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The ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national development condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countryhis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups
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When hannah heath gets a call in the middle of the night in her sydney home about a precious medieval manuscript which has been recovered from the smouldering ruins of wartorn sarajevo, she knows she is on the brink of the experience of a lifetimebut the trip will also set in motion a series of events that threaten to rock hannah's orderly life, including her encounter with ozren karamen, the young librarian who risked his life to save the bookas meticulously researched as all of brooks's previous work, 'people of the book' is a gripping and moving novel about war, art, love and survivaloxfam bookshop cheltenham the new novel from the author of 'march' and 'year of wonders' takes place in the aftermath of the bosnian war, as a young book conservator arrives in sarajevo to restore a lost treasuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morea renowned book conservator, she must now make her way to bosnia to start work on restoring the sarajevo haggadah, a jewish prayer book - to discover its secrets and piece together the story of its miraculous survival
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Francesco di marco datini, the 14th-century tuscan merchant who forms the central subject of iris origo's study, has now probably become the most intimately accessible figure of the later middle agesiris origo drew on this material to paint, in detail, a picture of italian domestic life on the eve of the renaissancethe book is rightly celebrated as one of the most engrossing of all modern books on italian life and historyin an astonishing cache, containing some letters and great numbers of business documents, came to light
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A few of the colour plates have a vertical crease through the middle of the plate (see photos)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikino inscriptions or bookplates, text and plates generally clean and brighttwo annual collections of the periodical the floral world and garden guide, edited by shirley hibberd, published by groombridge and sons, londoneach volume illustrated with twelve tissue-guarded chromolithographic plates (some with hand-finishing) and many black and white wood engravingsspotting and soiling to first few and last few pages, and scattered spotting elsewhere, mainly along page edgesotherwise in overall very good condition with bindings holding firm and no loose pagesplain green cloth hardcovers with gilt title and decoration to spine, [vi], 378 ppindex, list of new plants, colour plates and wood engravings at the beginning of each volumecovers have slight scuffing with very slight wear along spine edgesplease 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 storeeach volume consists of 12 monthly issues of this periodicalspeckled page edgescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available3 kg see the photos for a better idea of details and condition read more
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Kay fisker was a leading figure in danish architecture in the decades around the middle of the last centurythe danish academy in rome became his last official commission, and fisker put all of his knowledge and artistic skills into its design; he wanted it to be his "crowning work"he later developed his distinctive style that has been called danish or vernacular modernismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book describes important developments in twentieth-century danish and scandinavian architectural historyas a young man, fisker worked with gunnar asplund and sigurd leverentz, the two most important architects of the younger generation in sweden, and he never forgot his scandinavian rootsit moreover provides fascinating insights into the theory and practice of restoration of modern buildingsoxfam bookshop hove very good condition, appears unread
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Included here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peopleswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever before
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Medieval culture offers an excellent chance to observe thisin very good condition but with bumps to the upper cornersbut at the same time they are always in danger of disguising or distorting what they are referring to, or of missing their target altogetheroxfam bookshop birmingham this book presents, for the first time, a coherent, tightly argued history of medieval mediality, which also casts a new light on modern thinking about the medialthey transported a presence of the divine, but also knowledge of its unattainabilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabundance and lack constitute the defining feature of all media formsin this culture, media forms were places of mediated immediacythis volume investigates the multi-layered and fascinating approaches of medieval authors to the word and writing, the body and materiality, and their experimentation with the possibilities of media before the concept was inventedthese forms always undertake to preserve, transmit, or give access to something that might otherwise be lost, or remain inaccessible or ineffective
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Oxfam shop colne road with its first broadcast on bbc radio 4 on march , this dramatised tale of middle earth became an instant global classicbrian sibley's famous adaptation has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by ian holm, who now stars as bilbo in the feature films based on the lord of the ringssauron's black riders are on their trail as they travel to rivendell, attempt to cross the snow-swept misty mountains and, in desperation, enter the terrifying mines of moriapart one, the fellowship of the ring, introduces us to frodo bagginswith his uncle bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil powerit is the ruling ring, taken long ago from the dark lord, sauron, who now seeks to possess it againfrodo must do everything he can to prevent this, and with the help of gandalf the wizard and a band of loyal companions he begins a perilous journey across middle-earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas new in shelfworn jewel caseit boasts a truly outstanding cast including ian holm (as frodo), sir michael hordern (as gandalf), robert stephens (as aragorn), bill nighy (as sam gamgee) and john le mesurier (as bilbo)
