Portrait of the kings singers
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Matt monro a time for love including portrait of my love and many more
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Oxfam books & music perth a dramatic journey that both retraces the historic voyage of france's greatest 19th-century explorer up the mysterious mekong river and paints a portrait of the river and its peoples todaythe french expedition was intended to investigate the "back door" into china by outflanking the british and american conduits of commerce at hong kong and shanghaithe two-year expedition's failures and successes, and the tragedy and acrimony that marked it, make riveting readingfrom its delta in vietnam up through cambodia, laos, thailand, burma and on into china, the mekong has been a no-go river, its turbulent waters fouled by ideological barriers as formidable as its natural obstaclesany notion of sailing up the mekong in homage to francis garnier has been unthinkable till nowjohn keay describes the world of the mekong as it is today, rehabilitating a traumatised geography while recreating the thrilling and historic voyage of garnier insee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut recently the political obstacles have begun to be dismantled: river traffic is revivingtwo naval gunboats headed upriver into the green unknown, bearing crack troops, naturalists, geologists and artists
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I walk the linethe shelter of your arms~ stephen thomas erlewinedon't think twice, it's alrightguess things happen that wayrelease date: 13 augustboth ends of the candlerock island line
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In from my land to the planet the photographer tells us the story of his most famous reportages: from the black and white portraits of unknown men and women, workers or refugees, to the more recent genesis project, a portrait of the most incontaminated places of our planetare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinicely signed by sebastiao salgado on the title pagein this volume his talent as a storyteller and the authenticity of a man who knows how to combine activism and professionalism, talent and generosity, clearly emergethe reader will discover fascinating stories of every corner of the world, both near and remote, from africa to the americas, and then again the birth of the instituto terra, of the genesis project, of magnum photos and amazonas imagesplease 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 storesebastião salgado's photographs have been shown around the worldwith a kindness and a disarming simplicity, salgado rebuilds his path, exposes his beliefs, makes us witnesses of his emotionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly realand he was never the same after thati think you're going to like himhis name's simonthe shock of the fall is all of these books'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionbut in a couple of pages he'll be dead
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Theexcursion to the valley of the kings is the highlight of your vacation toegyptcan youescape the tomb?you enter a mysterious burial chamberas you crawl through the narrow passageways, you lose the rest of yourgroup
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Duncan hamilton is already a multiple award-winning sports writer, but it is hard to imagine he will write a better book than this superb, elegiac portrait of the sociable, feted, but ultimately unknowable, man who virtually invented modern sports writingas much sublime writing comes from his keyboard as from cardus's penin the great romantic, award-winning author duncan hamilton demonstrates how cardus changed sports journalism for everamong those who venerated cardus were pg wodehouse, john arlott, harold pinter, jb priestley and don bradman' guardian neville cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his batdaily mail 'hamilton is a worthy biographerthe great romantic uncovers the dark enigma within a golden agehowever, behind the rhapsody in blue skies, green grass and colourful characters, this richly evocative biography finds that cardus' mother was a prostitute, he never knew his father and he received negligible educationbetween two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with wordsand, astonishingly, the supreme stylist's aversion to factual accuracy led to his reporting on matches he never attendedyet cardus also belied his impoverished origins to prosper in a second class-conscious profession, becoming a music critic of international renown' the times'with its verve, insight and generosity of sympathy, this is by some way the best full-length life of a cricket writer, perhaps even of any sports writerwhile popularising cricket - while appealing, in cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at lord's'- he became a star in his own right with exquisite phrase-making, disdain for statistics and a penchant for literary and musical allusionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is writing every bit the equal of cardus himselfinfatuations with younger women ran parallel to a decidedly unromantic marriage
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The body of the book is firmly bound with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; dark green silk page marker present; frontispiece b/w photograph portrait of the poet (taken in )only light external wear - a little damage to the top of the spine, one or two scuff marks, a few stainsthe reader will find enough here to gain a good impression of the poet's work from to the end of his liferobert browning () was an english poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost victorian poetshis poems are known for their irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntaxall page edges gilttitle in gilt lettering on the spine, with 5 impressed double-line bands and gilt flower motifs, remains brightour book is handsomely bound in full black leather with the poet's monogram (shiny black with gilt outline) on the front coverinside, the green 'marbled' endpapers are bordered with a gilt line round edge of the covers, and the rear endpaper has a strange v-shaped hole mirrored by a pale v on the fep, and a tiny hole a little belowwhether this is evidence of worm damage is not certain - but there appear to be no other such defects elsewheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington a prefatory note to this volume describes the contents in some detail, stressing that they include at least two poems not included in any other such publication
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B/w frontispiece portrait of the poetour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war iduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"born to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brighthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacta keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinefrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meath
