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His life was also extraordinary: from the poverty of rural dorset he went on to become the grand old man of english life and letters, his last resting place in westminster abbey thomas hardy is one of the sacred figures in english writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis seminal biography, by our leading literary biographer, covers hardy's illegitimate birth, his rural upbringing, his escape to london in the s, his marriages, his status as a bestselling novelist, and in later life, his supreme achievements as a poetoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback penguin - viking
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His work is a refreshing return to the black subject within a studio design genre, with a very unique personal style and visionthe work collected in this, the first monograph of his work, presents a range of his personal portrait projects which include many artists, writers and cultural commentatorsoxfam bookshop cheltenham black british photographer franklyn rodgers has amassed a body of work both personal and commercial, which is breathtaking in its volume and level of accomplishmenthis images are beautiful because he draws us into the detail of each person and in so doing gives us the opportunity to glimpse something of their outward appearance and inner voicehis aesthetic is one of beauty, but his definition of beauty goes way beyond what is pleasing to the eyehe is able to bring his years of expertise to bear on the creative challenges he sets himself - a photographic exploration into the possibilities of portraiture and representation - how to be seen, recorded and rememberedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Super paces! and a lovely attitude towards his workwe have started his flat work and he is taking to it like a duck to water! absolutely loves his work and has a very trainable brainand just always tries his best and is so eager to pleasehas spent his life so far hacking across bodmin moor with an older gentlemangenuine enquiries only please and no beginners/novice's as we really want a home to continue his educationdressage/sj/event/ etc just to add he is a very straight forward ride/snaffle mouth1hh black gelding 6 year's oldso we have decided to advertise him now as he standswe have only just started poles and small fence's and he is showing a fabulous scopey jumpfor further information please call for a chat rather than message and i can explain in more detail his full history and tell you all about himarrived with us in april as a 15hh (purchased from the breeder by a friend on our behalf) sadly he just isn't big enoughhappily lives in or outthe right home is first prioritythe ideal home would be experienced in producing young ponies to go on to compete in any chosen spherewe had booked our local xc/sj course today as our first trip out but the lorry broke down en route so we ended up not being able to gonot at all strongsadly this is now not possiblethrough no fault of his own he has not seen much traffic on the moor! but eager to learn all about it! a lovely blank canvas who is totally unspoilt and is ready to start his careerwill turn out alone and in companya lovely stamp of pony with huge potentiala completely honest adverthis neat little front legs and carefull back end show's us he definitely has the star quality i(f produced correctly) to make a fabulous competition ponyalso just started hacking out on the roads and is improving each daywe were also booked for a local show this weekend
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Oxfam shop dumfries ***winner of the man booker prize *** forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the line, and the rest of humanity, who were nothailed as a masterpiece, richard flanagan's epic novel tells the unforgettable story of one man's reckoning with the truthin the despair of a japanese pow camp on the burma death railway, surgeon dorrigo evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle's young wife two years earliersee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever
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Richard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by itbeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayhis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmenthe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold wara deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex presidentbut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarisedfarrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresoxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for itfinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgracesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentin richard nixon, award-winning biographer john ait was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elite
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John britten's passion for building his own motorbike and determination to succeed are legendary - but there was even more to the mandescription from blurb contents crisp, clean and tightly bound with vibrant colour photos with price in pencil to ffepoxfam books & music winchester 143ppfine, with dj (very good)tragically, he died of cancer at just 45john britten was a kiwi legend of the late 20th century whose distinctive, hand-built, pink-and-blue racing motorcycle broke four world speed records and reached iconic status worldwidethis, the only authorised biography of john britten, is profusely illustrated with photographs from the britten motorcycle company archives, family album and the more than 50 people who were interviewed to piece together the full storyhe was at once a devoted family man, a tireless enthusiast, party animal and charismatic boy who had refused to grow up dustjacket has a price sticker to inside and a small dent to the front and some minor spotting and scratching to the backsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book reveals the story of the world's most innovative motorbike - and the man, his family and the friends who made the dream of winning the worlds's toughest motorcycle race come trueblue cloth cover; clean blocktext and photos (most in colour) remain vibrant
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The investigative duo chase the man but when inspector grosky (hochu otsuka) intervenes, the man evades captureduring the opera performace a masked man threatens the life of the audience members after discussing the eternal lifeoxfam bookshop carlisle anime adaptation of the best-selling puzzle game seriesdisc and case in very good conditionwhile there, layton and luke learn of strange going-ons at the theatre and of a number of people going missing in londonlayton and luke must unveil the mystery of the eternal life in order to stop the fiend from carrying out his intentionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredetective professor layton (voice of yo oizumi) and his apprentice, luke (maki horikita), visit the crown petone opera house where jenis quatlane (nana mizuki), a past student of layton's, is performing
