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The continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsgreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spineslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the lightthe globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spineoxfam bookshop lymington first editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsthe author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknown
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Widowed 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 ivoxfam 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 viwith 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 neglectedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Based on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestvery good++ / very goodin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest citiesfor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storythere is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketphoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their homeas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the coreboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical factstanding as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresflat signed by bettany hughes on the title page
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rrare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconlondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james iit was published the following yearthe book remains his only completed work of historybacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centuriesit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Though his life was short and he lived without means in great isolation, he nonetheless produced works that changed the course of historyyalom explores the mindsets of two men separated by 300 yearsby imagining the unexpected intersection of spinoza's life with rosenberg's, internationally bestselling novelist irvin doxfam bookshop tunbridge wells when sixteen-year-old alfred rosenberg is called into his headmaster's office for anti-semitic remarks he made during a school speech, he is forced, as punishment, to memorize passages about spinoza from the autobiography of the german poet goetherosenberg is stunned to discover that goethe, his idol, was a great admirer of the jewish seventeenth-century philosopher baruch spinozabecause of his unorthodox religious views, he was excommunicated from the amsterdam jewish community in , at the age of twenty-four, and banished from the only world he had ever knownstill, his spinoza obsession lingeredusing his skills as a psychiatrist, he explores the inner lives of spinoza, the saintly secular philosopher, and of rosenberg, the godless mass murderersee oxfam website for delivery information read more over the years, rosenberg rose through the ranks to become an outspoken nazi ideologue, a faithful servant of hitler, and the main author of racial policy for the third reichlong after graduation, rosenberg remains haunted by this "spinoza problem": how could the german genius goethe have been inspired by a member of a race rosenberg considers so inferior to his own, a race he was determined to destroy? spinoza himself was no stranger to punishment during his lifetime
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White retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth centurytracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced todayas david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrectvirtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearswhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishoxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practice
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Grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalebrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send homethe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin americasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and misery
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In recognition of the beauty of this quintessentially english countryside, the area covering 790 square miles was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty indespite its popularity with tourists, the cotswolds remains tranquil and serenethis area is a perfect blend of gentle rolling hills, plentiful archaeological sites and charming villages built from a local honey coloured limestonethe countryside with its gentle hills and open spaces is ideal for a variety of outdoor activities such as horse-riding, cycling, ballooning and walking, making the cotswolds a dream place to live and visitbeata moore's glorious photographs show the charm of the cotswolds through the seasonstraditional museums like corinium museum in cirencester, cotswolds museum in bourton-on-the-water, gloucester cathedral, roman baths, sudeley castle or blenheim palace are complemented by fabulous gardens of westonbirt, painswick, batsford and hidcoteoxfam shop wolverhampton set in the heart of england's countryside, the cotswolds occupies the area between gloucester, bath, oxford and stratford-upon-avonmost of the villages and smaller towns have survived unspoiltsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe perfect, traditional cotswolds villages offer historic places, friendly pubs and craft shops
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Deftly shifting perspectives and time periods, the topeka school is a riveting story about the challenges of raising a good son in a culture of toxic masculinityit is also a startling prehistory of the present: the collapse of public speech, the tyranny of trolls and the new right, and the ongoing crisis of identity among white menoxfam bookshop raeburn place 'to the extent that we can speak of a future at present, i think the future of the novel is here'Â sally rooney adam gordon is a senior at topeka high school, class of '97see oxfam website for delivery information read morea renowned debater and orator, an aspiring poet, and - although it requires a lot of posturing and weight lifting - one of the cool kids, he's also one of the seniors who brings the loner darren eberheart into the social scene, with disastrous effectshis parents are psychologists, his mom a famous author in the field
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How far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectiona snip at only £6on prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women waitoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadin a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learningsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the joneses
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Based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinaoxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yaluthe author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold warfirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Once they reach the elvish realm of rivendell, the hobbits form part of the fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), elf legolas (orlando bloom), dwarf gimli (john rhys-davies) and gandalf, tasked with destroying the ring by casting it into the fiery chasm of mount doomfrodo leaves the shire aided by merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhen hobbit frodo (elijah wood) learns that his elderly uncle bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power, he is entrusted by wizard gandalf the grey (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into the hands of the nazgulsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich extended cut of the first instalment of the epic fantasy trilogy based on the novels by j
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This man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themdaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxoxfam shop evesham hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his finda page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behind
