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missionary heroes of africa by sarah geraldina stock with seventy-five illustrations and a map second edition published by london missionary society, london, incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefaded stripe down the right hand side of the front coverplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrontispiece and 116 photographsthis is the record of an expedition in to photograph the native tribes of the sudan as a record of "the life of primitive people who will only too probably be a mere memory in a few years' time"are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki204 pages plus catalogue 11 pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegilt page edgesall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditiongari-gari the call of the african wilderness - bernatzik hugo adolf - first edition us - henry holt and company, new york - 146pp - 26,5 x 16,5 cm book description: a very good copy in brown cloth with illustrated upper boarda little fore-edge foxinggilt title block with black lettering on the spinered cloth boards with gilt and black lettering and gilt and black illustrations on the front boardbinding: hardcover read morein this book there is a full-page map of africa and 22 of the 75 b/w illustrations are full-page
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Jungle pilot the story of nate saint, martyred missionary to ecuador by russell t hitt (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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missionary travels and researches in south africa including a sketch of sixteen years residence in the interior of africa - livingstone david - - john murray - 22,5 x 15 x 6 cm book description: 1st edncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterebound in recent grey cloth with gilt lettered spine label and new endpapers (fine)ix + (publisher's catalogue), illus with folding coloured panorama and 2 other tinted plates, b&w plates incl portrait with tissue-guard, 1 folding map at rear and engravings in text (some light spotting on prelims; no inscriptions)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein fine condition
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David livingstone - missionary travels and researches in south africa - with map and illustrations - new edition london maclaren & company - - hardcover in red and gold - size: 20name and address of ownership stamped on the ffecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecarefully packaged and shipping with tracking read moreinternally clean, sound and complete in a tight bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitexiv + 447pp + foldout frontis and foldout map at the rear and 24pp b&w platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5 cm x 15 cm a new edition of one of the most popular travel works ever published in the english language, written by british victorian hero, david livingstone, explorer extraordinaireour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the original cloth binding, with a large map at the endthere are also 15 line illustrations in the textpictorial red cloth boardsthe hinges have been strengthened with archival tapethe cloth is damp stained, rubbed at the corners and worn ar the head and tail of spine
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centurycorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathin telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later ucontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and morethis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africathese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back homemiddle eastern relationsthis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle east
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Written by the missionary statesman's son and daughter-in-law, this book is intended for christians whothe answer: a fierce faith that believed god truly would fulfill the promises in his word
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Five sections, 8’3”, rated at #5/6used, but in absolutely superb conditionwith original sectioned rod bag and original cordura travel casefive piece travel fly rod by greys
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As the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centuryfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morebetween and as many as 1part of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksthe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet union5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertthe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horror"" the west gradually began to take notice""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experience
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Een zendingsverhaal - oegstgeest, zendingsbureau [coriginal decorated cardboard publisher's bindingveenendaal - nijkerk, g2nd edition - amsterdam, koninklijke vereeniging koloniaal instituut / jbinding and illustrations by hans borrebachgroningen-batavia, joriginal decorated clothhuisman-schippers - toen go bij oom en tante wassizes: ranging from cm to cm* exemplary and significant for the dutch perspective on the colony of the dutch east indies between ceen verhaal uit nieuw-guinee - den haagvan der - kitty's leed en vreugdeindra kamodjojo & wim burger (illustrations) - de avonturen van “kantjil”, het stoute dwerghertjesibbelee - katjong poetih's thuisreis - amsterdam, van holkema & warendorf [ ppalbert zaaier - pioniers en papoea'salso remarkable is the relatively high number of titles with a christian (missionary) charactermet platen en bandteekening van a2nd edition - delft, woriginal decorated cardboard publisher's binding with cloth spinewith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouwer - delft, walbert zaaier - papoea's in de branding) - in en buiten zonnelandwith illustrations by henk poederhorst - van doorn, gerda ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehazevoet - jaap vloog uithaskos vader - de wildernis insewn, original decorated coverwith illustrations by menno van meeteren brouwerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: some scattered light signs of use, but overall in good to very good conditionrutten-pekelharing - verhalen over indië voor nederlandsche jongens en meisjes* with a loosely inserted necrology of indra kamadjojo [= jcallenbach - [cvan 't hoff, [ ppvan indisch meisjeslevende man-sonius & mbroekveld] fromcollection of 12 indonesia-related youth books, published between andplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesewn, original decorated coverwith illustrations by joblong large 8voalkmaar, kluitman, [ [unnumbered] ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevan soest - 't stuur in handenfine schoonevelt - lambon, het meisje uit de poerioriginal decorated cardboard publisher's binding
