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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statenow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economyoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world since"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominence" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction
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Oxfam bookshop hertford warrior of rome: the wolves of the north by harry sidebottom marks the start of a new trilogy within the warrior of rome seriesin the north, the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the imperium - their savagery unlike anything rome has known beforeballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet - a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each othersee oxfam website for delivery information read morefans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottom's recreation of the ancient worldharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical arthe must face the heruli - the most bizarre and brutal of all the nomad tribes - the eaters of flesh, the wolves of the northas ballista and his retinue make their journey, someone - or something - is hunting them, picking them off one by one, and leaving a trail of terror and mutilated corpsespraise for harry sidebottom:'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrballista is in a strange land, among strange people, but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramaad263 - barbarian invasions and violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the imperium of rome
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When they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam shop okehampton the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogyin this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountain
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The conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usapublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morean act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truthas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderin , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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When they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)in this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountainoxfam books & music durham the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogy
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It begins by looking at the first attempts made by balloon and airship at the start of the 20th century, and then the first attempts by plane in the aftermath of world war one, including that by harry hawker the illustrations are all clear this book was presented as a prize in at ryhope secondary school, as shown by the sticker on the second page and the gilded crest on the front cover the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure an interesting read for those interested in aviation historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossingsoxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flightr hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and the book is in a fair condition, there is notable wear on the exterior cover especially at the edges and spine, where the gilded lettering has also faded internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely loose at the end of the book is an appendix that lists successful and unsuccessful atlantic crossings from to , and black and white photos are dotted throughout the book further on it looks at the crossings of the south atlantic, the first crossings via greenland, the first solo crossing by charles lindbergh in , the disappearance of a flight by captain w
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At the start of a round, one player, taking turns as the reader, picks a card and reads it outsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the other players then have to write a plausible opening or closing sentence to the work in an attempt to bluff fellow players into believing that their script is the genuine oneeach of the one hundred cards gives you the title, author and plot summary of a different novel or short storythe book-lover's game of writer's bluffdevised by leslie scott (the creator of jenga) & sara finch first published by oxford games ltd a family favourite since '91 ex libris is a game to challenge your literary acumen and test your creative writing skillsoxfam shop kendal new and sealed
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Oxfam bookshop deal the summer holidays are dragging on and harry potter can't wait for the start of the school yearbeing the first edition of the book there are some errors in the writing but that just adds value to the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some slight discolouration to the book but other than that it's in mostly great conditionbut harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems will be inescapablerowling has proved herself yet again to be a master story-tellerthe book itself is in very good condition for its age, most of the damage is on the slip cover rather than the book itselfit is his fourth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) potions and divination lessons to be attendedwith characteristic wit, fast-paced humour and marvellous emotional depth, j
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"the summer holidays are dragging on and harry potter can't wait for the start of the school yearoxfam bookshop raeburn place true first edition first impression complete with printing errors (pages and 594)but harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems will be inescapablerowling has proved herself yet again to be a master story-teller" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is his fourth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) potions and divination lessons to be attendedvery good condition, complete with dust jacket - small nick to front bottom right hand corner of dust jacketwith characteristic wit, fast-paced humour and marvellous emotional depth, j
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Oxfam shop evesham the summer holidays are dragging on and harry potter cannot wait for the start of the school yearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut harry can't know that the atmosphere is darkening around him, and his worst enemy is preparing a fate that it seems will be inescapableit is his fourth year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) potions and divination lessons to be attendedwith characteristic wit, fast paced humour and marvellous emotional depth, jrowling has proved herself yet again to be a master storyteller
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The team containing the youngest player will starteach team selects a playing piece and places it on the start space on the boardsplit the players into two teamsunfold the board and lay it on the tablebest of british playing board
