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After just about surviving yet another summer with the dreadful dursleys, the arrival of aunt marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, harry casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloonhe fully expects to be expelled from hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time, but the arrival of the mysterious knight bus and a meeting with cornelius fudge, the minister of magic, result in harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the leaky cauldronreview:age 9 and overharry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third, and possibly the best, book in the phenomenally successful, award-winning harry potter series by jk rowlingback at hogwarts, harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the dementors--guards from azkaban on the look out for blacklisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifeoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait to start his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after the summer holidaysstephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords are a perfect match for rowling's superb storytelling, and fry manages to give even further depth to a complex and absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale that, once heard, will never be forgottenbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the schoolmeanwhile sirius black--one-time friend of harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "you- know-who"--escapes from azkaban and this has serious implications for harryage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the mormons' the novel that set the pattern for the modern western, riders of the purple sage was first published in , immediately selling over a million copiessecrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements zane grey built his acclaimed story of the american westabout the series: for over 100 years oxford world's classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globeeach affordable volume reflects oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much moresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham with searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sagein the remote border country of south utah, a man is about to be whipped by the mormons in order to pressure jane withersteen into marrying against her willhere was the unknown and the perilous
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Obviously nothing is about to run smoothly for the young trainee spell-caster, and stirring things up this time is the arrival of one sirius black, escapee of the wizard prison azkabanthroughout the game you have the ability to switch between the three characters, thus making best use of their key skills and attributes in order to overcome the various challenges and enemies that you come up againstoxfam bookshop ipswich "the third instalment in jk rowling's phenomenally successful series of children's books is about to take over the world's cinema screens and, faithfully at heel as always, is the cross-platform release of the accompanying video game from eaprisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione grangerthe gamecube version of prisoner of azkaban supports nintendo's much-touted gba connectivity, which means that - if you own both systems and both versions of the game - you can wire the two consoles up and transfer what's known as an owl care kit to your game boyfor example, harry's grappling spell serves as a means to reach those hidden ledges and, at one particular point, harry and ron have to work together when battling malfoy on a trainif you're a fan of the books you'll know that prisoner of azkaban brings a change in direction for the series and, subsequently, the game is a little darker and slightly more complexthis time around, however, the aforementioned three-way gameplay element means that you need to take advantage of all three characters in order to progress through the gamethe gameplay itself treads pretty much the same territory as the previous two hp games, in that it's generally a case of exploring a host of jk rowling's fantasy locales, interacting with the residents, solving puzzles, and defeating enemies" see oxfam website for delivery information read morealong with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three young friendsbeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendskind of like a tamagotchi, the owl care kit allows you to take care of an owl by feeding, cleaning, exercising and teaching it, before you upload it back to your gamecube and enter it into owl races
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William hague's biography is comparable to roy jenkins's recent bestselling life of churchill - an eminent politician writing an outstanding prime ministerial life - and announces the arrival of a brilliant new historical writerhe enjoyed huge success, yet died at the nadir of his fortunes, struggling to maintain a government beset by a thin majority at home and military disaster abroad; he worked, worried and drank himself to death no british politician since has exercised such supremacy for so longsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham a lively, authoritative biography of one of the towering figures in british history who became prime minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the tory partyyet he annihilated his opponents in the general election the following year and dominated the governing of britain for twenty-two years nearly nineteen of them as prime ministerpitt presided over dramatic changes in the country's finances and trade, brought about the union with ireland, and directed and was ultimately consumed by the years of debilitating war with francedomestic crises included unrest in ireland, deep division in the royal family and the madness of the king, and a full-scale naval mutinythe younger william pitt - known as the schoolboy' - began his days as prime minister in , deeply underestimated and completely beleaguered
