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She made many attempts to establish contact with her family, but most were unsuccessfulin forty autumns she vividly brings to life many accounts of courage and survival, set against the backdrop of four decades that divided a nation and the worlda few years later, hanna had a daughter - nina - who grew up to become the first female us army intelligence officer to lead sensitive intelligence collection operations in east berlin at the height of the cold waroxfam bookshop cheltenham in forty autumns, nina willner recounts the history of three generations of her family - mothers, sisters, daughters and cousins - separated by forty years of soviet rule, and reunited after the fall of the berlin wallthough separated by only a few miles, nina and her relatives led entirely different livesher father was under close observation; her mother, younger sister heidi and the others struggled to adjust to life under a bizarre and brutal regime that kept its citizens cut off from the outside worldas hanna built a new life in the west, her relatives (her mother, father and eight siblings) remained in the easthanna fell in love and moved to americathe construction of the berlin wall severed all hope of any future reuniononce the berlin wall came down, and the families were reunited, nina willner discovered an extraordinary storysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshortly after the end of the second world war, as the soviets took control of the eastern part of germany, hanna, a schoolteacher's daughter, escaped with nothing more than a small suitcase and the clothes on her backat the same time, heidi's daughter, cordula, was training to become a member of the east german olympic cycling team
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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 compositionsthe conflicts which came to mark mahler's music and personality had their beginnings in his childhood and youthhe 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 yorkoxfam 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 indonald mitchell was born inrevised 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 studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwo composers have been central to his writings on music, gustav mahler and benjamin britten
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But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, abc's south asia correspondent, is posted to new delhi, the most polluted city on earthit's enough to send a rapidly balding atheist on a wild rollercoaster ride through india's many religions in search of the meaning of life and deathfrom the 'brain enema' of a meditation retreat in dharamsala to the biggest hindu festival on earth on the steps of the ganges in varanasi, and with the help of the dalai lama, a goddess of healing hugs and a couple of bollywood stars - among many, many others - sarah discovers a hell of a lot moreoxfam bookshop st albans translation in to dutch of sarah macdonald's account of two experiences of indiaafter being cursed by a sadhu smeared in human ashes, she nearly dies from double pheumoniahaving given up a blossoming radio career in sydney to follow her new boyfriend to india, it seems like the ultimate sacrifice and it almost kills sarah - literallysee oxfam website for delivery information read more after backpacking her way around india, 21-year-old sarah macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return
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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 powersthree months later, bruno pontecorvo, a physicist at harwell, britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a traceoxfam bookshop carlisle the memo landed on kim philby's desk in washington, dc, in julyyet when he disappeared mi5 insisted he was not a threatnow, 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 warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 sagaoxfam 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 understand(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 stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earnedthe 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 tone see oxfam website for delivery information read moremurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe 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 first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceived
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A dark legacy is rediscoveredone hundred years later one of the smartest men on the planet completes the scientist's workmany die - including a scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthroughexotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes-cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' associated press see oxfam website for delivery information read morenow the man who knows everything faces the one man who will risk everything to stop him - but is it already too late?'cussler is hard to beat' daily mail 'the adventure king' sunday express 'nobody does it betterand must be destroyedbut standing in his way are juan cabrillo and the crew of the oregonoxfam shop colne road it begins in fire and deathin a volcanic eruption devastates the island of martiniquenow in possession of a device that means no secret is safe, he sets out to bring the world to its kneesnobody!' stephen coonts 'just about the best storyteller in the business' new york post 'oceanography's answer to indiana jones
