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Loved the kill order? check out the fever code - a direct prequel to the maze runner! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham a prequel to the new york times bestselling maze runner series - now a series of major motion pictures starring dylan o'brien!spoiler alert: make sure you've read the maze runner, the scorch trials and the death cure firstit's up to mark and his friends to find the enemy - and a cure - before the flare infects them allwhen sun flares hit the earth, intense heat, toxic radiation and flooding followed, wiping out much of the human racefor mark and his friends, surviving is difficult, and then an enemy arrives, infecting people with a highly contagious virusthose who survived live in basic communities in the mountains, hunting for foodthousands die, and the virus is spreadingworse, it's mutating, and people are going crazy
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Loved the maze runner? make sure to check out the sequel the scorch trials! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham the first book in the new york times bestselling maze runner series - now a series of major motion pictures starring dylan o'brien!see the filmswhen the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing thomas remembers is his first nameall they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything - even the grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find outhe's surrounded by boys who welcome him to the glade - a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone mazebut he's not alonelike thomas, the gladers don't know why or how they came to be there - or what's happened to the world outside
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is it a bird? is it a plane? no! it's superman the ultimate guide to the man of steelsuperman the ultimate guide to the man of steel takes you on a journey spanning worlds, ages and countless adventureshow was superman created? where did he come from? just what is his deal with kryptonite?created in full collaboration with dc comics and packed with original comic book art, join the most "super" hero of them all and see how he has developed over the past 70 yearsa timeline of events from his life follows the twists and turns of his career at the daily planet, his battles with lex luthor, darkseid and doomsday and his relationship with lois lanefollow superman's entire career, with full details of his powers, battles, loves, allies and of course, his enemiesfor the die-hard superman fan, or for those who are in the first stages of their journey to krypton, superman the ultimate guide to the man of steel is the complete package
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Please see picturessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop wellington in great condition with no marks inside of the booklittle shelf wear to the dust cover apart from a little tear in the back right hand corner and there are a few marks to the part that protect the spineactual hard back cover is in great condition from being protected by the dust jacketpages are in good condition with a slight yellowing to the
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford whatever happened to oskar and eli? and what became of the beleaguered families in handling the undead? find out in let the old dreams diein other tales from this collection, a woman finds a dead body and decides to keep it for herself, a customs officer has a mysterious gift which enables him to see what others hide, and a man believes he knows how to deceive deaththese are the stories of john ajvide lindqvist's rich imaginationthey are about love and death and what we do when the two collide and the monsters emerge
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oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street wear commensurate with age, fading to the spine and darkening on some parts of covers (please see photos)published in , privately printed by rixon and arnold and edited by edwin freshfield (doctor of laws, treasurer of the society of antiquaries of london) lists all the income and expenditures of the church parish see oxfam website for delivery information read morealso contains two ex-library stamps from the sir john soane's museum library; one on inside front cover and one on first end page
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street in excellent condition with just some rubbing wear to the top corners of dust-jacket (please see photo 4) "this is a collection of ghost stories in the 'antiquarian' tradition established by mselected and introduced by an acknowledged master of the art, the collection also includes a checklist of writers in the jamesian tradition', and tales from more recent practitioners, including fritz leiber and terry lamsleyjames, who excelled at the atmospheric portrayal of legitimate scholarly interest descending into unwise curiosity, with almost invariably tragic resultsjames' influence on the genre has been immense, both on the popular perception of what makes a successful ghost story work, and on other authors in the genrethis collection offers some of the best stories from authors who influenced james, such as sheridan le fanu and augustus jessopp, stories from his contemporaries, such as t
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The lambeth walk see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bedford 15 music sheets 1till there was you 12wrap your troubles in dreams 15scarlet ribbons 9i've got a crush on you 2the man i love 5i'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair - south pacific 4on the sunny side of the street 13best love songs of rodgers and hart, includes bewitched 10tonight - west side story 3can't help loving that man 6look to the rainbow - finian's rainbow 7
