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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street 'to read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giants' from the foreword by fiona shawthis volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between benjamin britten and peter pearswhile the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with pears and their day-to-day life together jude brimmer is an archivist at the britten-pears foundationthe 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as pears intended, for the first timeabove all, when read together, britten and pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth centuryentertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an english country house, the development of the aldeburgh festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topics nicholas clark is the librarian at the britten-pears foundation at the red house, britten and pears's home in aldeburgh, suffolkstroeher is professor of music history at marshall university where she is also coordinator of the music history & literature area
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**one of the guardian's 100 best books of the 21st century** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction shortlisted for the costa novel awardlonglisted for the man booker prizewinner of the irish novel of the year hanna, dan, constance and emmet return to the west coast of ireland for a final family christmas in the home their mother is about to sellas the feast turns to near painful comedy, a last, desperate act from rosaleen - a woman who doesn't quite know how to love her children - forces them to confront the weight of family ties and the road that brought them home
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop herne hill new & sealedpyotr, a young boy, comes across a magic flying ship that takes him on a journey where he meets all kinds of charactersemmy award-winning animation from cosgrove hall animators based on a russian folk tale about a tsar who will only let his daughter be married to the first person to present him with a flying shipmeanwhile pyotr has to outwit the evil tsar nikolai, using what he has learnt from the people he has met on his journey, and win the love and hand of the beautiful princess
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop thornbury the herakleion museum contains a unique collection of finds from excavations carried out in all parts of cretethe exhibits come mainly from the prehistoric minoan era and form a valuable record of the artistic, social and economic life of the island during the ancient period
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aberystwyth the iveragh peninsula, often referred to as the 'ring of kerry', is one of ireland's most dramatic and beautiful landscapesthis cultural atlas provides the reader with a broad range of cultural perspectives on the peninsula and the human interactions with it from prehistoric times to the present day
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield a first novelthird impression publishedthe binding is intactthe cloth-covered hardback is also a little worn but soundthe unclipped dustjacket is worn, discoloured and tornthere is some spotting of the pages and a dedication on the front endpaper
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newark hardback with dustjacketthe growing demand for beer in victorian england and the increasing power of the large breweriesmalt is the main ingredient in the national beverage, beeraccount of the industry since
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate an academic study of the impact of planning, and provision for, cycling in urban areasdrawing upon a number of contributors, edited by hugh mcclintock, a lecturer in the institute of planning studies at the university of nottinghamthere is a signature from a previous owner on the inside coverwith chapters on the theory and principles of planning for cycling, and detailed case studies of schemes across different countriesin very good condition, with a few marks around the edge of the cover and a little bit of yellowing to the edge of the pages
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centuryó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empirebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarasimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first time
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Can she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the great war? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made captain corelli's mandolin such an extraordinary hit (2in the brief golden years before the outbreak of world war i, rosie mccosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in kent, with their neighbours the pitt boys on one side and the pendennis boys on the otherwhen the boys end up scattered along the western front, rosie is left confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying ace5 million copies sold)but their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the winner of the national book award, the new york times noalfred is ill and as his condition worsens the whole family must face the failures, secrets and long-buried hurts that haunt them if they are to make the corrections that each desperately needsit announces jonathan franzen as one of the most brilliant interpreters of american society and the american soul1 bestseller and the worldwide literary sensation, the corrections has established itself as a truly great american novelthe lamberts - enid and alfred and their three grown-up children - are a troubled family living in a troubled agestretching from the midwest in the mid-century to wall street and eastern europe in the age of globalised greed, the corrections brings an old-time america of freight trains and civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental healthcare, and new economy millionaires
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 centuryin 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 worldcorresponding 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 death
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happinesscutler's western perspectivefor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real worldcovering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomthe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard c
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unreadan examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st century
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oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sunday times top 10 bestseller'this is a novel of the unsaid, the implied, the barely grasped or understood, crammed with dark holes and blurry spaces that your imagination feels compelled to fill' observer'a masterful excursion into terror' the sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand they cannot resist the causeway revealed with every turn of the treacherous tide, the old house they glimpse at its endone mute, the other his lifelong protectorthe british book awards book of the yearin the long hours of waiting, the boys are left alonemany years on, hanny is a grown man no longer in need of his brother's careit's an amazing piece of fiction' stephen kingtwo brothersa brilliantly unsettling and atmospheric debut full of unnerving horror - 'the loney is not just good, it's greatyear after year, their family visits the same sacred shrine on a desolate strip of coastline known as the loney, in desperate hope of a cureand the loney always gives up its secrets, in the endbut then the child's body is foundwinner of the costa first novel award
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham *****part of the bestselling john shakespeare series of tudor spy thrillers from rory clements, winner of the ellis peters historical fiction award*****'(clements)Â does for elizabeth's reign what cj sansom does for henry viii's' sunday times**********england may have survived the armada threat of , but when spanish galleys land troops in cornwall on a lightning raid seven years later, is it a dry-run for a new invasion? revenge for the sacking of spanish shipping and ports? a warning shot to drake and hawkins? or is there, perhaps, a more sinister motive?the queen is speechless with rage at spain's temeritybut what has all this to do with thomasyn jade, a girl driven to the edge of madness by the foul rituals of exorcism? and what is the link to a group of priests held prisoner in the bleak confines of wisbech castle?from the pain-wracked torture rooms of the inquisition in seville to the marshy wastes of fenland, from the wild coasts of cornwall to the sweat and sawdust of the elizabethan playhouses, and from the condemned cell at newgate to the devilish stench of brimstone and fear as demons are driven out by unspeakable means, the heretics builds to a terrifying climax that threatens the life of the queen herselfbut as john shakespeare tries to get a grip on events, england's secret defences begin to unravel as one by one his network of spies is horribly murderedsir robert cecil demands answers
