sites and charming villages built from a local honey coloured limestonethe countryside with its gentle hills and open spaces is ideal for a variety of outdoor activities such as horse-riding, cycling, ballooning and walking, making the cotswolds a dream place to live and visitbeata moore's glorious photographs show the charm of the cotswolds through the seasonstraditional museums like corinium museum in cirencester, cotswolds museum in bourton-on-the-water, gloucester cathedral, roman baths, sudeley castle or blenheim palace are complemented by fabulous gardens of westonbirt, painswick, batsford and hidcoteoxfam shop wolverhampton set in the heart of england's countryside, the cotswolds occupies the area between gloucester, bath, oxford and stratford-upon-avonmost of the villages and smaller towns have survived unspoiltsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe perfect, traditional cotswolds villages offer historic places, friendly pubs and craft shops
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It explores how the apostolic ministry facilitates ongoing renewal in the life of the church and focuses on leadership in relation to missional innovation and entrepreneurshipthe book elaborates on the apostolic role rooted in the five-fold ministry from ephesians 4 (apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds, and teacher), and its significance for the missional movementthis groundbreaking book integrates theology, sociology, and leadership to further define the apostolic movementshows how to view the world through a biblical perspective and continue the "permanent revolution" that jesus startedalan hirsch is a leading voice in the missional movement of the christian westthe authors examine the nature of organization as reframed through the lens of apostolic ministryoutlines the essential characteristics of apostolic movement and how to restructure the church and ministry to be more consistent with themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the permanent revolution is a work of theological re-imagination and re-construction that draws from biblical studies, theology, organizational theory, leadership studies, and key social sciences
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Oxfam bookshop kingsbridge a music-career book like no other, the music producer's survival guide offers a wide-ranging, exploratory, yet refreshing down-to-earth take on living the life of the independent electronic music producerlearn to survive-and thrive-as a creative-technical professional in today's music business, with the help of brian jackson and the music producer's survival guide! excellent clean copyin this friendly, philosophical take on the art and science of music production, veteran producer, engineer, and teacher brian jackson shares clear, practical advice about shaping your own career in today's computer-centric "home-studio" music worldcarving out your niche in music today is an invigorating challenge that will test all your skills and capacitiesif you are an intellectually curious musician/producer eager to make your mark in today's technologically advanced music business, you're in for a treatsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou'll cover music technology, philosophy of music production, career planning, networking, craft and creativity, the diy ethos, lifestyle considerations, and much morethe music producer's survival guide is the first music-production book to consider the influence of complexity studies and chaos theory on music-making and career developmentit focuses on practicality while traversing a wide spectrum of topics, including essential creative process techniques, the tr-808, the proliferation of presets, the butterfly effect, granular synthesis, harmonic ratios, altered states, fractal patterns, the dynamics of genre evolution, and much morebrian's thoughtful approach will teach you to integrate your creative passion, your lifestyle, and your technical know-howthis new edition includes industry and technological updates, additional interviews, and tips about personal finances, income, and budgets
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We appreciate the impact a good book can havewe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!book binding:hardbackauthor:mccullin, don
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Comparable in its acope and ambition to roger penrose and stephen hawking, and readable than eitheroxfam bookshop cheltenham a radically new view of the nature of the universe that suggests that the cosmosas a whole is best understood not as mechanical and clockwork, but as complete and evolving, more akin to a living entity than a machinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The thick eva sole pad relieves pain for the horse and extends the life of the multi-purpose tubbeasea bandage is not suitable or adequatea multi-purpose hoof aiddimension is maximum width of hoof that will fit in the tubbease cupvarious remedies can be used under the sock for ailments such as abscess, thrush, seedy toe, thin sole, injuries, cracks and general deteriorationx small (purple) 75mm small (pink) 110mm medium (red) 140mm large (blue) 155mm extra large (orange & yellow) 165mm 2x extra large (yellow) 175m new hoofs socks ideal to soak hoofs in size medium all in red each have 4 can sell single or as a set read morethe sock ‘breathes’ to stop the damaged hoof going soft during treatmentnote tubbease should always be secured with the velcro strap supplied
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It is life sized (170m) and incredibly striking in its accurate depiction of the late muhammad alithis is an original "charlie clarke" one off exclusive hand made wool muhammad ali wall carpet please contact me for the best buy it now price no time wasters genuine art buyers please this exquisite detailed piece was made for an international exhibition it is a sought after collectors piece that is appreciating in value, a real investment!! the retail value of this one off item is circa £ on the uk market it will fetch more on the continent this is the only piece in the world!!! read more
