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Nvph 2 from the dutch east indies has multiple thin spotssome stamps with flaws, including perforation and foxingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall pages have been photographed, almost all stamps with a high catalogue value had close-ups taken of their fronts and reverse sidesplease view all of the photos for a good impressionmainly mh collection, also with airmail, postage due, official and safe stampscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome stamps are without gum, the older stamps from curaçao were issued without gumour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Two old stock albums filled with postal items from the dutch east indies and something variousplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemost items have been photographed from both sidesvarious conditionscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available(115 pieces) envelopes, postcards, moving cards, lettersplease, form your own assessmentsee the info written here and thereour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeadditional stamps, single and mixed stamps, all kinds of stampsan error is possibleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregistered shipping
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Oxfam shop caversham bill kell gives a rare insight into the often hilarious trials of being a publican, bringing to life many of the characters who frequented the pubs he managed throughout the north eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The fillmore east show captured on this authorized bootleg occurred on november , not long after gram parsons and chris ethridge left the flying burrito brothers and were replaced by rick roberts and bernie leadon
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From the north east of englandany questions will be answered read morei have 4 musk turtles for salearound 8 months old
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The book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldthe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionageappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In 'gaza', donna moss, percy fitzwallace, andrea wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the middle east on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown upin 'full disclosure', coxfam shop hebden bridge the complete fifth series of the popular american political drama seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewire newman, while monitoring a possible situation in saudi arabiahas an intensely personal reason for leading the charge when hoynes decides to rehab his image in a bid for the presidency by slandering jed and leo in a tell-all biographyin 'eppur si muove', when a conservative republican congresswoman targets ellie's research project in an effort to discredit jed, toby discovers that the source of the leak is uncomfortably close to homein 'the benign prerogative', in the days leading up to the state of the union address, toby gets crucial voter feedback when he accompanies joey as she mall-tests the speech around the nationin 'disaster relief', the fallout on the hill from carrick's switch to the republican party exiles josh deep into a white house doghousefinally in 'memorial day', jed weighs his options for responding to the bombing as israeli and palestinian forces face off against each otheraround for a not-so-typical day in the white housein 'han', josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmationin 'constituency of one', will bailey receives an offer to become vice president russell's top aidein 'abu el banat', the bartet clan attempts to gather for a holiday dinner and jed must deal with a hostage situation in sudan, an assisted suicide in oregon, his son-in-law's yearn to run for the house of representatives, and his grandson's desire to spend time with his grandpain 'the stormy present', president bartlet attends the funeral of a former president with other former presidents glenallen walken and din 'an khe', the seals are sent in on a perilous mission to rescue a navy plane shot down in north korean watersin 'access', a documentary camera crew follows cin 'talking points', josh is anguished when he realizes that his successful trade negotiation skills managed to create the opportunity for a computer company to move jobs to indiain '7a wf ', the search for zoey continues and walken takes a hard line against the kidnappers that could contribute to her deathin 'jefferson lives', when he realises that his first choice for vice president faces an uphill fight for nomination, jed nominates a congressman that none of the staff can get excited aboutin 'slow news day', toby gets jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save social security, but is hampered by jed's mandate to keep the operation under wrapsin 'the dogs of war', bombs drop on qumar upon walken's orders and as the hours pass without any word on zoey's whereaboutsin 'no exit', an airborne contamination alert locks down the west wing, forcing staffers to stay put until the all-clear is soundedin 'the supremes', jed and the staff vet potential supreme court appointeesin 'shutdown', jed's decision not to be held hostage by haffley shuts down the federal governmentin 'the warfare of genghis khan', an unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testing in the indian oceanin 'separation of powers', as chief justice ashland's health problems continue to mount, joe quincy, ashland's former clerk, is pressed into service to persuade him to retire
