The fall of man
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Details in the photographphotos a bit "hazy" because of plastic covering but these have never been out of the presentation casepostage is additional at about ÂŁ3they belonged to my late father5 crowns in a plastic presentation case highlighting some of the important vessels and historic personalities if the isle of man's links with the sea and ships
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"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 stamong 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 huntthey 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 icethe historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocenceleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiece
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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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The book documents eleven of the productions for which he became famous including: metamorphosis, the trial, the fall of the house of usher, agamemnon, hamlet, coriolanus, east, greek, west, decadence and salomeoxfam shop worthing eleven productions by one of british theatre's most astonishing practitionersthe theatre of steven berkoff is as much a visual testimony as it is an insight into great performance theareover the years his productions have drawn to them the attention of a number of notably gifted stage photgraphers who have captured the essence and uniqueness of berkoff's theatre including robert mcfarlane, nobby clark and john haynessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop colne road all three episodes of the animated sci-fi xbox originals seriesbased on the novel by eric nylund, the series discovers the origin of the spartan program that set master chief (voice of steve downes) and drthe episodes are: 'act 1', 'act 2' and 'act 3'catherine halsey (jen taylor) on their journey to halo ioresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The author shows how time has shaped and changed them, how national events have occasionally touched them - from the fall of the roman empire (with its villa under the fields in burcot), the rule of dorchester abbey nearby and civil war carnageoxfam bookshop wallingford a history of clifton hampden and burcot, two villages of very different character, knit together by the thames see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This one of the first books to be written about the young turkish revolution of and the attempt at a counter revolution in , which brought turkey close to civil war and resulted in the abdication of the last autocratic ruler of the ottoman empire, abdul hamid iioxfam bookshop beverley very rare first editionpage edges are foxed, stained and bumpedpages themselves are heavily foxed see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrancis mccullagh was an indefatigable journalist and war reporter, who covered conflicts from the russo-japanese to the spanish civil warbook condition: scrapes, wear and marking on front, spine and back covers
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth 2 volumes part 1 contains the tales of valinor, the second beren and luthien, turin and the dragon, and the full narratives of the necklace of the dwarves and the fall of gondolineach tale is followed by a commentary and texts of associated poemssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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When the great american movie palaces opened in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings anyone had ever seensome were demolished, some were converted, and some remain derelict to this daythere's nothing remarkable about a movie theater today, but that wasn t always the casewith the advent of television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them open
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Oxfam shop poole a collectable conductors badge from the isle of manthe badge is is good condition with only one minor dent on the left hand side near the bottom see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The coin fron jersey is in good condition as is the coin from the isle of manoxfam shop heathfield two old style large circulated 10 pence coins with attractive designssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A very rare copy of swan's picturesque views of the falls of clyde: bonniton lynn, cartland craigs and bridge, corra lynn and castle, and the fall of stonebyres with descriptive illustrations see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop oban glasgow: jbook condition; good,thick card boards, cloth spine, heavy wear all-round, 8mm open tear on lower spine, front hinge split heavy foxing on all pages, booksellers bookplate on verso front board along with very light pencil notes?, 4 illustration complete with tissue guardsswan, st, hardcover
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Oxfam shop cottingham a delightful fine bone china thimble by watsons featuring the isle of man crestin very good conditionideal for collectors or as a memento for those who love this part of the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From the isle of man: for sale - a rare 50 pence piece depicting a ram, from the year , in very good condition; postage extra
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From the isle of man: "christmas" 50 pence coin, very rare, in excellent condition; postage extra read more
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An american edition was published in and numerous foreign translations were printeddarwin expanded on his theories in later works, such as the descent of man, his first book to argue explicitly that humans were animals shaped by evolutionin total, six editions were published during darwin’s lifetime, each with important revisions, including the first use of the term “evolution” in the sixth editionfinally appearing in , the origin of species was aimed at the general public rather than scientiststhe origin of species - by charles darwin sixth edition!! - this was the first edition in which he used the word evolution - this was the last edition published during darwin's lifetime this edition has been climbing in value year after year already a scientific star upon his return to england, charles darwin published an exciting travel memoir and important works on geology and fossils, while continuing to develop his ideas on evolution in secretit was an immediate success, with the entire first printing oversubscribed and a second edition planned immediately
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the distinctive features of joseph voght's approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociology see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is not merely the most important contribution to the study of ancient slavery in the present generation; it is also a reasoned refutation of more extreme marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori system
