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Oxfam shop colne road it's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavourfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchin flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgery
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It's christmas time in royston vasey, the little northern town whose proud motto is 'you'll never leave', and this special full-length episode has a darkly dickensian yuletide flavourfinally we travel back to visit a younger herr lipp, the vicious pederast, who is captured here leading a choir of small boys in the small german town of duisberg; but what will he do to the young lad who asks if he may come to visit this christmas? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreback in the present, and taking a sideswipe at stanley kubrick's 'eyes wide shut', the endlessly warring couple stella and charlie try to resolve their dysfunction, and stella visits a strange masked group called 'solutions' in the hope of using voodoo to get rid of her husbandwe are presented with a complex tableau of stories delivered to royston vasey's vicar bernice by a variety of strangers who visit her churchin flashback we are shown the terrible secret behind dr chinnery's always fatal attempts at veteninary surgeryoxfam shop kendal new and sealed
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Frank sinatra – the frank sinatra christmas collection - deja vu tracklist a1 white christmas a2 o little town of bethlehem a3 adeste fideles a4 it came upon a midnight clear a5 santa claus is coming to town b1 jingle bells b2 silent night, holy night b3 christmas dreaming b4 have yourself a merry little christmas b5 hark the herald angels sing b6 the christmas song -------------- lp vinyl record - in excellent condition the sleeve - excellent condition ------------ shipping postage to uk only - £380 parcel2go we use music max defendapak reinforced cardboard mailers for added security read more
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This is a beautiful limited edition picture called twelve days of christmas , made by waddingtonsyou also can look for the hidden pictures of each element in the song " the twelve days of christmas " this is the last in the seriesthe box is solid with no marks or selotapethere is a certificate of authenticity, which is numbered included and a collectable coinas you can see by the picture, this super de-luxe piece jigsaw is complete and quite difficultthe jigsaw is very good conditiona lovely puzzle to docomes from a smoke and pet free homepostage may be dearer if going abroad, please ask first read moresize is 50 x 67cmi always try to combine p & p wherever possible, size and weight permittingpostage to uk is £3guaranteed complete
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With love and christmas wishes i have 6 to sell free postage read morethe message reads: to a granddaughter who means the world, this simple heartfelt wish, is sent with lots of festive hugs, and seals within, a kiss, may all the joys of christmas find a way to bring to you, a season full of splendour in which all your dreams come true
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This book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream culturethe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationsas a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearsthe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flapthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewhe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumthis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiesthe binding is sound
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Spine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and sciencepencil ownership inscription of ‘wpencil notes on the last pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagetitle-page repairedex-library copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihowever, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tableswe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’item is as picturedrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine no1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesink mark to tail page edgeashdown’ to head of title-pagebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablessmall tears to some margins, affecting text on prebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditiontables throughout
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The yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the back107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossvery occasional spots of foxing notedinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppit contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelytitle etc in black lettering on spinein he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'clothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those yearsthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketdom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's workssee oxfam website for delivery information read more dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeit has been widely translated, and remains in print todaykarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th century previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedown the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans
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But something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagebut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolnow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallbut something much darker has yet to be unleashedthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harryafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endsee oxfam website for delivery information read morematching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talebut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstreview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the future
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He argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read moremark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencepart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsin part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods
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In an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, innoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosaoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasse
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7 – brenda lee rockin’ around the christmas treesanta baby - christmas from the ladies of song4 – vera lynn the little boy that santa forgot8 – the beverley sisters i saw mommy kissing santa claus2 – eartha kitt santa baby
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It examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbalross (loyola university, chicago)power (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (stvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan aandrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david nthe vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theologyoxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplines
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Oxfam bookshop victoria dickens' classic christmastide story in which the mean scrooge is converted to compassion and care by a series of ghostly visitations from the ghosts of christmas past, christmas present and christmas futureillustrated by michael cole see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Get into the spirit of christmas with these 2 christmas/festive reads; coming home for christmas by julia williams and a christmas kiss by vicky pattisonboth books are paperbacks and are in excellent conditionwill sell separatelyprice is £1 each
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Need some more christmas decorations, then why not buy these selection of christmas baubles? acceptable wear and teara house of fraser velvet bauble 1 x velvet crown 1 x velvet drum 1 x drum 1 x glass bauble 1 x father christmas bauble 1 x house, which opens comes from a non-smoker homethanks for looking, item is located in farnborough, hampshire about 1i am around most weekdays during the daytime, evenings and weekends for viewing5 miles from m3 jct’s 4 & 4a
