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The decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and sthe pages are a little faded but are in very good conditionon many of the pages shows the stamps to collect and the pictures of the stamps to find, which have not yet been foundthe price of this collection is based on the individual value of the stamps rather than the quality of the collection of the pagesoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection 224 stamps on 60 pages from an incomplete stamp collectors bookthe explorers collins and paterson, the royal visit of queen elizabeth 2nd and the duke of edinburgh, florence nightingale, the kangaroo, queen elizabeth the queen mother, king george 6th, the merino sheep, the centenary of the railway, the coronation of queen elizabeth 2nd, the australian red cross, the usa memorial,, the first western australian stamp, the australian national antarctic research expeditions, broken hill, south australia, tradition of nursing, and 3 stmps with the price of the stamp in the middlemany of the stamps have been unusedthe newest stamp in this collection was issued ineach of the pages has the years of issue of the stamps to collect for that pagein this collection of pages 224 of the stamps are already stuck on the pagessome of the stamps have been used and have a printed postmark clearly shown on themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe stamps in this collection show and also celebrate the queen elizabeth 2nd, qantas airlines, the national developments, the commonwealth parliamentary association conferences, dairy congress, christmas, the australian natives association, the rotary club, sea craft, the united nations, the stock exchange, aboriginal art, the royal australian air force, the rspca, the prime ministers, the australian country women's association, the congress of accountants, the overland telegraph line, the olympic games, the pioneer of inventions, the world health organisation, the labour organisation, the coral crab, the agate rock, the grassland congress, expo 70, the sydney opera house, radio broadcasting, the pioneer society, the brushtail possum, the star sapphire, rugby, the international women's year, the independence of papua new guinea, the prime ministers, performing arts, the helichrysum thomsonii flower, the tiger cat, the platypus, the flannel flower, the waratah plant, the wattle plant, the columbo plan, the golden jubilee of guiding, the self-government of queensland, the commonwealth games, queen victoria, john mcdouall stuart, the melbourne cup, the centenary of the exploration of the northern territory, dame nellie melba, the dingo, the explorer douglas mawson, the first attainment of reaching the magnetic pole, mount coates, the iceberg alley in mawson, the 25th anniversary of the antarctic treaty, the penguin, the antarctic territory, responsible government, the royal flying doctor service, the kookaburra, the australian inland mission, the crossing of the blue mountains, captain tasman, the centenary of the red cross, export, the lyre bird, the koala, hermes and globe, winston churchill, yellow-tailed thornbill bird, the black-backed magpie, the galah bird, the first air mail, john monash, the telecommunications union, the royal life saving society, the tasmanian blue gum plant, the kangaroo paw plant, the lions international, the ywca, the cooktown orchid flower, the pink heath flower, banking, lawrence hargrave the young farmers club, the pan pacific scout jamboree, produce food, tasmaniathe pages are hole punched so can easily be filed in any a3 sized filethe oldest stamps in this collection were issued inthere are many empty pages with no stamps having been found
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The decades the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s,s, s, s, s, s, s, s and ssome of the stamps are a little fadedthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued in the soverall however the stamps are in a very good conditionoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 30 stampsthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inall the stamps in this collection were issued in malay and malaysiaall the stamps in this collection have been usedmany of the stamps have a clearly shown printed postmark on themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe animals and birds shown on the stamps are the blue-backed fairy bluebird, the tiger, the black-naped oriole bird, the tapir, the crested wood pigeon, the zebra dove, the gaur bird, the great argus pheasant, the sunda flying lemur, the rhinoceros hornbill bird, the pangolin, the mouse deer, and the leatherback sea turtle, and one stamp shows a rice field
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The decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, andthe famous people shown on the stamps are robert kreutz, istvan szechenyi a statesman, kuruc lovas a horseman, salvador allende, jozsee attla a poet, dr zimmermann agoston a veterinarian, munkasorseg, gyulai pal a poet and an historian, william shakespeare a writer, tarr imre, madach imre a writer, a poet and a lawyer, bolyai farkas a mathematician who specialised in geometry, koranyi sandor, dorsa gyorgy- the stamp celebrates the 500th anniversary of his birth, istvan pataki a colonel, gardos mariska, karayi frigas - the stamp celebrates 75 years of the national institute for the prevention of tuberculosis, moricz zsigmond a writer and novelist, radnoti miklos, martos flora, athokoly felkeles, mezo imre, daniel berzsenyi, margit kaffka a writer and a poet, bethlen gabor, schonherz zoltan an anti-fascist, barnabas pest, jose marti, pablo meruda, galileo galilei, erdei ferenc, michelangelo a painterall the stamps are in good conditionoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 32 stampsthe used stamps have a little of the postmark printed on them clearlythe newest stamp in this collection was issued inall the stamps in this collection were issued in hungarysome of the stamps in this collection are unusedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe oldest stamp in this collection was issued in
