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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 careerat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelbut 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 bowlingthen 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 yearsthen 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 victoryoxfam shop ulverston action-packed box set containing extended highlights from all five test matches in the historic ashes seriesthe 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 wildernessmatch 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 euphoricset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low totalshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finale
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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 careerat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelbut 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 bowlingoxfam shop lytham 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 yearsthen 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 victorythe 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 wildernesssee 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 euphoricset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low totalshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finale
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They discuss reading and spelling from the start of school to graduationthe aim of the series was to cultivate the love of reading by presenting interesting topics in an attractive styleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifrom 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'collective - the royal readers, no* - 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 books(a total of 400 ppthe lot will be securely packaged and shipped with insurancevi, illustrated - london/edinburgh/new york, thomas nelson and sons, - first edition - vlll + 392 ppas the name indicates, the history was predominantly based on the british empire, their battles and courageous actions*the british series ‘royal readers’ contained informative material, excerpts from english literature and historical storiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 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’ - 12vi) concerns the final book from the seriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe series consisted of eight books, the first two for the somewhat younger readers, and volumes i through vi for older readers
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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 metalfrom 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 peoplesfor centuries uncounted the mortal realms have languished under the yoke of chaosyet, the dark gods' triumph remains incomplete - the realm of heavens resists their armies, its ruler, the god-king sigmar, holding back the hellforged tidelearn 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 gatesdiscover new battles as the age of sigmar dawns, and the stormcast eternals arrive to push back the forces of chaosnow the time has come to strike back, for at last sigmar's stormcast eternals are ready for warbook comes inside original box, in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealongside 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 rulesstorm 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 settinginside 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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The old rugged cross 3 autumn leaves 4 the boys in blue 5 all in the april evening 6 tritsch tratsch polka 7 the lord's my shepherd 8 military overture 9 when i survey the wondrous cross 10 procession to the minster from "lohengrin" 11 fill thou my life, o lord my god 12 euphonium solo (caprice) 13 love divine, all loves excelling 14 blenheim flourishes 15 abide with me (eventide) 16 neapolitan scenes 17 fest musik der stadt wien cd 2: 1amazing grace 2 the land of the mountain and the flood 3 blue rondo a la turk 4 how great though art 5 over the rainbow 6 praise my soul the king of heaven 7 the gladiators' farewell 8 all creatures of our god and king 9 the trouble with the tuba isoxfam bookshop lymington performed by the williams-fairey engineering band & the grimethorpe colliery band cd 1: 1 marching with sousa 210 pie jesu from "requiem" 11 dear lord and father of mankind 12 carnival for bass 13 o worship the king 14 fantasy on swiss airs 15 guide me, oh though great redeemer 16 cornet duet: twin peaks 17 cornet solo: kim cd 3: 1 tournament for brass 2 for all the saints 3 bohemian rhapsody 4 rejoice the lord is king 5 batman 6 serenade 7 i will sing the wondrous story 8folk festival 9 now thank we all our god 10 ballycastle bay 11 quick march: the president 12 o god our help in ages past 13 theme from the scarecrow and mrs king 14 piper in the meadow 15 the day thou gavest, lord, is ended 16 trombone solo: swing low, sweet chariot 17 flugelhorn solo: tuesday blues see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It was painted with coffee on 6th april and will be dedicated by the artist with the name of the auction winnerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis original illustration painted with coffee was made to be auctioned exclusively in catawiki, in a special selection of originals dedicated to famous characters from the world of cinema, animation and comicsthis lot consists of a juapi coffee artist artbook titled the art of juapi - coffee drawings self-published in through a crowdfunding campaign with ululesize of the album: 32this collection is very special for the artist, who has carefully worked on it over the last few months, although it also includes older pieces that are put on sale for the first time on this unique occasionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store6 cm shipping: registered and protectedas an extra, it includes an original sketch of goliath (character created for the animated series gargoyles)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit collects more than 250 coffee illustrations created between and , it has 240 pages and hardcovers
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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 indian'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventurefinally '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 daysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein '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 changefirst 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 lands
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At the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantwith 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 expansionby 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 unitedyet 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 monarchya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionchapters 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 periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centurythe 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 historyin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownin 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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The time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schaperoxfam 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 heartlike new with clean pages insideit 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 falsificationalternatively, 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' energythis 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 moresuch 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 errorin 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 bypasses
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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 firstreturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagebut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolnow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallbut something much darker has yet to be unleashedthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harryafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut 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 magicmatching 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 talereview: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 holidaysage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read moreback 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 cauldronreview: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 rowlinglisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifeafter 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 balloonmeanwhile 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 harrystephen 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 forgottenbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the school
