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Oxfam shop hebden bridge the harshly magnificent landscape of the elan valley in mid wales was changed utterly in the late s by a reservoir building project initiated by the corporation of birmingham in order to supply water to that expanding citypages are clean and whitea great feat of civil engineering, the project required the flooding of land by the river elan and the compensating of local landowners; but also made a tremendous impact on the traditions, rights and privileges of the local commoners, and on a flock system of hill farming that had existed for hundreds of yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket is price clipped but in excellent conditionsunning to page edgesoriginally published in , the valley is elizabeth clarke's account of hill farming life in the elan valley and the massive changes wrought upon it between the first period of reservoir construction and a subsequent project that followed the second world war
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The development of birmingham is traced through descriptions of the economic and social effects of the great war and a fascinating survey of the inter-war years, covering many aspects of social lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro this is the history of the city in its formative years
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham the character of christian-muslim encounterĀ is aĀ festschriftĀ in honour ofĀ david thomas, professor of christianity and islam, and nadir dinshaw professor of inter religious relations, at the university of birmingham, ukĀ see oxfam website for delivery information read morethese are set in the context of a focussed theme - the character of christian-muslim encounters - and cast within a broad chronological frameworkrare book, difficult to sourcein as new condition - still shrink-wrappedthe editors have put together a collection of over 30 contributions from colleagues of professor thomas that commences with a biographical sketch and representative tribute provided by a former doctoral student, and comprises a series of wide-ranging academic papers arranged to broadly reflect three dimensions of david thomas' academic and professional work - studies in and of islam; christian-muslim relations; the church and interreligious engagementcontributors, excluding the editors, are: clare amos, john azumah, mark beaumont, david cheetham, rifaat ebied, stanislaw grodz svd, alan guenther, damian howard sj, michael ipgrave, muammer iskenderoglu, risto jukko, alex mallett, juan pedro monferrer-sala, lucinda mosher, gordon nickel, jĆørgen nielsen, claire norton, emilio platti, luis bernabĆ© pons, peniel rajkumar, peter riddell, umar ryad, andrew sharp, sigvard von sicard, richard sudworth, mark swanson, charles tieszen, john tolan, davide tacchini, herman teule, albert walters
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford this text is a new edition of a biography of the 18th-century historian william huttonsoftback edition in excellent conditionĀ Ā see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally published , this modern reprinting adds much analysis to the tale of birmingham's historianĀ signed by the author carl chinn
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These cards were sold by birmingham libraries in the āsās collection of 17 black and white postcards of birmingham70 each or Ā£52 for all 17 standard uk postage includedall clean and unusedsome of the areas include acocks green, city centre birmingham, sheldon, sparkbrook, kingās norton to mention but a few
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Oxfam books & music perth this is a popular history of one of the world's most famous companiesstarting life as a trader in asian spices, the company ended its days running britain's indian empirewar, famine, stock-market bubbles and even duels between rival executives are all to be found in this new accountsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerobins reveals a hidden story of tragedy and intriguefounded in , the east india company was the forerunner of the modern multinational*br**br*this is the first-ever book to expose the company's social recordfor robins, the company's legacy provides compelling lessons on how to ensure the accountability of today's global businessin the process, it shocked its contemporaries with the scale of its violence, corruption and speculation
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Pioneer corporation credits producer ā king crimson cover vg+ vinily ex read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availablemade by ā warner brosare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiking crimson ?ā the court of the crimson king label: atlantic ?ā p-a format: vinyl, 7", 45 rpm, single country: japan released: genre: rock style: prog rock tracklist a\tthe court of the crimson king (part 1)\t3:22 b\tthe court of the crimson king (part 2)\t4:30 companies, etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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University of birmingham uk chrisrmas card hand made by lynda kettle showing the aston webb building, edgbaston campus during winterif unable to collect happy to arranged postage and will be royal mail tracked and signed servicecard size 20cm (200mm) x 15cm (150mm) with envelope and blank inside for your message
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Freeman of birmingham brass plaquesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good conditionoxfam shop frodsham street vintage safe manufacturer walter j
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always dothough in fact he didsitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the materialas the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americasome light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsmaxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencehalfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedin this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)in fair conditiona good reading copyi don't give a hoot what the writing's like"opposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and comma
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham all 13 episodes from the first series of the japanese anime featuring the voice talents of rie kugimiya and satoshi hinothe episodes are: 'louise the zero', 'commoner familiar', 'feverish temptation', 'a maid's crisis', 'tristein's princess', 'a thief's identity', 'louise's part-time job', 'tabitha's secret', 'louise's change of heart', 'a princess's request', 'louise's marriage', 'zero treasure' and 'louise the void'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story follows louise (kugimiya), a young girl who tries but fails to perform successful magicnicknamed 'zero louise' by children at her school, she is forced by her peers to use a special ritual to summon a familiar (hino), an eternal protector and partner in the world of magicdiscs in good conditionsome slight damage to case
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With the city of birmingham symphony orchestra conducted by isidore godfreybased on the stage production by anthony beschproduced by anthony havelock-allan and john brabournesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe d'oyly carte opera company production of gilbert & sullivan's the mikadodirected by stuart burgecase vg: very few signs of wear and tearincludes: donald adams as the mikado; philip potter as nanki-poo; john reed as ko-ko; valerie masterson as yum-yum disc vg+: no marksplease note: region, format and classification are assumed, and not stated anywhere on the case or disc
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Fully hallmarked for birminghamall in good, clean conditiona stylish solid silver dish or bowl in the form of a viking shipour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableand 7cm high to the top of the scrollare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is about 15cm long and 7cm at its widestplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelong oval shape with a scroll terminal at each endmakers mark poorly struck, but possibly for s blanckensee and son
