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A story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural and spiritual clash between east and west, "the far pavilions" is a searing insight into the human heartrunning time 4 hours, 45 minuteskaye's epic novel of love and warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas he forgets his true identity, his destiny is setit begins in when, following the indian mutiny, young english orphan ashton is disguised by his ayah sita as her indian son, ashokvineeta rishi ("the last detective") stars as sita and the narrator, with blake ritson as ashok/ashton and ayesha dharker as anjulioxfam shop kendal this is a bbc radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of mkaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that spans over twenty years, moving from the foothills of the himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged british mission in kabul
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreenglishman ash (ben cross) was orphaned at the age of four, but was saved from the indian mutiny by a hindu foster mother who brought him up as her ownoxfam bookshop swanage epic adaptation of monly on her deathbed did she reveal ash's true origins to him, and he finds himself torn between the british and indian establishments as he tries to win the hand of anjula (amy irving), his childhood friend, now an indian princess already betrothed to a local ruler
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Animals of the arctic: the ecology of the far north by bernard stonehouse published: condition is very good for an older booklovely photos of the animals read morereason for sale: our daughter used this book to find out about the animals and ecology of animals that live in the arctic as part of her animal care course which she has now completed
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Life in the far west a true account of travels across america's wilderness by george frederick ruxton (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Future islands: the far field cd () - new sealed - cult album 4ad records
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Embrace the far cry legacy and play as the villains with the far cry® 6 season pass
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If you're a fan of the far side then this is a must have treasurethe complete far side by gary larson (hardcover boxed set) isbn 10: / isbn 13: this ultimate, lavish collector's edition celebrates gary's twisted, irreverent genius in the complete farsidethis boxed set is brand new and in immaculate condition ÂŁ40 ono collection from caterham on the hill ad id: delivery service consumer creditvery high quality prints and quite heavy books
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Title: far side gallery 4 author: gary larson publisher: warner books, londonsynopsis: this fourth collection of "the far side" cartoons ranges from neanderthals to nerds, dogs to dinosaurs and horses to humansoxfam shop shirley added value: 1st editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamagedpublication date: first published in great britain binding: paperback book condition: very good isbn 10: Â Â isbn 13: includes a foreword by robin williamssize 276mm x 216mm wide, cartoon illustrations either in colour or b/w on every page, 167 ppyet again, the author's odd and dark sense of humour is expressed in the doings of man and beast
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Lot consisting of 39 west history books, in 1st edition herald complete collection of the boy in the far westregisters in good / excellent conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome books with slight tweaks on the cover or spinesome excellent books / newsstandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeaverage interior excellent, paper with slight signs of agingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetopseller this week will be auctioning the complete collection of the rodeo necklace, all in 1st editionfollow our account and you will find the entire collection divided into various lotsvarious abrasions and small spots and some numbers with more marked defectscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Mahjong set purchased by me @ whilst i was in the navy out in the far eastthe presentation box has been opened but the pieces have not been used and the game has never been playedafter 45 years it's unlikely i'm going to start playing mahjong so the game is for sale
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41 and 42 (before zagor) a boy in the far west entitled: the pirates of missouri and the four aces authorization dated first original edition the comics are in excellent condition square and compact no ballpoint pen, no scotch tape, no glue, they do not come from surrender presence of some signs of aging on the covers read moreare 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 storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein one batch; giant zenith necklace ncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop billericay the entire documentary series that takes you into a world in the far, far distant future - into a world with no people, a world very different from today - which looks at what the earth could be like in and 200 million years timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A full set of five 'far side' galleries. ÂŁ8 for the set. read more
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A particular form of this historic greek monument was chosen by each nation, except the nations in the far east who issued the medal but with a different designr (the south lancashire regiment)lovely condition example of the ww1 victory medal (also called the inter-allied victory medal) with original ribbonthanks for looking - please check out my other coins & medals for salethe dates of the war were in every case to , except that of the british empire, which gave the dates as illustrated ( to )this fine looking example was awarded to: ptethe design and ribbon was also adopted by belgium, brazil, cuba, czechoslovakia, france, greece, italy, japan, portugal, romania, siam, union of south africa and the usa in accordance with the decision of the inter-allied peace conference at versailles (a 'winged victory)
