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Seven decades later in new york, on her twelfth birthday anna rosen receives a package from hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased fathera glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the st louis, a transatlantic liner that promises jews safe passage to cubaat first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prisonthe rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and ticketsbut now the streets of berlin are draped in swastikas and hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered home'the german girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms, and one ends up totally gripped and absorbed in the history' julia neuberger, author of on being jewish see oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called homeanna and her mother immediately travel to cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the st louisbefore everything changed, hannah rosenthallived a charmed lifeoxfam bookshop brigg the german girl sweeps from berlin at the brink of wwii to cuba on the cusp of revolution, to new york in the wake of september 11th, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day havana
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There are indications that, after decades of fighting off yorkist pretenders, his paranoia had grown so intense that he began to see his own son and heir as a potential rival folio societ editionironically, the hope of the tudors was kept under close surveillance, guarded so strictly that he was all but under lock and key this would make an excellent gift for a student of tudor historywhile the country reeled from the unexpected defeat of richard iii, henry tudor attempted to unify the two rival branches of the house of plantagenet by marrying elizabeth of york, intending to nullify the threat of the white rose while silencing doubts regarding the tudor claimoxfam bookshop ludlow contrary to popular belief, the wars of the roses did not end in at the battle of bosworth see oxfam website for delivery information read more however, in this engrossing account, desmond seward reveals how the war against the white rose continued in secret, seeding insecurity, fear and even paranoia behind the tudor facade of stability, magnificence and power mint condition with unmarked slip-casedespite the apparent security of his regime, with the current white rose firmly under lock and key, henry did not feel safe
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Before moving to academia, he worked for decades in at&t bell labsauthor(s) bjarne stroustrupthe focus of the book is on showing how the language is used as a tool for design and programming, teaching the basic concepts used to master cwritten by the inventor of the language, this book is the defining text on the language
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Through the decades with perfection and horsepower, it becomes more and more nastyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe franchisor transforms into a real dragster with a performance that was never seen on a 4x40 to 100 km/h in 5in , it adopted a 354-horsepower v8 blockmint, the box has never been openedthe mercedes-benz g-class, designed for military use, is no longer on the market, this distant cousin of the peugeot p4 has become over time a luxurious and exclusive machineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecarefully packed tracked shipmentnot bad for a machine in the shape of a giant brickcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In recent decades it has become more so“others cheat on their taxes, why shouldn’t i?” “other kids shoplift, what’s the harm?” but, regardless of anything else, a person has to live with himselfhowever, they do provide an exact means for an individual to gradiently raise his ethics level, increase his survival potential in any area of life and help others do the samehow does a person know if what he is doing is right or wrong? when he sees dishonest men hold power, criminals go free and traditional values cast aside, maybe he feels he should take the easy way outhubbard’s body of work, even when combined with the booklet, integrity and honesty, which provides yet more information on the subject, do not present the entirety of ethics technology available in scientologyorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnron hubbard achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the field of ethics which included not only simplification and codification of the subject, but development of a workable technology with applicability to our daily lives, one which brings about increased happiness, prosperity and survivalthese fundamentals, taken from mrwith many pressures pushing and pulling at a person, how can he be sure his choices will be best for himself, his family and every aspect of his life and his future? lthus ethics technology is the key tool you need to succeed in all aspects of existenceman has long found ethics to be a confusing subject
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Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: corrigan, a radical irish monk working in the bronx; claire, a delicate upper east side housewife reeling from the death of her son; lara, a drug-addled young artist; gloria, solid and proud despite decades of hardship; tillie, a hooker who used to dream of a better life; and jazzlyn, her beautiful daughter raised on promises that reach beyond the skyline of new yorkin the shadow of one reckless and beautiful act, these disparate lives will collide, and be transformed for everbetween the newly built twin towers, the man twirls through the airsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york, august : a man is walking in the sky
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centurycorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world