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He has been the curator of the andy warhol foundation for over 20 yearsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteinsured shipping, from a country in the european communitytimothy john hunt was born in cheam, surrey, on 22nd september , the son of wallis hunt, a trade banker, and his wife sue (born davis), the fourth of six children, he studied at the wellington college, where he learned that the best way to ignore authority was to remain invariably politecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehis younger brother was a racing car driver who died in , james huntsafe shipping in a wooden crate of size 1 m x 1 mthis is why timothy hunt added the letter j in his name, in memory of his brothertimothy hunt, nicknamed tplease look carefully at the photosstamp by rupert jasen smith, new yorkdied at 60 years oldour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeticket and invitation letter to the exhibition dated , the exhibition was held on to at the louisiana museumare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiorigin: timothy hunt, he was the director of the andy warhol foundation for over 20 years (please look at the label on the back)provenance: the work was purchased from his heirs some time agosilk-screen print, 96always elegantly dressed, he was easily identifiable at any art gathering with his large round glasses and high-class clothes – a look that often featured him on new york’s ‘best dressed’ listsin excellent conditionthe work was displayed at the museum as an invitation and participation card in april
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This and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadoxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lthis book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary worldin very good conditionthis book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pagesbakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedalthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believers
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Oxfam shop dumfries graphicallly violent, bafta-winning prison drama from acclaimed french director jacques audiard ('read my lips', 'the beat that my heart skipped')with the inmates mostly members of either corsican or arab gangs, malik finds himself having to carry out a series of brutal rites of passage as the leader of the prison's corsican gang cesar luciani (niels arestrup) orders him to carry out a number of 'missions' aimed at proving his allegiancesentenced to six years in a brutal french prison, 19-year-old petty criminal malik el djebena (tahar rahim) soon realises he has to learn the ropes if he is to survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas malik rises to the challenges he is set, gaining respect from his peers, and with his confidence and power growing, he begins to develop his own plans, placing him on a collision course with his gang boss
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Jacob de wit (amsterdam, ) pierre paul rubens (), after the abduction of the prophet elijahare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemost of these drawings are kept in the british museumplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website31 x 37 cm - (46 x 38 cm) engraving on copper, strong laid paper, without legend (pre-lettering)after the fire of , he began to engrave them but made only 10 planksschneevoogt, 9 (bcharles borromeo church in antwerpthe whole series was engraved later - i36 plates and published by jan punt in amsterdam in - "de plafonds, of gallery stukken uit de kerk der eerwpunt in amsterdam inat the rijksmuseum, british museumlarge watermark imprint between and , jacob de wit drew the rubens’ painted ceilings of stjesuiten te antwerpen," engraved and published by jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Transform the way you view your path in lifemake the turning point in your life don't settle for the same of the same, the book "create your life by force will show you how to change your life for the bettercreate your life by force can help you harness this powercreate your life by force – by nidal saadeh (author) metaphysical- law of attraction- mind power- new age thoughtas you fully realise the true potential within the force, you will begin to witness abundance in all areas of lifewhether you dream of success in your career, intimate relationships, or income or you hope for better health, create your life by force shows you how to turn your dreams into realityusing the step-by-step guidelines outlined in create your life by force, you can begin transforming your future—today! get a sneak preview or free sample to listen to this remarkable book on:- amazon, amazon kindle - itunes- amazon- audible download - barns noble - many more stores online worldwideyou possess the capacity to achieve greatnessyou have the power to shape your futurepowerful formula to change your life, what if you discovered the key to success wasn’t as difficult to obtain as you’d thought? what if it was within you all along? much as we are unable to see gravity—though we feel its dynamic pull every day—so too is this force present in our every movementthere is no such thing as being a victim of circumstancesit would be easy to think the author is oversimplifying the ideas53 /audio book free trial/ print £899 get your copy now ! free trial on audible for one month get the audio book for free while the offer lastssometimes folks want manifesting to be a test/challengingfree trial on audible for one month get the audio book for free while the offer lastsfantastic book - amazon reader great book, easy readand it really works! - amazon reader felt like a conversation with a good friendthe real secret to having it all through creative imaginingi appreciated how the material was scaffold-ed and how were given a fresh takeyou create your own misery or happiness its all your doing and you can change it right now! metaphysical- law of attraction- mind power- new age thought- positive thinkingif you’ve spent years believing your destiny has already been selected for you and that you are powerless to change it, think againprint paper back / kindle / audio book available now ! kindle from £4thank you - amazon readerthere is no such thing as a lucky personnot long winded like some books of same naturereviews 5 stars