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Discs and case in very good conditionwhen aubrey eyes a renegade french super-frigate, the surprise pursues, leading to an adrenaline-charged chase through the distant reaches of the seasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter conquering much of europe already, napoleon's forces have set their sights on taking britian, so captain aubrey (russell crowe) and the crew of his ship, the hms surprise, take to the pacific to intercept any attacking ships from the french fleetoxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of one of the 'master and commander' novels by patrick o'brian; o'brian's novels are set during the napoleonic wars and feature the character captain jack aubrey
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Jones the end is near! as the year races towards its close, we follow our heroes through their final steps in space - and time! from the mean streets of gotham to the far reaches of deep space, the last weeks tick down to their shattering conclusionas a single book, it's a compelling mess: a breakneck but occasionally jolting tour of a fictional world whose balance of power is rapidly shifting, and it's packed with easter eggs for longtime comics readersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe cast of hundreds includes time travelers, space travelers, a down-on-her-luck ex-cop recruited by a faceless hero to replace him, a chinese government-sponsored superhero team, and mad scientists mysteriously vanishing by the score; there's a grand, lost-like conspiracy to which this volume offers plenty of clues but no solutionsthe writing team's knack for character comedy and crisp dialogue keeps the tone lively, but there are a few too many plot threads to juggle—the overall effect is of a handful of entertaining series with their pages shuffled together written by geoff johns, grant morrison, greg rucka, mark waid breakdowns by keith giffen art by various backup features by waid and various covers by jour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebut not a year without heroeskeith giffen's layouts flow smoothly and give the book a measure of consistency; they're fleshed out by an assortment of cartoonists, mostly in solid examples of the generic superhero style ofwhen this first of four volumes was serialized, its selling point was that it was a weekly, soap-operatic series happening in real time, a sort of 24 with superheroes, written by four major comics namescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableworld war iii is just the beginning! plus, more origins of the dc universe, including the jla with ethan van sciver and batman with andy kubert! 52: a year without superman; a year without batman; a year without wonder woman
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The book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far eastthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionageoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air power
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On a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, ballista must journey the amber road to the far north to hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birthto the east, on the plains of northern italy, the armies of the emperor gallienus musterfans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottoms recreation of the ancient worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea fearsome, masked warlord attacks, bringing fire and sword against the anglespraise for harry sidebottom: sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrthe western provinces - gaul, spain and britain - have been seized by the pretender postumusyet not all welcome ballistas returnharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artad 264 - the roman empire is torn in twooxfam shop launceston warrior of rome: the amber road is the sixth book in harry sidebottom's warrior of rome seriesdoes treachery pose the greatest danger?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramaeveryone must choose a side
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For this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonmyths surround itestimates of its length vary from to milesfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westeven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesmutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliamillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-triphe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitythe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightsmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moonbut we are wrongwe all feel we know the wallin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at all
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Oxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experiments"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangeand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurywhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencequantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not exist'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfquantum theory is weirdbut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatetake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its core
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Blowers has been close the the heart of the game for over fifty years and his career has taken him to the far corners of the earthborn in norfolk and educated at eton and cambridge, henry calthorpe blofeld obe, nicknamed blowers by the late brian johnston, is best known as a cricket commentator for test match special on bbc radio 4 and bbc radio 5 live sports extrathe quintessentially english cricket commentator, writer, oenophile, bon viveur, collector and national treasure, fondly known as blowers, tells his colourful life storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis autobiography, stuffed to the gunwhales with delicious anecdotes, brings his astonishingly colourful story bang up to datehis distinctively rich, cut glass voice and his vividly eccentric observations of life on and off the pitch, have made him a household name, not only in britain but around the world, wherever cricket is played