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The decades that the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, s, anda couple of the stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the backsome of the stamps are unusedsome of the stamps are a little delicateleipoldt, king furad, amilcar cabral a guinea bissau freedom fighter, emily hobhouse, king george 6th, nersevestiging van die geioflte, a coal mine, a springbok, a sailing ship, and the handicrafts of ghanaoverall the condition of the stamps in this collection are goodthe pictures on the stamps celebrate the centenary of the vatican and show pope paul, pope pie and pope jeanthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 42 stampssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe oldest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps have a postal printmark on themthe countries the stamps were issued in are rwanda, egypt, south africa, nigeria, sierra leone, kenya, germany, gambia, the seychelles, mali, mozambique, ghana, the gold coast and angolathe pictures on the stamps show a map of the gold coast in africa showing the position of the gold coast, a map of mozambique, a map of angola, a military decoration of south africa, the airmail flag of south africa, the city coat of arms of portuguesa in mozambique,, the coat of arms of mali, the sphinx, president siaka stevens, president fouche, vervoerd, king farouk, the inauguration of president kenyatta, martin luther, cthe pictures on the stamps celebrate the centenary of jacob daniel du totius, the african postal union, the us bicentenary, gambian independence, and the silver wedding of king george 6th
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The decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and soverall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionsome of the stamps in this collection are a little faded, and a little creasedthe vehicles and the transport shown on the stamps in this collection are railroad tank car, the trolley bus, the aeroplane, medieval boat repairing, the car carrier ship, the motorbike, the train engine, the shipyard at gdansk, the air lockheed plane and the caravel ship, the diesel train, the bronze age ship, planes to celebrate labour day in romania, the launch of the rocket, the electric train, the small truck, the ford car, the old auto, the tractor with caterpillar wheels, a sailing boat going under the poniatowski bridge in warsaw, a vw golf car, an ocean liner, a vintage car, the naval base at lisbon, the m/s batory ship, the swift car, the plane the mystere, the john fthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps in this collection are on a sheet of stampssome of the stamps in this collection are unusedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 98 stampsmost of the used stamps have a printed postmark clearly shown on themthe countries that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the former yugslavia, poland, the former ussr, romania, poland, hungary, switzerland, sweden, denmark, monaco, france, the former czechoslovakia, greece, austria, norway, portugal, germany, spain, san marino, belgium, the netherlands, and finlandkennedy tunnel in antwerp, the ms 760 plane, the moskevitch car, the dumper truck, the broadcast coach, the bus, the steam locomotive, yachts, the opel manta car, the carriage, the closed top bus, the ship the vitus bering in memoriam, a ship yard, the bugati car, boats at honfleur in france, the single decker pullman, the stemship bohemia, oltenia passenger ship the ship yard in linz, the marine national ship, the mail coach in front of the arc de triomph in paris in france, the plane the dc-8, an aieroplane flying over cairo, the trolley tram, a ship going under the chain bridge in budapest, and a man crossing in front of a car in hungarysome of the used stamps still have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back
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The assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsthe intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involvedbook condition: minor shelf wearthis volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearthis rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economygood governance is analysed, as is corporate governance see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problemoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continent
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So it comes as no surprise that, even in their time off, the staff at gchq love a good puzzlewhether they're recruiting new staff or challenging each other to the toughest christmas quizzes and treasure hunts imaginable, puzzles are at the heart of what gchq doesgood luck!'fiendishas frustrating, divisive and annoying as it is deeply fulfilling' guardian'ideal for the crossword enthusiast' daily telegraphlooking for more ways to test yourself? the gchq puzzle book 2, a new collection of head-scratching, mind-boggling and brain-bending puzzles is out now! see oxfam website for delivery information read morewould gchq recruit you? pit your wits against the people who cracked enigma in the official puzzle book from britain's top secret intelligence and security organisationover the years, their codebreakers have helped keep our country safe, from the bletchley park breakthroughs of wwii to the modern-day threat of cyber attacknow they're opening up their archives of decades' worth of codes, puzzles and challenges for everyone to tryoxfam bookshop cheltenham train your brain to beat the smartest minds in britain with the original official puzzle book for the gchq teamin this book you will find:- tips on how to get into the mindset of a codebreaker- puzzles ranging in difficulty from easy to brain-bending- a competition section where we search for britain's smartest puzzlerwith hundreds of stimulating puzzles, the gchq puzzle book is the perfect companion and will keep you occupied as you attempt to beat the smartest brains in britain
