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Today, that wizarding world has captured the hearts and imaginations of children and adults alikeembark to the wizarding world of harry potter with this 120 mm water globe featuring hogwarts castleharry potter™ and the sorcerer’s stone first introduced young readers and cinemagoers to the jk rowling’s wizarding worldopalescent glitter glistens magically when shakenhagrid's hut and a giant hippogriff are sculpted on the lower basethis highly detailed miniature replica of the school of witchcraft and wizardry provides a majestic backdrop in this inspired scene from harry potter and the sorcerer’s stoneenesco celebrates the iconic characters, creatures and charms from the global phenomenon that is harry potter™ and invites you to take part in the magic
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Oxfam shop ulverston this is a 10 lp box set by reader's digest of some of the world's greatest music 1 popular music that will live forever 2 the music of george gershwin 3 romantic waltzes 4 side a: the immortal jerome kern side b:Â the great richard rodgers 5 the mancini touch 6 popular classics from the movies 7 popular classics from the theatre 8 treasured melodies 9 great film themes of the 60s and 70s 10 world of melody see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentfremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the livingluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikeluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehere, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightenedoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhism
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Ideal gift welcome to the perplexing world of the paradoxical'paradoxes' unveils how weird the world of thought can beoxfam bookshop brighton brand newpacked with thought experiments, real-life examples, and exercises for you to try, 'paradoxes' is a book that will challenge the way you perceive everything around youdivided into eight mind-bending chapters, it takes you on a breathtaking journey from the counter-intuitive to the downright absurdon the way it will introduce you to topics suc as impossible objects, how to expect the unexpected, and the trouble with time travelit also introduces you to some of the great names in the field of paradoxes, from ancient greek philosophers to albert einstein see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A collection of wodehouse complete stories and novel-extracts all centred on the delightful world of the english clergy as depicted by p g wodehouseunclipped dust jacket has slightly discoloured spinethe book is 'fine' and the dust jacket is 'very good'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington uncommon book, very good conditiontan cloth hard covers in 'as new' condition
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From an avid reader to a seasoned collector, everyone will find something to read, love and learn the world of artswe aim to suit the needs of people from all demographics and cultures globallyglobal arts books have a diverse collection of the best-selling arts books that are in-print todayenjoy! read more
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Short title theatrical world of angus mcbecountry of publication united statesplace of publication lincolnsubtitle photographs from the harvard university theatre collectionat the nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it
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A complete and brand new set of 24 disney-the wonderful world of knowledge books all in full colour, covering all aspects of knowledgepick up only due to wieght read more
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The deathly hallows symbol pin from the wizarding world of harry potter silver-tone metal tack pin with pliable star-shaped pin back
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Readers digest - the magical world of melodypaypal acceptedprice includes uk p&p4 cassette set in excellent conditionnext day dispatch guaranteed
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The miniature world of peter bates, no 123 is 'sweethearts' by f morgan8 cms or 3 incheshas a fob attachment from which it can be hung
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The miniature world of peter bates, no 120 is 'when wheat is green and hawthorn buds appear' by charles j lewis8 cms or 3 incheshas a fob attachment from which it can be hung
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Very good clean conditionoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the ancient kingdom of kutch, now part of the state of gujarat in modern india, is home to a rich tradition of embroidery, quilt-making, jewellery and many other traditional craftsbased on several extended periods living in villages, she has produced a unique and intimate record of the peoples of these remote and dwindling communitiesthe spine is slightly sunned, and one page has been folded at the cornercard covers with end-flapspainter and embroiderer lorna tresidder's richly illustrated account of this fascinating region is part-travelog, part history and part social observation2 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreprofusely illustrated in colour by the author
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Graham coster's quest for the lost world of the flying boatthe obscure legend of the flying boat corsair, rescued from the belgian congo in an epic salvage operation, his journey begins in southampton, from where imperial airways' empire boats departed to fly up the nile on their way to south africa, and takes him to the flying boats' old haunts in uganda, kenya, malawi and zimbabwe, from lake naivasha to victoria fallsfamous book on the history of the flying boats
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Clarice cliff house and bridge wedgwood plate clarice cliff - wedgwood - bizarre display plate - house & bridge limited edition plate number 229 c in the official limited edition of house & bridge in the bizarre world of clarice cliff collectionproduced on wedgwood fine bone chinamade in england measures 200mm (7 7/8") acrosscomes in box as seen read moreno chips, cracks or restorationexcellent condition
