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The episodes are: 'the face of power', 'faces of the people' and 'the face of fame'oxfam shop colne road historian simon schama presents this three-part bbc series in which he turns his focus to the history of british portraiturethroughout the series, schama examines renowned images from the world of british art and looks at how they were used as statements of power, declarations of love and promotions of famesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Laughing in the face of the blues 5oxfam books & music nottingham laughing in the face of the blues by jack williams (tell old bill (traditional) 10segue - smoke (kern and harback) 14daddys heaven see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe unseen hand 13buckets of rain (bob dylan) 15segue - hey, flat!7life is sweet 16a sucker for love 6segue - randy greens blues 11segue - the laughing place 4lay down by the water 12
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The spirit of early christian thought seeking the face of god by robert louis wilken (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Radical hope ethics in the face of cultural devastation by jonathan lear (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world warand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western frontmost are published by penguinin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantly' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spiritall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courageher books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world war'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world war
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Scholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenthe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satansee oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agent
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Yet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challengeswith these books, which the new yorker's james wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopledin the story of a new name, lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stiflingoxfam bookshop ealing in , elena ferrante's my brilliant friend introduced readers to the unforgettable elena and lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the neapolitan novelsmarriage appears to have imprisoned lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for elenaa beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," ferrante proves herself to be one of italy's most accomplished storytellerslove, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their storiesyet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvellously nuanced portrait of friendshipthe story of a new name is the second book in this seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein these neapolitan novels, elena ferrante, the acclaimed author of the days of abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belongingshe writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of naples from the late-s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and time
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Drawn from years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what queen elizabeth i, henry kissinger, louis xiv and machiavelli learnt the hard way
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In the face of this difficult life, chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time careertogether, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make gardner a respected millionairedisc and case in very good conditionset in early '80s san francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of chris gardner (smith), a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climatesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle drama starring will smith
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Yet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with themat once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectiveused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all surviveprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peace
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Yet, in the face of this unthinkable loss, life must somehow continueas news of the phone box spreads, people travel to it from miles aroundthere, those who have lost loved ones find the strength to speak to them and begin to come to terms with their griefsoon yui makes her own pilgrimage to the phone box, toowhat happens next will warm your heart, even when it feels as though it is breakingwhen you've lost everything, what can you findbut once there she cannot bring herself to speak into the receiveroxfam shop ringwood when yui loses her mother and daughter in the tsunami, she wonders how she will ever carry on? see oxfam website for delivery information read morethen one day she hears about a man who has an old disused telephone box in his gardenthen she finds takeshi, a bereaved husband whose own daughter has stopped talking in the wake of their loss
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Oxfam bookshop ashbourne the book of ruth is a triumphant love story in the face of adversityleaving her homeland, ruth follows her mother in law to israel after the death of her husband to meet a man who will change her lifecondition:Â used see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Learning of the psychic identification, the butcher begins to stalk this 'witness' to his crime, and traps harris and his girlfriend at night in a vast forty-two-storey business building, hunting them relentlessly from floor to floorhe knows that the killer is the man the police have named the butcher - the slayer of nine young womenplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis graham harris is a gifted clairvoyant, and during a television interview, he 'sees' a murder being committed
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Tolkein, made by overlaying animation on live action actors (a unique pre-computer graphics technique)on the way he and his band of friends and cousins must do battle with black riders, a balrog and various other animated perilsset in the fictional world of middle earth, the lord of the rings tells the epic story of frodo, a hobbit who must defeat the evil figure sauron who holds the ring of power, which controls the fate of all middle earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop oxford ralph bakshi's animated version of the seminal fantasy trilogy by j
