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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionbringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strengthbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriafurthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todayat the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the eastnot only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in general
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oxfam shop pershore don't miss jenny's gorgeous new novel - five hundred miles from you is available to pre-order now 'nobody does get-away-from-it-all romance like jenny colgan' sunday express run away to a beautiful scottish beachas cold winter nights shift to long summer days, can flora find her happy-ever-after with joel? why readers adore jenny colgan 'her books are so compelling that you can feel the cool breeze on your face, smell the salty air' 'her descriptions of scenery (and food!) are beautiful' 'i wish her places were real' 'her books are so good i want to start over as soon as i have finished' 'there's something so engaging about her characters and plots' 'her stories are just so fabulous' 'she brings her settings and characters so vividly to life' 'the woman is just magic' see oxfam website for delivery information read moresaif came to the island as a refugee, having lost all of his familybut he's about to get some shocking news which will change everything for himit's a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produce on the island and catch up with the gossipher best friend lorna is pining after the local doctoron the quayside next to the endless beach sits the summer seaside kitchenflora, who runs the cafe, feels safe and content - unless she thinks too hard about her relationship with joel, her gorgeous but emotionally (and physically) distant boyfriendkick back and escape with jenny colgan 'a total joy' sophie kinsella 'gorgeous, glorious, uplifting' marian keyes 'irresistible' jill mansell 'just lovely' katie fforde 'naturally funny, warm-hearted' lisa jewell 'a gobble-it-all-up-in-one-sitting kind of book' mike gaylewhile flora is in turmoil about her relationship
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the history of parliament is the history of the united kingdom itselfchris bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad mps, lords and bishops who passed through parliamentfew were unambiguously noblethis first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the wars of the roses and the upheavals of the civil wars, and up to , when parliament - and the united kingdom, embracing scotland and ireland - emerged in a modern formit is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracyothers were hot-headed, violent and self-servingyet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nationsome were ambitious, visionary and altruisticit has a cast of thousands
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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 preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionlife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselfso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectfrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe
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A2 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop sherwood illustrated, slightly warped boardsthis is the charming story of tinkler the cat, who seeks a better life in the country, ending up in the heaven-like green orcharda full colour scene with animals in the orchard on the front and a black and white drawing of a puppy and a kitten on the white board at the backcorners bumped and wornedges rubbed, especially on the spine where, in a couple of places, the covering has worn throughnumerous quirky, atmospheric illustrations, in both colour and black and whitesome light foxing on the initial pages but the binding is tight and the text is in excellent condition, though six pages have a one centimetre mark where something has been stuck or spilt
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth now that the crime syndicate's reign of terror is finally at an end, the fastest man alive is more determined than ever to catch the countless criminals they released from iron heights--and stop the killer who's using weapons stolen from the flash's rogues gallery to commit his crimesa darker, more driven flash is working backwards through time to fix his forerunner's mistakes and save the lives he was too late to save--by any means necessarya secret that's set him on a collision coursethat's because he's harboring a terrible secret about the speed force that fuels himbut with each daring rescue and bullet-dodging battle, it feels like the time is slipping through his fingersin between, he's even trying to guide a troubled kid named wally west back to the right path6: out of time ! collects the flash , the flash annual, and the flash: futures end 1writers robert venditti & van jensen (green lantern) join artist brett booth (nightwing) launch an all-new era--and present the new 52 debut of wally west--in the flash voland years from now, his time has run outhis friends and enemies alike barely recognize him
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mold the inspirational inside story from the tour de france and sports personality of the year winner"this year g was the strongest rider, and he finally had lady luck on his sidein the summer of , that curse was blown away in spectacular fashion - from the cobbles of the north and the iconic mountain climbs of the alps to the brutal slopes of the pyrenees and, finally, the champs-elysees in paristhis july, across twenty-one stages and three weeks, and under constant attack from his rivals, he made the race his ownas a boy, g had run home from school on summer afternoons to watch the tour on televisionan unstoppable combination" chris froome"i understood what geraint's win meant: for him, for me, for the team, and for wales, too" dave brailsford"wow!" thierry henryfor years geraint thomas appeared blessed with extraordinary talent but jinxed at the greatest bike race in the world: twice an olympic gold medallist on the track, commonwealth champion, yet at the tour de france a victim of crashes, bad luck and his willingness to sacrifice himself for his team-mateswith insight from the key characters around geraint, this is the inside story of one of the most thrilling and heart-warming tales in sportnot only can nice guys come first - they can win the biggest prize of all
