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Oxfam shop abergavenny an opportunity to own this rare set of 4 linen-backed, 2 miles to one inch maps and accompanying booklet, south wales and the border in the fourteenth century by william rees, professor of the history of walesthe four maps each unfold to 70cm x 90cmthe booklet is 24cm x 15cmthe maps, which have the stamp of the history department of the university of southampton, have been drawing-pinned to a board at some stage and one has a minor tear to one edge but otherwise all are in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe card covers have slight damage and some pages of have been annotated lightly in pencil
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Oxfam 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 comedy'winter' sees the parishioners putting on an all-too-realistic nativity play in a local farmyardsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'spring' brings a most unusual change of atmosphere, with long-standing opponents david (gary waldhorn) and geraldine (dawn french) suddenly finding themselves in complete agreementand 'summer' has dibley suffering a drought which brings the villagers into direct conflict with the water company
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablekummer & herrman are the designers of the book, website and exhibition about the sochi projectare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisince , rob hornstra and arnold van bruggen have been working together to tell the story of sochi, the city in russia where the winter olympics will be heldour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitean atlas of war and tourism in the caucasus is the result of a five-year project; it is a contemporary masterpiece that combines photography and reporting and fits into the tradition of collaboration between james agee and walker evans or dorothea lange and paul tayloras convinced supporters of slow journalism, they have visited the area many times and, through their research, have laid a solid foundation and developed a strong sense for this small but unimaginably complicated region, even before it comes into the spotlight of the international media
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The little friend is a profoundly involving novel which demonstrates how the imaginary life embraces what literature we read, what special places we inhabit and what kindred souls we recognize, to help crack open even the darkest secrets life has hiding for usher closest friend hely &45; who would try anything to make harriet love him &45; has sworn allegiance to her call for revengeeleven years later, the mystery &45; with its taunting traces of foul play &45; was no nearer a solution than it had been on the day it happenedon that day, nine&45;year&45;old robin cleves, loved by all for his whims and peculiarities, was found hanging by the neck from a rope slung over a black&45;tupelo tree in his own gardenthis isn&39;t good enough for robin&39;s youngest sister harrietin donna tartt&9;s mississippi, the sense of place and sense of the past mingle redolently with rich human drama to create a collective alchemyhere eccentric great aunts bustle about graciously despite faded fortunes and a child&39;s inquiring mind not only unearths telling family artefacts, but stirs up a neighbourhood nest of vipers and larcenyoxfam bookshop cheltenham although the cleves generally revelled in every detail of their family history, the events of 39;the terrible mother&39;s day&9; were never, ever discussedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly a baby when the tragedy occurred, but now twelve&45;years&45;old and steeped in the adventurous daring of favourite writers such as stevenson, kipling and conan doyle, harriet is ready and eager to find and punish her brother&39;s killerbut the world these plucky twelve&45;year&45;olds are to encounter has nothing to do with child&39;s play: it is dark, adult and all too menacing
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, hundreds of years later, with the decepticons searching for the cube, it's a race against time, as the autobots enlist the help of young earthling sam witwicky (shia labeouf) to foil the decepticons' plans for world dominationoxfam shop newquay the s cartoon series is given the big screen treatment with this double bill of big-budget, live-action blockbusters packed with state-of-the-art special effectsafter he glimpses the truth about the ancient origins of the transformers through a powerful vision sent to him by the allspark, sam once again finds himself the target of the evil decepticons, who have returned to earth under the command of the formidable starscream (voiced by charles adler)labeouf reprises his role as sam, the young earthling caught in the raging war between the autobots and the decepticons, in the sequel, 'transformers: revenge of the fallen' ()in an effort to prevent the decepticons from gaining possession of the 'allspark', a cube with the capacity to grant infinite power, the autobots managed to smuggle the object to earth, where they secretly hid itin 'transformers' (), an alien race divided into two camps long ago on the planet of cybertron: the autobots, and the evil decepticonsjoining the autobots' mission to protect humankind is optimus prime (peter cullen), who forms an alliance with international armies for this second epic battle
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe is a definitive action adventure based on the walt disney pictures and walden media film capturing the renowned and beloved book series from author cit will become the destiny of four young siblings from our world: peter, susan, edmund and lucy pevensie to work together and use their unique combat skills, weaponry and abilities to defeat the witch and her armies and save narniaplayers enter the world of narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter by the evil powers of the malevolent and evil white witch• live the epic adventure while playing as one of four heroes (lucy, peter, edmond, susan) in a team-based action adventure • battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a huge variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars and more • utilise the unique combat skills, weaponry and special moves of each character to fight and fend off hordes of dark mythical beasts, or solve intricate puzzles and progress through the adventure • two-player action featuring all four characters • seamless game play integration of film footage with music and voice talent plus unlockable secrets to open exclusive content and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese four unlikely heroes must battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a vast variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars, cyclops, werewolves, wraiths, ankleslicers, wolves, satyrs, boggles and morein order to end this frigid captivity and free his people, the mighty lion aslan, true ruler of narnia, invokes an ancient prophecy
