The last 500 years
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A unique insight into the last desperate years of the german army at war on the eastern frontoxfam bookshop lymington scarce bookon the vast steppes of the soviet union, it describes how the german army, together with the elite mountain troops and luftwaffe field divisions played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout along the disintegrating front linessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by hellion & company, publishers of high quality military booksrare and previously unpublished photographs with in-depth captionslarge format, illustrated laminated hard covers
29 €
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5 inch 500 gb hdd desktop computer - midbought as a second computer but never used - been sat in the office desk for the last 4 years not a mark or scratch on itpixel perfect screen as good as new check my feedback local pick up only to show it workingapple imac mf883ll/a 4th genoutstanding mint condition
600 €
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2 gelding 17 years oldwe have had chuck for 5 yearswe have taken him to the junior riding club camp for the last 2 years and he loves the pony games etcwe have also done some dressage with him over the last yearhe has had weekly lessons with the 3 valleys riding club for the last 18 monthshe currently lives out in the summer and comes in on a night in winterfor sale chuck 12he will hack alone or in company and is bombproof in all traffic (we live on a farm)he will stand all day to be pamperedexcellent with the farrier and does not need shoesperfect first/second ponygood to catch and clipheart breaking sale for us so a knowledgable 5* home is a mustmore of a kick along type of ponyÂŁ inc tack and rugs read morevery sensible, safe and kind pony who is sadly outgrownmy daughter was 6 when we bought him and he has taken her from being on the lead rein to regularly out competing at 65cm in show jumping and cross country and often placedhe is an absolute star and good to do in all ways
2250 €
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Over the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universegenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonsome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencevaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existenceevery one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storysee oxfam website for delivery information read moregenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldthe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkableoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedthe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalrythe result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to science
3 €
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In an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 yearsit was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for european dominationmartin lynch opens with the invention, sometime before , of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copperlynch also discusses the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the usa and south africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th centurythe dust jacket has a plastic loose protective cover, inside clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge this book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the renaissance to the present
11 €
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Armstrong takes us from the palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'great western transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by sciencemyths help us make sense of the universe" see oxfam website for delivery information read more" what are myths? how have they evolved? and, why do we still so desperately need them? the history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each otheroxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! some wear to dustjacket - rubbing wear to corners and small marks on front cover, along with discolouration/shelf-wear "karen armstrong is one of britain's most renowned religious and social commentatorsheralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our peril"human beings have always been mythmakers
15 €
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New 500 piece puzzle by sunsout of - the last supper
9 €
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The last supper jigsaw studio puzzle 500 pc bits and pieces ruane manningbrand new sealed
9 €
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Jesus the last supper bits and pieces puzzle studio puzzle 500 pc nib
27 €
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This edition is expanded with a new epilogue covering the last dozen years of levon's lifethis updated edition of his life story includes a new epilogue that covers the last dozen years of his life
19 €
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It gives insight into her final years and the evolution of her last poemsthe journals of sylvia plath (paperback) this is a transcription of the journals kept by sylvia plath over the last 12 years of her lifegood condition - never read, so aside from crease on back cover (see photo) this book is unusedpostage ÂŁ4 by courier to uk mainlandlocal delivery availablecollection welcomed
10 €
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1 and 10 years oldhe has looked after novice riders in a riding school and has spent the last two years at a boutique riding holiday companyspent last winter at an equine college so also quite nicely schooledvery safe in open spaces, traffic etcno vices or medical issuesjack is approx 15lovely home requirednever strong and always happy in his work
7000 €
