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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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This brooch comes from an antique shop in florence (italy) and it is presumable that it was made in this city in the early 20th century by an artisan goldsmithflower pattern in the middle with 5 cultured pearls creating the petals6 gno hallmark for the goldother pearls crown the edge where you can also note a trace of blue enamel which would have been there when the item was newthe metal was tested and we can confidently guarantee it is 18 kt goldinsured shipping via international courier, with tracking read moreon the back of the brooch there is a safety claspdimensions: 40 x 33 mm, weight: 3
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Doctor who the time travelling action game with revolving electronic gamboard in box in excellent condition, 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 timein this fast paced and exciting board game, be the first to locate and defeat four of the doctor's most deadly foesfor more details please call reed on
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It is ruched around the middle with small beads in silver decorating this ruchingzeila mother of the bride dress and jacket is a silver, white and gold print dress teamed with a white jacketfrom the waist down, the dress is patterned in gold, silver and white embroiderythe jacket is trimmed with this pattern detail at the cuffsdress zips up at the backthe dress is plain white at the top with a v-shaped neckline, high back and cap sleeves
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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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Part one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthis edition is fromplease 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 availablepart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contents
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The middle section of the triangle incorporates the names of 999 other important women in our cultural historyd/j intact though scuffed at top and bottom ends of spineoxfam bookshop newport the author writes about her celebrated artwork comprising a triangular structure with 39 dinner placings for women who are fundamental to our heritage see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notes/marksthe 39 guests include sappho, emily dickinson, mary wollstonecraft, hildegarde of bingen and virginia woolf, to name only the prominent literary personaetwo of the plates in those placings are in images 2/3 and a detail of the endpapers in image 4text block clean/intact
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centurycorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world
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Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color
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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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The schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and franceoxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketthe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonersvolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, services
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Rr donnelley & sons company, the lakeside press, the logbook of the captain's clerk: adventures in the china seaother production methods are updated as manufacturing improvements are introducedlakeside classics is a series printed at christmas-time by commercial printer rr donnelleywhile the basic format has remained the essentially the same since inception - hardcover, cloth wrapped and gold embossed, the cover material and type style are adjusted every 25 years in order to stay current with development in fine bookmakingthe week before christmas each employee is given one copy of that year's volumeand this one is in mint condition and sealedthus because of their extremely limited distribution lakeside classics are a true collectors gemthe lakeside classics are never sold by the company, but some have found their way into the rare book marketlakeside classics are only made available to rr donnelley employees, clients and other associated with the companythe tradition began in by thomas e donnelley, son of the founder and president of company at the time
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Titles: knock yourself out * down to the nightclub * soul vaccination * what is hip? * can't you see (you doin' me wrong) * don't change horses (in the middle of the stream) * squib cakes * on the serious side * vuela por noche * drop it in the slotoff the record contains 10 tower of power drum transcriptions, personally transcribed by david garibaldieach transcription features an in-depth analysis of david's interpretation and approach to playing each tune
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He explores how the rich and politically powerful have frequently worked together to create or perpetuate privilege, often at the expense of the national interest and usually at the expense of the middle and lower classeshowever, the tech crash and then the horrible events of september , pointed out that great riches are as vulnerable as they have ever been
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Enfield's speaker remained in print until the middle of the nineteenth century and inspired other anthologies, such as mary wollstonecraft's the female speakerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimiller, london - new edition - 404p, 14cmx12cm - condition, front board loose, owner's name on front endpaper, some wear to gutter, scattered foxingwilliam enfield (29 march november ) was a british unitarian minister who published a bestselling book on elocution entitled the speaker ()"the speaker; or, miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best english writers" by william enfield - aplease 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 store[3] he published a sequel, exercises in elocution inhis most successful work, however, was the speaker (), an anthology of literary extracts intended to teach elocution, and produced first for his warrington pupilscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Episodes comprise: 'pilot', 'the big bran hypothesis', 'the fuzzy boots corollary', 'the luminous fish effect', 'the hamburger postulate', 'the middle earth paradigm', 'the dumpling paradox', 'the grasshopper experiment', 'the cooper-hofstadter polarization', 'the loobenfeld decay', 'the pancake batter anomaly', 'the jerusalem duality', 'the bat jar conjecture', 'the nerdvana annihilation', 'the pork chop indeterminacy', 'the peanut reaction' and 'the tangerine factor'oxfam shop kendal disk in very good conditioncase in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe complete first season of the us comedy series revolving around two university physicists, leonard (johnny galecki) and sheldon (jim parsons), whose lives are shaken up when an attractive young woman named penny (kaley cuoco) moves into the apartment across from theirs
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Episodes comprise: 'pilot', 'the big bran hypothesis', 'the fuzzy boots corollary', 'the luminous fish effect', 'the hamburger postulate', 'the middle earth paradigm', 'the dumpling paradox', 'the grasshopper experiment', 'the cooper-hofstadter polarization', 'the loobenfeld decay', 'the pancake batter anomaly', 'the jerusalem duality', 'the bat jar conjecture', 'the nerdvana annihilation', 'the pork chop indeterminacy', 'the peanut reaction' and 'the tangerine factor'discs and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle the complete first season of the us comedy series the big bang theory () revolving around two university physicists, leonard (johnny galecki) and sheldon (jim parsons), whose lives are shaken up when an attractive young woman named penny (kaley cuoco) moves into the apartment across from theirssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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700 to the middle of the nineteenth centurythe invaluable series of 36 plates shows 56 examples of english handwriting from cpale blue endpaperstext block is clean and tight and free from annotation and marginaliaglossy blue pictorial dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue cloth covered boards, some scuffs, marks and discolourationvarious superficial scuffs and dents, discolouration to outer edges and spineoxfam bookshop newport the chief object of this book is to moderate as far as possible the difficulties of reading presented by the hand written in england for administrative, legal or business purposes during the past eight or nine centuries
