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This is the bloomsbury, paperback edition of ioan grillo's el narco: the bloody rise of the mexican drug cartelsproof of postage acquiredplease ask for pricesinternationally, sent international signed for only
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Ilkhan the bloody - evil warrior mint/newthe condition of the item you will receive is mint/newmanufacturer: reaper miniaturesour grading system is listed below for your perusal
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Blowing the bloody doors off: and other lessons in life by michael caine hardback with dust jacket - very good condition - 294 pages am happy to ship with carrier of your choice now in his 85th year, hollywood legend michael caine shares wisdom and stories from his remarkable career in this "engrossing" memoir that "shines with positive energy" (library journal, starred review)caine knows what success takesbut as he says, "small parts can lead to big thingsand if you keep doing things right, the stars will align when you least expect it" still working and more beloved than ever, caine now shares everything he's learned-and "his fans will be rewarded, as will anyone seeking an enjoyable, inspirational read" (library journal)he's made it to the pinnacle of his profession from humble originsone of our best-loved actors, michael caine has starred in over 100 films in his six-decade career, spanning classic movies like alfie, zulu, and the italian job (the inspiration for the book title) to playing alfred opposite christian bale's batman in christopher nolan's blockbuster dark knight trilogycaine has excelled in every kind of role--with a skill that's made it look easy
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Hereward: the bloody crown (hereward 6) by james wilde (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The christmas past piece jigsaw puzzle rrp £ this is a beautiful winterscape that captures the cosy and nostalgic atmosphere that christmas brings5 x 49cm (27 x 19¼ inches) 4 x available for sale£7 each *serious buyers only* **offers not accepted** collection from battersea, sw11a fantastic puzzle to build with the whole family! measures: size 68
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The wild frontier: more tales from the remarkable past by pierre berton pages can have notes/highlightingspine may show signs of wear~ thriftbooks: read more, spend less
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Oxfam shop syston the beatles past masters volume one cd see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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History in cartoons 1 to 17 - complete series first 6 parts hc - next 11 parts sc the bloody past of the far west - from redskins and outlaws () knights between heaven and earth - war pilots in whirlwind battles () breathtaking animal adventures! () hell at sea - merciless war on and under water () adventures in the sky - the most tragic balloon rides () heroines unknown - fearless women in battle and privateering! () godfrey of bouillon () disasters, fear and horrorare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website() baden powell ) baden powell ) surcouf: king of privateers () surcouf: fear of the oceans () surcouf () charles de foucauld () mermoz () stanley () stanley: in search of the lost man (st edition / 1st edition of a reissue good to very good condition see also photos that are part of the description will be packaged and shipped very carefully read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It s just a shame no-one told the boyle family who move into a gothic style house (by a cemetery) with a bloody past and a guts spraying future, what is yet to come! you d think they d twig given the basement door is nailed shut that they should get the hell outoxfam shop gillingham you may have just mortgaged your life!shock gore master lucio fulci s the house by the cemetery is one of the finest typically single-minded exercises in zombie terrorinstead they stay long enough to discover their zombified non rent-paying lodger, the cellar-dwelling, flesh-hungry dr freudstein and boy is he angry! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Step 2: say which side of the clock its on?minutes past or minutes tostep 3: read the number at the end of the short handstep 1: read the number at the end of the long hand
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Eisenstein's complex storyline reflects the bloody events of the time, and is full of political in-fighting, family betrayal, assassinations and murderthe first part chronicles his childhood, coronation, marriage and illnessoxfam shop colne road eisenstein's epic production tells the story of one of russia's greatest and most ruthless leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeisenstein juxtaposes striking imagery with a stirring score by prokofievin an effort to build bridges he appoints a monk, philip, to be bishop of moscow, but his plan backfires when philip tries to bring ivan under the churches influenceivan's response is swift and brutal, sending in his own secret police, the oprichniks, against the boyarsin 'ivan the terrible: part 2 (the boyars plot)' (), ivan is feeling isolated and lonely after his attempts to establish a united russia have left him without a wife (poisoned), and the defection to the poles of his most trusted fighter
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But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysan astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistsby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourcromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeroxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )
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But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morei envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymourcromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeroxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalan astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists
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But neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionalbut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymouri envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizescromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelists