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76 paul, yan pascal tortelier maria de la pau the city of birmingham symphony orchestra conducted by louis fremauxsee oxfam website for delivery information read more45 wedding cake caprice-valse, opoxfam books & music totnes his master's voice asd saint-saens cello concerto the swan allegro opthe record looks to be in near mint condition the sleeve shows minor wear52 prelude to le dƩluge
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Website: https://wwwchristmas season is fun and excitinguk/p/christmas-books/the-night-before-christmas/to add to the excitement of the christmas season, a book on christmas eve is an excellent ideathe works have good discounts on fiction books
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It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthey 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 manyit covers the coast of north americavery small tear to spine on volume iithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsit 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 indicatedas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands invancouver, 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 canadasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastoxfam 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 discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythe 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 voyage to australia and tahitiall 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 soundthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication in
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They 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 doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearstogether 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 mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst 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-dĆ»ronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendellĀ 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 gandalfgandalf 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 responsibilitieswhen 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 handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorfrodo 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 overin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilmeanwhile 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 armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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References 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 āvive lĀ“empereurā)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxall of them have been sold out and retiredthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the ācharge of the greysāfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecoldstream 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 āon campaignā)it also includes srit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series ābold chevaliers)british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontfrench artillery, by king and countrythese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo lĀ“iber, valencia, spain)it 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)it consists of 11 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramacatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it consists of close to 32 figuresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikieach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squarestomas picton by britains, referenceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series Ā”āvive lĀ“emperatrice!ā) - 7ththe 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 āscotland the braveā)the kingĀ“s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole āto take the kingĀ“s shilling series)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe french army commanded by napoleĆ³n - the french 3rdna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series ācuirassiersā)references na111garde impĆ©riale (dragons de lĀ“emperatrice), by king and coubtrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences andreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)regiment of the line, by king and countrythe 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 āscum of the earthā)
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Otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcondition: 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 marginsee pictures of the table of contentsājames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist) 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 experiencedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available(total of 2 books) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageā registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pphe wrote extensively about morocco (the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary
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Two 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 paristhis edition is fromthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availablepart 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 catawikipart 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 contentsa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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T 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: Ā£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 athe 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: Ā£3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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The award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseās stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedworking together, itās a win-win situation for everyone involvedthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistently(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwwhatās more, the smartbunker allows each horseās feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usageit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcethis 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 cleansmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animals
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?ā the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?ā format: 2 Ć 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 dellāunita dāitalia, 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 mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?ā the number of the beast label: parlophone ?ā series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered ā 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 & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empirebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even Ć²un-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 timeas 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 guevaraĆ³ how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsimultaneously, 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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See 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 ofoxfam 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 britainkarim 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 east
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagessee 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 events
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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 todaythe 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 classicsee 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 colorjones'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 carvingsjones 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 museums
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 authorĀ this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)the 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 condition
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