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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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Oxfam shop didsbury 24 page pamphlet published in by soviet news in london from the series of illustrated soviet shilling bookletsthere is also some rusting to the staples on the spinethe pamphlet is a collection of official documents relating to the electoral system of the soviet union taken from the constitution of the union of soviet socialist republicsthe copy is in fair conditionthe pages have yellowed with age, and there are water stains inside5cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has also been identified elsewhere that the cover design is by john heartfield, the german dada and political collage artist
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmoninternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearthe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgesthis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativefor those interested in marine lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needs
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The central topic of the the alexandria quartet is "an investigation of modern lovefeaturing sepia, period, photography by durrell the alexandria quartet is the story of the life and loves of a young british man, darley, who lives in egypt during world war iidarley has love affairs with three women: justine, the sensuous jewish wife of a rich egyptian banker, nessim; melissa, a dancer in a cabaret who develops tuberculosis and dies; and clea, a beautiful artist who eventually becomes darley's soulmateoxfam bookshop byres road beautiful folio society four book set" durrell believed in the idea, whose origin is in platonism, that by studying and experiencing the varieties of love, one can ascend from raw physical contact to higher forms of spiritual connection see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Tsong-kha-pa was a prolific writer and one of tibet's greatest philosophersthis is volume three of a classic of tibetan buddhismboards in very good conditionthis third volume contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the great treatise: meditation serenity (samatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana)the great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment is his most famous workoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in fine conditiondust jacket in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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No inscriptionsthe author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknowngreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spineunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsthe globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookoxfam bookshop lymington first editionslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the light
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton fully revised and updated, this is the definitive biography of the rolling stonesin the rolling stones approach their 40th yearwritten with a personal knowledge and the trust of the participants, pete townshend has said 'the stones are lucky to have found a biographer of philip norman's class'but as always, norman's skills as a researcher and biographer bring a whole new dimension to such a story'an elegaic book, a record of evanescence as much as of durability, and it reminds us of an epoch that threw up lions with no more energy than it threw out losers' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir story - the band's rise, the marianne faithfull, brian jones and altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits - is the stuff of twentieth century legend, and core to popular culture
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In her 46 years she bore eight children and buried three husbandsher youngest son would become - like her - a brilliant soldier and a national hero, and the next four generations of her descendants would include two dukes of tuscany, a queen of france, and a queen of englandoxfam shop dumfries between her birth in as the illegitimate daughter of the duke of milan, to her death in as a member of the powerful medici family, caterina sforza's life crossed the firmament of italy's high renaissance like a shooting starshe was celebrated as a warrior who fearlessly led her own troops into battle, and ruthlessly defended her city-state of forli, but caterina was eventually defeated, imprisoned and raped by cesare borgiashe was painted by botticelli, slandered by machiavelli, and feted by pope sixtus ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreremembered as the author of a recipe book that went through more than 100 editions, caterina was honoured at her death as 'without a doubt the first lady of italy'
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He then puts forward an argument for the claim that the strengths of a cartesian position on the subject have been greatly underestimatedthere is a large sticker from the original bookseller ("cloth edition at a new paperback price") wrapped around the spine, and a few annotations in ink throughout, but the book is otherwise in very good conditiongeoffrey madell outlines past and current materialist views and the arguments which have been put forward refuting thesehe examines the four alleged "failures" in the materialist programme - the failure to make sense of intentionality of thought - the lack of a convincing explanation of the autonomy of psychology - the failure of materialism to take the essential subjectivity of experience into account - and the fact that materialism cannot account for indexical thought - thoughts centring on words like "this", "here" and "i"oxfam bookshop preston (please note: photograph is a stock image) this book deals with the materialist view of the nature of the mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprinted by manning & loringfeb [-june, ], bostongeorge richards minot: continuation of the history of the province of massachussets bay from the year with anintroductory sketch of events from its original settlementplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store21 x 13 cm some defects in binding and the leaves have