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' daily express see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe left hand of god is a must read"the sanctuary of the redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hopehe is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone elsehis only hope of survival is to escape across the arid scablands to memphis, a city the opposite of the sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely godless, and deeply corruptimagine if phillip pullman's his dark materials met umberto eco's name of the rosenot because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does notbut the redeemers want cale back at any priceoxfam shop colne road the left hand of god by paul hoffman is the gripping first instalment in a remarkable trilogyhe has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him thomas calefans of epic heroic fiction will love this serieshe is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-mindedhe is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or diepraise for paul hoffman:'this book gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself' conn iggulden'tremendous momentum' daily telegraph'a cult classicthe sanctuary of the redeemers on shotover scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuarymost of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the lord redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the one true faithit is the first instalment in a gripping trilogy by paul hoffmanin one of the sanctuary's vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boy
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Frodo must do everything he can to prevent this, and with the help of gandalf the wizard and a band of loyal companions he begins a perilous journey across middle-earthit is the ruling ring, taken long ago from the dark lord, sauron, who now seeks to possess it againpart one, the fellowship of the ring, introduces us to frodo bagginsas new in shelfworn jewel caseoxfam shop colne road with its first broadcast on bbc radio 4 on march , this dramatised tale of middle earth became an instant global classicbrian sibley's famous adaptation has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by ian holm, who now stars as bilbo in the feature films based on the lord of the ringssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresauron's black riders are on their trail as they travel to rivendell, attempt to cross the snow-swept misty mountains and, in desperation, enter the terrifying mines of moriait boasts a truly outstanding cast including ian holm (as frodo), sir michael hordern (as gandalf), robert stephens (as aragorn), bill nighy (as sam gamgee) and john le mesurier (as bilbo)with his uncle bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil power
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The 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-yusee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough 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 livesoxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (c) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literature
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In this final volume, the old ways of the light heart and the dark heart will be changed forevererin, formerly lady sara and now the legendary lady of mercy to the slaves of the dark empire, has just helped renar, the rightful heir to the throne of marantine, reclaim his kingship from an usurpersee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the power of the bright heart waning under growing shadows of the dark heart, erin and her friends must once again journey back into the dark empire, where high priests battle for supremacy and the first of the sundered, lord stefanos, awaits the return of his lady saraoxfam shop rosemount viaduct erin of elliath returns in this conclusion to the epic saga begun in the first three books in the sundered series
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John's, where the old ice hunter would live out his final daysthere was nothing quick or easy about it"cecil mouland, the last living survivor of the ss newfoundland sealing disaster, told his story to gary collins in the fall of while travelling to stoh no, it wasn't like that a'tallthe historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocencethey had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyesleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiecewith new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the sealing disaster ofamong the vessels that took them to the ice was the newfoundland, a wooden-walled steamship captained by the famous captain westbury keanoxfam bookshop wallingford "they didn't die like flies, you know, like i've heard some reporters say over the yearsthis book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the icemen both young and old left their homes from all over the province that year to pursue the annual seal huntthe men who died didn't just drop like fliessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith no wireless aboard the *, the stage was set for seventy-eight of the men who went over the side and their fates sealed
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Work on conserving and researching the hoard has revealed a wealth of information on the high culture of the ruling class of seventh-century england at a critical period of warfare and religious conversionkey chapters discuss the decoration and meaning of the hoard's intricate ornament, the techniques of anglo-saxon craftsmen, the religious and historical background, and hoarding practice in britain and europe, to place this most exceptional find in contextcomprising almost 6kg of precious-metal objects, and found in a deliberately dismantled state, it remains the largest anglo-saxon treasure ever discoveredfinally, the text explores the impact that the find has had locally, nationally and internationally in the twenty-first century written by a team of specialists in anglo-saxon archaeology and history, and expert conservators with unparalleled access to the hoard, the text is illustrated throughout with full-colour photographs, maps and explanatory drawingspages are in fine condition, boards are in very good condition board corners are a little worn, back board has a faint scratch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle in july the discovery of the staffordshire hoard by a metal-detectorist immediately captured the world's attentionthe staffordshire hoard: an anglo-saxon treasure tells the story of the staffordshire hoard's discovery, its acquisition for the nation, and the six-year research project that pieced its fragments back together, identified its objects and explored their manufacture
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Readings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life, or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian presentoxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionutopian hope and dystopian despair are characteristic features of modernism and the avant-gardethe fourth volume of the eam series, european avant-garde and modernism studies, casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through european modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st century there is slight wear at the top of the spine, but otherwise this copy is nearly as new inside and outthe book's varied and carefully selected contributions, written by experts from around 20 countries, seek to answer such questions as: - how have modernism and the avant-garde responded to historical circumstance in mapping the form of possible futures for humanity?- how have avant-garde and modernist works presented ideals of living as alternatives to the present?- how have avant-gardists acted with or against the state to remodel human life or to resist the instrumental reduction of life by administration and industrialisation? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingthe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationhe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeansee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan race
