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Oxfam shop dumfries modern british war film set during the afghanistan conflictwith every step there is the possibility of losing limbs and lives as the mines explode and shrapnel flieswhen a sniper patrol stumbles upon a dried out river bed filled with land mines en route to a mission, it is up to a platoon from the parachute regiment to tend to the wounded and to orchestrate the group's escapethis is the remarkable true story of how the soldiers planned an evacuation from the ridge in kajaki, helmand, and ensured a helicopter was able to land and lift them to safety without blowing their position and the troops apartsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries jset 30 years after 'return of the jedi' (), the film follows han solo (ford), princess leia (fisher) and new characters scavenger rey (daisy ridley), former stormtrooper finn (john boyega) and x-wing pilot poe dameron (oscar isaac) as they face powerful forces from the dark side in the form of first order commander kylo ren (adam driver) and his master supreme leader snoke (andy serkis)abrams directs this seventh instalment of the epic sci-fi film series in which harrison ford, carrie fisher and mark hamill reprise their roles from the original trilogysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe film was nominated for five academy awards including best original score (john williams), best visual effects and best editing
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Oxfam shop dumfries the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worldthe art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagerysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and value
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Oxfam shop dumfries graphicallly violent, bafta-winning prison drama from acclaimed french director jacques audiard ('read my lips', 'the beat that my heart skipped')as malik rises to the challenges he is set, gaining respect from his peers, and with his confidence and power growing, he begins to develop his own plans, placing him on a collision course with his gang bosswith the inmates mostly members of either corsican or arab gangs, malik finds himself having to carry out a series of brutal rites of passage as the leader of the prison's corsican gang cesar luciani (niels arestrup) orders him to carry out a number of 'missions' aimed at proving his allegiancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresentenced to six years in a brutal french prison, 19-year-old petty criminal malik el djebena (tahar rahim) soon realises he has to learn the ropes if he is to survive
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Oxfam shop dumfries brad pitt and shia labeouf star in this war drama written and directed by david ayerset during the last months of world war ii, the story follows a uwith just five surviving men in the third platoon, they must make the most of the skills and equipment they have left if they are to stand any chance of defeating the 300-strong german army on the approachlogan lerman, jason isaacs and scott eastwood also starsee oxfam website for delivery information read morearmy sergeant known as wardaddy (pitt) as he leads his crew on a mission behind enemy lines
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Oxfam shop dumfries all eight episodes from the first season of the hbo sitcom set in silicon valleywill he succeed in time? the episodes are: 'minimum viable product', 'the cap table', 'articles of incorporation', 'ficuciary duties', 'signaling risk', 'third party insourcing', 'proof of concept' and 'optimal tip-to-tip efficiency'when the hooli product turns out to be superior to pied piper richard spends the night trying to improve the compression enginemeanwhile, after richard declines rival company hooli's offer to buyout the app for millions of dollars they reverse engineer the algorithm and create their own productthe series follows computer programmer richard hendriks (thomas middleditch) as he forms his own startup company after receiving investment from venture capitalist peter gregory (christopher evan welch), who is impressed by richard's data compression algorithm used in his pied piper music appsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard and his team race against time to complete their project in order to present at techcrunch disrupt, where hooli ceo gavin belson (matt ross) is also due to appear
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Oxfam shop dumfries john hillcoat directs this violent western set in the australian outback, from an original screenplay by musician nick cavecharlie burns (guy pearce) is presented with an impossible choice by ruthless lawman captain stanley (ray winstone)to save his younger brother from the gallows, he must track down and kill his violent older brother arthur (danny huston)see oxfam website for delivery information read morein a harsh and oppressive environment, charlie is forced to choose between loyalty and revenge, while stanley tries to impose his own brutal codes of law and order, and shield his innocent young wife (emily watson) from the consequences
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Oxfam shop dumfries during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativesome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsthe editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualsit is now central to these aspects of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries alistair cooke, then a washington correspondent for the guardian, recognized a great story to be told in investigating at first hand the effects of the second world war on america and the daily lives of americans as they adjusted to radically new circumstanceswithin weeks of the pearl harbor attack, with a reporter's zeal cooke set off on a circuit of the entire country to see what the war had done to peoplentertwined with his reflections on changing landscapes and cityscapes and with his unique storytelling skills and insight, his acute ability to define detail and catch the sounds and syntax of different regional accents, this is alistair cooke moving into his prime as a reporter and a writerthis unique travelogue celebrates an important american character and the indomitable spirit of a nation that was to inspire cooke's reports and broadcasts for some sixty yearshe talked to everyone he encountered on his extensive trip, from miners to lumberjacks, to war-profiteers, to day-laborers, to local politicians - even the unfortunate japanese-americans who had been rapidly interned in stark, desert campssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis prescient observations on what was happening and considerations on where america was headed provide a clearer understanding of a critical moment in world history just prior to the dropping of the atomic bomb
