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The bracelet decorated her wrist and in the days before the wedding, and in the evening of many secular receptions in the white housethe jewelry was bought in a boutique in the van cleef & arpels jewelry house on fifth avenue in new yorkthe bracelet has a snap closuremarked "jbk" on the inside of the braceletare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivintage camrose & kross jacqueline kennedy reproduction wedding braceletbracelet history: openwork white gold diamond bracelet with diamondsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesilver plated and decorated with simulated sapphirescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableexquisite jacky kennedy onassis '' the look of life '' - (one of jackie's favorite jewelry) is a wedding gift for john kennedy as a symbol of love and loyaltyshipping registered & insured read morebracelet come with original blue velvet box, certificate of authenticity, and fold over card with information about the official state dinner that the bracelet was worn6 cm x 6 cm, and weighs 41 gramsjacqueline loved this jewel so much that she almost never renounced itthe silver plated bangle bracelet is designed with a center row of sapphire blue faceted crystals framed by clear crystals on top, and the back has blue enameling framed by silver tone beadingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebracelet measures 6
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Azur marina pavilion presents an evening of mediumship with becs sawyerthis evening with becs is guaranteed to be full of love, laughter and tears as she connects with those in the world of spirit in her own unique wayme/spiritbythesea becs has been fortunate enough to work with the likes of colin fry and tj higgs previouslythursday 12th december 730pm - 930pm tickets ÂŁ10 each available from azur on or by paypal
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evening of mediumship on saturday september 4th with the very lovely iain masonwhy not stay after the mediumship for our \u201cgive it a go\u201d part of the eveningyou will learn how to ground, protect, link to spirit, psychometry and much more(click to reveal full phone number) ample parking availablefor further information please call either tina or lainy onsomething different every timedoors open at 7pm for a 7(click to reveal full phone number) oronly \u00a33 per personyou can find us at willingdon trees community centre, holly place, eastbourne bn22 0uta wonderful medium not to be missedonly \u00a35 entry and a raffle for a cash prize and free entry to our next demonstrationwe very much look forward to seeing you with usfree healing to anyone who wants somerefreshments availablearrive a stranger, leave as a friend
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Title:whales in cubicles - death in the eveningwhales in cubicles - death in the eveningartist:whales in cubiclesyour item will be previously owned but still in great conditionthe disc will play perfectly without interruption and the case, inlay notes and sleeve may show limited signs of wear
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The title is an evening of strausswo die zitronen bluh'n waltz op 364 where the lemons bloomfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for swan in the evening: fragments of an inner life
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's world war ii papers - part 68 - a reproduction copy of the evening standard dated 24th marchfeatures field marshal viscount montgomery
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An evening of wine tasting- produced by ginger fox brilliant fun new and sealed
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The old rugged cross 3 autumn leaves 4 the boys in blue 5 all in the april evening 6 tritsch tratsch polka 7 the lord's my shepherd 8 military overture 9 when i survey the wondrous cross 10 procession to the minster from "lohengrin" 11 fill thou my life, o lord my god 12 euphonium solo (caprice) 13 love divine, all loves excelling 14 blenheim flourishes 15 abide with me (eventide) 16 neapolitan scenes 17 fest musik der stadt wien cd 2: 1amazing grace 2 the land of the mountain and the flood 3 blue rondo a la turk 4 how great though art 5 over the rainbow 6 praise my soul the king of heaven 7 the gladiators' farewell 8 all creatures of our god and king 9 the trouble with the tuba isoxfam bookshop lymington performed by the williams-fairey engineering band & the grimethorpe colliery band cd 1: 1 marching with sousa 2folk festival 9 now thank we all our god 10 ballycastle bay 11 quick march: the president 12 o god our help in ages past 13 theme from the scarecrow and mrs king 14 piper in the meadow 15 the day thou gavest, lord, is ended 16 trombone solo: swing low, sweet chariot 17 flugelhorn solo: tuesday blues see oxfam website for delivery information read more10 pie jesu from "requiem" 11 dear lord and father of mankind 12 carnival for bass 13 o worship the king 14 fantasy on swiss airs 15 guide me, oh though great redeemer 16 cornet duet: twin peaks 17 cornet solo: kim cd 3: 1 tournament for brass 2 for all the saints 3 bohemian rhapsody 4 rejoice the lord is king 5 batman 6 serenade 7 i will sing the wondrous story 8
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Rustic retreat out for the evening deer piece jigsaw puzzle in tin rut
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe also retraces eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, and dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughterunfortunately, eleanora's visit does not prove to be the glad reunion that it might have beenthe epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to america in the s, a romantic liaison she had there, the destiny that brought her back to ireland, and her marriage into the stately rusheenoxfam shop wolverhampton edna o'brien returns to the world of her debut novel, the country girls, in an inspired account of a dying mother and her daughterfrom her hospital bed in dublin, the elderly dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, eleanora, from london
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When she confronts a violent drunk in order to rescue nickie, a beautiful golden retriever, amy has no misgivingsamy redwing risks everything in her chosen field of dog rescueamy believes her attacker is wes greeley, just released after an eighteen-month stretch, thanks to amy's testimony, for egregious animal crueltysubtle intrusions escalate into terrifying assaults on everything she holds deardogs always do their best, and so will sheunable to turn to any authority, amy and brian are pressed to the edge of a precipice as koontz's most emotionally devastating thriller races with inexorable speed to a wrenching climaxshe's as reckless as if she plans on living the life-span of a dog herselfbut everything is due to change in the redwing householdriding shotgun nervously is her friend and lover, brian, an architect who would marry her if only she were not so committed to these crazy ! heroics! he blames her work for her refusal to marry himat last amy understands her need of brian, and a lot more from her troubled past that has been hidden by her passionplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis a fast-paced and emotionally devastating suspense novel from the bestselling author of velocity and the husbandwhatever it takesbut if greeley is the culprit, it's clear he's not working alonesomeone is trying to destroy amy