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Caught in the middle are the nepalese children, snatched and sold into slavery, the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually returnboards very goodconor's search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous and haphazard mission, buoyed by the energy and adoration of the childrendust jacket goodoxfam bookshop carlisle the riveting story of conor grennan's year in nepal reads like a cross between into thin air and three cups of teawhile volunteering at an orphanage, conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are traffickedconor nevertheless vows to do everything he can, including risk his own life, to bring these lost children back to their familiespages very good, very little edge weardespite the danger, conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children, miraculously reuniting dozens of familiesit's and nepal is a country torn apart by war, greed and corruptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe process is painstaking and chaotic, involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks and surmounting the infinite cultural and language barriers, but the children's raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation, abandonment and fear make the wounds, the danger, the freezing cold and the food poisoning pale into insignificancesome of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage, only to be found by conor, an unlikely philanthropistan epic thriller and also a love story, little princes is as full of life and hope as the children conor's organisation, next generation nepal, continues to save every day
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The sails swelling in the mediterranean sea wind that pushes forward this beautiful object, straight into a beautiful collectionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii have to report a missing oar on one sidea realistic and perfect miniature in silver 800 made by an italian silversmithplease 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 storethe reproduction is perfect in every detail: the wood grain, the sail swelling in the wind, the stretched ropes, the war shields exposed on the sides of the ship and the sea-snake head on the bowthank you! two authentic masterpieces! thank you for your attentiona spectacular viking ship in silver , handmade in italycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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His thirteen-year-old daughter, sara, has been kidnapped by rashid's own father and taken to iraq to be married to a man known as the hammer of god, one of the middle east's most feared terroristsoxfam bookshop cheltenham jack higgins, the undisputed master of action and suspense is back with a brand new adventure featuring the unstoppable sean dillonthe man he stops at heathrow airport is caspar rashid, born and bred in england, but with family ties to a bedouin tribe fiercely wedded to the old ways, as rashid has just found out to his painbut the events it will lead to will be as bloody as any he has ever knownfor intelligence operative sean dillon, it is a routine passport checksee oxfam website for delivery information read morebefore his journey is done, many men will die - and dillon may be one of themdillon has had his own run-ins with the tribe, and when the distraught man begs him for help, he sees a chance to settle some old scores - but dillon has no idea of the terrible chain of events he is about to unleash, nor of the implacable enemies he is about to gain
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It chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedthe book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerthere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionageappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the world
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In this series, bartlet (martin sheen) begins his re-election campaign, while cj (allison janney) is outraged at american support for the middle eastern country of qumarepisodes include: 'manchester (parts 1 and 2)','ways and means', 'on the day before', 'war crimes', 'gone quiet', 'the indians in the lobby', 'the women of qumar', 'bartlet for america', 'hthe discs are in perfect conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe case is worn out and a bit ripped on one sidethe case also includes an episode guide booklet insideoxfam shop shirley the complete third series of the acclaimed political dramacon- airplanes', 'the two bartlets', 'night five', 'hartsfield's landing', 'dead irish writers', 'the us poet laureate', 'stirred', 'enemies, foreign and domestic', 'the black vera wang', 'we killed yamamoto' and 'posse comitatus'
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Rare catapult post letter from flight on 4/5 june dispatched on board with the corresponding sea mail cancellationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe bremen and europe steamboats were equipped with a catapult with a junkers aircraftpristine and flawless condition, see scans catalogue value: €175 (grey, , netto catalogue) insured shipping read morepost which was transported via catapult post flight reached the coast 1-2 days earlier than the steamboatmiles before the coastplease 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 storeto shorten the delivery times, the catapult with aircraft was started approxbetween and , in addition to the ocean crossings with the zeppelin, so-called 'catapult flights' were carried out from and to americacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The wadden sea - natural heritagethe 2 euro years euro'are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwindmill scientific heritageas issued by the royal dutch mintregistered shippingheineken - entrepreneurship in the netherlands; inclfrom the national collection - the netherlandsplease see the photos for your own assessmentplease 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 storehotel de wereld in wageningen - end of world war two - cultural heritage - the first coins of willem-alexanderthe bu sets in a collector's box, somewhat creasedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableroyal palace of amsterdam - national monuments - the last euro coins of beatrix
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilot of dutch banknotesshipped via registered mail with postnlplease have a look at all the photos for an impression of the qualityplease 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 available1 guilder zilverbon guilders zilverbon guilders zilverbon guilders willem iii the 1 guilder zilverbon has a hole in the middle, the other notes have no tears or holes
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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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Its skin tears in the middle revealing the lion skull on the rightare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimintage: 500 finish: antique finish purity999 diameter: 40 mm read morethis high relief 3d lifelike coin series honours endangered beasts in asia, featuring half the endangered beast’s head and half its skullthe coin bears an ultra-high relief effect in antique finishing that is masterfully crafted to bring to life the asiatic lionthe obverse features the effigy of her majesty queen elizabeth ii by ian rank-broadley and is legal tender in niuethe coin is presented in a matching thematic boxplease 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 storethe first coin in the series features asiatic lion, a large predatory cat, which is an endangered lion species native in indiaits fur is heavily speckled with black spots and it has a longitudinal fold of skin running along its bellycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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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