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But can she ever truly be safe - as the floodgates of terror open and the bloody torrent comes pouring throughmelanie is home againplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis six years ago, laura mccaffrey's three-year-old daughter melanie was kidnapped by laura's estranged husband, dylan, and seemingly vanished from the face of the earthdylan has been found too - or at least his mangled remainsnow, melanie has been found, a nine-year-old wandering the los angeles streets with blank eyes and a secret in her soul she will not or can not reveal
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Oxfam shop launceston the black box by david macpherson a story of the monmouth's rebellion and the bloody assizes see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Four years after the battle of gallipoli, widowed australian farmer joshua connor (crowe) travels to turkey in search of his three missing sons (ryan corr, james fraser and ben o'toole) who were believed to have been killed or captured during the bloody conflictsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries world war i drama directed by and starring russell croweaided by the reluctant lieutenant colonel cyril hughes (jai courtney), connor searches for his sons amongst the tens of thousands dead hoping to give them a proper burial, but the suffering father is given fresh hope one may still be alive by turkish soldier major hasan (yilmaz erdogan)once there, his search is complicated as he begins to fall for local widow ayshe (olga kurylenko), the owner of the hotel he takes up residence in
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Land of the bloody unknownchillingly authenticproducer: mark myers, the middle eastrelease date: 6 juneas i go to see janey
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Oxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pasteach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningsummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planetthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology
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Pepper's lonely hearts club band (parlophone pcs ) magical mystery tour (parlophone pctc 255) the beatles (parlophone 1c ) yellow submarine (parlophone pcs ) abbey road (parlophone pcs ) let it be (parlophone pcs ) the beatles past masters volumes one & two (parlophone bpm 1) including owner's card and insertsthis is a limited edition of parlophone-emi in a wooden box with a shutter opening and contains the remastered vinyl records of the beatles, plus past masters i & ii as this set was not for sale in belgium, i ordered this set in the netherlands and collected the set from a record shop in bredaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is a very rare edition and number of only 100 copies ! still in mint condition as i have never played the records and only opened them today to take picturesshipping costs are high as the total weight of this box including packing is over 10 kg! pick up at my place is more than welcome! read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease please me (parlophone pmc ) with the beatles (parlophone pmc ) a hard day's night (parlophone pmc ) beatles for sale (parlophone pmc ) help ! (parlophone pcs ) rubber soul (parlophone pcs ) revolver (parlophone pcs ) (a side has misprint double label, and some scratches on the record) sgtcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee scan for details
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Fascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manfield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishdj has some minor chipsthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the ucontents are clean and binding is tightboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinehis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jackethenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by peter daviesillustrated with 28 b/w photographsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityoxfam shop darlington hardbackthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifered top page endsgovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of work
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He must recognise and accept the fact that this triple world is manifested and imagined as real only under the influence of habit-energy that has been accumulated since the beginningless past by reason of memory, false-imagination, false-reasoning, and attachments to the multiplicities of objects and reactions in close relationship and in conformity to ideas of body-property-and-abodeoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturein the sutra, the buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: on the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple worldvijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realitythe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktas to the third; he must recognise and patiently accept the fact that his own mind and personality is also mind-constructed, that it is empty of substance, unborn see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas to the second; he must recognise and be convinced that all things are to be regarded as forms seen in a vision and a dream, empty of substance, un-born and without self-nature; that all things exist only by reason of a complicated network of causationas to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goingsbecause the world is seen as being "mind-only" or "consciousness-only", all phenomena are void, empty of self (atman) and illusory: there are four things by the fulfilling of which an earnest disciple may gain self-realisation of noble wisdom and become a bodhisattva-mahasattva: first, he must have a clear understanding that all things are only manifestations of the mind itself; second, he must discard the notion of birth, abiding and disappearance; third, he must clearly understand the egolessness of both things and persons
