Seven decades later
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Rambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorrambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorbolton & world war ii yearsplease read all below before bidding especially overseas biddersany questions e mail or phone read morememories of bolton & w war ii years active service see content photo for details slight dis colouration to front cover 21 cm x 15 cm paperback 75 pp
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seven decades later in new york, on her twelfth birthday anna rosen receives a package from hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased fatheroxfam bookshop brigg the german girl sweeps from berlin at the brink of wwii to cuba on the cusp of revolution, to new york in the wake of september 11th, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day havanaa glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the st louis, a transatlantic liner that promises jews safe passage to cubabut now the streets of berlin are draped in swastikas and hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered homebefore everything changed, hannah rosenthallived a charmed life'the german girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms, and one ends up totally gripped and absorbed in the history' julia neuberger, author of on being jewish see oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called homeanna and her mother immediately travel to cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the st louisthe rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and ticketsat first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prison
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1) prince philip seven decades of devotion plus 2) haddress read more2 x commemorative coins, both with foldersthe queen a life in picturesabsolute mint condition free postage to any mainland u
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With myriad stories from his personal life - from his childhood in london and experiences during the second world war, to the happy and turbulent times in his later lifeoxfam shop pershore a sunday times bestselling autobiography the quintessential suave hero, roger moore has had an extraordinary career that has spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of hollywood and on to international superstardomdashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal english gentleman, he is unforgettable as the saint, as lord brett sinclair in the persuaders! and, of course, as james bond, making seven blockbusting films as arguably the most debonair of the 007sfor the first time, roger shares his recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles alongside a host of legendary starssee oxfam website for delivery information read morealong with anecdotes about his encounters with the stars and his wonderful memories from the heyday of hollywood, my word is my bond is as frank, funny and disarmingly charming as the legend himself
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The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in america some forty years later that it came to light and became blood red snowthis book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perishedmilitary illustrateda horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontlater, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and deaththe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvioussee oxfam website for delivery information read moregunter koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leaveoxfam bookshop cheltenham for anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary german soldier during world war ii, blood red snow provides an excellent starting pointmilitary book clubhe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern front
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This is the story of these devastating three decades of war, through the eyes of the men who were shaped by the battles of world war i and came to command a world on the brink of disaster decades latercharles de gaullebenito mussolininumber of discs: 5 region 0 language: english 300 minutes running time see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand so it happens that the most iconic figures of wwii, the household names that we associate with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism, were themselves caught up in both conflictsoxfam books & music romsey 3 disc box set featuring roosevelt, churchill, stalin and hilter disc 1 - the rising tide, the storm explodes, disc 2 - trial by fire, the price of glory, disc 3 never surrender, peace at last with just over 20 years separating the two most cataclysmic conflicts of the twentieth century wwi and wwii many historians argue that they were not separate wars, but one bloody continuum that first gripped the people of europe but eventually spread across the entire globebefore they were giants, they were infantrymen and privates in the 'war to end all wars'douglas macarthur
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seven whole days, jim minchin's second album, was recorded in several sessions duringjim minchin- seven whole days is a mixed collection of religious songs with music composed by jim minchintracklist side 1 1 come, lord jesus 2 you can't do more than that 3 bird of heavena4a sky without sunlight 5 like the deer that yearns 6 dance there to a child dancing in the wind two years later 7 interlude side 2 1 king of glory 2 start again 3 look out on the sea 4 on our lips were songs 5 brothers in a new land 6 man is lonely by birth 7 come, love, carolling see oxfam website for delivery information read morein january and march at bill armstrong studios, south melbourne with sound engineer john sayers and in august at life records incoriginally released in the late salbum cover, very good condition, small amount of yellowing on the backoxfam shop darlington record in excellent conditionsleeve in excellent conditioncomplete with song sheetjurong, singapore, with paul phoon at the controlsfinal mixing took place in melbourne
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) 'mosaic' weaves two distinct narratives: firstly, a roman pavement found in wartime east yorkshire, england, , then a police investigation into its baffling overnight-theft, seven years laterthe still-unsolved crime clive rediscovered years later, practising as a criminal lawyerplus a second, parallel strand about what happened (cfirst released in by voreda books as a paperback, his 'mosaic' marked the 60th anniversary of a mysterious, true-life 'heritage crime' from which it's based onits much-anticipated sequel was released in , but 'two-eight-six' is also a prequel337 ad) to the roman villa the floor in question came fromwhat ashman calls 'the carausius stone' - a roman milepost (see his drawing on the back-cover) now forming the centrepiece to the roman gallery of the tullie house museum in carlisle, cumbria, ukthe man with whose spectacular rise and fall as british 'emperor' he is inextricably linked, including the very stone it ends atto where a junior roman officer his boss soon dubs 'triton' is drawn as rapidly into the rebel regime of that charismatic admiral-turned-usurper, mauseus carausiussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearracing in a period car they'd nicknamed 'xenobia', both men are mysteriously drawn back to the same places/crimes as in 'mosaic', with the competition number on xenobia's doors only a pointer to another parallel narrative, this time from 286 adhis 'enthralling' (to quote one reader's reviewone that starts briefly enough, in italy, with scenes from a famous road-race, the mille miglia; then those two newcastle lawyers from our own time (michael tryton & william cariss) we encounter competing over there in a modern, recreation eventoxfam bookshop carlisle the foreword to his 'mosaic' summarises clive ashman as "artist, writer, motor mechanic and qualified lawyer" - varied backgrounds shaping unique novels described below
