The end of this century
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Oxfam shop nether edge legends from the end of time moorcock, michael published by wallen isbn 10: isbn 13: pages are a little yellowed with age, possibly ex library (glue line to the inner cover) otherwise good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road norte the end of history new wave films release year: upc: ean: see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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3 beautiful kittens available at the end of september when they are between 8-12weeks oldthey will be weaned, wormed and litter trainedincluded in the price is £50 to secure each kittenlooking for a loving homeplease feel free to message any questions etc1 boy ginger, 1 girl tabby & 1 girl tortoiseshell
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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 waroxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignwhat 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 moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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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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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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For the rest of the world the shipping will be agreed after the end of the auction, according to the country of destinationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is in good conditions, it needs a superficial restoration shipping only within europewonderful and rare wrought-iron console table, from france, estimated period circaplease 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 storethe lot can be picked up directly from the sellerpackaging on palletscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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By the end of this century, most of the world's population will live in cities, large or small, sometimes contiguous, and always connected; in an urbanized world, it will be increasingly difficult to define a city by its physical boundariesoxfam books & music islington how we can invent-but not predict-the future of cities? cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machineshe investigates not the invention of artifacts but inventive processesthey are the product of our inventions; they evolveneither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to any grand planbatty discusses the coming great transition from a world with few cities to a world of all cities; argues that future cities will be defined as clusters in a hierarchy; describes the future "high-frequency," real-time streaming city; considers urban sprawl and urban renewal; and maps the waves of technological change, which grow ever more intense and lead to continuous innovation-an unending process of creative destruction out of which future cities will emergesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretoday form is becoming ever more divorced from function; information networks now shape the traditional functions of cities as places of exchange and innovationin inventing future cities, michael batty explores what we need to understand about cities in order to invent their futurebatty outlines certain themes-principles-that apply to all cities
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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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Maria in gypsum - france - end of 19th centuryin very good conditionit has a suspension systemthe image has a diameter of 16registered and insured shippingshe has a very intense, emotional lookweight: 584 gramsbeautiful portrayal of marybeautiful polychrome finished with additional gold leaf
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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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In an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, innoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosaoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasse
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'it is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the end' one morning, julia and her parents wake up in their suburban home in california to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowingand yet, even if the world is, in fact, coming to an end, as some assert, day-to-day life must go onthe enormity of this is almost beyond comprehensionjulia, facing the loneliness and despair of an awkward adolescence, witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, on the community, on her family and on herselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknown
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This period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copyoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relates
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Pictorial dust jacketoxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutsmall chips and closed tearswear to edges, various other scuffs and marksit details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agolight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsendpapers discolouredturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinealone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was found
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Dust jacket slightly yellowed with age, but book otherwise in excellent conditionit describes the governance of england during the mid-fifteenth century, yet without claiming to study every aspect of english lifeoxfam bookshop preston this book, an invaluable and much-needed addition to english historiography, and unparalleled in its informative detail, is an examination of the exercise of the king's authority between the death of henry v in and the dethronement of henry vi insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit reassesses the character of this third lancastrian king and his place in english history, though it is not primarily a personal biography
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Hi i have a 6 bengals looking for there forever homes from the end of septembermy prices start from £ each kittensocial distancing in in place as much i cankittens will leave will samples of there food blankets that will have the mommy’s smell on to help them settle with you in there new homei can offer extra supplies if required at an extra costi welcome viewings but ask you to please where a mask ?? when entering my home and i will give you gloves to wear before you play with my fur babies all due to covid 19please contact me for visiting our little bengal familydad is a grand championsorry no breeding i’m selling this litter as pet onlymom and dad are my family pets and can be viewed along with kittensall kittens will be litter trained and starch post trainedsome of there favourite toysthey will be microchipped all vaccinated and vet check twicethe will be tica registration will be completed up on proof of spay or neutering and sent directly to new owners
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This is a gorgeous quilted 'bed scarf' for the end of the bedfabulous condition full length: 102" width: 20" any queries welcome please ask, thank youcomes with a matching cushion coverbeautiful turquoise colour and the design shown is on both ends
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This is a gorgeous quilted 'bed drapef' for the end of the bedfabulous condition full length: 102" width: 20" any queries welcome please ask, thank you read morecomes with a matching cushion coverbeautiful turquoise colour and the design shown is on both ends
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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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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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Last ever investigation don't miss out this chance will never happen again madame tussaud's in blackpool is a hive of paranormal activity, join us after the lights go out and investigate the ghostly happenings in this location, free buffet and refreshments and a free prize draw raffle at the end of the evening book your place at wwwcom last few places remaining
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Complete with geoff hurst's signature!!! the tankard was designed by geoff woodan immaculate, limited edition, new in box tankard commemorating the 'end of era' at wembley stadiumshows 'the boys of 66' on one side and 'end of era' on the other
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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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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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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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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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Credit to the author no stone left un turned - when you finally get to the end of this very thick but you sit back and say whow it’s the best book everexcellent condition read morethis book is a must for not only every dog groomer but amazing information for every dog owner
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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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