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The progress of the war is followed from the outbreak rebellion of summer , through seville, the war in the aragon mountains, madrid, malaga, the arrival of the international brigades in , the notorious destruction of guernika by the german condor legion, barcelona and franco?s victorious march, checked briefly on the ebroedmunds this book tells the tragic story of the spanish civil war through the eyes of writers, artists and musicians who were deeply involved and close to itby means of chronological chapters covering the major phases the author describes the roles of figures such as arthur koestler, ernest hemingway, pablo picasso, george orwell, esmond romilly, martha gellhorn (hemingway's lover), salvador dali, the poet federico lorca (who was killed) etcthis is a highly informative and interesting work covering a period of military history that has been largely neglectedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stother famous names include the spies kim philby and anthony blunt
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Drawing primarily upon the archaeological record, and supported by ethnographic, linguistic and historical evidence, the authors trace the origins and development of culture in india and pakistan from its earliest roots in palaeolithic times, through the rise and disintegration of the great indus civilization to the emergence of regional cultures, and the arrival and spread of indo-aryan speaking peoplesoxfam bookshop leeds 379ppoffering an original and stimulating perspective on the archaeology of the subcontinent, the rise of civilization in india and pakistan will be invaluable to students of south asian culture and early historycambridge world archeologythe authors have made every attempt to incorporate the results of the most recent research and their book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagramssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the rise of civilization in india and pakistan the authors have completely revised and rewritten their earlier work to present an integrated and dynamic account of human culture in south asiamany spectacular discoveries of archaeological significance have been made in the indian subcontinent since the first appearance of raymond and bridget allchin's book the birth of indian civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subjectit will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in generaladvances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationthey conclude with the early buddhist period and the appearance of city states right across pakistan and north india, establishing the pattern of subcontinental unity and regional diversity that was to characterize the country henceforward
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In this enthralling sequel, he follows the fortunes of the escape academy right up until the arrival of the allied forces in aprilbut reid's own break-out was by no means the lastunclipped d/j clean/intact and protected by transparent wrapperno highlighting or other notesa true classic, latter days at colditz is the bestselling conclusion of the story of the infamous german pow campsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition for ageoxfam bookshop newport in the colditz story, pat reid told the story of the escape academy that sprang up inside the most impregnable german pow camp of the second world war, ending appropriately with his own incredible escape from colditzthese tales of fantastic bravery and stunning ingenuity are every bit as mesmerising as the originalthis is the scarce first edition, published
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With a little fighting spirit and the arrival of a new musical resident, the charismatic miss primrose trent, the choir is rebornsome see the choir as a chance to forget their troubles, others the chance to shinean uplifting and heart-warming novel perfect for fans of helen simonson's the summer before the war and the guernsey literary and potato peel pie societyoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the writing glows with emotional intelligencethough for one villager, the choir is the perfect cover to destroy chilbury's new-found harmonyhearts are breaking as sons and husbands leave to fight, and when the vicar decides to close the choir until the men return, all seems losthad me sniffing copiously' daily mailin wartime, survival is as much about friendship as it is about couragesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut coming together in song is just what the women of chilbury need in these dark hours, and they are ready to singin the idyllic village of chilbury change is afootthis atmospheric debut
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Holden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &c" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationsthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamathe name of a previous owner is written on the f
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Just as the dust from the case of the white bulldog begins to settle in the small russian town of zavolzhsk, its sleepy rural existence is shaken up once again by the arrival of a desperately frightened monk who seeks the help of the bishop, mitrofaniithe monks have been troubled by visions of a dark, hooded figure that appears to walk on the waters of the vast blue lake surrounding their monasteryfinally sister pelagia takes matters into her own hands and, adopting a number of ingenious disguises, she ventures across the blue lake in search of answersall meet with unexpected fatessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham sister pelagia, bespectacled, freckled, woefully clumsy and possessed of a not very nunnish aptitude for solving crimes, returns in a tale of monastic intrigue, murder and adventureas she delves deeper into the layers of secrecy that cloak the islanders, and as the body count continues to rise, pelagia begins to realise that an encounter with a ghost may be the least of her problemssceptical of ghost stories, mitrofanii sends first his clever young ward, then two of his most trusted advisors, to investigate the mystery
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His starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, ininternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkednoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosain a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covers the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasseoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african society
