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Seeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlersmounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionfollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'when the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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And slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketoxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and francethe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, services
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morepride in the work of womenpride in a knitting style known throughout the worlda chapter on knitting math is both easy to follow and invaluable for planning sizes and patterns, while a glossary of shetland knitting terms links a way of life that is largely gone with the knowledge and skills that the art of fair isle knittinghelps to preservean accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownpride in the dedication of shetland knittersshe leads readers through the history of fair isle knitting to an examination of the style's techniques, explicating not only the unique colorways and pattern, but such valuable details as ways to hold the yarnthroughout these wonderful colors and glowing patterns, the art of fair isle knitting conveys an unending sense of priceoxfam shop rosemount viaduct from the first small items sold to fishermen and tourists in the nineteenth century, to the highly fashionable androgynous sweaters of the s, to the large starry norwegian patterns popular after world war ii, to the hand- and machine-made yoke sweaters of the s and s, ann feitelson applies ardent dedication to her researchpride in the creation of exceptional garments
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A day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcastinghumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generala day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphoneas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causesoxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voice humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his careerjohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisionin typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really areand her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'timmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timethe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoybut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every yearmore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againthis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of all
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With the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalitycredit and debit cards acceptedron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understoodby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timeswith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifeand so it remained until lhubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and life
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerené magritte (after) - le pays des miracles (the land of miracles) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed and numbered from the edition of 300dry stamps of the magritte estate & adagp dimensions 78 x 58 cm (30the lithograph is numbered from the edition of 300, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mrcharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estateshipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticityare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press runcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available8' in) created after the oil on canvas, this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Because this is scientology—the knowledge of you” but, in scientology, that search has culminated—for the secret has now been discoveredall credit and debit cards acceptedhere, then, is the basic book on the theory and practice of scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life, including: the cycle-of-action, revealing what underlies the continuous cycle of creation, survival and destruction—a cycle that seems inevitable in life, but which is only an apparency the conditions-of-existence that comprise all life and livingness—and by which one can truly be the eight dynamics upon which all life is compartmented and by which one can resolve the puzzle of their own existence the affinity, reality and communication triangle, revealing and explaining the underlying principles of true human relations the parts of man, the comprehensive explanation of spirit, mind and body, their anatomy and interrelationship in every being the reason why, answering the questions of “what it’s all about” and giving the very elements of survival, happiness and life itself scientology processes that unlock the life force that is you and, with this book, you won’t just “learn”—you’ll discover these principles for yourselffor thousands of years man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true “meaning of lifebased on precision axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers—answers you’ve been looking for, answers that workorder your copy from 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn(click to reveal full phone number)
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemost of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollparticularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered withincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'patrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?– the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?– emsp 332 format:2 × vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greensladeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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It was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by at video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeean-13 number read more70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3
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Bruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvrepaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artputney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artabout the author laura dsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, d
