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Along with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three young friendsthis time around, however, the aforementioned three-way gameplay element means that you need to take advantage of all three characters in order to progress through the gamethroughout the game you have the ability to switch between the three characters, thus making best use of their key skills and attributes in order to overcome the various challenges and enemies that you come up againstthe gamecube version of prisoner of azkaban supports nintendo's much-touted gba connectivity, which means that - if you own both systems and both versions of the game - you can wire the two consoles up and transfer what's known as an owl care kit to your game boybeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendskind of like a tamagotchi, the owl care kit allows you to take care of an owl by feeding, cleaning, exercising and teaching it, before you upload it back to your gamecube and enter it into owl races" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe gameplay itself treads pretty much the same territory as the previous two hp games, in that it's generally a case of exploring a host of jk rowling's fantasy locales, interacting with the residents, solving puzzles, and defeating enemiesif you're a fan of the books you'll know that prisoner of azkaban brings a change in direction for the series and, subsequently, the game is a little darker and slightly more complexobviously nothing is about to run smoothly for the young trainee spell-caster, and stirring things up this time is the arrival of one sirius black, escapee of the wizard prison azkabanprisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione grangerfor example, harry's grappling spell serves as a means to reach those hidden ledges and, at one particular point, harry and ron have to work together when battling malfoy on a trainoxfam bookshop ipswich "the third instalment in jk rowling's phenomenally successful series of children's books is about to take over the world's cinema screens and, faithfully at heel as always, is the cross-platform release of the accompanying video game from ea
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Tolkien's classic the lord of the rings trilogy, the lord of the rings, the third age videogame allows players to adventure through middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journeyplayers battle on the side of the fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of sauron as they progressin the game, players will interact with the characters of the fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forwardparties will traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic balrog in the mines of moria, defending the fallen city of osgiliath, or trying to destroy helm's deepthe lord the rings, the third age, is being developed by ea's redwood shores studio, the same studio that developed the hit the lord of the rings; the return of the king gamesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham based on new line cinema and peter jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of j
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First published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importancegombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matteroxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingin applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigoroussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue boards with silver decorationno inscriptionsit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areasdecorated endpapers
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Securely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pageslacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableno writing or inscriptionsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexcondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornerspublished by john murray, londonthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workapart 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 countryinternally; is almost goodrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingstop of spine cover missingdiscoveries 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 illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4pages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetitles in gilt to spine
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressthe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whythe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfa very clean and tidy copythe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalscassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomwhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicineaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patient
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Find the answers you need quickly and easilythe practical structure, style and indexing ensures that the relevant statutory provisions and cases to the matters in issue are easy to findit both simplifies what can be simplified and explains with clarity the difficult areasthis is a first edition in a very good conditionwritten in convenient narrative form, it contains full cross-referencing to the relevant cases, statutory provision and policy circularsit provides a summarised statement of the law, complete with footnotes to enable you to access further informationthis authoritative new book is your single accessible volume to this complex and wide-ranging area of the lawit also includes a full explanation of the scope of powers to acquire land compulsorily and the exercise of the powers and principles of compensationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe law of compulsory purchase sets out the practice, procedure, policy and valuation of a compulsory purchasethere is some little shelf wear and a few marks to the page edge on the bottomoxfam bookshop hampstead the law of compulsory purchase by guy roots being spread across several statutes of varying antiquity and many judicial decisions, the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation can appear dauntingthis book should be on the desk of every practitioner who has to advise upon this branch of law and every advocate who has to present a case in which it arises
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But for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? are resources being spent efficiently? these are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factorschapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case studyfor some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topicoxfam bookshop victoria despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poorthis handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impactsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poorchapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementationchapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbookchapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methodsit is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statistics
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The book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practicethis development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)this book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesnote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as newparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and development
