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A tale of two sisters blu-ray arrow **mint condition**
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Framed picture the tale off gemima puddleduck 19” x 22” in good condition collection from pilling lancashire or can post for £495 please feel free have a look at my other items read more
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Stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords are a perfect match for rowling's superb storytelling, and fry manages to give even further depth to a complex and absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale that, once heard, will never be forgottenage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read moreback at hogwarts, harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the dementors--guards from azkaban on the look out for blackhe fully expects to be expelled from hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time, but the arrival of the mysterious knight bus and a meeting with cornelius fudge, the minister of magic, result in harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the leaky cauldronreview:age 9 and overharry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third, and possibly the best, book in the phenomenally successful, award-winning harry potter series by jk rowlinglisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifeafter just about surviving yet another summer with the dreadful dursleys, the arrival of aunt marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, harry casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloonmeanwhile sirius black--one-time friend of harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "you- know-who"--escapes from azkaban and this has serious implications for harryoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait to start his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after the summer holidaysbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the school
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The hobbit is on its own great collectors edition of this magnificent tale1 new set of the the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the slip case contains the fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the king
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Exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanythis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodeselisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge
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The hobbit is on its own great collectors edition of this magnificent tale1 new set of the the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the slip case contains the fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the kingbooks are new read more
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He; his cousin thomasin; her fiancé, damon wildeve; and the willful eustacia vye are the protagonists in a tale of doomed love, passion, alienation, and melancholy as hardy brilliantly explores that theme so familiar throughout his fiction: the diabolical role of chance in determining the course of a lifeoxfam bookshop carlisle one of thomas hardy's most powerful works, the return of the native centers famously on egdon heath, the wild, haunted wessex moor that dleather bound boards are in very good conditionribbon bookmark has been removedlawrence called "the real stuff of tragedy" the heath's changing face mirrors the fortunes of the farmers, inn-keepers, sons, mothers, and lovers who populate the novelthe "native" is clym yeobright, who comes home from a cosmopolitan life in parispages are in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle first published serially between and , "the woman in white" is wilkie collins's epistolary novel that tells the tale of walter hartright, who encounters a woman all dressed in white on a moonlit road in hampsteadthis folio edition is illustrated by alexy pendlebook excellent, slipcase gwilkie collins's fifth published novel, "the woman in white" is considered one of the earliest examples of the mystery genre, an early work of detective fiction, and one of the finest examples of sensationalist literaturehartright helps the woman to find her way back to londonwhile the novel was a commercial success when first published it was harshly reviewed by critics of the agesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresince that time it has come to be regarded as a groundbreaking work of the mystery genre, one of collins's besthartright travels to cumberland where he takes up a position as the art tutor of laura fairlie and her devoted half-sister, marian halcombe, who are somehow entangled with this mysterious "woman in white"the woman warns him against an unnamed baronet and after they part he discovers that she may have escaped from an insane asylum
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Oxfam shop york animated feature based on the ancient celtic tale of the 'book of kells'young orphan brendan (voiced by evan mcguire) is the nephew of the strict and over-protective abbot cellach (brendan gleeson)to the displeasure of his uncle, brendan shows great talent in drawing and enlists the help of magical forest sprite aisling (christen mooney) to help him finish the book and become a master illuminatorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen brendan meets brother aidan (mick lally), a monk from the island of iona, he is fascinated by an uncompleted book that aidan has rescued from the vikings, who have already destroyed the iona monasterythe abbot is obsessed with building a wall to protect the township of kells from the marauding vikings
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'lucie manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in paris's most feared prison, the bastillefinally reunited, the manettes' fortunes become inextricably intertwined with those of two men, the heroic aristocrat darnay and the dissolute lawyer cartontheir story, which encompasses violence, revenge, love and redemption, is grippingly played out against the backdrop of the terrifying brutality of the french revolution'dickens's magnificent account of the revolution and one of his best (and shortest) novels' observer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham harry turtledove hailed island in the sea of time as "one of the best time travel/alternative history stories i've ever read," and jane lindskold called against the tide of years "another exciting and explosive taleand only one side can emerge the victorin the decade since, the republic of nantucket has worked hard to create a new future for itself, using the technological know-how retained from modern times to explore and improve conditions for the inhabitants of the pastand for ten years, the two sides have tested each other, feinting and parrying, to decide who will be the ones to lead this brave new world into the futureten years ago, the twentieth century and the bronze age were tossed together by a mysterious eventnow the official battle lines have been drawnsome of these peoples have become alliessee oxfam website for delivery information read more" now the adventures of the nantucket islanders lost in the time of the bronze age continues with on the oceans of eternitysome have turned instead to the renegade coast guard officer william walker
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Matching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talereturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagebut a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolnow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallbut something much darker has yet to be unleashedthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harryafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicbut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstreview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the future
