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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford doing the james brown: in the footsteps of the godfather of funk funky james browns covers plus 2 from the master himselfex/ex see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham superbly edited and annotated, this collection of the writings of john wilkes booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on abraham lincoln, the civil war, and nineteenth-century theater historythe nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of , when booth was conspiring against lincoln, explicit statements of booth's political convictions, and the diary he kept during his futile twelve-day flight after the assassinationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The best of harry secombe - record 3 - reader's digest rdm tracklist e1 –harry secombe jerusalem e2 –harry secombe all glory, laud and honour e3 –harry secombe the strife is o'er, the battle done e4 –harry secombe now thank we all our god e5 –harry secombe the lost chord e6 –harry secombe the king of love my shepherd is secombe sings hymns of inspiration f1 –harry secombe lead us, heavenly father, lead us f2 –harry secombe o come, all ye faithful f3 –harry secombe praise my soul, the king of heaven f4 –harry secombe all people that on earth do dwell f5 –harry secombe oh god, our help in ages past f6 –harry secombe when i survey the wondrous cross condition lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - good condition - couple of minor scrapes postage to uk only - £380 parcel2go the record will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read more
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The father short legged white munchkin (his parents white persian and chinchilla_we have seven children and the kittens have been handled lotsviewing and video call are welcome to view kittenswe are based in bath available to leave their mum on 9th august very short legged white girl soft £ very short legged black/grey stripe boy doll face £ extremely fluffy white medium leg girl £ grey fluffy boy medium leg, slightly darker head £800 grey fluffy boy lighter head, medium leg £800 read morethe mother is short legged grey munchkin, her parents were brown munchkin and white persianthe parents of our kittens are our family pet cats which have been carefully selected with the view of letting them have kittensi have only advertised tiger initially and will photograph the others as they grow a little over the next few dayskittens will come vet health checked, vaccinated, microchipped, flea and wormedthe photographed kitten is tiger, a short legged boythe beautiful combination has created very rare (in the uk) sweet doll face kittensthese photographs were taken on 1st julynon refundable deposit £500 to reserve kittensphotos of parents and grandparents can be seenplease ask any questions
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As the couple settle in to married life, performing royal duties in the place of her father king george (jared harris) due to his ill health, elizabeth's life takes a dramatic turn when she receives the news that her father has passed awaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas she tries to grieve for her father, elizabeth returns home to take her place on the throne as the new queen of englandoxfam bookshop swanage all 20 episodes from the first and second seasons of the biographical drama based on the life of queen elizabeth iithe story begins in as elizabeth (claire foy) marries prince philip of greece and denmark (matt smith)
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Memorabilia relating to diana, princess of wales' father and step-mother to include: empty sherry bottle signed by john spencer, 8th earl spencer, and father of diana, princess of wales postcard signed by john spencer and raine spencer, countess spencer, step-mother of diana, princess of wales and daughter of barbara cartland brochure on althorp, family home of the spencer family with research and text by the countess spencer, january postcard showing althorp napkin showing spencer crest read more
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He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat darwin to the discovery of evolution; of samuel mose, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of alfred wegener, the german explorer and father of geologysimon winchester's chronicle of the destruction of the indonesian island of krakatoa in charts the birth of our modern worldin detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt today
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In 'going my way' (), the arrival of easy-going young priest father chuck o'malley (crosby) at debt-ridden st dominic's church does not sit easily with ageing father fitzgibbon (barry fitzgerald), who has been in charge for 45 yearsin the sequel 'the bells of st mary's' (), father o'malley (bing crosby) becomes involved in running st mary's, a school for disadvantaged childrensee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, o'malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth and swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of songoxfam bookshop lymington bing crosby double-billhe and its conservative mother superior (ingrid bergman) clash over how things should be done, but are quick to join forces when the school is threatened by a rich man's plans to build a new office block
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Charles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’pencil notes on the last pageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiex-library copypencil ownership inscription of ‘wcircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pageoverall, 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 sciencehowever, 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 tablesrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesashdown’ to head of title-pagetables throughoutitem is as picturedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionink mark to tail page edgetitle-page repairedspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelsmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pbabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tables
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Lockwood kipling, the author's fatherplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewheeler & co allahabad and sampson low, marston, searle & rivington - 1st english edition - beautiful half-leather binding - original cover included in the binding - with some minor scuffs on the spine and edges of front cover, 85 pp21 x 15 cm - small dedication on endpaper, newspaper cuttings added - minor damage in fold front endpaper but otherwise very good copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikipling, rudyard - the story of the cadsbys, a tale without a plot - - acm - dedication on endpaper from , on page 1 a handwritten quote from kipling - spine a little discoloured and with a spot but otherwise good copykipling, rudyard - “they” and the brushwood boy - macmillan and co22 x 14 cm - ex-libris on inside front cover - very good copylimited, londonthis is a story noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of indiafirst edition second impression - cmkipling, rudyard - the light that failed - 1st american edition without date - new york, hurst & company - 132 ppthe spine of the red cloth hardcover is somewhat worn, cover is splodgy but intact; endpaper a bit loose from the binding; label on inside front cover; otherwise good copy of this rare publicationillustrations by jrudyard kipling - kim - macmillan and co limitestownsend - original red cloth binding with slightly damaged dust jacket - 160 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirst illustrated edition - illustrations by f? - hardcover, 132 pp
