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These four unlikely heroes must battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a vast variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars, cyclops, werewolves, wraiths, ankleslicers, wolves, satyrs, boggles and more• live the epic adventure while playing as one of four heroes (lucy, peter, edmond, susan) in a team-based action adventure • battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a huge variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars and more • utilise the unique combat skills, weaponry and special moves of each character to fight and fend off hordes of dark mythical beasts, or solve intricate puzzles and progress through the adventure • two-player action featuring all four characters • seamless game play integration of film footage with music and voice talent plus unlockable secrets to open exclusive content and moreplayers enter the world of narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter by the evil powers of the malevolent and evil white witchin order to end this frigid captivity and free his people, the mighty lion aslan, true ruler of narnia, invokes an ancient prophecyit will become the destiny of four young siblings from our world: peter, susan, edmund and lucy pevensie to work together and use their unique combat skills, weaponry and abilities to defeat the witch and her armies and save narniasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe is a definitive action adventure based on the walt disney pictures and walden media film capturing the renowned and beloved book series from author c
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Art series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artthe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearsoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth century51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's styleit would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacket
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Gilt page edges all round, the binding is tightlarge, heavy bible dated on the main title page, on the title page to the new testamentfoxing on the colour mapsyellow endpapers which are a little mottledthe text is in two columns with notes in the margins on both sidessome foxing on the title and the following couple of pagesoxfam bookshop lymington the title continues: translated out of the original tongues: and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by his majesty's special commandblack leather binding with tooled boards and spine, 5 raised bands on the spine, and gilt decoration on the leather infoldsoverall the covers are in excellent conditionon the page containing the names of the books there is a small mauve pen markthere is a very occasional foxing spot through the text block but it is remarkably clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerubbing at the corners and the top & base of the spine, and along the front hinge where is leather is slightly split along the lower part
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Oxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 37 stamps showing the sights and scenery of germany, austria and switzerlandin this collection there are stamps that were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s and ssome of them have the backing of the envelope that they were originally attached tothe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe places and the buildings that are shown on the stamps in this collection are basel university in switzerland, chillon castle in switzerland, basel in switzerland, wittenberg in germany, the parish church of san giorgio in switzerland, the brandenburg gate in germany, flensburg and schleswig in germany, staubbach falls in switzerland, hildeshein in germany, nafels in switzerland, wormser reichstag von in germany, zurich in switzerland, samedan in switzerland, gais in switzerland, kohlbrandbrucke hamberg in germany, wallfahrtskapelle altotting in germany, trifels and pfalz in germany, dresden zwinger raufbau in germany, the gotthard railway in switzerland, st pierre cathedral in geneva in switzerlandand, stift rein-hohenfurth in austria, sporthall in germany, lenzburg castle in switzerland, the bern lotschberg simplon railway and luegelkinn viaduct in switzerland, and schaffhausen in switzerlandthe stamps in this collection are all in very good conditionthe oldest stamps in this collection were issued in and possibly earlier than thatsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall of the stamps in this collection have been used and have the postmark on them of when they were used
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Nearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placewinston link photographswith funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's workalso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographyoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of osee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Detailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam husseinthis set is the ideal geography and history referencethe introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's worldall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldall place names on the maps are fully indexedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and presentoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history books'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlases'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academics
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The hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spineinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markingsas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by many the dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placesthe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour imageslaurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himhe was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique waysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacketrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearsbut, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' artin this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humouryet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happyhe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39
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Yet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producerssri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationoxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflict
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The purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playssuch a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatreoxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playersthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audiencethe same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositorthese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operatesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionsometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or charactersmany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the play
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The second volume is "the danube by william beattie, millustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wgold edges to blockthe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wtissue guarded platesboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"gold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallyoxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelle
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodschief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren series
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The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? they've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital wallssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps you saw the boy and mole on the comic relief t-shirt, love wins? here, you will find them together in this book of charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the wild and exploring the universal thoughts and feelings that unite us allthey sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windowsenter the world of charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessonsoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: as new a book of hope for uncertain times
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelnaval battles and court events18th-century rebackingepisodi storici a corteincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etca very good copyan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppa large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecomplete with cover page and 26 large platesan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)thomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copybattaglie navaliare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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We experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worldoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, publisheded gorman and simon pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over britain is played out across the skies of europe, from the west of ireland to the german capitalsome will be new to many readers: the new zealander who "borrowed" a seaplane from the royal navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of british and german pilots; the swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six british fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose raf squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt nazi invasion plans; and the german bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on british soil since culloden - before repairing to a pub for a pint with soldiers who had taken him prisonersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a small worn patch near the top of the spine of the dust jacket and slight bumping to the top of the spine and the corners of the front coverillustrated with contemporary photographs of the pilots and their aircraft, this is an enthralling and original account from both sides of a conflict that shaped the modern world, full of courage, endeavour and, above all, humanityotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pages