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Until the return of his pupil rubens from italy, he was the leading painter in antwerpcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehoratii flacci emblematahe worked for rudolf ii in prague, was court painter of alexander farnese and albrecht and isabellain deviation of later editions, this one has no text on the front of the pagethe co-work between vaenius and the engravers have been studiedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe four ages with a putti holding a running sun dail in front of themafter his return he settled in antwerpvaenius tried to maintain favour with the courthoratii flacci emblemata was a joined effort of printers, learned commentators on horace, engravers and vaenius himselffrom the first series of emblematic engravings everin the right bottom corner a snake biting his tail, the sign of eternity qhoratii flacci emblemata first published inhe was the most influencial tutor of pieter paul rubenshis designs were mostly engraved by his younger brother gysbrechtplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein his later years he produced emblem books, his first being qstudied a few years under dominicus lampsonius, then left for italyfrom the edition with multilingual verses on the backsideour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeotto vaenius () painter and humanist from leiden fled to southern netherlands in because of the politicalearly edition of with printed text in five languages on backside
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road good condition, slightly worn box all 24 episodes from both seasons of the japanese anime series following a group of adventurers attempting to climb the tower of druaga and defeat the monstrous druaga, a god that continues to terrorise the human race even after being defeated by king gilgamesh', 'at the dream's end', 'last resort', 'he who shoots the gods' and 'without letting go'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseries 1 episodes are: 'the great tower of druaga (inner)', 'the quest of jil (outer)', 'meskia, city in the tower', 'before we depart', 'band of hands', 'ziusudra's trap', 'the lightning bridge', 'dance with the one-winger', 'the legendary tower', '', 'at summer's end', 'as but a single shield' and 'you zapped toseries 2 episodes are: 'the tower of gilgamesh', 'meskia, capital city', 'meltland, city of dreams', 'into the phantasm', 'the land of shadows', 'the four assassins', 'the mansion of eternal spring', 'once, they
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There are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marks see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on theminside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pagesoxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'the edges along the bottom and sides are a faint red this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthe title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good conditionit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'the book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc'there is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discolouredthis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectors' this is a hardbound book with some discolouration on the outer boards and spine, and the front board is beginning to come away from the spine at the bottom
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A good reading copyin fair conditionoxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always domaxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencein this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)halfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americathe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsas the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morei don't give a hoot what the writing's like"opposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and commasome light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pagesitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the materialthough in fact he did
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Holden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe name of a previous owner is written on the f" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamathe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the f
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesrichly 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 engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition wear at extremitiessome rubbing to front inner hingediscoveries 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 artefactsthe 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 foundedpublished by john murray, londonthis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workapart 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 countryinternally; is almost goodplates are bright5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ worksoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)rubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversa 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 explorationitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionsome pencil writing on front free endpaperbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingtitles in gilt to spinenot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pages
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Only one set was sold over the years: at christie's (in ) set price for a complete edition was $ (not included the commission costs of 25%) i sold one set on catawiki last month - i am now selling my last set! this is in the only complete set which is currently being sold in the worldplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis portfolio consists of some artist proofs (!) and numbered (edition numbers); different proof & edition numbers; as per the photosus grant / indiana elliot / jo the loiterer/ lilian russell / anthony comstock / anne / henrietta m / gloster hemming / jenny reefer / constance fletcher / angel more these lithographs illustrate robert indiana's custome design vfor the virgil thomson / gertrude stein opera "the mother of us all"ri 's involvement withe thomson and various productions of the opera began in allready! and culminated in a bicentennial production by the santa fe opera in these 13 lithographs shipped by registered mail with insurance#exclusiveartweek read moreplease note - this is my camera problemon the photo's you see some little crease on the right side /middleit is not on lithograph itselves! sory for this photo imperfection the prints in the set are susan b / gertrude s / genprovenance: directly from several collectors (usa during era robert indiana (ri) - the mother of us all 13 lithographs complete portfolio bonus: the original serigraph mother of us all (see also last picture) silkscreen/serigraph - signed / numbered in pencil- proofs: 26 image size: as per the item information printer: fernand mourlon paris publisher: intended for publication by leon amiel paris provenance: robert indiana prints catalogue raisonne (page ) (this is the "robert indiana prints "bible") - also as per the pictures i have severely check all auction results from almost every auction in the world (artnet)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe publisher told me this is because of the paper (every single print was stored in a drawer/ room temperaturethe set is in "perfect" condition"; only very little side (not he print itself) mini creasesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe general grant is a bit less white than the others