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In 'gaza', donna moss, percy fitzwallace, andrea wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the middle east on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown upin 'full disclosure', coxfam shop kendal case good cd's very good the complete fifth series of the popular american political drama seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewire newman, while monitoring a possible situation in saudi arabiahas an intensely personal reason for leading the charge when hoynes decides to rehab his image in a bid for the presidency by slandering jed and leo in a tell-all biographyin 'eppur si muove', when a conservative republican congresswoman targets ellie's research project in an effort to discredit jed, toby discovers that the source of the leak is uncomfortably close to homein 'the benign prerogative', in the days leading up to the state of the union address, toby gets crucial voter feedback when he accompanies joey as she mall-tests the speech around the nationin 'disaster relief', the fallout on the hill from carrick's switch to the republican party exiles josh deep into a white house doghousefinally in 'memorial day', jed weighs his options for responding to the bombing as israeli and palestinian forces face off against each otheraround for a not-so-typical day in the white housein 'han', josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmationin 'constituency of one', will bailey receives an offer to become vice president russell's top aidein 'abu el banat', the bartet clan attempts to gather for a holiday dinner and jed must deal with a hostage situation in sudan, an assisted suicide in oregon, his son-in-law's yearn to run for the house of representatives, and his grandson's desire to spend time with his grandpain 'the stormy present', president bartlet attends the funeral of a former president with other former presidents glenallen walken and din 'an khe', the seals are sent in on a perilous mission to rescue a navy plane shot down in north korean watersin 'access', a documentary camera crew follows cin 'talking points', josh is anguished when he realizes that his successful trade negotiation skills managed to create the opportunity for a computer company to move jobs to indiain 'jefferson lives', when he realises that his first choice for vice president faces an uphill fight for nomination, jed nominates a congressman that none of the staff can get excited aboutin '7a wf ', the search for zoey continues and walken takes a hard line against the kidnappers that could contribute to her deathin 'slow news day', toby gets jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save social security, but is hampered by jed's mandate to keep the operation under wrapsin 'the dogs of war', bombs drop on qumar upon walken's orders and as the hours pass without any word on zoey's whereaboutsin 'no exit', an airborne contamination alert locks down the west wing, forcing staffers to stay put until the all-clear is soundedin 'the supremes', jed and the staff vet potential supreme court appointeesin 'shutdown', jed's decision not to be held hostage by haffley shuts down the federal governmentin 'the warfare of genghis khan', an unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testing in the indian oceanin 'separation of powers', as chief justice ashland's health problems continue to mount, joe quincy, ashland's former clerk, is pressed into service to persuade him to retire
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Oxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 54 stampsthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and ssome of the used stamps in this collection have a little of the backing of the envelope they were attached to still on the backthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps are a little fadedand a mail trainthe rest of the stamps in this collection specifically show transportthe transport shown on the stamps in this collection are the sampan, the aeroplane, the electric locomotive train, the zarook a type of sailing boat, the helicopter, the american motors car, the galleon a type of ship, the racing car, the alfa romeo car, the ship the chusan bfi liner, the lombok sloop which is a type of sailing boat, the jiangu trader a type of ship, the taxi, the linrickshaw, the rocket, the caravel which is a type of ship, the clipper which is a type of ship, the fujan junk which is a type of ship, the golekkan which is a type of ship, the eagle x-ts which is a type of plane, a fishing port with boats in vietnam, a sailing boat, a transport boat, a coaster which is a type of ship, an oil tanker, a vintage car, a fighter plane, and a mcdern steamshipthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inoverall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the stamps have a very clearly shown printed postmark on themthere ia stamp in this collection celebrating the langkawi aero space expothe countries that the stamps in this collection were issued in are india, singapore, bahrain, manama, ajman state, mongolia, indochine, indonesia, malaysia, and vietnama couple of the stamps in this collection have been unusedthere is a stamp in this collection celebrating the official opening of changi airport in singapore
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A particular form of this historic greek monument was chosen by each nation, except the nations in the far east who issued the medal but with a different designthe design and ribbon was also adopted by belgium, brazil, cuba, czechoslovakia, france, greece, italy, japan, portugal, romania, siam, union of south africa and the usa in accordance with the decision of the inter-allied peace conference at versailles (a 'winged victory)lovely condition example of the ww1 victory medal (also called the inter-allied victory medal) with original ribbonthe dates of the war were in every case to , except that of the british empire, which gave the dates as illustrated ( to )r (the south lancashire regiment)this fine looking example was awarded to: ptethanks for looking - please check out my other coins & medals for sale
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color
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The ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differenceshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern world condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposes
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By tracking the diverse manifestations of american anti-imperialism, this book highlights the different ways in which historians can approach it in their research and teachingencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondwith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentthe contributors cover a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of anti-imperialism in the early republic and civil war, anti-imperialist actions in the uduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early uthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the colonies" empire's twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of american history, from the revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of american anti-imperialismas noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford across the course of american history, imperialism and anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the united states
