The great war the standard history of the all europe conflict hw wilson
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The great war the standard history of the all europe conflict hw wilson volumes 1-7 volume 1&3 book cover damage but in side good conditions
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statenow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence
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This book looks at a place where the conditions for religious conflict are present, but active conflict is absentthis fascinating town with its rich history will be of interest to students and scholars of islam, south asia, and peace and conflict resolutionwith a minimum of intervention from outside interests, muslims, hindus, and sikhs have successfully managed conflict when it does arisebigelow explores the complicated history of the region, going back to its foundation by a sufi saint in the fifteenth centuryas a story of peace in a region of conflict, this study is an important counterbalance to many conflict studies and a corrective to portrayals of islamic cultures as militant and intolerantbigelow focuses on a muslim majority punjab town (malkerkotla) where both during the partition and subsequently there has been no inter-religious violencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombining archival and interview material, she accounts for how the community's idealized identity as a place of peace is realized on the ground through a variety of strategiesoxfam bookshop wallingford inter-religious relations in india are notoriously fraught, not infrequently erupting into violence
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L s amery general editor - the times history of the war in south africa 7 volume set - sampson lowe - hardbacks - cm x 16 cm vol pages lacks general map to front pocket - these were bought separately vol pages vol pages vol pages folding map to front and rear pockets vol pages - folded map to rear pocket webbing showing to board spine junctions otherwise fine vol pages vol pages - this is the supplement to the first 6 volumes all 7 books are in reasonably good condition all bindings good a shake here and there 2 loose portrait pages surface wear to boards and spines - a rare complete set read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour 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 websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square in this comprehensive history, john keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all timein knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of crete, the carrier battle of midway, the tank battle of falaise, the city battle of berlin, and the amphibious battle of okinawa, keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a wholehe focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfaresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Title: razor's edge: the unofficial history of the falklands warpublication dateauthor(s): bicheno, hugh
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The times history of the warred cover with gold letteringin good condition for its agecomplete 21 volume set published to
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The definitive history of world war 2the world at warunopened read morecomplete set of 5 series
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Case history of schreber, papers on technique and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:psycho-analytic notes on an autobiographical account of a case of paranoia ()papers on technique ()dreams in folklore ()on psycho-analysis ()formulations on the two principles of mental functioning ()types of onset neurosis ()contributions to a discussion on masturbation ()a note on the unconscious in psycho-analysis ()an evidential dream ()the occurrence in dreams of material from fairy tales ()the theme of the three caskets ()two lies told by children ()the disposition to obsessional neurosis ()introuduction to pfister's the psycho-analytic method ()preface to bourke's scatalogical rites of all nations ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Porter, author of the bestselling james bond: the history of the illustrated 007, star trek: a comic book history features nine information-packed chapters detailing the history of star trek in comic books and newspaper strips from the first gold key comic books and english newspaper strip, to marvel and dc's titles, and up to the present dayoxfam bookshop wallingford boldly goes where no book has gone before! now for the first time the complete history of the star trek universe in comic books and newspaper strips all over the world written by pop-culture historian alan jsee oxfam website for delivery information read more exhaustively covers all publications of the entire star trek universe includes creator interviews, unpublished artwork, and a detailed checklist published to coincide with the release of the new star trek movie this book is the perfect companion for all fans of star trek and its various incarnations
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The chequered flag: the complete history of motor racingwritten by ivan rendall and first published by weidenfield & nicholson in , this book is in pristine, as new conditionthe price is inclusive of packaging cost but exclusive of postage costs which will be one of the following: collect+ 'standard service' (typically 2 working days) for regular parcel 2-5kg: ÂŁ729; or collect+ 'economy service' (typically 3-5 working days) for regular parcel 2-5kg: ÂŁ6
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Oxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedthe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are describedthis book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish culturethey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuriesthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateursthe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscriptsit sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present day
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewith yellowing and slight foxing throughoutgood condition with bumped edges and wear to front, back and spine of boardsoxfam bookshop ealing volume 1 - 6 onlymissing the index volumethe gilt on the spines is rubbed and in some volumes missing
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This is a concise history of the philosophy and practice of alchemy from its beginnings to the twentieth centurybut what i admire about it most is how enlightening and enlivening it isshe is the author of more than thirty books on a wide range of subjects
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Set during the early s when the cold war between russia and the usa was reaching boiling point, the programme follows elizabeth and phillip jennings (keri russell and matthew rhys) as they attempt to juggle the usual suburban responsibilities of childcare and socialising with the less conventional demands of managing informants, transmitting highly sensitive information and attending clandestine meetingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal all the episodes from the first season of the us tv drama which follows a married couple assigned to spy for the kgb in washington dthe episodes are: 'pilot', 'the clock', 'gregory', 'in control', 'comint', 'trust me', 'duty and honour', 'mutually assured destruction', 'safe house', 'only you', 'covert war', 'the oath' and 'the colonel'case and disks are in good condition
