The simple pleasures of the rich
List the simple pleasures of the rich
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Oxfam shop haverfordwest indulge in the sentimental pleasures of stitcheries with wistful vintage artistryinspired by nature and stitched with the gentle romance of days gone by, noted artist kathy schmitz creates designs that use simple embroidery to create thoughtful keepsakessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreselect from a variety of elegant embroidery projects, including a pillow, pincushion, wall decoration, tote bag, and morefind success with each design - clear illustrations demonstrate how to master every featured embroidery stitchrevel in kathy schmitz's original artwork, gracefully presented throughout the bookthe book is in excellent condition with minimal wear and tear
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Oxfam shop bideford thank you for viewing one of our many fabulous items! we also have many other fantastic items listed from our bideford shopthe condition of the record itself is excellent the condition of the sleeve is good overall, but there is some wear and tear: a hole in the top left corner of the sleeve, and small nicks on its top edgeit is a canadian pressing released by combatwe have a fabulous album for salethank you for your support! every purchase helps us raise vital funds in finding solutions to poverty, inequality and injustice! see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe original inner sleeve is present
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Bc rich asm pro finished in pearl white neck through construction ebony finger board emg active pickups genuine floyd rose tremolo grover tuners bc rich hard case bought about six years ago not much use been under the bed most of the time still has plastic on rear covers no longer made and very sought after for the serious player will sell or swap for decent amplifier of same value
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From the heroic dreams of the small boy curled up on the rim of the big fire-place in his family's castle, to the terrible moment of failure and beyond, stauffenerg's hours are rich indeedin a brilliant tapestry of fact and imagination, paul west uses his protagonist's solo voice to give an astounding new dimension to historical impersonationoxfam shop magdelen street of all the men and moments that might have changed the course of history, count von stauffenberg and his ill-fated attempt to kill adolf hitler is perhaps the most vivid and agonising see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Raise yourself from lowly business traveller to become the favoured hotelier of the rich and famousconstruct as many as 30 distinctive styles of hotels, from romantic renaissance villas and rich regal palaces to wild west lodges and high-tech hotel casino complexessee oxfam website for delivery information read morechoices in these areas will help to determine whether you will achieve unparalleled success or join the ranks of the bankruptdeal with a fluctuating world economy and overcome competition through better management skills or, if you have the means, buy them outoxfam shop ulverston begin with little more than a dream and pocket change and progress through good times and bad times to build a global empire of grand hotelshotel interiors are yours to decide-rooms and suites, restaurants and spasbuy and restore beloved classics or low-rent dives before they fall to the wreckers' ballconcentrate your activities in cosmopolitan cities or, when you're tired of smog, focus on transforming an exotic wilderness into a must-see resort destination
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It starts with a simple favour - an ordinary kindness mothers do for one anotheroxfam bookshop cheltenham a simple favour is a twisting free-fall ride filled with betrayal, reversal, secrets and revelations, love and loyaltywhen her best friend, emily, asks stephanie to pick up her son from school she happily says yesas a widow and stay-at-home blogger mum living in suburban connecticut, stephanie was lonely until she met emily, a glamorous and successful pr executiveand she also reaches out to emily's husband - just to offer her supportsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe trouble is that emily doesn't come backno matter what the police say, stephanie knows that she would never leave her sonfor fans of gone girl and big little lies, the film adaptation of the book stars anna kendrick and blake lively as the seemingly mismatched pair of best friendsand five-year-olds love being together - just like she and emilyterrified, she reaches out to her fellow mummy bloggersdarcey bell ratchets up the tension in a taut, unsettling, and completely absorbing thriller that holds you in its grip until the final pagetheir children are classmates and best friendswhat stephanie hasn't shared are the secrets buried in a murky past
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David lowell richwe ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationno, we regret that, for organisational reasons, this is not possibleaction & adventurewe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possible
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In the heyday of the british raj, eleven-year-old anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong princess indira, the privileged daughter of rich indian royaltybecoming the princess's official companion, anahita accompanies her friend to england just before the outbreak of the great wareighty years later, rebecca bradley, a young american film star, has the world at her feetsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespanning four generations, the midnight rose by lucinda riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of india to the majestic stately homes of england, following the extraordinary life of a girl, anahita chavan, from to the present daythere, she meets the young donald astbury - reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote astbury estate - and his scheming motherbut when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, she's relieved that her latest role, playing a s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of dartmoor in englandshortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling astbury hall, ari malik, anahita's great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his family's pastwhat he and rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the astbury dynastyoxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the epic novel award in the romantic novelists association books awardsa lifelong passionan endless search