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall volumes in good condition: slight damage to paper dust jacket (see pictures); interiors in perfect conditionpart 4: the shaping of middle-earthfourth edition pagesparts 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the history of middle-earthhard-to-find volumes of the work in which christopher tolkien elaborates on the work of his father jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst edition pagespart 7: the treason of isengardthe history of middle-earthcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepart 6: the return of the shadowpart 5: the lost road and other writingswith a lot of unpublished work and backgrounds of the world of tolkienfour volumes: parts 4, 5, 6 and 7please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein excellent condition, crisp paperthe deep contrast between ecclesiastical authority and the population was the cause of everything, and it led to the capture and deportation of bishop pignatelli out of the kingdom, and then the expulsion from the city of the vicar general scipione martirani, in addition to a prison sentence for the relatives of both! it will include the reduction of deductibles in favour of priests, the demolition of the mills held by the religious, the misery of a large part of the population, which demanded a better standard of living, information which are the factors that emerge from the analysis of the historical sources, kept so far only in the vatican archiveare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book does not feature the author’s name nor the date, but the texts end insheets = pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein italian with notes partially in latinbased on the paper, the writing and binding date back to the early sthe topic deals with the complex story of the interdict from lecce with the behind-the-scenes action of city life in a period of struggles, skirmishes, insults, political, family and personal struggles, which involved guilty and innocent peopleearly 18th century manuscriptplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecom/dhlforyou/ read moreheight: 33 cm - weight grams early 21st century origin: nigeria bronze head with a serene expression on the face, and the streaks represent facial scarifications, which are characteristic of the "classic" period of the art of ifethe holes on the neck are to attach the mask to a wooden dummy for exhibitions to the public during the ceremoniesyou will receive this tracking code as soon as the parcel has been dispatched, and can track your parcel if you enter your track & trace code under 'shipment number' on wwwde - if you have any questions regarding the status of your parcel, its current location and estimated delivery time, it's best to contact dhl parcel directly via messenger on facebookare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithey reply within 24 hourscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the yoruba tradition, the grooves on the neck, were considered a sign of beautycontact them here: https://wwwgorgeous life size head in the style of an oni - ife - former kingdom of benin-nigeria very beautiful head of an oni, former ifeshipping: - the sculpture will be packaged carefully and sent registered with a track & trace code via dhl parcelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticity5 cm this edition was printed during the lifetime of salvador dali and with his consentlithographs on vélin d'arches paper plate-signed from the edition ofthey feature the copyright from the sla licorne (unicorn) 5cheval de course (race horse) this suite of works is referenced in « the official catalog of the graphic works of salvador dali » [albert fields]printed on thick pur chiffon vélin d’arches, the lithographs are in mint condition, plate-signed outside the image and have an embossed seal stamped by the publishers armand & georges israelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikile cheval du printemps (horse of spring) 4pégase (pegasus) 6catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablem (ex adagp) on the lower left corner and the title is printed in the lower right cornercopyright of the spadem and stamp of the publishers dimensions 36cheval de troie (trojan horse) 2please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Whilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûroxfam bookshop lymington second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogymeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesthe fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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Annotation © ringgold, inche examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the periodbritish romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodhe argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through itportland, or ()the author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the uk
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His autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontents are clean and binding is tightborn 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 worldthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityfascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spineoxfam shop darlington hardbackillustrated with 28 b/w photographspublished by peter daviesthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifered top page endsgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketdj has some minor chipsffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptionhenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistthough 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 ugovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workfield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kish
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In 'space dogs' (), after escaping from the local dog pound, homeless stray strelka teams up with belka, canine canonball of the local state circus, when her trajectory takes an unexpected pathalong with a motley collection of streetwise strays, the pair find themselves caught and transferred to a secret space laboratory where after some intensive training they learn they've been selected for a space flight missionbut when his neighbour, mrby using these newfound powers of his, he must work together with his new friends and save the forest realmbut the soldier also has a few problems of his own as he has fallen in love with a toy ballerinain 'the adventures of chris fable' (), chris (solomon ray), a young thief and runaway, learns that his father is in needin 'max magician and the legend of the rings' (), max (timothy stultz) is interested in magic, isn't very popular and gets picked on by bulliesoxfam shop lytham collection of four family filmsleaving his friends, he embarks on a journey throughout a mystical wilderness where a range of obstacles stand in the way of a better lifesealed, as good as new! see oxfam website for delivery information read moretim (paul danaceau), gives him a book of spells, the book opens a gate to another world in which max is enlisted to help local elves battle their enemies, the unseeliesin 'the tin soldier' (), when a young boy begins hanging out with the wrong crowd the gift of a tin soldier changes his perspective; the soldier comes to life and uses his army training and principles to set the boy back on the straight and narrow
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Oxfam shop ulverston the official tie-in to the return of the king, in which actor andy serkis relates how he and the team of animators brought tolkien's character gollum to lifenow andy serkis tells his own story about how a three-week commission to provide a voiceover for gollum grew into a four-year commitment to breathe life and soul into the lord of the rings' most challenging screen performancefilm-making history was made when, in the two towers, an actor's performance and digital animation were seamlessly integrated to create the world's first totally lifelike animated characterfully illustrated with more than 100 exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and drawings from the return of the king and the two towers, and with contributions from the many designers and animators who brought gollum to life, this book examines the transition to the big screen of one of tolkien's most popular characters from the hobbit and the lord of the ringssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Davis see oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israelthe study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contextoxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitymany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitytranslated by chiara peri and philip r
