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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplesoxfam bookshop leeds 179ppother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedin as new conditionthe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiespart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europe
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This 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)particular 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 developmentthe 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 practiceoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theorynote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as new
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Light foxing to the front endpapers and the occasional spot of foxing on some pagesthe story in verse of the shy sir lance-a-little who finally wins a maiden with the help of the gentle dragon, delightfully enhanced by the quirky illustrations by peter firmin, in full colour on one double page and in ink and wash on the nexteven the horses are full of character! a very good copy of a charming children's book that gently mocks the world of the tourneyoxfam shop sherwood glossy white boards with a witty illustration of sir lance-a-little and stanley the dragon that mimicks a mediaeval manuscriptvery good condition, with sharp corners and no more than a light scratch and one or two tiny nicks to the edgeson the rear board stanley is entertained by a group of mermaidsthe very good, unclipped wrapper is lightly foxed; the top edge is worn but intact(a2) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop thame this book is an essential guide for anyone inquiring about the present and future place of science in mankind's culturethis paperback is in a very good clean conditionthe subject is the the history and explanation of modern physicsone such great change occurred at the turn of the twentieth century, when there was a revolution in modern scientific thinkinghere the genius and ironies behind those discoveries are describedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit finds answers to the deepest questions of modern physics and ultimately describes a unified design of the universe, which has truth beauty and symmetrythis book has great clarity and removes the shrouds of mystery, which envelop one of contemporary science's greatest challengesevery so often science moves by large leaps,sometimes spurred by the realization that the commonly held beliefs of the day need revising
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Unlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peopleswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforeincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanus
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No inscriptionsgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedhalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsthe front board is detachedfour other black & white illustrationsundated, possibly late 19th centurythe text block binding is tightshe 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 lifesaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencythe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltmarbled endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished in the usa by the grolier societyoccasional light foxing spotsoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36colour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheet
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"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centuryaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical senseoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spineall the pages are clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historythe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are good
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With her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry visee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Mark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencehe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsin part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods
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Oxfam bookshop thame this book is a must read for everyone interested in the future role and direction of sciencethis paperback is in very good condition with all pages clean and intactit begins with the description of the new discoveries made at the turn of the previous century, which have culminated in the scientific knowledge we have todayas it chronicles the development of modern science it opens a new window on our understanding of science at the most fundamental level of knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book then discusses the fundamental constants of nature and how they inter-relate and how they may have come to be what they arethis second book compliments and adds a vast new tranche of knowledge to book i of the series, but is at the same time entirely readable in its own right
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Hydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimea chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldscattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe fabulous colour palette highlights the fantasy mood of the story, whilst the figure drawing, composition and exquisite line work highlight this artist’s talenta very rare chance to bid on a panel from georgio trevisan's adaptation of classic 'the wizard of oz' for the comic 'princess tina'the mice all live very close to the field of deadly poppies and mostly stay undergrounditalian artist trevisan moved to milan and joined the studio d’ami agency, from here he worked extensively for british comics and war picture libraries, illustrating many adaptations of literature including ‘a dog of flanders’ by marie louise de la ramée (ouida), the ugly duckling by the brothers grimm, and also stories of sherlock holmes during the sthey aren’t a unique race of rodents who can talk and live on the outskirts between the munchkin country border and the emerald cityplease 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 storetrevisan is now highly regarded for his work for tarot card designsthis beautiful panel shows the friends, the tin man and the scarecrow adventuring through the woods and coming across the field mice who live in the magical land of ozan elegant black mount has been cut and is provided with this piece, however the piece has not been attached to the mount as this leaves room for personal choicethey are all ruled by a mouse queen, whom the tin woodman savescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Vaenius tried to maintain favour with the courtfrom the edition with multilingual verses on the backsidehe worked for rudolf ii in prague, was court painter of alexander farnese and albrecht and isabellaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein deviation of later editions, this one has no text on the front of the pagehoratii flacci emblematahoratii flacci emblemata was a joined effort of printers, learned commentators on horace, engravers and vaenius himselfhoratii flacci emblemata first published inthe co-work between vaenius and the engravers have been studiedearly edition of with printed text in five languages on backsideafter his return he settled in antwerpare 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 themhe was the most influencial tutor of pieter paul rubensin his later years he produced emblem books, his first being qfrom the first series of emblematic engravings everstudied a few years under dominicus lampsonius, then left for italyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeuntil the return of his pupil rubens from italy, he was the leading painter in antwerpin the right bottom corner a snake biting his tail, the sign of eternity qotto vaenius () painter and humanist from leiden fled to southern netherlands in because of the politicalhis designs were mostly engraved by his younger brother gysbrecht