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Fender usa telecaster custom purple refinish & hard case one of the best telecaster's i have ever played and just so resonant was refinished years ago purple over black but this could be taken back to the original colour also the bridge plate was changed many years agosounds and plays great all specs and details will be uploaded later on today any questions please just ask read more
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Very suitable for those of more senior years, the two chairs have many years of use left in them yetthis item is to be collected from chapel en le frith by arrangement but needs to be taken no later than midday on monday 8th octobertwo wooden framed, matching upright high backed arm chairs - in floral print pattern upholsterywould sell as individual items (£ ono each) or as a pair (£ ono)
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A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in the netherlands and germanyduring the most recent years he has further developed his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramidshans meeuwsen is a “prix de rome” nominee of and a fletcher challenge ceramic merit award winner of and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collectionsthe wall thickness is about a millimetre, so there is some transparency in the porcelainhans further developed his ceramic skills during residencies at the european ceramic work centre in the netherlands and working periods in new zealand, lithuania and the japanese island hiradohis main specialism was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts mediumthis is a unique handmade objectcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the dutch zero-movement and in particular the works by jan schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists’ own signaturethe artist has signed this work with two porcelain applications, one is his first name and the first letter of his last name, on the other are two japanese characters, raku and yakimonoby applying porcelain as a building material, a dimension is added to itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirolling, pressing and cutting provided him with little flat clay squares that he used to built cubic shapes looking like hermetically closed cellsthe signature, in relief, is visible in the photosimportant works from that time include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some being pure geometric abstractions, others being interpretations of the mythical tower of babelupon shipment, this box will be packed “box in box”, filling the gaps with shock-absorbing environmentally friendly materialsthe artwork is made of porcelain, oxidise fired at chans meeuwsen (, the netherlands) graduated from the visual arts academy in tilburg to initially become a teacher in visual arts at an upper secondary schoolhe applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaosplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis work is a study from a series inspired by the reliefs of jan van schoonhoventhe artwork will be packed in a custom-made wooden box with foam rubber liningour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Almost 100 years later came one of the most important experiments in scientific history, by the young misfit new zealander, ernest rutherfordeven today as we peer deeper and deeper into the atom, it throws back as many questions at us as answershe showed the atom consisted mostly of space, and in doing so turned 200 years of classical physics on its headjohn dalton gave us the first picture of the atom in the early sit was a brilliant dane, neils bohr, who made the next great leap - into the incredible world of quantum theoryno one ever expected the atom to be as bizarre, as capricious, and as weird as it turned out to bethis is the first popular account of the fascinating story of the atomits story is one riddled with jealousy, rivalry, missed opportunities and moments of geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet, he and a handful of other revolutionary young scientists weren't prepared for the shocks nature had up her sleevemind-bending discoveries about the atom were destined to upset everything we thought we knew about realityoxfam bookshop cheltenham all things are made of atoms, little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are a little distance apart but repelling upon being squeezed into one another
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A few years later he received national and international recognition with exhibitions in the netherlands and germanyduring the most recent years he has further developed his ceramic skills and works with creamy white wafer-thin slices of porcelain that are mounted into cubes or pyramidshans meeuwsen is a “prix de rome” nominee of and a fletcher challenge ceramic merit award winner of and ever since then his work has found its way to many national and international collectionsthe wall thickness is about a millimetre, so there is some transparency in the porcelainhans further developed his ceramic skills during residencies at the european ceramic work centre in the netherlands and working periods in new zealand, lithuania and the japanese island hiradohis main specialism was drawing, but he accidentally discovered the potential of clay as a visual arts mediumthis is a unique handmade objectcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby stacking these geometric shapes in repetitive patterns he creates sculptures that are reminiscent of the dutch zero-movement and in particular the works by jan schoonhoven, but in the end clearly bears the artists’ own signaturethe artist has signed this work with two porcelain applications, one is his first name and the first letter of his last name, on the other are two japanese characters, raku and yakimonoby applying porcelain as a building material, a dimension is added to itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirolling, pressing and cutting provided him with little flat clay squares that he used to built cubic shapes looking like hermetically closed cellsthe signature, in relief, is visible in the photosimportant works from that time include towers, pyramids and other constructions, some being pure geometric abstractions, others being interpretations of the mythical tower of babelthe artwork is made of porcelain, oxidise fired at chans meeuwsen (, the netherlands) graduated from the visual arts academy in tilburg to initially become a teacher in visual arts at an upper secondary schoolhe applies his decades-long experience to create a dialogue between inner and outer space, between geometric and organic, between order and chaosplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis work is a study from a series inspired by the reliefs of jan van schoonhoventhe artwork will be packed in a custom-made wooden box with foam rubber liningupon shipment, this box will be packed “box in box”, filling the gaps with shock-absorbing materialsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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While many of the songs come from the original repertoire, the music is all modern malimore than 20 years later, their sons, the now world-famous toumani diabate and the junior ballake sissoko, have come together to pay tribute to their fathers with 's new ancient stringsthis is the first all-acoustic kora recording diabate has done since his stunning kaira, released more than 10 years prior to new ancient strings, and it shows a mature and forward-looking artist that would make the elder diabate proudoxfam shop magdelen street back in the early s, a recording by kora masters sidiki diabate and djelimadi sissoko called cordes anciennes first brought this rich acoustic music of mali to the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether diabate and sissoko explore their fathers' roots while travelling their own new routestoumani diabate has toured the world as a soloist, as a member of fusion groups like songhai (with flamenco fusionist ketama), and he has incorporated subtle changes into his music that makes it a living affirmation of the strength of the ancient harp of africa
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Found in a box in garage so many years oldcorrect photos to be added later today! read morehand grip is a little tatty but racket is in vgc overallvintage retro wooden squash racket and case goudie international zeta mohibullah khan
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This quality hand made box, is constructed of, exterior quality 12mm ply, and 1” planed redwood, and will last for many yearslater you can enjoy the thrill of seeing the chicks hatch and grow - all from the comfort of your living roomthe boxes are given two coats of cuprinol, with a choice of three different coloursthe inner top of the box, is partitioned off, to prevent the birds from interfering with the cctv cable etcthis hand made robin, timber nest box has a 38mm entrance slot, and is fitted will a small colour camera, allowing you to watch the birds build their nest and lay their eggsthe camera is equipped with sound, has infra-red vision and an infra-red light sourcethe images are a high quality, and will be relayed straight to your televisioncost for courier delivery, £5a dc power supply, a 20m length of cctv cable, and instructions, are include in the priceyes it's spring again, and the birds are looking for suitable nest sites
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Twenty years later, corbijn's search fot the "why" culminated in his project a"through his very peculiar pictorial language, anton corbijn has created the public image of many post-punk bands of the ies, and he has been living in a world of celebrities ever sinceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteschirmer and mosel, munichfirst edition, first printingperfect conditionedited by franz wilhelm kaisertext in english and germanso it may come as a surprise that he keeps on returning to questions about the meaning of lifeexcellent exhibition catalogue booksoftcover with dustjacketcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenew, mint, unread; still originally shrink-wrapped in publisher's plastic foilan early example is his never published series of funeral monuments photographed in on catholic graveyardsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesomebody, consisting of self-portraits in the guise of late famous musicians, taken in the landscape of his childhood" (from the publisher) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext: marie-noël rio, daria dittmeyer-höss
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I anticipate some limited surplus from overwintered stocks, which, subject to weather, will be available at the end of march (headed by queens - queens marked green) the bees i have are natural hybrids, selected over many years for their temperament, resistance to the common bee ailments and productivitythey will be ready to exploit the early nectar flow and give you a good chance of a honey croporders taken will be dealt with on a first come, first served basisthe colonies will need to be collected from my home near warwick and just 5 minutes from junction 15 m40 overwintered colonies are £165 and will be expanding rapidly when you receive themyou will need to have supers ready!! if you are interested and would like to know more please do not hesitate to give me a call - i will help wherever i cantaught by my father, i take pride in sound beekeeping husbandry and will ensure that the bees come to you with ample stores, are queenright, with brood in all stages and in a strong conditioni will not release the colony until i am happy that they are building strongly for the forage season aheadi will give you as much advice and help as i can throughout the process and will send detailed, written instructions regarding collection, transfer to your hive etcsteve read morethey will be contained in a wooden framed, corex travel box - made specifically for the job(photo) the corex-nuc is ideal for housing swarms in the futureall now sold i have kept bees since the mud ’s and currently manage over 35 production colonies, as a hobby only(this may affect collection date - earlier or later, generally by no more than a week or two) the bees will be over 6 british standard national hoffman (dn4) framesall of my queens are raised from my own selective rearing process