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It seeks to answer the questions: "who are we?" and "why are we here, on this planet?" it is offered to those who are looking for something beyond the superficial values of our culture, who may be disillusioned with religious and secular belief systems as currently presented and who question political values which are deeply mired in the pursuit of poweroxfam books & music lichfield the dream of the cosmos is the story of a multi-layered quest to understand the causes of human suffering and to reconnect with a deeper reality than the one we inhabit in this physical dimension of experienceit is written with two voices: one the voice of a personal quest and the other which explores the historical and psychological causes that have brought into being our present view see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Tolkien's masterwork, voted book of the century in major polls sauron, the dark lord, has gathered to him the rings of power - the means by which he will be able to rule the worldhe must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of middle-earth to the crack of doom, deep inside the territories of the dark lordsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a sleepy village in the shire, young frodo baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the ring is entrusted to his careoxfam shop syston exclusive new seven-volume edition of jthere he must destroy the ring forever and foil the dark lord in his evil purposeall he lacks in his plan for dominion is the ruling ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit bilbo baggins
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I had to get the first volume from the library (that is the first part of the life of edward the vi and the protectorate of the duke of somerset)vol ii (this volume) has detailed accounts of protestants and the protestantism of the time i skipped a lot of it eventuallynot that much about edward and not that much about the duke of northumberlandby the way if you are looking for the schemer who put his daughter in law on the throne and poisoned edward vi you won't find him in this bookthis man's research is so good that i find him quoted everywhere else when it comes to edward vithe dominance of the duke of northumberland this is an ex library book and the second volume in the set500+ pages, hardback with typical library coverthe minutia is excrutiating at times and in vol i i learned more about sheep than i think i ever needed to know
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So what went wrong?he vowed to give priority to social justice and equal opportunity for allalastair campbell's 'dodgy' dossiers about wmds sparked outrage, but did the contamination of new labour's spin stretch beyond the wars?
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Previous owner has written in the timings of tracks alongside their titles inside the sleeveoxfam bookshop skipton two albums on one cdsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorisma few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiesfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover & spine in very good conditionpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of ageoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturenow it is much more complexfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicswe are all potential targets
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Macro and cato face a rebellion that could ignite an uprising across the empireit may be that the centurions face a force too great for rome to overcomeas roman men and weaponry are lost to the enemy, the balance of power is in danger of switchingoxfam bookshop lincoln an historical novel by simon scarrowninth in the roman series see oxfam website for delivery information read more from the back cover: "at the end of a harrowing campaign, centurions macro and cato are sailing for rometheir journey is dramatically interrupted off the southern coast of crete when an earthquake strikesa gladiator who has fearlessly faced death daily, ajax is driven by a desire for vengeance both political and personalthe transport ship is severely damaged and they are forced to limp to shore" in excellent condition with very minor shelfwearagainst a strong legion, the ill equipped renegades would have little chance, but the garrison troops are of poor quality, with no recent experience of active service matala has been devastated, and the whole province is in chaos: worse, the slave population has taken the opportunity to revoltagainst them stands a powerful leader: ajax
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To look into the illusion of the physical world to better understand how it is manifested through the power of focused thoughtit reminds us of our capacity to create and to manifest the life of our dreams, while growing stronger in the face of our challengesto remain steadfast in spite of what appears to be, because you have the power to change any situation or circumstance into a more desirable onesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis dynamic book shows you how to create a life of peace, joy, wisdom, good health, and abundance in every formoxfam bookshop st albans doors of light gives us a unique perspective into the spiritual awakening that is currently taking place in our world today, and offers insight into some of the signs and symptoms that you will experience as you begin your own personal awakeningyou are encouraged to free yourself from negativity, fear, and the belief in separation
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Now, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of marsbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comethe "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominancethe seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsfor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassins