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Transform the way you view your path in lifemake the turning point in your life don't settle for the same of the same, the book "create your life by force will show you how to change your life for the bettercreate your life by force can help you harness this powercreate your life by forceby nidal saadeh | 21 dec stars paperback £8create your life by force – by nidal saadeh (author) metaphysical- law of attraction- mind power- new age thoughtas you fully realise the true potential within the force, you will begin to witness abundance in all areas of lifewhether you dream of success in your career, intimate relationships, or income or you hope for better health, create your life by force shows you how to turn your dreams into realityusing the step-by-step guidelines outlined in create your life by force, you can begin transforming your future—today! get a sneak preview or free sample to listen to this remarkable book on:- amazon, amazon kindle - itunes- amazon- audible download - barns noble - many more stores online worldwideyou possess the capacity to achieve greatnessyou have the power to shape your futurepowerful formula to change your life, what if you discovered the key to success wasn’t as difficult to obtain as you’d thought? what if it was within you all along? much as we are unable to see gravity—though we feel its dynamic pull every day—so too is this force present in our every movementthere is no such thing as being a victim of circumstancesit would be easy to think the author is oversimplifying the ideasthank you - amazon reader amazon order now53 /audio book free trial/ print £899 get your copy now ! free trial on audible for one month get the audio book for free while the offer lastssometimes folks want manifesting to be a test/challengingfree trial on audible for one month get the audio book for free while the offer lastsfantastic book - amazon reader great book, easy readand it really works! - amazon reader felt like a conversation with a good friendthe real secret to having it all through creative imaginingi appreciated how the material was scaffold-ed and how were given a fresh takeyou create your own misery or happiness its all your doing and you can change it right now! metaphysical- law of attraction- mind power- new age thought- positive thinking53 audible audiobooks £ free with audible trialif you’ve spent years believing your destiny has already been selected for you and that you are powerless to change it, think againprint paper back / kindle / audio book available now ! kindle from £499 eligible for free uk delivery more buying choices kindle edition £4there is no such thing as a lucky personnot long winded like some books of same naturereviews 5 stars
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford my ladder of life is a depiction of a time gone by in the lancashire mill town of blackburnit starts just before the second world war, and covers 73 years of alan duffy's life as an engineer, company owner and family manthe life of an engineer might appear to be boring but, if alan's own experiences are anything to go by, nothing could be further from the truthalan's career has been rewarding and interesting and sometimes fraught with danger! occasionally events that have befallen him which seem too funny to be true! my ladder of life encompasses such varied events as alan having an audience with pope john paul 2 and seeing frank sinatra on the same dayalan then started a another engineering companybinding is tightsigned and dedicated on the front free end paper, by the authoralan also writes about his family who have brought infinite love and support to him throughout the yearsalan's autobiography is set against an ever-changing social background and serves to remind the reader of the way things used to bealan duffy' hard back book with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'with best wishesthe pages are in very good condition with clear text and photographsalan discovered he had entrepreneurial skills in his early forties and founded a successful engineering company that in three short years he'd sold on to an american corporation he continued to manage the company until when they relocated to the usathe dust jacket has numerous, slight scratches and some indentations
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The work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seragliothis is one of the most important records of tripolitan life during the 18th centuryat some stage in its' life it has been sympathetically restored with a new leather spinethe female members of tully's family were on intimate terms with the bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seragliothe board corners are bumpedi have here a very rare beautifully illustrated book entitled narrative of a ten years' residence at tripoli in africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late richard tully, the british consul, comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction also an account of the domestic manners of the moors, arabs and turksbrown endpapers, with bookplate to the inside of the front boardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis first edition was published in by henry colburn, londonthis is an ex- library copy with the usual stampsthe boards having an embossed crosshatch patternbound in full leather boardsgilt title lettering on a red block to the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilight foxing to the title page and tanning to the page edges370 pages, 28cm 23 cm read morethis book is in very good condition, the pages are tightly bound with no loose pages'it is a delicious mixture of sensational subject-matter and deadpan delivery' very readable and interesting includes the plague, moor customs and beliefs, african gardens, inside the great mosque, bey of tripoli murdered etc etcillustrated with 3 hand coloured full page plates plus a fold out map (unfortunately 2 of the original plates are missing there should have been 5 plates and a map)