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Oxfam books & music durham thomas williams' revision of arthur hyman and james jwalsh's classic compendium of writings in the christian, islamic, and jewish medieval philosophical traditions expands the breadth of coverage that helped make its predecessor the best known and most widely used collection of its kindthe third edition builds on the strengths of the second by preserving its essential shape while adding several important new texts--including works by augustine, boethius, pseudo-dionysius the areopagite, anselm, al-farabi, al-ghazali, ibn rushd, bonaventure, thomas aquinas, and john duns scotus--and featuring new translations of many otherssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume has also been redesigned and its bibliographies updated with the needs of a new generation of students in mind
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The stories presented here move from adolescence to middle age, sensitive always to the particular social, emotional, and intellectual challenges of the different phases of a lifea group of pub regulars in a sleepy seaside town observe the quiet disappointments of love and marriageoxfam bookshop st albans the dogs of inishere collects stories from across alannah hopkin's thirty-year career as a fiction and travel writeran adolescent girl bristles against the gendered assumptions and expectations o mid-sixties londonalong the way, hopkin's protagonists, often writers themselves, wrestle with the influence of literary figures from the past, including austen, byron, poe, wilde, lowry, and bsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea young writer struggles to commit fully to the artist's life
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Oxfam bookshop lymington the middle of the lower edge of the front hard cover is bumpedthey examine the role of full-size building tests in the development of structural design methods, and give recommendations on improved construction practice and safety of a building's occupants in the event of fire and explosionprojects are covered in the fields of construction, static loading, dynamic response and the effect of fire and explosion loadingthe contributions to this book derive from the second cardington conference held in march and are based on experimental work carried out on the first test structure at the lbtf, an eight-storeyed steel-framed buildingin addition, there are papers describing the future programme and other planned structuressee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is not on lithograph itselves! sory for this photo imperfection the prints in the set are susan b / gertrude s / genare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikionly one set was sold over the years: at christie's (in ) set price for a complete edition was $ (not included the commission costs of 25%) i sold one set on catawiki last month - i am now selling my last set! this is in the only complete set which is currently being sold in the worldthe set is in "perfect" condition"; only very little side (not he print itself) mini creasesri 's involvement withe thomson and various productions of the opera began in allready! and culminated in a bicentennial production by the santa fe opera in these 13 lithographs shipped by registered mail with insuranceus grant / indiana elliot / jo the loiterer/ lilian russell / anthony comstock / anne / henrietta m / gloster hemming / jenny reefer / constance fletcher / angel more these lithographs illustrate robert indiana's custome design vfor the virgil thomson / gertrude stein opera "the mother of us all"#exclusiveartweek read morethe publisher told me this is because of the paper (every single print was stored in a drawer/ room temperatureprovenance: directly from several collectors (usa during era robert indiana (ri) - the mother of us all 13 lithographs complete portfolio bonus: the original serigraph mother of us all (see also last picture) silkscreen/serigraph - signed / numbered in pencil- proofs: 26 image size: as per the item information printer: fernand mourlon paris publisher: intended for publication by leon amiel paris provenance: robert indiana prints catalogue raisonne (page ) (this is the "robert indiana prints "bible") - also as per the pictures i have severely check all auction results from almost every auction in the world (artnet)please note - this is my camera problemon the photo's you see some little crease on the right side /middlethe general grant is a bit less white than the othersplease 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 storethis portfolio consists of some artist proofs (!) and numbered (edition numbers); different proof & edition numbers; as per the photoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Finally in 'the sittaford mystery', in a remote house in the middle of dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seanceis this black magic or simply a macabre joke? the only way to be certain is to locate captain trevelyanunfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snow drifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on footin 'by the pricking of the thumbs', when tommy (anthony andrews) and tuppence (greta scacchi) visit an elderly aunt in sunny ridge nursing home, tuppence is concerned by one resident, mrs lancaster (june whitfield), who rambles about a dead child behind the lounge fireplacewhen tuppence is introduced to one resident's friend, miss marple, she finds herself joining forces with her to follow the clues which lead them to the norfolk village of farrell st edmund where there they find a community guarding a number of deadly secretstension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'captain trevelyanbetween them, they attempt to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years beforein 'the sleeping murder', soon after gwenda (sophia myles) moved into her new home, odd things started to happenworse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairstheir expectations of peace and quiet are quickly dashed when they discover a poison pen-writer is at large in the villagein 'the moving finger', after a serious motorcycle accident, the dashing jerry burton (james d'arcy) arrives in the sleepy village of lymstock with his sister joanna (emilia fox) to recuperatelittle do they know that they will ultimately unveil a murderertogether miss marple and jerry set out to stop the malicious messages before they result in another tragedydespite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein fear, gwenda turns to miss marple to exorcise her ghostsoxfam shop hebden bridge award-winning actress geraldine mcewan stars as miss marple in this set of murder mysteries