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Although prins was from the netherlands, he lived in new york for many years, but later returned to his home in the netherlandsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteleendert prins died inthis clock is based on patents granted to leendert prins in the sgolden hour was made by jefferson electricjefferson had bought the rights from prins, who received 3the patents arecatawiki’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 store5 percent royalties for each clock sold that used his patented systemare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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On an august day eight years later, after the 'iron road' had reached many parts of england, the johnson family from essex caught a train at euston station and, within little more than twenty-four hours, were gazing in rapture at their first view of mountain scenerythe illustrated record of their sojourn in the lake district, now in the wordsworth trust collection, contains an engaging account of their adventures, often enriched by their use of wordsworth's own 'guide to the lakes' and enlivened by unique glimpses of the poet himself and members of his familyinternally clean and bright" includes a reproduction of the map from the guidebook used by the johnsons"early in the railway age, william wordsworth mused wistfully in a letter from london to his family in the north, 'o that there was a railway to take me to kendal or lancasteror preston'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal as new with an unbroken spine minimal shelf wear, only a tiny blemish on the reverse cloth spine
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many quires and pphe stayed in rome and nearly 20 years later his book “antiquities of the jews” (antiquitates judaicae) was published for greek and roman readerswith almost 200 (!) beautiful copper engravings in the text and some double-page prints and the map of jerusalemjosephus went back to rome with titus after the fall of jerusalemsome prints are missingtitus flavius josephus (37-cthere he was given a home and an incomethe first passage is known as the testimonium flavianum (antiquitates judaicae, xviiixx, 200) accounts the execution of james (the leader of the jewish christian community in jeruzalem), who is referred to as ‘the brother of jesus, who is called christ’catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableflavius josephus - alle de werken van flavius josephus: behelzende twintig boeken van de joodsche oudheden, 't verhaal van zyn eygen leeven, de histori van de oorlogen der jooden tegens de romeynen, zyne twee boeken tegen apion, en zyne beschryving van den marteldood der machabeenthe second passage (ibidare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihighly detailed copper engravings, true masterpieces by jan and caspar luyken, the top engravers of the 18th century! the pictures provide a good impressionjerusalem and the jewish temple were destroyed by the romans in this revoltthe work of josephus includes two passages about jesus of nazarethpaper overall neat and crisp(2 volumes) [and] egesippus van de joodsche oorlogen, en de verdelging jerusalems - amsterdam, pieter mortier, parts in 1 volume - () pp - half-leather binding; spine with large raised bands and letter piece - cm (large folio)initially josephus flavius participated in the first jewish–roman war () as as head of jewish forcesin this book he describes the history of his people from the time the world was created until his own timewaarby komt het gezantschap van philo aan den keyzer kaligula, alles uyt de oversetting van den heer d'andilly in't nederduytsch overgebragt door was a freedman of the flavian emperors, he was allowed to take the name flaviusdespite the defects, a very interesting book in large format, especially because of the more than 200 (!) beautiful copper engravingshe was captured in the early stages of this rebellion and probably owed his life to thiswhen that actually really happened, vespasian granted him a pardonthese works provide valuable insight into judaism in the first century and the history of early christianityjosephus himself upheld the laws of moses and believed that judaism and greek-roman thinking could be united into what is called hellenistic judaismas josephus wrote about the period in which the events of the new testament occurred, the work of josephus is of great importance to the study of early christianitytext seems to be complete75 ad) the emphasis is on the first century ad, especially on the jewish revolt against the roman occupation in the period ad (the first jewish–roman war) that resulted in the destruction of jerusalem in 70although there is controversy about this among historians, josephus seems to be one of the first outside of the gospel writers to have mentioned jesus and his title “christ”in rome, josephus wrote “the jewish war” (de bello judaico), a work with the message that the fall of jerusalem and