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life is not randomly happening to you: life is responding to you, and only through consciousness you can make life happen your waywhen you finally embrace life as a universal gift of connectionmind power is what you get when you understand the principles of life itselfbenard good condition paperback, no markings or discolourationoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells mpower the shaman: a disquiet shift of consciousness gonzalo w some b/w illustrationsconsciousness, or the energy that can be a healer itself if you allow it toknow how to heal yourself and others through this energy of consciousnessthe rituals of healing and gratitude, and what we can learn from the stones and nature itselfthat was a turning point to understand oneness, and the fact that we are all connected through consciousnessfrom our own rebirthwhen you reach consciousness, when you allow yourself to travel through itwhen you heal yourselfallow the shift to happensee oxfam website for delivery information read morea human living in a higher consciousnessmind is the product of the physical brain and consciousness that comes to you the moment you're bornin his early ages, the author would see people inside glass jars, as a subconscious protection and defencelater on, he understood that glass is breakable and cold, and that what he would see was in fact energy, consciousness, protecting and defending people, connecting them to others and to the universe
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The life of governor joan gideon loten ()the life of governor joan gideon loten () is the first published biography about this international civil servantthe colour sections have gorgeous depictions of the natural historian watercolours that loten made and collected during his lifethe publication contains a chronological overview of loten’s life and career, a genealogy of his family, a dutch language summary and an elaborate set of notes of no less than 90 pptogether), besides the many images in black and whiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit are those pieces that make studying loten attractive, despite raat’s special effortscondition: as newplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea personal history of a dutch virtuoso, uitgeverij verloren, hilversum x 24raat attempts to show other sides of loten: his role as an employee of the voc and his position of holland virtuoso in political and academic circles in londonthe book contains two impressive colour sections (32 pp\traat, alexander jup till now, he was mainly known amongst ornithologists and art historians that have studied his large collection of drawings and watercolours of birds and natural panoramasour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Portrait of sinatra 40 songs from the life of a man double vinylartist: frank sinatra tracklist: a1: let's face the music a2: nancy (with the laughing face) a3: i've got you under my skin a4: let me try again (laisse moi le temps) a5: fly me to the moon a6: all or nothing at all a7: for once in my life a8: bonita a9: my kind of town a10: call me irresponsible b1: all the way b2: strangers in the night b3: didn't we b4: come fly with me b5: second time around b6: in the wee small hours of the morning b7: bad, bad leroy brown b8: softly, as i leave you b9: cycles b10: send in the clowns c1: that's life c2: little green apples c3: song of the sabia c4: goody goody c5: empty tables c6: i believe i'm gonna love you c7: stargazer c8: i sing the songs (i write the songs) c9: you are the sunshine of my life c10: it was a very good year d1: something stupid d2: young at heart d3: you make me feel so young d4: yesterday d5: pennies from heaven d6: if d7: something d8: star d9: love's been good to me d10: my way belonged to my dad, but now sadly, no longer needed(click to reveal full phone number) for directions or email through the friday ad websitehappy to post by hermes at costor, they are also on friday ad, until solditem location: cheddar, somersetthank you for lookinglots of other sets available if you want to browse more when you come
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The book's varied and carefully selected contributions, written by experts from around 20 countries, seek to answer such questions as: - how have modernism and the avant-garde responded to historical circumstance in mapping the form of possible futures for humanity?- how have avant-garde and modernist works presented ideals of living as alternatives to the present?- how have avant-gardists acted with or against the state to remodel human life or to resist the instrumental reduction of life by administration and industrialisation? see oxfam website for delivery information read morereadings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life, or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian presentoxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionutopian hope and dystopian despair are characteristic features of modernism and the avant-gardethe fourth volume of the eam series, european avant-garde and modernism studies, casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through european modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st century there is slight wear at the top of the spine, but otherwise this copy is nearly as new inside and out
