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Title: the language of loveartist: vale,jerrymissing information?
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Shirley bassey - power of love () cd albumbrand new & sealed
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The time of secrets and the time of love, with their affectionate humour and open-hearted veracity, have been hailed as pagnol's masterpiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans following the huge success of the first two volumes of his classic memoirs comes this re-issue of marcel pagnol's delightful evocation of his school days in provence
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After surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagebut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstbut something much darker has yet to be unleashedmatching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talereview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harrybut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolbut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to end
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A timeline of events from his life follows the twists and turns of his career at the daily planet, his battles with lex luthor, darkseid and doomsday and his relationship with lois lanefollow superman's entire career, with full details of his powers, battles, loves, allies and of course, his enemiesfor the die-hard superman fan, or for those who are in the first stages of their journey to krypton, superman the ultimate guide to the man of steel is the complete packagehow was superman created? where did he come from? just what is his deal with kryptonite?created in full collaboration with dc comics and packed with original comic book art, join the most "super" hero of them all and see how he has developed over the past 70 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is it a bird? is it a plane? no! it's superman the ultimate guide to the man of steelsuperman the ultimate guide to the man of steel takes you on a journey spanning worlds, ages and countless adventures
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They prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can musterfor the british there, life is orderly and genteelbut farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read more'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yokethe siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and lifethen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residencyas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerableoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plain
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchillthe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governedone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock backlooking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaoxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at largeif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and morality
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Oxfam books & music norwich published to coincide with howard goodall's major new bbc tv series, this is an accessible history for all music lovers in his energetic tour through years of music, from prehistoric instruments to pop, goodall does away with stuffy biographies, unhelpful labels and tired terminology and leads us through the story of music as it really happened, so that each musical innovation strikes us with its original forcehe focuses on what changed when and why, picking out the discoveries that revolutionised man-made sound for many of us, music is an intrinsic part of everyday life, and yet the history of its development from single notes to multi-layered orchestration can seem bewilderingly complex and specialisedhoward goodall's beautifully clear and compelling account is both a hymn to human endeavour and a groundbreaking map of man's musical journeyalong the way, he also gives refreshingly clear descriptions of what music is and how it works: what scales are all about, what happens in harmony, why some chords sound discordantsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the story of music is the story of our urge to invent, connect, rebel -- and entertain
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In our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, christie is with us1 sunday times bestselling memoir of nursing todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham read costa award-winning author christie watson's incredible noand in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand'a powerful insight into the life of nurses' the times, books of the year'a remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath' ruby wax see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit made me thinkwe watch christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive'it made me cryit made me laugh' adam kay, author of this is going to hurt and twas the nightshift before christmas christie watson was a nurse for twenty yearstaking us from birth to death and from a&e to the mortuary, the language of kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindnessshe is a guide, mentor and friend
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Sir roy strong, author, broadcaster, former director of the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum, tells the story of britain from the very earliest recorded celtic times to the era of margaret thatcherfeaturing illustrated double-page spreads arranged by subject, he tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters which give meaning and purpose to the periods they considersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a tremendous story, and roy strong, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, is the ideal person to tell itoxfam bookshop harrogate the story of britain is a significant book published at a significant moment, for there can rarely have been a time when public concern about history and the teaching of history has created so much controversy and debate
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'it is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the endand yet, even if the world is, in fact, coming to an end, as some assert, day-to-day life must go onthe real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknownthe enormity of this is almost beyond comprehensionjulia, facing the loneliness and despair of an awkward adolescence, witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, on the community, on her family and on herselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more' one morning, julia and her parents wake up in their suburban home in california to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowing
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The house of puzzles - piece jigsaw puzzle - happy birthdaycondition is newthe house of puzzles is a british designer and manufacturer of high quality jigsaw puzzlesthis fantastic puzzle is from the hugely popular piece redcastle collection range, which is suitable to all agesthe imaginative design will be sure to provide entertainment for all agestheir jigsaws feature their own unique and varied puzzle pieces to add to your enjoyment of their puzzlesdispatched with royal mail 2nd class
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Issues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictionthomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxismkey features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (ekey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fictionoxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernthe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedcontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacra
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We count exam results rather than intelligence, benefit claimants instead of povertywhy are we so obsessed with numbers? what can they really tell us?too often we try to quantify what can't actually be measuredwe are in a world in which everything designed only to be measuredyardsticks are a vital toolas long as we remember how limiting they are if we cling to them too closelythey won't interpretbut the big problem is what numbers don't tell youwe count people, but not individualspoliticians pack their speeches with skewed statistics: crime rates are either rising or falling depending on who is doing the countingcounting is a vital human skillin this passionately argued and thought-provoking book, david boyle examines our obsession with numberssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham never before have we attempted to measure as much as we do todayif it can't be measured it can be ignoredthe government has set itself new targetsthey won't inspire, and they won't tell you precisely what causes whathe reminds us of the danger of taking numbers so seriously at the expense of what is non-measurable, non-calculable: intuition, creativity, imagination, happiness
