The earl of essex
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From her precarious early days on the throne of england, where elizabeth has to negotiate a dangerous political climate, to her later relationship with the earl of essex (robin ellis) and her dealings with mary queen of scots (vivian pickles) and the spanish armada, the series covers the long and tumultuous period of elizabethan rulesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal the complete classic bbc drama miniseries about the life and reign of elizabeth i, played by glenda jacksonepisodes are: 'the lion's cub'; 'the marriage game'; 'shadow in the sun'; 'horrible conspiracies'; 'enterprise of england'; and 'sweet england's pride'also starring ronald hines and robert hardy
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Ex-lib: earl of ilchester is a title in the peerage of great britaingilded board edges, red block edges, embossed decoration around board extremities ex-lib sticker to front pastedown; the earl of ilchesterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe life of boetius, recommended to the author of the life of julianour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome rubbing marks to bookpp description: rare book only found twice in oclc (universities of oxford and california)it was created in for stephen fox, 1st baron ilchester, who had previously represented shaftesbury in parliamentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesmall hole to bottom of both hinges (5-8mm), not affecting integrity, otherwise very good bindinggilded stripes to spine, oblong embossed title on red leather to spinehe had already been created baron ilchester, of ilchester in the county of somerset in , and baron ilchester and stavordale, of redlynch, in the county of somerset, inflebilis heu mestos cogor inire modosdescription: full, speckled, calf leather bound bookcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The earl of woolton 452 pages in very good conditionthe memoirs of the rta very interesting and knowledgeable readweighs approx 800 g unpacked read morecassell and co some slight rubbing on spine ends and corners as shown
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield the full title of this catalogue for a sale at christie's in is important pictures and drawings the property of the rt hon almina countess of carnarvon also important early english portraits the property of the rt hon the earl of carnarvonthere is a little spotting but otherwise the pages are in good clean condition for the age of the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is a little loose but holding together a previous owner's name is written inside the frontthe sale was held at what was then messrs christie, manson and woods premises in london sw1the hardback cover is worn and split along the spinehowever, it is held together with staples which have rusted and stained the endpapersthe book includes a listing of the items for sale plus a number of black and white photographs
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The earl of burnstead (roland young), a proud upper class englishman, loses his butler, marmaduke ruggles (laughton), in a reckless bet during a poker gamesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are bound to be cultural lessons learned on both sides as ruggles, very much a product of traditional england, attempts to get to grips with the american way of lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham classic comedy starring charles laughton as an english servant who undergoes a transformation after taking on a new post in americathe bewildered ruggles suddenly finds himself in the employment of brash american egbert floud (charles ruggles) and transferred from his homeland to red gap in washington
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The drama portrays 'the virgin queen' in her later years, exposing the conflict between her sense of duty and the instincts of her heart, her doomed affair with the earl of essex and the struggles of a powerful, independent woman battling to survive in a male dominated worldoxfam shop colne road helen mirren stars as elizabeth i in the two-part channel 4 drama written by nigel williamssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Artist: earl klughtitle: the best of earl klughtitle: the best of earl klughbinding: audio cdlist price (msrp)condition: goodproduct category: music
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This biography is written by his son, the second earl of birkenhead, frederick smithhe sat as the tory mp for liverpool walton between and , and was made baron birkenhead in , viscount birkenhead in the birthday honours, and earl of birkenhead inoxfam shop ulverston fhe emerges from this masterly biography as a massively compelling figurethe youngest lord chancellor since judge jeffreys, he engaged in some of the most bitter political battles of the age: ulster, trade union reform, the house of lordsdustjacket is torn in several places see oxfam website for delivery information read more(frederick edwin) smith ( to ) was the most brilliant political personality of the edwardian era: 'the cleverest man in the kingdom', said beaverbrook
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"the iliad of homer" by homer and transl by edward earl of derby john murray, london - edition - complete in two volumes - 338p, 346p, 15cmx13cm - with frontispiece of dearby in vol 1 - condition: good, in full leather prize binding (schola recia norvicensis), minor rubbing to boards, front board vol 1 loose, frontisepiece present, bookplate present, completeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Only £25 benjamin disraeli, earl of beaconsfield & his times- read more5 volumes - many printsin reasonable condition commensurate with age & use with some foxing
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'the pretender' finds robin wondering whether the young man he has just rescued from the earl of gloucester's soldiers is in fact prince arthur of brittany, pretender to the throne of england'the power of albion' sees robert call upon marion's medical skills when he is wounded during a raid'the betrayal' sees the king arriving in nottingham to collect his taxes personallysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'adam bell' has the sheriff bargain with the captured much's life when his own nephew, martin, is kidnapped by ageing outlaw adam belloxfam bookshop skipton 2 discs episodes 1 to 6 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlaw'the inheritance' has young isadora ask robert for his help when she and her father agrivaine, guardians of a priceless treasure, fall prey to a pair of pillagers'the sheriff of nottingham' finds the sheriff's position filled by philip mark (lewis collins), the infamous butcher of lincoln, who immediately sets about capturing robin and his menin 'cromm cruac' much falls seriously ill after being caught in a forester's trapepisodes 7 to 13 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlawfinally, in 'the cross of st ciricus', robert discovers a hidden connection between himself and the victim of a recent robberythe outlaws take him to the village of cromm cruac, unaware that the evil gulner (richard o'brien) is not far awayin 'herne's son (parts 1 and 2)' the merry men have disbanded following the death of the original robin of loxley; however, when he learns that marion has been abducted by lord owen of clun, young robert of huntingdon (jason connery) dons the late robin's trademark hood and, with the encouragement of herne the hunter, sets about regrouping robin's bandwith him he brings roger de carnac, who hatches a plan to catch robin (jason connery) once and for all'the time of the wolf (parts 1 and 2)' has robin attempt to help the villagers when king john orders them to surrender all their food to the army he is raising against the welsh'rutterkin' sees little john's planned elopement with meg of wickham frustrated by the mad pig lady
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The conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usapublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morean act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truthas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderin , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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Eventually, in elizabeth's reign, both sides resorted to the use of force on a large scale in a series of bloody wars and rebellions that were to culminate in the earl of tyrone'sthe reformation in england further distanced the irish, as the majority of irishmen adhered stubbornly to their catholicism
