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The story is about two sisters who start a school "for genteel children""mary rose"- this is the fictional story of mary rose, a girl who vanishes twice 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)while 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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The who - who’s next vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve: vg+ released in holland 25 august the who - odds&sods vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve vg+ released in holland 28 september the who - quadrophenia vinyl: nm label: track record sleeve: vg+ released in holland the who - story of the who vinyl: nm label: polydor sleeve: vg+ released in holland after building name in the military during the last 30 years, i found myself more and more in trading positionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithey are considered one of the most influential rock bands of the 20th century, selling over 100 million records worldwidehere are 4 four (2 double) legendary albums from this band mostly t- rack label from hollandselling from personal collections only, we guarantee records in collectors qualitythe who are an english rock band formed in london intheir original line-up consisted of lead singer roger daltrey, guitarist and singer pete townshend, bass guitarist john entwistle and drummer keith moonplease 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 storeas a great fan of the early dutch record industry i am also specialised in dutch releasesi specialise in rare and collectible vinyl recordscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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It is a story of the struggle for one's ideals amid the despair and grief of war, but most of all, it is a story of hope in the most dire circumstancesoxfam shop dumfries brutally honest and rich in detail, this posthumously published diary of a twenty-seven-year-old vietcong woman doctor, saved from destruction by an american soldier, gives us fresh insight into the lives of those fighting on the other side of the vietnam warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutpictorial dust jacketsmall chips and closed tearswear to edges, various other scuffs and marksit details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agolight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsendpapers discolouredturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinealone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was found
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Oxfam books & music perth the new adventures of the teen titans continue, with damian wayne at the helm! as the teen titans adjust to their new lives at titans tower, damian investigates a series of strange disappearances in san franciscoand finds himself in the crosshairs of the teen titans! plus, out of the depths of the san francisco bay rises king shark, backed by an army of mutant shark-people! outnumbered and outmeanwhile, aqualad, jackson hyde, heads west to fulfill his destiny2! written by benjamin percy (green arrow) with stunning art by khoi pham see oxfam website for delivery information read moreteethed, can damian, the teen titans and their new ally jackson hyde defend their city from the jaws of disaster? the newest era of one of dc's greatest super-teams continues in teen titans vol
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It is a story of fantastic visionaries, incredible flying machines, great moments of triumph and, ultimately, of spectacular disasterin 'transatlantic airships' john christopher recounts the fascinating story of the lighter-than-air 'pond hoppers' from the earliest schemes and bold pioneering flights, including the triumphant double-crossing by the r34the book goes on to describe the rise of the zeppelins and the ambitious british scheme to connect its far-flung empire, the us navy's lighter-than-air craft and the incredible post-war proposals for colossal atomic-powered leviathanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music nottingham publishedminor shelf wear to edges of jacket
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The bigamist is the shocking true story of how one man manipulated an intelligent, independent woman, conning her out of £ and leaving her to bring up the children he claimed he could never haveit's a story we all think could never happen to us, but this shameless con man has been doing the same thing to various other women for at least 27 years, spinning a tangled web of lies and deceit to cover his tracksoxfam shop dumfries signed by author in april , mary turner thomson received a call that blew her life apartthe woman on the other end of the line told her that will jordan, mary's husband and the father of her two younger children, had been married to her for fourteen years and they had five children togetherhow far would you go to help the man you love? how far would he go to deceive you? and what would you do when you found out it was all a lie? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teambut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhåkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on
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But as always, norman's skills as a researcher and biographer bring a whole new dimension to such a storytheir story - the band's rise, the marianne faithfull, brian jones and altamont scandals, the groundbreaking hits - is the stuff of twentieth century legend, and core to popular cultureoxfam shop wolverhampton fully revised and updated, this is the definitive biography of the rolling stonesin the rolling stones approach their 40th yearwritten with a personal knowledge and the trust of the participants, pete townshend has said 'the stones are lucky to have found a biographer of philip norman's class''an elegaic book, a record of evanescence as much as of durability, and it reminds us of an epoch that threw up lions with no more energy than it threw out losers' the times see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Salvador dalà () ‘hamlet, the ghost tells the story of the murder’, etching and aquatintare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprofessional packaging and tracked international shippingsigned in pencil numbered out of 145 copies (the photo of the number is only shown for illustration purposes)on 56 x 38 cm wove paperin excellent conditionplease 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 storereferences: - catalogue raisonné field 73-2 b - catalogue raisonné michler & lopsinger 608 information: etching created for the portfolio hamlet, published by les heures claires incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teamoxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhåkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on