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Oxfam shop dumfries the first in a gripping new crime series set in germany - the black forest investigations louise boni, maverick chief inspector with the black forest crime squad, is struggling with her demonsoliver bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the rhine borderlands of the black forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteriesthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifewhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickerstranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moredivorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastdreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowlshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil
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Oxfam shop dumfries blood, sweat and tyres is the book that every hairy biker fan has been waiting fortheir eyes met over a curry and a pint on the set of a catherine cookson drama, and they knew they would be firm and fast friends for lifefor dave, his life changed when he became a childhood carer for his motherbut through the challenges of their early years came a love of really good foodthey've eaten their way around the world a good few times, but have never lost sight of what matters: great friends, great family and great foodfrom deserts to desserts, potholes to pot roasts, the nation's favourite cooking duo reveals what's made their friendship such a special and lasting onefor si, being bullied as the fat kid in class was part of his daily school routineand it was food that brought si and dave togetherin this heartwarming memoir of friendship and hilarious misadventure, si and dave take you on the ride of their lives! see oxfam website for delivery information read moresi king and dave myers, aka the hairy bikers have travelled an interesting roadborn in the north of england, both si and dave had their childhood challengesfull to the brim with tasty morsels and colourful stories, this genuinely intimate memoir will move, entertain and delight in equal measure
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Oxfam shop dumfries this is the follow-up to the author's previous biography, the critically acclaimed and sales success, "the last englishman"thomas (an english-educated man who set out to become more and more welsh throughout his life)byron rogers' previous books for aurum have twice been radio 4 book of the weekthomas is now accepted, along with ted hughes, philip larkin and seamus heaney, as one of the great post-war british poetsall his life, he was a minister in the church of wales, at a succession of increasingly remote country parishesit is a hilarious and extraordinary story of a singular manit describes the life of one of 20th-century english literature's greatest poetsthis is sure to be widely reviewed for his second biography rogers - a welshman who moved to england - has found the perfect subject: the great welsh poet rnow byron rogers has unearthed the amazing story of this man's life, and that of his household - one both comic, absurd and touchingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe had a reputation for being an austere, unforgiving, taciturn, wintry manto thomas's many admirers this will be a surprising, sometimes shocking, but at last humanising portrait of someone who wrote truly metaphysical poetrythomas's poetry published by penguin modern classics, orion and bloodaxe with substantial sales every yearhe is regarded in wales as the national poethere is a man who banned hoovers from his house on grounds of noise, whose first act on moving into an ancient cottage was to rip out the central heating, whose attempts to seek out more authentically welsh parishes only brought him more into contact with loud english holidaymakers
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Oxfam shop dumfries by the author of the critically acclaimed border trilogy, outer dark is a novel at once mythic and starkly evocative, set in an unspecified place in appalachia sometime around the turn of the centuryboth brother and sister wander separately through a countryside being scourged by three terrifying and elusive strangers, headlong toward an eerie, apocalyptic resolutiondiscovering her brother's lie, she sets forth alone to find her son'mccarthy is a master stylist, perhaps without equal in american lettersin his hands, everything is done with consummate skill' village voice 'mccarthy has made the fabulous real, the ordinary mysterious' new york times 'a profound parable that ultimately speaks to any society in any time' time see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman bears her brother's child, a boy; the brother leaves the baby in the woods and tells her he died of natural causes
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Oxfam shop dumfries mr paradise pays chloe and kelly to play cheerleaderselmore leonard is in top form with mr paradise which is set right back in his home town of detroit, motor city, scene of many of his greatest booksat least that's the story that hired-help montez taylor tells cop frank delsahe's got a witness - a second cheerleader - but she can't decide whether her name's chloe or kellysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredelsa's called in to investigate a double homicide: old man paradise and a girl dressed as a cheerleaderbut with a beautiful witness who might or might not want his protection, delsa's ready to play for timenobody it seems is playing it straight - least of all the two trigger-happy hit men cruising detroit's mean streetsto dance while he watches reruns of michigan's finest football games
