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The siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and lifeas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerableoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plain'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yokebut farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can musterfor the british there, life is orderly and genteelthen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residency
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Very important statue of joan of arc victorious at the siege of orleansperiod: circa dimensions: h read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemade of antimony with a brown patinaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewooden base in faux marbleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Rare letter from paris, sent during the siege of paris (26 january ) with a nocents siege emission) rare! you can see my other lots by clicking on my username, le baron mouton36 rare letter without correspondence, sent within paris during the siege of paris by the prussian troops with a noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 catawiki
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Only the collector, mr hopkins, senses dangerlife is dull, but the trappings of civilization must be earnestly preservedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , the british community continues its serene existence, complacently ignoring the rumours of trouble among the native troops elsewhere in hindustan
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Bronze medal issued in honour of cardinal mazarin () to commemorate the siege of casale inwere made by him between andit is generally known that most medals made in france are reproduced using the original die, but for some of these it was not possible if the die got broken or deteriorated, which is probably the case with varin's diecondition: almost unc fine patinaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available63 g edge without hallmarksreferences and biographical notes: - la medaille au temps de louis xiv () - catalogue général illustré des éditions de la monnaie de paris", first volume () - historie metallique de louis xiv - medailles sur les principaux evénèments du regne de louis le grand () read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerarity: rr tracked shipping via dhl, carefully packagedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe medal was therefore minted during this periodnote: the first version of this medal was by jean varin () and it was certainly struck after (mazarin became cardinal on 16 december )obverse: iulius cardinalis mazarinus bust of cardinal facing right reverse: in festas acies nutu dirimit exergue: casali and initials d f scene with the opposing armies (french and spanish), deployed on the field, at the centre mazarin (soon to be cardinal) riding towards the spanish army holding his hat in hand (he managed to negotiate an agreement)diameter: approxthe medal on offer is a subsequent version with various variations, including: date of in exergue with the initials dartist: jean baptiste dufour ( - ?) according to 'la medaille au temps de louis xiv' it appears that all the dies marked d53 mm weight: approxdifferent inscription and some details of the scene corrected on the reverse side
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Nouvelle edition of a report of the siege of bergopzoom inthe book contains a large fold-out map of the siege of bergopzoomit otherwise contains five fold-out plans/ground plans of forts and fortifications, and three fold-out ‘ordere de bataille’ of various dates of the siegeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe book was published by arkstee & merkus ‘a amsterdam et a leipzig’ on mdcclxxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease see photosare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book was written by jacob von eggers ‘lieutenant colonel ingenieur volontaire de l'armee des assiegeans’it is in good condition and the fold-out plans are in great condition
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The siege of delhi was the rajs stalingrad: a fight to the death between two powers, neither of whom could retreatwilliam dalrymples powerful retelling of this fateful course of events is shaped from groundbreaking material: previously untranslated urdu and persian manuscripts that include indian eyewitness accounts, and the records of the delhi courts, police, and administration during the siegebahadur shah zafar ii, the last mughal emperor, was a mystic, a talented poet, and a skilled calligrapheroxfam shop colne road at 4 pbut while zafars mughal ancestors had controlled most of india, the aged zafar was king in name onlythe last mughalis a portrait of the dazzling delhi zafar personified, the story of the last days of the great mughal capital and its final destruction in the catastrophe ofthe last mughalis an extraordinary revisionist work with clear contemporary echoesthen in zafars flourishing capital became the centre of an uprising that reduced his beloved delhi to a battered, empty ruinas the british commissioner in charge insisted, no vestige should remain to distinguish where the last of the great moghuls restswhen zafar gave his blessing to a rebellion among the companys own indian troops, it transformed an army mutiny into the largest uprising the british empire ever had to faceit is the first account to present the indian perspective on the siege, and has at its heart the stories of the forgotten individuals tragically caught up in one of the bloodiest upheavals in historyon a hazy november afternoon in rangoon, , a shrouded corpse was escorted by a small group of british soldiers to an anonymous grave in a prison enclosuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moredeprived of real political power by the east india company, zafar nevertheless succeeded in creating a court of great brilliance, and presided over one of the great cultural renaissances of indian history
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In the siege of fort night (27th december ), fort night is under siege and can only survive for another 14 days) and in the chinese legs (7th january ), if ned of wales isn’t welsh, what is his real nationality? can his legs really be chinese? 2 cds 1 hr 55 mins language: english series: goon show (book 26) see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the lost year (13th december ), the year is missingstand by for more comedy anarchy featuring neddie seagoon, eccles, grytpype-thynne, moriarty, bluebottle, and major bloodnokcan henry crun, inventor, save the day? (this version was originally recorded in and first broadcast in the uk incan seagoon track it down in time? the great bank of england robbery (20th october ) sees ‘fingers’ secombe attempting to commit the greatest crime of the 20th century—but he’s stuck in a pillar boxoxfam emporium manchester the goons ruled the airwaves in the s and became the most celebrated and influential clowns in radio history
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siege of a city by crusaderspublished by timotheus ten hoorn ca in amsterdamplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledelivered in a museum passepartoutour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeetching after his own drawing by jan luyken () inin perfect condition, good impressionsigned in the plate i lare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprinted on laid paper, mounted on another laid paper
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Louis xiv bronze medal, original minting divo: 165 lifting of the siege of charleroi obverse: "ludovicus magnus rex christianissimus" / "mavger" reverse: "ob caroloregium iterum obsidione liberatum" read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 catawiki
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham alistair horne's the fall of paris: the siege and the commune, is the first book of alistair horne's trilogy, which includes the price of glory and to lose a battle and tells the story of the great crises of the rivalry between france and germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The siege of delhi was the raj&39;s stalingrad, the end of both mughal power and a remarkable culturethere are no lamentations or panegyrics, for the british commissioner in charge has insisted, &39;no vesting will remain to distinguish where the last of the great mughals restsoxfam bookshop cheltenham on a dark evening in november , a cheap coffin is buried in eerie silencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more&39; this mughal is bahadur shah zafar ii, one of the most tolerant and likeable of his remarkable dynasty who found himself leader of a violent and doomed uprising