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit involves the attempts by missionaries to convert native americans to christianity and features lewis wetzel, who had dedicated his life to the destruction of native americans and to the protection of white settlements in the regionit is the second in a trilogy, the first of which is "betty zane" and the last of which is "the last trail"oxfam shop macclesfield a historical novel, first published in , about events occurring in the ohio river valley in the late eighteenth century
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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 outbreakoxfam 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 historythe 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 epidemicssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless lives 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 patterns
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Stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords are a perfect match for rowling's superb storytelling, and fry manages to give even further depth to a complex and absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale that, once heard, will never be forgottenhe fully expects to be expelled from hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time, but the arrival of the mysterious knight bus and a meeting with cornelius fudge, the minister of magic, result in harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the leaky cauldronback at hogwarts, harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the dementors--guards from azkaban on the look out for blackage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile sirius black--one-time friend of harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "you- know-who"--escapes from azkaban and this has serious implications for harrylisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifeafter just about surviving yet another summer with the dreadful dursleys, the arrival of aunt marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, harry casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloonreview:age 9 and overharry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third, and possibly the best, book in the phenomenally successful, award-winning harry potter series by jk rowlingbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the schooloxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait to start his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after the summer holidays
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The neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesin as new conditionit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorythe significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years latersee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiesother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplespart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europeoxfam bookshop leeds 179pp
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Scholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satansee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic text
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The book will appeal to girls and boys of upper primary and lower secondary age - and to parents and teachers reading the book aloud! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit focuses on slavery and a mixed-race family in georgian timesthe spirits were at work here, somehowthe spirit of london also sets up a story arc that will continue into future books in the serieswho is the sender of ghostly messages asking her for help? what is the secret of the meadowes family? and what does edward know about all this? with her parents about to divorce, and her mum acting very strangely, ellie quickly discovers that a sinister force lies between her and the truthellie finds herself facing a very dangerous foe and will need all her courage and humanity to get her throughthe?spirit of london is the second instalment in the thrilling and suspenseful 'spirits' series and follows the success of the people's book prize-nominated childish spiritsbut why? on returning to london, ellie investigates the mystery surrounding 47 foster square
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A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs"the evolution of civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisationsquigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Disc is in excellent conditionno lower offers pleasesevenoaks collection or can post for ÂŁ2the last of us is one of the most awarded games of all time, winning over 240 game of the year awardsincludes options for english, russian or polish spoken dialogue
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro this is the history of the city in its formative yearsthe development of birmingham is traced through descriptions of the economic and social effects of the great war and a fascinating survey of the inter-war years, covering many aspects of social life
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Presented here is the first english-language compendium of the spirit of laws, together with the first english translation of the posthumously published treatise containing the physiological theory underlying montesquieu's theory of climatemontesquieu's the spirit of laws is an enduring classic of social and political theory deserving a fresh reading every generationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music nottingham front cover bowed outcolour a little faded on spinelight wear to edges of coverprevious owner has written across fore-edge
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People swarmed to california from as far as china and australiathey came from england and france, from ireland and chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new worldthe age of gold is narrative history at its best -- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historianoxfam shop colne road the discovery of gold by a team of mormon mill workers in sparked a frenzy that shook the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a spellbinding narrative that spans several continents, brands brings the fervour and excitement of the gold rush vividly to lifethey came by ship and overland, braving tierra del fuego and the pestilences of panama, lured by the promise of gold
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Contributing authors include dan blumenthal, ellen bork, nicholas eberstadt, robert kagan and moreoxfam bookshop victoria with its expanding economy and formidable military growth, china is positioning itself to challenge the united states as the greatest international power on the world stagethe rise of china is a collection of essays about the nature of that challenge and what the usee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand its allies might do in the areas of foreign and defense affairs to meet it
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This scooter is lest then a year old only done 40 miles since new comes with charger and key feb and key and is fully alarm has got 3 gears on it on a full charge it can do 35 miles the speed of scooter is miles per hour the conditions of the scooter is in excellent condition pick up only chatham kent
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Add to favouritethe bestiary of equestria is a source of knowledge about the many creatures and races that inhabit the magical land of equestrianorthern ireland, channel islesscottish highlands & islands and isle of man
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Cutler's western perspectivefor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real worldcovering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomthe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard csee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happiness
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The world's greatest spiritual leader teams up with a psychiatrist to share, for the first time, how he achieved his hard-won serenity and how we can find the same inner peacethrough meditations, stories, and the meeting of buddhism and psychology, the dalai lama shows us how to defeat day-to-day depression, anxiety, anger, jealousy, or just an ordinary bad moodbased on years of buddhist mediations and a healthy dose of common sense, the art of happiness is a book that crosses the boundaries of traditions to help readers with a difficulties common to all human beingshe discusses relationships, health, family and work to illustrate how to ride through life's obstacles on a deep and abiding source of inner peace
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