The castle of mirrors
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Book condition; good,thick card boards, cloth spine, heavy wear all-round, 8mm open tear on lower spine, front hinge split heavy foxing on all pages, booksellers bookplate on verso front board along with very light pencil notes?, 4 illustration complete with tissue guardsoxfam shop oban glasgow: jswan, st, hardcovera very rare copy of swan's picturesque views of the falls of clyde: bonniton lynn, cartland craigs and bridge, corra lynn and castle, and the fall of stonebyres with descriptive illustrations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock no man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out aliveand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himsee oxfam website for delivery information read more but this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must do tasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian seaa remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkableslight sticker residue on back cover as they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by one
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Letter sent from certaldo, entirely handwritten, in which the publication of the call at the castle of certaldo is communicatedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe letter is signed by agostino nelliour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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When billy himself is killed at the funeral, his brother bobby steps in to investigatesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop brentwood martial arts fighter billy lo (bruce lee) has his suspicions aroused by the sudden death of his friend jim hoohe goes to the 'castle of death' where jim was last seen, stumbling upon a drug manufacturing centrebruce lee's posthumous appearance is pieced together using out-takes from previous films
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It is remarkable how quickly the mood shifts from talk of big questions (religion, god, beauty, how mirrors lie) to the perfectly ordinary nuances between a couplewith penny, alexander is a gadfly, mucking her about, unable to see past her beauty; but with melanie, he has met his matchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealexander embarks on a remarkable experiment, the likes of which no one has attempted before, maybe that's why there is a detective watching himoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a post-modern puzzle about self and identity
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To entertain his fellow satanists, prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the wanton revelries sour when an uninvited guest arrives - death himself! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop york while the plague rages throughout europe, sadistic italian prince prospero (vincent price) dallies with devil worship
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsoxfam bookshop holmfirth the history of dunster church and priory: the mohuns, the luttrells and their castle, "cry dunster and st george" volume one dust jacket intact
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Oxfam shop barnard castle major james bigglesworth dso, mc, popularly known as biggles, leads a treasure hunt by amphibian aircraft into the wilds of brazil not dated but believed to be early 'sillustrated dust jacket with some edge wear and shelf wear to backsee oxfam website for delivery information read more red board covers in good condition paper darkened commensurate with age but text clean and bright throughout and binding tight
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A beggar goes to the castle of this unfair ruler and asks for a small amount of bread and is consequently humiliated and jailedin 18th century spain, a small village is ruled over by an evil marquis
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Oxfam shop pershore the first book in a trilogy that follows three irish women through the decades of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the castle of the counts o'connorchild's play die drei ???marke franckh kosmos verlag
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Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadavery small tear to spine on volume iithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsit covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiithe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe voyage to australia and tahitiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discovery
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In 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overmeanwhile 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 armiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhilst 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-dûrtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondortogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordor
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Characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetomas picton by britains, referenceregiment of the line, by king and countrycuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryit consists of 11 figuresreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)the royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)references andit also includes srthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall of them have been sold out and retiredeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablereferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of close to 32 figuresit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)french artillery, by king and countryit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)coldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryreferences na111the 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)the french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rd
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pp’ registered shippingcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margin) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experienced‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalisthe wrote extensively about morocco (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary(total of 2 books) read moresee pictures of the table of contents
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printpart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentstwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthis edition is from
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The yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe 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: £3should 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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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It has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcewhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleansome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usageit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involved(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected material
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mail
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Ó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaramorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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Karim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citybut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of
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In good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventstranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luce
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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 sourcesat 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 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 museumsjones'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 morethe 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 classicits 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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It marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciesoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)
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This is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchhe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering erudition
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In part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakespart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurea definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializeaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyinternally clean and unmarkedthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpianka and laurie jvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitats
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Makdisi'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 worldoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country 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 purposesthe 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 ithis 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 groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi 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 developmentthe 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 differences
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Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriesin the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its coreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesar
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Those who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timethis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesa woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanytranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge
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The author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketthe book has been signed by the author with an inscription99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tooxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of nosee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift of
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