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But as the legion suffers defeat after defeat, they realise that salvation and victory rest in the hands of a mysterious baby that has aged into adulthood before their very eyes!this is the perfect edition of the classic levitz storyline that was decades ahead of its time and still stands as one of dc's most enthralling superhero tales! collects legion of super-heroesnow, as their universe teeters on the edge of armageddon, the legion of super-heroes amass their own army of every champion who ever held the status of legionnaire to stand against the dark lord and his invincible soldierssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth the godlike darkseid emerges in the 30th century with an ingenious plot to finally conquer the universe in paul levitz and keith giffen's timeless legion of super-heroes epic! using his faithful minions to acquire all of the mystic artifacts of the time, darkseid gains mental control over a race of three billion all-powerful beings
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki/ title the stranglers ?– black and white format vinyl, lp, album + inner & vinyl, 7", rpm, white label united artists records ? only copies over the worldthe stranglers are an english rock band who emerged via the punk rock scenelp 1 the stranglers "the raven" lp 3d cover extremely limited and rare! this album (catalogue number: uag) was made in in a very limited quantity with this 3d cover and was released on united artists records (uk) original inner sleeve with photos and lyricsoriginal inner sleeve with lyrics - 180 gram near mint - top(lp 3 the stranglers "iv" the stranglers - iv rattus norvegicus uag uk lp 1st press (u180 gram near mint - topscoring some 23 uk top 40 singles and 17 uk top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the stranglers are one of the longest-surviving and most "continuously successful" bands to have originated in the uk punk sceneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginal inner sleeve with photo - 180 gram - excellentlp 2 the stranglers "the stranglers" limited edition - quality vinyl records the stranglers: black and white (uak a1/b1) lp + st presscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This tale of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction, over the course of three decades in postcolonial africa, is set against one of history's most dramatic political parablesoxfam bookshop cheltenham the poisonwood bible tells the story of an american family in the congo during a time of tremendous political and social upheavalthe poisonwood bible dances between the darkly comic human failings and inspiring poetic justices of our timesin a compelling exploration of religion, conscience, imperialist arrogance, and the many paths to redemption, barbara kingsolver has written a novel of overwhelming power and passionthey carry with them all they believe they will need from home, but soon find that all of it - from garden seeds to scripture - is calamitously transformed on african soilsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story is told by the wife and four daughters of nathan price, a fierce evangelical baptist who takes his family and mission to the belgian congo in
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Two decades later, alasdair and rachel are sent to the windswept isle of lewis to live with tormod in his traditional backhouse home, a world away from the glasgow of their earliest years for tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected y the remarkable true story of the iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessed  see oxfam website for delivery information read more he was on board hmy iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some two hundred servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from waroxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night
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Oxfam shop herne bay wolfgang petersen's screen adaptation of sebastian junger's semi-fictional book about the loss of a fishing vessel and its crew during one of the biggest storms for decades seen off the coast of the usheading out to the fishing waters of the flemish cap in search of swordfish, captain billy tyne (george clooney) and his crew soon find themselves overtaken by a massive storm, one which taxes their courage to the very limitin the autumn of the andrea gail leaves the port of gloucester, massachusetts, never to be seen againfocusing mainly on the adventures of the andrea gail, but also taking in the attempts of a rescue helicopter to rescue the crew of an ailing sailboat, wolfgang petersen's film uses impressive state-of-the-art effects to present a vivid account of the storm's awesome, destructive powersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Gj minett explores with delicacy the aftershocks of this terrible event, not simply the media outrage at the time but the ongoing reverberations which span decadesa thought provoking, subtle noveloxfam bookshop st albans john michael adams is just a small schoolboy, when a sudden shocking event tears his life and his family apa years later, ellen sutherland is stunned when she inherits a beautiful cottage in the cotswolds from a woman she's never heard ofand it's not long before she realises she's not the only one asking questions about the cottage see oxfam website for delivery information read morea powerful and suspenseful tale for fans of val mcdermid and liane moriartyas she begins to investigate, the mysteries around her new home only deepen
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It would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulationthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth century51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacket
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Every few decades a book is published that changes the lives of its readers forevernow this magical fable is beautifully repackaged in an edition that lovers of paulo coelho will want to treasure foreversantiago, a young shepherd living in the hills of andalucia, feels that there is more to life than his humble home and his flockthis is such a book - a beautiful parable about learning to listen to your heart, read the omens strewn along life's path and, above all, follow your dreamsone day he finds the courage to follow his dreams into distant lands, each step galvanised by the knowledge that he is following the right path: his ownwith paulo coelho's visionary blend of spirituality, magical realism and folklore, the alchemist is a story with the power to inspire nations and change people's livesoxfam bookshop hertford a global phenomenon, the alchemist has been read and loved by over 62 million readers, topping bestseller lists in 74 countries worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe people he meets along the way, the things he sees and the wisdom he learns are life-changing
