The astonishing true story of a man of god
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Oxfam shop oxford gritty urban drama directed by marc rocco, telling the story of a group of teenagers runaways trying to survive on the streets of los angeles, with an all-star cast including sean astin, lara flynn boyle, peter dobson, balthazar getty, ricki lake, james le gros, dermot mulroney and will smithbut when their father figure, king (dermot mulroney), is falsely accused of murder, they are forced to take the law into their own handssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefleeing their abusive families, the young people form a protective family of their own
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1 by bill willingham "fables" is the hugely imaginative story of a group of fairy tale characters exiled from their mythical homelands and forced into a secret existence in modern-day americabut when rose red, snow white's party-girl sister, is murdered, it's up to the town sheriff - a re-formed, pardoned 'bigby' wolf - to investigateoxfam bookshop hampstead fables: volsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow these legendary characters live in fabletown, an enchanted, luxury apartment building, disguised in the heart of new york cityhis chief suspects? rose's ex-lover and notorious wife-killer bluebeard, and her current beau, one-time beanstalk-climber jack! presented in a high-quality, oversized hardback format, prepare to revisit the multiple eisner award-winning, bestselling fantasy series! warning: adults only! as new
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The story of a group of farmyard animals who believe that their reflections are other animals who have fallen into a puddle some creasing to the cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more binding paperback, wire-stitchedoxfam bookshop ashbourne in the picture puffins series clear text, coloured illustrationsinside pages unmarkedcondition: good
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available1 envelope, liberation of audierne signed mayerlight fold on the envelopelight foxing, visible on the photosplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website2 round date stamps: , and 1 french resistance cachet8 - 80c - green pétain) value: € read moreenvelope signed in the bottom, right corner by the expert mayer6 - 70c - orange pétain and the no(photo of a copy of the expert appraisal and authenticity invoiceoverprinted with the cross of lorraine, type 2our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Signed and dedicated by the writer/composer to val doonican and his wife lynnthe softback cover is worn but intactthe pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam books & music beaconsfield the lyrics and music of a number of songs by australian musician kevin johnsondedicated and signed inside the front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is in good conditionthis copy is part of a batch of dedicated books donated to oxfam beaconsfield books and music by the late val doonican's family
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Agatha christie: death on the cards, which consists of a deck of eighty cards, players work co-operatively to solve a murder, using their detective skills to unmask the culprit and prevent their escape
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5 cm high x 10 cm wide x 7 cm base excellent clean condition - no chips cracks or restoration free shipping uk read morecharacter jug, in the form of a beadle dimensions: 17roy kirkham pottery staffordshire - character jug - 'the beadle' striking figure of a sort of early policeman, carrying the jail-house keys and wooden truncheon
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The puzzle image consists of a range of cute puppiesonce this amazing 100 piece puzzle is complete, switch off the light and watch as bones/eyes glow in the dark! the puzzle is a great gift idea for any young children
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Very unusual and beautiful itemabsolutely stunning unique glass picture frame wall hanging of page of jane austen's persuasion absolutely stunning unique glass picture frame with chain wall hanging5cm x 19cm £10 each or 3 for £25metal golden frame around the glassthis is a double glass sided with the card mounted image of a page of jane austen's persuasionwhichever way you hang this the image it is framed and double mounted both sidesmore glass frames listed eg edgar allen poe, poems images and more
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Then the true reason for your meeting becomes abundantly clearoxfam bookshop cheltenham the internationally bestselling, man booker-shortlisted portrait of a man caught between conflicting identities and betrayed by the world he has embraced - from the author of exit westadapted as a major film starring kate hudson and kiefer sutherland'masterfula poignant love story and a thriller that subtly ratchets up the nerve-jangling tension towards an explosive ending' metro'excuse me, sir, but may i be of assistance? ah, i see i have alarmed youchallenging, mysterious and thrillingly tense, mohsin hamid's masterly the reluctant fundamentalist is a vital read teeming with questions and ideas about some of the most pressing issues of today's globalised, fractured worldand as he tells you his story, of how he embraced the western dream -- and a western woman -- and how both betrayed him, so the night darkensi am a lover of americafor he is more worldy than you might expect; better travelled and better educateddo not be frightened by my beard'so speaks the mysterious stranger at a lahore cafe as dusk settlesinvited to join him for tea, you learn his name and what led this speaker of immaculate english to seek you outhe knows the west better than you dosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A few may know the true story of her lover, george cutteford, a plymouth 'cutty man' who became a puritan lawyergathered from the varying historical accounts, and including primary material unearthed, hundreds of years ago, in an old fish market in london, comes this haunting true story of love, treachery and revenge in seventeenth-century devonbut fewer still will know the secrets george cutteford died to protect - secrets that would destroy his own family; end grenville's career in shame; and make a boy with no name the richest landowner in devonoxfam bookshop cheltenham many will have heard of the ghostly white lady haunting tavistock - the notorious mary howard, accused of murdering her four husbandscutteford was imprisoned in the horror of lydford gaol, persecuted by mary's fourth husband - sir richard grenville, the most notorious and sadistic royalist general of the civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Told with true northern grit, did you like that? is the story of a man who never shied away from a hair-raising challenge, and the closest thing to fred's autobiography we're likely to getthe producer of that first film, don haworth, would go on to make nineteen films about this unlikely celebrity and true british eccentricdid you like that? collects the best stories from these films: colourful tales told by fred himself, recounting key moments in his life, his experiences as a steeplejack, his fascination with machinery, his work as an engineer, craftsman, artist, inventor and steam enthusiast, and his forthright views on life in generaloxfam bookshop brigg when fred dibnah debuted on television in , british audiences immediately embraced a new cultural icon: a steeplejack from bolton who fell in love with england's decaying industrial landscape and an exhaustive storyteller whose charm and wit was matched only by his down-to-earth mannersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein paperback for the first time, this is fred's story, in his own words