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Tarts, tourtes, quiches, tartelettes, the myriad variants of both form and content, are celebrated in this collection of ninety tarts for all seasons and all occasionsclassical, historical and modern tarts are all included, as are the childhood experiences of making jam tarts, eating them bubbling hot from the oven and invariably searing one's mouth in the haste to devour themthe doucet tart, enjoyed by chaucer and the court of henry iv, with its intoxicating marriage of honey and saffron, will surprise even the most sophisticated palate, as will the rich, delicate perfection of tamasin's souffled crab tart and the ambrosial peach, vanilla and amaretti tarte tatinoxfam bookshop cheltenham the marriage of textures and flavours, colours and aromas make tarts the most satisfying of foods to make and eatfrom the most classic of tarts, the quiche lorraine and the strawberry tart, to the airy heights of a tomato and prosciutto tart on a puff pastry base, anyone can bake a tart, and everyone will enjoy cooking their way through this booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Then, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brotherhenry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humourthis is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascentthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hingedeveryone knows the story of anne boleynoxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensational
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Oxfam shop darley street a bold new story featuring roland deschain and his beleaguered ka-tet on the run following the complete destruction of their beloved city of gilead! and when such as gilead falls, the pillars of reality itself - the six beams holding all of existance together - begins to crumblethe satanic plan of the crimson king to return all of existance to the primal state of chaos is nighsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreplus, just in time for the fun, it's the return of master storyteller jae lee to the role of penciler! don't miss it! collects dark tower: the battle of jericho hill
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lithograph is numbered from the edition of 300, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mrcharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estate8' in) this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives paperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press runrené magritte (after) - la voix du sang (the voice of blood) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed and numbered from the edition of 300catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipped with a certificate of authenticity stamped & signed by our company, the worldwide exclusive printer and publisher of rené magritte lithographs sincecopyright of the magritte succession & adagp dimensions 78 x 58 cm (30please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredsome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are givenpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'the study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A timeline of events from his life follows the twists and turns of his career at the daily planet, his battles with lex luthor, darkseid and doomsday and his relationship with lois lanehow was superman created? where did he come from? just what is his deal with kryptonite?created in full collaboration with dc comics and packed with original comic book art, join the most "super" hero of them all and see how he has developed over the past 70 yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham is it a bird? is it a plane? no! it's superman the ultimate guide to the man of steelsuperman the ultimate guide to the man of steel takes you on a journey spanning worlds, ages and countless adventuresfor the die-hard superman fan, or for those who are in the first stages of their journey to krypton, superman the ultimate guide to the man of steel is the complete packagefollow superman's entire career, with full details of his powers, battles, loves, allies and of course, his enemiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessthe shock of the fall is all of these booksthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly realhis name's simoni think you're going to like himbut in a couple of pages he'll be dead'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightand he was never the same after thatthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for daysoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flapthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationsas a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overalltony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewthe binding is soundthere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearsthe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedthe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthis book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream culturethis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiesoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The blue and black cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spineduring the s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, atwater and ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issuein an amazing set of transformations, however, each of them came to see how the other had been exploited by the south's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendship that flourished against a backdrop of unrelenting bigotrythis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallthe dustjacket is unpriceclipped but shows some signs of shelf-wearthe front inside flap is creased, all edges are rubbed and the corners are a little bumpedrich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century south, the best of enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all oddsthe page block is yellowing and the edges are slightly marked but otherwise appears to be free from annotationsoxfam bookshop hexham cann atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fighttheir encounters were charged with hatred and suspicionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby placing this very personal story into broader context, osha gray davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class, and that cooperation is possible--even in the most divisive situations--when people begin to listen to one anotherellis grew up in the poor white section of durham, north carolina, and as a young man joined the ku klux klan
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