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But this is the remarkable story of three such menoxfam shop ulverston a rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up mount kenya by three prisoners of warthe tedium of camp life is broken by the beginnings of a sudden idea - an outrageous, dangerous, brilliant ideathere are probably fewer still who would break back in to the camp on their returnthere are not many people who would break out of a pwhen the clouds covering mount kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war felice benuzzi is transfixedit contains the prison-yard bartering and candlelight stitching that mark a classic jailbreak yarn; the encounters with wild beasts in mount kenya's forest belt are as gripping, and the descriptions of sparkling glaciers as awe-inspiring, as any passage in the great exploration diaries of the early 20th century" - the economist see oxfam website for delivery information read morecamp, trek for days across perilous terrain before climbing the north face of mount kenya with improvised equipment, meagre rations, and with a picture of the mountain on a tin of beef among their more accurate guidesno picnic on mount kenya is a powerful testament to the human spirit of revolt and adventure in even the darkest of places"the history of mountaineering can hardly present a parallel to this mad but thrilling escapade" - saturday review"a most extraordinary prisoner-of-war and escape story" - new yorker"a mad venture and a gallant tribute to man's deep yearning for freedom" - kirkus reviews"the book crackles with the same dry humour as its title
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true story books10 true story books, collection glenrothesposted by linda in books, comics & magazines, books in glenrothes
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It is a story of an average kashmiri householdoxfam shop ross-on-wye "orphan" is a true story of three boys, who are brought up by their maternal auntalthough focus of the story is three boys, but i tried to depict life as it existed in early fiftiesinitial chapters of book were written in the late nineties, because of official engagements, i could not complete the book tilli hope readers will like the book and that will be my greatest satisfactiondetails of kashmiri culture, especially marriage ceremony etcalmost all events in the book such as jana paying visit to her cousin in the country side are based on real eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreis described in lucid detailmost of chapters especially initial ones were written with full feedback from main character of late jana
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Oxfam shop colne road this extraordinary and beautifully written book tells a vivid and compelling new story of art for the 21st centuryconcise, lucid and original, julian bell's account is truly unlike any otherhe sees the whole of visual creativity as a piece and draws insightful and inspired connections between different continents and cultures and across the millenniaprevious histories have tended to focus only on the masterpieces of western art, or else consider developments around the world as separate, unrelated phenomenabell's remarkable achievement is to take a global perspective and to bring the distinct stories together in one convincing narrativethe result is a rich and seamless tapestry that provides the perfect introduction to the subjectsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Arthur dodd's story will shock and scare the readeroxfam bookshop brigg the harrowing, true story of british soldier arthur dodd's imprisonment in auschwitz during world war iibut its history cannot be denied; it's story must be told; it's lessons must be learnedeven those people born years after the war are stunned by the atrocities of the nazis at auschwitz, the most hated concentration camp in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was the only english serviceman to survive incarceration in this infamous death camp
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Free uk postage! andrew lang's fairy books are a series of 25 collections of true and fictional stories for children published between andandrew lang () was a scots poet, novelist, and literary criticedited by andrew lang, 9 plates and numerous illustrations in text by h j ford blue cloth bindingford (henry justice ford)—the first two volumes shared with gbook is tight, no looseness, pages with odd finger marks and foxing, spine is undamaged if pulled to head and tail a littleaccording to anita silvey, "the irony of lang's life and work is that although he wrote for a profession—literary criticism; fiction; poems; books and articles on anthropology, mythology, history, and travel" the 12 coloured fairy books were illustrated by hhe is best recognized for the works he did not writegold gilt titled design to boards is missing and spine is fadeduse your credit card and pay me with paypalhe made most of the selections, while his wife and other translators did a large portion of the translating and retelling of the actual stories, as acknowledged in the prefaceswallis mills also contributed some illustrationsthe best known books of the series are the 12 collections of fairy tales known as andrew lang's "coloured" fairy books or andrew lang's fairy books of many coloursmore scans of the book availablejacomb-hood and lancelot speed respectively, and the sequels alonefour of the volumes from to were published by "mrsin all, the volumes feature 798 stories, besides the 153 poems in the blue poetry book
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King of thieves blu ray (hatton garden true story) + slip cover cert 15 vgc
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Casper the communicating cat - a true story, beautifully written with lovely photoshardback book with dust covermake a great christmas present to any animal lover
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This tale of human endurance and survival against-the-odds is loosely based on slavomir rawicz's book, 'the long walk: the true story of a trek to freedom'the film tells the story of a group of seven prisoners who escaped from a soviet gulag in stalin-era russia and walked over miles across some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world, crossing the siberian arctic, the gobi desert and the himalayas before finally arriving in british-ruled indiaoxfam shop ulverston epic drama from renowned australian director peter weir, starring colin farrell, jim sturgess, ed harris, mark strong and saoirse ronansee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries the incredible sequel to the bestselling a street cat named bob - the moving and uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him, now a major motion picturein the years since their story ended in the bestselling a street cat named bob james, with bob's help, has begun to find his way back to the real worldin the continuing tale of their life together james shows the many ways in which bob has been his protector and guardian angel through times of illness, hardship, even life-threatening dangernow i've got myself back on my two feet, but as i put the past behind me, i'm still stepping unsteadily into the futurebob is always there to offer guidance and friendshipalmost every day, bob provides moments of intelligence, bravery and humour, at the same time opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust - and the meaning of happinessas they high five together for their crowds of admirers, james knows that the tricks he's taught bob are nothing compared to the lessons he's learnt from his street-wise cati still need help in the right directionfor more than a decade i was a homeless drug addictsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'since bob has appeared, i've made huge strides in my life'james and his street cat bob have been on a remarkable journey togetheri was lost to the world and had forgotten what was important in life
