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When his curiosity leads him through an open door and up to a vast electric fence, he meets a boy there of exactly his own age - but with a very different story to tellfrom what he can make of the view from his bedroom window, he thinks he must be living on a strange sort of farm where the workers seem to get straight out of bed and go to work on the fieldsoxfam shop wolverhampton haunting world war 2 drama told from the perspective of bruno (asa butterfield), the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp (david thewlis)see oxfam website for delivery information read morebruno has just moved with his family into a new house in the middle of nowhere, and feels imprisoned by his mother (vera farmiga)'s persistent warnings never to venture beyond the garden's high walls
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Oxfam bookshop kingsbridge the firebird: the story of the ballet it is strange but true that princes in stories are always getting lost in a forest! here is another one! prince ivan is alone and lost in the forest when he meets the enchanting firebirda magic feather - a wizard with long green finger nails - and nine beautiful princessesfrom ann rachlin's classical music and stories seriesin very good, clean condition ann rachlin's exciting narration matches stravinsky's wonderful ballet scoresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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strange days (vinyl, lp, album, reissue) copertina d'album altre immagini the doors ?â strange days etichetta: elektra ?â k , elektra ?â , elektra ?â eks formato: vinyl, lp, album, reissue paese: europe uscita: genere: rock stile: psychedelic rock, blues rock elenco tracce a1\tstrange days\t3:05 a2\tyou're lost little girl\t3:01 a3\tlove me two times\t3:23 a4\tunhappy girl\t2:00 a5\thorse latitudes\t1:30 a6\tmoonlight drive\t3:00 b1\tpeople are strange\t2:10 b2\tmy eyes have seen you\t2:22 b3\ti can't see your face in my mind\t3:18 b4\twhen the music's over\t societĂ , eccare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiphonographic copyright (p) â oak records (11) copyright (c) â oak records (11) read moretuna de tierra tracks were originally released on "episode i: pilot" ()?â oak formato: vinyl, lp, album, reissue paese: europe uscita: genere: rock, folk, world, & country stile: folk, acoustic, psychedelic rock elenco tracce a1\tdreaming with alice (verse 1)\t a2\tthe witch\t a3\tdreaming with alice (verse 2)\t a4\tsong for wilde\t a5\tdreaming with alice (verse 3)\t a6\trose for columbus\t a7\ta norman soldier\t a8\tdreaming with alice (verse 4)\t b1\tdreaming with alice (verse 5)\t b2\tlute and flute\t b3\tdreaming with alice (verse 6)\t b4\tdown narrow streets\t b5\tdreaming with alice (verse 7)\t b6\tmandolin man\t b7\tdreaming with alice (verses 8-9)\t b8\trehtorb ym no hcram\t societĂ , ecc1 formato: vinyl, lp, limited edition paese: italy uscita: 04 jul genere: rock stile: blues rock, psychedelic rock, stoner rock elenco tracce a1\tâthe bad light\tpalo santo\t1:21 a2\tâthe bad light\tgoodshit\t4:49 a3\tâthe bad light\tthe feels\t5:11 a4\tâthe bad light\tlove letter\t5:31 b1\tâtuna de tierra\tred sun\t8:28 b2\tâtuna de tierra\tash\t7:24 b3\tâtuna de tierra\tel paso de la tortuga\t4:07 societĂ , eccmastered at â strawberry mastering made by â wea musik gmbh made by â warner music manufacturing europe pressed by â record service alsdorf accrediti bass [occasional bass] â douglas lubahn* design [cover concept], art direction â william smark fry ?â dreaming with alice etichetta: oak records incplease 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 wonât find in just any storeharvey drums â john densmore engineer [audio engineering] â bruce botnick executive-producer [production supervisor] â jac holzman guitar â robby krieger keyboards, marimba â ray manzarek mastered by [disc mastering] â ray hagerty photography by â joel brodsky producer â paul arothchild vocals â jim morrison written-by, arranged by, performer â the doors note sleeve: made in germany by wea musik gmbh - a warner communications companycat#s on sleeve: (eks ) the bad light / tuna de tierra ?â the bad tuna etichetta: phonosphera records ?â ph13 serie: split series (7) â ncatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablerecorded at â the compound recording studio mastered at â the compound recording studio recorded at â abc29 studio mixed at â trail music lab mastered at â ponte mollo mastering studio accrediti artwork by â mda* bass guitar â luciano mirra (tracks: b1 to b3) drums â dana shepard (tracks: a1 to a4), jonathan maurano (tracks: b1 to b3) guitar, vocals â alessio de cicco (tracks: b1 to b3), edu cerro (tracks: a1 to a4) mastered by â roy bortoluzzi (tracks: b1 to b3) recorded by, mastered by â joe clements (tracks: a1 to a4) vocals â celeste deruisa (tracks: a1 to a4) note this is the first edition of the split series by phonosphera records