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Oxfam shop dumfries drawing its numerous examples from britain and beyond, archaeological investigation explores the procedures used in field archaeology travelling over the whole process from discovery to publicationdivided into four parts, it argues for a set of principles in part one, describes work in the field in part two and how to write up in part threethe central chapter 'projects galore' takes the reader on a whirlwind tour through different kinds of investigation including in caves, gravel quarries, towns, historic buildings and underwaterthis is no plodding manual but an inspiring, provocative, informative and entertaining book, urging that archaeological investigation is one of the most important things society doesarchaeological investigation intends to be a companion for a newcomer to professional archaeology - from a student introduction (part one), to first practical work (part two) to the first responsibilities for producing reports (part three) and, in part four, to the tasks of project design and heritage curation that provide the meat and drink of the fully fledged professionalpart four describes the modern world in which all types of archaeologist operate, academic and professionalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also proposes new ways of doing things, tried out over the author's thirty years in the field and brought together here for the first time
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Oxfam shop dumfries fans of peter james and his bestselling roy grace series of crime novels know that his books draw on in-depth research into the lives of brighton and hove police and are set in a world every bit as gritty as the real thinghis friend graham bartlett was a long-serving detective in the city once described as britain's 'crime capital'whether it's the murder of a dodgy nightclub owner and his family in sussex's worst non-terrorist mass murder or the race to find the abductor of a young girl, tracking down the antique trade's most notorious 'knocker boys' or nailing an audacious ring of forgers, hunting for a cold-blooded killer who executed a surfer or catching a pair who kidnapped a businessman, leaving him severely beaten, to die on a hillside, the authors skilfully evoke the dangerous inside story of policing, the personal toll it takes and the dedication of those who risk their lives to keep the public safesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether, in death comes knocking, they have written a gripping account of the city's most challenging cases, taking the reader from crime scenes and incident rooms to the morgue, and introducing some of the real-life detectives who inspired peter james's characters
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Oxfam shop dumfries on a crisp winter morning just before the start of deer season, ethan and his three-year-old son nate set off together to discover the beauties of the forestwhen he returns only a few minutes later, the door of the truck is open and nate is nowhere to be seenas he parks the car, ethan sports a pair of magnificent bucks, and, eager to take a closer look, leaves nate asleep in the car seat, a brief, impulsive decision any parent might makeleslie schwartz creates a rich cast of characters, a community of vibrant and unforgettable people whose reactions to the tragedy reflect the complexities of human emotions, and who are all moved by the need to somehow make sense of the inexplicableimbued with extraordinary emotional power, angel's crest, explores the consequences of ethan's act on his own life and on the people around himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreethan and other members of the community search for the missing three-year old, their fears rising as an unexpected blizzard blankets the woods
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Oxfam shop dumfries bandits assembles an unlikely crew: an ex-cop, an ex-con, and an ex-nunthey've got their eyes on several million bucks intended for the contras; with their unique set of skills and their crazily clever plan, they're sure to make out like bandits -- if they live so long see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries lily thomas is an aspiring young ski champion training for the olympics, a young woman with her heart set on winning the goldwinners is about more than surviving - it is about courage, victory, and triumphbut in one moment, lily's future is changed forever, her hopes for the olympics swept away in a tragic accidenther father bill has pinned all his hopes on his only daughter, and his dreams are now destroyedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejessie matthews, the neurosurgeon who operates on lily that night, endures a tragedy of her own, and other brave survivors also fight to alter the course of destiny and refuse to be defeatedwhen bill builds a remarkable rehab facility for his daughter, countless lives are forever altered, and each becomes a winner
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Oxfam shop dumfries hugh jackman reprises his role as clawed mutant wolverine (formerly james logan) in this blockbuster superhero action sequel based on the marvel comics stripset at a time following 'x-men ), logan finds himself vulnerable, alone and at his lowest point, after losing his intimate connections with the outside worlddrawn to modern-day japan by the gratitude of a wealthy industrialist from his past who secretly covets his healing powers, logan soon finds himself up against the deadly charms of a femme fatale known as 'the viper' (svetlana khodchenkova), whilst having to confront samurai steel and lethal ninjas as his destiny draws him towards a winner-takes-all battle with his ultimate foe, 'the silver samurai' (will yun lee)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries sci-fi thriller set in , directed by jwhile shooting a film with his friends next to a railway in a small town in ohio, 13-year-old joe lamb (joel courtney) witnesses a truck crashing into a trainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresoon he discovers that this was no accidentabrams and produced by steven spielbergwhen his friend, alice (elle fanning), is abducted by a mysterious creature, he learns that the us government have been keeping an alien in captivity since the snow free from its captors, the alien will stop at nothing to get home, meaning joe is running out of time to save alice