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"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james ilondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingbacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centuriesit was published the following yearthe book remains his only completed work of historyplease 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 storeit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii inat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionrare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It was the house of medicibankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityit shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedin the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familypatrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, englandchristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglan
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Take your time, be patient with yourself and always be ready to go back to basics, to lesson one, the true identity of the self, which is the foundation of everythingoxfam bookshop cheltenham an introduction to the art and practice of meditation, this guide lays down the foundation for ongoing spiritual developmentreaders can also access assistance and have their questions answered by emailthe lessons cover: an introduction to the practice of meditation; rediscovering the true identity and the nature of self; making meditation practical; the shaping of personality; understanding and exploring different the levels of consciousness; restoring our relationship with god; understanding the natural law that governs the universe; a spiritual understanding of how the dance of life on earth has evolved; understanding the history and geography of time; and how to support meditation and spiritual development with the right lifestylethe cd accompanying the book has an audio introduction to meditation and many of the meditations within the book are presented as guided commentariessee oxfam website for delivery information read morerecorded by the author, the commentaries provide the reader with a powerful aid to their meditational practicea series of ten lessons provide specific insight into raja yoga, with practical exercises to complement and to help your understanding of the method and underlying teachingsthe guide shows how meditation is more an experience than something you do, more a process than an achievement, more an ongoing inner journey than a destination
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The result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textthroughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satan
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The perfect, traditional cotswolds villages offer historic places, friendly pubs and craft shopsthis area is a perfect blend of gentle rolling hills, plentiful archaeological sites and charming villages built from a local honey coloured limestoneoxfam shop wolverhampton set in the heart of england's countryside, the cotswolds occupies the area between gloucester, bath, oxford and stratford-upon-avonthe countryside with its gentle hills and open spaces is ideal for a variety of outdoor activities such as horse-riding, cycling, ballooning and walking, making the cotswolds a dream place to live and visitin recognition of the beauty of this quintessentially english countryside, the area covering 790 square miles was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty inmost of the villages and smaller towns have survived unspoiltdespite its popularity with tourists, the cotswolds remains tranquil and serenetraditional museums like corinium museum in cirencester, cotswolds museum in bourton-on-the-water, gloucester cathedral, roman baths, sudeley castle or blenheim palace are complemented by fabulous gardens of westonbirt, painswick, batsford and hidcotebeata moore's glorious photographs show the charm of the cotswolds through the seasonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oliver bottini is a fresh and exciting voice in the world of crime fiction in translation; the rhine borderlands of the black forest are a perfect setting for his beautifully crafted mysteriesthe repercussions of their crimes will change the course of her own lifewhen her own team comes under fire, the investigation takes on a terrifying dimension, uncovering a hideous ring of child traffickersoxfam shop dumfries the first in a gripping new crime series set in germany - the black forest investigations louise boni, maverick chief inspector with the black forest crime squad, is struggling with her demonstranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moredivorced at forty-two, she is haunted by the shadows of the pastdreading yet another a dreary winter weekend alone, she receives a call from the departmental chief which signals the strangest assignment of her career - to trail a japanese monk wandering through the snowy wasteland to the east of freiburg, dressed only in sandals and a cowlshe sets off reluctantly, and by the time she catches up with him, she discovers that he is injured, and fearfully fleeing some unknown evil
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The author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature in the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and researchoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationthe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturethe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question mark
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Series 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 tooxfam 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 gilgameshseries 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, theysee oxfam website for delivery information read more', 'at the dream's end', 'last resort', 'he who shoots the gods' and 'without letting go'