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Set during the early s when the cold war between russia and the usa was reaching boiling point, the programme follows elizabeth and phillip jennings (keri russell and matthew rhys) as they attempt to juggle the usual suburban responsibilities of childcare and socialising with the less conventional demands of managing informants, transmitting highly sensitive information and attending clandestine meetingsoxfam books & music romsey all the episodes from the first season of the us tv drama which follows a married couple assigned to spy for the kgb in washington dthe episodes are: 'pilot', 'the clock', 'gregory', 'in control', 'comint', 'trust me', 'duty and honour', 'mutually assured destruction', 'safe house', 'only you', 'covert war', 'the oath' and 'the colonel'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in history in the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreakthese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless livessee oxfam website for delivery information read more diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis  crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patternsthe atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemics
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Title: the secret history of the worldbinding: paperbackfirst edition: falseauthors: jonathan blackcondition: very goodproduct category: books
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Castle panic: engines of war introduces an engineer who uses new resource cards to build catapults, ballistas, barricades, and more in order to better defend the castle from the growing capabilities of the monsters — and you're going to need his help since they're now charging at you with a siege tower, war wagon, and a battering ram
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Horrible history handbook - the horrible history of the worldhorrible history handbook - villains price each
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Oxfam shop ulverston an in-depth look at the history of the nation's football team featuring the highs and lows (the obvious highs including the world cup and an impressive run in - the lows including defeat at the hands of the usa, demolition by pushkas and the hungarians in the s, nearly the whole of the s and the failure to reach the world cup finals)there are plenty of moments to make an england fan proud, including their remarkable form in the euro 96 tournamentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham an acclaimed historian tells, for the first time, the full story of the conspiracy between the germans and the turks to unleash a muslim holy war against the british in india and the russians in the caucasusdrawing on recently opened intelligence files and rare personal accounts, peter hopkirk skillfully reconstructs the kaiser's bold plan and describes the exploits of the secret agents on both sides-disguised variously as archaeologists, traders, and circus performers-as they sought to foment or foil the uprising and determine the outcome of world war isee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by kodansha international in , this paperback edition is in a good, used condition overallthe page block appears to be clean and free from annotationthere is a sticker at the foot of the spine and the cover shows some minor scratches and signs of shelf-wear
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Oxfam shop cotham hill this is a history of the birth of australia out of the suffering and brutality of britain's convict transportation systemcontains a number of illustrations the slip case is intact and shows slight rubbingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in excellent conditionit was first published init also addresses the historical, political and sociological reasons that led to british settlement
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Set during the early s when the cold war between russia and the usa was reaching boiling point, the programme follows elizabeth and phillip jennings (keri russell and matthew rhys) as they attempt to juggle the usual suburban responsibilities of childcare and socialising with the less conventional demands of managing informants, transmitting highly sensitive information and attending clandestine meetingsoxfam bookshop swanage all the episodes from the first season of the us tv drama which follows a married couple assigned to spy for the kgb in washington dsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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To date no important study of the history of the roller coaster has appeared until now'   see oxfam website for delivery information read more'in america celebrated the 100th anniversary of the first successfull roller ciaster device - la marcus a dj condition: very goodthompson's switchback railway - erected at coney island pages are clean and bright throughout robert cartmell's study dissects the subject, examining every phase from the use of the roller coaster by albert einstein to demonstrate his theory of physics, to john allen's use of psychology in designing one book condition: fine cartmell, robert dj has a very small amount of shelfwear to one corner but is otherwise unmarked and uncreasedoxfam shop derby amusement park books no inscriptins or annotations
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The series also marks the introduction of the doctor's latest companion clara (jenna-louise coleman)see oxfam website for delivery information read morestill sealed in original packagingthis time around, the doctor (smith), along with companions amy (karen gillan) and rory (arthur darvill) - also making their series farewell - are kidnapped by the daleks, transported to the american wild west and find themselves having to save earth from an unlikely invasionthe episodes are: 'the doctor, the widow and the wardrobe', 'asylum of the daleks', 'dinosaurs on a spaceship', 'a town called mercy', 'the power of three', 'the angels take manhattan', 'the snowmen', 'the bells of saint john', 'the rings of akhaten', 'cold war', 'hide', 'journey to the centre of the tardis', 'the crimson horror', 'nightmare in silver' and 'the name of the doctor'oxfam books & music beaconsfield all the episodes from the seventh series of the relaunched sci-fi adventure drama, starring matt smith in his final appearances as the legendary time lord
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The oxford history of the novel in english volume 4: the reinvention of the british and irish novel by patrick parrinder (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The oxford history of the novel in english volume 12: the novel in australia, canada, new zealand, a by coral ann howells (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate published in , the natural history of the scarborough district, volume 1 describes the geology and botany of the region in detailwith black and white photographsthis book is good overall condition, there is a small tear to the top right hand corner of the inside cover page see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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