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During the seven decades from the uentry into world war ii in to the present, economic constraints rarely limited what the united states did in the worldnow that will change
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Musselwhite would go on to create a formidable discography, but there's a special fire to these first solo outings that blazes through several decades laterharmonica wizard charlie musselwhite recorded three albums for the vanguard label at the beginning of his solo career, and vanguard visionaries culls 10 cuts from those discs
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Three decades later, chiara lives alone in rome, a self-contained, self-possessed woman working as a translator and to all appearances quite content with a life which revolves around work, friends, music and the theatregradually we learn of the havoc wrought on chiara, her family and her friends by the boy she rescued, and how he eventually broke her heartoxfam bookshop cheltenham a grey dawn in : on a street in rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single momentloudly claiming the woman's son as her own nephew, she demands his immediate return; only as the trucks depart does she begin to realize what she has donethe other has been herded on to a truck with her husband and their young children, and will shortly be driven off into the darknessone of the women, chiara ravello, is about to flee the occupied city for the safety of her grandparents' house in the hillssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe is twenty-seven, single, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead of her, and now a child in her charge - a child with no papers who refuses to speak and gives every indication that he will bolt at the first opportunityin that endless-seeming moment, before she has time to think about what she is doing, chiara makes a decision that changes her life for everand when she receives a phone call from a teenage girl named maria, claiming to be daniele's daughter, chiara knows that it is time for her to face up to the pastbut always in the background is the shadow of daniele, the boy from the truck, whose absence haunts her every momentthis epic novel is an unforgettably powerful, suspenseful, heartbreaking and inspiring tale of love, loss and war's reverberations down the years
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Two decades later, alasdair and rachel are sent to the windswept isle of lewis to live with tormod in his traditional backhouse home, a world away from the glasgow of their earliest years he was on board hmy iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some two hundred servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from war for tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected y the remarkable true story of the iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessedoxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night  see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughteryet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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Three decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc see oxfam website for delivery information read more the book is in good condition some stains on the sidealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariahin the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region
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Two decades later, graham is a single father trying to protect his son from the rigours of the modern worldit was love at first sight, and teenage life was never going to be the same againwhat happened in those years in between? how did something so perfect go so tragically wrong? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeverything has changed, and the innocence has long goneoxfam bookshop royal exchange square graham melton was a normal fifteen-year-old until he met charlotte marshall over a can of warm lager at his best friend's party in
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Two decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesince then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lostsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolution
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Nearly five decades later, jones's influence continues to help define the music industry, but only now is he ready to tell his remarkable life storyand the mgs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of copies, win a place in rolling stone's list of top 500 songs of all time, and help forge collaborations with some of the era's most influential artists, including otis redding, wilson pickett, and sam & davethe long-awaited memoir of booker tjones, leader of the famed stax records house band, architect of the memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretime is tight is the deeply moving account of how jones balanced the brutality of the segregationist south with the loving support of his family and community, all while transforming a burgeoning studio into a musical meccajones's earliest years in segregated memphis, music was the driving force in his lifewhile he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous stax studios-all while still in high schoolnot long after, he would form the genre-defining group booker t
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decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, paul is haunted by a secretwhen an old friend from the bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silencebut paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes rootas political tensions escalate in germany, the bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairsoxfam books & music hereford , paul beckermann arrives at the bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow studentssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeccentric and alluring, the more time paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising charlottefrom the author of the award-winning mrs hemingway, naomi wood's the hiding game is a beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent past
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Korea's achievement of moving from one of the world's poorest countries as recently as the early s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from policymakers and scholars alikein this way, the book highlights the political power of business, which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of koreaoxfam bookshop beverley south korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperitythis book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in korea, the 'developmental alliance'these factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and businessbook condition: very good, bumping to tail and corners see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation, and how power is shared among a small number of powerful partiesrather than merely offering a means of explaining the rapid-growth phase of korean development, the politics of the developmental alliance also help us understand how and why the korean miracle turned to crisis in and why the subsequent recovery has been so uneven