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The legions are overstretched, struggling to man the forts of the northern frontier in the face of increasing barbarian resistancethe tungrians are the only soldiers who can be sent into the northern wastes, far beyond the long abandoned wall built by antoninus, where a lost symbol of imperial power of the sixth victorious legion is reputed to await themif successful their escape will be twice as perilous, with the might of a barbarian tribe at their heelsprotected by an impassable swamp and hidden in a fortress atop a high mountain, the eagle of the sixth legion must be recovered if the legion is to survivemarcus and his men must penetrate the heart of the enemy's strength, ghosting through a deadly wilderness patrolled by vicious huntresses before breaching the walls of the fang, an all-but-impregnable fort, if they are to rescue the legion's venerated standardsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the tungrian auxiliary cohorts return to hadrian's wall after their successful dacian campaign, only to find britannia in chaos
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Now a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless wastebook 6: faith of the fallen emperor jagang is rising once again in the old world and richard must face him, on his own turfbook covers creased, slight yellowing to pages, spines creased and bridgedbut now the power-mad emperor jagang confronts richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victimsbut their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway countryrichard heads into the old world with cara, the mord-sith, while his beloved kahlan remains behindunwilling to heed an ancient prophecy, kahlan raises an army and goes into battle against forces threatening armed insurrection in the midlandsbook 5: soul of the fire richard rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guidethis is a boxed set of 3 booksseparated and fighting for their lives, richard and kahlan will be tested to the utmostemperor of the d'haran empire, war wizard, the seeker of truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved kahlan amnell, mother confessor of the midlandsit includes volumes 4-6: temple of the winds, soul of the fire, and faith of the fallenbook 4: temple of the winds wielding the sword of truth, richard rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the d'haran peoplesee oxfam website for delivery information read moregood condition overallthis mass market boxed set is the second bundle in the bestselling the sword of truth series by terry goodkindoxfam bookshop glossop road some shelf wear to box
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Oxfam shop chequer street in the final chapter of the trilogy, players find sypro teaming up with an unlikely ally - cynder, his former enemy, to face his most challenging mission to dateas the dark master's evil envelopes the world like a plague, spyro must fulfil his destiny and unlock the true power of the purple dragon within him to stop the dark master in his tracksthe game introduces two never before seen elements into the spyro universe: spyro can now fly at any time and players can drop-in/drop-out with the new co-operative featurethe co-op feature allows players to have the option of completing the game as either spyro or cynder, giving them more freedom to explore spyro's world in completely new wayssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Batman two face face the face deluxe edition hctitle: batman two face face the face deluxe edition hclike new/excellent - an apparently unread copy in perfect conditiondust cover is intact with no nicks of tears
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While the unnatural downpour continues, ethan must face the secrets of his tragic past and the unmistakable premonition of his own impending violent death as he races to solve the macabre riddlesthe face's security chief is ethan truman, an ex-lapd cop trying to rebuild his lifehaving tracked down the messenger but not the source of the threat, he's worriedmeanwhile, a terrified young fric is planning to go into hiding in his father's vast bel air mansion – putting himself beyond ethan's protectionplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis he's hollywood's most dazzling starbut not half as worried as he would be if he knew that fric, the face's ten-year-old son, was home alone and getting calls from a pervert claiming he's moloch, 'devourer of children'a few rain-lashed days before christmas, a warped star-hater has sent six sinister messages to him, promising a very nasty surprise for the festive seasonhis flawless features inspire the love of millions – but light the fires of hatred in one twisted souland ethan may be all that stands between fric and an almost unimaginable evil … read more
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face of a fighterthe title is face of a fighterthe item format is a cdsleeve condition-near mintbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale the image shown here is not an image of the actual item for sale
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Arthur blessitt is one of the most unique individuals to walk the face of the earthin fact, he is the only individual to ever literally walk the face of the earthhe's survived war zones, firing squads and beatings,blazing deserts and deadly junglesvariety see oxfam website for delivery information read morea remarkable story of survival, perseverance and unquenchable spiritual passionyou will laugh and cry at the inspiring story of the man who set out on a life-long mission to carry a symbol all too often associated with judgment and hatred and reinterpret it to the world with a smile and a message of peace, love and hopeyet perhaps even more amazing than the miles he's tread is the completely unquantifiable number of people that have been the focus of his journey along the wayinducted into the guinness book of world records for the "world's longest walk," arthur has spent the last 40years traversing all seven continents, 315 countries, island groups and territoriesoxfam bookshop newport how do you live a life of purpose and destiny? it begins athe's dined with presidents and peasants,been greeted by hundreds of thousands in jammed packed squares and walked deserted highways all for one grand purpose
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