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An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, ford prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the vogonsnot bad for a man in his dressing gownthe galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and/or insulted, but it's very hard to get a cup of teaand, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find itoxfam shop colne road collected together in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: the trilogy of four are the first four titles in douglas adams' wildly popular comedy science fiction seriesescaping the end of the world for a second time, arthur, ford, and their old friend slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robotsso long, and thanks for all the fishthere is a knack to flyingfenchurch once realized how the world could be made a good and happy placeunfortunately, she's forgottensadly, however, the weekend has only just begunit's not an easy thing to do, and arthur dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets fenchurch, the woman of his dreamshowever, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly dothe knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and missconvinced that the secret lies within god's final message to his creation, they go in search of itthe hitchhiker's guide to the galaxyone thursday lunchtime the earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypasssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor arthur dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope withthe restaurant at the end of the universewhen all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - 'where shall we have dinner?' the restaurant at the end of the universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry aboutlife, the universe and everythingfollowing a number of stunning catastrophes, arthur dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric earth
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The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego monsieur hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humour ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satirefrancois takes up the call, and attempts to americanise his work stylejacques tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of playtimein tati's charming jour de fete (), the director casts himself as francois a contented and happy postman in a small, unhurried french villagethis is a collection of tati's finest films from across his careermarking the third appearance of tati's hulot, the film takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within itconcerned about his future, hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment, with little successparade () was tati's last film and sees the filmmaker return to his music hall rootshe began the project by recording a circus show performance in sweden, the footage was then turned into a movie showcase for tati's considerable physical comedy skills see oxfam website for delivery information read morehulot returns with mon oncle (), a film set along the dividing line between paris' past and its futurehulot weaves in and out of view, leaving a trail of bumped heads, offended sensibilities and curious glances in his waketati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with les vacances de mthings perk up when a traveling carnival arrives in town, and exhibits a film about the speedy and efficient united states postal serviceoxfam bookshop byres road filmmaker and actor jacques tati reinvented the art of slapstick comedy, expertly dissecting the nature of sight gags and pratfalls while exploiting viewer expectations to create an ambitious, richly detailed cinematic parlor game perfect for exploring the infinite mysteries of the modern worldhulot lives in a colourful, parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern house
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The episodes are: 'zoo', 'humilithon', 'family reunion', 'stupid girl', 'forwards backwards', 'forbidden girlfriend', 'malcolm holds his tongue', 'boys at ranch', 'grandma sues', 'if boys were girls', 'long drive', 'kicked out', 'stereo store', 'hal's friend', 'garage sale', 'academic octathalon', 'clip show 2', 'reese's party', 'future malcolm', 'baby: part 1', 'baby: part 2' and 'day care'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road the complete fourth series of the us comedy following the struggles of malcolm, a boy with the iq of a genius, and his familyas if being labelled a geek due to his association with the other smart kids of the school wasn't bad enough, malcolm has to deal with the stresses and strains of a family led by his mother, authoritarian control freak lois (jane kaczmarek), and his caring but childlike father hal (bryan cranston)though malcolm (frankie muniz) has a love of learning, he dislikes being singled out for his intelligence as it attracts the ire of his schoolmates
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, gerald of wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the middle ages and the journey through wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary inwitty and gently humorous throughout, these works provide a unique view into the medieval worldthe landscape is evoked in further detail in the description, which chronicles the everyday lives of the welsh people with skill and affectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a style reminiscent of a diary, gerald records the day-to-day events of the mission, alongside lively accounts of local miracles, folklore and religious relics such as saint patrick's horn, and eloquent descriptions of natural scenery that includes the rugged promontory of st david's and the vast snow-covered panoramas of snowdonia
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Ready to leave on 31s of july when they are just over 6 weeks oldhis coat wont be too long and touch the floorany queries please email me or text meviewings are welcome and mother and father can be also viewedbrown boy has medium long soft coat just like his mother so will need some groomingi'm asking ÂŁ80 / pair
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for the rough guide to world music: africa europe & the middle east products!
