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At once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectiveprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peaceyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforeused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with themand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all survive
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The dead of jericho the remorseful day death is now my neighbour the way through the woods the daughters of cain the secret of annexe 3 the jewel that was ours the riddle of the third mile the silent world of nicholas quinn service of all the dead last seen wearing the wench is dead last bus to woodstock books come in original boxthey are in good used conditioncomplete set of 13 inspector morse booksthanks for looking read more
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The episodes are: 'the dead of jericho', 'the silent world of nicholas quinn', 'service of all the dead', 'the wolvercote tongue', 'last seen wearing', 'the settling of the sun', 'last bus to woodstock', 'ghost in the machine', 'the last enemy', 'deceived by flight', 'the secret of bay 5b', 'the infernal serpent', 'the sins of the fathers', 'driven to distraction', 'masonic mysteries', 'second time around', 'fat chance', 'who killed harry field?', 'greeks bearing gifts', 'promised land', 'dead on time', 'happy families', 'the death of the self', 'absolute conviction', 'cherubim and seraphim', 'deadly slumber', 'the day of the devil', 'twilight of the gods', 'the way through the woods', 'the daughters of cain', 'death is now my neighbour', 'the wench is dead', 'the remorseful day'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop york all 33 episodes of the popular crime drama starring john thaw as the eponymous sleuth
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Drawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, daughters of chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited plantagenet womenyet the reality was very different, as kelcey wilson-lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great english king, edward iedward's daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favouroxfam bookshop cheltenham 'she imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patience' hermione eyre, spectatorvirginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingerswhoop, whoop! if anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-fundingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them - at long last - shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the age of chivalryliving as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-armsthey might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingshipthe lives of these sisters - eleanora, joanna, margaret, mary and elizabeth - ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the middle agesand ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personalitybut they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family's cause throughout europe - and had the courage to defy their royal father
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Thus, the story of cain and abel is told anewthe price on the dust jacket is $450, and the rear panel of the dust jacket shows the author with his signature in facsimile below his portrait (later printings have book reviews instead)first edition, first printing of the book and the dust jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistated on the copyright page: āfirst published by the viking press in september ā with no mention of later printings, the title page shows the year , the green spine has a red rectangle with dark-blue lettering, and page 281, line 38 has the incorrect spelling ābiteā instead of ābightāplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeast of eden is a novel by nobel prize winner john steinbeck, published in septemberthe dust jacket is in fair condition with some scattered damage (see photos)both book and dust jacket have all the required first printing characteristicsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storeeast of eden is also the basis for the film, directed by elia kazancatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableit is about a stubborn young man who, while searching for his own identity, seeks the affection of his deeply religious father who has a preference for his brotherthe film has star actors julie harris, james dean (in his first major feature role), and raymond masseythe condition of the book itself is fair to good: there are no notes or signatures or other inscriptions, only the stamp āproperty of holland america lineā on front and back page (see pictures)the viking press, new york
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Oxfam shop evesham a gripping high-concept thriller for fans of dan brown and sam bourne from the author of the genesis secret and the marks of cainas the archaeologist, lawyer and photographer pursue their separate quests to discover the truth, an underlying pattern begins to emerge, which connects these far-flung events in the most terrifying and unimaginable wayfinds which the authorities have gone to great lengths to keep secretno one knows whyafter she reveals her discovery, her colleague is killed in suspicious circumstancesand it soon becomes clear that those who seek to unlock the compelling puzzle will be risking very much more than their livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the silent caves of deepest france, young archaeologist julia kerrigan unearths an ancient skull, with a hole bored through the foreheadthe murder remains unsolvedback in england, an aged professor has been brutally and elaborately murderedmeanwhile, in the jungles of south-east asia photographer jake thurby is offered a curious assignment by a beautiful and determined cambodian lawyer who is investigating finds at the mysterious -year-old plain of jars
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The conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of eveit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitybut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moresykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasmineoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italynews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spaceafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsin europe there are only sevenin this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us today
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Bibliographic references new hollstein (german) / the new hollstein: german engravings, etchings and woodcuts ) bartsch / le peintre graveur (viiiare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful impression, on laid papertrimmed inside the plate markour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableglue coming through the back of the print from top corners) (source: british museum) condition: fineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplate 4: lot and his daughters; lot embracing one of his daughters, the other standing behind them at right; the burning sodom in left background with lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt in middle distance; from a series of four engravings
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They were also the daughters of best friends: william wordsworth and samuel taylor coleridge, the two poetic geniuses who shaped the romantic agein different ways, each father almost destroyed his daughterdrawing on a host of new sources, katie waldegrave tells the never-before-told story of how two young women, born into greatness, shaped their own legaciesliving in the shadow of their fathers' extraordinary fame brought sara and dora great privilege, but at a terrible costsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham dora wordsworth and sara coleridge, were life-long friendsgrowing up in the shadow of genius, each girl made it her life's ambition to dedicate herself to her father's writing and reputationanorexia, drug addiction and depression were part of the legacy of fame, but so too were great friendship and love
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The title is daughters of the alamoa near mint sleeve should show no obvious signs of weara single or album sleeve should have almost no defects, with only slight signs of handlingthe item format is a cdsleeve condition-near mint
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daughters of the storm by kim wilkins cd audio book the 1st book in the blood and gold seriescomplete & unabridged read by lucy price-lewis very good condition read more13 audio compact discs in very good conditionrunning time; 15 hours 47 minutes
