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" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgehe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religiongerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningstext block is clean and binding solidinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religion"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienavery good black cloth
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on asia and the middle east - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated westerners since the time of alexander the greatjames cook) and influential cartographersmapping the silk road and beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from alexander the great's map of the world, first created in 323 bc and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to maps from the nineteenth century by french and dutch explorers that detail the growing interaction between europeans and eastern culturesthe maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of asia and the middle east: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the queen of sheba, mohammed the prophet, king charles v) to legendary explorers (marco polo, columbus, magellan, sir francis drake, captmapping the silk road and beyond traces the history of the european age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the timethese maps represent the finest examples in existence in museums, libraries, and archives around the world, chosen because they depict the most important milestones in the mapping of asiathe book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient silk road: a network of trading posts that encompassed china, tibet, pakistan, india, kurdistan, iraq, ethiopia, eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including abyssinia, malacca, macassar, siam, and cathay
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford by the time he was six years old, stephen matthews had been bombarded by the luftwaffe and deported from occupied guernsey, along with his family, to a prison camp in the heart of adolf hitler's third reichhe had seen men die in front of him and walked with jews straight off the cattle-trucks from bergen-belsenthe day the nazis came here is an utterly unique memoir, depicting the world of nazi prison camps through the eyes of a child - a world in which the real dangers often seemed trivial and every day was a new adventurethe family kept going through over three of imprisonment, held together by their will to survival and their love for each otherabove all, it pays tribute to the preciousness of hope, and shows that human kindness may flower in the unlikeliest of placeshe had nearly drowned, menaced by alsatian guard dogs, been beaten by a member of the ss, stranded in a minefield and had his hand broken by a german guard for attempting to feed russian prisonersbut the island home they eventually returned to had been scarred and stricken by nazi occupation
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry viwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglected
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans what would you do if you were faced with a dangerous temptation you feared you couldn't resist? "the scandal of the season" tells the story of the real-life seduction of the beautiful, clever arabella fermor by the charming, enigmatic nobleman robert petre, seventh baron of ingatestonewatching the pair with a beady eye, is an outsider, a cripple, destined to become the genius of his age - the poet alexander popearabella is in need of rich husband, but knows that girls have been ruined by risking an affair like the one she contemplatesthe object of her desire is also flirting with a perilous jacobite plot against queen anne
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kingsthorpe the complete third season of the american fantasy drama created by john rogerswhen eve baird (rebecca romijn) is chosen as the latest guardian of the library, she has her work cut out for her when she realises she has become part of an ancient order dedicated to protecting the world from the magic that lies inside the booksthe episodes are: 'and the rise of chaos', 'and the fangs of death', 'and the reunion of evil', 'and the self-fulfilling prophecy', 'and the tears of a clown', 'and the trial of the triangle', 'and the curse of cindy', 'and the eternal question', 'and the fatal separation' and 'and the wrath of chaos'in this series, the egyptian god apep (amin el gamal) is released by a navy veteran whose body apep then possesses, jake (christian kane) and cassandra (lindy booth) are sent on a mission to retrieve a crystal from a cave in sweden, and the group organise an intervention for flynn (noah wyle) whose obsession with finding the eye of ra has taken over his life
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kingsthorpe the complete first season of the american fantasy drama created by john rogersthe episodes are: 'and the crown of king arthur', 'and the sword in the stone', 'and the horns of a dilemma', 'and santa's midnight run', 'and the apple of discord', 'and the fables of doom', 'and the rule of three', 'and the heart of darkness', 'and the city of light' and 'and the loom of fate'when eve baird (rebecca romijn) is chosen as the latest guardian of the library, she has her work cut out for her when she realises she has become part of an ancient order dedicated to protecting the world from the magic that lies inside the books
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria based on a three-year course prepared by leon maclaren for the school of economic science in london in the late s, this book reassesses the first principles of economicswith original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from australia, canada, new zealand, the uk, and the united states, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairsit concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealthin his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heartleon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic science
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria here is the definitive account of the house of amphora, the innovative ceramic artworks bearing that name in fact or by association, and the five workshops that produced themthey journey from amphora's beginnings in the turn-teplitz region of what was once bohemia, to foreign markets where their artworks garnered mass appeal and on to the world's largest art exhibitions of the late 19th and early 20th centurieswith access to the most extensive amphora collections worldwide and recently unearthed archives and records from the czech republic, the authors - all three specialists in their fields - piece together a fascinating story of talent, ambition, family ties and innovationincluded are hundreds of specially commissioned photographs with detailed descriptions, chapters on collecting, care and conservation, and a lengthy study of marks, signatures and the amphora numbering systemcognizant that all works of art reflect the times from which they emerge, the authors discuss the vital relationship between the ceramic workshops and the many movements - political, economic and artistic - that swept through europe and the rest of the world at that time
