The last ten centuries
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In centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherwe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalethe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allthe pages are tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket shows some minor shelf wearit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changehere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspectivethe black cloth boards are in very good conditionoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionthere are two sections of colour illustrations
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But which of the last ten centuries saw the greatest changes in human history?history's greatest tour guide, ian mortimer, knows what answer he would givesweeping through the last thousand years of human development, human race is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predictedbut what's yours? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham we are an astonishing speciesover the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond recognition
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As they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by onefrom the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldentasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian seaand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before hima remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkablebut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must dono man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out aliveoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottomi loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read morepraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking talemore twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the start
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The 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 danepaperback - 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 kingdomsabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern seathis 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 englandhe 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 wall
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Over the last four centuries, this economic ideology has become the dominant ideology in much of the worldhowever, as stephen marglin argues, market relationships erode communityin the past, for example, when a farm family experienced a setback - say the barn burned down - neighbours pitched inoxfam bookshop hertford economists celebrate the market as a device for regulating human interaction without acknowledging that their enthusiasm depends on a set of half-truths: that individuals are autonomous, self-interested, and rational calculators with unlimited wants and that the only community that matters is the nation-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow a farmer whose barn burns down turns, not to his neighbours, but to his insurance company marglin dissects the ways in which the foundational assumptions of economics justify a world in which individuals are isolated from one another and social connections are impoverished as people define themselves in terms of how much they can afford to consume marglin presents an account of how this happened and an argument for righting the imbalance in our lives that this ideology has fosteredinsurance may be a more efficient way to organise resources than a community barn raising, but the deep social and human ties that are constitutive of community are weakened by the shift from reciprocity to market relations
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The top ten bestsellerthe last house on needless streetto be collectedcoming from non smoking and pet free home
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Having spent the last ten years fighting injustice and cruelty, zorro (banderas) is now facing his greatest challenge: his wife elena (zeta-jones) has thrown him out and found comfort in the arms of count armand (rufus sewell), a dashing french aristocratoxfam shop ulverston adventure sequel starring antonio banderas and catherine zeta jonesand so, with his marriage and his country's future at stake, it's up to zorro to try to save two unions before it's too latebut zorro knows something she doesn't: armand is the mastermind behind an evil plot to destroy the united statessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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On the classic recording presented here, the famed band pays tribute to the teams of the big ten - performing such great college themes asthey presented many fine performances - not only at tartar home games but at guest performances toothe famed tartar band of compton, california's compton community college's compton tartar's football team's marching band, were the ultimate spirit rousers and morale boosters that any football team would have been proud of
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The strokes the first ten years by cody smyth (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Iron maiden the first ten years (the original emi vhs video cassette)if unable to collect happy to arranged postage and will be tracked signed servicein english/colour/73mins running time, features all of the band's promotional videos from
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Rare iron maiden the first ten years (the original emi vhs video cassette)if unable to collect happy to arranged postage and will be tracked signed servicein english/colour/73mins running time, features all of the band's promotional videos from
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The last mughalis an extraordinary revisionist work with clear contemporary echoesthe 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 ofbahadur shah zafar ii, the last mughal emperor, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled calligrapheras the british commissioner in charge insisted, no vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the great moghuls restsdeprived 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 historythen 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 facewilliam 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 siege of delhi was the rajs stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreaton 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 enclosuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road at 4 pbut while zafars mughal ancestors had controlled most of india, the aged zafar was king in name onlyit 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 history
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) the band?–the last waltz the last waltz was the farewell concert of the canadian rock band the band and is the resulting live albumthe concert on november (thanksgiving) in winterland in san francisco lasted over five hours the specialty of the last waltz was the number of stars among the guest musicians, the recordings of muddy waters ’mannish boy, van morrison's caravan and the performances of neil young, joni mitchell and bob dylan are considered outstandingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the mid-s they gained recognition backing bob dylan,and the tour was notable as dylan’s first with an electric band 1includes a 78 page booklet,with nice pictures and rare story`s from "the band" all in mint 2catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebetween and ,they originally formed as the hawks,a backing band for rockabilly singer ronnie hawkinsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe band were a roots rock group consisting of four canadians and one american: rick danko (bass guitar,vocals,fiddle), garth hudson (keyboards,accordion,saxophone), richard manuel (keyboards,drums,vocals),robbie robertson (guitar,vocals),and levon helm (drums,vocals,mandolin,guitar)) the band–cahoots 1\tlife is a carnival\t 2\twhen i paint my masterpiece\t(bob dylan) 3\tlast of the blacksmiths\t 4\twhere do we go from here?