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Album 1: from the start up to and including with stripsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikialbum , without strips, luxurious album with slipcasealbum , with stripsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease view the photos to form your own impressionalbum with slipcasethese are 4 davo albums of great britain, empty, without stampsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteluxurious album with slipcasecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It is the start of a long book, not of a short one john coates has finished jane austen's fragment of a novel in fine style, preserving the wit and satirical view of his co-author while adding some fine new characters dust jacket: good john coates, a writer with no family connection but who had earlier written a time-travel novel, here today (), featuring a man who claimed to have wooed jane austen wrote this book, the watsons: jane austen's fragment continued and completed which appeared from british and american publishers in4cm tear to top of dj at spine edgeburgundy cloth boards in very good conditionoxfam books & music hereford the watsons was an abandoned novel by jane austen, probably begun abouthe went to haileybury and then read english at cambridge, where he spent most of his time acting and writing plays and became president of footlightsjohn coates was born in into a yorkshire engineering family jane austen's original fragment of this novel consisted of only 6 complete chapters and a few paragraphsgilt titles to spine minor foxing and spotting to outside edges of pageswatson is a widowed clergyman with two sons and four daughtersyet it comprises a half of oulton's book and almost half of the browns' bookhe also points out that the tempo of jane austen's contribution had been "leisurely foxing to early and later pages but text block generally in clean, bright conditionchips to edges of dj at spine top and bottom and corners by flapsbut when her aunt contracts a foolish second marriage, emma is obliged to return to her father's housecondition: book: very goodthere she is chagrined by the crude and reckless husband-hunting of two of her twenty-something sisterseven before the manuscript fragment was eventually published in , a continuation based on it by austen's niece appeared in(see photos) see oxfam website for delivery information read more in his postscript he admits to having rewritten the original fragment in order to develop the characters differently, including renaming emma watson as emilythe youngest daughter, emma, has been brought up by a wealthy aunt and is consequently better educated and more refined than her sisters jacket designed by charles mozley" as a result of giving himself this extra leg-room, this version of the story has been judged "more successful in capturing the feel of early 19th century society than many of the other sequels, but probably much lighter and cheerier than austen had originally intended the book to turn out"
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They discuss reading and spelling from the start of school to graduationvi, illustrated - london/edinburgh/new york, thomas nelson and sons, - first edition - vlll + 392 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe series consisted of eight books, the first two for the somewhat younger readers, and volumes i through vi for older readers(a total of 400 ppthe aim of the series was to cultivate the love of reading by presenting interesting topics in an attractive styleour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lot will be securely packaged and shipped with insurancethe first four paginated with roman numbers) - hardcover - linen binding with a punched title and illustration (coat of arms with the text: ‘honi soit qui mal y pense’ - 12*the british series ‘royal readers’ contained informative material, excerpts from english literature and historical stories* - thomas nelson and sons (editor) introduced the ‘royal readers’ and 'royal school series' as reaction to the introduction of mandatory school laws and increasing demand for instruction booksas the name indicates, the history was predominantly based on the british empire, their battles and courageous actionsfrom through , educational books make up almost 90% of the profits of thomas nelson and sons5 cm - good copy - front flyleaf broken at the reading fold (text block binding intact), flyleaves discoloured, text block semi-pure, front flyleaf damaged due the scratching-off of identity information, owner’s stamp - publication in the series: 'the royal school series'please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevi) concerns the final book from the seriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecollective - the royal readers, no
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This book continues on the warhammer: age of sigmar (starterset book) and begins the story of the age of sigmar in the realm of fire, but also the start of the campaigns in the realm of life and in the realm of metalyet, the dark gods' triumph remains incomplete - the realm of heavens resists their armies, its ruler, the god-king sigmar, holding back the hellforged tidestorm clouds roll out across the realms heralding the beginning of a new era - the age of chaos is coming to an end, for this is the age of sigmar! warhammer age of sigmar provides a wealth of background on the mortal realms, its many races and its long history of war and conflictoxfam bookshop carlisle warhammer: age of sigmar - mighty battles in an age of unending wars was the first book of the warhammer: age of sigmar series and introduced the mortal realms settingfor centuries uncounted the mortal realms have languished under the yoke of chaossee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow the time has come to strike back, for at last sigmar's stormcast eternals are ready for warfrom the burning plains of aqshy and the glimmering steel mountains of chamon to the putrefied forests of ghyran and the beast dens of ghur, the thunder of the marching forces of chaos drowns out the piteous cries of tormented tribes and broken peoplesdiscover new battles as the age of sigmar dawns, and the stormcast eternals arrive to push back the forces of chaosbook comes inside original box, in very good conditionalongside these exciting histories you will also find warscrolls, battleplans and rules, so that you can forge your own legends in the age of sigmarthis is a campaign book containing battleplans, warscrolls and time of war ruleslearn of the age of chaos, the coming of the dark gods and the wars that saw seven of the eight realms reduced to flame and ruin - azyr, sigmar's own realm, alone surviving behind its mighty gatesinside you will find tales of the age of myths and the creation of the realms, along with sigmar's pantheon, and their great and godly deeds during this time of legends
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'death runs riot' tells the story of the civil war, the californian gold rush, the birth of new cities such as san francisco, the battle against mexican attempts to reclaim texas, and the start of the military campaigns against the american indianusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventuresee oxfam website for delivery information read more'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansfinally 'one sky above us' tells the story of the last days of the west, of the larger-than-life characters who could still be found there, and of how buffalo bill cody set about creating the mythic image of frontier life which has survived to this dayoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromfirst came the spanish conquistadors, then the solitary explorers, the mountain men, the trappers, and others paving the way for the future settlement of these unknown landsin 'empire upon the trails', since time immemorial the west had been the home of the indian, but with the advent of the modern era and the spread of european colonialism, that was all set to change
