Revolutionary war lives
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The decisive year of the revolutionary war by robert linternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailstonsetic (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days
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Portland, or ()the letters are drawn from the henry knox papers in the gilder lehrman collectionannotation © ringgold, inc
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Oxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and miserythe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin america grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home
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Within a year, thousands of these courageous men had lost their lives on bloody battlefields or died in disease-ridden encampmentswhile other books examine the war between the states from a political, tactical, or military perspective, these books focus on the day-to-day life and the human experience of the men themselves, the union and confederate soldiers who enlisted and often fought to the death for their beliefs and those of their home regions of the young united statesthis book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductionsillustrated with full-color photography and historical documents, engagingly written and thoroughly explained, these books are the perfect addition to children's and adults' library collections, school libraries, and personal libraries of interested readers and history lovers of all agessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton as dawned, the civil war, the conflict that had started the year before and that most americans thought would last only a few months, showed no signs of endinghundreds of thousands of men across the divided nation enlisted in state volunteer regiments that poured into the sprawling military camps around washington, dc, richmond, virginia, and other strategic locations
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As the war rages on, the two women's lives become intertwined - bringing love and friendship to bothoxfam bookshop st albans from the deserts of north africa, to the waters of scotland, the second world war touches the lives of two women from two very different worldsthe life of luxury and stability that she is used to is taken away as she finds herself having to deal with loss, heartache and political uncertaintyin alexandria, fran finds her world turned upside down as rommel's forces advance on the idyllic shores of egyptsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, on the firth of clyde, catriona struggles between her quiet rural life and her dreams of nursing injured servicemen on the front lines
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With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, richard yates shows how frank and april's decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal and tragedyoxfam bookshop st albans hailed as a masterpiece from its first publication, revolutionary road is the story of frank and april wheeler, a bright young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life and long to be extraordinarysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The war of 33 is an intimate, personal and powerful telling of the story of the war in lebanonshe tells the stories of her family and the people she lives the war with - the refugees, the wounded, and the everyday lebanese, struggling to maintain their sanity and their humanity during a time of warthe war of 33 is more than a document of a particular historical experiencea series of letters written by hanady salman - a mother living through the war in beirut - carve a narrative arc through the intense and haunting images of conflictwhat emerges is a universal story - a complex picture of love, pain, resistance and survival in the face of uncertainty and violence
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle rollercoaster action adventure starring nicolas cage as benjamin franklin gates, an archaeologist from the seventh generation of a family of treasure-seekers who have all shared the same quest: to discover the whereabouts of an old war chest full of gold hidden by the founding fathers in the last days of the revolutionary warhelping him in his quest is beautiful archivist abigail chase (diane kruger)ben must work against the clock to unravel the clues embedded in the original drafts of two key historical documents - the constitution and the declaration of independence - before his criminal ex-partner ian howe (sean bean), or the fbi - led by agent sadusky (harvey keitel) - get their mitts on the lootsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good condition
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" he adroitly captures life in colonial times and in the period following the revolutionary war, and chronicles the major events of a nation's early history with the rare intimacy of a family member reflecting on his forebearshis prophetic american diplomacy influenced several generations of cold war policy makers, and sketches from a life, one of the most lyrical accounts of a life in public service ever written, chronicled his extraordinary diplomatic career spanning more than half a centurynow in his late nineties, kennan turns an eye to a matter closer to his heart in an american family: the kennanskennan has forged one of the most illustrious careers in the annals of american letters and politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a consummate statesman and prolific writer, kennan has distinguished himself as one of the most influential figures of the twentieth centurygraceful yet revealing, it is a cherished reminder of three hundred years of a nation's history through the eyes and words of one of america's most remarkable sonsembarking on a genealogical journey spanning several decades, he traces the roots of the kennan family back more than five generations, discovering a family history that has all the makings of a classic american storyfilled with lively and sometimes haunting vignettes collected from archives and libraries across new england, an american family is a fascinating detective story and brings to fruition a family memoir begun by kennan's grandfather nearly a century agobeginning with the kennans' life of unmitigated poverty in scotland in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, an american family details the kennan family's passage to america and the hardships they faced as early settlers in connecticut and massachusetts, "the epitome of the backcountry family of the most remote northern fringes of new england lifeoxfam shop dumfries accompany george kennan as he explores his family's roots in the american past