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"kylo" is a 4yo beltex x breeding ram who has served our small flock of hebridean ewes with 100% success for the last three yearstime for us to breed some heb replacements so he is no longer needed but has many good working years left, too good to go as a cull ramthrows decent, commercial shaped lambs when crossed with our small hill ewes, we sold store lambs last year in august which were as good as other commercial lambs at marketcollection preferred but could arrange delivery for fuel cost within 20 miles of buckfastleighnever aggressive and can follow a bucket but is by no means tamenever any issues with feet, has lived out year round without supplementary feed
100 €
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Fats waller & his rythm - the last years disc set see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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7 €
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Suitable for readers aged 5-8 yearslowri loves hearing about the last red kites which nested on the farm when granny sarah was a little girlgranny sarah and the last red kite, paperback by doyle, malachy; brown, petra (ilt), isbn x, isbn-13 a story featuring granny sarah and her granddaughter lowrithe environment is an important theme as is welsh conservation
7 €
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Brilliantly ambitious and powerfully written, the last time they met is a tale not so much of life, but of a life not livedoxfam bookshop ipswich when linda fallon and thomas janes meet at a writers' festival in toronto, it is a first time they have seen each other for twenty-six yearswritten with reverse chronology, anita shreve's new novel is a haunting story of mesmerising beauty, with a strong narrative pull that inescapably draws the reader in, and leaves its most stunning revelation until the very last sentencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheirs is a story bound by the irresistible pull of true passion - a love which begins in massachusetts in the early s, is rekindled in kenya in the mid s and which is about to play out its astonishing final episode
4 €
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Told with boundless warmth and affection, the last act of love by cathy rentzenbrink is a heartbreaking yet uplifting testament to a family's survival and the price we pay for lovethis is the story of what happened to cathy and her brother, and the unimaginable decision that she and her parents had to make eight years after the night that changed everythingit was two weeks before his gcse results, which turned out to be the best in his schoolit's a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changedthey did not know then that there are many and various fates worse than deathin the summer of , cathy's brother matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night outsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding his hand and watching his heartbeat on the monitors, cathy and her parents willed him to surviveoxfam bookshop cheltenham a richard and judy book club selection
3 €
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Paperback - good condition - 333 pages this is the story of the making of england in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which king alfred the great, his son and grandson defeated the danish vikings who had invaded and occupied three of england’s four kingdomsthe story is seen through the eyes of uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the northmen begin their assault on wessex (alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in english hands) uhtred almost thinks of himself as a danehe certainly has no love for alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for viking savagery, yet when alfred unexpectedly defeats the danes and the danes themselves turn on uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sidesby now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wallthis thrilling adventure—based on existing records of bernard cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on christian england, an assault that came very close to destroying englandabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern sea
1 €
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Antique firescreen with a embossed copper panel depicting the scene of the last suppersouth molton - delivery available for a small chargereally nice ornamental pieceoverall size is 24" wide, 23" high, with the copper panel being 20" wide, 10" highnot sure on age but we're thinking the copper is much older that then wood surroundreally great patina on the screen with the layers of polish that must of been used over the years, actually helps to bring the scene to life
50 €
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Revolution hasn't just spent the last three years crafting a new story for this latest instalmentoxfam bookshop newport "ten years on from revolution's first broken sword title, after battling dragons, mayan gods and joining the knights templar, unwitting hero george stobbart is trying to get back to his regular life and his 9-5 desk job when he finds a beautiful and enigmatic woman waiting for himback in control of stobbart, who is - sigh - once again charged with saving the world, you're armed with a richly illustrated manuscript that holds as many secrets as it does cluesthe hacking puzzles, once completed, result in access being granted to various databases around the world, which are then cross referenced with the information contained in the manuscriptbeyond the usual note-taking and lists of contacts, the pda can be used as a hacking toolinstead, the predecessor's graphics engine has been replaced with a completely new, more detailed 3d systemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecomplete with manualas you progress, information gleaned from the characters you meet or uncovered from the many locations across the world helps you decode the manuscript's secrets and move toward revealing the identity of 'the one true patriarch' in a gripping and intriguing story that is deftly interwoven with factual contextto assist in your decoding of the manuscript, you carry a pdanow, broken sword: the angel of death's characters are more colourful and varied thanks to the proprietary virtual actor system" in very good conditionrendering more believable facial expressions, the system projects each character's emotions as you interact with them, as they are once again brought to life with excellent voice actingwithout warning, she vanishes, leading george into a frantic search for an artefact of great and terrible power