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In a&m released rock on, and a simultaneous release of a humble pie concert recorded at the fillmore east new york, entitled performance: rockin' the fillmorehumble pie - performance: rockin' the fillmore (a&m records ?– xt) made in germany original gatefold first pressing 2lp-set | vinyl: nm (mint-) | cover: vg++ (excellent) gatefold steve marriott formed humble pie in with greg ridley, peter frampton and jerry shirleyrock on and performance both went gold and the loud and epic "i don't need no doctor" was an fm radio hit in the usa, propelling the album up the chartsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis album featured a more acoustic sound and songs written by all four memberscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableduring humble pie switched to a&m records who released the album humble pie, later that year which alternated between progressive rock and hard rocktheir second album, town and country was released in the uk during while the band was away on its first tour of usaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetheir debut single "natural born bugie" became a hit in the uk singles chart and was followed by the album as safe as yesterday is, which rose to number sixteen in the uk album chartsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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For intelligence operative sean dillon, it is a routine passport checkhis thirteen-year-old daughter, sara, has been kidnapped by rashid's own father and taken to iraq to be married to a man known as the hammer of god, one of the middle east's most feared terroristsbefore his journey is done, many men will die - and dillon may be one of themthe man he stops at heathrow airport is caspar rashid, born and bred in england, but with family ties to a bedouin tribe fiercely wedded to the old ways, as rashid has just found out to his painoxfam bookshop cheltenham jack higgins, the undisputed master of action and suspense is back with a brand new adventure featuring the unstoppable sean dillonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever knowndillon has had his own run-ins with the tribe, and when the distraught man begs him for help, he sees a chance to settle some old scores - but dillon has no idea of the terrible chain of events he is about to unleash, nor of the implacable enemies he is about to gain
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This edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education writing in an engaging style, kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global securityoxfam bookshop raeburn place this thoroughly updated edition of global security in the twenty-first century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas in the worldkay focuses especially on the implications of the election of barack obama and the changing role of the united states in global security he builds on the first edition's emphasis on the role of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crimesee oxfam website for delivery information read more sean kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the middle east, asia, and eurasia
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Taken to a luxury mansion on an island off the american east coast to begin work on the book, he is introduced to the unsettlingly mercurial prime minister, his wife ruth (olivia williams) and his personal assistant amelia (kim cattrall)oxfam shop canterbury roman polanski directs this political thriller based on the novel by robert harrisewan mcgregor plays a ghost-writer who is hired to work on the memoirs of former british prime minister adam lang (pierce brosnan) following the mysterious demise of his previous collaboratorwhen lang subsequently becomes embroiled in a major international scandal that reveals just how far he was prepared to go in order to nurture uk's 'special relationship' with the usa, the ghost-writer finds himself caught up in a deadly web of secrets and liessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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New states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyminor signs of shelf wearthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencescolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoils
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff following the end of world war two there were millions of displaced persons in europe and in the far east toothis book concentrates on displaced poles and balts (from lithuania, estonia and latvia) who chose to settle in britain rather than return to their home countries   see oxfam website for delivery information read moresee the attached images for a good impression of this bookhardback book in as new condition in an unclipped dust jacketno marks or inscriptionsthe book is based on official records and the words of the survivors and their children
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Included here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforeoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peopleswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this era
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He returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceanfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europehe then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea flowerhe made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearafter handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacificsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topalthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationoxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid s