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Oxfam shop morpeth based on extensive research in archives, including those of the bbc, eton, king's college (cambridge), christ church (oxford), the national archives (kew) and many others, the first book to take burgess seriously as a political figure, interpreting his espionage activities in the context of the depression, the second world war and the first years of the cold war book in good condition with uncreased pages, but with some minor signs of wear to the coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Tick presents a comprehensive vision for healing the soul-level wounds of wareveryone agrees that our troops deserve a return to productive and creative lives after serviceedward tick reveals what's missing in our approach to bringing our veterans back from waroxfam bookshop tunbridge wells warrior's return, restoring the soul after war edward tick a paperback book in good conditionhere he offers proven strategies drawn from cross-cultural wisdom, mythical archetypes, and his 35 years of experience helping veterans, families, and caregivers cope with the life-changing effects of combatsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet in spite of billions spent on psychological care and reintegration programs, we face an epidemic of combat-related conditions like ptsdthere is pencil underlining on pages but other than this, this is a clean copywhat's the solution? with warrior's return, drwhile most trauma treatment programmes focus on symptom reduction or temporary relief, dr
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His is the third life in this story of two livesoxfam bookshop cheltenham two lives tells the remarkable story of seth's great uncle and auntafter the war they married and lived the emigre life in north london where shanti, despite the loss of his arm, became a much-loved dentistthis is also a book about history, encompassing as it does many of the most significant themes and events in the 20th century, whose currents are reflected in the lives of shanti, henny and their family: from the raj and the indian freedom movement to the third reich, the holocaust and british postwar societyin the household was a daughter, henny, who urged her mother 'not to take the blackie'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshanti joined the army and lost his right arm at the battle of monte cassino, while henny (whose family were to die in the camps) made a life for herself in her adopted countrybut a friendship developed and each managed to leave germany and found their way to britain as the nazis rose to powerduring his own adolescence in england, vikram seth lived with shanti and henny and came to know and love them deeplyhis great uncle shanti left india for medical school in berlin in the s and lodged with a german jewish family
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This is a relatively high grade itempublished by marvelof comics, generally about comics depending on page countit will be very close to
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Daily thoughts from our founders and events from the revolutionary war by dwight crisp (hardback, ) 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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Contains interesting and exact information about the american revolutionary war in the periodtears at the edges of the map, signs of use, last page and two plates not included in the bindingjournal d'un voyage fait dans l intérieur de l'amerique septentrionaleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeouvrage dans lequel on donne des détails précieux sur l'insurrection des anglo-americains, et sur la chute désastreuse de leur papier-monnaiename of previous owner cut from endpaperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe original edition was published in london in volumes, 2 images; folding map and indian
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The film follows the lives of three soldiers who have returned home from war to find life in america has moved on without themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefred (dana andrews) has to re-acquaint himself with a wife he barely knows, al (march) tries to get to know his grown-up children, and homer (harold russell) must get used to living without the use of his handsthe cast also includes teresa wright, virginia mayo and hoagy carmichaeloxfam bookshop newport william wyler directs this classic wartime drama starring myrna loy and fredric march
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Still - a good copy - see photo's lafayette: marie-joseph paul yves roch gilbert du motier, marquis de la fayette () was a french aristocrat and military officer who fought in the american revolutionary war, commanding american troops in several battles, including the siege of yorktownbruxelles, sociéte bel par sa famillepublished in 2 volsmémoires, correspondance et manuscrits du géneral lafayette publiés par sa familleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeafter returning to france, he was a key figure in the french revolution of and the july revolution ofuncommon editionge de librairie, hauman, cattoir et compneat modern cloth cloth on sides with damages, ocasionally foxing and waterstains, a few small (neat) old annotions in first vol(see more on wikipedia)after forming the national constituent assembly, he helped to write the declaration of the rights of man and of the citizen with thomas jefferson's assistancewith a prefatory note signed by george-washington lafayettedu motier, marquis derévolution françaisehe also advocated the end of slavery, in keeping with the philosophy of natural rightsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerévolution d'ameriquethis document was inspired by the united states declaration of independence and invoked natural law to establish basic principles of the democratic nation-state
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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 africasee 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 womanabducted 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 againoxfam shop evesham 'a beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage facts
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Blood and glory the civil war in colourover the course of four years, more than military and civilian lives were sacrificed topitting north against south brother against brotherblood and glory
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It traces sudbury, massachusetts' evolution from indian settlements to puritan english plantation, to the largest town in revolutionary war middlessex county, to a quiet farming community, to a rapidly expanding metropolitan suburbthere is a 2 line handwritten note on the ffepa large book with black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the front and spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes "the concise and entertaining text is illustrated with over 300 photographsand illustrates the high-technology of sudbury of present daythe pictorial dj is in excellent condition, along with the bookon the inside of the front and rear covers are mapsit records many episodes of sudbury's exciting past