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Oxfam shop kendal mark wahlberg and christian bale star in this inspirational and powerful true story of two brothers who against all odds come together to train for a historic title fight that has the power to unite their fractured family and give their run down town what it's been waiting for: pridethe explosive relationship of these brothers threatens to take them both down but at the heart of this story is a bond of blood that may just be their only chance of redemptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling boxer micky ward has long been overshadowed by his older bother and trainer, dicky, a local legend who is now battling his own demons
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An inspirational story of resourcefulness, faith, and courage! read moretrue story of survival during hurricane katrina and the flood that devasted new orleans in where the author and his family survived for two weeks in their home
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The beatles anthology first edition dust cover/hard copy excellent condition shout the true story of the beatles by philip norman paper back edition printer corgi 2nd edition not bad condition sitting on a shelf for 35 years
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This terrifying true account takes readers back to the year where a man, known as the
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Beatles anthology first edition dust cover/hard copy excellent condition shout the true story of the beatles by philip norman paper back edition printer corgi 2nd edition not bad condition sitting on a shelf for 35 years
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true story booksposted by emmy in books, comics & magazines, books in west bromwichcollection from b713nd
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Excellent true story, recently been made into a feature filmselling as i accidentally bought two copiescollection from farsley near pudsey
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The first time the culture of x-ray records and bone music was written about in the west was in the book’back in the ussr:the true story of russian rock’the author of that book was veteran russian broadcaster,cultural commentator and journalist artemyi troitskyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifeb 16(see picture ) pure collectible recording audible but of course not so good!) read morewe hear some entertaining,comical,tragic,moving and frankly strange stories including tales of the‘stilyagi'soviet hipsters,the first disco in moscow,we ask if counterculture possible in the oppressive,repressive circumstances of the soviet union?and we hear how rock music evolved in secret before breaking into the light as perestroika transformed soviet societycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe beatles "she's leaving home" lost culture of bone music/ x-ray audio -in the ussr during the cold war,the music that people could hear was ruthlessly controlled by the statebut a secret underground subculture of music lovers and pirates opposed the censorshipplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteincredibly,they built their own recording devices and used an exceptional means to copy prohibited jazz,rock'n'roll and prohibited russian music to take the risk of making their own recordsart appeared in our first bookthis is the unique/the beatles "she's leaving home" x ray/spine(included original packing from ) **the chain to be seen is unique for the x-ray exposure** i see that two times when i visited the exhibition with my father who,like myself,was thrilled by this peculiar wonderful type of anti-suppression after an exhibition in the horse hospital,london:-07our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The story of raf bomber command during world war ii(3) bomber command(1) the battle for the falklands, the war between the united kingdom & argentinathe pack is still sealed and shows the price, these were £, but they can be yours for £ including signed for postagea ss panzers march across france in world war iithese are a bargain and will make a great christmas present, for extra security for a fee of £1the pictures are of my own opened set, the ones for sale are still wrapped & sealed, they are from the pan military classics series & written by max hastings00 i will accept paypal read more
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Simultaneously involved in the plot and yet detached from it, he recounts to the audience the 'true' story of the magic flute, making comments and corrections, all while entering into fantastical collaborations with his singer doublegerman, english subtitlesludwig ii of bavaria also stood in this tradition of aristocratic passion for the theatrethis version of mozart's magic flute, which was performed for the first time at the herrenchiemsee festival in under the direction of enoch zu guttenberg, draws on a common 19th-century practice: in aristocratic families, putting on classic german theatre works in extravagant amateur performances was a ritual designed to show off a good educationhowever, the scenario as presented here is fictitiousoxfam bookshop lower petergate two discssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe role of the 'real' papageno is played by the actor gerd anthoff
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Originally published as the painted wall, otto kraus's autobiographical novel, tells the true story of 500 jewish children who lived in the czech family camp in auschwitz-birkenau between september and junebut trying to teach the children is not the only illicit activity that alex is involved inhe spends his days trying to survive while illegally giving lessons to his young charges while shielding them as best he can from the impossible horrors of the camp'alex ehren is a poet, a prisoner and a teacher in block 31 in auschwitz-birkenau, the children's blocksee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe grow intimate not only in body but also in mind because we knew that though we were not born of one womb, we would certainly die togetheroxfam bookshop cheltenham 'we lived on a bunk built for four but in times of overcrowding, it slept seven and at times even eightthere was so little space on the berth that when one of us wanted to ease his hip, we all had to turn in a tangle of legs and chests and hollow bellies as if we were one many-limbed creature, a hindu god or a centipedealex is keeping a diary
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Oxfam shop worcester a true story of love and reconciliation in the aftermath of the second world warshe travels to england to marry jim, a british intelligence corps soldier in the allied armies that defeated the nazi regime in and occupied the devastated nationminny leaves germany on a bitterly cold morning in decembersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminny has survived british and american bombs and witnessed the destruction of aachen, her ancient and beautiful cityhow will a german woman cope in austere post-war britain, where she is still regarded as the enemy? illustrated with almost 100 images and original documents, the bride's trunk describes the adventures of an unremarkable piece of luggage and three generations of its owners, whose journeys across europe are determined by the turbulent events of twentieth century history
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"the films presents the indelible true story of the enigmatic oskar schindler, a member of the nazi party, womanizer, and war profiteer who saved the lives of more than jews during the holocaust running time: 3 hours and 17 minutes the film won every major best picture award and an exceptional number of additional honoursschindler's list: "schindler's list a steven spielberg film, is a cinematic masterpiece that has become one of the most honored films of all time very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more the film is in black & white with colour segments" 2 disc laserdisc letter boxed - the film on this laser disc is presented in the aspect ratio of the original 35 millimeter theatrical prints "winner of seven academy awards including best picture & best director
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