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His reports from the camp were to shape the allies response to the holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decadesthis insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- economistwould you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?in the summer of , after the nazi occupation of poland, an underground operative called witold pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the reichit was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the nazi's terrifying plansthe result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'totally gripping'-- simon sebag montefiore'pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world warhis mission was to report on nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprisingover the next two and half years, witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of nazi atrocities out of auschwitzthe name of the detention centre -- auschwitzthis is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters to show how he brought the fight to the nazis at the heart of their evil designssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop crawley a box set covering 3 decades of welsh rugbywhilst 'the nineties' sees rob howley presenting his selection of wales' best six games from the nineties: the first victory over england for nearly 4 years in february ; their wins over france in and ; another close win over england in ; the miraculous victory over argentina in ; and their win over south africa in june in the first game to be played at the millennium stadium'the eighties' sees jonathan davies presenting his selection of wales' best six games from the eighties: davies' debut in against england; wales' victory over scotland in ; their victory against ireland: the unforgettable win over australia in ; the 3-11 win over england in ; and the comeback victory against scotland insee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'the seventies' gareth edwards presents his selection of wales' best six games from the seventies: the dramatic wins over scotland and france in ; the win over scotland the following year; the defeat of france in ; the overwhelming 9-34 win over ireland in ; and the magnificent victory of 16-7 over france in
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centurythis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienashe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianocasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalathe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwearsuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadofirst edition published
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Their high view of the fully human, fully divine jesus is built upon the foundation of the patristic writers, and the great reformers from calvin to barth the contributors explore the contemporary relevance of torrance christology in such areas as the nature of christ, the atonement, the ministry of the church, epistemology and inclusion in christ today, a generation of their students around the world find themselves in positions of pastoral and theological leadershipoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover, otherwise very good condition for more than six decades, the brothers torrance--thomas, james and davidhave had a tremendous influence on the theological world the result is a book that offers both a fresh introduction to the torrance tradition even as it advances the torrance thought along fresh avenues of theological explorationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more working in both pastoral and academic settings, the torrances have stressed the profound implications of christology for the mission of their church and the daily life of christians the focus of this book is the person of christ (christology), a subject central to the torrance theological vision and one which has had great influence on the presbyterian church they and particularly tf torrance, have a devoted following world-wide and particularly in the us
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Luminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedhere, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingfremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the livingover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikethe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightenedluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhism
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Progressing through four decades of cycling social history, the author will examine cycling as a continental phenomenon, the rise and fall of the tour de france; the lives of the great 'trackmen'; cycling in its domestic form, cycling for fun, the ever-popular british cycling clubs - some of which are over one hundred years old and are home to many fellow eccentrics, fanatics and old-timers, like the author's friend, 'the yorkshire junior road race champion of , now living in a caravan, crippled and penniless with his much younger companion a taxidermist - beautiful and cruel'oxfam bookshop cheltenham an entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing cyclistwritten with great literary and historical relish, one more kilometre examines the spread of cycling's popularity, how it developed into a sport and how the bicycle has changed people's lives - all viewed through the eyes of a seasoned 56-year-old racing cyclist/art critic who keeps eleven racing cycles in his garden shed and who never cycles less than miles a yearone more kilometre is a lovely blend of personal anecdote, serious history and informed obsession, combining gentle humour, personal reminiscence and good history into a beguiling wholethe book starts with the s, regarded as the golden age of cycling, and when the author, 'an unhappy communist child', first discovered cycling and its emancipating powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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Oxfam 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 discoveryit covers the coast of north americathe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthey 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 manyvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthe 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 final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit 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 voyage to australia and tahitivery 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 soundvancouver, 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 canadait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall 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 coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' company
