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Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world war'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world war'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world waroxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western frontit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantlyand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost are published by penguinall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage
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Vardeman, victor milantitle: the war of powers: vthe war of powers: vcondition: used; acceptablebinding: paperbackthe picture may not reflect the books condition or specific editionauthors: robert e
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Oxfam bookshop lymington bing crosby double-billin the sequel 'the bells of st mary's' (), father o'malley (bing crosby) becomes involved in running st mary's, a school for disadvantaged childrenhe and its conservative mother superior (ingrid bergman) clash over how things should be done, but are quick to join forces when the school is threatened by a rich man's plans to build a new office blockhowever, o'malley is soon reaching out to the local, disenfranchised youth and swelling the parishioners' ranks through the medium of songsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'going my way' (), the arrival of easy-going young priest father chuck o'malley (crosby) at debt-ridden st dominic's church does not sit easily with ageing father fitzgibbon (barry fitzgerald), who has been in charge for 45 years
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Bill wyman's rhythm kings the history of bill wyman's rhythm kings - new never been opened and still sealedwill post read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikixviii, 388 pageschallenger; voyages over many seas, scenes in many lands, toronto: belford brothersplease 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 storecover some discolouration, otherwise in good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe cruise of h
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Nintendo gameboy original tetris and the legend of zelda link’s awakening tetris - £8 zelda - £20 no offers thank you cartridges only great working condition age: ? - paypal (postage covered by buyer) - cash on collection
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In as new condition with boxthe legend of zelda: majora’s mask nintendo 3ds
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Stravinsky: scherzino allegro andantino a4oxfam shop shirley the orchestra of stmatrix numbers: side one: pcnhx 3 a-1 triangle g side two: pcnhx 3 b-3(hand etched) triangle g condition: sleeve  g, vinyl m track listing: a1stravinsky: serenata a3ravel: laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes b4pcnhx 3 released on pye records ()ravel: les entretiens de la belle et de la bete b5ravel: petit poucet b3stravinsky: minuetto finale b1ravel: le jardin feerique b6stravinsky: sinfonia a28a () see oxfam website for delivery information read morestravinsky: gavotta con due variazioni a7bartok: 2 rumanian dances opstravinsky: toccata a6john's smith square: stravinsky, ravel & bartok test pressing white label 12" lp catstravinsky: vivo a8ravel: pavane de la belle au bois dormant b2
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naipaul and his father, seepersad, covering the period bewteen the time naipaul left his home in trinidad in to take up a government scholarship at oxford, and the death of seepersad in ; and includes a selection of letter that reflect naipaul's progress in the 3 years that followsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham presents the correspondence of author v
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Oxfam shop york while the plague rages throughout europe, sadistic italian prince prospero (vincent price) dallies with devil worshipto entertain his fellow satanists, prospero hosts a lavish ball in the confines of his castle, but the wanton revelries sour when an uninvited guest arrives - death himself! see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen signed first edition february hardback book with dust jacket, unclipped published in the gripping new sunday times top 5 bestseller from the bestselling author of out of the dark and orphan x'an immensely entertaining adventure' the times evan smoak lives by his own code max merriweather hasn't got much left to losebut all good things must come to an endwhich is exactly why his cousin gave him an envelope with the instruction: 'if anything ever happens to me, call the number insideclean, neat and tidy, just the way he likes itpraise for orphan x'outstanding in every way' lee child'weapons-grade thriller writing' guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe'll take on one last mission then go out on a high note' now his cousin is dead and max's own chances of survival look bleakhe'll be lucky just to get through it alivewith max now under his protection, evan realizes that the forces against them pose as daunting a threat as he has ever facedhe's the man you want in your corner when justice is needed' daily mailas a boy he was taken from a foster home to be raised and trained as an off-the-books government assassin codevnamed orphan xthen he broke free to live in the shadows as the nowhere man, using his unique skills to help those in desperate needand then he meets max merriweather'a stellar series, the stories get better with each instalmentbad luck and trouble have seen off his marriage, his home and his careerthrowing the main character literally into the fire showcases how truly heroic evan smoak ispacked with edge-of-your-seat suspense, explosive action and razor-sharp plotting, into the fire confirms gregg hurwitz as a rival to lee child, david baldacci, james patterson and harlan coben as a master of the modern thrilleron the run and stalked by death, he meets the one man who might save him: evan smoakon the face of it he's the last guy you'd expect to be trusted with a deadly secret
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The translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timethis comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furtherit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaythe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsnow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictmastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership
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first edition , reprinted from sheets of the first edition in andillustrated with portraits and a facsimile of dorothy osborne's writingoxfam bookshop cheltenham the letters reprinted in this book were written by a girl to her lover between the end of and the autumn ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback, blue cloth boards and interior in good condition, price-clipped dust jacket is grubby, with small stains
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At once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectiveused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforeand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all surviveoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them
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Raised as brothers but separated by slave traders, tarzan and his ape brother caesar reunite when the war between man and ape takes them from the jungles of africa to the center of the earthtarzan on the planet of the apes paperback edition by tim seeley
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Dust jacket slightly yellowed with age, but book otherwise in excellent conditionit describes the governance of england during the mid-fifteenth century, yet without claiming to study every aspect of english lifeoxfam bookshop preston this book, an invaluable and much-needed addition to english historiography, and unparalleled in its informative detail, is an examination of the exercise of the king's authority between the death of henry v in and the dethronement of henry vi insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit reassesses the character of this third lancastrian king and his place in english history, though it is not primarily a personal biography