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Volume ix contains the strange part of the âmĂ©moires abrĂ©gĂ©s de l'acadĂ©mie royale de pusseâvolume x contains the strange part of the âmĂ©moires de l'acadĂ©mie des sciences de l'institut de bologneâare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume ix: 720 pages + platesfrom , paris, imprimerie panckouckedealing with: la maniĂšre de colorer les os des animaux vivans, sur l'art de conserver les fleurs, sur l'oiseau qui porte Ă bologne, le nom de pendulino, sur un nouveau genre d' insecte, sur des coquilles fossiles remplies d' agathe, sur des plantes exotiques, sur l'aldrovandia, genre de plante aquatique, nouvellement dĂ©couvert, sur la pierre de vienne, etctitle: collection acadĂ©mique concernant l'histoire naturelle et la botanique, la physique expĂ©rimentale et la chymie, la mĂ©decine et l'anatomie2 quarto volumescovering several topics: sur un monstre cyclope, nĂ© Ă berlin en , sur les maladies du coeur, sur des fleurs de l'after montanus empreintes sur l'ardoise, des nouvelles expĂ©riences chimiques, sur l'Ă©pidĂ©mie et le cerveau des nĂšgres, sur la terre de beuthnitz, etcoverall condition: excellent, rare spots of foxingvolume x: 640 pages + platesfirst edition of this very rare scientific journal composed of essays, acts or papers of the most famous foreign academies and literary societies, excerpts from the best periodical works, special treatises, and the rarest fleeting piecescontaining out of text and fold-out plates, engraved on copperplease 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 wonât find in just any storespeckled full calfskin binding, spine with 5 raised bands with gilded fillets, floral compartments and titlecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepaul, dedicated to hrh the prince de condĂ©
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I savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgivenessa story that stirs the deepest emotions' woman & home'a poignant story, rich in period detail' sunday mirror 'an emotive and thought-provoking read this is a wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation, and i very much enjoyed it' barbara erskine 'i found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl's search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted family irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truth edith and philip burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their own putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated worldmy heart went out to both these two women as they faced such difficult personal decisions that would change their lives forever'rosanna ley'i really enjoyed this bookhore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity she simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her familywhen they secretly adopt a baby girl, irene, their life together must surely be completeoxfam bookshop cheltenham the unmissable brand new novel from rachel hore, sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a richard and judy book club pick'a gorgeous and deeply absorbing story' tracy reesa young mother's sacrifice the love child is an absolutely beautiful book' dinah jefferies 'this tender account, spanning two generations, reveals how the loss affects mother and child across the years but all alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughterit had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting' leah fleming'the love child is a hugely compelling, poignant and moving readmeanwhile, irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her suffolk home to find work in londonlondon, when nineteen-year-old alice copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby'simply stunninga child's desperate search for the truth as two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?  brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, the love child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feelingrachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale' jane johnson see oxfam website for delivery information read moreher women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win' daily mail 'a novel that stirs the deepest emotions' woman'rachel's stories are always absorbing and  intricately woven and the love child is no exception
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Luther strode volume 1: the strange talent of luther strode by justin jordan paper backcondition is newdispatched with royal mail signed for
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And what a storyin the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the timeoxfam bookshop lymington the powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped world war iithe story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of world war i who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thingthe train is under attacks from german fighterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too late
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Oxfam shop lower parkstone 'the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more'; roald dahla clever mix of fact and fiction, this collection also includes the story of how master storyteller roald dahl became a writer (and a wealth of tips for aspiring authors)would you use your power for good or for personal gain? that's what henry has to decide in "the wonderful story of henry sugar", one of the seven short stories in this extraordinary collectiona giant turtle and a very special boy who can talk to animals, a cunning hitchhiker and the curious driver who picks him up, and a very lucky plowman who finds a fabulous fortune but loses a golden opportunity are only a few of the characters you'll meetwith roald dahl, you can never be sure where reality ends and fantasy begins" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreanthology for younger readers "if you could see with your eyes closed
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The strange world of planet x. new & sealed.