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It also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processlove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsthe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectscourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seathe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearit provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hair
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether the team investigates various cases which go beyond the realms of normal police work and soon begins to uncover a trail leading to a global corporation called massive dynamicjones', 'the equation', 'the dreamscape', 'safe', 'bound', 'the no-brainer', 'the transformation', 'ability', 'inner child', 'unleashed', 'bad dreams', 'midnight', 'the road not taken' and 'there's more than one of everything'fbi agent olivia dunham (torv) suspects a sinister presence behind the bizarre and unexplained goings on which have been occurring and enlists the help of a scientist who has been in a mental institution for the last 17 years, walter bishop (noble), along with his son peter (jackson)oxfam bookshop ipswich sci-fi television series, co-created by jj abrams and starring anna torv, joshua jackson and john noble, about a team which investigates cases of strange phenomena that exist on the fringes of scienceepisodes comprise: 'pilot', 'the same old story', 'the ghost network', 'the arrival', 'power hungry', 'the cure', 'in which we meet mr
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Roos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warseliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodno marks and good bindingoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebloosbury paperback in "as new"Â condition
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In 'going my way' (), the arrival of easy-going young priest father chuck o'malley (crosby) at debt-ridden st dominic's church does not sit easily with ageing father fitzgibbon (barry fitzgerald), who has been in charge for 45 yearshe and its conservative mother superior (ingrid bergman) clash over how things should be done, but are quick to join forces when the school is threatened by a rich man's plans to build a new office blockoxfam bookshop lymington bing crosby double-billsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, o'malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth and swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of songin the sequel 'the bells of st mary's' (), father o'malley (bing crosby) becomes involved in running st mary's, a school for disadvantaged children
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Tracklist a1 the arrival of the queen of sheba a2 a new orleans suite a3 big spender a4 here comes the sun a5 ob-la-di, ob-la-da b1 the odd couple b2 zwei freunde polka de concert b3 trio sonata in g minor for two oboes and continuo (allegro – andante – vivo) b4 folk song suite see oxfam website for delivery information read more12" vinyl stereo recording of the sheba sound - a group of three woodwind players, two oboes, a bassoon and a harpsichordist-pianistthis record is in very good condition - no scratches seenrecorded at all saints church petersham and released on the bbc record label in the uk in
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Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, and her son going as every day life vanishes in the face of war, eithne's world is transformed by the arrival of mr turk, the virile, carnal, carnivorous local butcher who falls passionately in love with heras the house bursts to life with the electricity - metaphorical and real - he brings, dark secrets come to light see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of the best exotic marigold hotelpretty eithne clay runs a ramshackle south london boarding house with the help of her teenage son, ralph, and their maid, winnie
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The series dramatises various real events in the prison's history from the arrival of the first british prisoners after dunkirk until the liberation of the castle by the americans in , and also explores the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their german captorsthe series portrays the tortuous experiences of allied prisoners of war incarcerated at colditz castle during world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth all 28 episodes of the s bbc drama series starring robert wagner and david mccallumpurpose-built by the nazis to hold high-risk and politically important prisoners, the prison had a reputation for being escape-proof, but this did not stop its prisoners from making many attempts to escape their captivity
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The series dramatises various real events in the prison's history from the arrival of the first british prisoners after dunkirk until the liberation of the castle by the americans in , and also explores the relationships formed between the various nationalities and their german captorsall 28 episodes of the s bbc drama series starring robert wagner and david mccallumthe series portrays the tortuous experiences of allied prisoners of war incarcerated at colditz castle during world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read morepurpose-built by the nazis to hold high-risk and politically important prisoners, the prison had a reputation for being escape-proof, but this did not stop its prisoners from making many attempts to escape their captivity
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This stunning picture book examines the consequences of the arrival of a group of rabbits with entirely unfamiliar waysa dramatically moving allegory of colonisation told from the viewpoint of native australian animals not ex-library and no notes or highlightingscuffs, minor blemishes including mild bumping at edges and the spine is slightly bowed)oxfam bookshop newport winner of the children's book council children's picture book of the year ()the rabbits bring new food and animals, and make their own houses to live in, eventually dominating the environment and its other inhabitantsthe parallels with our own experience of colonisation are many; stolen children, the onset of industrialisation, and population increasesthe change in the native animals' environment is brilliantly depicted by shaun tan's illustrations, which also serve to highlight the 'strangeness' of the rabbitssee oxfam website for delivery information read more beautifully illustrated few signs of previous use (e