4 €
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For sale the denbigh collumn drill was all working when last used been dry stored for the last 4 yearsthis is on its own stand with wheels heavy piece of equipment
140 €
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The survey outlines the importance of the archaeological evidence and the way it has been collected in the past, and brings together for the first time the results of aerial survey and field work over the last 50 yearsoxfam bookshop woodbridge the gravel deposits of the upper thames valley bear extensive evidence of man's settlement over a period of yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is being destroyed at an alarming ratesome minor wear to the cover, otherwise in very good condition
9 €
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Title: a natural history of ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proofauthor(s): clarke, roger
10 €
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Since his death, and until the last few years, almost none of his work has been reprintedif no paper was at hand, he would scratch his poem on slate, wedges, his miner's 'hard' hat, even his thumbnail; and if no ink was available he would use blackberry-juicehe wrote poetry from early childhoodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was at work by the age of nine, and when he was thirteen he joined his father underground in dolcoath minehe remained working there for twenty years, until a post as bible reader in falmouth was found for himdiscreetly ex-libraryone paste-down on front cover verso; remains of sticker on rear verso; library stamp/catalogue number on copyright page, and traces of a spine stickeredited and with an introduction by dotherwise, however, in very good, clean conditionphotographs by david hillshe was the author of sixteen books, mostly poetryoxfam bookshop kingsbridge john harris was born at bolennowe, near camborne, in , the eldest of ten childrenhe is buried in treslothan churchyard, with his daughter, lucretia
19 €
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Roland fp50 keyboard only about 3 years old but not used for the last 2 yearsvery good condition / built in speakers/ pedal includedplease phone/text or e mail read moreonly selling it as i need a slightly lighter action due to medical condition
500 €
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Not used last two yearsmax 8 mph quick sale wanted hence pricehad service before it was stored awayscooter runs like newvariable speed settingcan deliver if can’t pick upbeen stored awayk r mobility scootercarries up to 20 stonesonly lightly used before that
225 €
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He has provided us with two beautiful cria girls in the last two yearsmale alpaca entire aprox 7 years oldup for sale as we need new blood line he is unregistered
300 €
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Unfortunately he didn’t grow as big as we’d hoped and my daughter lost interest so he’s been a much loved field ornament for the last two years so will need starting againthis little fella is the sweetest boy, never kicked, bitten, ecthe was started as a four year old, been long lined, hacked out but not schooled as we don’t have any facilitiesshouldn’t take much as he’s such a lovely, willing ponyno novices as he deserves to go out and enjoy life not just sit in the field! read morealways comes cantering over to the gate when called and always pleased to see you, can never have enough cuddleswe live on a very busy road but have direct access to miles of off road hacking out of the back of our house so he’s never been on the roadno known health problemsnever reared or bucked, can be a bit spooky with pheasants suddenly flying up thoughin no rush to sell and he’ll only be sold to the very best of homesbeautiful 7 year old cob gelding
4000 €
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There are 6 "4 rung" ladderback dining chairs in the "glyndebourne" range, 2 of which are in the carver style, all the chairs have removable seat pads and will require re-upholstery due to the fact that this suite has been in daily use through the last 30 yearsthere is also a matching side cupboard available as a separate purchase and which is not included in the price shownthe solid oak table measures 82 cm wide by 77 cm high by 122 cm long extending to 183 cm via 2 pull-out leavesdining table and 6 chairs, manufactured by jaycee furniture of brighton from their "tudor" range in a dark oak wood and with an antique and distressed finishbuyer will have to arrange collection
300 €
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The last 2 years he qualified for stars champion of champions as a lr m&m and looked after my grand daughter in a very busy atmospherehe is a lovely old fashioned stamp of a dartmoor combining substance and limb with lovely paces and a rocking horse canterheartbreaking sale of our amazing little pony teddy, he is an 8 yr old gelding registered dartmoorhe is now looking for a new home as i feel he needs to be out doing pc, jumping and a more varied life that we can offer him with a competent little jockey or on the lrin his previous home he did all the above plus x/c, showjumping and eventinghe truly is a versatile all round pony who has done, dressage, showing, pony club and beginners working hunter, always in the ribbons and not at all phased in busy evening performanceshe is up to date with vacs, teeth, farrier, physio etc genuine reason for this heartbreaking sale of a fantastic little pony
3000 €