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oxfam shop fulwood road the few - the few see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreillness provides a mirror that allows sufferers to see themselves and to become more introspectiveoxfam bookshop hexham kathy charmaz has written a compelling book on chronic illness and the effect it has on the self-concepts of those who sufferthe cover shows few signs of shelf-wear but the text block has some pencil annotations in the margins, made by a previous ownerfor example, the chronically ill may situate their self-concepts in the past, present, or futurethey may bracket certain experiences, such as a heart attack, as timemarkers or turning points in the pastcharmaz artfully combines near jargon-free analysis with moving stories about how people have experienced illness, usually told in the sufferers' own wordsher work is based on interviews with people suffering from such diseases as cancer, multiple sclerosis, and arthritis, and with their caregiversor they may look ahead to recovering their healthit will appeal to anyone facing a long-term problem that seems beyond controlthey are mostly confined to chapter 2 with only a few in the rest of the bookshe enters the world of the chronically ill, and brings us into itpeople may say they live one day at a timeas they struggle for control over illness and control over time, they also struggle to control the central images of the selfor ahead to deaththis edition (second paperback printing) is in a fair, used condition overallcharmaz looks at how these people disclose their illness, how they experience their emotions, and how they manage daily lifecharmaz examines under what conditions they situate their self-concepts in each of those timeframes
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oxfam bookshop newark hardbackthis book is reprinted years after the original) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe boards are still attractive with gilt decorations and patterns in gilt to the spinethe illustrations are in placeinside there is a label (see photo)the leather boards are worn around the edges and there are a few little marksthere is an original title page from
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morefor contents - see photosoxfam shop malvern hardcover in very good condition, spine ends and outer corner edges very slightly rubbedwith some diagrams in the textix, 236pp including bibliography and indexprevious owner's name written in ink on front free endpapersmall blue bookseller's label inside front coverthe book has a few pencilled annotations
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge the gilgit game is a story of exploration unlike any othersince so few of the travellers were permitted to publish their findings, it has involved much original research and has benefited from the author's first-hand knowledge of much of the terrain the fate of asia hung on the chance encounters and the uncertain wanderings of a small group of men, more intelligence agents than freelance travellers this is the first narrative account of one of the most intriguing stories of explorationtheir geographical discoveries were treated as top secret and their expeditions often resembled military patrols
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston a box set containing the complete bbc natural history series examining life beneath the world's oceansand finally 'coasts' looks at the way underwater life uses the regions above the tide line, a habitat which holds few indigenous species but plays host to many visitorsalso included are two special episodes: 'making waves', a look at some of the characters who helped bring the series to the screen; and 'deep trouble', an investigation of man's relation to the sea'the deep' explores the deepest depths of the oceans and looks at the predators which live there'coral seas' examines the way coral reefs are formed, the life which flourishes among them, and the destruction which ultimately comes their way'seasonal seas' looks at the way the sun effects the marine environment in the temperate seasin 'tidal seas' the series examines tidal movements and their effect upon marine life'open ocean' examines the stretches of deserted sea where very little life can be found, except some of the most dangerous predators of allin 'frozen seas' life in the arctic seas is compared with life in the antarctic'the blue planet' presents an overview of the programmes to come, offering a sense of the amazing variety and complexity of the underwater kingdom
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oxfam bookshop cheltenhambut can we now uncover the secret that may yet save the world? see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe date is setnow it's about to be foundtime is running outfor more than four centuries, the skull, and its legacy of dark intrigue and murder, have been hidden, protected by a code few can breakthe ancient mayans predicted the end of days with uncanny precisionbut they also provided the key to staving off apocalypse: a flawless sapphire of incomparable beauty carved into the perfect likeness of a human skull
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham covers the career of claverhouse from the accession of king james to the battle of killicrankie, and the death of dundeethere are a few white marks on the front board and signs of wear to the edges and corners and to the top and tail of the spinethis is the third volume, published in , bound in blue boardssome light tanning and some foxing to the text
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead the law of compulsory purchase by guy roots being spread across several statutes of varying antiquity and many judicial decisions, the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation can appear dauntingthis book should be on the desk of every practitioner who has to advise upon this branch of law and every advocate who has to present a case in which it arisesit provides a summarised statement of the law, complete with footnotes to enable you to access further informationthe law of compulsory purchase sets out the practice, procedure, policy and valuation of a compulsory purchaseit both simplifies what can be simplified and explains with clarity the difficult areasthis is a first edition in a very good conditionwritten in convenient narrative form, it contains full cross-referencing to the relevant cases, statutory provision and policy circularsfind the answers you need quickly and easilythere is some little shelf wear and a few marks to the page edge on the bottomit also includes a full explanation of the scope of powers to acquire land compulsorily and the exercise of the powers and principles of compensationthe practical structure, style and indexing ensures that the relevant statutory provisions and cases to the matters in issue are easy to findthis authoritative new book is your single accessible volume to this complex and wide-ranging area of the law