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The time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schaperthis can be exemplified by the historic view of angina pectoris, which used to be simplified as being always fatal, thus obscuring for nearly two centuries the view of a 'self-healing' mechanism such as the collateral circulation of the heartsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit would be naive, to assume the present work to be free of erroneous oversimplification, because the very nature of scientific work is related to generating (simple) hypotheses with their subsequent falsificationin that context and bluntly, my primary interest in the field of the collateral circulation was not initiated with a vision of eradicating the consequences of coronary artery disease (cad) by promoting the growth of natural bypassessuch a process of reducing disarray in a system with the aim of grasping it better is related to simplification, which carries the risk of introducing errorlike new with clean pages insidealternatively, it could be 'sold' as the result of my intention to reduce entropy of 18 years of scientific work on the topic of the coronary circulation, which was itself meant to diminish the amount of 'useless' energyoxfam bookshop hampstead collateral circulation of the heart by christian seiler the sober explanation for this book is a call by the springer-verlag, london, to edit a publication on 'the functional relevance of the collateral circulation' of the heart
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But the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endbut something much darker has yet to be unleashedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagematching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talethe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harrybut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicbut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolnow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallreview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the future
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Oxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait to start his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after the summer holidaysback at hogwarts, harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the dementors--guards from azkaban on the look out for blackhe fully expects to be expelled from hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time, but the arrival of the mysterious knight bus and a meeting with cornelius fudge, the minister of magic, result in harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the leaky cauldronafter just about surviving yet another summer with the dreadful dursleys, the arrival of aunt marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, harry casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloonbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the schoolmeanwhile sirius black--one-time friend of harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "you- know-who"--escapes from azkaban and this has serious implications for harryage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read morelisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifestephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords are a perfect match for rowling's superb storytelling, and fry manages to give even further depth to a complex and absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale that, once heard, will never be forgottenreview:age 9 and overharry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third, and possibly the best, book in the phenomenally successful, award-winning harry potter series by jk rowling
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At the start of the final test at the oval, the series hung in the balance with england 2-1 ahead, despite some of the best bowling of shane warne's long test careerthen on to trent bridge where england out-scored the australians yet again in the first innings and made them follow on for the first time in 16 yearsat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finalebut as the series progressed england found their feet, and this confident young team started playing their best cricket, particularly impressing with the quality of their bowlingmatch coverage produced by sunset + vine for channel 4 see oxfam website for delivery information read morea mixture of bad light, kevin pietersen's batting and andrew 'freddie' flintoff's impressive display of character and determination managed to wrest the ashes from australia's grasp for the first time since and the atmosphere at the ground and around the country was euphoricthe series started badly for the england team at lord's as they suffered an emphatic defeat at australia's hands, and particularly the hand of legendary aussie fast-bowler glenn mcgrathoxfam shop ulverston action-packed box set containing extended highlights from all five test matches in the historic ashes seriesthe ashes series will be remembered not just as a series in which a young england team came of age, but also as the point at which the game of cricket returned to the nation's conciousness after some years in the wildernessthen it was up to old trafford for more high drama as brett lee and ricky ponting stoically batted out the day to deny england another victoryset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low total
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At the start of the final test at the oval, the series hung in the balance with england 2-1 ahead, despite some of the best bowling of shane warne's long test careerthen on to trent bridge where england out-scored the australians yet again in the first innings and made them follow on for the first time in 16 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finalebut as the series progressed england found their feet, and this confident young team started playing their best cricket, particularly impressing with the quality of their bowlinga mixture of bad light, kevin pietersen's batting and andrew 'freddie' flintoff's impressive display of character and determination managed to wrest the ashes from australia's grasp for the first time since and the atmosphere at the ground and around the country was euphoricthe series started badly for the england team at lord's as they suffered an emphatic defeat at australia's hands, and particularly the hand of legendary aussie fast-bowler glenn mcgrathoxfam shop lytham action-packed box set containing extended highlights from all five test matches in the historic ashes seriesthe ashes series will be remembered not just as a series in which a young england team came of age, but also as the point at which the game of cricket returned to the nation's conciousness after some years in the wildernessthen it was up to old trafford for more high drama as brett lee and ricky ponting stoically batted out the day to deny england another victoryset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low total