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This modern library edition presents stephen mitchell's acclaimed translations of rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thought"his work is masterful" ahead of all parting is an abundant selection of rilke's lifeworkit contains representative poems from his early collections the book of hours and the book of pictures; many selections from the revolutionary new poems, which drew inspiration from rodin and cezanne; the hitherto little-known "requiem for a friend"; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest workfinally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the duino elegies and the sonnets to orpheus"rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in mrmitchell's versions more clearly than in any others," said wincluded too are passages from rilke's influential novel, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose pieces" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road the reputation of rainer maria rilke has grown steadily since his death in ; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century"if rilke had written in english," denis donoghue wrote in the new york times book review, "he would have written in this english
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A story that stirs the deepest emotions' woman & home'a poignant story, rich in period detail' sunday mirror 'an emotive and thought-provoking read her women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win' daily mail 'a novel that stirs the deepest emotions' woman'rachel's stories are always absorbing and  intricately woven and the love child is no exception edith and philip burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their ownwhen they secretly adopt a baby girl, irene, their life together must surely be complete irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truthoxfam bookshop cheltenham the unmissable brand new novel from rachel hore, sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a richard and judy book club pick'a gorgeous and deeply absorbing story' tracy reesa young mother's sacrificei savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgiveness'simply stunninglondon, when nineteen-year-old alice copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the babyrachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale' jane johnson see oxfam website for delivery information read more she simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her family but all alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughterit had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting' leah fleming'the love child is a hugely compelling, poignant and moving readhore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated worldthis is a wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation, and i very much enjoyed it' barbara erskine 'i found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl's search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted family the love child is an absolutely beautiful book' dinah jefferies 'this tender account, spanning two generations, reveals how the loss affects mother and child across the yearsa child's desperate search for the truth as two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?  brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, the love child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feelingmy heart went out to both these two women as they faced such difficult personal decisions that would change their lives forever'rosanna ley'i really enjoyed this bookmeanwhile, irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her suffolk home to find work in london
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This 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 economyoxfam 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 occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problemgood governance is analysed, as is corporate governancethe 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 populationsformer 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 problems 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 involvedbook condition: minor shelf wear
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However, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingthe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviourthey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownin reading other minds, the imagination plays a central rolein addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mindoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our liveswhat has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacitythis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centurynone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanismswhat we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindsnichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreadingin some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingin the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathology
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She was from the wrong side of the tracks and we were the rich family and they were getting married, they loved each other, blah, blah, blahhis stetson now resides in the smithsonian and over 400 million fans in eighty-five countries had to find out just who shot jrfrom his early days opposite barbara eden on i dream of jeannie, to the show that turned him into an international celebrity and led him to become the biggest screen villain of the eighties as power-mad oil baron jr ewing on dallas' written with us weekly bureau chief, todd gold, hello darlin' is a forthright look at hagman's star-studded careersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham 'as it was originally written, dallas was really about patrick duffy and victoria principalthis hardback first edition is in a very good conditionhagman tells all about the trials and turmoil and the intrigue and dangers of filming dallas, and also the madness that ensued when it became one of the most popular television shows in historythe glossy dustjacket shows few signs of shelf-wear and is unpriceclippedeven the parliament in turkey adjourned so representatives could rush to their tv setsthis edition has been an inscription by the author in black marker pen on the title page: 'to margaret, merry christmas, larry hagman'to put it in jr's own words, 'once you got rid of the integrity, the rest was a piece of cake'i was just the brotherthe black cloth boards are unmarked and gilt-stamped on the spinethe top edge is slightly turned and the corners are slightly bumpedthe page block is clean and brightit was focused on them