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In this collection there are stamps that were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s,s, s, s, and smany of the stamps in this collection have been used and have the postmark on themthe countries that the stamps were issued in in this collection are jersey, guernsey, canada, singapore, australia, mauritius, hong kong, bermuda, malawi, gibraltar and the isle of manthe known places of interest shown on the stamps are la seigneurie in sark, the gatehouse at fort garry in canada, st johns cathedral in hong kong, la coupee in sark, the parliament buildings in canada, the railway station at mcadam in canada, albecq in guernsey, mount wellington in australia, la hougue bie in jersey, vazon bay in guernsey, house of tan yeok nee in singapore, fishermans beach in herm, fort essex in alderney, grand havre in guernsey, the runnymede library in toronto in canada, bermuda cottage in bermuda, the blantyre war memorial in malawi, pieter both mountain in mauritius, howard davis hall victoria college in jersey, the gariwerd grampians in australia, the martello tower in guernsey, the russell falls in australia, castle cornet in guernsey, darwin countryside in australia, elizabeth castle in jersey, mont ogueil in jersey, the buddha at po lin monastery in hong kong, the douglas promenade in the isle of man, the grandes rocques in guernsey, the abbey de marmoutier in guernsey, and the rue des jougues in guernseysome of the used stamps have the envelope they were attached to still on the backoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 73 stampsthe stamps are all in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the stamps in this collection have been unusedthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued in , and the new2est stamp in this collection was issued in
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Book condition: minor shelf wear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involvedgood governance is analysed, as is corporate governancethe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithis rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economyformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearthis volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continentthe assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsthere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problem
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in the early 's the village of montaillou & the surrounding mountainous region of southern france was full of hereticsbasing his absorbing study on these vivid, carefully recorded statements of peasants who lived more than 600 years ago--pierre clergue, the powerful village priest & shameless womanizer is even heard explaining his techniques of seduction--eminent historian le roy ladurie reconstructs the economy & social structure of the community & probes the most intimate aspects of medieval life: love & marriage, gestures & emotions, conversations & gossip, clans & factions, crime & violence, concepts of time & space, attitudes to the past, animals, magic & folklore, death & beliefs about the other worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen jacquest fournier, bishop of pamiers, launched an elaborate inquisition to stamp them out, the peasants & shepherds he interrogated revealed, along with their position on official catholicism, many details of their everyday life
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Over the next two and half years, witold forged an underground army that smuggled evidence of nazi atrocities out of auschwitzit was only after arriving at the camp that he started to discover the nazi's terrifying planshis mission was to report on nazi crimes and raise a secret army to stage an uprisingthe name of the detention centre -- auschwitzoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'totally gripping'-- simon sebag montefiore'pilecki is perhaps one of the greatest unsung heroes of the second world warthe result is an enthralling story of resistance and heroism against the most horrific circumstances, and one man's attempt to change the course of historythis insightful book is likely to be the definitive version of this extraordinary life' -- economistwould you sacrifice yourself to save thousands of others?in the summer of , after the nazi occupation of poland, an underground operative called witold pilecki accepted a mission to uncover the fate of thousands of people being interned at a new concentration camp on the border of the reichhis reports from the camp were to shape the allies response to the holocaust - yet his story was all but forgotten for decadessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first major account to draw on unpublished family papers, newly released archival documents and exclusive interviews with surviving resistance fighters to show how he brought the fight to the nazis at the heart of their evil designs
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The episodes are: 'the little king', 'home and abroad', 'delusion's song', 'rewarding destiny' and 'silent is the house'written by christopher fry, the series explores the everyday lives of the sisters in their home in the small yorkshire village of haworthcharlotte (vickery turner), the author of 'jane eyre', is the most ambitious of the girls, with emily (rosemary mchale), the writer of 'wuthering heights', the most poetic and intenseoxfam bookshop swanage the complete tv mini-series that dramatises the life of the bronte sisters, authors of some of the most memorable novels in the literary canonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout, except for foxing to the top margin of the last three pagesthe pictures are accompanied by cleverly-written pieces by the other authors or by the subjects of the picturesa series of photographs of women from the late 50's to 80'simmense curiosity value, not only because parkinson is as talented as he is, but because the women he has photographed are famous, beautifuland of great fascination to the rest of us' the tatler and bystanderbook is securely boundoxfam shop mutley plain "see oxfam website for delivery information read more" " a superb collection of photographs of women taken over a forty year span