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Finally appearing in , the origin of species was aimed at the general public rather than scientistsan 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 editionthe 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 shop brentwood a christmas celebration recaptures the spirit of christmas past and is packed with ideas for making christmas present exciting and entertaining with suggestions of gifts and decorations to makesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition
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The dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placeshe was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique wayas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by manyyet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happybut, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' artoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacketin this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humourhe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39the hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spineinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markingsrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelaurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himthe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour images
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rather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainshe asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyhe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagethe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of them
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This book concentrates on displaced poles and balts (from lithuania, estonia and latvia) who chose to settle in britain rather than return to their home countries see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is based on official records and the words of the survivors and their childrenhardback book in as new condition in an unclipped dust jacketoxfam bookshop cardiff following the end of world war two there were millions of displaced persons in europe and in the far east toono marks or inscriptionssee the attached images for a good impression of this book
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From the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperythe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsin addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkersee oxfam website for delivery information read morerather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity
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(how to play you are testing your christmas knowledge to climb up and decorate your side of the christmas treesafety warning for 2+ playersoffsettop-100); }); }); box contains 1 x tree, 64 x decorations, 55 x cards see morewhen('a')suitable for children from 12+ years
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton a brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double man booker prize-winning author of 'wolf hall' and 'bring up the bodies'in these ten bracingly subversive tales, all her gifts of characterisation and observation are fully engaged, summoning forth the horrors so often concealed behind everyday façadeschildhood cruelty is played out behind the bushes in 'comma'; nurses clash in 'harley street' over something more than professional differences; and in the title story, staying in for the plumber turns into an ambiguous and potentially deadly waiting gamehilary mantel is one of britain's most accomplished and acclaimed writersdisplaying all of mantel's unmistakable style and wit, they reveal a great writer at the peak of her powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether set in a claustrophobic saudi arabian flat or on a precarious mountain road in greece, these stories share an insight into the darkest recesses of the spirit
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Although empire cinema has been examined by western scholars, such studies have located the films almost wholly within the colonizing country rather that exploring their reception among the colonizedit shows how the empire cinema constructed the colonial world, its rationale for doing so, and the manner in which such constructions were received by the colonized peoplean empirico-historical inquiry into the empire cinema in hollywood and britain during the turbulent s and sthis book offers fresh insights in the field of cultural and film studies from a multi-focal perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombining wide-ranging scholarship based on original documents, film, stuides and historical and political analyses, the book aims to give the reader a sense of how ideologies, images and identites are constructed, promoted, contested and resisted in relation to key film representations of empireby shifting the emphasis to historical reception of imperial popular culture this book seeks to fill out a certain terrain between the current indian writing on national cinema and non-indian writing on empire cinema
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The page edges, which are rough cut, are rather grubbyoverall this copy is in good condition for its ageinside, there is an inscription of a previous owner on the front free end-paper and there is foxing throughout, with light tanningthe text is clear and sharpthe red board cover has some marks, and the paper titling on the spine is marked but legiblethis is a new edition and contains numerous colour illustrations by henry alken and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge this is the biography of john mytton, member of parliament for shrewsburyoriginally written by "nimrod" the pen name of c
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The book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the war there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedwere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreannika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth centuryemotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposedsimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were sufferedoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperbacktext is unmarkedthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy
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rather than settling for cloning the originals and then just slapping a guitar part on top, summers has expertly deconstructed a cluster of monk favourites and then reassembled them with guitar parts elegantly integrated into the structure of each piecewhat's less easy to anticipate is the constant innovation of summers' interpretationsboo boo's birthday 9oxfam bookshop lymington when this album was released, bournemouth's favourite ex-policeman expressed the view that most albums of the music of thelonious monk made by anyone other than monk himself tended to end up as solo-theme-solo blowing sessions which detracted from monk's skill as a composerthink of one 12ruby my dear see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's easy to see what summer means and also refreshing to hear how his own solution to the problem is in many ways as innovative as monk's original thinkinga commendable projectgreen chimneys 2light blue/rhythm-a-ning 13'round midnight 6brilliant corners 4predictably, the selection includes "brilliant corners", "'round midnight" and so on, while the presence of sting as guest vocalist on the latter and summers' ability to rustle up some powerful jazz company for this recording (including peter erskine and hank roberts) is also par for the course
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The book itself is in very good condition for its age, most of the damage is on the slip cover rather than the book itselfbeing the first edition of the book there are some errors in the writing but that just adds value to the bookrowling has proved herself yet again to be a master story-tellerthere is some slight discolouration to the book but other than that it's in mostly great conditionoxfam bookshop deal the summer holidays are dragging on and harry potter can't wait for the start of the school yearbut harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems will be inescapablesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is his fourth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) potions and divination lessons to be attendedwith characteristic wit, fast-paced humour and marvellous emotional depth, j
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