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A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, the remains of the day, winner of the booker prize, contains ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a great english house - within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the summer of , stevens, the ageing butler of darlington hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the english countryside and into his past
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There is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketflat signed by bettany hughes on the title pagebased on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestfrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedphoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their homefor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storystanding as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the corevery good++ / very goodistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical factin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities
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Oxfam shop colne road with its first broadcast on bbc radio 4 on march , this dramatised tale of middle earth became an instant global classicbrian sibley's famous adaptation has been divided into three corresponding parts, with newly-recorded beginning and end narration by ian holm, who now stars as bilbo in the feature films based on the lord of the ringssauron's black riders are on their trail as they travel to rivendell, attempt to cross the snow-swept misty mountains and, in desperation, enter the terrifying mines of moriapart one, the fellowship of the ring, introduces us to frodo bagginswith his uncle bilbo having mysteriously disappeared, frodo finds himself in possession of a simple gold ring that has great and evil powerit is the ruling ring, taken long ago from the dark lord, sauron, who now seeks to possess it againfrodo must do everything he can to prevent this, and with the help of gandalf the wizard and a band of loyal companions he begins a perilous journey across middle-earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas new in shelfworn jewel caseit boasts a truly outstanding cast including ian holm (as frodo), sir michael hordern (as gandalf), robert stephens (as aragorn), bill nighy (as sam gamgee) and john le mesurier (as bilbo)
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This book grew from that encounter and stands alone as the defining tale of the bonavista bay men who were left to die on the iceamong 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 hunt"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 stthey 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'tallthe 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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Each song has a brief description of the setting, relating to the tale from the original booksshepard is also known for his illustrations in 'the wind in the willows'first edition of this musical work, which is based on alan aare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiscarce in the original dust wrapperthe music was written by hinterior is cleanwith the titles 'isn't it funny', 'how sweet to be cloud', 'it's very very funny', 'cottleston pie', 'sing ho! for the life of a bear', 'oh! the butterflies are flying', 'christopher robin is going'numerous plates and decorations by ernest hillustrated throughout, with many pen-and-ink drawings by ewith an introduction written by acondition: in the publisher's original cloth binding, complete with the original dust wrapperplease 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 storemilne was a prolific author and is now best-remembered for his creation of winnie the pooh and his many friendsthe dust wrapper is damaged as shown in picturesmilne's famous titles 'winnie the pooh' and 'house at pooh corner'catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableadditional lyrics by eeyore
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Kipling, rudyard - the story of the cadsbys, a tale without a plot - - aillustrations 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 websitecatawiki’s 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 catawikithis is a story noted for its detailed portrait of the people, culture and varied religions of indiathe 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 won’t 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 - “they” and the brushwood boy - macmillan and co? - hardcover, 132 pp
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The age of gold is narrative history at its best -- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historianthey came from england and france, from ireland and chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new worldpeople swarmed to california from as far as china and australiaoxfam shop colne road the discovery of gold by a team of mormon mill workers in sparked a frenzy that shook the worldthey came by ship and overland, braving tierra del fuego and the pestilences of panama, lured by the promise of goldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a spellbinding narrative that spans several continents, brands brings the fervour and excitement of the gold rush vividly to life
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It is often a tale of despair and frustration, yet also gives a compassionate voiceit is in the main a personal and moving narrative of a mother looking to help her son avoid such a lifelong sentence of medication whilst trying to research holistic resources and alternative approaches for treatment at the same time as negotiating the vagaries of the current mental health systemit includes an accessible inquiry into how unconscious forces influence our mind, our bodies and the entire family systemits hypothesis is that if we cannot understand our own unconscious responses how can we understand those of our loved ones in psychotic episodes? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells internally a very good clean copy of this paperback book the cover has a few marks and bows away from the booktranspersonal and transgenerational psychotherapeutic insights back up the personal narrative there is also a mark on the front of the bottom edge this is a book written not just by a professional transpersonal psychotherapist but by someone who has walked the heart-rending path and experienced the psychological trauma of loving someone in psychosis; psychosis which still remains the greatest taboo in society today, together with its implicit diagnosis of a lifelong sentence of medication and no cure
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As uproariously funny as jonas jonasson's bestselling debut, this is an entrancing tale of luck, love and international relationsoh, and the fate of the king of sweden - and the world - rests on her shouldersborn in a soweto shack, she seemed destined for a short, hard lifeoxfam bookshop st albans sunday times no 1 fiction bestsellerfrom the author of the hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappearedjust because the world ignores you, doesn't mean you can't save itnombeko mayeki was never meant to be a hero'a comic delight of love, luck and mathematics' daily express'it's "feel-good" set to stun level' guardian'as unlikely and funny as the hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared'observer see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut now she is on the run from the world 's most ruthless secret service, with three chinese sisters, twins who are officially one person and an elderly potato farmer