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativefor those interested in marine lifeinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearthe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgeshistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needsthis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fish
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsthe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missinghĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lottery
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Beaton's agatha raisin series:'the detective novels of m c beaton have reached cult status' the times'irresistible, unputdownable, a joy' anne robinson'agatha is like miss marple with a drinking problem, a pack-a-day habit and major man lustin fact, i think she could be living my dream life' entertainment weekly'i've read all the agatha raisin seriesthere are plenty of twists and turns in a short read that means you're always on your toeswill agatha unmask the real killer and clear joseph's name?*praise for methelred church is the pride and glory of the idyllic cotswolds village of thirk magna, together with the most dedicated bell ringers in the whole of england: the twins mavis and millicent dupinbeatonthe team of bells at stif you're like me, you'll have deep affection for agatha' woman's way see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'every new agatha raisin escapade is a total joy' ashley jensen'no wonder she's been crowned queen of cosy crime' mail on sunday 'a beaton novel is like the archers on speed' daily mail the latest agatha raisin mystery from bestselling author mso much so that joseph kennell, a retired lawyer, yells at the sisters that he 'felt like killing them'!when the twins' home is broken into one night and millicent is found dead, struck from a hammer blow, suspicion falls onto the lawyeras the village gets ready for the bishop's visit, the twins get overly-excited at the prospect of ringing the special peal of bells created for the occasion and start bullying the other bell ringers, forcing them to rehearse and rehearse
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreunclipped d/j clean/intact and protected by transparent wrapperonce within the walls of colditz, the germans reasoned, escape was impossibleskeleton keys were made, german passes forged, maps drafted, and all manner of tools and machinery constructed out of whatever the prisoners had to handvery good condition for ageand yet during the four-year period when the castle was used as a prison over 300 men escaped, 31 of whom managed to complete the hazardous journey home through germanythe ingenuity of the escape artists knew no bounds: they tried everything from tunnelling, to hiding in rubbish sacks, disguising themselves as german officers, and leaping acrobatically from the castle walls"no highlighting or other notesthis is the rare first edition, publishedit was to this impregnable fortress that the germans sent all those prisoners who persisted in escaping from other camps, such as stalag luft iii (of the great escape fame)oxfam bookshop newport "colditz was the last stop for prisoners of war in the second world warprisoners from 10 different countries formed a truly international escape academy
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The book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient silk road: a network of trading posts that encompassed china, tibet, pakistan, india, kurdistan, iraq, ethiopia, eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including abyssinia, malacca, macassar, siam, and cathayjames cook) and influential cartographersthese maps represent the finest examples in existence in museums, libraries, and archives around the world, chosen because they depict the most important milestones in the mapping of asiamapping the silk road and beyond traces the history of the european age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the timeoxfam bookshop brighton today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on asia and the middle east - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated westerners since the time of alexander the greatsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of asia and the middle east: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the queen of sheba, mohammed the prophet, king charles v) to legendary explorers (marco polo, columbus, magellan, sir francis drake, captmapping the silk road and beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from alexander the great's map of the world, first created in 323 bc and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to maps from the nineteenth century by french and dutch explorers that detail the growing interaction between europeans and eastern cultures
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An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, the body emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the english renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in europe for nearly two hundred yearslight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked bookoxfam books & music olneythough the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, the body emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea richly interdisciplinary work, the body emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the renaissance and its conceptualisation of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and politicalin this outstanding work, jonathan sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledge
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Finally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanoxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsthe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missinghĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lottery
