The gobi desert
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This beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertthe diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itthe oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in chinasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingmade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faith
78 €
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The film tells the story of a group of seven prisoners who escaped from a soviet gulag in stalin-era russia and walked over miles across some of the most unforgiving terrain in the world, crossing the siberian arctic, the gobi desert and the himalayas before finally arriving in british-ruled indiathis tale of human endurance and survival against-the-odds is loosely based on slavomir rawicz's book, 'the long walk: the true story of a trek to freedom'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston epic drama from renowned australian director peter weir, starring colin farrell, jim sturgess, ed harris, mark strong and saoirse ronan
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This is a collection of stories by accomplished travellers and adventurous souls like sarah outen, benedict allen, ed stafford and al humphreys, who have completed daring journeys through challenging terrain, adventuring from the calais jungle to the amazon, from land's end to the gobi desert, from new guinea to iran and many other places in betweensomeone who could have walked past, but chose not tooxfam bookshop cheltenham travel is the only thing you can buy that makes you richer travel opens our minds to the world; it helps us to embrace risk and uncertainty, overcome challenges and understand the people we meet and the places we visitsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach has a story to tell of a time when they were vulnerable, when they were in need and a kind stranger came to their rescuethese are stories that make our hearts grow, stories that will restore our faith in the world and remind us that, despite what the media says, the world isn't a scary place - rather, it is filled with kind strangers just like usall royalties go directly to fund oxfam's work with refugeesbut what happens when we arrive home? how do our experiences shape us? the kindness of strangers explores what it means to be vulnerable and to be helped by someone we've never met before
3 €
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The story of two german geologists, who, having left germany in the mid s to work in africa, decided to avoid world war 2 by living in the namib desertsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblack cloth covers with some marks; faded gilt titles on spine and some damage to head and tail of spine
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30 €
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Migrant deaths in the arizona desert la vida no vale nada by raquel rubio-goldsmith (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
24 €
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South west africa animals of the namib desert on letter used windhoek cancel perfect condition read more
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Oxfam shop evesham from the frigid lakes of siberia to the hot wastes of the gobi desert, dirk pitt is on the trail of fabled treasurerescuing an oil survey team from a freak wave on russia's lake baikal is all in a day's work for adventurers dirk pitt and partner al giordinoyet when their ship is sabotaged and the survey team vanishes, pitt is forced to get to the bottom of a mystery with far-reaching consequencessoon he's on his way to mongoliasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere, a powerful and ruthless business tycoon holding an astonishing secret about genghis khan is hoping to emulate the legend's greatest conquests - but on a global scale!with the legacy of khan and the lost treasures of xanadu as the prize and the future security of the world at stake, dirk pitt for one isn't going to stand idly by
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From the gobi desert to the philippines, from java to tibet and into china itself, brook uses the map (actually a schematic representation of china's relation to astrological heaven) to tease out the varied elements that defined this crucial period in china's historyin , a vast and unusual map of china arrived in the bodleian library, oxfordit shows china, not cut off from the world, but a participant in the embryonic networks of global trade that fuelled the rise of europe - and which now power china's ascentlargely ignored, it remained in the bowels of the library, until called up by an inquisitive readerwhen timothy brook saw it in , he realised that the selden map was 'a puzzle that had to be solved': an exceptional artefact, so unsettlingly modern-looking it could almost be a forgerysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut it was genuine, and what it has to tell us is astonishingand it raises as many question as it answers: how did john selden acquire it? where did it come from? who re-imagined the world in this way? and most importantly - what can it tell us about the world at that time? brook, like a cartographic detective, has provided answers - including a surprising last-minute revelation of authorshipoxfam shop kendal very good condition hardcover with minimal shelf wearit was bequeathed by john selden, a london business lawyer, political activist, former convict, mp and the city's first orientalist scholar
30 €