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Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughteryet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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Originally written and produced by michael valvano for lou west’s solid gold records and – two decades later – issued on the eclectic outta sight logolabel – outta sight () catalogue # oscd012 format - cd album condition – new & sealed - release information - the first ever release for this stellar soul album recorded in albuquerque, new mexico, circavalvano worked with many acts at hitsville and also recorded two solo albums which sadly never saw a releasemichael valvano was the first white act signed to motown, aged just seventeen, with his band mike & the modifiersthis project showcases his rounded musical talents creating a fluid, soulful, masterpiece that reflects the soul/disco/funk style of the late 70s with a nod at its 60s roots
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham *****part of the bestselling john shakespeare series of tudor spy thrillers from rory clements, winner of the ellis peters historical fiction award*****'(clements)Â does for elizabeth's reign what cj sansom does for henry viii's' sunday times**********england may have survived the armada threat of , but when spanish galleys land troops in cornwall on a lightning raid seven years later, is it a dry-run for a new invasion? revenge for the sacking of spanish shipping and ports? a warning shot to drake and hawkins? or is there, perhaps, a more sinister motive?the queen is speechless with rage at spain's temeritysir robert cecil demands answersbut what has all this to do with thomasyn jade, a girl driven to the edge of madness by the foul rituals of exorcism? and what is the link to a group of priests held prisoner in the bleak confines of wisbech castle?from the pain-wracked torture rooms of the inquisition in seville to the marshy wastes of fenland, from the wild coasts of cornwall to the sweat and sawdust of the elizabethan playhouses, and from the condemned cell at newgate to the devilish stench of brimstone and fear as demons are driven out by unspeakable means, the heretics builds to a terrifying climax that threatens the life of the queen herselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as john shakespeare tries to get a grip on events, england's secret defences begin to unravel as one by one his network of spies is horribly murdered
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seven years later, the leader of the initial project, general roberts (martin sheen), recruits meteorologist ron young (luke perry) to intercept another hurricane, brewing 300 miles off the californian coasthurricane andrew, one of america's worst natural disasters, hit the country in august after a covert military operation to control the weather went disastrously wrongthe top-secret order is to redirect the weather front to mexico, but the bungled mission only succeeds in increasing the storm's strength - as it heads straight for los angelessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi thriller
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He was later with the bbc and the a professor at sheffield universityboth conscious and deliberate ambiguities are considered in this classic textoxfam shop fulwood road william empson was a professor of english literature in tokyo and then pekingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work was first published in and underwent major revisionsthis printing in pelican bookspart of the half-title page is missing
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Interesting detail: the longines watch was once produced exclusively for a leading jeweller brand in constantinople; seven years later (in ) the name constantinople was changed to istanbul this timepiece makes you the owner of an extremely exclusive item of jewellery with an interesting history the watch will be packaged with care and shipped insuredare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilongines pocket watch from with an all silver case, diameter without crown: 52 mm, white dial, chain, double lid (front and back, gross weight: 117 grams! and excellently running hand wound (key) timepiececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 110 year old exclusive and very rare watch is in very beautiful vintage conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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seven years later richard returns for revengeoxfam bookshop carlisle thrillera blend of horror, the supernatural, comedy and social realismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard (paddy considine) has always protected his simple-minded younger brother, anthony (tony kebbell), but when richard leaves his rural midlands' village to join the army, anthony is taken in by sonny (gary stretch), a vicious local drug dealer, and his gang of thugsdisc and case in very good conditionanthony becomes the gang's pet and it amuses them to bully him and corrupt his innocence
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Republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles by adamtitle: republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles format: hardback type: book publisher: hamlyn uk release date: language: english
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Oxfam shop ulverston the secret seven are siblings peter and janet, and jack, barbara, pam, colin and george together they are the secret seven - ready to solve any mystery, any time - in enid blyton's classic series of 15 mystery novelsin book fourteen, scamper the spaniel discovers an unwanted visitor, then he protects the secret seven as they spy on a thief late at night in bramley woods! what on earth would the secret seven do without their dog? first published in , this edition features the original text and artwork in full coloursee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The first series (, sixth impression) has seven platesmaxwell's memories of the months comprised seven series through tosome tanning to first and last endpapers particularly series sevenoxfam bookshop lymington a scarce seven volume set of 'memories of the months' by sir herbert maxwell, some of which are first editionthe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsbinding is good on all volumesthe sixth series (, first edition) has five plates, the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissuesall spines are bumped at the tops and bases, the front board of vol ii is bumped at the top edge, the front board of vol v has a short yellowish line near the right edgewith prefaces by the authorsir herbert eustace maxwell, 7th baronet of monreith, kt, pc, frs, frgs () was a scottish novelist, essayist, horticulturalist and conservative politician who sat in the house of commons from tothe fourth series (, first edition) has six platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second series (, first edition) has five platesgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platesowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesthe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenthe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the plates
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In the sequel, '28 weeks later' (), directed by juan carlos fresnadillo, it's six months later and the us military have managed to restore order in the populationunfortunately, one of the returning refugees is carrying the virus, and it won't be long before a pandemic spreadssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop elgin double bill of futuristic nightmare scenariosthe virus is so deadly that within seconds the infected person is taken over by a murderous rage, permanentlydanny boyle directs '28 days later' (), a look at what could happen after a viral attackafter 28 days there is only a handful of non-infected survivors, but the virus is not the only thing they have to contend with
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