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop blackheath part remake, part reunion, this light-hearted spoof of the old s batman television series stars all of the original cast from the camp classicas they track down the thieves, in flashback they reveal what it was like to star in the show, meeting a few old friends - and enemies - along the waywhen adam west and burt ward discover that the famed batmobile from their glory days on the show has been stolen, they leap back into action to apprehend the culprit
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop penzance published , first edition of this book - 4th novel in the dance to the music of time seriesincludes dustjacket which is complete and in good conditionsome slight shelf wear and sunning to the top front of dj, plus signs of foxing to the backother than that the foxing is mostly lighter and mainly on cut edges and not on the printed part of the pagethe red cloth boards are in good condition - some foxing marks to them  internally the binding is sound, but there are signs of foxing especially on the front and back few pages (ie the endpapers and title pages)
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingsbridge this book challenges orthodox beliefs and elaborates upon the special role that planet earth plays in the universe, the function and responsibilities of the universal hierarchy, the past years of earth history, the cause and resolution of these present critical times and what we can do to enrich and fulfill our own and other's livesthis book shows signs of use, with a few minor marks beside the text and inscription on the flyleaf
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxingblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingtitle on spine, just discernibleprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepthere is some rippling to these front pages" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionbound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersvery worn and faded in placeshinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the bindingfrom the author's preface "the ten lectures of which this volume is composed were delivered last spring, in st john's wood, to a large audience of children and their friends, and at their conclusion i was asked by many of those present to publish them for a children's reading book
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music romsey all 10 episodes from the fourth series of the television espionage drama, following a team of officers in mi5all discs are in good condition as is the caseepisodes are: 'the special (part 1)'; 'the special (part 2)'; 'divided they fall'; 'road trip'; 'the book'; 'the innocent'; 'syria'; 'the russian'; 'the sting'; and 'diana'in this series, as the team members of section b are attending danny's funeral, the church is rocked by the shockwave of a percussive blastdemanding the release of their incarcerated leader, the terrorists threaten to detonate a bomb, each designed to cause the maximum number of casualties, in central london every ten hours until their demands are metamong them is a english woman and former washington agent, juliet shaw (anna chancellor), who knows more than a few sensitive secrets about harry's (peter firth) pasta team of american agents with experience of dealing with shining dawn is brought in to the grid to assist section ba bomb has exploded in a nearby market area and an american-based group calling itself shining dawn is claiming responsibility for the atrocity
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans can del find her recipe for happiness? del and her husband ollie moved to a beautiful village in provence for a fresh start after years of infertility struggleswhat on earth is she going to do? after discovering an old recipe book at the market run by the rather attractive fabian, del starts to bakenow alone, all del has is a crumbling farmhouse, a mortgage to pay and a few lavender plantsas del watches the van leave for england, she suddenly realises exactly what will make her happierbut can her new-found passion really help her let go of the past and lead to true happiness? a heart-warming tale about reclaiming your life, set amongst the lavender fields of provencea new life in france - without olliebut six weeks after they arrive, they're packing the removal van once moreperfect escapism from the author of late summer in the vineyard and the honey farm on the hill
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketthere are a few pencilled uderlinings in the text bound in red cloth boards which are worn in places with the original boards showing throughprevious owner's name and address heavily scored through on the fep
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston pocket sized book with black-and-white and some colour illustrations particularly useful as it uses both the latin and common names of all the plants described this edition was published in , and is in very good condition for its age, with only a few marks on the cover
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cockermouth for the birds began in as a series of interviews, published in la revue d'estheticquegood condition but some of the middle pages are loose but are still there and there is some discoloaration on the edges of the pages and a few marks on the spine
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop gillingham an account of the infamous american musicals launched in new york fromthe documentary explores the epic of popular american culture as it has changed in every era amidst reflecting the talent of varied prominent composers - irving berlin, george gershwin, rogers and hart through to the present day of stephen sondheim to name but a few
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stthe 'jungle' is a big american city, a jungle made reasonably safe only by the efforts of a few men in authoritya new commissioner of police, theo hardy, has just been appointedhe is not only honest, but also something of a crusader determined to enforce the lawedmunds the asphalt jungle is the story of a robbery - how it was planned and carried out, and its aftermath
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' matthew dennison, the spectator see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music durham a gloriously witty novel from sebastian faulks using phowever, georgiana is the ward of sir henry hackwood and, in order to maintain his beloved melbury hall, the impoverished sir henry has struck a deal that would see georgiana becoming mrs rupert venablesbertie is more than familiar with the country house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to jeeves, his gentleman's personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressedfaulks's plot is bang on-messagethis is a pitch-perfect undertaking: proof, almost a century after his debut, that jeeves may not be so inimitable after allon this occasion, however, it is jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while bertie finds himself below stairs - and he doesn't care for it at allbertie, you see, has met georgiana on the côte d'azurfaulks captures perfectly both the tone and the spirit of wodehouse's originalsbut why would this necessitate bertie having to pass himself off as a servant when he has never so much as made a cup of tea? could it be that the ever-loyal, spinoza-loving jeeves has an ulterior motive?evoking the sunlit days of a time gone by, jeeves and the wedding bells is a delightfully witty story of mistaken identity, a midsummer village festival, a cricket match and love triumphantand though she is clever and he has a reputation for foolish engagements, it looks as though this could be the real thingwodehouse's much-loved characters, jeeves and wooster, fully authorised by the wodehouse estatemeanwhile, peregrine 'woody' beeching, one of bertie's oldest chums, is desperate to regain the trust of his fiancée amelia, sir henry's tennis-mad daughter'at two memorable moments in jeeves and the wedding bells i did indeed laugh until i criedbertie wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable soujourn in cannes, finds himself at the stately home of sir henry hackwood in dorsetlove, as so often, is at the root of the confusionjeeves and the wedding bells is a masterpiece