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targetsfrom 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 omnipresentfrom 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-involvedcover & spine in very good conditiona few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsnow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismfor 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 nigerin 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 similarities
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington the voice of poetrythere is a booklet includedsome of the records have chips around the edges which do not affect the playing surfacescolumbia ? db to x shellac, rpmside 4 has a long scratchvolume ii: john gielgud john gielgud ? the voice of poetrythe records are all in very good shiny condition apart from side 1 where track two has two small areas of damage/depositthe folder is intact but has significant mould marking to the covers and the cover fabric is deteriorating and there is damage to one cornercolumbia masterworkthere is no booklet includedreleased: original set of 6 x 78 rpm records in foldershellac, rpm ukan anthology of recorded versevolume i: edith evans columbia dthe folder is intact but has significant mould marking to the covers and the cover fabric is deterioratingvolumes i and iireleased: original set of 6 x 78 rpm records in folderall the others are slightly dulledside 1 track three has a larger area of deposit which has not moved on cleaningplease note, this is a heavy package and there is an additional courier charge of £8other than this the set is very good
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oxfam shop darlington hardbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight tanning but no foxing and contents very clean with tight binding on the origin of species or, more completely, on the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life was published on 24 november , is a work of scientific literature by charles darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biologybumping on spine endsbrown cloth boards with decorative motif and titles on spine published in the world classics series, third impression, by grant richards, january darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selectionthe book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolution
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street in harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry returns for his fifth year of study at hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil lord voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that voldemort has returnedmeeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "dumbledore's army," harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the dark arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies aheadfearing that hogwarts' venerable headmaster, albus dumbledore, is lying about voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the minister for magic, cornelius fudge, appoints a new defense against the dark arts teacher to keep watch over dumbledore and the hogwarts studentswith the ability to play multiple characters, including harry potter, dumbledore and sirius black, the videogame of harry potter and the order of the phoenix offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around hogwarts, and experience one of the most exciting and dangerous years in the life of the boy who livedbut professor dolores umbridge's ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends hermione and ron, harry takes matters into his own hands
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a breathtaking story of bravery, friendship and fighting for what you believe in, umbrella mouse to the rescue is the eagerly anticipated sequel to anna fargher's bestselling and award-winning the umbrella mouse, based on the true stories of the heroic animals caught in the conflict of wwiiyoung mouse pip hanway is in france as she continues fighting for the french resistance group noah's ark: a secret gang of animals operating beneath the feet of human soldiers, whose aim is to liberate france and secure the victory of the alliesdetermined to reach her ancestral home of the umbrella museum in italy, pip hopes she can find long-lost family and a homebut as pip makes the perilous journey through occupied territory, she soon realizes that danger comes from all sides and that the enemy is all around, and she does everything she can to fight for her friendsbeautifully illustrated by sam usher, pip will take you on an incredible journey through a war that reaches even the smallest of creatures
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case in very good conditiondiscs in excellent conditionmeeting secretly with a small group of students who name themselves "dumbledore's army," harry teaches them how to defend themselves against the dark arts, preparing the courageous young wizards for the extraordinary battle that lies aheadfearing that hogwarts' venerable headmaster, albus dumbledore, is lying about voldemort's return in order to undermine his power and take his job, the minister for magic, cornelius fudge, appoints a new defense against the dark arts teacher to keep watch over dumbledore and the hogwarts studentsin harry potter and the order of the phoenix, harry returns for his fifth year of study at hogwarts and discovers that much of the wizarding community is in denial about the teenager's recent encounter with the evil lord voldemort, preferring to turn a blind eye to the news that voldemort has returnedwith the ability to play multiple characters, including harry potter, dumbledore and sirius black, the videogame of harry potter and the order of the phoenix offers fans the opportunity to wield a wand, explore all around hogwarts, and experience one of the most exciting and dangerous years in the life of the boy who livedbut professor dolores umbridge's ministry-approved course of defensive magic leaves the young wizards woefully unprepared to defend themselves against the dark forces threatening them and the entire wizarding community, so at the prompting of his friends hermione and ron, harry takes matters into his own hands
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage the book of common prayer and an administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the united church of england and ireland together with their proper lessons for sundays and other holy days and the new version of the psalms of davidleather bound with metal clasp28 pages loose but intactrubbing to spine and head and foot of spineinscription on front fly sheet
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreplease see pictures for the details of contentsoxfam bookshop clifton sir simon rattle: the asia toura new disc box set includes 5 cd s and 1 video blu-ray in shrink wrap, released by berlin phil media gmbh
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop malvern not a toyalmost fine condition - just slight dent on the plastic edge above the girl's head - see photoalso very slight rubbing at the corners of boxmoonraker space shuttle cc the definitive bond collection
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston horror, the film reader brings together key articles to provide a comprehensive resource for students of horror cinemamark jancovich's introduction traces the development of horror film from the cabinet of drcombining classic and recent articles, each section explores a central issue of horror film, and features an editor's introduction outlining the context of debatescaligari to the blair witch project, and outlines the main critical debates
