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Collects war of kings 1-6, war of kings darkhawk 1-2, war of kings ascension 1-4, war of kings warriors 1-2, war of kings who will rule?, war of kings savage world of sakaar en marvel spotlight war of kingswar of kings hardcover with wrap; near mint condition; first printing; marvelare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirealm of kings, hardcover with wrap; near mint condition; first printing; marvelthanos imperative, hardcover with wrap; near mint condition; first printing; marvelcollects thanos imperative ignition, thanos imperative 1-6, thanos imperative devastationthree separate hardcovers collects one giant story arccollects realm of kings one shot, realm of kings inhumans 1-5, realm of kings imperial guard 1-5, realm of kings son of hulkgiant marvel cosmic action, the stories that inspired the new avengers infinity movieplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Her books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world warin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantly'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world war'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world waroxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western frontit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost are published by penguinall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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Vol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirubbed corners and spine endsplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredall 8 volumes are in good condition*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreundated, circaplease 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 storesome wear to the front and back boardscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablespines are firm and intact
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This is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manwinner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basraoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battlesthis is his storysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the autobiography of the british soldier
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The book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the waroxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperbackthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedwere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreannika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth centuryemotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposedsimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were sufferedtext is unmarked
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This is a 6 volume set of books with photographs from world war 2the full set of six volumes for world war ii: volume , volume , volume , volume , volume , volume the war in pictures published by odhams press inthey are arranged by one volume for each year of the war starting at , telling the story in black and white picturesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki254 pages to each bookthey are in good conditionpage is loose in volume 5expected wear to the exterior such as rounded corners and wear to the spine ends due to the age*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morevolume 4 has to cut outs (page 16 and 17)shipped tracked and insuredplease 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 storethese books are hardback with maroon buckram boards and a embossed pattern to frontall spines are still tightly boundthere is some foxing to the pages but text and pictures remain clear and brightcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The faces of world war i: the great war in words & picturesauthor:arthur, maxworld of books ltd was founded in , recycling books sold to us through charities either directly or indirectlybook binding:n/abook condition:likenew
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The author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of no99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofthe book has been signed by the author with an inscription
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The jewish war recounts the jewish revolt against roman occupationoxfam bookshop newport a record of jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century ce and the first jewish–roman war ( ce) comprising the jewish war (cneatly pencilled name on front endpaper of volume 1antiquities of the jews recounts the history of the world from a jewish perspective for an ostensibly greek and roman audienceneatly inked name on flyleaf of volumes 1, 3 and 4see oxfam website for delivery information read morespeckled edge to text blocksrebound in in mottled glossy brown paper covered boardssporadic foxing and and generally evenly tanned throughoutthese works provide valuable insight into first century judaism and the background of early christianity, and are the chief source next to the bible for the history and antiquity of ancient palestine75) and antiquities of the jews (c
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Through collaboration with the dowager queen elizabeth woodville, margaret agrees a betrothal between henry and elizabeth's daughter, thereby uniting the families and resolving the cousins war once and for all by founding of the tudor dynastyoxfam shop colne road the second book in philippa's stunning new series, the cousins war, brings to life the story of margaret beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - the white queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of the war of the rosessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe red queen tells the story of the child-bride of edmund tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of york under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for richard iii and ultimately ensure that her only son, henry tudor, triumphs as king of england
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It is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmafrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agothe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read morequadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchanted" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programssome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class
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It was a war won at sea, and by the time of waterloo britain had gained control and possessed the foundations of her empiretaking in gallant duels, bloody battles between huge fleets, amphibious assaults, daring coastal raids, and the subtleties of espionage and naval intelligence, this global conflict truly was the war for all the oceansoxfam books & music troon as france emerged from revolution, a young general named napoleon bonaparte invaded egypt, hoping next to march overland to indiait would not happenthe battle of the nile and then at acre were the first sallies in what would be fifteen years of bitter fightingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrought vividly to life through the words and stories of the ordinary people caught up in the conflict, this is a sweeping history of the years of naval warfare that set the balance of power in europe for the following centurybritain swung her forces into action to battle for control of the world's sea-lanes and thus all international trade