abundant spots of oxidation of the ink and yellowingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The doors–an interview with jim morrison cat-nrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikialthough morrison made a name for himself with his rock-baritone and poetic song lyrics,in later years he was mostly associated with a rebellious and self-destructive lifestylebackgrounds of a poet for fans and collectors read morejim morrison is considered a rock musician who articulated and exemplarily lived out the fantasies,visions,fears and self-destructiveness of the generation of the late smorrison is one of the central symbolic figures of the hippie era and culture001 james douglas"jim" morrison(born december in melbourne,florida,†july in paris)was an american singer, songwriter and poettogether with the doors,he expanded the rock music repertoire to include multi-layered concept pieces and forms of rock theaterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was the front man of the rock band the doorshe produced a documentary about the doors and an experimental feature filmhe is one of the most charismatic personalities in rock music of the timethis is a great interview with this really great actor,with hundreds,only on this picture disc to hear information of his life ! lp/mint sleeve:generic(plastic) *** cat nothe early death of morrisons,the details of which could not be clarified with certainty,contributed significantly to the creation of legends about his personcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemorrison, of whom three volumes of poetry were published during his lifetime,regularly used the doors concerts for spontaneous recitations of poetic texts
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With caesar (serkis), the hyper-intelligent ape produced by human experimentation, now the leader of a growing band of cognisant simians, a fragile truce prevails between the apes and humansoxfam shop okehampton matt reeves directs this big budget action sequel to 'rise of the planet of the apes' () starring andy serkis, gary oldman, jason clarke, kodi smit-mcphee and keri russellmany consider the outbreak of war to only be a matter of time, however, since the human population has been vastly reduced by a devastating virus and their role as the dominant species on earth is in questionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the tension ratchets up, it may only take a single spark to trigger an explosive war that will pit the humans against the apes in an all-out battle for survival
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki) and not gummed on the outer covers and crushed lower cap, (which could usefully benefit from a point of white school gluethis large-format book is a "must-have" in any hergé collection, since it includes this famous color and delight plate by hergé in december) no reserve price registered shippingwith on the cover, the raised print of the footprints of the shoes of the first man on the moon, the dechy agency has made a superb tribute to herge, by bringing together in this brochure a good part of the "newspaper premieres" through the world, the morning of julyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethat no one will forgetgood condition for this copy (of which an identical copy in ttbe was sold on catawiki eur a few weeks ago): small traces of dust (not lunarcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It will appeal to anyone who enjoys family-based modern contemporary fiction with both poignancy and humourwhilst his only daughter, sam, and wife, sheila, plan perhaps the most ill-fated wedding ever conceived, the radio transports george further and further away from realitythe radio ends with an unimaginable twist, when the family realise that things are not at all how they seemedthe radio centres around the decline of the lovable, yet hapless george poppleton, a middle-aged, henpecked father and husband who stumbles across an old transistor radio in his loftthe accidental return of sams ex-fiance, david, coupled with the endlessly drunk auntie lesley ensures that an almighty farce is just around the cornerhis obsession with listening to the radio drives him on an unexpected journey, fuelled by the painful memories of the suicide of his only son many years beforeit is a story of what it means to be a family, the perception of loving and being loved, and what it means to be sanesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road a comedy so black that youd have to eat a lot of carrots to know whether georges adventures are actually visiblejonathan has been inspired by a number of novels, including alex garlands the beach, and his writing is comparable to mark haddon, nick hornby and joseph connollywhen a garlic baguette is used as a lethal weapon and the hogs finally take a stand and turn on the farmer who is about to roast them, nothing is likely to go as smoothly as the family may have hoped
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Inside, the webbing can be seen - more at the front than at the back the pages are in a very good condition and are remarkably clean and bright the red boards are faded and wornthere is a pedigree of the fleetwood and churchill families at the backbecause of this the book gets a fair conditionoxfam bookshop newark hardbackthe head and tail pieces of each chapter are sketches of the norman corbel stones in the church see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe gilt on the spine is still bright
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Dispatched with royal mail 2nd classrise of the planet of the apes dawn of the planet of the apes 2 packcondition is good
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This coin was released to mark the 150th anniversary of the introduction of the victoria crossadditional photos available read morethe date 29 jan is part of the design of the coinit has been in circulation; condition as per the photosthis date signifies when the royal warrant for the creation of the medal was signed by queen victoria at buckingham palacethe reverse design, by claire aldridge, shows the front and back of the medal
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Oxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the scrossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideaspublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generally