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oxfam bookshop lymington hardback published by caxton inthe new testament & the psalms in the westminster text see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhite leather cover with gilt title on spine and front covercontained in a box in poor condition, worn at edges and split at cornerswhite silk page markerotherwise clean and tightly bound with no inscriptionsthe old testament in the douay textcovers slightly tannedgilt page edges
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, american missionary encounters in the middle east set foundations for later umiddle eastern relationsthis is an excellent resource for specialists in history, middle eastern studies, american studies, religious studies, missiology, and anyone interested more broadly in american engagement in the middle eastthis volume focuses on regions that were once part of the ottoman empire in western asia, the balkans, and north africacontributors explain the distinctly american dimensions of these missionary encounters, the cultural influences they exerted on the region, and their consequences for local nationalism, print culture, education, and morethese engagements prompt larger questions about the consequences of american christian cultural projection into the wider worldmissionaries presented examples of american culture to middle eastern peoples, just as they interpreted the middle east for americans back home
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford the maze runner trilogy by james dashnerthe maze runner, the scorch trials and the death cure
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop thornbury what happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil? nine year old bruno knows nothing of the final solution and the holocausthe is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of europe by his countryand in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible processbruno's friendship with shmuel will take him from innocence to revelationall he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no-one to play withuntil he meets shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington puzzle consists of 16 pieces that can be combined 48 different ways the ultimate puzzle contains 16 pieces, each with one smooth face and one rough facewith over incorrect solutions how long will it take you to solve the ultimate puzzleusing the same face side up there is only 1 solutionif you mix the faces there are only 5 correct solutionsthe challenge of the ultimate puzzle is to create a 4 x 4 square with no straight edge
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal case and disc are in good conditionin 'special ', tucker is locked in a battle for political survival after the shock resignation of the prime ministerin 'special ', number 10's foul-mouthed policy enforcer malcolm tucker (peter capaldi) finds himself between a rock and a hard place when enemies in the government and the opposition decide to push for powerthe summer and christmas specials from the bbc's satirical political comedy series written and directed by armando iannucci
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal disk in good conditionappearances can be deceptive, however, especially when the eccentric residents of dibley are doing the wedding planningcould he be the one? or is it gerry's destiny to end up heartbroken in another six-foot deep puddle? in 'the vicar in white', it seems that gerry's big day has finally arrivedin 'the handsome stranger', gerry (dawn french) is fed up with all the 'townies' buying weekend cottages in dibleythen she meets one particularly charming newcomerthe final two episodes of the popular british sitcom
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal disk in very good conditionthe 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 theirsepisodes 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'case in very good condition
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston accountant andy dufresne (tim robbins) is sent to prison in the forties for the murder of his unfaithful wife and her lover, despite protesting his innocencemeanwhile, the governor of the prison discovers dufresne's book-keeping talents and recruits him to do a spot of creative accountancyfellow inmate, ageing gangster 'red' (morgan freeman), uses his connections to take care of dufresne's material needs, and narrates the story of his friend's term in jail through to the late sixtieshe slowly comes to terms with the injustices of the corrupt prison system and quietly inspires some of his fellow prison inmates to have a more positive outlook on life
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston when cross-country driver sean (kerr smith) picks up hitch-hiking vampire hunter nick (brendan fehr) on a deserted stretch of road, he soon finds himself embroiled in a life-threatening battle with the bloodthirsty hordes of the teenage undeadthe trouble begins when sean and nick come across vampire victim megan (izabella miko) at a roadside diner; recently-infected and half-demented by terror, megan is the boys' clue to the whereabouts of the juvenile bloodsuckersbut sean soon falls in love with the young woman, and when he also becomes infected with the virus, the three of them must go in search of the age-old vampire whose teenage minions have caused the recent epidemic
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal disk in very good conditionthe series also looks at the role of the ocean as both challenge and home to marine animals; the cruel effects of the antarctic winter on shelter and food supplies; and finally the great expeditions by man to reach the south poleunique filming of some of the largest, smallest, sturdiest mammals who survive sub-zero temperatures, biting winds and a changing ecologydavid attenborough's natural history exploration into life in the antarcticcase in very good condition
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston this hugely successful blockbuster stars keanu reeves as neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to bewith the aid of mysterious subversive morpheus (laurence fishburne), neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a lietogether with morpheus' acolyte trinity (carrie-anne moss), neo begins to fight back against the computerised hierarchy which is secretly manipulating the human race
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the seasonal specials follows a madcap year in the life of the potty parishoners of dibley'autumn' finds hugo (james fleet) and alice (emma chambers) returning home from their honeymoon with tales of an unlikely drug-smuggling incidentthe video contains the entire third series of the programme - over 2½ hours of hilarious viewing one whole year in the sleepy parish of dibley is captured here in the third series of the popular comedyand 'summer' has dibley suffering a drought which brings the villagers into direct conflict with the water company'winter' sees the parishioners putting on an all-too-realistic nativity play in a local farmyard'spring' brings a most unusual change of atmosphere, with long-standing opponents david (gary waldhorn) and geraldine (dawn french) suddenly finding themselves in complete agreement
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kendal disk in very good conditionthe complete fourth season of the us comedy drama following the ups and downs of hollywood newcomer vincent chase (adrian grenier) as he hits the big timealong for the ride are his best friends eric (kevin connolly) and turtle (jerry ferrara), fresh over from their childhood home on the east coast, and johnny drama (kevin dillon), vince's half brotherepisodes comprise: 'welcome to the jungle', 'the first cut is the deepest', 'malibooty', 'sorry, harvey', 'the dream team', 'the weho ho', 'the day fu*kers', 'gary's desk', 'the young and the stoned', 'snow job', 'no cannes do' and 'the cannes kids'case in very good condition
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