Marcia willis the challenge of africa
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Real silver with little tanzanite stone necklace in the shape of africa, the stone being where tanzania is on the mapcollect from walthamstow, or can send in post for a small fee but will require payment before postageoriginally from a jewellers in stone town, zanzibar
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a very good copy of this reproduction of the work by california most distinguished early botanistthe pages are in pristine condition and there is only minor wear to the coveras the original was produced prior to , there are occasional visual imperfections due to the state of the original artifact and the later scanning processsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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His story should serve as a challenge for leaders in congress and the white housejohn hilley chronicles a time when we set aside our differences to win results for the american people
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Really hope someone is up for the challengei put down banjo thinking it may be the easiest option, open to suggestions? you need to have an abundance of patience as i have a scar on my shorr term memory as a result i have to work harder to retain informationi am 46 years old, always wanted to play an instrument, just decided i can still give it a go
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Includes the stories behind the story of us
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Mansell and williams: the challenge for the championship by nigel mansell,deridispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is acceptabletheres a couple of tears in the dust jacket as seen on pictures i will combine postage if more than one item is brought
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Collectable tribes of africa figure 165inches tall with certificate and boxedthis has been hand crafted in resin and hand painted to a very high standard with a certificate of authenticity in a lovely strong presentation box
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Three stunning figurines of tribes of africa all limited additions each one is 44cm tall only selling because i no longer have place to display them price £70 ono buyer collect only read more
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For sale: ben holmer wild chess animals of africain good condition - some small markscollection onlythis chess set has never been played with, just used for displayany questions please let me knowstill in original boxcollectable set
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The challenge crusade 26 inch bike is ideal for getting around town easily or being more adventurous and exploring your local trailsshimano rd-ty18 rear derailleurshimano sl-rs35 gears6 gears with twist grip shifters19 inch frame size**as new condition** brought new from halfords - but not really used - even looks brand new - bargain at half pricesuitable for riders of all levels, this is a great recreational bike26 to 32 inch inside leg measurements26 inch wheel sizefront v-type and rear v-type brakes
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Out of africa piece puzzle completed once from new so in fab conditionmultiple purchases can make postage savingsusually 1 x and 1 x 500 piece can be sent for £3collection or can be posted for costsi am listing lots more puzzles if interested please take a look
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John barry: out of africa / soundtrack cd mca records
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Animals of africamade in germanynew in original packaging- packaging shows wear due to agesold as is and as picturedsee all picturesfast and free shipping!free app downloadaugmented reality: puzzle + video-effect! nosize (approximate): 27” x x 50 cm)use with your iphone and ipad
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Seeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlersoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunmounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichwhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'
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Humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his careerjohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisionas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causeshumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generala day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcastingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voicea day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphonein typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system today
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At the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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It covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewoxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many yearsedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallythe importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matterthe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonsthe entire set is in pristine, unread condition
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Des comores, guinée-bissau, france, brazil, magyar, russia, equatorial guinea, italy, laos, mauritania, maldives, sierra leone, nevis, mozambique, serbia, grenada, hungary, south africaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album contains stamps from various countries, both participating and non-participating countries of the football world cupthe history of worldcup virtually new condition! collector's album with special issues stamps on the occasion of the football world cup issues vary between to , all referring to the football world cup both cancelled and mnh stamps, fdc covers and sheets or blocksthe album, in black ring binder (4 rings) is composed of 90 separate stock pages (4 holes): total number of stamps: stamp sheetlets 19 fdc covers 49 mnh separate stamps 81 cancelled separate stamps 1 postcard 1st day cancellation 29 text pages in 3 languages, german, french, dutchclear photos included of each album page, both the stamps and the text29 x 29 cm, 4 cm thick read morealbum has pages with expert explanation in 3 languages: german, french and dutch order of the pages can be rearranged to your likingseparate pages with protective film for the stamps, covers and sheets (blocks)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe photos show the order in which the album is currently arrangedall details are shown on the photos that were taken of each pagethe photos are part of the descriptionstamps from: palau, germany, liberia, the gambia, guyana, korea, commonwealth of dominica, mexico, republic of côte d'ivoire, libya, tunisia, rcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cd