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Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down all that she can remember of her life as a girl in chinasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreluling tells of the secrets passed along by her mute nursemaid, precious auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined and where peking man was discovered; of the crumbling ravine known as the end of the world, where precious auntie's bones lie, and of the curse that luling believes she released through betrayalin turn, ruth has begun to suspect that something is wrong with her mother: she says so many confusing and contradictory thingswith great warmth and humour, amy tan gives us a mesmerising story of a mother and daughter discovering together that what they share in their bones through history and heredity is priceless beyond measureruth decides to move in with her ailing mother, and while tending to her discovers the story luling wrote in chinese, of her tumultuous life growing up in a remote mountain village known as immortal heartluling can only look on, helpless: her prickly relationship with her daughter does not make it easy to discuss such matterslike layers of sediment being removed, each page unfolds into an even greater mystery: who was precious auntie, whose suicide changed the path of luling's life?set in contemporary san francisco and pre-war china, 'the bonesetter's daughter' is an excavation of the human spiritoxfam bookshop cheltenham a major novel from the internationally bestselling author of 'the joy luck club', 'the kitchen god's wife' and 'the hundred secret senses'meanwhile, her daughter ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives withluling young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old age
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But when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them, they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed curl up with a year at the star and sixpence - the perfect novel to welcome springfilled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous settingbut they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once againsimply wonderfuloxfam shop colne road the perfect escapist read, for all fans of cathy bramley and jenny colgani want to read more!' miranda dickinson 'warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! i want to pull up a bar stool, order a large g&t and soak up all the gossip at the star and sixpence!' cathy bramley ++ a year at the star and sixpence is the collected star and sixpence novellas when sisters nessie and sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afreshif you have already enjoyed the novellas, then you have already enjoyed a year at the star and sixpencefor new novellas from holly, check out her picture house by the sea series and her castle court series ++ see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut when they arrive at the star and sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running againtheir first year at the star and sixpence won't be easy, though nothing worth doing ever is'a fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' rowan coleman 'you'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, holly hepburna year at the star and sixpence is holly hepburn's four star and sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warthe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblethe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economyresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablebut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political power
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"-mark danner, new york review of books  "judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the serb pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"-aleksa djilas, new york times book review "judah writes splendidlyjournalist tim judah's classic account, now brought fully up to date to include the overthrow of miloševic, the assassination of zoran djindic, the breakaway of kosovo, and the arrest of radovan karadzic"-david rieff, toronto globe and mail tim judah was balkans correspondent for the london times and the economist, and has been a frequent contributor the new york review of booksoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university presssoftback in as new conditionthe story he tells does much to explain both the serb obsession with the treachery of outsiders and their quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding, or rather reestablishment, of the serbian state praise for the first edition: "a lively and balanced history of the serbs
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Remember and encourage all the members past and present of the battalion with the great challenge coincom/challenge-coins/exhibit/united-states-army-custom-coinsthe military coin is features with closing eyes bull head, and 1custom coins no minimum order required at gs-jjthese custom coins come with individually pvc bagthe challenge coins must be earned by the awesome soldiers for their great performance and special accomplishment5 inches in width, minted in solid silver with an antique finishthe back of the coin mainly displays the "presented for excellence" with the logos of the battalion’s other five combined departments9" thickness:3mm style: custom soft enamel coins finish: antique silver packaging: individual pvc bag product link: https://wwwcustom challenge coins for the 14th brigade engineer battalionthe front of the coin bears the beb symbol building in red enamel colorall challenge coins and cheap custom coins, plated and polished to an ancient presentation
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Her suspicions prove to be right when the old lady dies and the horrific past of the house is uncoveredoxfam shop ulverston japanese supernatural horror film directed by takashi shimizuwhen volunteer home helper rika nishida (megumi okina) begins working for sachie (yui ichikawa), a catatonic old woman slowly dying in her filthy and neglected home, she senses that there is something creepy and disturbing about the atmosphere of the housesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book includes general discussions of the russian soldier, the russian officer and the rapacious cossacks, and concludes by identifying certain important continuities between the russian past and presentin the process he evaluates the relative importance of western and native influences on the creation of this formidable military machine, and indicates the ways in which russian power was projected in the westoxfam shop covent garden this book provides an historical perspective on the growth of russian military power, studying the emergence of the russian regular army from until the end of the eighteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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If they are ever to be free, alex and joanna have to reopen the dangerous door into the nightmare pastbut joanna is not who she thinks she isten years before, and halfway across the world, a brutally bizarre experiment recreated her mindbut joanna rand is the most beautiful, exciting woman he has ever metsomehow they have to find the key to midnightplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis who is joanna rand? alex hunter hasn't come to japan to fall in lovea violation so hideous that her dreams are filled with terror and her memories are a lie
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