The end of happiness
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I'm wanting a kitten for my daughter for her birthday at the end of novemberno fancy pure breeds, just your everyday little mixed breed kitty ?? read morei realise for a kitten to be ready by then they would need to be being born now! but if anyone is expecting a litter to be born any day now, or just born, i would love to hear from youi can secure with a deposit no problemwe sadly lost our cat due to old age back in aprillooking to pay no more than £50 ideallyshe has been desperate for another cat
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2 x female cria who will be 6mths old at the end of feb,ready to go to their new home once weanedthey have bonded so would like them to go togetherpenny(fawn) born aug 21 and nancy, (white) born aug 21deposit secures read moreprice is for bothgood homes only,husbandry all up to date
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At the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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Scattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionshydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimea chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated 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 pageswritten 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 eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Can castus keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to help? and is anything about this doomed enterprise what it seems? war at the edge of the world is the epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the roman empire, during the reign of the emperor constantinehere he must face the barbarians beyond hadrian's wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treacherysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an empire in declinecenturion aurelius castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern britain, battling to protect an empire in decline
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Instead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersglobalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peoplesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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At the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencemark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismhe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsin part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods
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The historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocenceamong the vessels that took them to the ice was the newfoundland, a wooden-walled steamship captained by the famous captain westbury keanjohn's, where the old ice hunter would live out his final daysthe men who died didn't just drop like fliesoxfam bookshop wallingford "they didn't die like flies, you know, like i've heard some reporters say over the yearsmen both young and old left their homes from all over the province that year to pursue the annual seal hunt"cecil mouland, the last living survivor of the ss newfoundland sealing disaster, told his story to gary collins in the fall of while travelling to stthey had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyeswith no wireless aboard the *, the stage was set for seventy-eight of the men who went over the side and their fates sealedwith new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the sealing disaster ofthere was nothing quick or easy about itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoh no, it wasn't like that a'tallthis book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the iceleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiece
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At the end of the book is an appendix that lists successful and unsuccessful atlantic crossings from to , and black and white photos are dotted throughout the book  this book was presented as a prize in at ryhope secondary school, as shown by the sticker on the second page and the gilded crest on the front coverr hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and further on it looks at the crossings of the south atlantic, the first crossings via greenland, the first solo crossing by charles lindbergh in , the disappearance of a flight by captain w it begins by looking at the first attempts made by balloon and airship at the start of the 20th century, and then the first attempts by plane in the aftermath of world war one, including that by harry hawkeroxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flight the illustrations are all clear an interesting read for those interested in aviation history it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossings internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely loosesee oxfam website for delivery information read more the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure the book is in a fair condition, there is notable wear on the exterior cover especially at the edges and spine, where the gilded lettering has also faded
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A page of answers with the routes through the mazes and other solutions is included at the end of the bookx the phantom thief is back, with a new evil plan! he wants to steal the shining light from the top of the empire maze tower, new maze city's greatest treasurepublished see oxfam website for delivery information read moretake a trip through a fantastic world of underground cities, hot-air balloons, tree-top towns and haunted housesfeaturing new mazes and seek-and-find challenges in a series of ic4design's trademark and popular detailed cityscapesoxfam shop fulwood road pierre and carmen are called to new maze city, along with others of the world's best maze detectives, to help solve the puzzles, protect the treasure and stop mrbut can you help them make it in time? mrtrace your way through each maze, spot the clues and solve the extra mystery challenges along the waya thrilling new maze challenge adventure for pierre the maze detective and all detectives aged 8+ is hours of puzzle fun
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In england, surnames were mostly established by the end of the 14th century-by ordinary people, for ordinary peopleuniquely, surnames describe medieval lives not captured by any other recordthey tell us what these people did, where they went, and what they noticed, and give clues about their culture and memorieswhere genealogists and etymologists focus on single names, this book takes groups of names and explores what these say about the society that created themin the origins of english surnames, you will find the english people at a key moment in history, revealing the way they spoke, the jokes they made, and their memories of ancient cultures-all at a time when land-based feudalism was crumbling and people sought better livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book examines the origins of english surnames, looking at occupational names; locational names, or names that record places; nicknames and personal names; names from the continent; and symbolic namesoxfam bookshop victoria surnames carry the history of people in a very personal way
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Written towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion, when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been delighted to know that his great ballets such as sleeping beauty, swan lake, and la bayadere are more popular today than ever beforepictures show examples of some highlighted areas, all text is still entirely legiblein excellent condition, but with some areas of text highlighted and some minor annotations (used as a study book)petipa's memoirs reveal many interÂesting details of his career and of the people he worked with, including tchaikovsky and the young pavlova, and give an insight into his character and genius that it is not possible to gain from any other sourceas virtual dictator of the russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century, petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to have created the style of classical dancing still known as russianno cash in handhis renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most companies today"these highly entertaining memoirs of marius petipa, the great franco-russian choreogapher had never before been translated into english before their first publication inwilling to post if postage is paid for by buyer, or collection available
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The last one is based on a tradition going back to the end of the 17th centuryin the procession, the young males of the island, dressed in the traditional dress of the
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the letters reprinted in this book were written by a girl to her lover between the end of and the autumn ofillustrated with portraits and a facsimile of dorothy osborne's writingfirst edition , reprinted from sheets of the first edition in andsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback, blue cloth boards and interior in good condition, price-clipped dust jacket is grubby, with small stains