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Torn between her impulse to protect her husband's memory and her desire to know the truth, kathryn sets off to find out if she ever really knew the man who was her husbandas kathryn struggles through her grief, she is forced to confront disturbing rumours about the man she loved and the life that she took for grantedoxfam bookshop hertford an oprah's book club selection, this gripping and powerfully wrought novel from the bestselling author of the weight of water is a stunning meditation on grief, betrayal and 'the ultimate unknowability of those closest to us' (daily telegraph) who can guess what a woman will do when the unthinkable becomes her reality? being married to a pilot has taught kathryn lyons to be ready for emergencies, but nothing has prepared her for the late-night knock on her door and the news of her husband's fatal crashin her determination to test the truth of her marriage, she faces shocking revelations about the secrets a man can keep and the actions a woman is willing to take'enthralling' -anita brookner, author of the booker prize-winning hotel du lac 'compellingly told, brilliantly observed, lyrically written and when you get to the last page you simply want to run out and buy everything she's ever written' -sunday independent see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikislightly discoloured gum here and there plus a few side strips have come loose on the perforationthe last four scans show close-ups of both variationsthe 445-v variation may not be the variation which is listed in obp as 445-v, but it does have a clear deviation at the back of the hair on the head of the princeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetwo to three of the stamps of the largest value are not entirely mnh, as is clearly visible in the scanscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecatalogue value: € (obp ) registered shipping
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When the doctor is mysteriously killed following a conversation about supernatural forces and premonitions, dermot finds himself a prime suspect along with his best friend's wife, claire, with whom he is secretly in lovewhen local resident felise (isabelle spade) claims that she too has heard the voice and seen the ghost of a murdered woman holding a blue jar, jack's friend dr lavington (michael aldridge) arranges a seance in felise's cottageoxfam shop hebden bridge two episodes of the early s bbc drama series based on the short stories of crime writer agatha christiebut is there really a ghost - or is jack the victim of a cunning trick? in 'the red signal', dermot west (richard morant) is invited to dinner at the home of jack and claire trent (christopher cazenove and joanna david) along with his famous psychiatrist uncle, sir alington west (badel)see oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'the mystery of the blue jar', trainee solicitor jack hartingdon (robin kermode) hears a woman's voice crying for help while he's playing golf
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Exhibition of crown jewels - kindly lent by the daily sketch" kindly leny by the daily sketch, in aid of local charitiesitem stained and foxedlovely vintage advertising memorabiliavintage advertising of the exhibition of the crown jewels," replicas faithfully copied in every detail and constructed to exact sizes of the originals
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This original long postcard has crimped edges and shows the menai bridge in walesccs postcard measures 6 1/2 inches by 3 1/2 inchesthe menai suspension bridge is a suspension bridge to carry road traffic between the island of anglesey and the mainland of walesa breakdown of the meaning of the longest welsh name (llanfairpwllunused and blank on the reverse of the postcard except for the original printers inscriptiongoch) is also shownthe bridge was designed by thomas telford and completed in and is a grade i listed building
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The first five books in the eagles of the empire series (ancient roman soldier adventures) £10 the lot the next 5 will be available when i have read them by december read more
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The novel champions understanding between different beings/peoples, encouraging harmony and friendship, making the book an excellent gift for any young personfantasy book for children 8/15 years: fay-nights an intriguing adventure story as the young fynn moves from a believable world into a captivating tale of friendship and survival inside the ancient lands of the watcheye and the game: it is called fay-nightsplease don 't hesitate to contact me for any further information and many thanks for just viewing some of my workkind regards, miggy j
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Exhibition of crown jewels - kindly lent by the daily sketchvintage advertising of the exhibition of the crown jewels" kindly leny by the daily sketch, in aid of local charitiesitem stained and foxed" replicas faithfully copied in every detail and constructed to exact sizes of the originalsplease see pictureslovely vintage advertising memorabilia
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I have for sale two very sought after £10 notes depicting jane austen's year of birth which isone has the date right at the end of the serial number and the other has two numbers after the first two letters of the serial number and then the other two numbers start the serial number with eight numbersyou for taking the time to look at my message
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The five ages of the universe - inside the physics of eternity fred adams and greg laughlin price includes signed/tracked postage read more
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Very nice commemorative dagger by wilkinson sword to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the channel islandsas can be seen in the photo it has a total length of 16 inchesthe etched blade is in mint conditionthis example has a couple of hairline cracks in the acrylic grip but this does not really detract from the quality of this 48 year old beauty
100 €