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The book of job, which deals with deep-seated conflict between the integrity of god and the integrity of man and belongs to a group of writings known as wisdom literature, surpasses any of its known babylonian or egyptian forerunners in the beauty of its poetic discourses and in its insightinside of dust jacket at front fold is clippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal hardback in excellent condition
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Slight fading to spinetext block is otherwise tight and clean, and lightly but evenly tannedsuperficial scuffs, marks and dentsoxfam bookshop newport first published in , a few months before the horrors of the somme battles, this is an interesting mix of poems and prose with some unusual choices in the selectionsmall crack at front hinge where free endpaper has been torn outsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreburgundy cloth covered boards with silver text to spine
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Oxfam bookshop st albans 1the fields of athenry, 2farewell to nova scotia3galtee mountain boy 4farewell to the rhonda 5john o'dreams 6scorn not his simplicity 7the crack was ninety in the isle of man 8dancing at whitsun 9mulligan and me jim larkin 11a bunch of thyme see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The shock of the fall is all of these booksthe shock of the fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illnessthere are books which let us into the hidden parts of life and make them vividly realand he was never the same after thati think you're going to like himhis name's simon'there are books you can't stop reading, which keep you up all nightoxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the costa book of the year winner of the specsavers popular fiction book of the year winner of the betty trask prize 'i'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brotherthere are books which, because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen, linger in your mind for dayssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a brave and groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fictionbut in a couple of pages he'll be dead
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Oxfam shop ulverston a naive young man, a radio enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the british empire at singapore inone of his tormentors was a young japanese interpreter; lomax never forgot himthis was the most disastrous engineering project in history, which killed allied prisoners and thai labourershe was put to work on the railway of death - the japanese line from thailand and burmaalmost 50 years after the war, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the japanese interpreter, was still alivethis is the story of a tragic life and a transformed old agethe japanese discovered the radio and lomax was exhaustively and brutally tortureddespite an outwardly successful life, lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences and could never share them with anyonesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelomax helped to build a radio so that he and his comrades could follow news of the war
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This is the story of p's dramatic journey through the fall of man in an attempt to become a good citizendenmark released, english (subtitles) special features: interactive menu, scene access, trailer(s), synopsis: a modern fable about an invisible man who gets the chance to become a real human beinghe has to learn to be brave, honest and conscientiousan apartment is assigned to p and he gets a job in a shoe storep's naiveté and good will makes him an easy preywithout being guilty, he becomes under suspicion of being a wanted child molester'p' is a fantasy figure, living behind the wallpaper in seven year-old lisa's bedroomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe ends up at a refugee center, where he learns danish and becomes an integrated member of societydue to the destruction of the building in which lisa lives, p leaves lisa and her fantasy worldoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good condition
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There goes the forgotten manthe man who shot liberty valancei'll never fall in love againthe item format is a cdi say a little prayerthe title is the look of love - the burt bacharach collection
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And it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slumsoxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understandthe entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himselfthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tonemurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceivedcoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga
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President woodrow wilson and with two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionoxfam shop pershore the first in ken follett's bestselling century trilogy, fall of giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the first world war, the russian revolution, and the struggle for votes for womenin a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, fall of giants moves seamlessly from washington to st petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mightytheir destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to uthe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonthe coronation day of king george v
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President woodrow wilson and to two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionin a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, fall of giants moves seamlessly from washington to st petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mightytheir destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to uoxfam bookshop cheltenham a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the first world war, the russian revolution, and the struggle for votes for womenthe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonthe coronation day of king george v
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The fall ?– live at doornroosje, nijmegen rsd releasethe fall ?– live th october batschkapp frankfurt germany recorded on 11th october at batschkapp, frankfurt, germany read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Vol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirubbed corners and spine endsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredall 8 volumes are in good condition*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreundated, 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 storesome wear to the front and back boardscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespines are firm and intact
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