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Following atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunseeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers
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The desert rats in the gulfthe shield and the sabre
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A highly decorated american pilot who flew for the french in the first world war, halifax was shot down in , horribly wounded and banished to africa after trying to desertgilt text to spineoxfam bookshop newport in a sleepy outpost in the moroccan desert, charlie halifax is living a quietly desperate lifesuperficial scuffs and marksbeige paper-covered boards, with brown cloth covered spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreglossy pictorial dustjacketwhile flying for the french during the war between the foreign legion and arab tribesman, he learns of the orteig prize, offered to the first man to fly between paris and new yorkwoven head and tail bandstext block is clean and tightsmall creases to front wraparound
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Oxfam shop smithdown road few people know of the battle over the sinai desert between the royal flying corps and german airmen, part of britain's campaign against turkey in the first world warseward, mc, who was a pilot with no 14 squadron rfcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis fascinating book is based around the experiences of the author's father, walthough a smaller conflict than the western front, in some ways it was more dramatic, involving the use of cavalry and the arab revolt led by tillustrated with remarkable photographs that have only just come to light, this book provides a unique historical record
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Lovely full coloured gilt and enamel pin back ww2 british army tie or lapel pin badge for the 8th army, the wwii desert ratsreally good condition badge as worn by veterans and supporters of this famous second world war military unit, in civilian dresstracked and insured postage = £3happy to accept paypal and non-online payment methods, but buyer covers fees if using the formerideal for militaria collector or re-enactorstandard royal mail post = £% at buyer's risk)white and yellow crest shield wartime eighth army badge, as seen
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Clarks the original desert shoes black suede size 10 brand new £40 including postage costsanywhere in united kingdom
40 €
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5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desertthe extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centuryfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horroras the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centurybetween and as many as 1the book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet unionpart of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled history"" the west gradually began to take noticeoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turks""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experience
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Meanwhile, travelling through the nevada desert and the ruins of las vegas, carlos oliviera, lthe infamous umbrella corporation has banned anyone from leaving in case of possible infection with the outside worldthe group of survivors, including jill valentine and claire redfield, attempt to strengthen their numbers and find refuge, but can they escape the zombie-infested city before it's too late? in 'resident evil: retribution' () alice finds herself at the very heart of umbrella's operation facility, having been captured by the organisationalong the way she teams up with other survivors of the disaster as the battle against umbrella and the zombies rages onalong with other survivors jill valentine (sienna guillory) and carlos oliviera (oded fehr), alice must fight for her survival, and do all she can to escape the nightmare necropolis(mike epps), and new survivors k-mart (spencer locke), claire redfield (ali larter), and betty (ashanti) are fighting to survive against hordes of zombies, killer crows and other terrible creatures spawned by the deadly t-virus that has killed millionsin the third film, 'resident evil: extinction' (), alice is alone, years after the raccoon city disaster, and aware that she has become a liability and likely to endanger those around herin 'resident evil: apocalypse' () alice finds herself stuck in the contaminated raccoon city after the re-opening of the deadly hivehowever, they have failed to anticipate that all the employees who were trapped in the hive with the virus, and thought to be dead, have been turned into the living dead and one scratch from them can cause the recipient to become like themshe is struggling to survive and bring down the umbrella corporation led by the sinister albert wesker (jason o'mara) and head researcher drfollowing new information, she heads to los angeles where she seeks out any survivors of the t-virus epidemicaware that umbrella hold the secret to her past, alice sets out to explore the facility in search of the truth and those responsible for the initial virus outbreakfinally, in 'resident evil: the final chapter' (), humanity is on the brink of extinction as alice returns to raccoon city to try to stop umbrella from launching one final attack on the remaining survivorssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'resident evil' () a virus has been sealed in an underground research centre known as the hive, and alice (milla jovovich) and rain (michelle rodriguez) are sent in with a team of commandos to destroy itoxfam bookshop truro complete collection of action films based on the popular computer gameisaacs (iain glen)in 'resident evil: afterlife' () alice continues her fight against the umbrella corporationtogether, the small band of survivors seeks out eminent scientist dr charles ashford (jared harris), the only man with the knowledge to help them out of their awful entrapment - but they soon discover that ashford's co-operation comes at a heavy priceif she is to stand a chance at stopping the attack, alice must join forces with anyone willing to help and be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the human race