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major motion pictured directed by and starring chiwetel ejiofor - available on netflixwhen william kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his feeswilliam's dream is that other african's will learn to help themselves - one windmill and one light bulb at a time - and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the librarythis is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nationhe has since built more windmills for his school and his villageby the end of , after many lean and difficult years, there was no more cropthis is his incredible storyfascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his ownridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmillonly 2 per cent of malawi has electricity; william's windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compoundmalawi is a country battling aids, drought and famine, and in , a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its kneesthis windmill has changed the world in which william and his family livewhen news of william's invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help himsoon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to america to visit wind farmsthey were totally reliant on the maize croplike the majority of the population, william's family were farmersthey were running out of food - had nothing to sell - and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop againforced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, william resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his educationone day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front cover
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Thomas can only wonder - does he hold the secret of freedom somewhere in his mind? or will he forever be at the mercy of wicked?make sure you check out book 3, the death cure - the thrilling conclusion to the series! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham the second book in the new york times bestselling maze runner series - now a series of major motion pictures starring dylan o'brien!see the filmsgovernment and order have disintegrated and now cranks, people driven to murderous insanity by the infectious disease known as the flare, roam the crumbling cities hunting for their next victimbut no one knew what sort of life they were going back tothe earth is a wastelandthomas was sure that escape from the maze meant he and the gladers would get their lives back
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owner's name on inside cover- see photooxfam shop new street the adventures of pinocchiolovely coloured and black and white illustrations by fritz kredelcomplete with dust jacket, tear at top of dust jacket as shown in the photoslight foxing but in very good condition for the agehardback edition published as the illustrated junior library by macdonald & co london
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morenext time i see you (i'm gonna be ready) 5oxfam books & music bedford greg perry is a soul writer and producer, working with 70's soul stars like freda paynethe boogie man 6want to live and let live (love and let love all the time) 8love got me tired (but i ain't tired of love) 10love is magic (instrumental) 7come on down (get your head out of the clouds) 9variety is the spice of life 2one for the roadthis is a solo album, originally released in , this is a cd re-release which came out ini'll be comin' back 3will she meet the train in the rain? 4
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the history of the fairchild family or the child's manual, by mrssignatures are splitting in some placesbinding is slightly loose, but still intactseveral previous owners have written their names into the end page and title page in pencil or inkcondition: dark green cloth over boardtitle page is splitting from the binding (see photo)intermediate small foxing throughout the pagesbumping at both bottom and top of spineslight shelf wear on the bottom of the coversspine has gold embossed titleembossed design on front and back coverslight splitting of the spine from covers at the top
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop malvern softcover in very good condition, 178pp, with numerous b/w photographs of the drag queens of new york for publisher's synopsis - see photo a rather brief history - icon explanations - the lives of the saints - the profiles  contents: why a queen - attack of the fifty-foot drag queen - the drag queens of new york
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop beverley this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilisation as we know ittherefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the workthis work was reproduced from the original artefact, and remains as true to the original work as possible
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oxfam shop colne road the runaway sunday times nonow they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train see oxfam website for delivery information read more'jess and jason', she calls themkept me up most of the nightnow rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afarthe alcoholic narrator is dead perfect' stephen kingrachel catches the same commuter train every morningit's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enoughif only rachel could be that happyshe's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the housesand then she sees something shocking1 bestseller and thriller of the year, now a major film starring emily blunt'really great suspense novelshe knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardenstheir life - as she sees it - is perfectnow everything's changed
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square the runaway sunday times noand then she sees something shockingnow rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she's only watched from afarit's only a minute until the train moves on, but it's enoughshe knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardensif only rachel could be that happyshe's even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the housesnow they'll see; she's much more than just the girl on the train1 bestseller and thriller of the year, now a major film starring emily blunt rachel catches the same commuter train every morningtheir life - as she sees it - is perfectnow everything's changed
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