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Set in , the drama chronicles the changing fortunes of russia's elite class during the country's war with the french empirethe miniseries follows pierre bezukhov (dano), the illegitimate son of a wealthy count, his friend andrei bolkonsky (norton) who enlists in the army, and natasha rostov (james) as they search for love and meaning in their lives during the napoleonic warsoxfam original liverpool paul dano, lily james and james norton star in this six-part bbc dramatisation of tolstoy's epic novelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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First world war and yorkshire see cover and introductiontoo many photos and true stories of how yorkshire folks lives were affected at home and away to be included in this post but it's a lovely little booklet and in excellent conditionpackaging and receipted royal mail postage just ÂŁ120 or collect from old hall, warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area provided read more
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The mightiest armies and the most brilliant commanders of ancient times clash in an epic war game only total war can createoxfam books & music fareham three great rome total war games all in one! rome total war – “i came, i saw, i conqueredrome total war barbarian invasion - “you came, you saw, you conqueredfor the committed rome: total war fan, alexander sets further challenges and a new gameplay experience that adds to the legendary reputation of the total war seriescommand the greatest forces of the ancient world, including the roman legions, carthage and gaul; lay siege to civilisations using powerful war engines; and decimate your enemies using special units like ferocious war dogs, armoured elephants or scythed chariots” caesar storm clouds gather over europe, asia and north africa as mighty armies march forward in rome: total warrome total war alexander – can you match or even beat the feats of history’s greatest military genius? an all new campaign map extends the rome: total war experience further eastward than ever before, taking you into macedonia and the persian empirein rome: total war the most epic, cinematic real-time 3d battles ever seen in a game come to life with awe-inspiring graphicshis successors now rule a divided empirethe barbarians are at the gates in this official expansion pack for rome: total war! features a brand new campaign game, 10 new playable factions - including the huns, franks, saxons, goths and both roman empires, 100+ new units with their own strengths, weapons and abilities, including schiltrom and shieldwall formations, swimming and axe-throwing and barbarian hordes - march your entire people in search of a new homelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeyond the frontiers of the sundered empire new enemies are lurkingyou’re not finished yetsix new historical battles offer you the chance to experience alexander’s key clashes and a redesigned campaign game forces you to press ever onward or risk failing to match alexander’s ferocious pace of conquestbe there for rome's fallit is 363 ad and the last emperor of the unified rome is dead” a shadow falls across the roman worldyou were there for rome's gloryminor surface marks to case and discs but overall a very good used copyvast armies are led by brilliant generals such as hannibal, leader of the carthaginians and julius caesar, rome's greatest general and leadera host of new content includes four new factions and 60 all new units such as alexander’s phalangists
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Too may photos and true stories of how yorkshire folks lives were affected at home and away to be included in this post but it's a lovely book and in excellent conditionprice includes postagesee cover and introduction
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In barry dierks, a young american architect, arrived in paris and fell in love with francepages are clean and tight and appear unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in 'as new' conditionthey called it le tridentdust jacket and boards in very good conditionfrom the moment it was built, it captivated the rivierawith his partner, an ex-officer in the british army, he built a white, flat-roofed modernist masterpiece that rested on the rocks below the esterel, with views across the mediterraneanas commissions for more villas flooded in, barry dierks and eric sawyer, "those two charmers", flourished at the heart of riviera societyover the years, dierks would design and build over 70 of the riviera's most recognisable villas for clients ranging from somerset maugham's villa mauresque and jack warner's villa aujourd'hui to the marquess of cholmondeley's villa le roc, and maxine elliott's chateau de l'horizon, later the home of aly khan and rita hayworthriviera dreaming tells the dazzling story of the lives, loves and adventures that played out behind the walls of these glamorous houses and provides an unparalleled portrait of life on the cote d'azur at the height of the jazz age
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate this is the story set in a time of turmoil for europe, when the lives of millions of people were in danger from the threat of hitler's third reich, through invasion or as a result of the nazi's maniacal pursuit of the aryan dream very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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At young lives vs cancer, we help families find the strength to face whatever cancer throws at themvery good condition
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe 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 destructionnow 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 economyfrom 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-stateusing 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 worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat 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 vietnamthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence"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 leaderswe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic poweras 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 presidents
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The silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsnow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategistsit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furthermastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadershipsun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictthis comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesthe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first time
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