Seven decades later
List seven decades later
-
Rambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorrambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorplease read all below before bidding especially overseas biddersbolton & world war ii yearsmemories 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 ppany questions e mail or phone read more
4 €
-
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 fatherbased on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called home'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 moreanna 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 louisat first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prisonthe rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and ticketsa glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the st louis, a transatlantic liner that promises jews safe passage to cubabefore everything changed, hannah rosenthallived a charmed lifebut now the streets of berlin are draped in swastikas and hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered homeoxfam 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 havana
3 €
-
1) prince philip seven decades of devotion plus 2) h2 x commemorative coins, both with foldersabsolute mint condition free postage to any mainland uthe queen a life in picturesaddress read more
14 €
-
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
1 €
-
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 perishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilitary book cluba horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontgunter 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 leavelater, 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 deathoxfam 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 illustratedthe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvioushe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern front
4 €
-
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 laterand 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 conflictsbenito mussolinidouglas macarthurbefore they were giants, they were infantrymen and privates in the 'war to end all wars'number of discs: 5 region 0 language: english 300 minutes running time see oxfam website for delivery information read morecharles de gaulleoxfam 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 globe
7 €
-
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 morejurong, singapore, with paul phoon at the controlsalbum cover, very good condition, small amount of yellowing on the backsleeve in excellent conditioncomplete with song sheetoriginally released in the late sfinal mixing took place in melbournein january and march at bill armstrong studios, south melbourne with sound engineer john sayers and in august at life records incoxfam shop darlington record in excellent condition
14 €
-
) '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 latersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearfirst 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 onplus a second, parallel strand about what happened (cwhat 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, ukto 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 carausiushis 'enthralling' (to quote one reader's reviewoxfam bookshop carlisle the foreword to his 'mosaic' summarises clive ashman as "artist, writer, motor mechanic and qualified lawyer" - varied backgrounds shaping unique novels described belowracing 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 adthe man with whose spectacular rise and fall as british 'emperor' he is inextricably linked, including the very stone it ends atone 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 eventits much-anticipated sequel was released in , but 'two-eight-six' is also a prequelthe still-unsolved crime clive rediscovered years later, practising as a criminal lawyer337 ad) to the roman villa the floor in question came from
7 €
-
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
1 €
-
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
20 €
-
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 theatreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a grey dawn in : on a street in rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single momentin that endless-seeming moment, before she has time to think about what she is doing, chiara makes a decision that changes her life for everthe other has been herded on to a truck with her husband and their young children, and will shortly be driven off into the darknessshe 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 opportunitygradually we learn of the havoc wrought on chiara, her family and her friends by the boy she rescued, and how he eventually broke her heartloudly 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 doneone of the women, chiara ravello, is about to flee the occupied city for the safety of her grandparents' house in the hillsbut always in the background is the shadow of daniele, the boy from the truck, whose absence haunts her every momentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis epic novel is an unforgettably powerful, suspenseful, heartbreaking and inspiring tale of love, loss and war's reverberations down the yearsand 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 past
3 €
-
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 yearsoxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night 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 witnessed for tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly  see oxfam website for delivery information read more 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
2 €
-
Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughterwhen 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 rasheedyet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism
2 €
-
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 morein the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region 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 pariah
(England)
8 €
-
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 moreoxfam 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 ineverything has changed, and the innocence has long gone
(England)
2 €
-
Two decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineageoxfam 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 revolutionsince 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 more
15 €
-
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 storywhile 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 schooljones's earliest years in segregated memphis, music was the driving force in his lifeand 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 & davesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe long-awaited memoir of booker tnot long after, he would form the genre-defining group booker ttime 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, leader of the famed stax records house band, architect of the memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in music
(England)
21 €
-
decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, paul is haunted by a secretoxfam books & music hereford , paul beckermann arrives at the bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow studentsfrom 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 pasteccentric 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 charlotteas 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 affairssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen 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 root
4 €
-
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 alikethis book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in korea, the 'developmental alliance'rather 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 unevenit also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation, and how power is shared among a small number of powerful partiesoxfam bookshop beverley south korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperitythese factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and businessin this way, the book highlights the political power of business, which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of koreabook condition: very good, bumping to tail and corners see oxfam website for delivery information read more
65 €
-
Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughterwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearoxfam bookshop st albans mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism
2 €
-
Originally written and produced by michael valvano for lou west’s solid gold records and – two decades later – issued on the eclectic outta sight logomichael 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 rootsvalvano worked with many acts at hitsville and also recorded two solo albums which sadly never saw a releaselabel – 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, circa
9 €
-
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 temeritybut 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 herselfbut 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 murderedsir robert cecil demands answerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
2 €
-
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 coastdisc and case in good conditionhurricane andrew, one of america's worst natural disasters, hit the country in august after a covert military operation to control the weather went disastrously wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi thrillerthe 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 angeles
2 €
-
He was later with the bbc and the a professor at sheffield universitypart of the half-title page is missingthis printing in pelican booksboth conscious and deliberate ambiguities are considered in this classic textthe work was first published in and underwent major revisionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road william empson was a professor of english literature in tokyo and then peking
9 €
-
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 insuredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare 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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 110 year old exclusive and very rare watch is in very beautiful vintage conditionlongines 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) timepiece
150 €
-
seven years later richard returns for revengeanthony becomes the gang's pet and it amuses them to bully him and corrupt his innocencedisc and case in very good conditionrichard (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 thugsa blend of horror, the supernatural, comedy and social realismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle thriller
2 €
-
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
99 €
-
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
4 €
-
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 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 edgethe green colour does vary with three volumes in a more olive-type green and three veering towards a more bottle-type greenthe fifth series (, first edition) has six platessir 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 tobinding is good on all volumesthe second series (, first edition) has five platesall page edges are untrimmed, some still unseparatedillustrated with tissue-protected plates many of which are photogravure, some from photographsgreen cloth covers with gilt titles on the fronts and spinesthe third series (, first edition) has six plates the protective tissues of which are foxed and which in turn has lightly affected some of the platesowner name dated on first free endpaper of first seriesthe fourth series (, first edition) has six plateswith prefaces by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe seventh series (, first edition) has five plates the tissue guard of the frontispiece is tanned, no other protective tissues
70 €
-
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 populationoxfam shop elgin double bill of futuristic nightmare scenariosafter 28 days there is only a handful of non-infected survivors, but the virus is not the only thing they have to contend withdanny boyle directs '28 days later' (), a look at what could happen after a viral attackthe virus is so deadly that within seconds the infected person is taken over by a murderous rage, permanentlysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunfortunately, one of the returning refugees is carrying the virus, and it won't be long before a pandemic spreads
2 €