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see oxfam website for delivery information read morei have had a look on line at the signatures / autographs of elvis costello and this does appear to be genuine - please see the attached photosoxfam shop magdelen street this is a great opportunity to purchase an excellent copy of good year for the roses by elvis costello and the attractions, signed by elvisoverall the record is in excellent conditionthe centre is solid and both labels are clean and unmarked (apart from the autograph!!) with no visible signs of spindle marksthe vinyl is clean and shiny with no surface marks visiblethe sleeve is clean and crease free with just a very small tear at the topoverall the sleeve is in very good condition
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Unto him2:25 c3behold the tabernacle of god2:20 c4cover me2:05 c5there is no condemnation2:10 c6come unto me2:40 c7the spirit of the lord3:00 c8exhortation1:40 c9benediction1:40 d1though the fig tree2:15 d2therefore the redeemed2:30 d3for god who comanded2:00 d4the lord thy god in the midst1:40 d5if my people2:45 d6behold the lord's hand2:40 d7and you shall seek me3:05 d8seek the lord3:40 see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston double lp, gatefold sleeve part 1 a1rejoice in the lord2:15 a2my glory and the lifter2:00 a3for from him1:45 a4for unto his child3:35 a5for his name is exalted3:30 a6blessed be thou3:00 a7hallelujahour god reigns3:20 b1this is the day1:55 b2 o sing unto the lord2:05 b3i will sing unto the lord2:15 b4my beloved is mine2:15 b5i delight to do thy will1:45 b6we see jesus3:45 b7thou art my god3:45 b8be still and know2:00 part 2 c1prepare ye the way2:10 c2we are gathering
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ludlow this is the story of britain as it has been preserved in fields, roads, buildings, towns and villages, mountains, forests and islandscovering both the urban and rural and packed with pictures, maps and drawings showing everything from how we can still pick out bronze age fields on bodmin moor to how the industrial revolution really changed our landscape, this book makes us look afresh at our surroundings and really see them for the first timefrom the suburban streets that still trace out the boundaries of long vanished farms to the norfolk broads, formed when medieval peat pits flooded, from the ceremonial landscapes of stonehenge to the spread of the railways - evidence of how man's effect on britain is everywherein the making of the british landscape, eminent historian, archaeologist and farmer, francis pryor explains how to read these clues to understand the history of our land and of how people have lived on it throughout time
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield the lyrics and music of a number of songs by australian musician kevin johnsonthis copy is part of a batch of dedicated books donated to oxfam beaconsfield books and music by the late val doonican's familysigned and dedicated by the writer/composer to val doonican and his wife lynnthe softback cover is worn but intactthe pages are clean and unmarkeddedicated and signed inside the front coverthe binding is in good condition
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the first two movies from the popular action adventure franchisebut jack will not give in without a fight, which is especially bad news for will and elizabeth, who get caught up in jack's mishapsin 'pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl' (), when elizabeth (keira knightley), the daughter of governor swann (jonathan pryce), is kidnapped by captain barbossa (geoffrey rush) and his band of pirates, lovelorn will turner (orlando bloom) goes to her rescuehowever, with the crew of the black pearl cursed to spend their time between the living and the dead and only the blood of elizabeth able to lift the spell, the pair face a race against time to overcome the undead crew and rescue her before it's too lateif jack can't find a way to rid himself of davy jones once and for all, it may just spell the end for the three adventurersin 'pirates of the caribbean: dead man's chest' (), once again thrown into the world of the supernatural, jack finds out that he owes a blood debt to the legendary davy jones (bill nighy), captain of the ghostly flying dutchmanwith time running out, jack must find a way out of his debt or else be doomed to eternal damnation and servitude in the afterlifeneeding help to get on board the pirates' ship, will enlists eccentric captain jack sparrow (johnny depp) and quickly sets off in pursuit
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this is a tribute to american air powerit chronicles the pacific war against the japanese, , including the battle of the phillipine sea, nicknamed the marianas turkey shoot because of the high losses inflictedthe author lifts the veil on reconnaissance work over the soviet bloc, such as covert operations by u2 aircraft, the so-called black lady of espionagethere are alos reports on the gulf war including dramatic accounts from airmen flying f15s, f16s, f111s and stelath fightersthe book covers the cold war, the korean war and the vietnam war, also publishing a selection of biographies of us airmen still missing in vietnamthe book spans the period from the lend-lease act which made american funds available for allied aircraft contracts during world war ii, right through to the present day and america's contribution to relief work throughout the worldappendices provide complete lists of us airmen in the battle of britain, medal of honour recipients, us aces in ww2 and korea, plus us losses and victories in the gulf warthe book details the crucial role played by the us strategic air force in wwii - the 8th and 9th air force in britain, the 12th and 15th in the mediterranean, and the 20th in the far east