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In 'botswana special', the intrepid explorers, attempting to reach the namibian border, have to traverse arduous salt pans, do battle with the kalahari desert, and see if they can navigate the foaming torrents of the okavango deltain 'vietnam special', equipped with, of all things, motorcycles, the adventurers have to cover the entire length of the country in just eight daysin 'us special', with a budget of $ dollars, each of the team has to buy a car for an epic road trip, stopping along the way to compete in a series of challenges which range from driving across alabama without getting shot, to preparing and eating road kill whilst camping out for the nightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'polar special' the top gear team sets out on its most ambitious and arduous challenge to date - a race starting in canada and finishing at the north poleoxfam shop prescot four special top gear episodes presented by jeremy clarkson, richard hammond and james may
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Oxfam bookshop hexham "in this autobiographical tale, we follow coelho and his wife chris on a 40-day spiritual journey through the mojave desert in search of the eternal femininetranslated from the portuguese by alan rpages browned, dust jacket slightly creased to edges, text block a little cockedoriginally published in brazil by editora rocca in as valkiriasthis copy is the first american edition, signed by the author on the title pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminimally rubbed
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The sidi rezeg battles binding: cloth with dustjacket pages: xiv, 505 + frontispiece + 13 plates (printed both sides) + 3 folding maps condition: books very good, traces of use; small tear to one folding map (see photograph); dust jacket poor (see photograph) this book deals with the famous ‘çrusader’ offensive, the first operation of eighth army, in which 1st south african division and the south african air force had their earliest experience in the western desertare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(source: dust jacket) books are sent by registered post using postnl read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
34 €
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Vandals, the - desert woman 3:38vandals, the - elvis decanter 3:28vandals, the - clowns are experts (at making us laugh) 4:02vandals, the - susanville 4:27vandals, the - goop all over the phone (pleasant all over the bill) 3:13
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Pre-owned, good condition a4 size book of 158 pages with 400 photographs chronicling the legendary reputation of our country's bravest and most daring special force from its inception as special raiding groups in the western desert during ww2, through the iranian embassy operation in , to where they are today via jungles, deserts, mountainous terrains, belfast and the falklands20 or collect from warrington (near gulliver's world) safe distancing area provided read morepackaging and receipted postage just £3
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People of the sands provides a player-focused, in-depth exploration of the scorching desert nations of the inner sea regioninside this book, you’ll findpeople of the sands exmanufacturer: paizo publishing
14 €
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Collection from near caistor read morethe shoes are new and in the original boxrebeca sanver yemenwomen's shoes' size 38 and half
20 €
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Hi gear gobi elite 4 family tentone damaged polead id: delivery service consumer creditused 5 times onlyvery good condition
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Hi gear gobi 4 tent, used only 4 times, excellent condition, includes footprint and checked internal carpet£100 cash on collection only
100 €
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gobi elite 4 man in excellent condition easy and quick to put up £80 ono
80 €
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Brand new with tags parajumper gobi in red size small sold out most places £760 read more
760 €
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'mon nom est gobihier, il y a eu une tempête et les tribus ont été dispersées aux quatre ventsen tant que conducteurs de caravanes, votre tâche est maintenant d’aider les nomades à se réunirje suis le plus grand et le plus sec des déserts d'asie
24 €
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Small mens parajumper gobi practically perfect conditionless than 12 months oldbought for £840, wanting £540 or best offer, small mark can’t be seen when coat is on
540 €
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Hi gear gobi 4 tent with ground sheet, spare poles and 3 point fused electric connectiononly used for 2 holidays, so good condition
25 €