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Oxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasabreaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryas the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armybut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillesnasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon inone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2meanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmospheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasait was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offer
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The story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologysummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald roxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planet
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We ask you to make a distinction between a complaint and cancellationaction & adventureto united kingdomwe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possible
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The wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahl"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikianother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasurethe book was first published in london in by jonathan capethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's bookstwo of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world warplease 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 wonât find in just any storethe stories were written at varying times throughout his lifecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop lytham the story of the stone (c) is one of the greatest novels of chinese literaturethrough the changing fortunes of the jia family, this rich, magical work sets worldly events - love affairs, sibling rivalries, political intrigues, even murder - within the context of the buddhist understanding that earthly existence is an illusion and karma determines the shape of our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part of the story, the golden days, begins the tale of bao-yu, a gentle young boy who prefers girls to confucian studies, and his two cousins: bao-chai, his parents' choice of a wife for him, and the ethereal beauty dai-yu
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Kipling, rudyard - the story of the cadsbys, a tale without a plot - - athis is a story noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of indiaillustrations by jfirst edition second impression - cm22 x 14 cm - ex-libris on inside front cover - very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletownsend - original red cloth binding with slightly damaged dust jacket - 160 ppwheeler & co allahabad and sampson low, marston, searle & rivington - 1st english edition - beautiful half-leather binding - original cover included in the binding - with some minor scuffs on the spine and edges of front cover, 85 ppfirst illustrated edition - illustrations by fcm - dedication on endpaper from , on page 1 a handwritten quote from kipling - spine a little discoloured and with a spot but otherwise good copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe spine of the red cloth hardcover is somewhat worn, cover is splodgy but intact; endpaper a bit loose from the binding; label on inside front cover; otherwise good copy of this rare publicationkipling, rudyard - the light that failed - 1st american edition without date - new york, hurst & company - 132 pplimited, londonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storelockwood kipling, the author's fatherrudyard kipling - kim - macmillan and co limites21 x 15 cm - small dedication on endpaper, newspaper cuttings added - minor damage in fold front endpaper but otherwise very good copykipling, rudyard - âtheyâ and the brushwood boy - macmillan and co? - hardcover, 132 pp
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this story is a rare and utterly engaging experienceshe tells her story many years later from the waldorf astoria in new yorkit tells the extraordinary story of a geisha -summoning up a quarter century from to the post-war years of japan's dramatic history, and opening a window into a half-hidden world of eroticism and enchantment, exploitation and degradationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea young peasant girl is sold as servant and apprentice to a renowned geisha househer memoirs conjure up the perfection and the ugliness of life behind rice-paper screens, where young girls learn the arts of geisha - dancing and singing, how to wind the kimono, how to walk and pour tea, and how to beguile the land's most powerful men
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Nickle eck is an amazing story book which is quite popular among peopleit's a sad story but this book can give you a good lesson in your life!this story is quite amazing and you will feel the real affection and bonding between two brothers those who lost their family during world war 2 in birmingham
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Title: zulu rising: the epic story of isandlwana and rorke's drifttitle: zulu rising: the epic story of isandlwana and rorke's driftcondition: goodauthors: knight, ianproduct category: books
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Title: grand pursuit: the story of the people who made modern economics: a story of economic genius
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the riveting story of conor grennan's year in nepal reads like a cross between into thin air and three cups of teaboards very goodconor's search for intrepid adventure on the cusp of 30 soon becomes a dangerous and haphazard mission, buoyed by the energy and adoration of the childrendust jacket goodcaught in the middle are the nepalese children, snatched and sold into slavery, the kidnappers promising their families that they will be taken to a safe haven from where they will eventually returnwhile volunteering at an orphanage, conor discovers that the children are not orphans: they are traffickedconor nevertheless vows to do everything he can, including risk his own life, to bring these lost children back to their familiespages very good, very little edge weardespite the danger, conor treks up dirt paths with photographs of the children, miraculously reuniting dozens of familiesit's and nepal is a country torn apart by war, greed and corruptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe process is painstaking and chaotic, involving weeks of trekking across inhospitable peaks and surmounting the infinite cultural and language barriers, but the children's raucous happiness on seeing photos of their parents after years of separation, abandonment and fear make the wounds, the danger, the freezing cold and the food poisoning pale into insignificancesome of the luckier ones are finally dumped in an orphanage, only to be found by conor, an unlikely philanthropistan epic thriller and also a love story, little princes is as full of life and hope as the children conor's organisation, next generation nepal, continues to save every day