\t 5\t4% pantomime\t 6\tshoot out in chinatown\t 7\tthe moon struck one\t 8\tthinkin' out loud\t 9\tsmoke signal\t 10\tvolcano\t 11\tthe river hymn 1st japanese pressing all mint the bang / legendary collectors-set read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Bravo' owlsandstags '5 of 5 stars to the last piece of my heart by paige toon' overflowingklc 'i just finished the last piece of my heart and it was amazing!!! i love it so much!'livsescape praise for the one we fell in love with: 'you'll love it, cry buckets and be uplifted' marian keyes 'i blubbed, i laughed and i fell in lovea beautifully written, heart-wrenching journey of love and loss' ok!  'poignant and lovely, warm and wise' milly johnson  'paige's writing is brilliant' mhairi mcfarlane 'i loved it' lindsey kelk 'interrupting my weekend away from twitter to say i've just finished the last piece of my heartoxfam shop colne road 'wonderfully heartfelther best book yet!' heat, five star review 'a gorgeous, warm novel' adele parkswhen life feels like a puzzle, sometimes it's the small pieces that make up the bigger picturenicole dupré died leaving behind a bestselling novel and an incomplete sequelutterly heart-wrenching' giovanna fletcher see oxfam website for delivery information read morejoin bridget on a journey to put her world back togetherbut after a spate of rejections from publishers, she accepts an alternative propositiona successful travel journalist, bridget has ambitions to turn her quirky relationship blog about the missing pieces of her heart into a book'you'll laugh, you'll cry and be hooked from page onetasked with finishing the book, bridget is thankful to have her foot in the publishing door, even if it means relocating to cornwall for the summer and answering to nicole's grieving husband, charlie
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Map illustration to first and last pagesoxfam books & music beeston the last englishman the story of hereward the wake by hebe weenolsen "the last englishman is the story of hereward the wake, who returned from the crusades to find england at the mercy of the normans and fought with every breath of his life for her liberationvery rare to find book still with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreat adventure story based on fact" author explains research at end of the bookhardback is red cloth covered board with silver lettering to spine and embossed cartouche to front and is in excellent conditionpages have foxing to edges, tightly bound, clean and unmarkeddust jacket, unclipped and in good condition, has rubbing chips and two tears and small surface damage to spinefoxing to inside d/j
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The last farewell 3:27the title is the last farewellthe first hello the last goodbye 2:31new world in the morning 2:02the image shown here is not an image of the actual item for salesleeve condition-near mint
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The last words of albion 2the last words of albion (instrumental) brand new and sealed see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle jt ferdinand writes and plays the last words of albion a series of verses about the united kingdomthis interesting series of haiku sung beautifully with a thrilling piano piece, great work" 1
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Sony ps4 pro 1tb console - the last of us 2 special edition, only month old, in mint condition come with the last of us part 2 other games are the last of us god of war spider-man game of the year edition uncharted a thief's end 4 horizon zore dawn death standing
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The last of us part ii limited edition consolethe last of us part 2 limited edition playstation 4 pro bundlebought to play the last of us 2 which is included in this custom bundlecollection also available (i can do ÂŁ300 if you are collecting)
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The last farewellthe first hello the last goodbyeroger whittaker - the last farewell, live in concert cd music digital records catalogue number cdnew world in the morningchangelip (african whistler)
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Reverse design: the reverse depicts the last supper of jesus and his twelve apostlesthe last supper is the final meal that, according to christian belief, jesus shared with his twelve apostles in jerusalem before his crucifixionthe characters are designed to match the original icon and offset themselves against the reflecting silver proof background46 mm read moreit is in a beautiful case, which is doing a great job in staging this remarkable coinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidiameter: mm thickness: 4catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableobverse design: the obverse features the ian rank-broadley effigy of her majesty queen elizabeth iiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepackaging: the coin is packaged inside an elegant and rich wooden boxnumber ! this silver proof coin with a serrated edge is dedicated to the orthodox shrinesthe certificate of authenticity is displayed on the box itselfplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Lowri 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 conservationsuitable for readers aged 5-8 years
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I have for sale a paperback version of this the last otter book in good condition lut is the last surviving otter on a river where once many of his family lived badly savaged by farm dogs he finds an unlikely saviour in a runaway boy with a leaking puntpublished in author ar lloyd can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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Englebert humperdinck 'the last waltz' (stereo) decca lk lp vinyl record decca record label catalogue number lk (stereo) released in side 1 a1 the last waltz a2 dance with me a3 two different worlds a4 if it comes to that a5 walk hand in hand a6 a place in the sun side 2 b1 long gone b2 all this world and the seven seas b3 miss elaine e80 royal mail standard your album will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read morejones b4 everybody knows b5 nature boy b6 to the ends of the earth condition lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - very good - sleeve seams becoming unstuck postage to uk only - ÂŁ3
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Englebert humperdinck 'the last waltz' (mono) decca lk lp vinyl record decca record label catalogue number lk (mono) released in side 1 a1 the last waltz a2 dance with me a3 two different worlds a4 if it comes to that a5 walk hand in hand a6 a place in the sun side 2 b1 long gone b2 all this world and the seven seas b3 miss elaine e80 royal mail standard your album will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read morejones b4 everybody knows b5 nature boy b6 to the ends of the earth condition lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - very good - sleeve seams becoming unstuck postage to uk only - ÂŁ3
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The last act of love: the story of my brother and his sistertitle: the last act of love: the story of my brother and his sisterauthor(s): rentzenbrink, cathy
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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 livedwritten 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 sentencetheirs 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 episodeoxfam 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 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Prisoners - the last fourfatherstitle:prisoners - the last fourfathersall of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboardyour item will be previously owned but still in great condition
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Installed games: the last of us remastered, the last of us 2, the sims 4, uncharted 4ps4 pro unboxed with hdmi cable, psu and official controller - currently fitted with swapped out 480gb ssd (and original oem 1 tb hdd is included)
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle teen drama, sequel to save the last dance ()utilising an almost identical plot with a completely different cast, save the last dance 2 follows a classically trained dancer (izabella miko) attending julliard, the world's best performing arts school who discovers hip-hop and is set free from the constraints of the classical worldproduct is sealed and unusedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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