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What turned pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? and why won't he confide in anyone? all his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to comei'm still trying to recover from the reckoning' - candice millard, new york times bestselling author of the river of doubt and destiny of the republic************ the innocent man by john grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on netflix ************ see oxfam website for delivery information read moregrisham knows how to spin a yarn' - chicago sun-times'may be his greatest work yet' - david grann, new york times bestselling author of killers of the flower moon?pete banning was clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the methodist churchfurther praise for the reckoning'beautifully constructedthen one cool october morning in , he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the reverend dexter bellfrom the courtrooms and jails of rural mississippi to the war-torn pacific, grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - jon meacham, new york times bestselling author of the soul of america'john grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - jodi picoult, internationally bestselling author of a spark of light and small great things'when a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final pageweaves a truly magical spell' - daily mail'in this saga of love and war, john grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of usoxfam shop colne road 'i couldn't help thinking of harper lee's great american novel to kill a mockingbird while reading the reckoningas if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of clanton - was 'i have nothing to say'
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Oxfam shop inverness the stunning new story of love and secrets from the number one bestselling author of the forgotten villagecan one promise change the fate of two women decades apart?scotland,  war rages across europe, but invermoray house is at peace - until the night of constance's 21st birthday, when she's the only person to see a spitfire crash into the loch a sweeping tale of love and secrets, perfect for fans of kate morton and lucinda rileybut when kate discovers the house has a dark history, with constance's name struck from its records, she knows she can't leave until the mystery is solved'compelling, dramatic, with a great twist - everyone who loved the forgotten village will be sure to love this too' jenny ashcroft, author of beneath a burning sky'kept me turning the pages eagerlyi inhale everything she writes' laura jane williams, author of our stop see oxfam website for delivery information read morean evocative and romantic mystery' woman's weekly'a wonderfully romantic love story, full of twists and turns' nikola scott, author of my mother's shadow'a dual delight of love stories, with hugely likeable characters and a corker of a twist!' mandy robotham, author of a woman of war'a wonderful tale of forbidden love, full of cliffhangers that kept me reading late into the nighta real treat!' tracy rees, author of amy snow'entrancing  kate arrives in the highlands to turn invermoray into a luxury b&b, only to find that the estate is more troubled than she'd imaginedrescuing the pilot and vowing to keep him hidden, constance finds herself torn between duty to her family and keeping a promise that could cost her everythingfirst readers love the forbidden promiseand it has a fabulous twist' kathleen mcgurl, author of the forgotten secret'nobody does cliffhangers like lorna cook does
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decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, paul is haunted by a secreteccentric and alluring, the more time paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising charlotteas political tensions escalate in germany, the bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairswhen an old friend from the bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford , paul beckermann arrives at the bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow studentsfrom the author of the award-winning mrs hemingway, naomi wood's the hiding game is a beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent pastbut paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes root
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff fresh expressions of church are most significant development in the church of england in recent decadesparishes are the mainstay of the 'inherited church'the authors argue for the vitality of the parish, both for mission and for discipleshipthey show that the traditions of the parish church represent ways in which time, space, community are ordered in relation to god and the gospelfrequently they are belittled and cast as either unhelpful or irrelevantthe authors argue that the forms of the church are to be an embodiment of her faithmany have called for a thorough theological engagement with the movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe church of england is engaging in radical new departures when the ecclesiological thinking for such experiments is far from completethey should therefore be more determined by our theological traditions than by the surrounding culture
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They evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish elitewe glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processthe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandin the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independenceyet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storyand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifeas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violencethey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapein the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromise