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The day the sun danced is the inspiring true story of lucia, francisco and jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of our lady of fatima to all the worldwhen the children tried to share the joyous news of our lady of fatima, no-one believed them, until the day the sun seemed to dance in the skylanguages - english, spanish, french see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit soon became clear that they had been chosen by the blessed mother to share her messagewhile herding a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of fatima, portugal, the blessed mother visited them, not once, but many timesfully animated - running time 30 minutestelling the children great and wondrous secrets that would affect all of creationoxfam bookshop hertford in children experienced a great miracle
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A helluva storyi believe that readers will not soon forget president jonathan duncan and his story' - david baldacci'the president is missing is more than a thriller - it's a skeleton key that lets you inside the head of a u' - michael connelly, author of the harry bosch series'the president is missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in washington' - bill clinton 'needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in washington is really like, and about the state of america and the rest of the worldpatterson and clinton have created a truly unique character in their 'missing' presidenta genuinely masterful thrillerthe president is missing puts the listener inside the white house and inside the mind of a president grappling with extraordinary circumstancesand it happens so fastand it could really happen' - dennis quaid on the audiobook of the president is missing'relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues that strike close to our heartsthe world is in shockoxfam shop wolverhampton 'the dream team delivers big timethe day of the jackal for the twenty-first centurymy knuckles are still white!' - louise penny, no1 bestselling author of glass houses'marry the political savvy of bill clinton with the craftsmanship of james patterson and you get a fabulously entertaining thriller that is meticulous in its portrayal of washington politics, gripping in its pacing, and harrowing in its depiction of the perils of cyberwarfare' - harlan coben, no1 bestselling author of don't let go'yes, the president is missing is fiction - it's a thriller - but james patterson and i have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidencythe president is missingclinton's insider secrets and patterson's storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade'a bullet train of a thriller' - brad meltzer, author of the escape artist'from the pens of two american icons comes a political thriller that rocks' - nelson demille, author of the cuban affair'the president is missing is heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying' - jeffery deaver'a first-rate collaboration from a couple of real pros! engrossing from page one' - james patterson 'i felt like i was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you'll never guess are comingthese days, the seemingly impossible can happenbut the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imaginei read it in one gulpwith details only a president could know, and the kind of suspense only james patterson can deliver' - ron chernow, no1 bestselling and pulitzer prize-winning author of alexander hamilton and grant see oxfam website for delivery information read morefinn, author of the woman in the window'this book moves like air force one
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"cecil mouland, the last living survivor of the ss newfoundland sealing disaster, told his story to gary collins in the fall of while travelling to stamong the vessels that took them to the ice was the newfoundland, a wooden-walled steamship captained by the famous captain westbury keanjohn's, where the old ice hunter would live out his final daysthe men who died didn't just drop like fliesoxfam bookshop wallingford "they didn't die like flies, you know, like i've heard some reporters say over the yearsmen both young and old left their homes from all over the province that year to pursue the annual seal huntthey had frozen feet, and fingers too numb and cramped with the cold to wipe the tears from their eyeswith no wireless aboard the *, the stage was set for seventy-eight of the men who went over the side and their fates sealedwith new photos and new research revealed, he recalls with stunning clarity what history remembers about the sealing disaster ofthere was nothing quick or easy about itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoh no, it wasn't like that a'tallthis book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the icethe historic convergence of ice, seals, and men in late march marked the end of newfoundland's innocenceleft to die is gary collins's most ambitious and creative work of non-fiction, a storytelling masterpiece
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Oxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniuslacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landno highlighting or other notesin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutiondust jacket unmarkedthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usetext block clean
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Oxfam shop arnold this lavish book gives the inside story on the fashion icon, ralph lauren, one of the world's greatest designerscolin mcdowell not only tells the life story of ralph lauren - his beginnings as a tie salesman to the opening of his first store in new york - but he examines the roots of lauren's americana and what has inspired himralph lauren is the first designer in the history of fashion to create clothes so archetypal of their time and place that they have almost come to symbolise a nationcolin mcdowell has been given unprecedented access to the behind-the-scenes world of ralph lauren along with the full support of the designer, his family, friends and colleagueslargely ignoring the vagaries of fashion change, he has taken the best of the past and recast it for the present and in so doing has given international cachet to the weft and warp of american lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is a celebration and an exploration of the themes that have inspired him and provides a deep insight into the man behind the style
