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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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Back to the start - razorlight (america - razorlight (kirby's house - razorlight (pop song - razorlight (hold on - razorlight (los angeles waltz - razorlight (4who needs love? - razorlight (in the morning - razorlight (before i fall to pieces - razorlight (i can't stop this feeling i've got - razorlight (oxfam shop elgin disc 1139) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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2x scalextric + start track adjustable hand controllers these are from the disney cars 2 start world grand prix set, these are tested and fully working perfect for if you need to replace the controllers and the start line comes with hornby power cable too condition is useddispatched with royal mail 2nd class
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There's a start line and a separate finish line with light and loudspeaker elements•\tfeatures a 2-story race building with locker room, restroom, vip pet lounge and winner’s podium with fireworks function, plus a start line, finish line, drone and 3 go-karts with launchers•\tthe go-kart launchers are at the start line to help the girls speed off! •\tthe race is filmed by the drone to broadcast the event from the sky on the big screen and see the karts cross the finish line! •\tthe trophies are awarded to the winners on the podium while a fireworks is displayed from the roof! •\trace building height: over 25 cm, width: 12 cm, depth: 9 cm •\t- kart height: over 3 cm, width: 3 cm, length: 7 cm carefully packaged shipping with tracking number and insuranceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki•\tthe contestants prepare in the locker room and leave their belongings in the lockers•\tthe animals are in their vip lounge for a great view of the race•\tincludes stephanie, mia and vicky mini-doll figures in racing outfits with crash helmets, plus vega the cat, dash the dog and twister the rabbit figuresour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website•\taccessories included: 3 trophies, a winner's check, walkie talkies and a maplego – friends - the big race the set , the big day sets the scene for an exciting go-kart race between the friends from heartlake citycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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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Dennis retired at the start of the seasoni 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 etche holds a united record for scoring 46 competitive goals in a single seasonhe is the only scottish player in history to have won the prestigious ballon d'or award, doing so inthe book itself cost £ but is greatly enhanced by dennis's own signature at the frontcertificate of authenticitydennis law 'the king' signed autobiographydennis 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 torinomy hard back copy of 'the king' - signed by dennis himself, in pristine conditionhe was nicknamed the king by supporters, and denis the menace by opposing supporters who generally feared and respected him
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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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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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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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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 enzaciro masters shoemaking and enza takes a factory job, until fate intervenes and reunites thembut it is too late: ciro has volunteered to serve in world war i and enza must learn to forge a life without himclose 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 moreunbeknownst to one another, ciro and enza build fledgling lives in new yorkher family faces disaster and she, too, is forced to flee to america with her father to secure their futureoxfam bookshop cheltenham nestled high in the italian alps lies vilminore, home to ciro, a strapping mountain boy
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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 ladyshe was the first british woman to serve as chief engineerfirst published 100 years after her birth, this remarkable story has been reconstructed from her diaries and her uncompleted memoirsthere are some annotations and underlinings in pencil in the text and places where the page corners have been turned down by a previous readersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the ensuing 40 years she sailed on 49 voyagesthis paperback second edition is in a reasonable, used condition overallafter completing her apprenticeship at the caledon shipyard, she joined the ss anchises in as tenth engineerthere are two sections of black & white platesthe cover has some signs of shelf-wear: there are creases and some marks on the back coverher 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 bomber
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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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A german princess by birth, anne is to be henry's pawn in the protestant alliance against rome, but the marriage falters from the startnothing is certain in a kingdom ruled by an increasingly tyrannical kinghenry finds nothing to admire in his new queen, setting himself against his advisors and nobles to pay court to young katherine howardsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe king will decide who will live and who will die; he has the power of god nowthe new queen begins to sense a trap closing around herand jane boleyn, summoned to the inner circle once more by her uncle the duke of norfolk, finds a fractious court haunted by the boleyn legacy of death and deceithenry viii must take his fourth wife and the dangerous prize is won by anne of clevesoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the bestselling author of the other boleyn girl, philippa gregory, comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of henry viii and his final queens
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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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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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More twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the startoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottombut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must doi loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by onefrom the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldena remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkableand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himpraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking taleno man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out alivetasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian sea
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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 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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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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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 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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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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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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In 'open government', the rt hon jim hacker (paul eddington), newly appointed minister for administrative affairs, finds his idealism challenged from the start'big brother' finds sir humphrey (nigel hawthorne) concerned about a new national integrated database'the official visit' has jim receiving an african president who turns out to be a friend from his university daysoxfam books & music durham all seven episodes of the classic bbc sitcomsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the writing on the wall' has jim consider the introduction of identity cardsfinally, in 'jobs for the boys', jim seeks help from a banker when a pet project seems near to collapse'the right to know' sees sir humphrey bothered by the controversy surrounding an endangered badger colony'the economy drive' sees jim attempt to initiate an economy drive within the civil service
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In this new omnibus edition, lightning strikes-and the fastest man alive is born! police scientist barry allen is transformed into the flash in these tales from the start of the silver age of comics! these stories introduce barry allen and his foes mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethese adventures from the flash # feature the scarlet speedster's battles with some of his best-known foes: captain cold, mirror master, pied piper, reverse-flash, heat wave, trickster, weather wizard and morethe flash and kid flash team up in these stories from the flash #, featuring their battles against reverse-flash, gorilla grodd, captain cold and heat wave, abra kadabra, drlight and more! includes guest-appearances by green lantern, the golden age flash and superman! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis collection also guest-stars kid flash, the golden age flash, the elongated man and green lanterncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableelement, mirror master, pied piper, gorilla grodd, weather wizard and more! collects showcase #4, 8 and , flash comics #104 and the flash #
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