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The mitchells & o'haras trilogy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop rosemount viaduct two rival familiesthey compete with the mitchells for pub protection, and the two families hate each othercaught between these two families at war are two innocent children, who will grow up to love the wrong people and spark the last terrible act in the long-running feudthe mitchells' biggest rivals are a travelling family who live in nearby stratfordthey have an iron in every fire and will resort to intimidation and violence to get what they wanton one side are the mitchells, a notorious underworld mob from east london's canning townthe explosive first novel in the mitchells & o'haras trilogyfor more than a decade, two east end families have been locked in a bitter waron the other side are the o'haras
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield a story told by tomlyn, the cat, apprentice to mother gothel, the witch who kept the maiden rapunzel in a stone cage at the top of a tall stone towerfirst edition publishedand a mark on the bottomthe hardback cover is in good condition apart from bumping/wear at the corners and ends of the spine and the residue of a sticker on the frontthe unclipped dustjacket has some wear, residue of a sticker on the front and a small water stain at the bottomthe binding is sound and the pages unmarked apart from a little spotting, particularly on the edges
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Translated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the first in a gripping new crime series set in germany - the black forest investigations louise boni, maverick chief inspector with the black forest crime squad, is struggling with her demonsdivorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evildreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowlthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifeoliver bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the rhine borderlands of the black forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysterieswhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickers
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the poppy girls is the first title in the maitland trilogy, by bestselling author margaret dickinsonbut the year is and the future is uncertainrobert and giles offer their services as doctors, and alice's brother william joins them as a stretcher bearereven amidst the horror of the trenches, friendship will survivehowever, when robert brings home a friend from medical school, giles kendall, it seems perhaps pips might fall in love with an acceptable suitor after allthwarted in her desire to become a doctor like her brother robert, pips maitland rebels against her mother's wishes that she settle down and raise childrenmoving their unit close to the fighting to offer first aid as quickly as possible puts them all in constant dangerhearing that her father's friend, dr john hazelwood, is forming a flying ambulance corps to take to the front lines, pips is determined to become one of its nurses and asks alice dawson, her maid, to go with herbut even amidst the barrage of shelling and gunfire, the unending stream of injured being brought to their post, the love between pips and giles survives and blossoms just like the poppies of flanders fieldsnothing could have prepared them for the horrific sights they encounter
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in this first edition book is in good condition for its age the cover is of blue cloth with gilt lettering the stories in this book include: the red-headed league the five orange pips the blue carbuncle the speckled band the reigate squires the final problem included is also a frontispiece and at the back of the book there are questions on the stories and a glossary the only issue with it is that the spine has sunned inside the pages are clean and intact apart from the last page which has discoloured
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham perfect for fans of john le carré - the most explosive secret of the cold war could be exposed: but the bigger the lie, the more ruthlessly it will be protectedto get his life back, he must chase shadows through europe's corridors of powerhard-up russia expert dr sam gaddis finally has a lead for the book that could solve all his career problemssuddenly threatened at every step and caught between two beautiful women, both with access to crucial evidence, sam cannot trust anyonebut the bigger the lie, the more ruthlessly the truth is kept buriedwhen his source is found dead, gaddis is alone on the trail of the cold war's deadliest secret: the undiscovered sixth member of the infamous cambridge spy ringbut the story of a lifetime becomes an obsession that could kill him
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30) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans disc 11hosanna to the son of david (orlando gibbons) - the merbecke choir (in manus tuas (thomas tallis) - the merbecke choir (introduction and preces - various performers (sent from god (alexander campkin) - the merbecke choir (scripture reading and responsory - various performers (hymn - various performers (regina caeli a 8 (giovanni croce) - the merbecke choir (alma redemptoris mater (giovanni pierluigi da palestrina) - the merbecke choir (factus est repente (william byrd) - the merbecke choir (nunc dimittis (orlando gibbons) - the merbecke choir (nunc dimittis (gustav holst) - the merbecke choir (3the word of the cross (huw morgan) - the merbecke choir (ubi caritas (john pickard) - the merbecke choir (salvum fac populum tuum domine (paul patterson) - the merbecke choir (psalm 134 - various performers (ave regina caelorum a 8 (tomas luis de victoria) - the merbecke choir (nunc dimittis (tomas luis de victoria) - the merbecke choir (psalm 4 - various performers (salve regina a 8 (peter philips) - the merbecke choir (vidi speciosam (jacob handl) - the merbecke choir (psalm 91 - various performers (psaume 121 (daan manneke) - the merbecke choir (prayers, collects, dismissal - various performers (
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (cthe first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins: bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty dai-yuthrough the changing fortunes of the jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our lives) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literature