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Oxfam shop dumfries more animated adventures featuring barbieas they are looking through their grandmother's attic the girls find a map which reportedly leads to a long-lost treasure hidden somewhere in the town and, together with their puppies, the four sisters set off on an adventure to find itthis time around, barbie (voice of kelly sheridan) and her sisters, skipper (kazumi evans), stacie (claire maggie corlett) and chelsea (alyssya swales), travel back to their hometown of willows to visit their grandmotherplease note no holiday decorations included see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries another animated adventure with barbie and her friendswhen ken is suddenly whisked away by a group of fairies, barbie and her rival raquelle set out on an action-packed journey to bring him backsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries hugh jackman reprises his role as clawed mutant wolverine (formerly james logan) in this blockbuster superhero action prequel based on the marvel comic stripthe film, set over the years leading up the action of the 'x-men' movie, follows the young logan from the first awakenings of his mutant powers in childhood up to his amnesiac rebirth as wolverine, and recounts his tumultuous relationship with his ferocious half-brother victor creed, aka sabretooth (liev schreiber) and the events that lead him to sign up to the ominous weapon x programmesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries take part in a relentless ride to infiltrate and overtake the 510s, a gang grown around detroit's illegal street racing sceneeach locale comes with its own set of surprises and driving challenges to mastermaneuver through the bustling streets of new york city and los angeles, cruise down sunny miami beach or trek through the breathtaking plateaus of monument valleythis is driving at its most exciting, varied and openon your journey you will encounter other players on the road - all potentially worthy companions to crew up with, or future rivals to compete againstsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyour plan? get a rep on the underground-racing scene and sabotage their activities city-by-city all across the united states
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Oxfam shop dumfries the complete series of the bbc drama based on the historical novels by philippa gregoryset during the wars of the roses, a dynastic struggle for power that dominated the latter part of the 15th century and threatened to tear england apart, the series follows the fortunes of three women who are determined to have their say in the politics of their age, elizabeth woodville (rebecca ferguson), margaret beaufort (amanda hale) and anne neville (faye marsay)with even king edward iv (max irons) and his manipulative advisor lord warwick (james frain) subject to the ploys of the women, who will prevail in the struggle for power? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogyset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlethe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leemeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends
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Oxfam shop dumfries dwayne johnson and kevin hart star as high school buddies on a mission for the cia in this action comedybefore calvin realises what he's got himself into, the unlikely duo set off into a world of espionage, double-crosses and shootoutswhen former bully victim and current cia agent bob stone (johnson) returns home for a high school reunion, he seeks out the help of former popular student calvin (hart)now a successful accountant, calvin's expertise are needed to help stone uncover the mastermind behind a plot to steal classified national security codessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe movie also stars amy ryan, aaron paul and megan park
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Oxfam shop dumfries sequel to the drama set in the violent world of british football hooliganismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen several members of both the west ham firm and the millwall crew are jailed following the events of the first film, the rivalry between the two clubs continues, culminating in a brutal football match between the prisoners as a way of settling their differences once and for all
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Oxfam shop dumfries king roland needs your help to make the kingdom a better placecheck out the castle, explore this first land and begin to meet your first set of new friends, including king roland, princess butter, and the wizard marlonnewly-added building options will help you accomplish the tasks you're challenged with along the way, including building broken bridgesfind out more of what awaits you here and then get in your boat to sail to many more lands on the horizon! throughout your journey new characters, lands, and clever new contraptions will be revealedthere is a lot more to discover in regions beyond the capital, so stay tuned for more characters, contraptions and lands that are yet to be revealed! see oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout this tale to bring the kingdom back to its former glory, you must help new and old friends alike, discover new lands and build to the limit of your imaginationconstruct and do everything from tending your pigs to finding treasure chestsyour mysims kingdom experience begins in the capital, the majestic land at the center of your story-tellingin true mysims fashion, everything is customizable, allowing every creation within your world to have a signature look
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