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The title is shock of beingcd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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Not bad for a man in his dressing gownfenchurch once realized how the world could be made a good and happy placethe 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 itfor arthur dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope withescaping 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 robotsconvinced that the secret lies within god's final message to his creation, they go in search of itan 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 vogonsthe hitchhiker's guide to the galaxyone thursday lunchtime the earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypasslife, the universe and everythingfollowing a number of stunning catastrophes, arthur dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric earthoxfam 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 seriessadly, however, the weekend has only just begunso long, and thanks for all the fishthere is a knack to flyingit'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 dreamsthe knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and missunfortunately, she's forgottensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 abouthowever, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do
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Including list of subscribersboth book and dust jacket are slightly bumped at extremities, but the jacket is wonderfully glossy, the binding is sound and tight, the contents of the book are close to as new, and the jacket is not price-clippedthe sea has played a vital part in the life of the parish with fisherman gaining a tough living from it and the lifeboat, coastguards and lighthouse keepers have all been part of its proud maritime traditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe community spirit endures in sennen, and through memories and a rich harvest of photographs, a way of life that is fast disappearing is celebrated and preserved in this booka close-knit community grew up in this once remote parish and a strong sense of friendship and family ties continues to this dayoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames sennen can lay claim to being the first and last parish in britain, sited at the most westerly tip of cornwall, it is a landscape of coves, farms, and hamlets, and includes the famous promontory of land's end which, over the centuries, has attracted thousands of visitors
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He allows the devotion to anchor his prayer life and challenge him to daily conversion of heart and willnamed for the opening words of the devotion's first prayer in latin, "the angel of the lord declared unto mary," the angelus is typically prayed at 6 aoxfam bookshop cheltenham dees was twenty-seven and in his fourth year of teaching religion in a catholic school when he first experienced the angelushe shares personal stories of the life-change power of the angelus and guides both newcomers and those already familiar with the prayer to contemplate the mysteries of salvation that lie at the heart of the devotion-the annunciation, incarnation, and resurrectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe offers meditations on the words and images of both the angelus and the regina caeliwe find lessons about the power of repetitive prayer, the humility of being a disciple, the importance of admitting time belongs to god, the wisdom of taking time with discernment, and the joy of resting in the lord's presencedees introduces the angelus and explores its rich history and significance for the church
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And her sons john and phillip work for her, for better or worse, with wives who wish they didn'tliz, her older daughter, is preoccupied with a chance to recapture her dream of being a writer and is terrified of failure, againas each of these individuals confront the past and the challenges of the present and future, they also learn to accept the enduring, unconditional love of their family - and a mother who is strong enough to take more than her fair share of the blame, and loving enough to accept them as they really areoxfam bookshop st albans after building an empire that has made her a legend in business, olivia spends months each year planning a lavish holiday for everyone in her family to enjoymore than anything, she hopes to express her love and her regret at all the important times she missed during her children's early yearsthis summer she has arranged a dream trip on a luxurious yacht in the mediterranean, which she hopes will be the most memorable of allimmersed in the splendour of the riviera, this should be a summer to remember, but old resentments die hard, and olivia is still running the business full-timethe question is: can they do the same for her? see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut her younger daughter, cassie, a hip london music producer, refuses the invitation altogether as she does every year
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Covers are in good tot vg+-conditionantoine "fats" domino jrplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebillboard top 40, and five of his pre- records sold more than a million copies, being certified gold(february – october ) was an american pianist and singer-songwriter[4] during his career, domino had 35 records in the uthis collection contains 6 lp’s with a few special recordingsin this collection you'll find the following titles: - the best of fats domino - play it again - fats on fire - here comes … fats domino - fats domino (lp-album) lp’s are in vg+ to e-conditionone of the pioneers of rock and roll music, domino sold more than 65 million recordshe died octobercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available[5] his musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drums[3] his humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlookedtwo of his most famous songs are "ain't that a shame" and "blueberry hill"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store[2] between and , he had eleven top 10 hits[5] his release "the fat man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll recordone has damage in the cornerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Also included is a behind-the-scenes look at how the sos brigade created and filmed their very own class projectin the last two weeks of summer vacation, haruhi leads the brigade on a dizzying list of summer time activities, eventually culminating in the brigade experiencing what they think is deja vu but they're actually re-living the same two weeks of summer over and over againon the night of the tanabata star festival, kyon is transported back in time by mikuru asahina to what may be the source of what led haruhi to search for aliens, time travelers, and espersit's up to kyon to figure out what's missing to get them out of their endless loopsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunfortunately, for kyon and the rest of the sos brigade, they are forced to go along for the rideharuhi continues her search for exciting ways to keep her world from being boringoxfam bookshop thame all 14 episodes from the second season of the anime series about an out of the ordinary schoolgirl