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In heather pringle visited the remote chilean port of arica for the world congress on mummy studiesthis book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers and academics who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the chinchorro, preserved over years ago, animal mummies from ancient eygpt, the 19th century buddhist tradition of self-mummification to ward off decay, and the political mummification of 20th century demagogues like lenin and eva peronthis research is sometimes bizarre, but often reveals fundamental truthspringle also looks at the uses of mummies for today's historians and scientists and how much they tell us about ancient culturessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the dusty origins of mummification in the deserts of south america and africa to the latest technology hyped on the internet by utah's summum corporation (which promises mummification for millennia for a mere $), "the mummy congress" investigates the allure of mummies
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Organized thematically, these essays ponder the intellectual underpinnings of the field, examine the major topics in the history of mathematics, and recount the bizarre history of pseudomaththis collection includes several essays that are difficult to find anywhere elsethose in the next part address the history of mathematics education and its importance to current modes of teachingcondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tightin the last section grattan-guinness investigates various understudied aspects of math, including numerology, masonic symbols in classical music, and the links between mathematics and christianitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stedmunds this seminal collection gathers together many general writings of one of the world's leading historians of mathematicsthe essays in the first part of the book discuss the history of mathematics as a field and its central philosophical issues
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Oxfam shop colne road another strange journey into the bizarre world of russ meyerthree buxom (naturally) go-go girls turn on their predominantly male audience and begin breaking their bones and running them over when the violence of our times just gets too much for themsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Ravensburger, pc jigsaw puzzle in frame ready to hang on the wall colin thompson’s illustration, the bizarre bookshop size with frame 78 cm long 58cm high size just puzzle approx 70 x 50 cm cash and collection only, please read more
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The bizarre bookshop - a ravensburger jigsaw puzzle with piecesthis puzzle is not new, but has only been done once, so all in good condition
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Ravensburger colin thompson the bizarre bookshop nopce jigsaw puzzle
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Title: the bizarre bookshop nocollection only2 manufacturer: ravensburger artist: colin thompson product code: pieces: puzzle size: 69 x 49 cm puzzle is complete
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This essential volume includes a foreword written by a world leader in palliative care-jan stjernsward, former chief of the cancer and palliative care program of the world health organization and currently international director of the oxford international centre for palliative care in the united kingdomthis book provides you with true accounts of palliative care programs from around the world to help you meet the needs of disadvantaged clientspain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations: a global challenge explores the challenges and barriers preventing satisfactory pain management for patients who urgently need itpain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations also offers an important look at pain management programs geared toward several specific underserved populations in both developing and developed countries, including native americans and inmates in a new zealand prisonpain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations: a global challenge addresses issues of vital importance for the global health care community, such as: why do so many people in the developing world suffer excruciating pain for months and years, when simple inexpensive medication could make them comfortable? they get mri scans; why don't they have access to palliative care? why do some palliative care programs fail to reach the needy? how could a palliative care delivery system be adapted to local needs? why are medical and nursing students not taught the fundamentals of pain management? what direction should palliative care education take? could health care resources be channeled to deliver care in a more just and equitable manner? this book chronicles the efforts of ambitious pain management care professionals to confront these questions, working toward an end to needless, preventable pain and sufferingthis indispensable manual discusses palliative care programs in developing countries such as india, chile, argentina, saudi arabia, thailand, hong kong, malaysia, and othersillustrated with figures, graphs, and tables, this book is essential for practitioners and officials in both palliative and public health caresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries essential information for anyone involved in palliative care programs for deprived patients! in this comprehensive resource, leading healthcare professionals describe pioneering work on the front lines of pain and palliative care service planning and implementation for underserved populationsall proceeds from sales of this book will be used to support the growth of palliative care programs in indiait examines their programs, and acknowledges their successes and failures to date, with commentaries by international experts