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On the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a successoxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionsthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontthe fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit will be an essential reference for students of world war 2
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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 careerat edgbaston england survived a last ditch australian fightback to complete a thrilling two-run victory to bring the series levelbut 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 bowlingthen 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 yearsa 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 euphoricthen 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 victorythe 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 wildernesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich action-packed box set containing extended highlights from all five test matches in the historic ashes seriesset just 129 runs to win after bowling australia out for 387, england struggled to score the low totalshane warne and brett lee bowled out of their skins to provide yet another heart-wrenching finale
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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 domaxwell 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 confidencethe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsa good reading copyhalfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedas 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"some light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pageproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americain fair conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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)though in fact he didopposed 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 commasitting 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 material
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Hand tame baby syrian hamsters for sale! very sweet, lovely colours and temperaments ready beginning of april read more
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Dennis retired at the start of the seasonhe is the only scottish player in history to have won the prestigious ballon d'or award, doing so inmy hard back copy of 'the king' - signed by dennis himself, in pristine conditionthe book itself cost £ but is greatly enhanced by dennis's own signature at the frontdennis is one of the all-time greats at united where he was not only a skilful forward but also highly entertaining in a way not often seen since dennis signed for united in , where he spent 11 years scoring 237 goals in 404 appearances after being signed from torinocertificate of authenticityhe holds a united record for scoring 46 competitive goals in a single seasonhe was nicknamed the king by supporters, and denis the menace by opposing supporters who generally feared and respected himi the book, barely opened, also covers his time at huddersfield and torino and includes pictures of dennis with other greats at united including bobby charlton, sir matt busby, george best etcdennis law 'the king' signed autobiography
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The story is about two sisters who start a school "for genteel children" as a child, mary rose was taken by her father to a remote scottish islandall three of the hardcover books are within blue cloththere is also speckling on the pages no dust jacket presentminor shelfwear, edges rubbedfood and genuine human affection are scarcebarrie, written before his more famous work peter panoxfam bookshop victoria road the plays of jin this bleak time, a girl named 'miss thing' works as a domestic help the books are in fair condition, with yellowing pages and a slight rip along the spine label of mary rose (pictured)"mary rose"- this is the fictional story of mary rose, a girl who vanishes twicewhile she is briefly out of sight, mary rose vanishes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand " a kiss for cinderella"- the time is during wwi structurally soundset includes: "quality street"- a comedy in four acts by j
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Unique and very rare use of the postage due of the kingdom of italy, used during the start of the italian republic from toare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storekingdom of italy/italian republicregistered letter from padua to padua from february 1st with postage to be paid by the recipientvaluable use of one strip of three postage due, 1 lira orange s 42 and a horizontal pair of 10 lire blue s 45 from auction karamitos 639, lot read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It is painted with coffee on april as a humble tribute to the recently deceased cartoonist, and will be hand-dedicated by the artist with the auction winner's nameshipping: registered and protectedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis original drawing has been made to be auctioned exclusively on catawiki6 cm pages: 240 full-colour pagesas an extra, it includes an original sketch of the metabaron (character created by the screenwriter alejandro jodorosky and the cartoonist juan giménez for the saga la casta de los metabarones)inside there are illustrations of superheroes, comics, cinema, cartoons, video games, music and others hard to classifythis lot consists of a juapi coffee artist artbook titled the art of juapi - coffee drawings self-published in through a crowdfunding campaign with ululeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit collects more than 250 coffee illustrations created between and , it has 240 pages and hardcovers
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When the two meet as teenagers, it seems it could be the start of a life together then ciro catches the local priest in a scandal and is sent to america as an apprentice to a shoemaker in little italy, leaving behind a bereft enzaher family faces disaster and she, too, is forced to flee to america with her father to secure their futureciro masters shoemaking and enza takes a factory job, until fate intervenes and reunites themclose by lives enza, a practical girl who longs only for a happy life for her familyfrom the stately mansions of new york's upper east side to the cobblestone streets of little italy, over the perilous cliffs of northern italy to the white-capped lakes of northern minnesota, these star-crossed lovers meet and separate, until, finally, the power of their love changes both of their lives forever see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut it is too late: ciro has volunteered to serve in world war i and enza must learn to forge a life without himoxfam bookshop cheltenham nestled high in the italian alps lies vilminore, home to ciro, a strapping mountain boyunbeknownst to one another, ciro and enza build fledgling lives in new york
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Oxfam bookshop hexham victoria drummond, a goddaughter of queen victoria, went to sea in the s at the start of a career which at the time was not considered suitable for a ladyfirst published 100 years after her birth, this remarkable story has been reconstructed from her diaries and her uncompleted memoirsshe was the first british woman to serve as chief engineerthere are some annotations and underlinings in pencil in the text and places where the page corners have been turned down by a previous readerthis paperback second edition is in a reasonable, used condition overallin the ensuing 40 years she sailed on 49 voyagesthe cover has some signs of shelf-wear: there are creases and some marks on the back coverthere are two sections of black & white platessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher courage during the second world war was recognised when she was awarded the mbe and the lloyds medal for bravery at sea for single handedly keeping her ship's engines going during an attack by a german bomberafter completing her apprenticeship at the caledon shipyard, she joined the ss anchises in as tenth engineer