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle "two men stand out in my friendship as the best i ever knewpages good, moderate edge wearthat i have painted such a poor picture is a sorrow to mesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe other was the friend and pupil of the first, and i have here written the story for his lifebut i have had to work during months of unparalleled and violent change and activity in my own life, which have given no chance of workmanship worthy of my subjectsome foxing, particularly near the front of the book and on the page edgesthe memory and monument of one of them is all around me in the school from which i send this forthno jacket, illustrated boards good, some edge and corner wear" and the lord who gave the command fulfilled his promise and was with himlet those who read these pages see what price one man paid to follow out his lord's command, "go and make disciples of all the nations
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Once an insecure 16-year-old, he became a missionary statesman who has impacted the world of missions and whose unbending message has touched hungry hearts on every continentstep into his story and experience the world through his eyesyohannan's passion is contagious and spurs you on to be all for jesusyou'll walk right into the book of actsand through his telling, you'll hear the very heart of god beating for his creationoxfam bookshop cheltenham "lord, i'll give myself to speak for you" young yohannan had no idea what those words of surrender would mean for his life and for millions of others in his generationhe chose to take the road less travelled many years ago, and today gospel for asia, the mission he founded, is one of the most respected organisations in our time with thousands of national workers and vibrant congregations throughout the heart of the windowget ready-your life is about to change! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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However, danger lurks everywhere, and not only from the dinosaurs but from the jealous christian missionary who has accompanied challenger and now seeks to sabotage his effortsprofessor challenger (bob hoskins) has discovered an amazonian plateau where prehistoric life has continued to thrivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeager to explore further, he mounts a fresh expedition and returns to discover not only dinosaurs but also highly-evolved apesthe bbc adaptation of sir arthur conan doyle's classic noveloxfam bookshop carlisle video still sealed
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Holman ruffles more feathers when he falls in love with an american missionary (candice bergen), and as the political climate becomes more and more volatile, he begins to question the validity of the american presence on the riverthe american soldiers (montgomery clift and dean martin) meet as draftees, one a young jew and the other an entertainer, and together endure boot camp and the campaign to retake francejames mason plays rommel and the film was one of the first to use original war footage before the opening credits'the hunters' () is based on the novel by james salterchristian dietl (marlon brando) is a german who starts out as a dedicated soldier but gradually becomes appalled by the nazi movementthe top-ranking officer in the camp, he is initially reviled by his fellow british and american prisoners, who nickname him 'von ryan'oxfam shop newquay box set containing five popular war movieshowever, ryan eventually comes to lead them in a daring escape attempt, taking over from the commanding british officer (trevor howard) and the escapees face many hazards as they commandeer a train to make their way across italy, closely followed by the nazissee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe us gunboat san pablo cruises the yangtze river on a peacekeeping mission and new crew member jake holman (steve mcqueen) causes friction when he insists upon looking after the san pablo's engines himself, rather than leaving the hard labour to the chinese helpersrobert mitchum plays major cleve saville and robert wagner is lt'the sand pebbles' () is set in china ined pell, two pilots with different personalitiesall three characters finally meet in a confrontation outside a concentration campfinally, 'the desert fox' () is a biopic of field marshal rommel, from his military defeat in africa to his implication in the plot to assassinate hitler'the young lions' () follows the fortunes of three soldiers, one german and two americans, from the time of their enlistment for world war two to the end of the warin 'von ryan's express' (), when us pilot colonel joseph ryan (frank sinatra) is shot down and placed in a german pow camp, he is more concerned with his own survival than escapeamidst the drama of war, romance rears its head, giving the soldiers more than they can handlemason also played rommel in the film 'the desert rats'the film was nominated for three oscars
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Bumped and rubbed, small loss to bottom of spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove used goodpages tanned, colour map present
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Hardback with dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust cover is frayed around the edges, slight mould marks on coveroxfam bookshop aberystwythotherwise good condition
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 1st edition in the original binding, complete with all (folding) illustrations and the 2 folding maps, including the often missing map (rear pocket) of the livingstone routeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebinding is damaged / loose and spine lacks a few pieces, binding threads are bad, pages / quires are loose, bookbinder's sticker on the inside of the back cover, interior is slightly discoloured / occasional foxingcondition: in need of restorationregistered shipping
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David livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africadu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumesfrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylonbrowne: a year amongst the persianshenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanduour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south walescarl bock: the head-hunters of borneoedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearpeary: the north polecaptain sir richard fthe fifteen books are reprints made inspeke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiisir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition c
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In london an urgent cull is underway, spearheaded by frank smith, the young master of the hyde park huntsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich a virulent disease carried by foxes is spreading across europebut for britain's paranoid prime minister, fox flu is a chance to foist the ultimate in surveillance technology on an unsuspecting population: the mulberry tree system, secretly bought from the chinesewhen biochemist christophe hardy discovers the conspiracy, he finds himself caught up in a chase which starts in beijing and ends in northumbria involving animal rights activists, a beautiful female missionary, high-society chinese assassins, and the world most innovative catering venture, the pu dong pudding company