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In part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologypart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futureoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesinternally clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepianka and laurie ja definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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From the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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In this global process, the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly a flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere is the debate more advanced or acute than in southern africaoxfam bookshop beverley as globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pacethe age of commodity provides an overview of the debates over water in the region including a conceptual overview of water 'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic policy and gatsthis book is powerful and necessary reading in our new age of commoditysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book then presents case studies of important water privatization initiatives in the region, drawing out crucial themes common to water privatization debates around the world including corruption, gender equity and donor conditionalities
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Tintin in the congo the young reporter tintin and his faithful dog snowy set off on assignment to africahis attempts to research his story are put to the test by the bolsheviks and moscow's secret policeoxfam bookshop hampstead the adventures of tintin, volume 1: tintin in the land of the soviets / tintin in the congo join the world's most famous travelling reporter in two exciting adventures as he heads for the land of the soviets and the congotintin and snowy encounter witch doctors, hostile tribesmen, crocodiles, boa constrictors and numerous other wild animals before solving the mystery and getting their storytintin in the land of the sovietssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejoin the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical and political events, and thrilling mysteriesstill selling over copies every year in the uk and having been adapted for the silver screen by steven spielberg and peter jackson in , the adventures of tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publicationsince then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold, proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children and adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20thbut a sinister stowaway follows their every move and seems set on ensuring they come to a sticky endaccompanied by his dog snowy, tintin leaves brussels to go undercover in soviet russia
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Taking matters into his own hands, ben embarks upon the most daring rescue mission of his career because this is no ordinary hostage situationjoin the millions of readers who get breathless with anticipation when the countdown to a new ben hope thriller beginspacks a real punch' andy mcdermottto possess it he will pay in bloodwhere ex-sas major ben hope goes, trouble always followsthere is something on board the ship that's more precious than life itself - and a bloodthirsty tyrant will kill to possess itwhilst the ben hope thrillers can be read in any order, this is the thirteenth book in the series, and forms a two-part sequence with next book the devil's kingdomthe ben hope series is a must-read for fans of dan brown, lee child and mark dawsonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreso when he finds out that someone very important to him is working on a us container ship in the treacherous seas off the east african coast, he fears the worstben would die to protect those close to him, but in a hostile environment, against ruthless warriors, even the ultimate sacrifice might not be enoughben hope is trained to identify dangerwithin days the ship is hijacked by piratesoxfam bookshop ipswich the sensational adventure from the 1 bestselling author'deadly conspiracies, bone-crunching action and a tormented hero with a heartas events spiral out of control, ben hope's skill and resourcefulness will be tested like never before
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After 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 morea 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 woman
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen kreegah! tarzan's golden age adventures in the heart of africa and the lost land of pal-ul-don continue! in addition to featuring favorite characters muviro, drmacwhirtle, boy, goliath, and argus, this collection introduces both a fearsome, flying tribe of bat-worshippers and the buffalo-riding gallugos peoplenew cathne faces the threat of new athne and the great swamp's thousands of terribs, and tarzan is caught up in the mysteries of ghosts and treasure-coated great apesnow if only he can save boy from a revenge-minded witch doctor before it is too late! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Externally 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 covershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, innoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosaoxfam 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 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 bookinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversit 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 impasse
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As shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaan act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truththe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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Oxfam shop colne road tense, unsentimental wwii drama in which two czech recruits find themselves in north africa helping out the alliesbut on their arrival, the realities of war soon begin to sink in, and, as the german barrage of the british lines intensifies, the lack of supplies begins to affect the men's strength and moralesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter their initial training, privates pospichal (jan meduna) and lieberman (petr vanek) are assigned to an army unit in egypt under the command of sergeant borny (martin nahalka)with the men finally in shape, they're sent to libya as part of the force to help in the relief of the allied occupied city of tobruk
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The last colony in africa by michael charlton - 164 pagesbritain's conflict with rhodesia over independence formed one of the most exacting diplomatic problems of modern timesselling for over £24 used elsewhere read morein this book all the major figures in the operation which brought rhodesia from the declaration of udi by ian smith in to independence as zimbabwe in speak with the author about the diplomatic effort and the much wider issues it tried to reflect and reconcilethe book provides the evidence of lord carrington, the foreign secretary charged with effecting the independence and others, including robert mugabe and ian smith, to offer a useful source of information on one of the key colonial events of post-war british history
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