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Each classic or original short story is printed on one sheet of paper and folded like a mapoxfam shop magdelen street 'the hostage' is a second world war story taken from the point of view of a german general, friederich von dexter, who receives hysterical orders from the fuehrer, adolf hitler, in the dying days of the warthis makes it simple to read while commuting, convenient to carry when not, and easy to give or send to a friendin turn, readers take them on the bus or subway, slip them into briefcases and lunchboxes, and send them from jersey to juneaua paper envelope is provided for mailing or gift-giving, and both are packaged in a dear plastic envelope for display see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe must obey his orders or face the fatal nazi punishment for military disobedience, but can he also save the lives of ordinary german soldiers under his command? stories in the travelman short stories series take the reader to places of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and corners of the universe yet unexplored this copy is still sealed in plastic
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Paperback - good condition - 333 pages this is the story of the making of england in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which king alfred the great, his son and grandson defeated the danish vikings who had invaded and occupied three of england’s four kingdomsthe story is seen through the eyes of uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the northmen begin their assault on wessex (alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in english hands) uhtred almost thinks of himself as a danehe certainly has no love for alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for viking savagery, yet when alfred unexpectedly defeats the danes and the danes themselves turn on uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sidesabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern seathis thrilling adventure—based on existing records of bernard cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on christian england, an assault that came very close to destroying englandby now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wall
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The story of the train by patrick whitehouse -hardback in good condition, slight tear to the top of the dust cover and has a inscription on the front page which has been covered
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Surviving the angel of death: the true story of a mengele twin in auschwitz, paperback by kor, eva mozes; buccieri, lisa rojany, isbn , isbn-13 describes the life of eva mozes and her twin sister miriam as they were interred at the auschwitz concentration camp during the holocaust, where drjosef mengele performed sadistic medical experiments on them until their release
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Oxfam bookshop st albans there is a secret at the heart of a small finnish town, involving its most famous occupant, the world-renowned children's author laura white, and a strange literary gameas ella makes unsettling discoveries about white's and the society's past, the novel explores the nature of literature, storytelling and truth itselfon the evening that she is initiated as the tenth member of the local literary societywhite, who was its founder, disappears before everyone's eyesella is an unsettled young teacher and aspiring author, who returns to her hometown of rabbit backsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A story of courage that is wise and in no way morbidthe childhood story of christy brown - warm, humorous autobiography of a courageous irishman who overcame the severest of handicapscrimson joy by robert r parker - crimson joy pits spenser against a psychopath - a magnificent mysterya book of bones by john connolly - a mammoth thriller of 706 pagesthe second rumpole omnibus by john mortimer - various cases with the usual humour
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Discover my life unzipped in this great new fill-in book with a zip! my life unzipped is a sensational new book for tweens, ready to be completed! the fill-in book becomes "the story of my life," focusing on everyday life, amusing and embarrassing situations at home, school and elsewhere, secrets shared with friends, likes and dislikes, family, dreams and aspirations, from the child's point of viewthe spaces in the text encourage tweens to get involved in writing their own sidehilarious illustrations and great ideas to get kids writing their own informal journals are safely kept secret inside the zip-up cover
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7 batman hardcovers in very fine - near mint conditions 10th anniversary edition of dark knight returns by frank miller & klaus janson 1st printing batman: year one (chip kidd edition) by frank miller & david mazzuchelli fortunate son by gerarld jones & gene ha 1st printing rare & oop the chalice by chuck dixon & john van fleet 1st printing rare & oop fantastic painted artwork by van fleet batman/deadman by james robinson & john estes 1st printing rare & oop dark night a true batman story by paul dini & eduardo rissi 1st printing the true-life story of how the famous artist/writer of the batman animated series was traumatized after a savage beatingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiand how he recoveredplease 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 storebatman & the shadow: the murder geniuses by scott snyder & riley rossmo 1st printing explosive, blazing pulp action with batman and the original dark knight avenger, the shadow! read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Driving ambition: the official inside story of the mclaren f1we appreciate the impact a good book can havewe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!book binding:hardback
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham what do the hubble telescope, buffalo bill, and the spanish inquisition have in common, and how is the answer found in a certain fast food chain? how do margarine's strange origins tie in to plankton shells, receding stars, hot chocolate, and the first solo atlantic flight? continuing the fascinating journey he began in the pinball effect, james burke shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off each other, spinning a vast web of knowledgeburke explains how the internet is responsible for bringing these connections to light and claims this new awareness of our interdependence, with each other and with the past, will change our livesonly by understanding the interrelated nature of the modern world can we hope to identify complex patterns of change and direct the process of innovation to the common goodtaking burke's webbed approach to knowledge is one way that we can manage our information overload as we approach the ever-more-complex world that awaits us in the twenty-first centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bruce works out the apparent paradoxes of special relativity and quantum theory in visual and logical termscolin bruce brings holmes, droxfam bookshop cheltenham learning the basic laws of physics - mechanics, thermodynamics, relativity, quantum mechanics - can be a strugglebut when that master of deduction, sherlock holmes, leads the way, those difficult concepts become crystal clearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewatson, professor challenger of lost world fame, and other favourite conan doyle characters to life to solve a baker street dozen baffling science mysteries: murder on a royal train - divers dead of heatstroke at the bottom of an icy sea - a mysterious lady whose brilliance is matched only by her evil - an epidemic of insanity among the world's top scientiststhe effect is extremely lucid, and very entertaining for the armchair scientist in all of us