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham shortlisted for the epic novel award in the romantic novelists association books awardsa lifelong passioneighty years later, rebecca bradley, a young american film star, has the world at her feetwhat he and rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the astbury dynastythere, she meets the young donald astbury - reluctant heir to the magnificent, remote astbury estate - and his scheming motheran endless searchspanning four generations, the midnight rose by lucinda riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of india to the majestic stately homes of england, following the extraordinary life of a girl, anahita chavan, from to the present daybecoming the princess's official companion, anahita accompanies her friend to england just before the outbreak of the great warshortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling astbury hall, ari malik, anahita's great-grandson, arrives unexpectedly, on a quest for his family's pastbut when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn, she's relieved that her latest role, playing a s debutante, will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of dartmoor in englandin the heyday of the british raj, eleven-year-old anahita, from a noble but impoverished family, forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong princess indira, the privileged daughter of rich indian royalty
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage all four adaptations of the cthe rightful heir, caspian, is in hidingin 'voyage of the dawn treader' () the child heroes, with their unpleasant cousin edmund, find themselves aboard prince caspian's ship, the 'dawn treader', on a voyage to the edge of the worldin 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' () it is a quiet sort of day in the english countryside when peter, susan, edmund and lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe into the enchanted land of narnia and embark on an extraordinary adventurethey must then face the green witch, queen of the deep realm, in order to break the spell of the silver chairfinally, in 'the silver chair' () jill and eustace search for prince rillian, aided by puddlegumlewis children's books using live action and animation to recreate the magical world of narniathe children join the rebels who want to reinstate caspian as their princewhen the white witch learns of their presence, their lives are in danger, but there is talk that aslan is on the move'prince caspian' () sees the four child heroes return to the magical land of narnia, where evil king miraz and queen punaprisma have usurped the thronethey journey to the giants of garfang, and thence underground to the land of the earthmenalong the way they learn many valuable lessons as they seek the seven lords of narnia
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro complete collection of action films based on the popular computer gamein 'resident evil' () a virus has been sealed in an underground research centre known as the hive, and alice (milla jovovich) and rain (michelle rodriguez) are sent in with a team of commandos to destroy itthe infamous umbrella corporation has banned anyone from leaving in case of possible infection with the outside worldshe is struggling to survive and bring down the umbrella corporation led by the sinister albert wesker (jason o'mara) and head researcher dr(mike epps), and new survivors k-mart (spencer locke), claire redfield (ali larter), and betty (ashanti) are fighting to survive against hordes of zombies, killer crows and other terrible creatures spawned by the deadly t-virus that has killed millionsaware that umbrella hold the secret to her past, alice sets out to explore the facility in search of the truth and those responsible for the initial virus outbreakmeanwhile, travelling through the nevada desert and the ruins of las vegas, carlos oliviera, lalong with other survivors jill valentine (sienna guillory) and carlos oliviera (oded fehr), alice must fight for her survival, and do all she can to escape the nightmare necropolistogether, the small band of survivors seeks out eminent scientist dr charles ashford (jared harris), the only man with the knowledge to help them out of their awful entrapment - but they soon discover that ashford's co-operation comes at a heavy pricealong the way she teams up with other survivors of the disaster as the battle against umbrella and the zombies rages onfinally, in 'resident evil: the final chapter' (), humanity is on the brink of extinction as alice returns to raccoon city to try to stop umbrella from launching one final attack on the remaining survivorsin 'resident evil: apocalypse' () alice finds herself stuck in the contaminated raccoon city after the re-opening of the deadly hivein the third film, 'resident evil: extinction' (), alice is alone, years after the raccoon city disaster, and aware that she has become a liability and likely to endanger those around herin 'resident evil: afterlife' () alice continues her fight against the umbrella corporationthe group of survivors, including jill valentine and claire redfield, attempt to strengthen their numbers and find refuge, but can they escape the zombie-infested city before it's too late? in 'resident evil: retribution' () alice finds herself at the very heart of umbrella's operation facility, having been captured by the organisationhowever, they have failed to anticipate that all the employees who were trapped in the hive with the virus, and thought to be dead, have been turned into the living dead and one scratch from them can cause the recipient to become like themfollowing new information, she heads to los angeles where she seeks out any survivors of the t-virus epidemicif she is to stand a chance at stopping the attack, alice must join forces with anyone willing to help and be prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for the good of the human raceisaacs (iain glen)
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham based on new line cinema and peter jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of jparties will traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic balrog in the mines of moria, defending the fallen city of osgiliath, or trying to destroy helm's deepthe lord the rings, the third age, is being developed by ea's redwood shores studio, the same studio that developed the hit the lord of the rings; the return of the king gameplayers battle on the side of the fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of sauron as they progresstolkien's classic the lord of the rings trilogy, the lord of the rings, the third age videogame allows players to adventure through middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journeyin the game, players will interact with the characters of the fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forward