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Atlantic county treasurer enoch 'nucky' thompson (steve buscemi) sets up a bootlegging business, hoping to get richin this series, nucky's position of power is threatened by his former employee, jimmy (michael pitt), his brother, eli (shea whigham), and his predecessor, commodore louis kaestner (dabney coleman), who formulate a plot to bring him downsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe episodes comprise: '21', 'ourselves alone', 'a dangerous mind', 'what does the bee do?', 'gimcrack and bunkum', 'the age of reason', 'peg of old', 'two boats and a lifeguard', 'battle of the century', 'georgia peaches', 'under god's power she flourishes' and 'to the lost'as he progresses in his venture he crosses paths with politicians and mobsters alike but his lavish lifestyle soon leads the federal government to grow suspicious of his activitiesoxfam shop dalkeith all 12 episodes from the second season of the golden globe-winning hbo period drama set during the s prohibition era
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We ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationwe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possiblechildren's music & audio storiesaction & adventure
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Oxfam bookshop coventry return to the sun-drenched settings of "the shell seekers" and the rich emotion of "coming home," as rosamunde pilcher takes you on an unforgettable journey of the heartread by frances barberit is the passage of a young woman from a relationship that has become too tame and predictable to the excitement of a new life brimming with possibilites and the thrilling promise of lovesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand along the way, all the hopes, secrets and desires that enrich us unite in a joyous carousel of life that only rosamunde pilcher can createrunning time approximately 5 hours
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Motoring in britain began the century as a minority pursuit of the rich and eccentric: here the reader can see the story unfold until 33 million vehicles travel on british roads, dominating all of our daily livesoxfam shop colne road a fascinating visual exploration of motoring in britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremotor sport from the makeshift, oily days of pre-war brooklands to the high tech professionalism of today?s formula one, traffic from the empty roads of the past to contemporary motorway congestion, family holidays in austins and fords, even just driving to work: our memories are filled with motoring and the pictures in this book will prompt many a reminiscence
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Oxfam shop dumfries brutally honest and rich in detail, this posthumously published diary of a twenty-seven-year-old vietcong woman doctor, saved from destruction by an american soldier, gives us fresh insight into the lives of those fighting on the other side of the vietnam warit is a story of the struggle for one's ideals amid the despair and grief of war, but most of all, it is a story of hope in the most dire circumstancessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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More twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the startoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottombut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must doi loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by onefrom the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldena remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkableand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himpraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking taleno man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out alivetasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian sea
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This fascinating town with its rich history will be of interest to students and scholars of islam, south asia, and peace and conflict resolutionbigelow focuses on a muslim majority punjab town (malkerkotla) where both during the partition and subsequently there has been no inter-religious violencewith a minimum of intervention from outside interests, muslims, hindus, and sikhs have successfully managed conflict when it does arisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a story of peace in a region of conflict, this study is an important counterbalance to many conflict studies and a corrective to portrayals of islamic cultures as militant and intolerantthis book looks at a place where the conditions for religious conflict are present, but active conflict is absentcombining archival and interview material, she accounts for how the community's idealized identity as a place of peace is realized on the ground through a variety of strategiesoxfam bookshop wallingford inter-religious relations in india are notoriously fraught, not infrequently erupting into violencebigelow explores the complicated history of the region, going back to its foundation by a sufi saint in the fifteenth century
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Oxfam bookshop brigg a book for gardeners, travellers, and anyone who loves the lush landscape of the deep south of the usa, 'confederate jasmine and the fat tuesday tree' is an exquisite combination of delicate images and rich reminiscencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe upper and lower edges have faint water-stains long haunted by the legacy of the south, writer and artist ann lewis returns, this time to draw links between the plants and settings she loved while growing up and the individuals and events she encounters as an adultan illustrated volume that is as beautiful as it is uniquehowever, there are no marks on the book itself which has a fine 'as-new' appearancecollecting "specimens" of the varied plants of the area and weaving them into enchanting miniature collages each of which is accompanied by evocative, humorous, and often touching prose, lewis has created an artistic, lyrical homage to the south that charms and captivatesthe jacket has light general handling marks with slight creasing to the upper spine end and corners