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This page resembled the memory about new york of one of the most epic and important moments of walter simonson's x-factor, such as the arrival of the ship of apocalypse as it breaks the tip of one of the most iconic buildings in the city, which had already been portrayed in this case in the king kong film and in jay anacleto's glorious pencilare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’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 storecontinuation of marvels with the same screenwriter kurt busiek but supported by roger stern classic screenwriter for marvel and with the drawing of jay anacleto with a fantastic pencil to which colour was added, diluting the work done by this wonderful artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The arrival of handsome young doctor harrison causes yet further agitation not just because of his revolutionary methods but also because of his effect on the hearts of the ladiesmeanwhile miss matty jenkyns nurses her own broken heart after she was forced to give up the man she loved when she was a young girlsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore in this witty and poignant story the railway is pushing its way relentlessly towards the town from manchester, bringing fears of migrant workers and the breakdown of law and order
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The build up of the raf air offensive after and the arrival of squadrons from america, australia, canada and poland, meant that by early in in lincolnshire alone, there were several thousand aircraft and personneloxfam bookshop brigg at the height of the second world war, lincolnshire had no fewer than 46 operational airfields, all but nine built sincefully illustratedprevious owners name inside front covernumbered among them are the lancaster, manchester, hampden, wellington, hurricane, spitfire and beaufightersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this book, each airfield is described and details of its wartime function givenalso highlighted are the many and varied aircraft that comprised the operational units
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Everything changes with the arrival of tweeny, a young maid, as a friendship develops between her and master georgethe twins introduce master george to the sailing-ship treeit is just before world war i and their father is butler at the big house where master george livesoxfam bookshop kingsbridge first edition, first printingthe two plan to stowaway to australia to start a new life but master george leaves the ship before it sails when his missing father reappearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwins, dorothy and walter hollins have a passion for writing stories, climbing trees and getting into trouble book has a slight lean and a slightly sunned spinethe page edges are yellowed with medium spottingsigned by author berlie doherty on the title-page, without dedication
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The arrival of baby harryharry's wonderous worldfinale - harry's wonderous worldinvisibility cloak and the face of voldemortthe chamber of secretsprologue book ii - escape from the dursleys
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Now tasked with training new recruit marina loiseau (giraudeau), guillaume's situation is further complicated by the arrival in paris of nadia (zineb triki), his love interest from his time in syria, and the case of a fellow agent who mysteriously goes missing while undercover in algeriaafter returning to paris following an extended undercover mission in syria, french intelligence officer guillaume debailly (kassovitz) must face up to the challenge of reconnecting with his estranged daughter and ex-wife as he attempts to adjust to life back at homesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop sawston all ten episodes from the first season of the french political drama starring mathieu kassovitz and sara giraudeau
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Now tasked with training new recruit marina loiseau (giraudeau), guillaume's situation is further complicated by the arrival in paris of nadia (zineb triki), his love interest from his time in syria, and the case of a fellow agent who mysteriously goes missing while undercover in algeriaoxfam bookshop swanage newsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall ten episodes from the first season of the french political drama starring mathieu kassovitz and sara giraudeauafter returning to paris following an extended undercover mission in syria, french intelligence officer guillaume debailly (kassovitz) must face up to the challenge of reconnecting with his estranged daughter and ex-wife as he attempts to adjust to life back at home
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This series sees the arrival of the park's first jaguars, a special visit by the all blacks rugby team and a trip to south africa to bring home three white lions to live at zion gardenssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case worn cd's very good complete third series of the sky one wildlife show that follows craig busch, aka 'the lion man', as he creates the zion wildlife gardens in new zealand
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Now tasked with training new recruit marina loiseau (giraudeau), guillaume's situation is further complicated by the arrival in paris of nadia (zineb triki), his love interest from his time in syria, and the case of a fellow agent who mysteriously goes missing while undercover in algeriaafter returning to paris following an extended undercover mission in syria, french intelligence officer guillaume debailly (kassovitz) must face up to the challenge of reconnecting with his estranged daughter and ex-wife as he attempts to adjust to life back at homesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham all ten episodes from the first season of the french political drama starring mathieu kassovitz and sara giraudeau
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In this series, while still trying to come to terms with the death of his wife, danny (stephen tompkinson)'s plight is eased by the arrival of new vet alice (dawn steele)oxfam shop hebden bridge the complete fourth series of itv's popular drama about a bristol vet who relocates his family to south africa so that they can set up a game parksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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