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1 grey boy 1 tabby boy and 1 black boy and 1 tabby girl can be seen with mum will be wormed litter trained and ready middle of october looking for there forever homes raised with children mum has a beautiful temperament no time wasters deposit can be made read more
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Piggy in the middle game by orchard toysfun learning game
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Baby rats, males and females, hairless and with fur various colours, not available until the 5th of july collection from west barsham
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Slot the tardis with its own light and sound effect into the middle of the unique electronic revolving game board and you're ready to start your journey through timethere are many alien life forms roaming the stars, plotting and scheming to alter and control the course of timewhenever this happens the board will rotate and the enemies you are trying to overcome will move and reappear in new dimensionsin this fast paced and exciting board game, be the first to locate and defeat for of the doctor's most deadly foesoxfam shop colne road doctor who: the time travelling action game with revolving electronic game boarda must for any doctor who fans! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou are the doctor travelling through time and space in your quest to defeat these forces of evil and save the universe from harmtime however is unstable and there are regular shifts in the continuum
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18 x medium glass jars with hessian ribbon around the middle of the jar 11 x small glass jars decorated with hessian ribbon 41 jars in total which can be used for flowers, candles etcÂŁ10 for the lot and also have some left over rolls of the hessian which you can have should you need to make anymorei have other items for sale and there are some photos of the set up i used so you can judge the size of them12 x large glass jars with hessian ribbon attached to the neck
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But in the middle of this inconspicuous-looking place near rome, karl lagerfeld has photographed an unusual building called "la casa albero nella pineta di fregene"are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeginning in lagerfeld experimented with resinotypes, a photographic process using alkaline bichromates and pioneered by louis-alphonse poitevin ()the house in the trees 1st edition, limited edition of copies5 x 31 cm, germanit was built by architect perugini in and has been empty for some timevisionen printed in by gerhard steidl 48 pages; half-linen; 255 cm; 21 color photographs; 1st edition visionen presents a suit of 21 resinotypes by karl lagerfeld featuring subjects including christy turlington and stella tennantplease 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 storestarting with 6 x 6 color slides, lagerfeld first obtained prints to which pigments were carefully applied with a paintbrush and heated to become set56 pages, hardcover, 24catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"a small piece of land, some trees, a semi-dilapidated warehouse, uninhabited buildings and similar to a villa nearbythis is not exactly a place for sophisticated architecture
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They were originally written in middle french and were originally published in the kingdom of france[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 length" the essays were first published in and cover a wide range of topicsmontaigne'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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The netherlands, complete proof year pack/ year collection , series coins king willem-alexander 1 cent through 2 euro, with an extra, partially gold plated 2 euro in the middle of the packare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomes in a coloured case with outer boxregistered shipping read moresecond part of the series of dutch citiesincluding the original information leaflet / numbered certificateplease 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 storemintage: only piecescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe photos provide a good impression
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Bruno has just moved with his family into a new house in the middle of nowhere, and feels imprisoned by his mother (vera farmiga)'s persistent warnings never to venture beyond the garden's high wallsfrom what he can make of the view from his bedroom window, he thinks he must be living on a strange sort of farm where the workers seem to get straight out of bed and go to work on the fieldsdisc and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle haunting world war ii drama told from the perspective of bruno (asa butterfield), the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp (david thewlis)see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen his curiosity leads him through an open door and up to a vast electric fence, he meets a boy there of exactly his own age - but with a very different story to tell
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and controloxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the amazon forestwill they return alive? the book and cd tell an abridged version of the lost world by sir arthur conan doyle new and sealed in original shrinkwraplevel 2 with 700 headwordsand he sends his young reporter, malone, on a strange journey into south america with the famous professor challengersee oxfam website for delivery information read more'you said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says mcardle, the editor of the daily gazetteoxfam shop cowley road paperback book plus cd audio recording of the complete textbut this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for thempublished by oxford university press in their dominoes series for english language teaching
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