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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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I'm selling 2 dresses for the price of one! they can make wonderful wedding dresses or prom dresses or simply just evening dresses! one is a beach wedding dress -long -see my other adverts for more details -or contact me worn once on the beach, has sand marks and it has been cut for easy walking, but still so lovely! other -brand new dress -knee length, see pictures both size 12 read more
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Side 1: some enchanted evening hava nagila  cara mia jealousy fiddler on the roof the merry widow waltz onward christian soldiers side 2: more the big country ebb tide perhaps, perhaps, perhaps catari, catari village swallows can can see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop moortown the world of mantovani used vinyl in very good conditionsome slight fading around sleeve edges
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The house of marble cribbage game, as new, never been used, box in excellent condition, great game to while the evening hours away, all in very good conditionbuyer collect or can post read more
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In the evening when the sun goes down 2oxfam bookshop thame recorded august in new orleansdriving wheel 5kind hearted woman 7lockwood's boogie 9exactly like you 4she's little and she's low 8they gonna ball tonight 6angel child see oxfam website for delivery information read morecome in baby, take a walk with me 3
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It 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 main pagination of all four volumes is continuousit covers the coast of north americathis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coververy small tear to spine on volume iivancouver, 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 canadathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe 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 hawaiias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands involume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe voyage to australia and tahitithey 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 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 soundoxfam 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 discoveryappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyors
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Whilst 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-dûronce 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 gandalfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthmeanwhile 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 armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtogether 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 mordoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaythey 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 doomfrodo 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 overin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilwhen 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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Cuirassiers (les gros freres), 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”)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit consists of close to 32 figuresregiment of the line, by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)references andare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrench 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)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit consists of 11 figurestomas picton by britains, referencecoldstream 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”)the 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”)the king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit 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 scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences na111all 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 “scotland the brave”)it also includes srbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablereferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramaeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)
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T 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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: ÂŁ3the 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: ÂŁ3one 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 ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersthe yeomen of the guard vhs video tape
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Iron 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 & cdare 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron 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 mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireoxfam 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 centuryit 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 morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansimultaneously, 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 contextó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gas 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 guevara
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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 colorhis 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 sourcesjones 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 museumssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 carvingsat 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 today
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Signed by stephen castlehere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnerhappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newvery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laternot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44the hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centre
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to it
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The book has been signed by the author with an inscriptionin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of nothe author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warwritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift of99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 to
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Com/ see oxfam website for delivery information read morein topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredin these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturerevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementboard of educationthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfolded
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When the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionseeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlersoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reich
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