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Almost eight decades passedthen, one morning william fogg receives a letter from a legal firm in london, claiming he's the sole inheritor to his great-great-grandfather's estatebanished from england, he lived out his days in secrecy - before disappearing on an expedition to manchuria in the winter offogg pushed the boundaries of exploration, science and code-breaking - producing feats of unrivalled cerebral dexterityhailing from a landed family, fogg was a confidant to world leaders, a soldier, swordsman, prolific author, inventor, collector, and quite probably the most extraordinary man ever to have livedby completing the life work of hannibal, william fogg strives to lift the veil on the supreme secret of manfirst in a series of ground-breaking adventure novels from master storyteller, tahir shah, hannibal fogg and the supreme secret of man is unlike anything published in recent timesten years in the making, it's as worldly and wise as the indefatigable hannibal foggbut, while such genius won him accolades and fame, it also fanned the flames of envyby the celebrated author of the caliph's house, a time top ten book of the yearknowing almost nothing of his forebear, he takes possession of the single object left in the bequest - a large rusty iron keysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis life work was publically destroyed in what was to become known as the 'great foggian purge'zigzagging through five continents, the quest reveals how alexander the great was never beaten in battleand there begins the treasure trail of mystery, danger and uproar, as william pieces together the clues left for him by hannibal foggthe key to a door in marrakeshunable to take fogg's triumphs any longer, the british establishment sought to have him discreditedoxfam bookshop hertford through a life cloaked in mystery, edwardian polymath hannibal g
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What turned pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? and why won't he confide in anyone? all his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to comeoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'i couldn't help thinking of harper lee's great american novel to kill a mockingbird while reading the reckoningi'm still trying to recover from the reckoning' - candice millard, new york times bestselling author of the river of doubt and destiny of the republic************ the innocent man by john grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on netflix ************ see oxfam website for delivery information read moregrisham knows how to spin a yarn' - chicago sun-times'may be his greatest work yet' - david grann, new york times bestselling author of killers of the flower moon?pete banning was clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the methodist churchfurther praise for the reckoning'beautifully constructedthen one cool october morning in , he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the reverend dexter bellfrom the courtrooms and jails of rural mississippi to the war-torn pacific, grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - jon meacham, new york times bestselling author of the soul of america'john grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - jodi picoult, internationally bestselling author of a spark of light and small great things'when a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final pageweaves a truly magical spell' - daily mail'in this saga of love and war, john grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of usas if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of clanton - was 'i have nothing to say'
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If you loved the heart of the shaman, the magic mala, and the celestine prophecy, you'll be moved by the inspiration and spirituality of way of the peaceful warriorlife as a peaceful warrior is a life of meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptanceoxfam bookshop swanage an international bestseller - rediscover life's larger meaning and purposethe 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword and revisions by dan millmanawakened by dark dreams one night, dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named socrates, and his world was changed forevera book that could change your life: when dan millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happinessinspirational and spiritual saga: this autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our timehis other guides to peaceful warrior life include the life you were born to live and the hidden schoolhelp in these tumultuous times: in this 20th anniversary edition, the author offers an updated afterword for a new generation of readers looking for grounding in tumultuous timesfor decades, friends and families around the world have shared the book that teaches the way of the peaceful warrioryet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreguided by this eccentric old warrior, and inspired by a young woman named joy, dan began a spiritual odyssey into realms of light and shadow, romance and mystery, toward a final confrontation that would deliver or destroy himway of the peaceful warrior is the iconic first book from dan millman
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A few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targets
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Oxfam shop clitheroe fresh expressions of church are most significant development in the church of england in recent decadesparishes are the mainstay of the 'inherited church'the authors argue for the vitality of the parish, both for mission and for discipleshipthey show that the traditions of the parish church represent ways in which time, space, community are ordered in relation to god and the gospelfrequently they are belittled and cast as either unhelpful or irrelevantthe authors argue that the forms of the church are to be an embodiment of her faithmany have called for a thorough theological engagement with the movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe church of england is engaging in radical new departures when the ecclesiological thinking for such experiments is far from completethey should therefore be more determined by our theological traditions than by the surrounding culture
