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In 'gaza', donna moss, percy fitzwallace, andrea wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the middle east on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown upin 'an khe', the seals are sent in on a perilous mission to rescue a navy plane shot down in north korean watersin 'eppur si muove', when a conservative republican congresswoman targets ellie's research project in an effort to discredit jed, toby discovers that the source of the leak is uncomfortably close to homein 'the benign prerogative', in the days leading up to the state of the union address, toby gets crucial voter feedback when he accompanies joey as she mall-tests the speech around the nationhas an intensely personal reason for leading the charge when hoynes decides to rehab his image in a bid for the presidency by slandering jed and leo in a tell-all biographyin 'jefferson lives', when he realises that his first choice for vice president faces an uphill fight for nomination, jed nominates a congressman that none of the staff can get excited aboutin '7a wf ', the search for zoey continues and walken takes a hard line against the kidnappers that could contribute to her deatharound for a not-so-typical day in the white housein 'the dogs of war', bombs drop on qumar upon walken's orders and as the hours pass without any word on zoey's whereaboutsin 'access', a documentary camera crew follows cin 'shutdown', jed's decision not to be held hostage by haffley shuts down the federal governmentin 'separation of powers', as chief justice ashland's health problems continue to mount, joe quincy, ashland's former clerk, is pressed into service to persuade him to retirein 'the warfare of genghis khan', an unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testing in the indian oceanin 'the stormy present', president bartlet attends the funeral of a former president with other former presidents glenallen walken and din 'the supremes', jed and the staff vet potential supreme court appointeesoxfam shop hebden bridge the complete fifth series of the popular american political drama seriesin 'constituency of one', will bailey receives an offer to become vice president russell's top aidefinally in 'memorial day', jed weighs his options for responding to the bombing as israeli and palestinian forces face off against each otherin 'talking points', josh is anguished when he realizes that his successful trade negotiation skills managed to create the opportunity for a computer company to move jobs to indiain 'han', josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmationin 'slow news day', toby gets jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save social security, but is hampered by jed's mandate to keep the operation under wrapssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'no exit', an airborne contamination alert locks down the west wing, forcing staffers to stay put until the all-clear is soundedwire newman, while monitoring a possible situation in saudi arabiain 'full disclosure', cin 'abu el banat', the bartet clan attempts to gather for a holiday dinner and jed must deal with a hostage situation in sudan, an assisted suicide in oregon, his son-in-law's yearn to run for the house of representatives, and his grandson's desire to spend time with his grandpain 'disaster relief', the fallout on the hill from carrick's switch to the republican party exiles josh deep into a white house doghouse
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In 'gaza', donna moss, percy fitzwallace, andrea wyatt and a couple of congressmen are in the middle east on a fact finding mission when their cars are blown upin 'an khe', the seals are sent in on a perilous mission to rescue a navy plane shot down in north korean watersin 'eppur si muove', when a conservative republican congresswoman targets ellie's research project in an effort to discredit jed, toby discovers that the source of the leak is uncomfortably close to homein 'the benign prerogative', in the days leading up to the state of the union address, toby gets crucial voter feedback when he accompanies joey as she mall-tests the speech around the nationin 'jefferson lives', when he realises that his first choice for vice president faces an uphill fight for nomination, jed nominates a congressman that none of the staff can get excited abouthas an intensely personal reason for leading the charge when hoynes decides to rehab his image in a bid for the presidency by slandering jed and leo in a tell-all biographyin '7a wf ', the search for zoey continues and walken takes a hard line against the kidnappers that could contribute to her deatharound for a not-so-typical day in the white housein 'the dogs of war', bombs drop on qumar upon walken's orders and as the hours pass without any word on zoey's whereaboutsin 'access', a documentary camera crew follows cin 'shutdown', jed's decision not to be held hostage by haffley shuts down the federal governmentin 'separation of powers', as chief justice ashland's health problems continue to mount, joe quincy, ashland's former clerk, is pressed into service to persuade him to retirein 'the warfare of genghis khan', an unlikely party comes to the aid of the administration as it seeks to discover the party responsible for nuclear testing in the indian oceanin 'the stormy present', president bartlet attends the funeral of a former president with other former presidents glenallen walken and din 'the supremes', jed and the staff vet potential supreme court appointeesin 'constituency of one', will bailey receives an offer to become vice president russell's top aidefinally in 'memorial day', jed weighs his options for responding to the bombing as israeli and palestinian forces face off against each otherin 'talking points', josh is anguished when he realizes that his successful trade negotiation skills managed to create the opportunity for a computer company to move jobs to indiain 'han', josh fails to sway an unruly congressman who insists on voting against the administration on the vice presidential confirmationoxfam shop kendal case good cd's very good the complete fifth series of the popular american political drama seriesin 'slow news day', toby gets jed's support to seize a controversial window of opportunity to save social security, but is hampered by jed's mandate to keep the operation under wrapsin 'no exit', an airborne contamination alert locks down the west wing, forcing staffers to stay put until the all-clear is soundedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewire newman, while monitoring a possible situation in saudi arabiain 'full disclosure', cin 'abu el banat', the bartet clan attempts to gather for a holiday dinner and jed must deal with a hostage situation in sudan, an assisted suicide in oregon, his son-in-law's yearn to run for the house of representatives, and his grandson's desire to spend time with his grandpain 'disaster relief', the fallout on the hill from carrick's switch to the republican party exiles josh deep into a white house doghouse
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New states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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Overall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionsome of the stamps are a little fadedthe transport shown on the stamps in this collection are the sampan, the aeroplane, the electric locomotive train, the zarook a type of sailing boat, the helicopter, the american motors car, the galleon a type of ship, the racing car, the alfa romeo car, the ship the chusan bfi liner, the lombok sloop which is a type of sailing boat, the jiangu trader a type of ship, the taxi, the linrickshaw, the rocket, the caravel which is a type of ship, the clipper which is a type of ship, the fujan junk which is a type of ship, the golekkan which is a type of ship, the eagle x-ts which is a type of plane, a fishing port with boats in vietnam, a sailing boat, a transport boat, a coaster which is a type of ship, an oil tanker, a vintage car, a fighter plane, and a mcdern steamshipthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued ina couple of the stamps in this collection have been unusedthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 54 stampsthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and sthere is a stamp in this collection celebrating the official opening of changi airport in singaporesome of the used stamps in this collection have a little of the backing of the envelope they were attached to still on the backthe rest of the stamps in this collection specifically show transportthe countries that the stamps in this collection were issued in are india, singapore, bahrain, manama, ajman state, mongolia, indochine, indonesia, malaysia, and vietnamsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere ia stamp in this collection celebrating the langkawi aero space exposome of the stamps have a very clearly shown printed postmark on themand a mail train
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In doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights regionin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesbanias' story starts in canaanite timesjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable citywilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near east" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianityoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firm
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A scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this worksome pencil writing on front free endpaperthe expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is foundedoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverssecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pages5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ workscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditionrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece ‘ north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacherib’s palace (kouyunjik)’, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps ‘map of assyria, and map of mesopotamia’ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingspublished by john murray, londondiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsplates are brightoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition wear at extremitiesapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countrytitles in gilt to spinerubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spinesome rubbing to front inner hingeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinternally; is almost goodbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionpages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxing
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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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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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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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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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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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