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Having a declutter selling our original s marvel comics planet of the apes, more of marvels movie adaptation escape from the planet of the apes, 46 original comics in great condition for their age see pics as they form part of the description can post for a small fee read more
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Contents clean and unmarked apart from light foxing to top page edges and an inscription on inside front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tavistock this book of extracts from 'the west briton', cornwall's leading newspaper, spans the years from and is the last of four sequent volumes which together encompass all aspects of everyday cornish lifedust jacket in good condition with fading to the spine and sticker damage to the back covergrey cloth covers in very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff following the end of world war two there were millions of displaced persons in europe and in the far east too   see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is based on official records and the words of the survivors and their childrenhardback book in as new condition in an unclipped dust jacketno marks or inscriptionsthis book concentrates on displaced poles and balts (from lithuania, estonia and latvia) who chose to settle in britain rather than return to their home countriessee the attached images for a good impression of this book
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His new book presents an astonishing view of our society's past, present and future trajectory--one that is unmatched in its breadth and depththe changes that will follow the decline of world petroleum production are likely to be sweeping and global, greer concludes, but from the perspective of those who live through them these changes are much more likely to take gradual and local forms
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Oxfam bookshop st albans published on behalf of maldon district council in to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of world war iisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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While historians have studied this transition as it occurred in individual countries, jerome blum offers the first view of it as a european experience that transcended political frontierssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in very good condition for its age, with clean, white pages throughoutoxfam bookshop preston the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed the transformation of the old rural order to the modern class society
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Kemlo and kerowski hardly expected to find an aerial marie celeste adrift in the voidoxfam shop magdelen street this is the first edition, published in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone knows the story of the mary celeste but caught, with others, in the worst astral storm of their experience, they had other things to think about for the moment
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A sound but browned copy of futura's edition of this controversial account of the tragic raid on dresden towards the end of ww2 by david irving a holocaust denier and nazi apologist whose views and led to his ostracism and even imprisonmentaltough it's 40 plus years are evident this is good reading copy
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Parklife: a search for the heart of football, varley, nick, very good, paperbackthe secret seven: book 1, blyton, enid, very good, paperbackadd us to your favourites
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That way forward, however, may either frighten or hearten us, depending on the variety of disknowledge we see deployedas bruno latour has pointed out, scholarly efforts of the last few decades to expose
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham happiness now! is a truly powerful and radical exploration of one of life's most treasured goalsrobert holden, phd, presents a personal, warm and entertaining account of how he developed his pioneering work with the happiness projectpacked with rich insights and practical wisdom, it offers a message of profound hope and healing for a generation that is often too busy chasing happiness to be truly happyvisionary and practical, challenging and compassionate, happiness now! gives you valuable keys to true self-acceptance, everyday abundance, loving relationships, inner success and lasting joy - starting now! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing a highly creative mix of stories, exercises, meditations, poetry and prayer, robert shares his distinctive philosophy and practice of 'the how of happiness'
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It is about the following titles: the journey to atlantis (middle blade stuck) the kidnapping of winonah, the battle against krasso (cover is pasted inside) the revenge of the egyptian, the sultan of akaiim, the water of life, the fall of atlantis (cover comes someway) shipwrecked in rome the false king, the assassins of king wagram and the knights of the dead, the miracles of mu, the secret of the sepulcher / the request of the magician lauri (book is free from cover) the sun worshipers, eric in the heavenly realm, storm over china, the devil's covenant, the battle for the gold, the black rider, the arch of allard (front cover lights sliced) the king of the steppe, the end of happiness, the tyrfing mystery, battle for heidrun, the twenty last / the swamp monster, the robbed prince, the price of revenge, the curse of gold, the wolves of scorr, the alliance of daggers, the forbidden city (scripture with pen on front cover) the secret of the drakkar (small scripture with pen on front cover) the lord of the heroes read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome covers slightly creased or light spotsreasonable condition with some discoloration since ageplease 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 storesome with spots on the inside and some edges a bit wornbooks are stapledeach book has a number with the pen on the front and in some books the first or last page inside also has a name with the pencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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They spend a happy few hours together, but at the end of the afternoon, she must return to the foundlings hospital, and harry goes home to his familyoxfam bookshop cheltenham julie monday, abandoned by her mother and raised in a childrens home, enjoys a rare moment of happiness when at the age of eight she visits the essex seaside and meets eleven-year-old harry walkerten years later, they meet againbut its now , harry has enlisted in the royal air force, and julie must face the blitz in wartime london alone with their sonshe must make a decision: should she make a new life for herself as eve, or struggle to recover the pieces of a shattered identity? see oxfam website for delivery information read morerescued from the destroyed air-raid shelter, but injured and with severe memory loss, julie is given a new identity as eve seatontravelling back from work one day, julie is caught in the chaos of a direct hitbut it is not easy to become a different person; plagued with disturbing flashes of memory that she doesnt understand, forgetting her former life as julie monday proves impossiblefated to be together, they marry just before the outbreak of the second world war
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This is a prerequisite not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violence on our planetoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york times bestselling author eckhart tolle - a key to happiness is living in the nowpractice the power of now: if you, like many others, have benefited from the transformative experience of reading the power of now, you will want to own and read practicing the power of nowat the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolutionthrough meditations and simple techniques, eckhart shows us how to quiet our thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find a path to "a life of grace, ease, and lightnessan essential aspect of this awakening involves transcending our ego-based state of consciousnessyour path to enlightenment: practicing the power of now extracts the essence from eckhart's teachings in his new york times bestseller, the power of now (translated into 33 languages)readers of other transformational self-help books such as the four agreements, the miracle morning, braving the wilderness, and the book of joy will want to read practicing the power of nowhis views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guruin the power of now and his subsequent book practicing the power of now, eckhart shares the enlightenment he himself experienced after a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life" the aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday life"the next step in human evolution: eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepracticing the power of now shows us how to free ourselves from "enslavement to the mindeckhart tolle: eckhart tolle, a spiritual teacher and author who was born in germany and educated at the universities of london and cambridge, is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most inspiring spiritual teachers
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