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But don't be fooled: this is an extremely practical book, which is why it remained in print for so many decadesbrett'Â purchased it in foyles inthe pasture would be turned under after four to eight years, row crops grown until the humus levels declined to a threatening level, and then the field would be restored to grass/clover/herbal mixturesfold-out map in rearthe clifton park system of farming, by robert hpoor jacket, book in good condition? anyone who has a deep and abiding love of our northern borderlands (still largely devoted to sheep-farming) will want to read this insightful and informative little book about tried and tested methods of farming, both traditional and modern, in the hill country of roxburghshireforeword by sir rbetween pages 52 and 53 he left interleaved an advertisement for 'stabilarsan veterinary for the treatment of blackhead in turkeys'Â (this is an example of the sort of casual ephemera that sets my own pulses racing): which suggests he was a proper farmer himself, and not just someone who approved of literary allusionsgeorge stapledon" see oxfam website for delivery information read more" it may be worth noting that regenerative farming of the kind recommended in these pages is currently making a comebackthis volume's owner, one 'jthis may be an unfair observation, but there can surely be few modern manuals on agricultural matters that quote both milton and confucius within the first few pagesoriginal dust-jacket (badly torn but still intact)who can resist names such as 'italian ryegrass', 'tufted hair grass'Â 'mountain hair grass', or 'yorkshire fog'? or, after turning to the index, these names of fields (all from clifton park): 'alghope', 'bowmont side', 'hayhope shank', 'longshot'Â and 'stackyard'? or this entry: 'sheep, death from swallowing grit'Â this is how one online source describes it: "the interest of the book to present-day readers lies not so much in the detailed methods adopted by elliot in the field, but rather in light shed on the agricultural problems of the closing years of the nineteenth century and the picture it gives of a man of highly independent mind striving to influence his fellow farmers with rather less than no support from official sourcesbeside a photographic illustration (plate 1) of 'the seeds used in laying down land to grass on the clifton park system'Â one comes across a wonderfully poetic list of grassesmaroon cloth boards'effect of turnips on'Â etcapparently "elliot developed a system of laying down land to grass, dependent on little input except a complex mixture of deep-rooting pasture seedsindeed the board of agriculture and the newly formed agricultural colleges were supporting the 'fertilizer and feeding stuff'Â approach to farming, which in elliot's view would be largely unnecessary under a rational system of grassland management
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In wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next kingbut as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforefor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controloxfam shop dumfries at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightuhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemies uhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victoryand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land
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Storm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanyby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesthis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historyregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unity
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In wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next kingbut as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforeonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himfor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himoxfam shop evesham at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightuhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemiesin mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controluhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land
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She has worked for decades with chief medical examiners, the fbi, and even a united nations tribunal on genocidewho was the girl? and was she murdered?dr temperance brennan, forensic anthropologist, must find the answersshe soon learns that a gulf war veteran stands accused of smuggling artefacts into the country1 bestselling crime thriller writer and the inspiration behind the hit tv series bonesbut to find justice for the dead, she must be more courageous - and take more extreme action - than ever beforeshe's the real dealthey're filled with riveting twists and turns - and no matter how many books she writes, i just can't get enough!' lisa scottoline 'nobody writes a more imaginative thriller than kathy reichs' lee child 'nobody does forensics thrillers like kathy reichshowever, she is best known for her internationally bestselling temperance brennan novels, which draw on her remarkable experience to create the most vividly authentic, true-to-life crime thrillers on the market and which are the inspiration for the hit tv series bonesinside her purse is the id card of a local businessman who died in a fire months earlierthe body of a teenage girl is discovered along a desolate highway on the outskirts of charlottecould there be a connection between the two cases? convinced that the girl's death was no accident, tempe soon finds herself at the centre of a conspiracy that extends from south america to afghanistan' karin slaughter 'i love kathy reichs? - always scary, always suspenseful, and i always learn somethingdr kathy reichs is a professional forensic anthropologist many of the world's greatest thriller writers are huge fans of her work: 'kathy reichs writes smart - no, make that brilliant - mysteries that are as realistic as nonfiction and as fast-paced as the best thrillers about jack reacher, or alex cross' james patterson 'one of my favourite writers' david baldacci 'each book in kathy reichs's fantastic temperance brennan series is better than the last' clive cussler see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe  a gripping temperance brennan novel from world-class forensic anthropologist kathy reichs, the international no
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