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He was the first non-communist western correspondent to be granted residency by the communist government and he spent 30 months in pekingan excellent clean copyabsolutely minimal shelf wear to the dust coverthis book contains the memoirs of david chipp's life in peking together with six essays that he wrote on the history of english journalism, and a miscellany of reflections on some of the diverse aspects of his lifeoxfam books & music beaconsfield one of a limited edition of 500 printed privately by the author's estatesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredavid chipp had a distinguished career as a journalist which culminated in 17 years' service as editor in chief of the press association in fleet streetwith black and white and colour photographs
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It has been years since the man once known as tarzan (skarsgĂĄrd) left the jungles of africa behind for a gentrified life as john clayton, lord greystoke, with his beloved wife, jane (robbie), at his side
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But first he must fulfil his vow to his country to win back jerusalem for the christian worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham at the age of thirty-two, richard the lionheart has finally succeeded henry ii to the english throneleaving england to begin his crusade, richard's kingdom is left in the hands of his brother, john, who casts covetous eyes on the crown, and his sister, joanna, who is willing to defy even a kingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand, against his father's wishes, he intends to make berengaria, daughter of the king of navarre, his queen
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For lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightoxfam bookshop hertford the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toocoming septemberi recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of wari tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingwaiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girlin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenaudon't miss heather morris's next book, stories of hope' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaustso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitz
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"sixty years a queen - the story of her majesty's reign" by sir herbert maxwell eyre & spottiswoode, london - first uk edition - 35cmx25cm, 240p - condition: half leather binding with some wear and rubbing to boards ands spine, complete internally, incl colored frontispiece a beautifully illustrated book on the life and reign of the english royal, queen victoria by sir herbert maxwellare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis book features impressive illustrations and photographs throughout including a chromolithograph frontispiece portrait of the queenplease 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 availablemaxwell wrote this work in a chronological manner giving special attention to the imperial celebrations which pay homage to the lady ruler read more
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For lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toooxfam shop pershore the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryi recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of wari tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaustso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitz
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Meteor boys: true tales from the operators of britain's first jet fighter - fromdispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is like new
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" the essays were first published in and cover a wide range of topics[these three volumes were translated by charles cotton and edited by w carew hazlitt see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop whitchurch road he essays (french: essais, pronounced [es?]) of michel de montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying lengththey were originally written in middle french and were originally published in the kingdom of francemontaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the essays over the period from approximately to was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours
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Oxfam shop fulwood road first published in , this is an exercise in humorous nonsense, rich in wordplay and absurd situations, in the tradition of lewis carroll's alice's adventures in wonderlandthis edition, with illustrations by harry furniss and an introduction by gillian avery, published in in the series 'gollancz revivals'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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first published in the uk in by sutton publishing the dust jacket shows some signs of wear with some bending along the upper and lower edges and some creasing to the front internally the book is clean, bright and tightly bound the cover is in very good condition the book is illustrated with drawings and photographsusing his extraordinary "journeys in upper and lower egypt", published in , as the basis for a vivid and moving account of the discovery of ancient egypt, the author tells the story of vivant denon's travels in egyptsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury black cloth covered book with gilt titles on the spine
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The rolling stones - jump back (the best of ) [remastered] ()vpostage to uk only
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As the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armybut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillesnasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon inoxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasabreaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2meanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmospheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasait was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offer
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But time grows short, and only the phantom hourglass can buy link the minutes he'll need to survivechart courses for your ship by using the stylus to draw a path through the islands - then, as you automatically sail along the path, control the cannon to target oncoming enemieswith the aid of this fairy, he sets off to find tetra - and his way back to the seas he once knewmany months have passed since the events of the legend of zelda: the wind waker, and link, tetra and tetra's band of pirates have set sail in search of new landsfeaturing the cel-shaded style of its predecessor and simple yet effective touch screen controls, you can move and battle with just a few swipes of the stylus, trace a line to throw your boomerang or scribble notes and clues as you progresstetra falls into danger when she explores the ship alone, and link falls into the ocean when he attempts to rescue heroxfam shop redruth the legend of zelda phantom hourglass for the nintendo dsboxed with game instructionsthey come across a patch of ocean covered in a dense fog, in which they discover an abandoned shipfeaturing intuitive touch screen controls and innovative puzzles, the legend of zelda: phantom hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduction for gamers new to the legend of zeldaset sail for adventure in the legend of zelda: phantom hourglass! see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe epic story of the legend of zelda: the wind waker continues as link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventurewhen he washes up unconscious on the shores of a mysterious island, he is awakened by the sound of a fairy's voice
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