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It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy familybut the night dr david henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for everfamilies have secrets they hide even from themselvesthis is simply a beautiful book' jodi picoult 'i loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language' sue monk kidd, author of the best-selling, the secret life of bees kim edwards is the author of the short-story collection the secrets of the fire king, which was an alternate for the pen/hemingway award, and has won the whiting award and the nelson algren awardoxfam shop pershore the multi-million copy bestseller, kim edwards' the memory keeper's daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayalas grief quietly tears apart david's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she cansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nurseher second novel, the lake of dreams, is available from penguinshe is an assistant professor of english at the university of kentuckyfor though david's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has down's syndrome'crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over again
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At the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchythe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedchapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this perioda little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownwith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionthe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historyoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth century
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This includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewthe author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norwayas in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsindeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world warvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied responseit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as new
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One of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century laterit is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()alternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderiethis text contains an introduction by apresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poemsthis book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published in
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The game also gives players a hand of cards, each player being dealt five at the start of the gameif a player cannot play any of their cards, they may discard a card and draw a replacementplayers move their three or four pieces around the board, attempting to get all of their pieces "home" before any other playeron a player's turn, they play one card from their hand to determine their move, and then draw a replacement card from the remaining deckthe winner also scores one point for every man their opponents had got home, and a bonus of either 24 (if no opponent has a man home), 16 (if no opponent has more than one man home) or 8 (if no opponent has more than two men home) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally manufactured by wthe game title comes from the many ways in which a player can negate the progress of another, while issuing an apologetic "sorry!" the edition of the game includes "point-scoring sorry!", a variant where the game is scored at the endstorey & co in england and now by hasbro, sorry! is marketed for two to four players, ages 6 and upoxfam shop redruth sorry! is a board game that is based on the ancient indian cross and circle game pachisiat the end of the game, each player scores a point for every man they got home
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At the start of the final test at the oval, the series hung in the balance with england 2-1 ahead, despite some of the best bowling of shane warne's long test careeroxfam bookshop ipswich action-packed box set containing extended highlights from all five test matches in the historic ashes seriesthen on to trent bridge where england out-scored the australians yet again in the first innings and made them follow on for the first time in 16 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finalebut as the series progressed england found their feet, and this confident young team started playing their best cricket, particularly impressing with the quality of their bowlinga mixture of bad light, kevin pietersen's batting and andrew 'freddie' flintoff's impressive display of character and determination managed to wrest the ashes from australia's grasp for the first time since and the atmosphere at the ground and around the country was euphoricthe series started badly for the england team at lord's as they suffered an emphatic defeat at australia's hands, and particularly the hand of legendary aussie fast-bowler glenn mcgraththe ashes series will be remembered not just as a series in which a young england team came of age, but also as the point at which the game of cricket returned to the nation's conciousness after some years in the wildernessthen it was up to old trafford for more high drama as brett lee and ricky ponting stoically batted out the day to deny england another victoryset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low total
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always doopposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and commahalfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americasee oxfam website for delivery information read moresitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the materialin fair conditiona good reading copythe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsas the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingi don't give a hoot what the writing's like"maxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencein this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)some light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pagethough in fact he did
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But looks are deceptive and it's only a matter of days before both couples start to feel they are not alone in their new homesalthough much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new housesdespite the ever present rumble of cement mixers and diggers, cold hill park appears to be the ideal place to livesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homesfor jason and emily danes, this is their forever home, and for maurice and claudette penze-weedell, it's the perfect place to live out retirementgone with the flames are the violent memories of the house's history, and a new era has begunthere is one thing that never appears in the estate agent brochures: nobody has ever survived beyond forty in cold hill house and no one has ever truly leftthe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on cold hilloxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillnow a smash-hit stage play
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