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen when lego star wars exploded onto the scene in , it followed the story of the prequel trilogy (episodes i-iii) the films of which were just finishing their cinema run at the timejedi and sith powers have been updated so sith have access to the force throw power which enables them to pick up and throw their opponents around the levelthe cast of characters has also been expanded with an additional 10 characters being introduced for the first timethis is ideal for family play enabling parents to help younger children through difficult parts of the gamein addition, the xbox 360 version of lego star wars: the complete saga makes full use of the console's features, with high definition graphics and on-line two player co-op modenow in , we are being presented with lego star wars: the complete saga which covers all six episodes and introduces yet more options for playthere are also now bounty hunter missions related to the prequel trilogy stories, taking the number of side-quests up to 20all in all, this is the definitive version of the lego star wars experienceas with the other two games in the series, players can drop in and out of play and their characters will be controlled by the consolethe success of the first game led to lego star wars: the original trilogy in which covered the original films (episodes iv-vi) and introduced a few new play mechanics such as the bounty hunter missions and tauntaun ridingjedi have an enhanced force push power that will enable them to push several droids around at oncethis takes the total number of playable characters up to 160, combine this with the character creator that now allows cross-trilogy characters to be invented and you have a hugely expanded set of play optionsin addition to the levels present in the first two games, two new ones have been introduced based on scenes from episodes i and ii
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop scarborough this is a used copy of the game - disc is in excellent condition with no marks or scratchesjedi and sith powers have been updated so sith have access to the force throw power which enables them to pick up and throw their opponents around the levelthe cast of characters has also been expanded with an additional 10 characters being introduced for the first timethis is ideal for family play enabling parents to help younger children through difficult parts of the gamein addition, the xbox 360 version of lego star wars: the complete saga makes full use of the console's features, with high definition graphics and on-line two player co-op modenow in , we are being presented with lego star wars: the complete saga which covers all six episodes and introduces yet more options for playincludes booklet --------------------------------------------------------- when lego star wars exploded onto the scene in , it followed the story of the prequel trilogy (episodes i-iii) the films of which were just finishing their cinema run at the timethere are also now bounty hunter missions related to the prequel trilogy stories, taking the number of side-quests up to 20all in all, this is the definitive version of the lego star wars experienceas with the other two games in the series, players can drop in and out of play and their characters will be controlled by the consolethe success of the first game led to lego star wars: the original trilogy in which covered the original films (episodes iv-vi) and introduced a few new play mechanics such as the bounty hunter missions and tauntaun ridingjedi have an enhanced force push power that will enable them to push several droids around at oncethis takes the total number of playable characters up to 160, combine this with the character creator that now allows cross-trilogy characters to be invented and you have a hugely expanded set of play optionsin addition to the levels present in the first two games, two new ones have been introduced based on scenes from episodes i and ii
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road at 4 pit is the first account to present the indian perspective on the siege, and has at its heart the stories of the forgotten individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in historyas the british commissioner in charge insisted, no vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the great moghuls reststhe last mughalis an extraordinary revisionist work with clear contemporary echoeson a hazy november afternoon in rangoon, , a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of british soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosurethen in zafars flourishing capital became the centre of an uprising that reduced his beloved delhi to a battered, empty ruinwhen zafar gave his blessing to a rebellion among the companys own indian troops, it transformed an army mutiny into the largest uprising the british empire ever had to facethe siege of delhi was the rajs stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreatdeprived of real political power by the east india company, zafar nevertheless succeeded in creating a court of great brilliance, and presided over one of the great cultural renaissances of indian historybahadur shah zafar ii, the last mughal emperor, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled calligrapherbut while zafars mughal ancestors had controlled most of india, the aged zafar was king in name onlywilliam dalrymples powerful retelling of this fateful course of events is shaped from groundbreaking material: previously untranslated urdu and persian manuscripts that include indian eyewitness accounts, and the records of the delhi courts, police, and administration during the siegethe last mughalis a portrait of the dazzling delhi zafar personified, the story of the last days of the great mughal capital and its final destruction in the catastrophe of
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop beverley we live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food priceshow much are individuals able to determine their life choices? how much should policy-makers take underlying social forces into account when designing policy? this book examines the possibilities, and obstacles, to eliminating child hungerthroughout the book, the underlying tension between choice and circumstance is exploredbook description;Â very slight wear at the head and tail of the spine, otherwise as newit is an attempt to uncover the workings of power through a close look at the structures, discourses, and agencies through which nutrition policy operatesin this process, the source of nutrition policy in the world bank is traced to those affected by the policies in indiawhy have strategies to combat hunger, especially in india, failed so badly? how did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? using the case study of a world bank nutrition project in india, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to eliminate undernutrition, and how hunger should be fundamentally understood and addresseda large majority of those affected are living in indiathis book is not just about nutrition