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They meant being crammed into a car with grandma and heading to the coastfor emma kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they wentwhether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of france, family holidays alwaysleft them battered and bruisedoxfam bookshop cheltenham growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern agebut despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holidaybut they never gave upfor the seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of centreparcs or the sophistication of a tuscan villawith just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselvessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreemma's memoir,the tent, the bucket and me,is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toes
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many moreoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artthe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedfar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand artauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a mark
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Later chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall inthe enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorspolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementsthe bravery of the protestorsthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coveroxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthere is some slight foxing to the insidethe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An important eighteenth century workplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiterare first editiongeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesplease see our images for further descriptionthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holding5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentinternally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residuethe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesan essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8our 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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In good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitenimmo & bain, ppthe binding has wear on the spine extremitiesbound in the original linen hardcoverhardcover - 19 x 14 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe attachment of the book block is loose at the rear coverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginal and complete with the eight illustrationsthe old shekarry - the forest and the field - london, jgood book block and decent, bright pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Cover page; 722 numbered pages, inside, 16 tipped-in engraved plates, depicting french views except for one, depicting mont blanc seen from chamounieach volume is illustrated by copious engravingsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemartin lister, an english naturalist and physician; travels during the years and followed, with a focus on the agricultural resources of france described by the agronomist arthur youngthe last two narratives concern the mountains: horace-bénédict de saussure’s story "an account of the attempts that have been made to attain the summit of mont blanc"; and louis-fransois ramond's "journey to the summit of mont perdu" dates back tohere we describe the fourth volume of the original london edition, which tells of the trips to francecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe first story is "a journey to paris in the year " by dra six-volume american edition of pinkerton's travel collection was published in philadelphia inbookplate of thomas fitz gerald on the front counter-platecopy in good condition, except for the redone spine and sporadic mildew or yellowingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecoeval full havana-coloured binding with embossing and gold edging on the plates; spine redone with inadequate leather; marbled edges and endpapersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifourth volume of a collection of the most renowned and interesting travels in all parts of the world, consisting of 17 volumes written by the scottish historian and poet john pinkerton, published for the first time in britain in
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This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtthe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotherthe monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynastythis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern franceoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and controlthe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court society
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Oxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodschief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren series
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How far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectiona snip at only £6in a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women waitwhen exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the jonesesthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learning
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Forming part of a series, along with the gwr handbook, the lms handbook and the southern railway handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the lnerrenowned for its express locomotive mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the london & north eastern railway was the second largest of the big four rail way companies to emerge from the grouping and also the most diverse, with its prestigious high-speed trains from kings cross balanced by an intensive suburban and commuter service from liverpool street and a high dependence on freightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenoted for its cautious board and thrifty management, the lner gained a reputation for being poor but honestoxfam shop scarborough the book is in very good condition, the only defects are small creases and dirt on the front and back cover, inside the book the pages are clean and readable
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But who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan racethe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationthe horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pasthe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changelinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback riding
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Bookblock slightly loose after first quireplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit filled him with disgustin original gilt-decorated hardcoverjust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonein september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituaneafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastcomplete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)here he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januarydavid livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedrawing of winnie the pooh winnie the pooh and the honey tree original and unique piececatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe works belongs to the process of creating one the sequences of one episode of the famous cartoon serieour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegood condition with the signs and normal wear of a drawing used in animation productionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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The destructive dynamism of auschwitz became both a microcosm of the nazi state and the logical consequence of hitler's warped worldviewcombining rare archive footage, cgi illustrations of the camp never before seen on television and dramatic reconstructions of the key decision-making moments, this series tells the story of auschwitz and the horrific ideology behind itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage this bbc documentary series tells the chilling story behind auschwitz - the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the worldfew know the true and surprising history of this infamous place, nor how it fitted into the nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the jews - what they called the 'final solution'
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Vols i and ii have mild staining and wear to the boards, and vol ii has a few small dog-eared lower cornersoriginally published by folio between and , the set was reissued insome volumes have light foxing to the upper page edges (from the inside of the slipcase)this is a reprint of the reissueoxfam bookshop kingsbridge gibbon's classic historical masterpiece, in 8 volumes, housed in 2 slipcasesthe books appear to be unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe slipcases have light shelfwear (one of them has a closed tear to the paper covering at the junction of the top and rear faces)
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The volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economyexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point ethe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economybut economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerwrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availableoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblethe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolution
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