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A helluva storyi believe that readers will not soon forget president jonathan duncan and his story' - ron chernow, 1 bestselling and pulitzer prize-winning author of alexander hamilton and grant see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the dream team delivers big time' - david baldacci'the president is missing is more than a thriller - it's a skeleton key that lets you inside the head of a u' - michael connelly, author of the harry bosch series'the president is missing is a big, splashy juggernaut of a novel, combining thrills with a truly authentic look at the inner happenings in washington' - lee child the president is missing'a bullet train of a thriller' - bill clinton 'needless to say, we had some great conversations about the presidency, what life in washington is really like, and about the state of america and the rest of the worldpatterson and clinton have created a truly unique character in their 'missing' presidenta genuinely masterful thrillerthe president is missing puts the listener inside the white house and inside the mind of a president grappling with extraordinary circumstancesand it happens so fastand it could really happen' - dennis quaid on the audiobook of the president is missing'relentless in its plotting and honest in its examination of issues that strike close to our heartsthe world is in shockthe day of the jackal for the twenty-first century' - brad meltzer, author of the escape artist'from the pens of two american icons comes a political thriller that rocksclinton's insider secrets and patterson's storytelling genius make this the political thriller of the decade' - nelson demille, author of the cuban affair'the president is missing is heart-pounding, gripping, terrifying' - jeffery deaver'a first-rate collaboration from a couple of real pros! engrossing from page one' - harlan coben, 1 bestselling author of don't let go'yes, the president is missing is fiction - it's a thriller - but james patterson and i have come up with three of the most frightening days in the history of the presidency' - james patterson 'i felt like i was right along with the characters for the shocking twists and turns you'll never guess are comingthese days, the seemingly impossible can happenbut the reason he's missing is much worse than anyone can imaginei read it in one gulpwith details only a president could know, and the kind of suspense only james patterson can deliverfinn, author of the woman in the window'this book moves like air force onemy knuckles are still white!' - louise penny, 1 bestselling author of glass houses'marry the political savvy of bill clinton with the craftsmanship of james patterson and you get a fabulously entertaining thriller that is meticulous in its portrayal of washington politics, gripping in its pacing, and harrowing in its depiction of the perils of cyberwarfare
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"an intricate story about war, family, secrets and,yes, woodoxfam shop clitheroe a family story of epic scale, by the author of norwegian wood and the bell in the lakethe death of his parents, when he was three years old, has always been shrouded in mystery - he has never been told how or where it took place and has only a distant memory of his motherone day a coffin is delivered for his grandfather long before his death - a meticulous, beautiful piece of craftsmanshipedvard's desperate quest to unlock the family's tragic secrets takes him on a long journey - from norway to the shetlands, and to the battlefields of france - to the discovery of a very unusual inheritancethe sixteen trees of the somme is about the love of wood and finding your own self, a beautifully intricate and moving tale that spans an entire centuryan engaging, satisfying read" the times"so cleverly plotted, and it builds up such effortless dramatic momentum as it zeroes in on its conclusion" scotsmanedvard grows up on a remote mountain farmstead in norway with his taciturn grandfather, sverreperhaps einar is not dead after alla times bestsellermytting's book is as much a romantic historical thriller as it is a book of promise, a page-turner as it is a reflective journey into selfhood, history, life's meaning and individual moral responsibility - mika provata-carlone, bookanistatranslated from the norwegian by paul russell garrett see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut he knows that the fate of his grandfather's brother, einar, is somehow bound up with this mystery
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Summary: an epic tale of power struggles, rapacious potentates and venerated alchemists, this novel recounts the incredible life story of the man who discovered the magic formula of the art of porcelain making, and the huge impact it had on the western world at the timethe biography of johann friedrich bottger, the imprisoned alchemist worked to death because of his claim of discovering the formula, is a book in itself, and he is only one of an extraordinary cast of enthusiastic, often misled characters in a story which is eagerly and racily toldbibliography: pbeauty and worth combined to make porcelain so potent a force that conspiracy, imprisonment, bribery, murder and suicide attended its historyoxfam bookshop brighton physical description: xii, 272 pagesnotes: maps on endpapers see oxfam website for delivery information read moreking augustus of saxony was the keenest of all seekers after the arcanum, or secret recipe; and this book narrates in great detail the involved and often dark events that eventually led to the discovery of the recipe, and the establishment of european porcelain factories, in particular at meissenreview: chinese porcelain was much admired and collected in 17th-century europe, and the secret of its manufacture was as eagerly sought after as the secret of turning base metal into gold, and often attempted by the same men
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ÂŁ25 the story of the british race by munro, john the history of england from the accession of james the second vol i lord macaulayselling these two old history books of england
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Set of hutchinsonâs story of the british nation magazines âthe first pictorial & authoritative history of the british peoples, from the earliest times to the present dayâ edited by walter hutchinson full set of 52 magazines, printed fortnightly also includes printed summaries of each volume (13 magazines) from the early s good condition read more
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