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oxfam shop colne road disc 11the long and winding road - the beatles ( cd + booklet see oxfam website for delivery information read morehere comes the sun - the beatles (strawberry fields forever - the beatles (ob-la-di, ob-la-da - the beatles (a day in the life - the beatles (get back - the beatles (penny lane - the beatles (across the universe - the beatles (don't let me down - the beatles (the fool on the hill - the beatles (pepper's lonely hearts club band - the beatles (lucy in the sky with diamonds - the beatles (hello, goodbye - the beatles (something - the beatles (with a little help from my friends - the beatles (all you need is love - the beatles (lady madonna - the beatles (let it be - the beatles (the beatles (i am the walrus - the beatles (ballad of john & yoko - the beatles (revolution - the beatles (3hey jude - the beatles (come together - the beatles (octopus's garden - the beatles (magical mystery tour - the beatles (old brown shoe - the beatles (while my guitar gently weeps - the beatles (
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21) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good conditionthe kiss off - the icicle works (s**t creek - the icicle works (who do you want for your love? - the icicle works (blind - the icicle works (5out of season - the icicle works (hollow horse (long version) - the icicle works (when it all comes down (92' version) - the icicle works (firepower - the icicle works (up here in the north of england - the icicle works (starry blue eyed wonder - the icicle works (birds fly (whisper to a scream) - the icicle works (love is a wonderful colour - the icicle works (understanding jane ('92 version) - the icicle works (high time (acoustic) - the icicle works (evangeline - the icicle works (little girl lost - the icicle works (
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the structure of big historyit contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early statesvery good conditionthe social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspecta few traces of erased pencil markings to first pagethis thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankindfrom the big bang until todaythe focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of history
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham sister pelagia, bespectacled, freckled, woefully clumsy and possessed of a not very nunnish aptitude for solving crimes, returns in a tale of monastic intrigue, murder and adventurefinally sister pelagia takes matters into her own hands and, adopting a number of ingenious disguises, she ventures across the blue lake in search of answersas she delves deeper into the layers of secrecy that cloak the islanders, and as the body count continues to rise, pelagia begins to realise that an encounter with a ghost may be the least of her problemsjust as the dust from the case of the white bulldog begins to settle in the small russian town of zavolzhsk, its sleepy rural existence is shaken up once again by the arrival of a desperately frightened monk who seeks the help of the bishop, mitrofaniiall meet with unexpected fatessceptical of ghost stories, mitrofanii sends first his clever young ward, then two of his most trusted advisors, to investigate the mysterythe monks have been troubled by visions of a dark, hooded figure that appears to walk on the waters of the vast blue lake surrounding their monastery
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain title: your guide to the tibetan terrier author: mrsthe lower outer corner on the upper board has heavy bumping and the upper outer corner has bumpingthe front endpages have foxing and the rear endpages have foxing and stainsthe book has black boards and gilt lettering to the spinethe lower outer edge of the front of the dust jacket has heavy wear and tearthe upper and lower edge of the spine have heavy bumpingthe upper and lower edges of the spine of the dust jacket have heavy bumpingthe upper edge of the front of the dust jacket has wear and tearthe upper and lower edge of the rear of the dust jacket has wear and tearthe upper and lower outer corners of the front of the dust jacket have heavy bumpingmy hobby and my job, one could sayemmy manuel most of what is written in this book is because of a life long interest in dogs, first in collies, then in shetland sheepdogs and tibetan terriers, which has run parallel with an interesting literary careerthe lower outer corner of the lower board has heavy bumping and the upper outer corner has bumpingthe inside of the dust jacket has foxingthe upper and lower outer corners of the rear of the dust jacket have heavy bumping
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologyprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planetsummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feeteach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic past
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage this bbc documentary series tells the chilling story behind auschwitz - the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the worldfew know the true and surprising history of this infamous place, nor how it fitted into the nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the jews - what they called the 'final solution'the destructive dynamism of auschwitz became both a microcosm of the nazi state and the logical consequence of hitler's warped worldviewcombining rare archive footage, cgi illustrations of the camp never before seen on television and dramatic reconstructions of the key decision-making moments, this series tells the story of auschwitz and the horrific ideology behind it
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parissally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societyhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late shis newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr inwithin months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colony
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop covent garden this book provides an historical perspective on the growth of russian military power, studying the emergence of the russian regular army from until the end of the eighteenth centurythe book includes general discussions of the russian soldier, the russian officer and the rapacious cossacks, and concludes by identifying certain important continuities between the russian past and presentin the process he evaluates the relative importance of western and native influences on the creation of this formidable military machine, and indicates the ways in which russian power was projected in the west
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentthe sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literatureamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the textspackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since '
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