the jewish people were the will of god (the romans were instruments of god) and that it would be best to stop the resistance against the romanshe also wrote an autobiography (vita) and a polemic work, “against apion” (contra apionem), in which he refuted certain allegations against the jewish people and explained jewish law100) was a roman-jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrayed at edges, large print torn, light moisture stain in part egesippusfollowing a dream he had when he was a prisoner of war, he predicted that the roman commander vespasian would become emperor of romethrough the work of josephus, it is possible to place the new testament in the context of history and customs of the jews in that periodcondition: moderate to fair - needs to be re-boundloose, frayed and with tears in front, in the middle approxvery dark and sharp prints94 ad) and “the jewish war” (cjosephus wrote his works in koine greek in order to explain the history of the world to the roman public from a jewish perspectivein his two most important works “antiquities of the jews” (cthe eyewitness accounts and research by flavius josephus are the most important extra-biblical source for this periodmust-have book for serious researchers of the times of the old and new testamentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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After nine days of fighting, the survivors of the division were withdrawn across the rhine and it was not until many months later that ground forces captured arnhemusing the technique he has perfected over twenty-five years of military study, blending meticulous research based on original documents with the personal experiences of more than 500 participants, martin middlebrook describes the battle of arnhem from start to finish, from one end of that complicated battlefield to the otherarnhem was meant to end the war in europethe battle of arnhem was a turning-point in the war, a gamble by montgomery, using three airborne divisions to capture a series of bridges across the wide rivers that separated a powerful mobile army from the plains of northern germanythe germans were in retreat from normandy and seemed to be beatenthe author offers a masterly summary of what went wrong in the last major defeat in battle suffered by the british armymost of the remainder of the airborne force was held up on the outskirts of the town by german units that turned out to be far stronger than expected a major intelligence failureit all went wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop west bridgford soft card covers with no dust jacket, whole book almost as newthree airborne divisions were to seize the bridges across the great rivers of holland and unleash the allied armies into germanyif the bridges had been captured and held, and the ground forces had been able to relieve the airborne forces, then there would have been a good chance of ending the war before christmasillustrated with b&w platesin the meantime, only a small part of the 1st british airborne division had reached the arnhem bridgethe initial operation was successful, the bridges taken by the americans were relieved by ground troops, but these troops could not reach arnhem quickly enough
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A native of new york state, nunn has spent many years in the film, photography and visual image industrynunn began taking pictures as a teenager and later studied photography at the center for the media artsnunn's first exhibition "where harlem meets the sky" is the first of a series depicting harlem's landmarks and buildings in the context of natural elements like the sky, the sun and the moonthree prints are not mounted, are signed and dated and are in their original cellophane wrappers; the 4th is partially mounted but is not signed his film experience helped develop his unique frame of reference and respect for the placement and positioning of objects nunn was inspired to shoot sky views of harlem because he desired to capture harlem's natural beauty in a light that had never before been realizednunn currently lives and maintains a studio in central harlemsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach print measures approx 28cms x 22cms "nunn's work is captivating and inspiring" says janifer wilson, owner of sisters uptown bookstore llc in harlem, new york he spent more than a decade working in filmsoxfam shop hexham set of 4 prints from an exhibition by carl w nunn
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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterthe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplesother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodoxfam bookshop leeds 179pppart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europein as new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorypart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies