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Oxfam shop dumfries the incredible sequel to the bestselling a street cat named bob - the moving and uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him, now a major motion picturein the years since their story ended in the bestselling a street cat named bob james, with bob's help, has begun to find his way back to the real worldin the continuing tale of their life together james shows the many ways in which bob has been his protector and guardian angel through times of illness, hardship, even life-threatening dangernow i've got myself back on my two feet, but as i put the past behind me, i'm still stepping unsteadily into the futurebob is always there to offer guidance and friendshipalmost every day, bob provides moments of intelligence, bravery and humour, at the same time opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust - and the meaning of happinessas they high five together for their crowds of admirers, james knows that the tricks he's taught bob are nothing compared to the lessons he's learnt from his street-wise cati still need help in the right directionfor more than a decade i was a homeless drug addictsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'since bob has appeared, i've made huge strides in my life'james and his street cat bob have been on a remarkable journey togetheri was lost to the world and had forgotten what was important in life
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News of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitybut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyin this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todayhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacethe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminein europe there are only sevenafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groups
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Every one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storygenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universegenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonthe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkablesome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencethe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalryvaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsthe result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existenceoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-minded
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This terrifying true account takes readers back to the year where a man, known as the
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Only the conquered can know true blessednessthe experiences of men who walked with god teach that the lord cannot fully bless a man until he has first conquered himbook comes as seen in good used condition for the age
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham jon krakauer's into the wild examines the true story of chris mccandless, a young man, who in walked deep into the alaskan wilderness and whose sos note and emaciated corpse were found four months later, internationally bestselling author jon krakauer explores the obsession which leads some people to explore the outer limits of self, leave civilization behind and seek enlightenment through solitude and contact with naturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea film adaptation of into the wild was directed by sean penn and starred emile hirsch and kristen stewart
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All hallows' eve is the story of a man and woman whose love was so great it could bridge the gap of death; of evil so terrible as to be unmentionable, of a vision so beautiful it must be truecharles williams had a genius for choosing strange and exciting themes for his novels and making them believable and profoundly suggestive of spiritual truths
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The day the sun danced is the inspiring true story of lucia, francisco and jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of our lady of fatima to all the worldtelling the children great and wondrous secrets that would affect all of creationit soon became clear that they had been chosen by the blessed mother to share her messagewhile herding a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of fatima, portugal, the blessed mother visited them, not once, but many timeswhen the children tried to share the joyous news of our lady of fatima, no-one believed them, until the day the sun seemed to dance in the skyfully animated - running time 30 minutesoxfam bookshop hertford in children experienced a great miraclelanguages - english, spanish, french see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries the unforgettable true story behind the sunday times bestselling memoir finding tipperary marybridget 'tipperary mary' larkin faced poverty, bereavement, cruelty and abandonment many times over, yet never lost the heart to pursue true loveuk see oxfam website for delivery information read morereaders love a song for bridget:'a wonderful read''beautifully and tenderly written''incredible'real reader reviews from netgalleyreturning to rural ireland in as a young girl full of hope and expectation, a series of tragic events eventually brought bridget to manchester and birmingham, where she faced a desperate daily struggle to survivebridget's haunting story, told for her by her daughter, is a perfect example of both the fragility and resilience of the human spirit
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It is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of godspart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsin part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehmark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehhe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergence
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Oxfam shop dumfries supernatural ways of royalty reveals your true identity as a child of the king of kings--royal heir to the eternal kingdom of godnote: the cover of this book has been designed with a matt finishas a member of god's royal family, you can: * share the king's power of grace and mercy* cultivate his love for one anotherthe authors' personal, supernatural experiences will convince you of your own royal status and inspire you to claim your personal inheritance gift from your father--the king of kingssee oxfam website for delivery information read more* reveal royal qualities for future generations* promote honor and humility--with confidence* think and act with his authoritybill johnson and kris vallotton denounce the pauper mentality many christians have and present your royal inheritance through christ's ultimate act of redemption
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One man's role in the abdication of edward viii has been secret ever since the crisis over his love for mrs simpson unfolded in decemberdescribed by those in the know as
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A wicked fist a true story of prison and freedom by eve mcdougall (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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It is a story of an average kashmiri householdoxfam shop ross-on-wye "orphan" is a true story of three boys, who are brought up by their maternal auntalthough focus of the story is three boys, but i tried to depict life as it existed in early fiftiesinitial chapters of book were written in the late nineties, because of official engagements, i could not complete the book tilli hope readers will like the book and that will be my greatest satisfactiondetails of kashmiri culture, especially marriage ceremony etcalmost all events in the book such as jana paying visit to her cousin in the country side are based on real eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreis described in lucid detailmost of chapters especially initial ones were written with full feedback from main character of late jana
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95 true story where a shy man transforms himself to be a character irresistible to women, funny book read morethe game by neil strauss paperback in excellent condition rrp £7
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The byerley turk - hard back book the true story of the first thoroughbred book in excellent condition collectors item free postage and packaging read more
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Books spine maybe slightly creased due to age and wearpublisher: harpercollinsitem information:author: macintyre, benwe take pride in serving youpages maybe folded due to previous owners use
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Told from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeinglater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsidemoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentit is a cold day in january when jthe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileenaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our lives
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