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8 books: "hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy"; "restaurant at the end of the universe"; "life, the universe and everything"; "so long and thanks for all the fish"; "mostly harmless"; "the long dark tea-time of the soul"; "the salmon of doubt"; "dirk gently's holistic detective agency"rrp £p brand new shrinkwrapped gift set
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativethis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe 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 edgesfor those interested in marine lifeinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearhistory 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 needs
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In faithful doubt guy collins explores the role of doubt within theology and philosophyfocusing on three philosophers--giorgio agamben, jacques derrida, and slavoj zizek--faithful doubt argues that atheism can be redeeming
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For more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economywe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world since" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath
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I'm still trying to recover from the reckoning' - candice millard, new york times bestselling author of the river of doubt and destiny of the republic************ the innocent man by john grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on netflix ************ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreweaves a truly magical spell' - daily mail'in this saga of love and war, john grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of usfrom the courtrooms and jails of rural mississippi to the war-torn pacific, grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - jon meacham, new york times bestselling author of the soul of america'john grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - jodi picoult, internationally bestselling author of a spark of light and small great things'when a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final pagegrisham knows how to spin a yarn' - chicago sun-times'may be his greatest work yet' - david grann, new york times bestselling author of killers of the flower moon?pete banning was clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the methodist churchoxfam shop colne road 'i couldn't help thinking of harper lee's great american novel to kill a mockingbird while reading the reckoningwhat turned pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? and why won't he confide in anyone? all his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to comeas if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of clanton - was 'i have nothing to say'then one cool october morning in , he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the reverend dexter bellfurther praise for the reckoning'beautifully constructed
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I'm still trying to recover from the reckoning' - candice millard, new york times bestselling author of the river of doubt and destiny of the republic************ the innocent man by john grisham is now a major six-part documentary series on netflix ************ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreweaves a truly magical spell' - daily mail'in this saga of love and war, john grisham has given us a sprawling and engrossing story about a southern family, a global conflict, and the kinds of secrets that can shape all of usfrom the courtrooms and jails of rural mississippi to the war-torn pacific, grisham spins a tale that is at once entertaining and illuminating' - jon meacham, new york times bestselling author of the soul of america'john grisham is the master of legal fiction, and his latest starts with a literal bang - and then travels backward through the horrors of war to explore what makes a hero, what makes a villain, and how thin the line between the two might be' - jodi picoult, internationally bestselling author of a spark of light and small great things'when a master of storytelling and suspense takes on one of the most wrenching stories in history, the result is a book that will break your heart, set your blood pumping and your mind racing, and leave you gasping for breath by the final pagegrisham knows how to spin a yarn' - chicago sun-times'may be his greatest work yet' - david grann, new york times bestselling author of killers of the flower moon?pete banning was clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, the patriarch of a prominent family; a farmer, father, and a faithful member of the methodist churchwhat turned pete from a pillar of the community into cold-hearted killer? and why won't he confide in anyone? all his closest family knows is that it must have been something devastating - and that the fallout will haunt them, and the town, for decades to comeas if the murder wasn't shocking enough, it was even more baffling that pete's only statement about it - to the sheriff, to his defense attorney, to the judge, to his family and friends, and to the people of clanton - was 'i have nothing to say'oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'i couldn't help thinking of harper lee's great american novel to kill a mockingbird while reading the reckoningthen one cool october morning in , he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the reverend dexter bellfurther praise for the reckoning'beautifully constructed
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Kateryn has no doubt about the danger she faces: the previous queen lasted sixteen months, the one before barely half a yearfrom an author who has described all of henry's queens comes a deeply intimate portrayal of the last: a woman who longed for passion, power and education at the court of a medieval killerbut henry adores his new bride and kateryn's trust in him grows as she unites the royal family, creates a radical study circle at the heart of the court, and rules the kingdom as regentoxfam shop colne road why would a woman marry a serial killer? because she cannot refusebut she cannot save the protestants, under threat for their faith, and henry's dangerous gaze turns on herthe traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy - the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrantbut is this enough to keep her safe? a leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in english, kateryn stands out as an independent woman with a mind of her ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekateryn parr, a thirty-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when a man old enough to be her father who has buried four wives - king henry viii - commands her to marry him
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Review:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the futurethe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harryreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentageafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endbut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicbut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolnow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallbut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut something much darker has yet to be unleashedmatching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale
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As he dies he experiences his last temptation: to momentarily doubt the presence of god, his father, and to ask if he has been forsakenoxfam bookshop cheltenham mel gibson directs this highly controversial and brutally visceral film about the suffering of jesus christ in the twelve hours leading up to his crucifixionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is handed over to roman soldiers who flagellate him until he is unrecognisable, then ordered to carry the heavy wooden cross through the streets of jerusalem to golgotha, where he is nailed to the crossbetrayed by judas iscariot, jesus is arrested and accused by the pharisees of blasphemy, punishable by death
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So just glides seat that so easily lifts up for folding pull tag (to open and close) that is sooooooo very easy to use!! compartment for stick shopper bag with outer back zip the list is endless if you're having to use transport or going into shops, then this walker is for you you will not be dissapointed in this walker retails at over £250 new!! read moreuniscan mobility walker here we have the 'mother' of all walkers!! this is 'without doubt' the best walker out there (by far!!) this walker is so light and so very easy to use!! swivel wheels
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Near fine copy of title; just a couple of nicks to the bottom edge of upperhelion & company limitedsuperb research for the ultimate coffee table book on war vehicleswolverhampton military studies noheavily referenced chapters and sixty pages of appendices etcoxfam bookshop market harborough everything worked like clockworkglossy paper covered card with no dust jacket ultra-glossy paper grade with the reassuring aroma of newnessthe mechanization of british regular and household cavalry between the two world wars - roger ecomplimentary review copy of title circulated by casemate uksee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The voyage to australia and tahitithe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadathese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsit covers the coast of north americaappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvery small tear to spine on volume iias a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiiit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manysee oxfam website for delivery information read morevolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coast
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalffinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins 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 overtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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Each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryreferences andregiment of the line, by king and countrythe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na111catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)the king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramafrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresall of them have been sold out and retiredtomas picton by britains, referenceit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)french artillery, by king and countrycuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it also includes srthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)references na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)it consists of close to 32 figuresthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdcharacteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit consists of 11 figuresthe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)coldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginsee pictures of the table of contents) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixhe wrote extensively about morocco (he adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(total of 2 books) read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist’ registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is fromare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentspart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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It was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by at video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3
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What’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlythe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidshowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagefurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forceits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involved(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact www
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Our 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 catawikiiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarasimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timeó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurymorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empire
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Karim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citybut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed of
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In good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventstranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luce
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)it marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authoroxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable species
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Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planethe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more
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Very minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughouthappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laterhere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersigned by stephen castlethe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillthe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centreuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44
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Part one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepianka and laurie jwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsa definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthinternally clean and unmarkedin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurepublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposes condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagethe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesarthe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriesin the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its coresee oxfam website for delivery information read morecitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the action
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Translated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic worka woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergeexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanythose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesthis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precision
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