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Then there is a secular portrait of kennedy as a man by journalist martin flanaganwho is this man who threatens rome? is christianity, as kennedy claims, dying in australia? see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe introduction is by former catholic priest and media commentator paul collinsflanagan asks, not so much what has kennedy done, but who is he? freelance writer and author michele gierck stands with the congregationthe book ends with journalist martin flanagan meeting kennedy for a second timethis book is an assembly of voicesher book, 700 days in el salvador, is an account of the civil war there, which she saw from the insideshe stands inside the church now known as st mary's-in-exile and describes eleven of the parishioners as she sees themthe voices range from singer/songwriter shane howard to international theologian hans kungoxfam shop kendal paperback in excellent condition in february father peter kennedy, of saint mary's catholic church in south brisbane, was sacked by his archbishop for contravening aspects of catholic doctrinethen follows a variety of viewpoints on kennedy and the church today, what he has done and what the roman catholic church has done in banning him from his churchthe case against kennedy is lucidly put by catholic academic neil ormerod
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Ridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmilloxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major motion pictured directed by and starring chiwetel ejiofor - available on netflixwhen william kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his feesforced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, william resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his educationfascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his ownhe has since built more windmills for his school and his villageby the end of , after many lean and difficult years, there was no more cropsoon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to america to visit wind farmsone day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front coveronly 2 per cent of malawi has electricity; william's windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compoundthis is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nationthey were totally reliant on the maize cropmalawi is a country battling aids, drought and famine, and in , a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its kneeswilliam's dream is that other african's will learn to help themselves - one windmill and one light bulb at a time - and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the librarywhen news of william's invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey were running out of food - had nothing to sell - and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop againlike the majority of the population, william's family were farmersthis is his incredible storythis windmill has changed the world in which william and his family live
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Oxfam books & music perth in this collection of superman tales from the seventies, the man of steel finds himself facing more realistic challenges and issues that are representative of the erain three tales of social conscience, lois lane changes color and experiences life as an african american, superman loses his vulnerability to kryptonite and questions his role as earth's protector and the man of steel also revisits smallville and looks back at his boyhood with older and wiser eyesalthough he fought against some of his greatest enemies- such as lex luthor, brainiac, and the parasite-superman also began to address societal issues and philosophical questions in these storiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Caught in a powerful storm, a man is thrown from his vessel and left shipwrecked on a deserted islandwith no choice but to accept his fate, the man is left shocked when a mysterious red haired woman suddenly appears on the beachusing bamboo from the nearby forest, he begins building a raft before setting off into the oceanoxfam shop dumfries animated adventure and debut feature from co-writer and director michael dudok de witrealising he is alone, he decides to gather supplies and take his chances back out at seaafter spending time getting to know each other, the pair begin a relationship and decide to start a family together in their peaceful island paradisesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, when a number of his escape attempts are thwarted by a giant red turtle, he admits defeat and is forced to return to the shore
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This work provides an account of wiesenthal's inspired detective workto this day his work continues, his motivation simply expressed in the words: 'justice, not vengeance&apossimon wiesenthal spent four and a half years in mauthausen concentration camp during world war iisince then, he has achieved international reknown for his tireless and successful tracking down of nazi war criminals, including notorious figures such as eichmann, the 'desk murderer' who masterminded hitler's final solution; stangl the overlord of treblinka; and the mengele of auschwitz, the dreaded 'angel of death&aposwith the exception of his wife, all his immediate family were exterminated, and he himself ended the war a living skeleton
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The programme follows the adventures of fleming as a young manas the indulged son of a wealthy family, fleming enjoys a carefree life attending parties and womanising - that is, until world war ii breaks outoxfam shop colne road dominic cooper stars as ian fleming, the creator of james bond, in this four-part bbc mini-seriesas a naval intelligence officer, fleming becomes involved in the vital battle of wits, deception and spying at the heart of the war and discovers that he has a flair for itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeventually, his eventful love life - which involves a number of affairs with married women - and his knowledge of the spy game give birth to the character and novels that will make his name
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In 'missing the midnight', a young woman having failed her exams and lost the man she loves, journeys home to the family she despises, on christmas evein 'grace', an apparently ordinary man lives his whole life with a diamond under his skin at the back of his neck, and dies when it is finally removedoxfam bookshop brigg jane gardam reveals again her brilliant diversity and deep understanding of the human conditionin 'light', an evocative, lyrical piece of magic realism, a beautiful himalayan girl defies the destiny laid out for her by her mother, but in so doing destroys the village in which she was bornjane gardam weaves strange and magical occurrences into the fabric of beautifully realised lives in this stunning collectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A memory of the man who did this to himin order to find peace, martin shane must first find the man who delivered him and his comrades to their enemiesand he must payhis memory has shut down, closed itself off to protect him from the violence in his pastbut fragments are coming backand when shane finds him, he will paysee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuggestions of names, places, facesbut a memory has surfaceoxfam bookshop ipswich martin shane was tortured, starved and broken  the memory of a terrible betrayal