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Navy commander maggie kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far long earthin the years after the cataclysmic yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee datum earth to myriad long earth worldsoxfam bookshop brigg from the combined talents of the uk's bestselling novelist and a giant of british science fiction comes the dazzling new chapter in the extraordinary and bestselling the long earth sequencebut sally soon learns that willis has an ulterior motive for his request: he needs her help to trace an advanced alien technology which, he believes, will help mankind''s post-yellowstone recoveryfor joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to homesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresally, joshua, and lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original stepper device, willis linsayhe becomes embroiled in the plight of the next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in the community called happy landings, located deep in the long earthhe tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the long mars and wants her to accompany himjoshua is determined to liberate the children -- and a dramatic showdown over the inhumanity of humans against their own kind seems inevitableignorance and fear have caused 'normal' human society to turn against the next, and the authorities, afraid of anything or anyone not deemed 'normal', order that all next children be imprisoned
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Indy's whirlwind adventure, set in the far east in , plunges him into an international crisis of terrifying magnitudethe game will offer 10 levels, all set in unique locales such as a 15th century castle that looms over prague, an underwater palace in istanbul, and a mountaintop fortress in chinaas the game begins, a powerful underground asian society, the black dragon triad, and a german mercenary, albrecht von beck, have formed an unholy alliance in the hopes of acquiring the heart of the dragon, a black pearl that gives its possessor the power to mould mindsdiscs ex case ex see oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, with this unwelcome coalition in desperate pursuit of one of the most powerful artefacts known to man, it's up to indy to prevent the heart of the dragon from falling into the wrong handsrumoured to be buried in the crypt of china's first emperor, it has been safely hidden for more than two thousand yearsoxfam bookshop carlisle from the crocodile-infested waters in ceylon to the bustling streets of hong kong, perennial action hero indiana jones' wits, agility, whip lashing and hand-to-hand combat skills will be put to the test as never before in the third person action-adventure indiana jones and the emperor's tombjones is aided in his search by k'ai's stunningly beautiful assistant, mei ying, who helps him throughout this epic conflicthowever, in order to retrieve the heart, indy must first traverse the world to find and assemble the three scattered pieces of the dragon seal, the key to unlocking the cryptindy enters the race for the heart at the behest of marshal k'ai, an asian businessman who asks him to retrieve the pearl and return it to the government of china
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Explore ancient tombs in the pyramids of egypt, master martial arts in the far east, and discover rich culture and famous landmarks of franceuncover new skills, experience new personality traits and garner rewards, if your sims succeedtake your sims on the adventure of their lives with the sims 3 world adventures
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham inspired by seemingly every corner of the world, from the native dishes of latin america to the mystical offerings of the far east, paul gayler shows how to combine ingredients and influences from diverse places and design multiple courses of complementary flavours in bite-size formsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is at once a profound meditation upon the nature of received religion; a love story; a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far futureoxfam bookshop cheltenham the book of dave is based around the rants of dave rudman, a disgruntled east end taxi driver, who writes his woes down and buries themwill self's big bold book dares to take on the grand themes in the grand mannersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly to have them discovered 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of london
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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 toothe book is based on official records and the words of the survivors and their childrenno 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 bookhardback book in as new condition in an unclipped dust jacket   see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton a large parcel came by post to arthur ransomehe opened it to find the manuscript of this book written by two schoolgirls, during the winter and spring terms, to the detriment of their school workthey have the sort of holiday that everybody would like to have if only they could! see oxfam website for delivery information read morea party of children stay in a farmhouse on exmoor, meet other like-minded children, have all sorts of adventures, mostly on horseback but also on a raft on the riverhe began reading it with deep mistrust but soon found himself unable to stop
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He positions the ball, aims for the far corner and shootshe elegantly dribbles the ball, keeping it close to his feet, and dances around the opposing team’s defenders as though they were nothing but slalom poles
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Showcasing original japanese theatrical artwork, this essential collection perfectly blends the exuberant stye of the far east with the iconic art of hollywoodlimited to copiesthe hindenburg japanese artwork series #4 limited edition steelbook
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