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Oxfam shop stourport-on-severn collection of papers from the international symposium on railway history and preservation in york ()see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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': peter sellers is amphibulos, the corrupt prime minister of a small pacific island who hopes to profit from renewed interest in the island from the british in the wake of the death of the island's king and the rumour of valuable mineral deposits being found on the islandcarlton browne (terry thomas) is the hapless man sent from the foreign office to re-establish friendly relations with the idealistic heir to the throne (ian bannen)oxfam bookshop thame four classic peter sellers films: 'hoffman': peter sellers is hoffman, a middle-aged misfit who blackmails his young and attractive secretary into spending a week with himout of the blue they receive a telegram informing them that bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business -- a cinema in the town of sloughborough'the smallest show on earth': jean and bill are a married couple trying to scrape a livinghe intends to break out, steal a fortune in diamonds, and then break back into prison without anyone noticing he has been absentalthough he behaves like a creep throughout the weekend he actually emerges as a sympathetic character in the end'two way stretch': while in prison, peter sellers has planned the perfect robberywith only a few days left of his sentence, and a perfect alibi -- what could possibly go wrong? 'carlton-browne of the fthey expect to sell the cinema to gain a huge inheritance, however, when they get there they discover the cinema is falling apart and is run by three equally run-down attendants (peter sellers, margaret rutherford and bernard miles) who seem to have worked there foreversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Winnie the pooh ride oncan ride or push itlights up and plays tunesseat opens for storage
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate increasingly public educations character is under assaultthis collection of essays by noted scholars, teacher activists, and teacher union leaders from around the world fuses personal stories, research, and political analysis, explaining why such profound and damaging changes are being made to schools and teaching, and how teachers and their unions can make real the goal of quality education for all the world's childrenpublished see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock a history of the lancashire and yorkshire railway company and the early railway capital marketsome foxing on end pages and sides of pagesthe book is in reasonable condition, with clean, tightly bound pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback black cover very gooddust jacket intact but foxed
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It emphasizes the connections between maritime history and many related fields, including naval history, shipbuilding, navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, exploration and maritime geography, oceanography and hydrology, and international maritime lawplacing maritime affairs in their larger historical context, the encyclopedia shows how seafaring has both reflected and influenced the major economic, cultural, military, and political developments in world historyoxfam shop mutley plain this is volume 3 of this collection that continues to cover the entire history of seafaring - from ancient egyptian shipbuilders to viking sea-raiders, from nelson and the napoleonic wars to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of todaysome bumping at the top and tail of the spine (front edge only) and small dent near the top gutteras a result, a wealth of information is available in a single reference work that can otherwise be found only with the help of an extensive librarysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundthe encyclopedia offers a uniquely integrated approach
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Anime: a history, paperback by clements, jonathan, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk this comprehensive history of japanese animation draws on japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and reception of anime, from its early faltering steps, to the international successes of spirited away and pokémon
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Edmunds osprey's study of the international brigades of the spanish civil war ()in the case of the republicans the comintern organised the international brigades, eventually recruiting over peoplethe international brigades were the republican forces elite and as such were stationed at the toughest sectors and often led the most desperate attacksoxfam books & music bury stboth the loyalist republican troops and the nationalists under general franco used foreign volunteers to supplement their own forcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreken bradley details the history, recruitment, composition, organisation, uniforms and equipment of these brigadesthe civil war fought in spain was one of the most bloody and bitterly fought military campaigns of the 20th century
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Essays on american indian and mormon history by pinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsjane hafen (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days
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It details a brief history of the commonwealth games that took place in canadathe sports events that are celebrated in this collection of stamps are the empire games and the commonwealth games, the rugby world cup, the football world cup, the ryder golf cup tournament, the winter olympic games, the summer olympic games, and the international lightning class championships for sailingthe book is written in both english and frenchit is a book of 8 pagesthe book describes the city of victoria and its surrounding countrysidethe sports shown on the stamps in this collection of the 57 stamps are hang-gliding, fencing, football, fun running, kayaking and canoeing, skateboarding, netball, white water rafting, sailboarding, diving, dance, fishing, horse racing, cycling, golf, running over hurdles, tenpin bowling, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, ice hockey, downhill skiing, mountain biking, squash, beach cricket, tenpin bowling, ski boarding, life guard swimming, kite flying, skiing, shooting, rock climbing, snorkelling, and tennisthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe book in a cellophane cover shows the full set of commonwealth games from canadaoverall the stamps in this pack are in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the stamps stills have a little of the envelope they were originally attached to still visibleon the inside of the back cover there are white and brown stamps that are neatly presents in a cellophane coveringit briefly explains some of the cultural traditions of victoria in canadaoxfam emporium manchester in this collection there is a book about the commonwealth games stamps that were issued in canada in that took place in victoria in canadathe countries that these 57 stamps were issued in are australia, ajman state, new zealand, north korea, great britain, finland, afghanistan, germany, antigua, hungary, guinea ecuatorial, ireland, jamaica, bulgaria and canadasome of the stamps have a clearly shown printed postmark on themthere are two copies of each stampthe pictures on the stamps in this book show the high jump, wheelchair racing, indoor cycling around a velodrome, bowling and divingthere are photos in the book of vintage sports equipment, famous athletes who had taken part in the commonwealth games in previous years, the natural world of victoria, the beautiful sights of victoria, and photos of some of the sports that were taking place at the commonwealth gamesone of the stamps shows the national stadium of jamaicasome of the stamps are a little foldeda couple of the stamps are a little fadedthe book describes the triumph of the personal achievements that the athletes gain while being able to participant in the commonwealth gamesall the stamps in the book have been unused, although they are not neatly presentedalong with the book included in this pack of sports there are 57 individual stampsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s and ssome of the stamps are unused
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international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsbig history and the future of humanity by fred spier (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days
