The count of flanders
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Robert the 111 count of flanders seal on a copper pot the seal was made for the king of france as a peace seal the silgal museam in france have sent me a email comfirming the seal is real you can look the seals up on their web page read more
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99 the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas paperbackshop / curiosities the count of monte cristo by alexandre dumas paperback * * ÂŁ1used 1 in stock 1 add to basket category: curiosities tags: alexandredumas, book, countifmontecristo, craigkiddltd, curiosity, hardback, paperback, reading
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Oxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry viof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroines
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry viof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroines
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Inscription:+moneta (clover) fland' translation: coin of flanders read morebndictv:sit:nome:dnl:nri:ihv:x translation: count louis, blessed be the name of our lord jesus christcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablelvd-ovi-c x co-mes legend extare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki80 g quality: sup/unc ref: obverse: cross cutting the inner legend inscription: legend intour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeouter border made of eleven clovers and a lion contained in ovumsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteflanders, gross,silver, "louis ii of male - lion of crecy" metal: silver diameter: 27 mm weight: 2reverse: standing lion
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2 images of costumes, the top one with the prince of orange, and the count of flanders, the bottom one with a doctor, a trader's wife and a noblemancatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeverso white, sturdy paper, 37 by 225 cm thin paper, fine condition 3ancient dutch dresses - engraved for bankes's new sytems of geographyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewedding ceremony with the reformed in the nieuwe kerk in amsterdamdrawn by roberts, 35 by 22engraved for millar'snatives of holland, with their diversions during the winter seasonlot of 3 items 1by van beek / wagenaarspots along edge top and bottom, old notes top right and a number (57) read more
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Title in spanish: el perro de flandes japanese title: furandâsu no inu title in english: dog of flanders read morecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe lot consists of the original sketches used in the anime film dog of flanders, with the corresponding celluloid sheetsboth the celluloid sheets and the sketch are separatedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store8 cm size of the drawings: 26please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 x 33 cm please, check the photos to see the condition of the piece and the papersize of the celluloid sheets: 22
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storelow countries, county of flanders, louis of male, large with the lion, fifth emission (), cfr 3 points for cross (cfr photo 4) and a stalk of parsley, deflecting to the left (cfr photo 3) gent grandmaster perchival du porche 34 g, 26 mm martiny 33/8please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteregistered with track and traceplease view the accompanying images to form your own impression
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease view the images to form your own impressionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitediameter: 37 mmweight grams - silver - edition pieceswill be shipped by registered postbelgium - silver 20 euro proof 'a dog of flanders' in blister
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe fabulous colour palette highlights the fantasy mood of the story, whilst the figure drawing, composition and exquisite line work highlight this artistâs talentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetrevisan is now highly regarded for his work for tarot card designsthey arenât a unique race of rodents who can talk and live on the outskirts between the munchkin country border and the emerald citya very rare chance to bid on a panel from georgio trevisan's adaptation of classic 'the wizard of oz' for the comic 'princess tina'the mice all live very close to the field of deadly poppies and mostly stay undergrounditalian artist trevisan moved to milan and joined the studio dâami agency, from here he worked extensively for british comics and war picture libraries, illustrating many adaptations of literature including âa dog of flandersâ by marie louise de la ramĂŠe (ouida), the ugly duckling by the brothers grimm, and also stories of sherlock holmes during the san elegant black mount has been cut and is provided with this piece, however the piece has not been attached to the mount as this leaves room for personal choicethey are all ruled by a mouse queen, whom the tin woodman savesthis beautiful panel shows the friends, the tin man and the scarecrow adventuring through the woods and coming across the field mice who live in the magical land of oz
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But even amidst the barrage of shelling and gunfire, the unending stream of injured being brought to their post, the love between pips and giles survives and blossoms just like the poppies of flanders fieldseven amidst the horror of the trenches, friendship will survivethwarted in her desire to become a doctor like her brother robert, pips maitland rebels against her mother's wishes that she settle down and raise childrenbut the year is and the future is uncertainhearing that her father's friend, dr john hazelwood, is forming a flying ambulance corps to take to the front lines, pips is determined to become one of its nurses and asks alice dawson, her maid, to go with heroxfam bookshop cheltenham the poppy girls is the first title in the maitland trilogy, by bestselling author margaret dickinsonmoving their unit close to the fighting to offer first aid as quickly as possible puts them all in constant dangernothing could have prepared them for the horrific sights they encounterhowever, when robert brings home a friend from medical school, giles kendall, it seems perhaps pips might fall in love with an acceptable suitor after allsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerobert and giles offer their services as doctors, and alice's brother william joins them as a stretcher bearer
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16 the youth of the heart1 a transport of delight15 tried by the centre court7 a song of the weather2 song of reproduction
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We count people, but not individualswe count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of povertyin this passionately argued and thought-provoking book, david boyle examines our obsession with numberswhy are we so obsessed with numbers? what can they really tell us?too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measuredyardsticks are a vital toolbut the big problem is what numbers don't tell youas long as we remember how limiting they are if we cling to them too closelyhe reminds us of the danger of taking numbers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calculable: intuition, creativity, imagination, happinessthey won't interpretif it can't be measured it can be ignoredthe government has set itself new targetsoxfam bookshop cheltenham never before have we attempted to measure as much as we do todaythey won't inspire, and they won't tell you precisely what causes whatcounting is a vital human skillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are in a world in which everything designed only to be measuredpoliticians pack their speeches with skewed statistics: crime rates are either rising or falling depending on who is doing the counting
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The count lucanor for nintendo switch, boxed and mintjoin hans in a fantasy world and experience a unique adventure, full of surprises and challengesunravel the sordid secrets of the castle, meet colorful characters, and remember: horror always lurks beneath the surfaceget hooked on an immersive tale, where every decision counts and every clue is a piece to solve the puzzle and get the treasure
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Frank sinatra & the count basie orchestra - valiant records tracklist a1 pennies from heaven 3:40 a2 please be kind 2:40 a3 (love is) the tender trap 2:33 a4 looking at the world thru rose coloured glasses 2:27 a5 my kind of girl 4:30 b1 i only have eyes for you 3:27 b2 nice work if you can get it 2:33 b3 learnin' the blues 4:20 b4 i'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter 2:16 b5 i won't dance 4:08 -------------- lp vinyl record - in excellent condition the sleeve - excellent condition ------------ shipping postage to uk only - ÂŁ380 parcel2go we use music max defendapak reinforced cardboard mailers for added security -------------------- read more