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Melnick elaborates this idea through an in-depth look at jewish songwriters, composers, and perfomers who made "black" music in the first few decades of this centuryoxfam shop dumfries all too often an incident or accident, such as the eruption in crown heights with its legacy of bitterness and recrimination, thrusts black-jewish relations into the news"a right to sing the blues" offers just such a revision remarkably flexible, this narrative can organize diffuse materials into a coherent story that has a powerful hold on our imagination"black-jewish relations," jeffrey melnick argues, has mostly been a way for american jews to talk about their ambivalent racial status, a narrative collectively constructed at critical moments, when particular conflicts demand an explanationmoving beyond the narrow focus of advocacy group politics, this book complicates and enriches our understanding of the cultural terrain shared by african americans and jewshe shows how jews such as george gershwin, irving berlin, al jolson, and others were able to portray their "natural" affinity for producing "black" music as a product of their jewishness while simultaneously depicting jewishness as a stable white identitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moremelnick also contends that this cultural activity competed directly with harlem renaissance attempts to define blacknessa volley of discussion follows, but little in the way of progress or enlightenment results--and this is how things will remain until we radically revise the way we think about the complex interactions between african americans and jews
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A fiction that faces the terrible truth about slavery' the timesbased on a true story, lawrence hill's epic novel spans three continents and six decades to bring to life a dark and shameful chapter in our history through the story of one brave and resourceful womanoxfam shop evesham 'a beautiful, compelling artifice, spun from unspeakably savage factsabducted from her west african village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the american south, aminata diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home againafter escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through manhattan in the chaos of the revolutionary war, is shipped to nova scotia, and then joins a group of freed slaves on a harrowing return odyssey to africasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The articles included here examine landmark legal cases; various self-regulating agencies and systems in the film industry (from the national board of review to the ratings system); and, external to hollywood, the religious and social interest groups and government bodies that took a strong interest in film entertainment over the decadeswhat social factors determine which movies get made and shown? what is censored? and how have the standards of what is considered taboo changed over time?controlling hollywood features ten innovative and accessible essays that examine some of the major turning points, crises, and contradictions affecting the making and showing of hollywood movies from the s through the early s" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundprinted in , first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain " for every movie shown on the big screen, there exists a behind-the-scene story of regulation and control
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Over six decades, the consequences of a moment's impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagininglonglisted for the man booker prize run away, one drowsy summer's afternoon, with holly sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel and unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflictand as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family's survivalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the dazzling novel from the bestselling author of cloud atlas
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Circumstantial evidence soon points to a local man, a double murderer who disappeared nine months before, shortly after being released on parole; a local hero turned monster after being convicted of killing two women over a span of three decadesoxfam bookshop brigg a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallander  håkan nesser's third title in the van veeteren series is the dark and compelling the returnrecuperating after an operation, van veeteren is nevertheless directing investigations from his hospital bed, for he is convinced that only the innocence of this new victim can be the motive for his murderan unmissable hospital appointment is looming for inspector van veeteren when a corpse is found rolled in a rotting carpet by a young child playing in a local beauty spotmissing head and limbs, the torso is too badly decomposed for forensic identification - bar one crucial detailsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand is he simply on the wrong track completely? the return is followed by the fourth title in the series, woman with birthmarkbut the two women have been dead for long enough for any evidence to have died with them
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Two decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesince then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lostoxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Research on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadesoxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changeit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futurethe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallythis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved