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But nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human racethe international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from cable street in london's east end to pearl harbor in hawaii, from spain to stalingrad, from dresden to hiroshimaat cambridge, lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling american socialite daisy peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despiseberlin in is in upheavalbut daisy is more interested in aristocratic boy fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the british union of fascistseleven-year-old carla von ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as hitler strengthens his grip on germanyback in berlin, carla worships golden boy werner from afarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe also encounters a group of germans resolved to oppose hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? such people are closely watched by volodya, a russian with a bright future in red army intelligenceinto this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former british mp, ethel leckwith, and her student son, lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of nazismoxfam shop colne road winter of the world is the second novel in ken follett's uniquely ambitious and deeply satisfying the century trilogyon its own or read in sequence with fall of giants and edge of eternity, this is a magnificent, spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal drama
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%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsklezmer music, history, and memory by walter zev feldman (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days
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Oxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitydrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israelthe study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contextmany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitydavis see oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by chiara peri and philip r
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Constitutional history of the united kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of british historydrawing on key constitutional themes, constitutional history of the united kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problemsann lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of english legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured union of the present daypaperback book in excellent condition, clean and with good bindingoxfam books & music totnes an appreciation of the development and evolution of the united kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it facessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of eu membership on the uk constitution; and the impact of the european convention on human rights and the human rights actvery topical!(as of )
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About the author caroline courtauld is a writer-photographer and a film-maker specialising in burmese and chinese historytogether with may holdsworth, she wrote the hong kong story, covering the history of the former colony, and the forbidden cityin she was the managing editor and an author of the history of the foundation, friendship first - the first thirty yearsher publications have focused on asian travel, history and culture, including in search of burma, and guides to fujian, jiangsu and hong konga resident of hong kong and essex, england, courtauld is former chairman of the keswick foundationcourtauld has been a leading figure in the hospice care movement in hong kong (for which she was awarded an mbe) and now sits on a variety of ngo boards
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The stamps in this collection celebrate the 25th anniversary of the economic commission for africa, the millennium, the international conference on social welfare, the year of health in , the 50th anniversary of interpol, the centenary of the universal postal union, the 10th anniversary of kenyan independence, the highway conference in kenya, the 20th anniversary of unesco, the world conference on religion and peace, the importance of water, the centenary of the international red cross, the nursing association of south africa, who - world health organisation, the international year of world communications, world food day, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb bacillus and the international union against tuberculosis, the papu plenipotentiary conference and the imf annual meetings in the sthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are s, s, s, s, and ssome of the stamps in this collection are unusedsome of the used stamps have a little of the postmark print on themall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionthe countries that the stamps were issued in are tanzania, south africa, uganda, kenya, and south arabiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 28 stamps
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Oxfam shop dumfries this volume combines argument about the nature of history with case studies of how good history is written and researchedat a time of deep scepticism about people's ability to learn anything from the past, even to recapture any serious sense of past cultures and ways of life, richard evans shows readers why history is both possible and necessarysee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard evans is the author of "death in hamburg" (winner of the wolfson literary award for history) and "rituals of retribution"he demolishes the wilder claims of postmodern historians who deny the possibility of any realistic grasp of history, and explains the political dangers of losing a historical perspective on the way people live their lives
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Based on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point eoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblethe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economythis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in war
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international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsthe restoration of rome barbarian popes and imperial pretenders by professor of medieval history peter heather (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working days
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This commentary is is international and inter-confessional, free from polemical and ecclesiastical biasoxfam bookshop newport full title:Â the international critical commentary on the holy scriptures of the old and new testaments: deuteronomy one in a series of critical commentaries on individual books of the old and new testamentsit is designed chiefly for students and clergymenvarious scuffs, marks and signs of wear, particularly to spine and edges of boardsdark brown endpapers, worn at edges, split at hinges revealing linen binding beneathsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreen cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and rear and gilt text to spineminor foxing to edges of text block which contains pencilled annotations and is lightly but evenly tannedbookseller's sticker to front pastedownit is based upon a thorough critical study of the book of deuteronomy, and upon critical methods of interpretation
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchhe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more
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Chris mcnab has written extensively on military history, martial arts, weapons technology and the practices and history of special forceschrister jorgensen is an expert on military history and has contributed to fighting techniques of the early modern world and battles that changed warfare
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The book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historychapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centurya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchywith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centurythe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknown
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railway lookout and site warden bagad id: delivery service consumer creditall the requirements you need to do the jobbrand new never been used
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2 books on ancient history - £1 for both great reading for primary school childrenit tells how they became one of the first civilised people and how we benefit from the things they first discovered or inventedbook 1 - q&a ancient civilizations: have you ever wonderedwho invented the wheel? who built the great wall of china? what were mayan cities like? book 2 - the greeks: this describes their family life, the battles they fought and the buildings they built
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Miniature railway signs and paraphernalia we have put a tape measure at the bottom of the picture for a sense of scale 13 pieces price is for the whole collection collection only please note, we will not post read more
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Publisher: the history press ltdthe welsh border: archaeology, history and landscapetitle: the welsh border: archaeology, history and landscapeauthors: trevor rowleypublication date
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Title: the wrington vale light railwaybinding: paperbackauthor(s): maggs, colin gerald
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Window on goa: a history and guide by maurice hall expertly refurbished producttitle: window on goa: a history and guide publisher: quiller uk release date: language: english
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