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Canon 5d mk3 in excellent condition with a shutter count of only and shutter wear of just 6%
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Laughing in the face of the blues 5tell old bill (traditional) 10oxfam books & music nottingham laughing in the face of the blues by jack williams (segue - smoke (kern and harback) 14daddys heaven see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe unseen hand 13buckets of rain (bob dylan) 15segue - hey, flat!7life is sweet 16a sucker for love 6segue - randy greens blues 11segue - the laughing place 4lay down by the water 12
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate the downfall of three dynasties by count egon corti translated from the german by l marie sieveking and ian f d morrow with 16 illustrations a biography of alexander ii, emperor of russia based on his letters and diariesused - fair, some foxing see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Having spent the last ten years fighting injustice and cruelty, zorro (banderas) is now facing his greatest challenge: his wife elena (zeta-jones) has thrown him out and found comfort in the arms of count armand (rufus sewell), a dashing french aristocratbut zorro knows something she doesn't: armand is the mastermind behind an evil plot to destroy the united statesoxfam shop ulverston adventure sequel starring antonio banderas and catherine zeta jonesand so, with his marriage and his country's future at stake, it's up to zorro to try to save two unions before it's too latesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It 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 indicatedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication insee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery small tear to spine on volume iiall 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 soundall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryit covers the coast of north americathe 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 hawaiias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inoxfam 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 survivedappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust covervolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastvancouver, 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 canadathey 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 final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe voyage to australia and tahitiit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors
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Gandalf 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 responsibilitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsthey 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 doommeanwhile 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 armiesthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst 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-dÝrtogether 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 mordorgandalf 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 overfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaywhen 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 handsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilonce 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 gandalf
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteregiment of the line, by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referencebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squarescoldstream 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 âon campaignâ)the 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 âscum of the earthâ)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences andit consists of 11 figuresall of them have been sold out and retiredit consists of close to 32 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramathese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)it also includes srcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablefrench artillery, by king and countryit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)garde impĂŠriale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)references na111references na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole âto take the king´s shilling series)na112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series âcuirassiersâ)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the âcharge of the greysâthe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit 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)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series âbold chevaliers)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 âvive l´empereurâ)each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguecuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe 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 âscotland the braveâ)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ÂĄâvive l´emperatrice!â) - 7ththe french army commanded by napoleĂłn - the french 3rd
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ registered shippingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe wrote extensively about morocco ((total of 2 books) read morecondition: 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 margincontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix) 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 experiencedhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageâjames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistsee pictures of the table of contentsotherwise 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
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablea study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis edition is frompart 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 contentsthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printpart 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 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 paris
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The yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeit 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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the 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: ÂŁ3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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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 forcehowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected material(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwfurthermore, 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 cleanthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsthe 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 animalsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyworking together, itâs a win-win situation for everyone involvedwhatâs more, the smartbunker allows each horseâs feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseâs stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchased
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Catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeiron maiden ?â the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?â format: 2 Ă 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 dellâunita dâitalia, 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 mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?â the number of the beast label: parlophone ?â series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered â 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 & cd
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireas 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 guevarait 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 timeó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresimultaneously, 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 centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-american
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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 cityoxfam 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 britainbut 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 eastamong 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 ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Written 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 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 moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam war
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