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Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestthere is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketflat signed by bettany hughes on the title pagefrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedphoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their homefor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storystanding as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the corevery good++ / very goodistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical factin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities
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It is intriguing an indelible portrait of the son, brother, friend, congressman, senator and presidentwith bobby, who was determined to make his own mark apart from his famous family, his life-long struggle, never won, never lostthis book is a missing piece of the story of the improbable rise to power of john fwar veterans who were young, ambitious, and they wanted their country backat the center of the story is kenny o'donnell, jack kennedy's tough talking, no-bullshit, top political aidedust jacket in pristine conditionled by bobby kennedy, kenny o'donnell, larry o'brien, and dave powers they were tough minded, irish-catholic guys who were joined together by a common ambition to see jack kennedy through to the white housejack recognized he needed kenny's blue collar, political genius and kenny recognized something special in jackoxfam bookshop skipton the irish brotherhood is the history of jack kennedy's original political inner circlewith joe, as kenny and larry prove to him that their outsider approach was going to work after jack's crushing victory in '58, which sets the stage for the presidential campaign to comekennedy and further fills out the picture of the man revealing that jack kennedy was at heart a politicianjack kennedy was their man, their leaderthey collectively decided that if the political powers would not let them in willingly then they would kick the door downno matter that he was irish, catholic, and his "old man" had made as many enemies as friends - jack had ambition, brains, a special charismato win the white house would be a victory not only for jack kennedy, but for the downtroddenhe enjoyed the rough and tumble and despite his personal issues, or perhaps because of them, he became determined to succeed beyond anybody's expectationsthe irish brotherhood describes what it was like to be inside the kennedy inner circlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback with unclipped dust jacketclean and crisp pages
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Richard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by ithis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmentbeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayhe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold wara deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex presidentbut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarisedfarrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresoxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for itfinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgracesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentin richard nixon, award-winning biographer john ait was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elite
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe famous stamp ‘wmf’ consists of an image of an ostrich running in a diamond with inscriptions in two lines with the meaning of wmf / g ‘gold-plated’ they are also placed in a shaded rectangleplease 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"ig" is an abbreviation for "interior gilded" (gold-plated interior) the marking "ox" (oxidised) stands for an artificial darkening of the surface of silver greythe mark "i / o" denotes the average thickness of silver applied to the surface of the base metal read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The excursion to the valley of the kings is the highlight of your vacation to egyptyou enter a mysterious burial chambera massive stone door closes behind youhow fast can you escape? 1-6 players ages hour play timeeach correct solution brings you to another riddleon the floor lie a dusty notebook and an ancient disk… the hit escape-room concept for home use! in this party game for up to 6 players, you must solve a series of riddles and puzzles to escape from the pharaoh’s tombas you crawl through the narrow passageways, you lose the rest of your tour group
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A kirkham pottery mug of the kings head chigwellconsisting of 2 pourri pots from axe vale potteryplease take a look at my other items on sale read morea small trinket bowl with lid from limoges wear francea retro vase (ether chinese or japanese) marked with 2 linesjob lot of vintage porcelain here is 8 items in this lota pin dish from poole, ophelia collectiona royal victorian plate (chipped) from rose bouquet collectionmost have no damage but please look at the pictures as they form part of the descriptiona retro car ornament by flying saucer pottery
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Spanning the twentieth century, these magically vivid letters between the legendary mitford sisters constitute not just a superb social and historical chronicle (what other family counted among its friends hitler and the queen, cecil beaton and president kennedy, evelyn waugh and givenchy?); they also give an intimate portrait of the stormy but enduring relationship between six beautiful and gifted women who emerged from the same stock, incarnated the same indomitable spirit, yet carved out starkly different roles and identities for themselvesnancy, the scalding wit who transferred her family life into bestselling novels; pamela, who craved nothing more than a quiet country life; diana, the fascist jailed with her husband, oswald mosley, during wwii; unity, an attempted suicide, obsessed with hitler; jessica, the runaway communist and fighter for social change; and deborah, the genial socialite who found herself duchess of devonshirewriting to one another to confide, commiserate, tease, rage and gossip, the sisters wrote above all to amusea correspondence of this scope is rare, for it to be penned by six such born storytellers makes it uniqueoxfam bookshop hertford the never-before published letters of the legendary mitford sisters, alive with wit, affection, tragedy and gossip: a charismatic history of the century's signal events played out in the lives of a controversial and uniquely gifted familysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeditor charlotte mosley -- diana mitford's daughter-in-law -- has had unrestricted access to the vast archive of family letters and photographs, most of which have never been published before
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikispecial edition of 45 hand-numbered copies framed in the artist's own workshopin this case, the self-portrait of the painter lucien freud, grandson of the famous psychiatrist sigmun freud, seems to be reborn in content and meaning in the painter's eyes through the maskthe cov19 series revisits classic works adding the masks that have become a symbol of the epidemic to its protagonists, to re-signify them and try to open a reflection and leave testimony of the historical moment that we have had to liveplease 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 only truth is uncertainty*the number of the copy may vary from the number on the photo for security and logistical reasonscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipping with proper packaging and insured for the value of the auction anywhere in the world
