Marc chagall the story of exodus moses calls darkness down
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Oxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasabreaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillesit was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offeras the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armynasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2meanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmospherebut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumat this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasa
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This is also the story of its rediscovery and exploration in words and picturesthis is the story of how hitler’s most famous battleship, the bismarck, was sunk under firethe book is in very good conditionthe discovery of the bismarck by robert d ballardthe discovery of the bismarck by robert d ballardhardback, pages 232 with hundreds of photographs and diagrams
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This book is the story of britain's battlefield - the land, and how farms were armed and equipped so that the rich soil of britain could be won back to fertility and help feed and sustain a nation at warthis original publication provides a fascinating insight into how war came to the landthis book details the struggles and the triumphs of working the land no weapon ever invented is more deadly than hunger the finest armies in the world, courageous enough in the face of the enemy, can be reduced to helplessness without sustenance remember that this was produced in so was published in wartime, so there is a lot of patriotic rhetoric, but this adds to the authenticity of the book
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The who - who’s next vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve: vg+ released in holland 25 august the who - odds&sods vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve vg+ released in holland 28 september the who - quadrophenia vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve: vg+ released in holland the who - story of the who vinyl: nm label: polydor sleeve: vg+ released in holland after building name in the military during the last 30 years, i found myself more and more in trading positionhere are 4 four (2 double) legendary albums from this band mostly t- rack label from hollandare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe who are an english rock band formed in london incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethey are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwideas a great fan of the early dutch record industry i am also specialised in dutch releasesi specialise in rare and collectible vinyl recordsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteselling from personal collections only, we guarantee records in collectors qualitytheir original line-up consisted of lead singer roger daltrey, guitarist and singer pete townshend, bass guitarist john entwistle and drummer keith moonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Everyone knows the story of anne boleynthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationaloxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtthen, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brothersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascentsuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humourthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hingedhenry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western world
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This is his storythis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manwinner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrait is the autobiography of the british soldiersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles
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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 womanafter 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 africaoxfam shop evesham 'a beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage factsabducted 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 againsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the almost incredible but true story of felix kersten, the doctor whose miraculous hands exerted a strange power over himmler and who used this power to save thousands of livesthe boards are very slightly sprung, and the edges of the page block are a little discolouredincluding appendixsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe contents of the book are however in very good condition, notwithstanding the odd minor mark not affecting the text and a name in ink on the ffepthe dust jacket is price-clipped, and has lost paper from all edges (without loss of text), and although now in a removable protective cover is in fair condition only
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"cecil mouland, the last living survivor of the ss newfoundland sealing disaster, told his story to gary collins in the fall of while travelling to stjohn's, where the old ice hunter would live out his final daysthere was nothing quick or easy about itoh no, it wasn't like that a'tallthe historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocencethey had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyesleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiecewith new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the sealing disaster ofamong the vessels that took them to the ice was the newfoundland, a wooden-walled steamship captained by the famous captain westbury keanoxfam bookshop wallingford "they didn't die like flies, you know, like i've heard some reporters say over the yearsthis book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the icemen both young and old left their homes from all over the province that year to pursue the annual seal huntthe men who died didn't just drop like fliessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith no wireless aboard the *, the stage was set for seventy-eight of the men who went over the side and their fates sealed
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Noel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosa the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, ininternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasseexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionin an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african society