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Sixty-five years later, the three 'miracle babies' met for the first time at mauthausen for the anniversary of the liberation that ultimately saved themalone, scared, and with so many loved ones already lost to the nazis, these young women were privately determined to hold on to all they had left: their lives, and those of their unborn babiesoxfam bookshop cheltenham among millions of holocaust victims sent to auschwitz ii-birkenau in , priska, rachel, and anka each passed through its infamous gates with a secret" in born survivors, wendy holden brings all three stories together for the first time to mark their seventieth birthdays and the seventieth anniversary of the ending of the warstrangers to each other, they were newly pregnant, and facing an uncertain fate without their husbandsborn survivors follows the mothers' incredible journey - first to auschwitz, where they each came under the murderous scrutiny of drhundreds died along the way but the courage and kindness of strangers, including guards and civilians, helped save these women and their childrenjosef mengele; then to a german slave labour camp where, half-starved and almost worked to death, they struggled to conceal their condition; and finally, as the allies closed in, their hellish 17-day train journey with thousands of other prisoners to the mauthausen death camp in austriaunited by their remarkable experiences of survival against all odds, they now consider each other "siblings of the heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethat the gas chambers ran out of zyklon-b just after the babies were born, before they and their mothers could be exterminated, is just one of several miracles that allowed them all to survive and rebuild their lives after world war iia heart-stopping account of how three mothers and their newborns fought to survive the holocaust, born survivors is also a life-affirming celebration of our capacity to care and to love amid inconceivable cruelty
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In , he described for the first time the method of triangulation still used today in surveying twenty years later, in , he was the first to describe how an accurate clock could be used to determine longitude frisius created or improved many instruments, including the cross-staff, the astrolabe, and the astronomical ringshis students included gerardus mercator (who became his collaborator), johannes stadius, john dee, andreas vesalius and rembert dodoensfrisius was an imortant dutch physician, mathematician, cartographer, philosopher, and instrument maker185 and [47] pp sections on america on pp pbrowning and minor spotting(big) wormholes in inner en outer margin from leaf 77 till the end, not affecting the textde principiis astronomiæ & cosmographiæ, deque vsv globi ab eodem editicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiopus nunc demum ab ibso auctore multis in locis auctum, ac sublatis omnibus erratis integritati restitutum16 preliminary leaves, 183 leaves, 1 leaf illustrations (coat of arms) diagrams (some folded condition: fairoriginal bindinggemmae phrysii medici ac mathematici, de principiis astronomiae [&] cosmographiae, d'eq[ue] vsu globi ab eodem editi2 books from gemma frisius in 1 bindingitem de orbis diuisione, [&] insulis, reb'usq[ue] nuper inuentisitem de orbis diuisione, & insulis, rebusque nuper inuentisopus nunc demum ab ipso auctore multis in locis auctum, ac sublatis omnibus erratis integritati restitutumfrisius is often considered one of the founders of the netherlandish school of cartographygemma's rings are named after himplease 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 store
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This image can also be seen on many maps issued aftermoreover, it was not until 33 years later, in , that the city council made the final decision to develop the fourth extensionin january , heavy icing on the lek caused the noorder lekdijk near vreeswijk to collapseliterature boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz ea, het aanzien van amsterdam ()a new map image?this description was decided upon by the city council in)?the construction work started in and was completed inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the fall, the plague breaks outin this year there are some outbreaks of chickenpox and measles in amsterdamin enkhuizen, the noordergat is threatened by clogging and 8 pennies are asked per trip to cover the expenses of the excavationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein "het aanzien van amsterdam" (boudewijn bakker, eric schmitz and others, ) it is reported that this map of swart from , as far as known, is the first one which depicts the third description of the citythe westerkerk is under construction on the map, the westerkerk is pictured under construction42 buildings (churches, guest houses, city hall, the west indian house, etcin venlo, there is a plague this yearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(joan blaeu and rembrandt van rijn are buried in the church)) are listed in the cartouche on the top right with the numbers with which they can be found on the mapthe surrounding lands are picturedadditional information: a unique opportunity to acquire this mapspecial details: the third description, for the first time on a mapthe fourth extension, first displayeddotted lines have already indicated the limits of the next urban extension, the fourth extension1 cm (please note: in "het aanzien van amsterdam" it is said to be an etching, but it probably is - partly - an engraving)dirck corneliszintolerance is increasing; the battle begins against "idoladic festivals" like st nicholas and against "papal superstitions" like laying flowers on gravesthis map shows that this was indeed the caseand on the other hand, it is the last map on which the volewijk is included with gallows (bottom of the image)the scheldt freezes over in decemberbuisman duizend jaar weer wind en water in de lage landen deel 4 (franeker ) read moreswart amstelredam etching, 44the margins at the top and both sides are at least 2 cm and at the bottom 0background: some important events inthis also includes the strongholdsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteas a result of this breakthrough, almost all of zuid-holland and the whole of amstelland will be floodedonly two copies of this map are known, both with cut margins and both in the amsterdam city archiveliterature: hameleers, kaarten van amsterdam, map 20description quality: given the rarity (of this map only two copies are known by boudewijn bakker ("het aanzien van amsterdam")); the condition is goodin "het aanzien van amsterdam", the writers wonder whether there were margins originallythis doubled the constructed size of the citythere are plans to deny the jews the right to their religion in amsterdamthis map has served as an example, in terms of composition, for dozens of maps of the city released in the 17th century