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Mary, accompanied by her mother anne and her father joachim, kneels in front of the high priest who is seated on a gothic throne and surrounded by several spectatorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablenorthern france, arras regionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean important walnut retable carving depicting the presentation of mary at the temple
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The first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceivedthe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earnedand it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slums see oxfam website for delivery information read morecoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himselfthe entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to beholdthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tonemurder, it turned out, was a serious businessoxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understand
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham twelve-year-old amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a manhis loyal friend hassan promises to help him - for he always helps amir - but this is s afghanistan and hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their livesafter the russians invade and the family is forced to flee to america, amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption
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Along with the required discipline maria brings love, music and excitement into the children's lives and also eventually begins to have an effect on their fatherformer nun maria (andrews) becomes the governess for a family of seven children who live in the shadow of their domineering and repressed widower father captain von trapp (plummer)the cast also includes charmian carr, nicholas hammond and eleanor parkerbut just when things are looking up, the rise of nazism and the threat of the coming war darkens all their futuresoxfam shop gloucester classic s musical starring julie andrews and christopher plummersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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father edmund campion & his companions'the pages are in good condition although their edges are discoloured, particularly along the topblack and white illustrations are includedthere is no dust jacket and the spine's colour is fadedthe inside end page is discolouredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame the full title of this book is given as: 'a briefe historie of the glorious martyrdom of twelve reverend priestsa further name and later date are written on the inside of the board coverit was published in and has a book plate and inscription on the inside front cover
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As the family's secrets threaten to tear them apart, it is only the strange but brilliant jamie who manages to hold on to the one thing he knows for sure: his father has promised to return, and nicky fleming was a man who never broke a promiserelocated from cold-war-riven germany to a remote hebridean island, letty fleming is haunted by the unthinkable - was it an accident, murder or suicide? and how can she ever begin to explain to her three children that their father may have betrayed his country? struggling to find solace in a place she loves, letty begins to unravel the mystery of nicky's death, but her determination to protect the children from the truth blinds her to the demons they are already battlingin the summer of , a tamed grizzly bear is tempted by the lure of freedom and the wild open seaoxfam shop inverness a richard and judy book club selectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, the sudden death of british diplomat nicky fleming has left his wife closed down with shockthe summer of the bear is a beautiful story of a family recovering from loss on a remote scottish island, from bella pollen, author of hunting unicorns
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Oxfam shop herne hill disney animated musicalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the help of his new friends he overcomes great fear and adversity to defeat scar and take his rightful place as ruler of the pride landsafter the death of his father, mufasa (voice of james earl jones), simba (jonathan taylor thomas/matthew broderick) is destined to become king of the pride lands, but is instead forced into exile by his evil and greedy uncle, scar (jeremy irons), who tricks simba into taking responsibility for his father's death so he can claim the throne for himselfaway from his family, simba meets a meerkat named timon (nathan lane) and a warthog named pumbaa (ernie sabella) and begins living a carefree life, until his best friend, nala (moira kelly), convinces him to return home
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With the help of his new friends he overcomes great fear and adversity to defeat scar and take his rightful place as ruler of the pride landsafter the death of his father, mufasa (voice of james earl jones), simba (jonathan taylor thomas/matthew broderick) is destined to become king of the pride lands, but is instead forced into exile by his evil and greedy uncle, scar (jeremy irons), who tricks simba into taking responsibility for his father's death so he can claim the throne for himselfdisney animated musicalaway from his family, simba meets a meerkat named timon (nathan lane) and a warthog named pumbaa (ernie sabella) and begins living a carefree life, until his best friend, nala (moira kelly), convinces him to return home
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But his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big cityoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of
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His trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanyand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmtranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic work