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop herne bay the complete fourth season of the us comedy series revolving around a pair of socially dysfunctional university physicistsleonard (johnny galecki) and sheldon (jim parsons) seem content enough working at physics during the day and playing computer games and hanging out with their fellow scientists and social recluses, howard wolowitz (simon helberg) and rajesh koothrappali (kunal nayyar), at nightepisodes are: 'the robotic manipulation', 'the cruciferous vegetable amplification', 'the zazzy substitution', 'the hot troll deviation', 'the desperation emanation', 'the irish pub formulation', 'the apology insufficiency', 'the 21-second excitation', 'the boyfriend complexity', 'the alien parasite hypothesis', 'the justice league recombination', 'the bus pants utilization', 'the love car displacement', 'the thespian catalyst', 'the benefactor factor', 'the cohabitation formulation', 'the toast derivation', 'the prestidigitation approximation', 'the zarnecki incursion', 'the herb garden germination', 'the agreement dissection', 'the wildebeest implementation', 'the engagement reaction' and 'the roommate transmogrification'that is, until beautiful, free-spirited penny (kaley cuoco) moves into the apartment next door and opens up the possibility of a whole new world of love
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Special attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timeit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary onethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artthe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlan
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 41 stamps that were all issued in new zealandthe used stamps have a postmark on them and a couple still have a little of the backing of the envelope that they were originally attached to on the backall of the stamps are in good condition with the exception of a couple that are a little folded and a little worn in placesthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued are s, s, s, s, s, s, s, and sone of the stamps in this collection celebrates the 25th anniversary of the united nationsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the other stamps in this collection celebrate the centenaries of universities and other places in new zealandthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps are unusedthe places shown on the stamps of this collection from new zealand are hauraki gulf maritime park, champagne pool, egmont national park, the twin bridges, moeraki boulders, auckland, fox glacier in westland national park, wanganui, mount cook national park, great barrier island, stewart island, tongariro national park and chateau, lake wakatipu, stratford, becks bay, the united nations building in the usa, westminster abbey in england, anzac, marlborough, otago university, lake matheson, ewelme cottage in parnel, routeburn track, drysdale, university of auckland, the ahuriri river clay cliffs, franz josef glacier, lake alexandrina, parliament house in wellington, glacier ice, doubtless bay, castle hill, parliament building, abel tasman national park, and the copland track
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 30 stampsa couple of the stamps have the original backing of the envelope that they were originally attachedmany of the stamps in this collection have labelled on them the latin name of the plant and flower that is shown on the stampthe plants with the latin names shown on the stamps are the durio zibethinus, the lagerstroemie speciosa, the phalaenopsis violacea, the averrhoa carambola, the rhyncostylis retusa, the hibiscus rosa-sinensis, the nephelium lappaceum, the arachnus flos aeris, the elaesis quineensis, the oryzal sativa, the rafflesia hasseltiithe pictures on the stamps show the rice plant and the rice sheaf, the palm oil plant, the orchid, the pepper plant, the pineapple comosus fruit plantall the stamps in this collection were issued in malaysiaall the stamps are in good conditionone of the stamps in this collection celebrates malaysian independence inthis can be seen with the postmark printed on themthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe stamp that shows the orchid was celebrating the 4th world orchid conference that took place inall of the stamps in this collection have been usedthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, and sthe rhodendron scortechinii, the garcinia mangostana, the spathoglottis plicata, the arundina graminifolia, the vanda hootheriana, and the phaeomeria speciosa
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston the star wars saga continues in star wars: the force unleashed for ps3as its name implies, star wars: the force unleashed for ps3 completely re-imagines the scope and scale of the force by taking full advantage of newly developed technologies: digital molecular matter (dmm) and euphoriadmm incorporates the physical properties of anything in the environment of star wars: the force unleashed for ps3 so that everything reacts exactly like it should; wood breaks like wood, glass shatters like glass, plants on the planet felucia bend like plants on the planet felucia would, and morecasting players as darth vader's secret apprentice, star wars: the force unleashed for ps3 promises to unveil new revelations about the star wars galaxymeanwhile, star wars: the force unleashed's revolutionary behavioral-simulation engine, euphoria, enables characters in star wars: the force unleashed for ps3 to move, act and even think like actual human beings, adapting their behavior during gameplay on the fly and resulting in a different payoff every single time you play star wars: the force unleashedin star wars: the force unleashed for ps3, players assist darth vader in his quest to rid the universe of jedi - and face decisions that could change the course of their destinypaired with the powerful havok physics system, these new technologies create gameplay only possible on the new generation of consolesthe expansive story of star wars: the force unleashed, created under direction from george lucas, is set during the largely unexplored era between star wars: episode iii revenge of the sith and star wars: episode iv a new hope