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Once they reach the elvish realm of rivendell, the hobbits form part of the fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), elf legolas (orlando bloom), dwarf gimli (john rhys-davies) and gandalf, tasked with destroying the ring by casting it into the fiery chasm of mount doomoxfam bookshop ipswich extended cut of the first instalment of the epic fantasy trilogy based on the novels by jwhen hobbit frodo (elijah wood) learns that his elderly uncle bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power, he is entrusted by wizard gandalf the grey (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into the hands of the nazgulsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrodo leaves the shire aided by merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from over
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'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world war'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world waroxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western frontit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantlyand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost are published by penguinher books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world warall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage
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Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxoxfam shop evesham hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn thema page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behind
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Brian sibley's famous adaptation has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by ian holm, who now stars as bilbo in the feature films based on the lord of the ringssauron's black riders are on their trail as they travel to rivendell, attempt to cross the snow-swept misty mountains and, in desperation, enter the terrifying mines of moriapart one, the fellowship of the ring, introduces us to frodo bagginswith his uncle bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil powerit is the ruling ring, taken long ago from the dark lord, sauron, who now seeks to possess it againfrodo must do everything he can to prevent this, and with the help of gandalf the wizard and a band of loyal companions he begins a perilous journey across middle-earthoxfam shop colne road with its first broadcast on bbc radio 4 on march , this dramatised tale of middle earth became an instant global classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas new in shelfworn jewel caseit boasts a truly outstanding cast including ian holm (as frodo), sir michael hordern (as gandalf), robert stephens (as aragorn), bill nighy (as sam gamgee) and john le mesurier (as bilbo)
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This work draws not only on contemporary, near-contemporary and modern-day accounts of the battle, but also describes the events leading up to the battle, and its aftermaththe lancastrians may have been the victors of the battle of wakefield, but that triumph on that december day ultimately proved a hollow one, for three months later they were virtually annihilated by the yorkists at the battle of towtonthe author describes in detail the troop movements and offers some explanations as to why the duke of york left the safety of sandal castle and engaged an enemy force which outnumbered his four to onesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe most far-reaching consequence of this battle was the death on the field of richard, duke of york, whose untimely demise led to the change in the conduct and direction of the warsoxfam bookshop preston on december 30th, , the fourth battle of the wars of the roses was fought and won at wakefield in yorkshire by a lancastrian force under the command of henry beaufort, duke of somerset
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) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literaturethrough the changing fortunes of the jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins: bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty dai-yuoxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (c
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The title page is coming away from the binding, however the rest of the pages are in relatively good conditionthere is some foxing to the back pages and the top of the page edges are also discoloured' 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 bottomthe book is subtitled as 'an introduction of languages, poetry, rhetoric, history, moral philosophy, physics, etc' this is an unusual book which is still valuable to students and scholars today, as it is still being reprintedthere are also several inscriptions on the front page, seemingly the names of previous ownersthe edges along the bottom and sides are a faint redinside, there is also some discolouration to the edges of the first few pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy would appeal to those who value old books, and collectorsthe book contains some passages from 'famous poets and orators' with 'critical remarks on themthere are no pencil, pen, or highlighter marksit also states that it has been 'designed for students in the universities'oxfam bookshop lincoln published in , this is the fifth edition of the third volume of 'the method of teaching and studying the belles lettres'
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Among the vessels that took them to the ice was the newfoundland, a wooden-walled steamship captained by the famous captain westbury keanjohn's, where the old ice hunter would live out his final daysthe men who died didn't just drop like fliesoxfam bookshop wallingford "they didn't die like flies, you know, like i've heard some reporters say over the yearsmen both young and old left their homes from all over the province that year to pursue the annual seal hunt"cecil mouland, the last living survivor of the ss newfoundland sealing disaster, told his story to gary collins in the fall of while travelling to stthey had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyeswith no wireless aboard the *, the stage was set for seventy-eight of the men who went over the side and their fates sealedwith new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the sealing disaster ofthere was nothing quick or easy about itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoh no, it wasn't like that a'tallthis book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the icethe historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocenceleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiece
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As the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armybut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillesnasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon inoxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasabreaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2meanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmospheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasait was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offer
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