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This is a portrait sketch of that erasmall marks to pageblockillustrated in b&wand at the centre of the picture is avignon itself, as it grew from being a relatively insignificant town on the rhône to become, albeit briefly, one of the great capitals of the worldat the beginning of the fourteenth century anarchy in italy led to the capital of the christian world being moved from rome for the first and only time in historyand depending on where you stood at the time they were seventy years of heaven, or of hell opinions invariably ran to extremes, as did the behaviour of the popes themselvesit was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining "in exile" for the next seventy yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredustwrapper clean, small mark of glue left by old label on back boardthe city chosen to replace rome was avignonoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , signal books
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The flavour of each spirit is analysed and the differences between them teased out, as are the stories of the notable men and women who have played such a integral part in their creationin peat smoke and spirit, islay's fascinating story is uncovered: from its history and stories of the many shipwrecks which litter its shores, to the beautiful wildlife, landscape and topography of the island revealed through intimate descriptions of the austerely beautiful and remote countrysidethe perfect adjunct to a glass of whisky on a dark, fire-lit evening, peat smoke and spirit is the last word on islay and its whiskiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterleaved through these different narrative strands comes the story of the whiskies themselves, traced from a distant past of bothies and illegal stills to present-day legality and prosperityoxfam bookshop thame those who discover malt whisky quickly learn that the malts made on the isle of islay are some of the wildest and most characterful in the malt-whisky spectrum
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Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the warin june , the german army had brought the rest of europe to its kneesa self-confident herman goring thought that it would be only a matter of weeks before his planes had forced britain to surrenderthe courage, resourcefulness and brilliant organisation of the raf were to prove him wrongit is a tale full of drama and heroism, of glory and tragedy, with the main protagonist the remarkable plane that played a crucial role in saving britainthe future of europe depended on britainit exceeded anything that any other air force possessedon the 5th march , following its successful maiden flight, a legend was bornpaperback with photo illustrations in good conditionrj mitchell, a shy and almost painfully modest engineer, was the genius behind the spitfireprize-winning historian leo mckinstry s vivid history of the spitfire brings together a rich cast of characters and first hand testimoniesby late september , the raf had proved invincible, thanks to the vickers supermarine spitfireif we can stand up to him, all europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands, said churchill
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Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this island or lose the warin june , the german army had brought the rest of europe to its kneesonly £1 read morea self-confident herman goring thought that it would be only a matter of weeks before his planes had forced britain to surrenderthe courage, resourcefulness and brilliant organisation of the raf were to prove him wrongit is a tale full of drama and heroism, of glory and tragedy, with the main protagonist the remarkable plane that played a crucial role in saving britainthe future of europe depended on britainit exceeded anything that any other air force possessedon the 5th march , following its successful maiden flight, a legend was bornpaperback with photo illustrations in good conditionrj mitchell, a shy and almost painfully modest engineer, was the genius behind the spitfireprize-winning historian leo mckinstry s vivid history of the spitfire brings together a rich cast of characters and first hand testimoniesby late september , the raf had proved invincible, thanks to the vickers supermarine spitfireif we can stand up to him, all europe may be free and the life of the world will move forward into broad, sunlit uplands, said churchill
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The excursion to the valley of the kings is the highlight of your vacation to egyptas you crawl through the narrow passageways, you lose the rest of your tour group1-4 players / 1-2 hours / 12+ / difficulty level 4/5 - item is new and factory sealed
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The casting of richard chamberlain is odd and suzanne neve is not up to and is not good casting for isabel archerrichard chamberlain suzanne neve edward fox this is a very faithful adaptation of henry james' novel, which is my favourite jamessome of the dialogue is straight out of the book which is nice for a change
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Canvas of the isle of arran from the kings trailphotograph taken by myself
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Meyer offers an unprecedented portrait of the infamous renaissance family and their storied milieu sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the borgias for centuries, g16xcd audiobookthe startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of the tudors and a world undonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells very good condition
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Photographic portrait frontispiece and 60 chromolithographed plates of eggsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitraces of use on the bindingcollated, all plates presentbowdler sharpe first edition, large 8vo, xxiv, 304 ppfront hinge a little bit looseplease 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 storecoloured figures of the eggs of british birds, with descriptive notices byedited (after the author's death) by rcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome small smudges on the edge of plates 29 and 33, else nice clean plates
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This remarkably illuminating portrait of tennessee williams lifts the veil on the heart and soul of his artistic inspiration: the unspoken collaboration between playwright and actorhe lives in new york
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The result is a stunning portrait of the lands, waters, culture, and people of georgiaoglethorpe's dream unites the award-winning photography of diane kirkland with the beautifully powerful writing of david bottoms, georgia's poet laureate
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