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the heroic story of gladys aylward, a parlourmaid who became a missionarysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe explores the places the livingstones knew as a couple and, above all, explores the detail of the life and family of this little-known figure in british - but not african - historyshe was much more rooted in southern africa than her husband: he has a tomb in westminster abbey, london; she has an obscure and crumbling grave on the banks of the zambezi in a destitute region of mozambiqueher bravery, stoicism and african upbringing were critical to the early career of world-renowned explorer and missionary, david livingstonein the thrall of africa, the author has travelled extensively over several years in the footsteps of mary livingstone, from her birthplace in a remote district of south africa to her grave on the zambezishe was the first white woman to cross the kalahari, which she did twice - pregnant - giving birth in the bush on the second journeyoxfam shop dumfries this is the enthralling story of an extraordinary and courageous womanyet she played an important role in livingstone's success and her own feats as an early traveller in uncharted africa are uniquein the history books, mary livingstone is a shadow in the blaze of her husband's sun, a whisper in the thunderclap of his reputation
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The population of india today is 1nevertheless, they remember the raj and, essentially, how their working lives passed on a british legacy which has contributed to the character of india today - its language, its christian faith, its economy and tourism, its armed forces and its ethnic minority of anglo-indianssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey have grown old with the new india; some have become indian citizens; they will not come 'home,' as they still call the ukhugh purcell travelled round india and recorded the memories of a dying race that will evoke the memories of thousands of people who have a family connection with the raj3 billion, of whom not more than 20 or so are britishers who were born there under the raj and never went home after independence; a tea planter, a missionary, a businessman ('boxwallah'), a tiger hunter, a taxidermist, an expert on the anglo-indian language and a soldier, amongst others
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From christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter coxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanus
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston archbishop lefebvre presents his apologia, and asks both friends and enemies to read what he actually saysin chapters of the mass and the sacraments, the priesthood, the new catechisms, ecumenism, "why are catholics confused?" "the new priests," "tradition?" "the mass of all time," etc, he gives examples to support his underlying thesis: that vatican ii was used by concealed modernists as their opportunity to take the leadthe archbishop writes with the authority of an outstanding missionary: superior-general, apostolic delegate to french-speaking africa, and member of the preparatory commission for the councilsome very light shelf-wear to the paperback cover, but pages are clean, white and undamaged throughoutthis is a major study of the crisis in catholic belief and practice
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Complete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)david livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coasthere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timejust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstoneare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryit filled him with disgustafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituanein original gilt-decorated hardcoverin september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againhe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeybookblock slightly loose after first quire
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The missionary explorer - jno foxing, aside from the end papers and otherwise just occasional tanned markscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableillustrated with portrait frontispiece of drminor wear to spine ends and boards’ cornersgilt title and vignette of livingstone on spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelivingstone and other sephia paint illustrationspublisher's brown cloth boards with gilt titles and decoration including gilt vignette of a lion with floral frame on front boardbook dimensions: 19 x 13cm & number of pages: 320plates are brightpublished by walter scottall pages are cleanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit was intended to provide a condensed account of his life for those unfamiliar with the newspaper accounts and those published by the national geographic societythe life and explorations of david livingstone, llrobertson - walter scott - 19 x 13 cm - 320pp this biography was published a year after david livingstone’s deathcondition solid and firm boards
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Philips, original german missionary authors were batholomaeus ziegenbalg and ernst grundlerowners name in ink on front free endpaperinternally some tanning and foxing but overall clean and unmarked throughoutprefaced by a message 'to the king' from mr' philips as the glorious defender of the protestant faith that the missionaries were 'recommending to the heathens'an amazing 200 year old survivorfront free endpaper also detached but rest of text block including flyleaf and half title are bound inoxfam bookshop thame full leather binding, five raised bands and gilt decoration to spine see oxfam website for delivery information read moreleather worn, cracked to spine but binding still solid and tighttranslated from high dutch by mrfront board detached but present
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Born into a working-class family in yorkshire, hinsley was ordained for the diocese of leeds in and proceeded to hold important posts in rome, where he restored the fortunes of the venerable english college, and africa, where he successfully promoted catholic education and missionary activityto his surprise, he was appointed archbishop of westminster in and had to deal with governments not always sympathetic to the catholic community's demand for equalityperhaps his most surprising initiative was support for the ecumenical sword of the spirit movement, an attempt to reach out to other christian denominations in a crusade to restore christian ideals in public lifehis time at westminster coincided with a turbulent period in european and global politicsoxfam shop colne road in this first major biography of cardinal arthur hinsley, james hagerty traces the life and ministry of one of the most popular english churchmen of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe had also to address social and economic issues which affected his church, and lead an episcopal bench which included experienced bishops who were intensely jealous of their diocesan jurisdictionsthough a supporter of franco's spain, he ferociously condemned nazism and fascism during the second world war and castigated those italian cardinals who favoured mussolini
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Lean's most important screenwriting collaborator, robert bolt, in fact wrotethe mission, which concerns a jesuit missionary (jeremy irons) who establishes a church in the hostile jungles of brazil and then finds his work threatened by greed and political forces among his superiorsroland joffé (the killing fields) directs this fuzzy effort at a david lean-like epic without david lean's sense of emotional proportion