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Oxfam shop york ni no kuni: wrath of the white witch is a heart-warming tale of a young boy called oliver, who embarks on a journey into a parallel world to become a magician in an attempt to bring back his recently-deceased motheralong the way oliver encounters many new friends who help him learn and growin the game, the beauty of studio ghibli's hand-drawn animation has been perfectly reproduced, with the cel-shaded graphics engine producing stunning real-time animations of a quality normally only seen in their industry-leading feature filmsin addition, ni no kuni: wrath of the white witch on playstation 3 brings a wealth of new content to the ni no kuni universe, with an additional cast of mysterious characters to meet, new areas to explore, and a whole different perspective on the involving storywhy, he can even use these critters to battle other creatures on his behalf! join oliver as he explores the vast new world and faces a variety of formidable enemiesgame in very good complete with manual see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe can also befriend the wonderful creatures that inhabit this parallel universe, turning them into pets that oliver can raise and collect a whole menagerie of
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A beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," ferrante proves herself to be one of italy's most accomplished storytellersin the story of a new name, lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stiflinglove, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their storieswith these books, which the new yorker's james wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopledin these neapolitan novels, elena ferrante, the acclaimed author of the days of abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belongingshe writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of naples from the late-s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and timeyet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challengessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ealing in , elena ferrante's my brilliant friend introduced readers to the unforgettable elena and lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the neapolitan novelsyet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvellously nuanced portrait of friendshipmarriage appears to have imprisoned lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for elenathe story of a new name is the second book in this series
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the classic tale of alien invasion, and still the best' the timesthe first modern depiction of extra-terrestrials attacking the earth, the war of the worlds remains one of the most influential of all science-fiction worksedited by patrick parrinder with an introduction by brian aldiss and notes by andy sawyer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit shows the whole of human civilization under threat, as terrifying, tentacled martians land in england, build gigantic killing machines, destroy all in their path with black gas and burning rays and feast on the warm blood of trapped, still-living human preythe forces of the earth, however, may prove harder to beat than they at first appear
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Jean's fear of losing all that she cares about is reflected in maren's poignant tale of love and loss, and her obsession with the ancient story drives her to wild impulsive action -- with unrecoverable consequencesin , jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crimetaking her extended family with her, jean stays in a sailboat anchored off the coast, and finds herself gradually becoming more and more engrossed in the bay's mysterious and gruesome pastoxfam bookshop cheltenham on smuttynose island, off the coast of new hampshire, more than a century ago, two norwegian immigrant women were brutally murdereda third woman survived by hiding in a cave until dawnwandering into a library one day, she unearths letters written by maren, the sole survivor of the murder spreesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the secrets of happiness is an extraordinary tale of sisterhood, from lucy diamond author of the beach caferachel is the successful one: happily married with three children and a big house, plus an impressive careerartistic becca, meanwhile, lurches from one dead-end job to another, shares a titchy flat, and has given up on lovecan be just around the cornerrachel and becca aren't real sisters, or so they saythe two of them have lost touch, but when rachel doesn't come home one night, becca is called in to helpsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas becca begins to untangle rachel's secrets, she is forced to confront some uncomfortable truths about her own life, and the future seems uncertainworst of all, nobody seems to have a clue where she might beonce there, she quickly realizes that her stepsister's life is not so perfect after all: rachel's handsome husbandhas moved out, her children are rebelling, and her glamorous career has taken a nosedivebut sometimes happiness can be found in the most unexpected placesthe best things in lifethey are stepsisters, living far apart, with little in common
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Oxfam shop inverness the tale of the arab revolt and the written work of tlawrence, better known as lawrence of arabia, read the truth about the fight against the ottomans from a first hand account and the battles in the middle east and understand how it became the area of tension it is today see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Edmunds a fascinating and compelling account of a young boy caught between two cultures, this book tells the true story of a child desperately searching for his place in the world; the tale of a boy, lost and alone, trying to find a way to repair a life shattered by the shocking event he witnessed through a crack in the door of a house in an isolated village in pakistanoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tight
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This book tells the tale of the school from its origins up to when the book was writtenoxfam books & music beaconsfield the history of quainton hall school in harrow, a preparatory and nursery school set up in and still going strongthe pages are clean and unmarkedthe unclipped dustjacket has only light shelf wear, as has the hard coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morecopyright , the book is written and published by peter milner, a former pupil who was headmaster of the school at the time of writingit includes reminiscences of former pupilsthe binding is sound
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When the castle is attacked, however, the parliamentarians, through treachery, manage to take the castle and imprison the defendersin this story roy royland became castellan while his father, sir granby, was away fighting on the royalist side during the english civil warlight tanning internally with a few grubby marksmany of his novels, such as this one were written for young adultsthe time is the early s and the castle is in a run down stateprize bookplate on ffeproy sets to work reinforcing the castle and learning the arts of self-defencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop newcastle upon tyne george manville fenn () was a prolific english novelist, journalist, editor and educationalistrubbing and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine (see photos)tissue protected frontispiece and 7 platesbrown pictorial cloth boards with bevelled edgeseventually the castle is retaken by sir granby and the parliamentarians retreat
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