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After accidentally falling into the waters beneath the arakawa bridge, rich kid kou ichinomiya (voice of hiroshi kamiya)'s life is saved by eccentric local homeless girl nino (maaya sakamoto), who just happens to believe she's a venusianoxfam bookshop thame all 13 episodes from the first series of the japanese anime, following the adventures of a boy who falls in love with a homeless girl who lives beneath a city bridgefinding himself indebted to nino, kou faithfully agrees to pay her back by granting her wish that he become her boyfriend, so beginning a new life alongside the other eccentrics that live under the bridgesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A rich addition to your wallfive antique ornaments made of bronze/copperare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithey are 12 cm in widthour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean average height of 14 cmthe ornaments will be adequately packaged and shipped with registrationmade of bronze and copperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith lively mascaron depictionslouis xvi period stylemade in the second half of the 19th centuryall are in great conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelovely french antique with a high decorative value
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Most dazzling is how simple keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes"  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the french laundry kitchen-no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchensiacp award winner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed french laundry restaurant in the napa valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the united states" (the new york times)from innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, the french laundry cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of america's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both uniqueand this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a french laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused courseskeller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right no signs of useif you can't get to the french laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience wine spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it getsoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the french laundry cookbook thomas keller good, price not clipped, slight wear to the dust jacket and boardsthe most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor thomas keller himself
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Atlantic county treasurer enoch 'nucky' thompson (steve buscemi) sets up a bootlegging business, hoping to get rich', 'two imposters' and 'margate sands'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, crime boss gyp rosetti (bobby cannavale) causes problems for nucky's business, eli (shea whigham) has difficulty adjusting to his new life after he is released from prison and gillian (gretchen mol) tries to deal with a devastating lossoxfam shop colne road all 12 episodes from the third season of the golden globe-winning hbo period drama set during the s prohibition eraas he progresses in his venture he crosses paths with politicians and mobsters alike but his lavish lifestyle soon leads the federal government to grow suspicious of his activitiesthe episodes are: 'resolution', 'spaghetti and coffee', 'bone for tuna', 'blue bell boy', 'you'd be surprised', 'ging gang goolie', 'sunday best', 'the pony', 'the milkmaid's lot', 'a man, a plan
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Featuring the cel-shaded style of its predecessor and simple yet effective touch screen controls, you can move and battle with just a few swipes of the stylus, trace a line to throw your boomerang or scribble notes and clues as you progresswith the aid of this fairy, he sets off to find tetra - and his way back to the seas he once knewthe epic story of the legend of zelda: the wind waker continues as link finds himself lost and alone in unknown seas in a new adventurechart courses for your ship by using the stylus to draw a path through the islands - then, as you automatically sail along the path, control the cannon to target oncoming enemiesbut time grows short, and only the phantom hourglass can buy link the minutes he'll need to survivemany months have passed since the events of the legend of zelda: the wind waker, and link, tetra and tetra's band of pirates have set sail in search of new landstetra falls into danger when she explores the ship alone, and link falls into the ocean when he attempts to rescue herset sail for adventure in the legend of zelda: phantom hourglass! see oxfam website for delivery information read morefeaturing intuitive touch screen controls and innovative puzzles, the legend of zelda: phantom hourglass offers new challenges for fans of the series and an easy-to-grasp introduction for gamers new to the legend of zeldaoxfam shop redruth the legend of zelda phantom hourglass for the nintendo dsboxed with game instructionsthey come across a patch of ocean covered in a dense fog, in which they discover an abandoned shipwhen he washes up unconscious on the shores of a mysterious island, he is awakened by the sound of a fairy's voice
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The first main art movement that featured everyday people instead of the rich and aristocraticmany varied subjectsa window on peoples' lives in the 17th century
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The dress has a clinging fit straight to the hemlinethe sleeves are long & narrowactual measurements: bust 34" length 60" inside sleeve 19" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe top edge of the back is elasticated & ruched into the centreglamorous long-sleeved, backless evening dress by athos pallas for asos in a silky stretchy rich-red fabrica slinky dress, dramatic & alluring if you are brave enough to wear itit has a deep & wide heart-shaped neckline & is backless to below the waistline
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