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Controversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessmentoxfam books & music durham what happened to the allied armies in normandy in the months after d-day, ? why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? why did the british take so long to capture caen? why did the us infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of omaha beach? who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - eisenhower or montgomery? how did the germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive allied force for more than two months? and if enigma was allowing the allies to read german battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?the battle of normandy re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sides(oral history forms a large part of the book) it also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: eisenhower, bradley, patton, montgomery, crerar and, of course, rommelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop malmesbury a history of the great barmote court in the duchy of lancaster, commemorating the centenary of the derbyshire mining customs and minerals court actsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea limited edition, 149 of copies
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Oxfam bookshop st albans official guide to the d-day landings and the battle of normandy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It tells of her unconventional upbringing and covers the second world war when the remnant of the duchy of normandy, now in the possession of the queen of england, was occupied by german troopsthe dame "continued to treat the enemy with an off-hand condescension which they clearly found bewildering"there is light foxing and tanning throughoutthe corners are slightly bumpedseveral black and white photographsundated gift annotation on ffepsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a little wear to the free edges of the text blockoxfam books & music totnes an autobiography of the twentieth century feudal chief of the island of sarkheinemann first editionred cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinesigned on title page " sibyl hathaway dame de sark" (sic) although the title is "of" sark
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A silver east sea spoon with the coat of arms of the duchy of kurland and semigallia plus a double masterstamp mk on the front end of the handle the duchy was annexed in by the russian empireplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitean incomplete later added dotted engraving on the back of the of the single lof connected bowlare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe last internet photo shows a comparison of similar spoon with coat of armsspoon is in used worn condition with dingsweight 50 gramscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe collection of the fries scheepvaartmuseum has an example of a spoon with a double stamp of the maker on the front, this is from libau (liepaja, letland)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storelength spoon: 20these kind of spoons were often used as business gifts in the baltic sea shipping, so they are referred to as shipbroker or captain spoons
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This 50 pence coin features an image of the ducal cap of the duke of normandy on the reverse with the denomination above itthis makes the 50p particularly distinguishable and sought after the ducal cap of normandy 50p also has the pre- specifications making it larger than the 50p coins you would now find in your changethis makes this coin even more collectable please note that the coin in the pictures is the exact coin you will receive,i never use third party photographs specifications country of issue: guernsey years: metal: copper-nickel weight: 135g diameter: 30mm shape: curved heptagon (7-sided) lettering: s'ballivie insvledegernere ve condition: ultra cameo proof quality extremely low mintagethe obverse features the guernsey coat of arms which includes three lions, similar to the english coat of arms, instead of featuring queen elizabeth ii's portrait
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield a reprint of the map detailing movements during the battle of normandy a little wear to the bottom of the cover on one side, otherwise in fine conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more text in french and english
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Notice of institution of the civic guard in the grand duchy for the yearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablewithin the act, all the procedures for carrying out the public presentation of the civic guard that pay tribute to grand duke leopold ii are decided; to accompany the procession of the civic guard will also be present the fanfare of the carabinieriour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe civic guard is divided by where the volunteers come from: tuscans, italians not tuscans and foreigners
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Manuscript written under the grand duchy of tuscany of ferdinando ii and pope urban viii in florence onplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwithin the document, a power of attorney is granted for the inheritance of the florentine patrician neri di pietro capponicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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Felipe ii , duchy of milan half scudo obv/ philippvs rex hispaniarum, rev/ dvx mediolani e tcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereference: mir 314are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprovenance: international auction and will be sent with original numbered coupon (picture n4 the coin is authentic, and what you see in the photos is the very same coin you will receivecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesilver plata diameter mm3- grade:extremely fine -as expertise reported -picture nrarity: very rare -picture nour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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duchy of parma, piacenza and guastalla historic states of italyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicertainly one of the best specimens ever to appear on the market from previous varesi 74 auction, april , lot 342, sold for ⏠plus auction feescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemaria luigia 5 lire fdc-/fs with 'frost' relief and proof fieldsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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duchy of brabant - silver stuiver of charles v () fine/very fine struck in antwerp in the periodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwill be shipped registered and sufficiently insuredplease view the images to form your own impressioncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available76 grams literature: van gelder & hoc a; van der chijs 23,9; de witte 636our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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D duchy of luxembourg - serrated with gum blue colour on pink paper - read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available"g" stamp d of luxembourg " cts " unserrated with hinge mark and glue - pink colour block of 4 stamps cents from gd of luxembourg - serrated with glue pink colour on pink paper - block of 4 stamps 25 cts from gour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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duchy of parma, piacenza and guastalla, maria luigia ( lire fromplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitracked shipping via dhl courier, carefully packagedcondition: almost xfcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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Stamp grand duchy of tuscany 1 crazia year: watermark with wavy vertical linesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecertificate from diena s
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiancient milanese candlesticks from the early s, the time of the annexation to the austrian empirecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablemilanese silversmith caber, active from to bibliography vour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storein excellent condition, as shown in detailed photosdabbene, argenti italiani dell'ottocento, volume secondo, punzoni di argentieri italiani, milano, , n121 international shipping read moreauthentic patina has been preserved to appreciate the items antiquity
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He talks to those who survived the concentration camps, and to allied pows who lived through the death marches from the eastit is the follow-up to robin neilland's "d-day : voices from normandy"oxfam bookshop cheltenham this is the story, from new year's day to ve day, 8 may , of the conquest of nazi germany in the words of those who were thereneillands paints a broad picture, and tells of events from the participants viewpoint: the men who flew on the dresden raid or fought the battles in the hurtgen forest, the bulge, the reichwald, and at the rhine crossing, those who made the horrific discoveries of belsen, dachau, buchenwald and dorathe story is told in the words of ordinary people: american infantry, british paratroopers, canadian gunners, australian pilots, new zealand pows and german civilianssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Volume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall 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 soundthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe 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 hawaiithis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication init covers the coast of north americaall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvery small tear to spine on volume iioxfam 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 discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 tahitiit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthey 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 manyvancouver, 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 canadavolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coast
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Together 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 mordorin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayfrodo 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 overgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitieswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jthey are 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 doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile 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 armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhilst 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-dÝrthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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It consists of 11 figuresit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series âbold chevaliers)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)references na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole âto take the king´s shilling series)it contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)regiment of the line, by king and countryeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguefrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ÂĄâvive l´emperatrice!â) - 7threferences andcoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series âon campaignâ)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series âscum of the earthâ)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablegarde impĂŠriale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryreferences na111it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeall 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 âscotland the braveâ)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the âcharge of the greysâit also includes srour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)the french army commanded by napoleĂłn - the french 3rdfrench artillery, by king and countryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series âvive l´empereurâ)it consists of close to 32 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramathe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squarestomas picton by britains, referencena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series âcuirassiersâ)
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ registered shippingotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementarycontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixcondition: 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 marginhe wrote extensively about morocco (âjames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalisthe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagesee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store) 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 more
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepart 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 contentstwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parispart 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 contents
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One 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 athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapet 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 bainbridgethe 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: ÂŁ3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3
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Working together, itâs a win-win situation for everyone involvedwhatâs more, the smartbunker allows each horseâs feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseâs stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected material
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?â the number of the beast label: parlophone ?â series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered â format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?â the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?â format: 2 Ă cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dellâunita dâitalia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store
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As 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 guevarasimultaneously, 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 contextit 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 moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-american
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainbut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofkarim 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 city
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Translated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucewritten 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 warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pages
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesits 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 colorat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design 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 carvingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museums
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The flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable 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 wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition
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