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Wikipedia: 'william scott-elliot () was a theosophist and author of the book the story of atlantis and the lost lemuria, published inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe dust jacket is reasonable, reinforced with thin special tape and provided with loose mylar protective foilthe oldest map is a display of 1 million years agocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesix fold-out maps, each 46 x 37 cm - 23 x 14six maps, four of atlantis and two of lemuriaa fascinating bookbooks and maps are in intact conditionthe book gives more details, amongst others, six maps, about blavatsky’s ideas about the atlantic and lemurian rootsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteshipping with registrationrudolf steiner mentioned scott-elliot in his book atlantis and lemuriavia 'astral clairvoyance' by theosophical masters, the knowledge about the old atlantis and lemuria would have been ‘received’ via meester koot hoomoriginal linen binding with imprint - xi, ppdetailed geological and anthropological treaty, made possible by clairvoyanceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The life story of winston churchill prime minister by hugh martinwritten inside the book in italics are the words bush magpie hotel and something else which i am not sure what it isvery old cloth bound book in immaculate condition
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Discover my life unzipped in this great new fill-in book with a zip! my life unzipped is a sensational new book for tweens, ready to be completed! the fill-in book becomes "the story of my life," focusing on everyday life, amusing and embarrassing situations at home, school and elsewhere, secrets shared with friends, likes and dislikes, family, dreams and aspirations, from the child's point of viewhilarious illustrations and great ideas to get kids writing their own informal journals are safely kept secret inside the zip-up coverthe spaces in the text encourage tweens to get involved in writing their own side
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the story of the black female mathematicians at nasa who helped win the space race the book that inspired the filmsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This autobiography is concerned with much more than the story of his aeroplanes and his companyit tells the story of british aviation via the people and events with which he was associatedoxfam books & music lichfield geoffrey de havilland was one of the world's true pioneers of powered flightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop thame the story of kiwi motorcycling legend, backyard engineering genius, and land speed record holder burt munronow a motion picture called the world's fastest indian and with sir anthony hopkins playing burt, this true-life, little guy beats the odds story is bound to renew interest in one of the legends of land speed racingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe broke several international speed records with a motorbike he modified in his christchurch shed and still holds several records in the us
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Complete set of 52 magazines hutchinson’s the story of the british nation printed s good condition for age includes separate index pages read more
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Oxfam bookshop st albans post office first day cover £3 book of stamps including 30 stamps and the story of wedgwood on his 250th anniversary see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate a reissue copy of this story of a little boy growing up in a traditional chinese village, attractively illustrated with drawings by the author who herself grew up in chinadustwrapper clipped, edgeworn, closed tear lower spine and lower front edge and corner lossessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally unmarked144 pp; b&w illus throughoutred cloth, black titles; unmarked
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The story of lms jubilee class locomotive no 'kolhapur'paypal accepted(plus fees unless sent as a gift) - next day dispatch guaranteedthe golden jubileepaperback overall in good condition, although cover page has a few marks
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My james, the heart-rending story of james bulger by his father ralph bulger£1 i am in hoghton near preston, but can post if you pay the postage
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The story of the princess and funniface told and pictured by mary harveypublished by dover books limited, londonbright clean pages throughoutmeasures 259mm x 210mmbright paper wrapperlocation: ipswich ip4not dated but suspected spostage available
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"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophythese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their critics "a forceful, encyclopedic studyin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitspages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksfine unclipped dust-wrappersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbroken
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Conceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess anneoxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentswhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europethe successful bidder was fred fthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviafrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceshowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, infrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villagedolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 years
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It tells the story of kateryn parr, the last wife of henry viii of englandcollection onlythe taming of the queen is a historical novelby british author philippa gregory, published on 13 august
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Inside is a booklet including a personal note from sir john barbirolli, an explanation to the story of elgar - the dream of gerontius and lyrics of each sectionthe soloists in this decor are janet baker (contralto) and richard lewis (tenor)oxfam shop pocklington this record is conducted by the brilliant sir john barbirolli see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Booklet relates the story of a small fishing village destroyed by the sea following dredging of the nearby see from tooxfam books & music perth small 16 page booklet "the tragedy of hallsands village" by john l harveysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Set in the s 'the house of eliott' tells the story of two sisters, beatrice and evangeline eliott who find themselves penniless when their wealthy, philandering father diesoxfam bookshop lymington episodes one to four of series one of the bbc seriesunable to rely on their inheritance as they had planned, they go into the dressmaking business and soon the house of eliott is the smartest, most prestigious establishment in londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham alistair horne's the fall of paris: the siege and the commune, is the first book of alistair horne's trilogy, which includes the price of glory and to lose a battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between france and germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham the story of the stranslated by charles fullmanprotected with a removable cellophane coverthe book jacket is worn at edges and corners, with some loss to the top of the spinethis copy is in good conditionofficer who daily risked his life to alert the pope and the neutral countries to hitler's extermination drivethere are small mould marks on the bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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