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Oxfam shop ulverston the official tie-in to the return of the king, in which actor andy serkis relates how he and the team of animators brought tolkien's character gollum to lifenow andy serkis tells his own story about how a three-week commission to provide a voiceover for gollum grew into a four-year commitment to breathe life and soul into the lord of the rings' most challenging screen performancefully illustrated with more than 100 exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and drawings from the return of the king and the two towers, and with contributions from the many designers and animators who brought gollum to life, this book examines the transition to the big screen of one of tolkien's most popular characters from the hobbit and the lord of the ringssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefilm-making history was made when, in the two towers, an actor's performance and digital animation were seamlessly integrated to create the world's first totally lifelike animated character
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This is the story of a tragic life and a transformed old agealmost 50 years after the war, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the japanese interpreter, was still alivedespite an outwardly successful life, lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences and could never share them with anyonehe was put to work on the railway of death - the japanese line from thailand and burmalomax helped to build a radio so that he and his comrades could follow news of the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was the most disastrous engineering project in history, which killed allied prisoners and thai labourersone of his tormentors was a young japanese interpreter; lomax never forgot himoxfam shop ulverston a naive young man, a radio enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the british empire at singapore inthe japanese discovered the radio and lomax was exhaustively and brutally tortured
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In call of the wild, a domestic dog is kidnapped from his comfortable life on a california estate and thrown into the wild north woodsrecorded unabridged are call of the wild and 3 special klondike stories: to build a fire, love of life and to the man on the trailbuck, half st bernard and half scottish shepherd, is a strong dog but not accustomed to the harsh life of the north and he must fight for his survivalrunning time approxread by roger dressleroxfam bookshop hertford jack london's stories are classic american favouriteshe learns how to work hard; how to dig a hole in a snowbank to stay warm; how to survive crueltywith the kind of devotion that only a dog can give, he shows loyalty to his master in ways that are both touching and profoundsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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When exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the joneseshow far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectiona snip at only £6on prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women waitoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadin a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learningsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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'henry hill - goodfella' chronicles the life of the man whose story formed the basis for the hit movie 'goodfellas''bugsy siegel' looks at the life of the legendary gangster, from his stormy relationship with the beautiful virginia hill to his mysterious murderfriends talk about his short-lived term in a witness protection programme while henry reflects on his life in the mob and the pivotal role he played in bringing down some of its most powerful figures'al capone - scarface' follows capone's journey from the immigrant neighbourhood of his youth to the glittering circles of chicago's powerful eliteoxfam shop york collection of documentaries looking at three famous gangsterssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the secret life of the owl, john lewis-stempel explores the legends and history of the owl'john lewis-stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation' country life see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey feature in every major culture from the stone age onwardswe see them as wise, like athena's owl, and loyal, like harry potter's hedwigbut owls - with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions - are also reassuringly familiarthey are creatures of the night, and thus of magicout in the wood, the resident tawny has started calling, hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-othey are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the other sideno other species has so captivated usand in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature, whose natural powers are as fantastic as any mythoxfam shop colne road the perfect gift for nature lovers'dusk is filling the valleyhuman-like, in other wordsit is the time of the gloaming, the owl-light'there is something about owls
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They give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifethey evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish elitein the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independenceas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violencethey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapeyet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandwe glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionin the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromise
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