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case condition: very good sleeve condition: very good disc condition: very good directed by mike newell, the fourth instalment of the hugely popular series sees harry potter (daniel radcliffe) board the train to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical educationof course, harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student cedric diggory (robert pattinson), as hogwarts' representative in the tri-wizard tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard communityshortly after his reunion with his best friends, ron (rupert grint) and hermione (emma watson), harry is introduced to yet another defence against the dark arts teacher: the grizzled mad-eye moody (brendan gleeson)
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham portraits if the past is a detailed record of an exciting period in the history of the old county of monmouthshire when its natural resources and manpower were combined to produce a social and economic revolution during the period of to
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the critically acclaimed bestseller from the number one bestselling author of the moment and a special relationshipa powerful romantic novel set in the tumultuous world of post-war americanew york, - sara smythe, a young, beautiful and intelligent woman, ready to make her own way in the big city, attends her brother's thanksgiving eve partyin post-war america chance meetings aren't always as they seem, and people's choices can often have profound repercussionssara and jack find they are subject to forces beyond their control and that their destinies are formed by more than just circumstancein this mesmerising tale of longing and betrayal, the pursuit of happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destinyin this world of intrigue and emotional conflict, sara must fight to survive - against jack, as much as for himas the party gets into full swing, in walks jack malone, a us army journalist back from a defeated germany and a man unlike any sara has ever met before - one who is destined to change sara's future foreverbut finding love isn't the same as finding happiness - as sara and jack soon find out
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport first published ; this is the fifth impressionhe presents the story through three different narrators"d/j with only two minor (quarter inch) tears and a tiny piece missing from top and bottom of spineno highlighting or other notes/marksthe author's "confessed purpose is to set christ in the frame of jewish life from which he sprang
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop salisbury directed by mike newell, the fourth instalment of the hugely popular series sees harry potter (daniel radcliffe) board the train to hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry, where he will attend his fourth year of magical educationof course, harry's wishes for an uneventful school year are almost immediately shattered when he is unexpectedly chosen, along with fellow student cedric diggory (robert pattinson), as hogwarts' representative in the tri-wizard tournament, which awards whoever completes three magical tasks the most skilfully with a thousand-galleon purse and the admiration of the international wizard communityshortly after his reunion with his best friends, ron (rupert grint) and hermione (emma watson), harry is introduced to yet another defence against the dark arts teacher: the grizzled mad-eye moody (brendan gleeson)
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oxfam shop salisbury dreamworks computer-animated family adventure film based on the book series by william joycebut with the powers of the guardians waning, will they be able to convince the world's children of their existence and overcome the power of pitch? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the nightmare king pitch (voiced by jude law) launches his evil plan to engulf the whole world in darkness, the guardians - santa claus (alec baldwin), the tooth fairy (isla fisher), the easter bunny (hugh jackman) and the sandman - enlist the help of a young and reluctant jack frost (chris pine) to stop pitch in his tracks and protect children everywhere
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame volume 7 of the monographs on archaeology and fine arts sponsored by the archaeological institute of america and the college art association of america
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the secrets of happiness is an extraordinary tale of sisterhood, from lucy diamond author of the beach cafethey are stepsisters, living far apart, with little in commonthe two of them have lost touch, but when rachel doesn't come home one night, becca is called in to helpworst of all, nobody seems to have a clue where she might bethe best things in lifeartistic becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat, and has given up on loveonce there, she quickly realizes that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: rachel's handsome husbandhas moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosediverachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house, plus an impressive careerbut sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected placesas becca begins to untangle rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about her own life, and the future seems uncertaincan be just around the cornerrachel and becca aren't real sisters, or so they say
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford practically everyone has heard of sherlock holmes and certainly many people have read the books, but for those who have not probably the best known story is that of the hound of the baskervillestherefore in this abridged version read by hugh burden we hope to introduce holmes to a new audience and also satisfy the afficionado
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury this highly acclaimed debut feature from victor erice is set in rural spain just after franco's victory in the spanish civil wargoaded on by her sister, who tells her the monster lives in a house on the edge of the village, she finally summons enough courage to visit the housethe young girl, ana, starts to worry about the fate of the monsterin a remote castillian village in a travelling cinema comes to town and shows the boris karloff film 'frankenstein'she discovers a fugitive on the run who takes the surrogate place of the monster of her imagining, and she naively tries to protect him from the villagers and policeit offers a memorable story of a child's innocence amid post-war traumas and a haunting commentary on the new fascist rule
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road in a strange room in morocco, mary russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: who am i? she has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the doorshe is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious arabic phraseas holmes searches for her, and russell searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late for them, for africa, and for the peace of europeout in the hive-like streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locksmeanwhile, holmes is pulled into the growing war between france, spain, and the rif revolt led by emir abd el-krim-who may be a robin hood or a power mad tribesmanthe shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of fez, and holmes badly wants the wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he's learned has gone missing
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