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Tolkien's fantasy trilogywith the fellowship divided, frodo and sam (elijah wood and sean astin) are lost in the hills of emyn muil when they realise they are being followed by gollum (andy serkis), a creature who promises to show them the way to mount doomoxfam shop canterbury extended cut of the second film in peter jackson's epic adaptation of jsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst the fellowship are not travelling together, they must unite against the powerful forces coming from orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrmeanwhile, aragorn (viggo mortensen), legolas (orlando bloom) and gimli (john rhys-davies) search for merry and pippin (dominic monaghan and billy boyd) in the kingdom of rohan, which is under attack from saruman (christopher lee)'s orc armies
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Green embossed cloth boards are in very good condition except for small mark at bottom of spine (possible sticker has been removed)front hinge is exposed to the webbing with 228 pages have been marked with pencil, either underlining or with brackets/lines down the side of the text overall, in good conditionoxfam bookshop raeburn place on our knowledge of the causes of organic nature5" separated at the bottomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeing six lectures to working men, delivered at the museum of practical geologyby professor huxley published by robert hardwicke, first edition, 156pp, there are no adverts in this edition unlike other copies
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When detective kusanagi of the tokyo police tries to piece together the events of that day, he finds himself confronted by the most puzzling, mysterious circumstances he has ever investigatedbut when her ex-husband appears at her door without warning one day, her comfortable world is shatteredone of the biggest-selling japanese thrillers ever, and the inspiration for a cult film, the devotion of suspect x is now being discovered across the worldnothing quite makes sense, and it will take a genius to understand the genius behind this particular crimesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits blend of a page-turning story, evocative tokyo setting and utterly surprising ending make it a must-read for anyone interested in international fictionoxfam bookshop royal exchange square yasuko lives a quiet life, working in a tokyo bento shop, a good mother to her only child
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Oxfam bookshop preston what does reality encompass? is reality exclusively physical? or does reality include nonphysical -mental, and perhaps 'abstract' -aspects? what is it to be physical or mental, or to be an abstract entity? what are the elements of being, reality's raw materials? how is the manifest image we inherit from our culture and refine in the special sciences related to the scientific image as we have it in fundamental physics? can physics be understood as providing a 'theory of everything', or do the various sciences make up a hierarchy corresponding to autonomous levels of reality? is our conscious human perspective on the universe in the universe or at its limits? what, if anything, makes ordinary truths, truths of the special sciences, and truths of mathematics true? and what is it for an assertion or judgment to be 'made true'? in the universe as we find it, john heil offers answers to these questions framed in terms of a comprehensive ontology of substances and properties inspired by descartes, locke, their successors, and their latter day exemplarssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreproperties are modes -particular ways particular substances are -and arrangements of propertied substances serve as truthmakers for all the truths that have truthmakerssubstances are simple, lacking parts that are themselves substancesheil argues that the deep story about the nature of these truthmakers can only be told by fundamental physics
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The spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltmarbled endpapersshe gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifeno inscriptionsthe text block binding is tightcolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyoccasional light foxing spotspublished in the usa by the grolier societyundated, possibly late 19th centurygilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsthe front board is detachedoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36four other black & white illustrations
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This operation is echoed several years later when modesty, with her peerless lieutenant willie garvin, finds herself drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as the watchmen, who have plans to kill modesty in london and then destroy san francisco s golden gate bridgeis the plan to destroy the western world being orchestrated by the watchmen?there have been few other female action heroines like modesty blaisea tough orphan who became the leader of the network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial espionagethis 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback to the last days of the network, when modesty was about to retire, and describes the organization s final, astonishing operation before it disbandedmodesty and willie find themselves prisoners on see oxfam website for delivery information read moreyears later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she is drawn into conflict with a mysterious group called 'the watchmen'but there is one final, astounding mission before she can leaveoxfam bookshop cheltenham modesty blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the network
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Two decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesince then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lostsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolution
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The pages are unmarked but one of the illustrations (which is blank on the reverse) has become detached the binding requires repair, the front cover being detached from the bodythis is an ex-school book having a gold school insignia imprinted on the front cover and a label to this effect on the inside front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is an antiquarian book, leather boundthere is damage to the spine but the back cover whilst showing signs of wear is firmly attachedoxfam books & music beaconsfield an english translation by humphrey william freeland of the work by the danish authorfirst english edition publishedthere is foxing to the inside cover pages but the pages of the text are only very slightly tannedthe illustrations are designed by walter allen and engraved on wood by j d cooper
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