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In , he began publishing work characterised by fine and precise lineshis best period is this one with the series eagles over the western front, mytek the migty and the man who searched for fearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautifully inkeddimensions: 37 x 47 cm read morebill lacey was a british artist who served in the raf during world war ii2 beautiful action-packed original works with great dogfights by bill laceyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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He is the man who led wimbledon to their fa cup triumph inhe reveals the truth behind his four days in charge of crystal palace, his fiery relationship with elton john at watford, the boardroom battles during his time at sheffield united and also the chain of events that led to his rejection of manchester citypaperback with signed dedication on the title page first edition minor creasing and handling wear on the cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis talents are renowned throughout the football leaguein his autobiography he reveals the stories that have been the hallmark of his amazing careerhe also explains his philosophy of football which has led to his success and made him one of the personalities in the history of the gameoxfam bookshop altrincham dave bassett is one of football's colourful characters
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Since his death, and until the last few years, almost none of his work has been reprintedhe was at work by the age of nine, and when he was thirteen he joined his father underground in dolcoath minehe was the author of sixteen books, mostly poetryone paste-down on front cover verso; remains of sticker on rear verso; library stamp/catalogue number on copyright page, and traces of a spine stickeroxfam bookshop kingsbridge john harris was born at bolennowe, near camborne, in , the eldest of ten childrenphotographs by david hillshe remained working there for twenty years, until a post as bible reader in falmouth was found for himhe is buried in treslothan churchyard, with his daughter, lucretiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscreetly ex-libraryhe wrote poetry from early childhoodedited and with an introduction by dif 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-juiceotherwise, however, in very good, clean condition
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His renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most companies todaywritten towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion, when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been delighted to know that his great ballets such as sleeping beauty, swan lake, and la bayadere are more popular today than ever beforepictures show examples of some highlighted areas, all text is still entirely legiblein excellent condition, but with some areas of text highlighted and some minor annotations (used as a study book)petipa's memoirs reveal many interÂesting details of his career and of the people he worked with, including tchaikovsky and the young pavlova, and give an insight into his character and genius that it is not possible to gain from any other sourceas virtual dictator of the russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century, petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to have created the style of classical dancing still known as russianno cash in hand"these highly entertaining memoirs of marius petipa, the great franco-russian choreogapher had never before been translated into english before their first publication inwilling to post if postage is paid for by buyer, or collection available
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle despite making many other distinguished films in his long, wandering career, francis ford coppola will always be known as the man who directed the godfather trilogy, a series that has dominated and defined their creator in a way perhaps no other director can understandthe entry of michael corleone into the family business, the transition of power from his father, the ruthless dispatch of his enemies--all this is told with an assurance that is breathtaking to behold(has there ever been a cinematic performance greater than al pacino's michael, so smart and ambitious, marching through the years into what he knows is his own doom with eyes open and hungry?) the godfather, part iii was mostly written off as an attempted cash-in but it is a wholly worthy conclusion, less slow than autumnally patient and almost merciless in the way it brings michael's past sins crashing down around him even as he tries to redeem himselfthe films are an italian-american shakespearian cycle: they tell a tale of a vicious mobster and his extended personal and professional families (once the stuff of righteous moral comeuppance), and they dared to present themselves with an epic sweep and an unapologetically tragic tonemurder, it turned out, was a serious businessthe stakes were higher, the story's construction more elaborate and the isolated despair at the end wholly earned see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it turned out to be merely prologue; two years later the godfather, part ii balanced michael's ever-greater acquisition of power and influence during the fall of cuba with the story of his father's own youthful rise from immigrant slumsthe first film remains a towering achievement, brilliantly cast and conceivedcoppola has never been able to leave them alone, whether returning after 15 years to make a trilogy of the diptych, or re-editing the first two films into chronological order for a separate video release as the godfather saga
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptional i envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sundaywith this historic win for 'bring up the bodies', hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizes (her first was for 'wolf hall' in )but neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, 'bring up the bodies' is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymour
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Born to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)b/w frontispiece portrait of the poetsometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war iduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"inside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brighthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacta keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinefrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meath