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Soon, she is deeply in love with ralph, but there is one problem: ralph is still married to catherinein the present day, emily conway has everything she could wish for: a huge house in west london, two beautiful children and a successful husband, willbut catherine will not give up ralph that easilybut as soon as she meets the painter ralph few, cressie knows her life will never be the same againa lifetime of consequencesoxfam bookshop cheltenham a forbidden passionwishing only the best for his daughter, her father decrees that she must have her portrait painted to mark the occasionas cressie is drawn into a strange, triangular relationship, catherine's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic and ralph and cressie escape to cressie's family home in cumbriabut as emily and will drive to a party, will reveals that he has been betrayed by his business partnercould this house provide the chance to start anew, or does it hold secrets that she must uncover before it can be at peace?the snow angel is a deliciously dark family saga from lulu taylor, the bestselling author of the winter follysee oxfam website for delivery information read moresteering the car off the road at high speed, their perfect life is abruptly endedcressida felbridge is living the high life as a debutante in s london society when she is courted by a friend of her brother's and set to marrywhen she wakes from her injuries, emily is told of a mysterious legacy: a house in cumbria on the edge of an estate, left to her by a woman she has never met
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The story of the gruffalo has been a long favourite among children for many yearsinstead of boring old square dominoes the images on the pieces reflex the story of the gruffalo's childthis delightful version of dominoes is great fun for children who are fans of the gruffalo series
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A story of courage that is wise and in no way morbid50p the childhood story of christy brown - a warm, humorous autobiography of a courageous irishman who overcame the severest of handicaps50p all paperbacks00 the second rumpole omnibus by john mortimer - various cases with the usual humour50 crimson joy by robert b parker - crimson joy pits spenser against a psychopath - a magnificent mysterycan be sold separatelya book of bones by john connolly - a mammoth thriller of 706 pages
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Oxfam shop lincoln this collectors' item is the story of the picture postcard and its place in the history of popular art it is an entertaining and informative take on the subject the dustcover is a little worn at the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read more the book is in very good condition, covers and spine are firm, binding is strong and pages are clean and clear with no internal marking this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in picture postcards and those interested in popular art and social and cultural history
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In 'the silence', the third part of the trilogy, the relationship of two sisters ester (ingrid thulin) and anna (gunnel lindblom) reaches breaking point when they arrive in a strange country and stay in a large hotel, empty but for a troupe of dwarf entertainersher husband is a doctor but feels helpless, her father seems to watch her disease with fascination and keeps a journal of her condition, whilst she seduces her 17-year-old brother when she discovers he is a virgin'through a glass darkly' () traces a schizophrenic young woman's (harriet andersson) descent into madness as she spends a holiday on a remote holiday island with her father, brother and husbandin 'winter light' (), a pastor (gunnar bjornstrand) who seems to have lost his faith after his wife's death finds himself unable to give spiritual reassurance to a local fisherman (max von sydow), whose wife marta (ingrid thulin) has long been in love with the pastoras the pastor deals with his own demons and the (to him repulsive) advances of marta he finds that god may still have some hold over himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road ingmar bergman's trio of films concerned with man's relationship to god and the futility of spiritual beliefester is suffering from a terminal disease and has become overly protective of anna and, to escape, anna goes out to find a man and ends up bringing back a waiter to her roomthis then proceeds to both arouse and anger ester culminating in a bitter and violent argument between the sisters
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Oxfam books & music perth with wingate in burma: being the story of the adventures of sargent tony aubret of the king's (liverpool) regiment during the wingate expedition into burma, william hodge and company see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Etching and engravingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki2) birch’s headsset of 4 portraits: jean baptiste de wael, frans francken the elder, adam van noort and jan brueghel i4) jacob houbraken 3) portrait of sir john strange, master of the rolls; half length, to the right, wearing wig and robes, in oval frame on pedestal; frontispiece to his 'reports' ()portrait of william shakespeare, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, wearing a buttoned jacket with white collar; in an architectural oval against a wall; a lyre and other theatrical attributes below; unfinished state, head lightly etchedetching and engraving (37please 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 storejacob houbraken read moreset of 6 antique prints: 1) anthony van dyck icones principum virorumcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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A story of courage that is wise and in no way morbid50p the childhood story of christy brown - warm, humorous autobiography of a courageous irishman who overcame the severest of handicaps00 the second rumpole omnibus by john mortimer - various cases with the usual humour50 crimson joy by robert r parker - crimson joy pits spenser against a psychopath - a magnificent mystery50p can be sold separatelya book of bones by john connolly - a mammoth thriller of 706 pages
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