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The author reassesses all the evidence and challenges everything we thought we knew about the victorian serial killer and the vanished east end he terrorizedthis story is the result of many years meticulous researchoxfam bookshop st albans the murders in london between attributed to jack the ripper constitute one of the most mysterious unsolved criminal casessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Officials to visit war-torn afghanistan, she reached out to disease-stricken african nations and tirelessly advocated for women in the middle east and dissidents in burmathree months later, 'the old maid of midland married midland's most eligible bachelor'she writes openly about the threats, the withering media spotlight, and the transformation of her rolean only child, laura welch grew up in a family that lost three babies to miscarriage or infant deathoxfam bookshop cheltenham in a captivating and compelling voice that ranks with many of our greatest memoirists, laura bush tells the story of her unique path from dusty midland, texas to the world stage and the white housebush, whom she had last passed in the hallway in seventh gradeafter graduating, she became an elementary school teacher and, at the age of thirty, she met george wshe masterfully recreates the rugged, oil boom-and-bust culture of midland, her close relationship with her father, and the bonds of early friendships that she retains to this dayone of the first ulaura bush's compassion, her grace, and her uncommon willingness to bare her heart make this story deeply revelatory, beautifully rendered, and unlike any other first lady's memoir ever writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas first lady of texas, laura bush captures presidential life in the frantic and fearful months after 9-11, when fighter jet cover echoed through the walls
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Brought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send home grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalethe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin americasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and misery
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Jackson illuminates the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in latin america, asia, africa, and the middle east for political economic construction, or nation buildingoxfam bookshop skipton very good conditionjackson examines the mechanisms of power at the disposal of these development organizations, the expertise of those administering development aid, the agency of development workers, and the benefits that accrue to donor countriesusing honduras as a case study, jeffrey tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe finds in the international development community a close-knit coalition of policy makers who have inserted themselves into the local political process and pushed the honduran nation-state to conform to international norms and integrate into a transnational structure of governancejust one light smudge on page edgesin the process, he draws a provocative connection between the efforts of international development workers and the emergence of global governancein doing so he makes a persuasive connection between nation building and global governance-raising important questions about whose nations are being built and whyjackson examines the significant roles played by international development workers-"the globalizers"-operating in honduras over the past thirty years, particularly in the troubled construction of the el cajón hydroelectric dam, the creation of maquiladoras, and the multinational relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts following hurricane mitch
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east of the sun and west of the moonthe title is the sinatra collectionlight a candle in the chapelswingin' sinatrasensational sinatrathe item format is a cdbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for salein the blue of the evening
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Dozens of encounters, both great and small, involved many of its races as either friends or foes of britain - indeed, it was not unusual for an area to furnish both ally and enemy at the same time! this volume covers the british, indian and anglo-indian troops who fought for the honourable east india company and britain over the varied landscape of what is present day afghanistan, india, pakistan and bangladesh, between the years andthe vast array of uniforms and dress worn by soldiers serving in india during this period is examined in detail, and extensive information is also provided on regimental colourssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ilkley of all the military campaigns fought by the british during the 19th century, no area saw more conflict than the subcontinent of india
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Their aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages and mystics of the byzantine east before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of islamin ad 587, two monks, john moschos and sophronius the sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the byzantine world, from the shores of the bosphorus to the sand dunes of egypttaking in a civil war in turkey, the ruins of beirut, the tensions of the west bank and a fundamentalist uprising in egypt, william dalrymple's account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of eastern christianityalmost years later, using the writings of john moschos as his guide, william dalrymple set off to retrace their footstepssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of william dalrymple's previous work
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He was an authority on the geology of south africa and the dutch east indiescm, lithographed by trapplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe book contains 2 folding plates, one of which is the beautifully coloured geological sketchmap by molengraaff in the format of approxsome stamps from mijnbouwkunde librarycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: original green cloth binding with gilt printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store¶ gustaaf adolf frederik molengraaff (nijmegen, 27 february - wassenaar, 26 march ) was a dutch geologist, biologist and explorerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece ‘ north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacherib’s palace (kouyunjik)’, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps ‘map of assyria, and map of mesopotamia’ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition wear at extremitiessome rubbing to front inner hingediscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsthe expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is foundedpublished by john murray, londonthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryinternally; is almost goodplates are bright5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ worksoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)rubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversa scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionsome pencil writing on front free endpaperbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingtitles in gilt to spinenot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pages
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