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the year shortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionali envy anyone who hasn't yet read it'daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror'independent on sunday with this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymour
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Bruce li (ho tsung-tao) plays the title roleoxfam shop colne road the life of legendary martial arts movie star, bruce lee, is recounted in this action-packed kung-fu moviefollowing him through his college years, his marriage, and his developing relationship with his master, it tells his story from his beginnings all the way up to his tragically early deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop evesham winner of the man booker prize winner of the costa book of the yearshortlisted for the women's prize for fiction'simply exceptionali envy anyone who hasn't yet read it' daily mail'a gripping story of tumbling fury and terror' independent on sundaywith this historic win for bring up the bodies, hilary mantel becomes the first british author and the first woman to be awarded two man booker prizesbut neither minister nor king will emerge unscathed from the bloody theatre of anne's final daysby thomas cromwell is chief minister to henry viii, his fortunes having risen with those of anne boleyn, the king's new wifecromwell must find a solution that will satisfy henry, safeguard the nation and secure his own careeran astounding literary accomplishment, bring up the bodies is the story of this most terrifying moment of history, by one of our greatest living novelistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut anne has failed to give the king an heir, and cromwell watches as henry falls for plain jane seymour
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham twelve-year-old amir is desperate to win the approval of his father and resolves to win the local kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of a manhis loyal friend hassan promises to help him - for he always helps amir - but this is s afghanistan and hassan is merely a low-caste servant who is jeered at in the street, although amir still feels jealous of his natural courage and the place he holds in his father's heartafter the russians invade and the family is forced to flee to america, amir realises that one day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut neither of the boys could foresee what would happen to hassan on the afternoon of the tournament, which was to shatter their lives
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The controversy surrounding heisenberg still rages, because of the nature of his work and the regime for which it was undertakenhe began at once to construct an image of himself as a "pure" scientist who could have built a bomb but chose to work on reactor design insteaddigging deep into the archival record among formerly secret technical reports, rose establishes that heisenberg never overcame certain misconceptions about nuclear fission, and as a result the german leaders never pushed for atomic weaponsthe question of why he did, and why he misrepresented himself afterwards, is answered through rose's subtle analysis of german mentality and the scientists' problems of delusion and self-delusionthis was fiction, as rose demonstrates: in reality, heisenberg blindly supported and justified the cause of german victorywhat precisely did heisenberg know about the physics of the atomic bomb? how deep was his loyalty to the german government during the third reich? assuming that he had been able to build a bomb, would he have been willing? these questions, the moral and the scientific, are answered by paul lawrence rose with greater accuracy and breadth of documentation than any other historian has yet achievedin fact, heisenberg never had to face the moral problem of whether he should design a bomb for the nazi regimeonly when he and his colleagues were interned in england and heard about hiroshima did heisenberg realize that his calculations were wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno one better represents the plight and the conduct of german intellectuals under hitler than werner heisenberg, whose task it was to build an atomic bomb for nazi germanythis fascinating study is a profound effort to understand one of the twentieth century's great enigmasoxfam shop kendal very good condition hardback with minimal wear
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His work is on display in many locations around italy, switzerland, new york, to name a few16 years ago he understood that the wall was the best media for his work and, since then, he hasn’t stopped spraying his stencils wherever he goesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin homes, galleries and on the streetbiodipi was born in in naples, italystencil, on 250 g/mq paperhis subjects are the result of a subversive idea; religion, politics and lifestyles are represented with irony and sarcasm in the streetsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The bigamist is the shocking true story of how one man manipulated an intelligent, independent woman, conning her out of ÂŁ and leaving her to bring up the children he claimed he could never havehow far would you go to help the man you love? how far would he go to deceive you? and what would you do when you found out it was all a lie? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's a story we all think could never happen to us, but this shameless con man has been doing the same thing to various other women for at least 27 years, spinning a tangled web of lies and deceit to cover his tracksoxfam shop dumfries signed by author in april , mary turner thomson received a call that blew her life apartthe woman on the other end of the line told her that will jordan, mary's husband and the father of her two younger children, had been married to her for fourteen years and they had five children together
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His work has sought to meet a huge range of modern challenges, from urbanisation to deforestationin every case, however, the philosophy that is the foundation of his work has always been the same, but has always been unspoken, until noworiginally treated with scepticism, many of his ideas are now widely accepted and gaining increasing impact and influenceharmony is a blueprint for a more balanced, sustainable world that the human race must create to survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road a practical guide to what we have lost in the modern world, why we have lost it and how easily it is to rediscoverfor more than 30 years his royal highness prince charles the prince of wales has been at the forefront of a growing ecological movement
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