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Although conducting an affair with robert dudley, the earl of leicester (joseph fiennes), elizabeth is urged by her advisors to wed and produce an heirthis time round elizabeth has to contend with the rising power of spain, as philip ii (jordi molla) readies an armada for invasion, intent on returning england to catholic influencein 'elizabeth' (), it's and england is ruled by the fervently catholic queen mary (kathy burke), whose persecution of protestants even extends to her own half-sister, elizabeth (blanchett)see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile her trusty servant sir francis walsingham (geoffrey rush) works tirelessly to protect her from numerous plots, elizabeth discovers she has a potential weakness in her fondness for sir walter raleigh (clive owen)in 'elizabeth:the golden age' (), blanchett reprises her role as the 'virgin queen'oxfam bookshop ipswich double bill of films starring cate blanchett as queen elizabeth iwhen mary dies, elizabeth succeeds to the throne, but finds her country under threat from the scots, french and spanishmeanwhile, plots against her are being hatched by the catholic bishops, and elizabeth soon becomes the target of an assassination attempt
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Oxfam shop gloucester the new pocket knobbe's opera book edited by the earl of harewood and michael shmith name of former owner written on fly leaf, otherwise excellent condition with dust cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From the personal library of the late emeritus professor peter townsend of bristol university and the london school of economics, founding professor of the university of essex and founder of the child poverty action groupin very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket is in near-perfect condition but for minor shelf wearoxfam bookshop hampstead st john's college,cambridge: register of twentieth-century johnians: volume ) by fiona colbert a biographical record of all members of st john's college cambridge who entered between and , set out in alphabetical order
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsit 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 indicatedthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvancouver, 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 canadavery small tear to spine on volume iithese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryoxfam 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 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 soundthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthe 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 hawaiivolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication init covers the coast of north america
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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 mordorfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earththey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce 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 gandalffrodo 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 overwhilst 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-dûroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jmeanwhile 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 two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey 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 doomwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities
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Na112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)regiment of the line, by king and countryreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)it consists of 11 figuresour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit also includes srtomas picton by britains, referencethe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdgarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryall of them have been sold out and retiredcharacteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)the royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargethey 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 countrythe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”coldstream 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 “on campaign”)each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablereferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe 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 “scum of the earth”)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontfrench artillery, by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na111it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)the 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 “scotland the brave”)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrybritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontreferences andit consists of close to 32 figures
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementarysee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t 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 experiencedotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixhe wrote extensively about morocco (’ registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistcondition: 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 adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and language(total of 2 books) read moretwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart 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 parisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart 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 contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis edition is from
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The 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: £3t 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 yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3
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In fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlythe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forceworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s 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 usage(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s 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 materialsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluids
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × 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 dell’unita d’italia, 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 mailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – 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 & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam 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 centurysee 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 empireas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanit 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 timesimultaneously, 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 context
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Karim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britain
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warwritten 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 events
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Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis 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 sourcesat 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 todayjones'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 carvingsjones 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 museumsthe 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 classic
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionthe 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 speciesit 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 authoron the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
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