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiphoto shows the chest of drawers in use in the household it comes fromonly one key is available, which fits in all three drawerscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis was done for transportation reasons many years agoplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitei transported the chest of drawers from kaiserslautern to steinmauerni would be happy to find a good home for this chest of drawers! read moreon the back, a board was nailed in place for stabilityphoto shows the forwarding company that transported the chest of drawers to kaiserslauterni inherited the chest of drawers from my grandmother who lived in kaiserslautern and passed away inotherwise, there is no noticeable damage or changesthe condition is good and usablethe origin of the chest of drawers is leonberg, baden württembergour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storephoto shows the seal of the deutsche reichsbahn for transportation
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Jedi 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 oncesee 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 timethis 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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Players will take on the form of their favourite members of the fellowship - frodo the hobbit, aragorn the ranger, gandalf the wizard, legolas the elf, gimli the dwarf, boromir a man of gondor, and frodo's hobbit friends sam, merry and pippin - as they relive the most momentous events from the filmsoxfam shop scarborough used - disc in good playable condition ---------------------- lego the lord of the rings is based on the lord of the rings motion picture trilogy and follows the original storylines of the lord of the rings: the fellowship of the ring, the lord of the rings: the two towers, and the lord of the rings: the return of the kingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow the entire family can team up in pairs as adorable lego the lord the rings minifigures to experience countless dangers, solve riddles and battle formidable foes on their journey to mount doomkids, tweens, teens and parents can traverse the misty mountains, explore the mines of moria, knock on the black gate of mordor, and partake in epic battles with orcs, uruk-hai, the balrog and other fearsome foes while harnessing the humour and imagination of lego gameplay to solve puzzles and explore middle-earthlego the lord of the rings takes players along on the adventures of frodo baggins and his unlikely fellowship as they set out on a perilous journey to destroy the one ring and save middle-earth
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It 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 historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road at 4 pbahadur 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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Small book plate attached to front pastedownoxfam bookshop newport the last of the leatherstocking tales to be writtenthe deerslayer is considered to be the prequel to the rest of the seriesdiscolouration to edges of front and rear pastedownsthe story begins with the astonishing advance of civilization in new york state, which is the setting of four of the five leatherstocking talesvarious scuffs, marks and discolouration to boardstext block is clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedthe novel's setting on otsego lake in central, upstate new york, is the same as that of the pioneers, the first of the leatherstocking tales to be published ()red cloth covered boards with gilt insignia to front and gilt text within decorative panel to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredecorated endpaperslight wear to edges of boardsshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine, which is also fadedits time period makes it the first installment chronologically and in the lifetime of the hero of the leatherstocking tales, natty bumppo
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The approach of the volume is dominantly christian reviewing the representations of the body through outstanding figures of christianity (crucifixion of jesus christ, body of virgin mary)on top of that, the author is making an investigation on the violent character of spectacles -Â representation in pursuit of picturing this subject more clearly and more relevantthe author clarifies the ways of understanding the body as a physical and metaphorical reality, but also the medieval conceptualization of violencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster the volume the spectacle of the body in late medieval england represents a study on the human body representation in medieval england by approaching the concept of the spectacle as a space of manifestation
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Oxfam shop shirley title: the poetical works of percy bysshe shelley author: percy bysshe shelley, edited by edward dowden publisher: macmillan and cothe top of the spine has material missing so that it's flush to the page block and the silk page marker is present but detached a school prize label is fixed to the front pastedownsize: 182mm tall by 130mm wide, 708 pages including index of first linesthe pages of the rest of the book are in a very good condition win no evident faults, markings, underlining, or annotations internally the hinge of the back cover is cracked with intact webbing showing throughshelf wear showing at all four corners which are rubbed and slightly turned front cover gilt titles are in a good condition but the gilt crest is rubbed and fading on one sidethe text of poetry is set at a double column of text per pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more the bottom of the spine is intact with minimal bumpingslightly browned by aging but still a good readable copylondon publication date: reprint binding: hardcover book condition: good dust jacket condition: no dust jacket hard-cover with gilt titles and decoration, sun-faded, and rubbed on the spinegilt-edged page block
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Ellie discovers that behind a legend of chivalry and bravery lies a dark and nasty truththe sword of the spirit works both as a standalone novel and as part of a seriesbut she didn't expect to meet a real medieval knightfollowing the success of his award-longlisted childish spirits and its sequel the spirit of london, prolific children's author rob keeley is back with the sword of the spirit, the third instalment in his thrilling and suspenseful spirits seriesnor was she expecting him to be an ancestor of edward fitzberrangerit will appeal to girls and boys of upper primary and lower secondary age - primarily 8-12 - and to parents and teachers reading the book aloudand worse is to comeellie's meddling has consequences she could never have foreseenthis time, she may have gone too farsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreellie's investigations into the spirit world have reached a medieval castle, where archaeologists are digging for the fabled sword of st merrell
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This edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledgethe 90 page introduction is masterly, and any reader must be the wiser for this study of the development of devotional spirituality in the west; besides his appreciation colledge does not hesitate to point out the failings of some of the more popular devotional writers and the abuses which rose from misunderstood passages in their writingshe also explores the extent of christianity's borrowings from other faiths and philosophies, with many quotations and opens up a larger perspective for the texts which make up the body of the book this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianitythis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket has a little fraying on the bottom edge but is otherwise in very good condition for its ageoxfam bookshop new milton the writings of the english mystics have now largely been recovered from historical obscurity and are gradually being edited and printed
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