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And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectlife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe
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Oxfam bookshop byres road both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decadessara macdonald and barry craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, actually present substantial philosophic and political argumentsin those works, they discover insightful engagements with such ideas as questions of human freedom, the relationship of reason to religion, and the nature of liberal democracy in the american regimethey examine five of the coen brothers' comedies: raising arizona, fargo, the big lebowski, o brother, where art thou, and hail caesar!see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey demonstrate how sometimes explicitly, but generally implicitly, the coens draw on thinkers such as homer, plato, dante, and hegel, while simultaneously presenting popular entertainment
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Circumstantial evidence soon points to a local man, a double murderer who disappeared nine months before, shortly after being released on parole; a local hero turned monster after being convicted of killing two women over a span of three decadesoxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderand is he simply on the wrong track completely?the return is followed by the fourth title in the series, woman with birthmarkhĂĄkan nesser's third title in the van veeteren series is the dark and compelling the returnrecuperating after an operation, van veeteren is nevertheless directing investigations from his hospital bed, for he is convinced that only the innocence of this new victim can be the motive for his murdermissing head and limbs, the torso is too badly decomposed for forensic identification - bar one crucial detailsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean unmissable hospital appointment is looming for inspector van veeteren when a corpse is found rolled in a rotting carpet by a young child playing in a local beauty spotbut the two women have been dead for long enough for any evidence to have died with them
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Over the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive wayhowever, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings
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This edition incorporates vocal exercises developed over three decades to help the voice connect viscerally with language; a key element in the actors' craftan invaluable new resourcefully revised and expanded editionslight sticker ghost on the back coveressential' educational theatre journal 'the best and only work of its kind for vocal training' educational theatre news  some signs of previous use (escuffs, minor blemishes on the cover)her basic assumption is that everyone possesses a voice capable of expressing whatever emotion, mood, or thought he/she experiencesoverall, no significant flawssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelinklater's approach is to liberate the voice you have rather than apply vocal techniques from the outsideoxfam bookshop newport the classic voice-training book for actors, teachers of voice and speech, and anyone interested in vocal expression; by a pre-eminent voice teacher, actor, and directornot ex-library and no notes or highlighting'a radical breakaway from the old formal methods
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copythis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relates
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His work is an essential reference point in sociology, but it is time that everyone caught up with himthe new bauman reader is two books in onein this book tony blackshaw doesn't just tell us that bauman is a massive star in sociology, he demonstrates why his light shines brighter than that of almost any other intellectual figure in the world today by offering his readers deep insights into the 'bauman effect'oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear zygmunt bauman has written more than seventy books over five decades, most taking a single subject and finding doors to open it in all directionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the one hand, it is a critical introduction to a vital and inspiring sociologist who stands against the predictable in 'majority' sociology to draw out daring and new insights from which we can all learnon the other, it is an anthology of his work chosen with the specific aim of guiding readers, whether undergraduates, postgraduates, academics or general readers to bauman's original way of 'thinking sociologically', which is as irresistible as the 'liquid' metaphor that guides it
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This impeccably british character created by author ian fleming has starred in 24 eon-produced films, played by six different actors over five decadesoxfam shop smithdown road "bond, james bondno () and ending with spectre ()" since sean connery uttered those immortal words in , the most dashing secret agent in the history of cinema has been charming and thrilling audiences worldwidethe result is an affordable, compact yet comprehensive record of every single bond film ever made, beginning with drfrom producers to stuntmen, directors to production designers, these personal narratives relate the true inside story from the bond sets, offering outstanding insight into the personalities and processes behind the most successful and longest-running film franchise in cinema historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein collaboration with eon productions, this trade edition of the james bond archives includes all the same stunning imagery and behind-the-scenes knowledge as the original xl book, just with a smaller format and a softer price tagthe wealth of on-set photos, unseen stills, set designs, storyboards, and production memos is supplemented by an oral history recounted by over 150 cast and crew membersonly damage to this whole volume is the ragged edges seen on the images, and is reflected in the price
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