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Military operations were concentrated in the symbolic city of stalingrad destroyed by intense german bombingin the ruins of the city the fighting between the two armies was brutal and violentthe battle of stalingrad was a turning point in the second world war
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Edifil catalogue value: €130please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenew sheets without hinge with good preservationlot containing the defence of madrid block sheet and a block sheet honouring the army and navy from the yearare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregistered shipping
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By he was a soldier surrendering to the japanese at the siege of singaporetaken prisoner he was sent to a pow camp deep in the heart of the thai jungle, where he was starved, beaten, and forced to build the notorious 'railway of death' on the river kwai
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In the kingdom of ehb, farmer (jason statham) leads a simple life, eking out a living off the land, and providing for his familydisc and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of the video game 'dungeon siege'but when the kingdom is invaded by the ruthless gallian (ray liotta), who imprisons the king (burt reynolds) and abducts his wife solano (claire forlani), farmer sets out in hot pursuitsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock including a civil war tour of chester see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is in very good condition, with clean, bright pages and cover this very rare book charts the history of the civil war of to and chester's role in it
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The main pagination of all four volumes is continuousvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythe voyage to australia and tahitiall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsvery small tear to spine on volume iithe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythe 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 hawaiithey 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 manyvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastit covers the coast of north americathe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyall 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 discoveryvancouver, 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 canadathe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall 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 soundit 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 indicated
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Tolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsfrodo 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 overmeanwhile 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 armiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf 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 responsibilitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhen 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 handstogether 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 mordoronce 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 gandalfgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey 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 doomwhilst 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-dûrfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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References andit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontfrench artillery, by king and countryall of them have been sold out and retiredthe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences na111each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargegarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit also includes srregiment of the line, by king and countryreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7ththey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramareferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referencereferences 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”)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit consists of close to 32 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”)the 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”)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit consists of 11 figuresthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”na112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrycoldstream 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”)it 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)
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(total of 2 books) read moresee pictures of the table of contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 margin) 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 experiencedhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solid‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryhe wrote extensively about morocco (’ registered shippingcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 catawikipart 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 contentsthis edition is froma study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become ittwo 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 parispart 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 contentsthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black print
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The yeomen of the guard vhs video tapet 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: £3it 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 aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe 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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The virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsit 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 purchasedin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlythis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagehowever, 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 has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionfurthermore, 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 clean
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Iron 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 & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour 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 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 mail
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But just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james git 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 timesimultaneously, 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 contextmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireas 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 guevaraoxfam 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 centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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But 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 eastamong 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 ofoxfam 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 britainkarim 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 citysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Translated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten 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 eventsoxfam 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 more
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The 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 classichis 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 colorat 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 museumsjones'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 carvingssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit 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 conditionthe 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 this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear
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