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceusing 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 worldfrom 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-statefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtas 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 presidents"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 leadersat 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 vietnamnow 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 destruction" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath
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News of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsoxfam 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 italysykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminebut 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 todaythe 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 evein europe there are only sevenit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 space
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'the world without sun' () also won an academy awardmaking use of the latest technology, the film was the first to offer a window into the weird and wonderful world beneath the sea and kick-started a whole new movement in movie makingoxfam books & music winchester collection of documentary films featuring the work of legendary maritime explorer and film maker jacques cousteauthe film follows a team of divers as they attempt to live for a month in a purpose-built environment at the bottom of the red sea'the silent world' () is an academy award-winning documentary co-directed by cousteau and celebrated auteur louis malleas the divers explore their new habitat, cousteau boards his signature yellow submarine to chart the sealife of the deepest depthsin search of new marine creatures and environments, cousteau becomes one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the frozen surface of the south polesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'voyage to the edge of the world' () cousteau and his team of divers set out in the research ship 'calypso' to explore the uncharted lands and wildlife of antartica
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Key features: live another life in another worldthis groundbreaking ai system gives oblivion's characters full 24/7 schedules and the ability to make their own choices based on the world around themwith a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challengesthe enormous world of oblivion is open for you to explore at your own pace, and shorter challenges such as fighting bandits, mixing potions, creating magic items and persuading friends keep the challenges comingto turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of tamrielnext generation graphicsfirst person melee and magicafter the mysterious and untimely death of the emperor, the throne of tamriel lies emptysee oxfam website for delivery information read morestep inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever createdoxfam shop ulverston oblivion is the quintessential role-playing game for the next generation and another leap forward in gamingcreate and play any character you can imagine, from the noble warrior to the sinister assassin to the wizened sorcerernon-player characters eat, sleep, and complete goals all on their ownrealistic charactersopen-ended game play; short challengeswith the empire ready to crumble, the gates of oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their pathoblivion's features over non-player characters who come to life like never before with facial animations, lip-synching, and full speechpixel-shader effects and high definition televisions are fully supported to create unprecedented visuals, including lifelike towns, dungeons, and the most realistic forests ever created in a gamethey even engage in unscripted conversations with each other and youan all-new combat and magic system brings first person role-playing to a new level of intensity where you feel every blowoblivion is the latest chapter in the epic and highly successful elder scrolls saga and utilizes the latest pc and next-generation video game hardware to fully immerse you into the experience
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Annals of the former world is the winner of the pulitzer prize for nonfictionlike the terrain it covers, annals of the former world tells a multilayered tale, and the reader may choose one of many paths through itthe structure of the book never changed, but its breadth caused him to complete it in stages, under the overall title annals of the former worldas clearly and succinctly written as it is profoundly informed, this is our finest popular survey of geology and a masterpiece of modern non-fiction6 billion years twenty years ago, when john mcphee began his journeys back and forth across the united states, he planned to describe a cross section of north america at about the fortieth parallel and, in the process, come to an understanding not only of the science but of the style of the geologists he traveled withsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the pulitzer prize-winning view of the continent, across the fortieth parallel and down through 4
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The two, helped by the dextrous franky (angelina jolie) and technical whiz dex (giovanni ribisi), uncover a plot by mad scientist dr totenkopf (laurence olivier in archive footage) to create a 'world of tomorrow' - and destroy the world of todaydisc and case in very good conditiona race against time begins as our heroes do all they can to save the planet before it is too lateshe enlists the help of her former beau, heroic flying ace joe 'sky captain' sullivan (jude law)oxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action adventure romp, which pays homage to comics and serials such as flash gordon and supermansee oxfam website for delivery information read moregwyneth paltrow stars as intrepid reporter polly perkins, who suspects a connection between the mysterious disappearance of many of the world's top scientists, and a recent attack on new york city by giant robots - and decides to investigate
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