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston oblivion is the quintessential role-playing game for the next generation and another leap forward in gamingthis groundbreaking ai system gives oblivion's characters full 24/7 schedules and the ability to make their own choices based on the world around themafter the mysterious and untimely death of the emperor, the throne of tamriel lies emptyan all-new combat and magic system brings first person role-playing to a new level of intensity where you feel every blowto turn the tide of darkness, you must find the lost heir to the throne and unravel the sinister plot that threatens to destroy all of tamrielpixel-shader effects and high definition televisions are fully supported to create unprecedented visuals, including lifelike towns, dungeons, and the most realistic forests ever created in a gamewith the empire ready to crumble, the gates of oblivion open and demons march upon the land-laying waste to everything in their pathfirst person melee and magicthey even engage in unscripted conversations with each other and youwith a powerful combination of freeform gameplay and unprecedented graphics, you can unravel the main quest at your own pace or explore the vast world and find your own challengesoblivion's features over non-player characters who come to life like never before with facial animations, lip-synching, and full speechrealistic characterskey features: live another life in another worldcreate and play any character you can imagine, from the noble warrior to the sinister assassin to the wizened sorcereropen-ended game play; short challengesstep inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever createdoblivion is the latest chapter in the epic and highly successful elder scrolls saga and utilizes the latest pc and next-generation video game hardware to fully immerse you into the experiencenon-player characters eat, sleep, and complete goals all on their ownnext generation graphicsthe enormous world of oblivion is open for you to explore at your own pace, and shorter challenges such as fighting bandits, mixing potions, creating magic items and persuading friends keep the challenges coming
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidents" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington paperback first edition published in by penguinunclipped illustrated dust jacket tanned and worn at extremitiesowners' stamp inside front coverlight blue illustrated card covers with black title on spine and black and white title on font coverpages lightly tannedotherwise clean and very readable, tightly bound with no further inscriptionsspine and covers worn at extremities
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firmin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itself"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesbanias' story starts in canaanite timeswith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianityjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights regionits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable cityunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodwilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twain
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastshe 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 onthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterythe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatas 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 team
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There are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant by shelley wachsmann during the bronze age, the ancient societies that ringed the mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological developmentit is new in appearancelenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and sternin seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant shelley wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a resultbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonin very good conditionthere is minimal edge wearhoftijzer and wthe author surveys the blue-water ships of the egyptians, syro-canaanites, cypriots, early bronze age aegeans, minoans, mycenaeans, and sea peoples, and discusses known bronze age shipwrecksthis book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to bronze age seafaring and will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and bronze age textual scholarsthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water travelvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringthis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsrelying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at seaand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedoffering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travelhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george fthe inside is very clean and unmarked
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see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg since they formed in , the beautiful south have become on of the biggest selling acts in the ukthey have also run up 17 hit singlesthis book is the authorized story of the beautiful south5 million copiestheir greatest hits album compilation was, for a while, the fastest selling release in the uk, and their album "blue is the colour" sold 1mike pattenden, of "the times", "vox" and "arena", has been granted access behind the scenes to the band themselves and their associates, both past and present, in order to tell the story of the last decadefrom the early days of norman cook and the housemartins, right up to the released of the new album in the autumn of of ; from paul heaton's outspoken left-wing politics with attitude to his twin obsessions of sheffield united and italian football; from the acrimonious split from go! discs to a profile of the city of hull, its pubs, and its influence on the several members of the and who were born and bred there, "the liar's bar" is a definitive book about the beautiful south
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