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As times change, so do their fortunes for better and worse, ebbing and flowing as the years go byfor ambitious industrialist charles freeman, it brings new opportunities and marriage to maryat its heart are a diverse and persuasive cast of loveable and odious characters whose various attempts to break free are chronicled in an addictive and compelling narrative of extraordinary power and resonancein quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of joy and tragedy: simon, large and ebullient like his father, follows in his footsteps into the business; james becomes a photographer and proceeds to document the town; robert, wilful and self-assured, submerges himself in the darker side of life; and alice, a dippy individualist who is almost transformed into a picture of convention when she succumbs to the efficient attentions of harry singh, grocer's boy turned property entrepreneurtheir stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the death and perhaps rebirth of middle england over the past fifty yearsoxfam bookshop st albans in a small town somewhere in the middle of england, the aftermath of the second world war brings changesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecharles' business grows in direct proportion to his girth and becomes synonymous with the town's fortunes as britain claws its way from the grey austerity of the war yearsquite simply, in a land of plenty is the story of our liveshe buys the big house on the hill to cement their union and nail his aspirations to the future
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Just 2 pups now available we currently have for sale a litter of five stunning labradoodleswe anticipate that potential buyers will do the same before entering into a purchaseplease contact in the first instance with some information regarding your lifestyle / experience as a dog ownerher great grandfather, for example, is a crufts’ best of breed winnerwe are experienced breeders and would ask you to contact us only after having done your researchborn on the 14th of august, the litter consists of four girls and one boy and they will be ready for their new homes at eight weeksadvice sheet detailing their schedule to eight weeksall documentation can be verified on viewingas such, they are growing within a family environment which includes all of the usual noises associated with a busy family of six and will be socialised properlymum is a fantastic kc registered labrador and has a wonderful 5 generation pedigree which includes many championshe’s a stunning boy with a great temperament and an equally great 5 generation pedigree which includes a number of champions within itthe pups themselves are being raised in the heart of our home and will be until they leave uspuppies are a wonderful thing but they are hard work to begin withwe have sold pups all over the british isles and abroad and therefore take the rehoming of them seriouslyprice per pup includes: first vaccination microchip vet check wormed to eight weeks flea treatment comfort toy comfort blanket bag of food (arden grange) four weeks free insurace can be arranged if requiredthe sire of the litter is a standard poodle whose photo is included in this ada £375 deposit is requestedshe is hip scored and eye tested and is one of the most placid dogs i’ve met and just adores the company of peoplehe is hip scored, kc registered and is an all round beautiful boyshe has been fantastic with her pups and is currently doing us proud
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We anticipate that potential buyers will do the same before entering into a purchaseplease contact in the first instance with some information regarding your lifestyle / experience as a dog ownerher great grandfather, for example, is a crufts’ best of breed winnerwe are experienced breeders and would ask you to contact us only after having done your researchborn on the 14th of august, the litter consists of four girls and one boy and they will be ready for their new homes at eight weeksadvice sheet detailing their schedule to eight weeksall documentation can be verified on viewingas such, they are growing within a family environment which includes all of the usual noises associated with a busy family of six and will be socialised properlymum is a fantastic kc registered labrador and has a wonderful 5 generation pedigree which includes many championshe’s a stunning boy with a great temperament and an equally great 5 generation pedigree which includes a number of champions within itthe pups themselves are being raised in the heart of our home and will be until they leave uspuppies are a wonderful thing but they are hard work to begin withwe have sold pups all over the british isles and abroad and therefore take the rehoming of them seriouslyjust one pup now available we currently have for sale a litter of five stunning labradoodlesprice per pup includes: first vaccination microchip vet check wormed to eight weeks flea treatment comfort toy comfort blanket bag of food (arden grange) four weeks free insurace can be arranged if requiredthe sire of the litter is a standard poodle whose photo is included in this ada £375 deposit is requestedshe is hip scored and eye tested and is one of the most placid dogs i’ve met and just adores the company of peoplehe is hip scored, kc registered and is an all round beautiful boyshe has been fantastic with her pups and is currently doing us proud
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham the changer of ways, the master of fortune, the great conspirator and the architect of fate - these are just some of the names of tzeentchhis followers, daemon and mortal alike, swarm over the mortal realms in scintillating glory, searing the land with coruscating flames of changetzeentch's plans are manifold, and he revels in watching each unravela brother god to nurgle, khorne and slaanesh, and often an ally of the horned rat, he is the undisputed master of the arcane arts136 page battletome2 unique spell lores - lore of change and lore of fate16 warscrolls and warscroll battalions, & much more in very good condition with some light bumps to cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretzaangor tribes raid ancient places of knowledge while mortal cultists work in secret to advance their god's unknowable goals
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We know the horrors of the police state and the purges, but the innocent takes us on a journey into the everyday of communist russia, bringing alive the intensely personal consequences of a regime, the power of institutions and ideologies to define a life - to crush it or invest it with meaningoxfam bookshop lincoln winner of the betty trask prize from the back cover: "it is spring and aleksandr, a major in the mgb - forerunner of the kgb - is sent to an isolated psychiatric clinic in the ural mountains to investigate one of the patients there, anatoly yudin, a man long presumed dead, once a famous pianist, now a severely incapacitated veteran of the second world warthis book is in good condition with slight discoloration of the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretwenty-four years later, in the summer of - the summer of nixon's visit to moscow, of the fischer-spassky chess match, of the munich olympics and their hostage crisis - the cold war is entering d?tente, and the values that shaped aleksandr's life are starting to dissolve into uncertaintyfollowing on from the success of his prize-winning debut, david szalay returns with a searing work of acute realism and bleak beauty, the breathtaking next stage of a major literary career"haunted by the events of the past, and with his stalinist faith once more under threat, he interrogates his memories of the yudin case, and tries to trace its effects on himself, and on those he loved most