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daughters of skadi - adepts mint/newthe condition of the item you will receive is mint/newmanufacturer: reaper miniaturesclose to perfect, very collectiblereaper dark heaven bones loose mini adventurer collection #4 nm
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daughters of simone caterina two piece ex sample gown, therefore unalteredsize m (which would fit up to a size read more
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daughters of simone hudson separatesplease message for more details or imagessize l which is roughly a sold as seen and non returnable
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The case of beasts: explore the film wizardry of fantastic beasts and where to find them (hardcover) bought for my daughters birthday she got 2 copies so surplus to requirements still in amazon packing ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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Canadian "first nationsĀ cameron is a feminist and has been influential in bringing the injustices of patriarchal and colonial systems under scrutiny in her body of worksee oxfam website for delivery information read more"Ā Ā anne cameronĀ Ā is a canadian novelist, poet, screenwriter, short story and children's book writeroxfam shop keswick re-tellings of northwest coast native creation myths, imuch of her work is inspired by northwest coastĀ first nations' mythology and culture and centred women as characters asserting non-conformist independencethis a expanded reprint
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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 main pagination of all four volumes is continuousit covers the coast of north americathis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coververy small tear to spine on volume iivancouver, 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 canadathe 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 discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe 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 involume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe voyage to australia and tahitithey 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 manyall 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 soundoxfam 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 discoveryappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors
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Whilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-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 gandalfsee 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 earthmeanwhile 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 armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtogether 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 mordoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaythey 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 doomfrodo 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 two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilwhen 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 handsgandalf 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 responsibilities
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Cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryreferences 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)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series Ā”āvive lĀ“emperatrice!ā) - 7thit consists of close to 32 figuresregiment of the line, by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)references andare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrench artillery, 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)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series ābold chevaliers)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit consists of 11 figurestomas picton by britains, referencecoldstream 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)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 āscum of the earthā)the kingĀ“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)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the ācharge of the greysāour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storegarde impĆ©riale (dragons de lĀ“emperatrice), by king and coubtryit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo lĀ“iber, valencia, spain)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe french army commanded by napoleĆ³n - the french 3rdit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences na111all of them have been sold out and retiredthe 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)it also includes srbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availablereferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramaeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series ācuirassiersā)
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He adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryhe wrote extensively about morocco (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableājames 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 experienced(total of 2 books) read moreā 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 marginplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesee pictures of the table of contents
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A study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itpart 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 contentspart 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 contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo 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 fromplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black print
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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£3the 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£3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ashould 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 ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersthe yeomen of the guard vhs video tape
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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 forcefurthermore, 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 cleanhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected material(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsit 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 purchasedits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyworking together, itās a win-win situation for everyone involvedthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidswhatās more, the smartbunker allows each horseās feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalssome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage
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Iron 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 & cdare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour 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 mailplease 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 empireoxfam 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 centuryit 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 Ć²un-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 contextĆ³ 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 guevara
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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 cityamong 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 morebut 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 britain
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Translated 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 eventsoxfam 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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Its 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 colorhis 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 sourcesjones 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 museumssee 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 classicjones'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 carvingsat 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 today
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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 authoroxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionĀ this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 speciesinternally 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 wear
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He 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 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 developmentshe 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 planetjĆ¼rgen 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 eruditionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis 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 french
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