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many years in the making, the manga bible will be a publishing phenomenonthe complete manga bible, including the old testament, will be available later in the yearoxfam bookshop cheltenham manga comics, the most popular literary form in japan and korea, are the fastest growing genre in british and american publishingalso available: the manga bible - nt extreme, which also contains the the full text of the new testament from the tniv translation of the biblethe manga bible - nt raw contains the new testament plus brief features such as 'introducing the new testament', 'what is manga?', an interview with siku and sketches from his preliminary work on the projectthe manga bible is a faithful adaptation of the bible, injected with new energy by siku's beautiful and dramatic artworksee oxfam website for delivery information read moredynamic, action-based artwork combined with pacy, emotional storytelling in a style particularly popular amongst teens and young adultsartist siku, one of the uk's hottest comic talents, has brought his distinctive, edgy style to the world's all-time best-selling book
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Now, twenty years later, sharon has found out the truth1 bestseller, martina cole, author of dangerous lady, the take, the good life and many moreeveryone says they are too young, but nothing can keep them apartplaying grown-ups, the future is theirs for the takingthe time has come toold wounds will surfacebut it is his lastbut one night lenny doesn't come homesuch a crime cannot go unpunishedget even read morerevenge is long overdueand sharon never knows whyhe is found murdered - beaten to death in an act of brutality that shocks even the policethe twenty-second novel from sunday times nosharon conway and lenny scott are childhood sweetheartssharon doesn't question lenny's business dealings and it isn't long before his reputation as a hard man destined for the top means they are living the good life with their sonsit leaves a stain on her heart for everit isn't the first time he has gone awol
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In , he was elected whig member of parliament for his father and grandfather's former seat in richmond, becoming a representative for york twelve years laterin , he returned to parliament as member for richmond and, four years later, succeeded his father as second earl of zetlandplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe statuette is ceramic (marian bust) from the wedgwood carrara collectionbust of lord zetland born in marylebone, london, the eldest son of lawrence dundas (1st earl of zetland) and his wife harriet hale, he was educated at harrow and trinity college, cambridge [1]catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe statue dates from 11 decemberlike his father, an eminent freemason, lord zetland was grand master of the united grand lodge of england from toour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe bust is in perfect conditionhe was a senior member of the jockey club and won the epsom derby and stleger stakes with his horse voltigeur inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireproduced in the book the parian phenomenon, on page 197, fig 653 (see photos)
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The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in america some forty years later that it came to light and became blood red snowoxfam bookshop cheltenham for anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary german soldier during world war ii, blood red snow provides an excellent starting pointlater, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and deathmilitary illustratedhe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern frontthis book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perisheda horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontgunter koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leavesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilitary book clubthe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvious
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This operation is echoed several years later when modesty, with her peerless lieutenant willie garvin, finds herself drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as the watchmen, who have plans to kill modesty in london and then destroy san francisco s golden gate bridgeyears later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she is drawn into conflict with a mysterious group called 'the watchmen'is the plan to destroy the western world being orchestrated by the watchmen?there have been few other female action heroines like modesty blaisea tough orphan who became the leader of the network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial espionagethis 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback to the last days of the network, when modesty was about to retire, and describes the organization s final, astonishing operation before it disbandedmodesty and willie find themselves prisoners on see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut there is one final, astounding mission before she can leaveoxfam bookshop cheltenham modesty blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the network
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