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Deciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost historythe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptpeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculatedoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcin centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theory" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has servedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient world
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We are experienced breeders and would ask you to contact us only after having done your researchas such, they are growing within a family environment which includes all of the usual noises associated with a busy family of six and will be socialised properlyall pups are now reservedhe is hip scored, kc registered and is an all round beautiful boyher great grandfather, for example, is a crufts’ best of breed winneradvice sheet detailing their schedule to eight weekspuppies are a wonderful thing but they are hard work to begin withhe’s a stunning boy with a great temperament and an equally great 5 generation pedigree which includes a number of champions within itthe pups themselves are being raised in the heart of our home and will be until they leave usshe has been fantastic with her pups and is currently doing us proudplease contact in the first instance with some information regarding your lifestyle / experience as a dog ownerwe have sold pups all over the british isles and abroad and therefore take the rehoming of them seriouslythe sire of the litter is a standard poodle whose photo is included in this adwe anticipate that potential buyers will do the same before entering into a purchasewe currently have for sale a litter of five stunning labradoodlesborn on the 14th of august, the litter consists of four girls and one boy and they will be ready for their new homes at eight weeksall documentation can be verified on viewingmum is a fantastic kc registered labrador and has a wonderful 5 generation pedigree which includes many championsprice per pup includes: first vaccination microchip vet check wormed to eight weeks flea treatment comfort toy comfort blanket bag of food (arden grange) four weeks free insurace can be arranged if requiredshe is hip scored and eye tested and is one of the most placid dogs i’ve met and just adores the company of peoplea £375 deposit is requested
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The book is in excellent conditionoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback - - weidenfeld & nicolson the golden age of ancient greek city-state civilisation lasted from 490 to 336 bc, the period between the first wars with persia and carthage and the accession of alexander the greatin this book, michael grant concentrates on the individuals in the cultural, social, artistic and political history of the classical greeks, who shaped their own and future civilisationswriting for both the general reader and the scholar, michael grant has in his fluent and immensely readable account captured one of the most astonishing civilisations at the height of its powersnever has there been such a multiplication of varied talents and genius within so limited a periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe places the work of sophocles, aristophanes, herodotus, aristotle, the architect and sculptors of the parthenon, philip ii of macedonia and many other in their historical context, and asks what gave rise to such outstanding achievement in the cultural, philosophical, scientific and literary spheres
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Five lectures on psycho-analysis, leonardo da vinci and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:five lectures on psycho-analysis ()leonardo da vinci and a memory of his childhood ()the future prospects of psycho-analytic therapy ()the antithetical meaning of primal words ()a special type of choice of object made by men ()on the universal tendecy to debasement in the sphere of love ()the taboo of virginity ()the psycho-analytic view of psychogenic disturbance of vision ()'wild' psycho-analysis ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Episodes from series two are: 'the magic riddle'; 'duck halt'; 'the heavenly twins'; 'the sign of the crab'; 'the black wheels'; 'the wogle stone'; 'the enchanted king'; 'the familiar spirit'; 'the ghost hunters'; 'the walking trees'; 'the battle of the giants'; 'the magic circle' and 'the thirteenth sign'episodes from series one are: 'the sun in a bottle'; 'castle saburac'; 'the curse of rapkyn'; 'the witching hour'; 'the eye of time'; 'the magic face'; 'the telling bone'; 'the power of adamcos'; 'the demi devil'; 'the house of the sorceror'; 'the flying broomsticks'; 'the wisdom of solomon' and 'the trickery lantern'oxfam shop herne hill both series of the classic s children's programme, starring geoffrey bayldon as the time-travelling anglo-saxon wizard catweazle, who finds himself transported to the present day when one of his magical spells goes wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university press"-mark danner, new york review of books  "judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the serb pastthe story he tells does much to explain both the serb obsession with the treachery of outsiders and their quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding, or rather reestablishment, of the serbian state praise for the first edition: "a lively and balanced history of the serbsjournalist tim judah's classic account, now brought fully up to date to include the overthrow of miloševic, the assassination of zoran djindic, the breakaway of kosovo, and the arrest of radovan karadzic"-david rieff, toronto globe and mail tim judah was balkans correspondent for the london times and the economist, and has been a frequent contributor the new york review of books"-aleksa djilas, new york times book review "judah writes splendidlysoftback in as new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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