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The war in western europe part ii december to may ppconsists of: the war in western europe part i june to december, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikishipping with registrationalso contains an overview of the bomb tonnage and targetseleven appendices, of which three maps and one diagram + fifteen fold-out mapsotherwise greatcontains a 3d overview of the assault technique used at the normandy landingsa total of 2 booksseven appendices + sixteen fold-out mapsplease 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 storemade for the us military during ww ii with later adaptations, additions and improvementscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: the spines have minor loss of paper
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Francis mccullagh was an indefatigable journalist and war reporter, who covered conflicts from the russo-japanese to the spanish civil warthis one of the first books to be written about the young turkish revolution of and the attempt at a counter revolution in , which brought turkey close to civil war and resulted in the abdication of the last autocratic ruler of the ottoman empire, abdul hamid iioxfam bookshop beverley very rare first editionpage edges are foxed, stained and bumpedpages themselves are heavily foxed see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: scrapes, wear and marking on front, spine and back covers
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Oxfam bookshop newport a detailed written and photographic history of the first year of world war ii, including a section on how the war began, through to the summer ofblue cloth covered boards with blind embossed illustration to front and worn text and decoration to spine, which is fadedpictorial endpapersshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinetext block is slightly shaken, and is lightly but evenly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs, marks and discolouration
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war of the worlds blu ray steelbook out of print and rarethis is the rare limited edition steelbook of war of the worlds
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warriors of middle-earth: war of the ring expwarriors of middle-earth: war of the ring exp safety warning not appropriate for children under the age of 3date first available: 22 septcolor: multicoloured
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56 of the famous military songs from world war i, with melodies & accompaniment, plus another 8 with words onlyoxfam bookshop newport songs that won the war: daily express community songbook nolouis giraud good condition, clean, larger format, hardback of red cloth, black lettering & black spine cloth3   lane publications collected & edited by s  dimensions 11 x 9 insthe previous owner has written on front endpaper  see oxfam website for delivery information read more embossed illustration on the front cover, vignette of 2 soldiers singingthe foreword is by edward, prince of wales with his portrait on the opposite page
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham no poetry has touched readers' hearts more deeply than the soldier poets of the first world warpublished to commemorate the centenary of , this stunning set of books, with specially commissioned covers by leading print makers, is an essential gathering of our most beloved war poets introduced by leading poets and biographers of our present daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The imperial war museumthe chronicle of war book in great conditiona year by year account of conflict from -present day
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This is my large collection of the war illustrated, covering volumes 1-4, startingvery interesting and extremely informative about all aspects of the second world warreasonable offer considered
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Together they must defeat wotan's terrifying war machinesthis release includes restored footage unseen since , a clip from 'blue peter' in the same year with the public unveiling of a war machine and a feature on how the story was put back together from the source materialwhen dodo is hypnotised along with wotan's controller professor brett, the doctor finds help in the form of polly, brett's secretary, and able seaman ben jacksonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam music shop byres road the doctor and dodo arrive in london in swinging , only to discover a plot to use the computer wotan (housed in the post office tower) to take over the world
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Black gate publishing legacy - war of ages legacy - war of ages (nm)a techno-gothic rpg with a strongthe last immortal: will she lead humanity to the stars or drag the world into a new dark age?
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In this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right "a forceful, encyclopedic studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsfine unclipped dust-wrapperoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits
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As the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centuryó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empiresimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first time
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Tony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismthis book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream culturethe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationsas a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearsthe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flapthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumthis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiesthe binding is sound
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Can castus keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to help? and is anything about this doomed enterprise what it seems? war at the edge of the world is the epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the roman empire, during the reign of the emperor constantinehere he must face the barbarians beyond hadrian's wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treacherysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an empire in declinecenturion aurelius castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern britain, battling to protect an empire in decline
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth on june 11th , the desert war beganit lasted 3 years and secured for the allies the vital middle east oil supplies, without which they may have lost the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As the tension ratchets up, it may only take a single spark to trigger an explosive war that will pit the humans against the apes in an all-out battle for survivalmany consider the outbreak of war to only be a matter of time, however, since the human population has been vastly reduced by a devastating virus and their role as the dominant species on earth is in questionwith caesar (serkis), the hyper-intelligent ape produced by human experimentation, now the leader of a growing band of cognisant simians, a fragile truce prevails between the apes and humansoxfam shop okehampton matt reeves directs this big budget action sequel to 'rise of the planet of the apes' () starring andy serkis, gary oldman, jason clarke, kodi smit-mcphee and keri russellsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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