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A century in the skies booklet/order of service to celebrate the centenary of the formation of the royal air force, sunday 29 april at hereford cathedral, 26 pages (including front/back covers)a4 size with no writing/no folding still in good/mint condition, rare item only about 300 printedcoronavirus measures packing/postage is not included within price however can be arranged, royal mail tracked/recorded service
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It should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy familyfor though david's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has down's syndromebut 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 themselvesas grief quietly tears apart david's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she canher second novel, the lake of dreams, is available from penguinoxfam shop pershore the multi-million copy bestseller, kim edwards' the memory keeper's daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayalthis 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 award'crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over againshe is an assistant professor of english at the university of kentuckysee 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 nurse
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During his presidency, from november until april and again in june and july , he kept an almost daily diary of reflections, analyses, and perceptionsthroughout his career richard nixon made extensive notes about his ideas, conversations, activities, meetingsmemoirs, spanning nixons formative years through his presidency, reveals the personal side of richard nixonwith startling candor, nixon reveals his beliefs, doubts, and behind-the-scenes decisions, shedding new light on his landmark diplomatic and domestic initiatives, political campaigns, and historic decision to resign from the presidencythese notes and diary dictations, quoted throughout this book, provide a unique insight into the complexities of the modern presidency and the great issues of american policy and politicswitness his youth, college years, and wartime experiences, events which would shape his outward philosophies and eventually his presidency-and shape our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollow his meteoric rise to national prominence and the great peaks and depths of his presidencyoxfam bookshop cheltenham former president richard nixon's bestselling autobiography is an intensely personal examination of his life, public career, and white house years
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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 ()'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published inalternately 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
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The game also gives players a hand of cards, each player being dealt five at the start of the gameoxfam 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 homethe 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 endthe 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 moreon a player's turn, they play one card from their hand to determine their move, and then draw a replacement card from the remaining deckif 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 playeroriginally manufactured by wstorey & co in england and now by hasbro, sorry! is marketed for two to four players, ages 6 and up
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When zoe and win, raw and reeling from a recent tragedy, move into their new home it's meant to be a fresh start and a way to mend the holes in their relationshipbut when libby's story takes a darker turn, zoe becomes increasingly obsessed with discovering what really happened all those years agoand there's something else in the suitcase, something that echoes zoe's own painits rooms might be empty, but this house is full of secretsbecause if libby managed to get her happy ever after then maybe zoe and win can tooperfect for fans of rachel rhys, jenny ashcroft, santa montefiore and kathryn hughesbut pushed to the back of a cupboard is a suitcase that's been gathering dust for eighty yearszoe follows libby's trail from paris to spain on the brink of civil war to secret trysts in london, and as libby finds the courage to live and love again, zoe begins to let go of her own griefhighly recommended for a great feel good read''finished the whole book in one night, literally unputdownable'an ordinary house on an ordinary street, built in and never lived ininside is a wedding dress, letters and a diary all belonging to a woman called libbyoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'extremely atmospheric and unputdownablei loved it' marian keyeswhat readers are saying about the house of secrets:'libby and zoe are complex, courageous and believeable and i found their stories absolutely compelling to read with a very satisfying ending''i cried, i smiled, i swore in anger at parts'an engrossing read' woman & home'a wonderful book' heat'this beautiful dual love story is a real page-turner' hello!'filled with warmth and great characters' stylist see oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch a brilliant piece of writing''enjoyed every page of this lovely book and its lovely heroines zoe and libby
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Esme is the piglet at the start of the photographs and the other photos are her siblings, her mother ellie and her father jeffrey who came from pennywell petting farm in devonplease feel free to contact me for more information and i’m more than happy to send further up-to-date pictures and videos of esmeplease do bear in mind that her mother weighs in at 100 kg and her father is 160 kg so although these pet pigs are small at approximately knee height they will grow relatively chunkyyou will require a cph number and a pig slap mark number to be able to transport esmea 50% deposit is required to reserve esme and your details for the movement license which include your cph number, address and emailshe adores her brothers and sisters and monty our labrador and was curious about our catsi will keep you updated with pictures and videos until you bring her home4 sold 1 avail we have only one of the cutest little pet kune kune piglets available, the others already have their forever homes lined upesme would suit a family who own a spacious house (if you want her inside) with a large and not a pristinely manicured garden as she will dig up your roses! or some landesme would be very unhappy to be in a field completely by herself without the daily attention of humans and other animalsas esme is available by herself she would suit a family with pet pigs or other animalsesme (her working name) was reserved but her perspective owners have had a change of circumstancesshe is extra special having already spent a little bit of time in our houseshe would make a lovely house and garden piggy or a field piggy if she has friends
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The collection includes all the issues from to , including the start of (first 18 issues)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete collection of first day cancellations on descriptive panels in 9 special albumsthe photographs show just some of the 566 pages on offerthe entire lot weight approxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemany issues are in blocks, blocks of four and strips, in addition to all the sheets and block pages
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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 homesoxfam shop dumfries from the number one bestselling author, peter james, comes the secret of cold hillthere 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 leftnow a smash-hit stage playcold hill house has been razed to the ground by fire, replaced with a development of ultra-modern homesdespite 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 morethe spine-chilling follow-up to the house on cold hillfor 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 begunalthough much of cold hill park is still a construction site, the first two families move into their new houses
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