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In 'the adventures of chris fable' (), chris (solomon ray), a young thief and runaway, learns that his father is in needbut when his neighbour, mrby using these newfound powers of his, he must work together with his new friends and save the forest realmbut the soldier also has a few problems of his own as he has fallen in love with a toy ballerinain 'max magician and the legend of the rings' (), max (timothy stultz) is interested in magic, isn't very popular and gets picked on by bulliestim (paul danaceau), gives him a book of spells, the book opens a gate to another world in which max is enlisted to help local elves battle their enemies, the unseeliesin 'space dogs' (), after escaping from the local dog pound, homeless stray strelka teams up with belka, canine canonball of the local state circus, when her trajectory takes an unexpected pathsealed, as good as new! see oxfam website for delivery information read morealong with a motley collection of streetwise strays, the pair find themselves caught and transferred to a secret space laboratory where after some intensive training they learn they've been selected for a space flight missionoxfam shop lytham collection of four family filmsleaving his friends, he embarks on a journey throughout a mystical wilderness where a range of obstacles stand in the way of a better lifein 'the tin soldier' (), when a young boy begins hanging out with the wrong crowd the gift of a tin soldier changes his perspective; the soldier comes to life and uses his army training and principles to set the boy back on the straight and narrow
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Kateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry himbut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her ownfrom an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killerkateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentthe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusebut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on her
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The lighthouse stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today'when the lights come out at sundown along the shores of scotland, i am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!'robert louis stevenson was the most famous of the stevensons, but not by any means the most productivesee oxfam website for delivery information read more'whenever i smell salt water, i know that i am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote robert louis stevenson inthe lighthouse stevensons is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, this is one of the most celebrated works of historical biography in recent memoryoxfam shop colne road an exciting new edition of bella bathurst's epic story of robert louis stevenson's ancestors and the building of the scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible oddsthe same driven energy which robert louis stevenson put into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas
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Although john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timesnearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the jews and their relationships with the authorities and their christian neighbourssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe worst of them was the massacre in modica init is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of king johnduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallythe abundance of historical records in the archives of the crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuriesafter years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicilythe volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the jews of the islandit is new in appearance and has a protective cellophane coverthe inside pages are clean and brighttherefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary formoxfam bookshop hampstead the jews in sicily, volume ) by shlomo simonsohn this volume in the series documentary history of the jews in italy illustrates the history of the jews in sicily from tomuch new information has come to light, and many facets of jewish life in sicily have been uncovered
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter she is expelled from boarding school, anna severell returns to the strict, orderly house of her father, a celebrated novelista single mistake, however, could put her newfound independence at riskoxfam bookshop cheltenham it is the height of summerthe family is soon joined by oliver canning, a talented young academic who urges her to take control of her futureas autumn begins and anna enters university, the pair grow closer
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As a child, mary rose was taken by her father to a remote scottish islandall three of the hardcover books are within blue cloth see oxfam website for delivery information read moreset includes: "quality street"- a comedy in four acts by jin this bleak time, a girl named 'miss thing' works as a domestic help the books are in fair condition, with yellowing pages and a slight rip along the spine label of mary rose (pictured)food and genuine human affection are scarceminor shelfwear, edges rubbedoxfam bookshop victoria road the plays of jwhile she is briefly out of sight, mary rose vanishesthere is also speckling on the pages structurally soundbarrie, written before his more famous work peter panand " a kiss for cinderella"- the time is during wwi no dust jacket present"mary rose"- this is the fictional story of mary rose, a girl who vanishes twicethe story is about two sisters who start a school "for genteel children"
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Set in the s 'the house of eliott' tells the story of two sisters, beatrice and evangeline eliott who find themselves penniless when their wealthy, philandering father diesoxfam bookshop lymington episodes one to four of series one of the bbc seriesunable to rely on their inheritance as they had planned, they go into the dressmaking business and soon the house of eliott is the smartest, most prestigious establishment in londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Together, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make gardner a respected millionairesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle drama starring will smithdisc and case in very good conditionin the face of this difficult life, chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time careerset in early '80s san francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of chris gardner (smith), a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climate
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After a violent clash between the two gangs which leaves vallon dead, his son amsterdam goes missing only to turn up in under a new name and seeking vengeance for the death of his fatherwilliam cutting (day-lewis), aka bill the butcher, leads the inhabitants of five points and creates the 'native americans' gang, whilst the immigrants are led by priest vallon (liam neeson) and form 'the dead rabbits'see oxfam website for delivery information read morenew york and tensions have reached climactic and fatal proportions between the irish immigrants and the british and dutch inhabitants of the five points neighbourhoodamsterdam (dicaprio) manages to integrate himself into bill the butcher's corrupt inner circle, which is now running the entire underworld around five points, and even becomes his right-hand manhowever, his identity is soon revealed and a bloody showdown ensuesoxfam shop wolverhampton martin scorsese's academy award-winning film took nearly 30 years in planning and brought two major actors back onto the big screen after several years absence (leonardo dicaprio and daniel day-lewis)
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Fortress of quietnesswe have a missionthe spark of creationwade in the waterwhistle down the windhow deep the father's love
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