The war of the lions
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Lord louis mountbatten achieved great things both in war and peace as a military leader and public servantthe first world war and its aftermath shaped his early life, in mid-career he was a victorious commander in the second world war, and when peace came he brought independence to india and pakistanmountbatten remains a controversial figure, but when his faults are considered in the light of the world-shaking events in which he was involved, they are overwhelmingly outweighed by his achievementshis murder, and those of members of his family and a friend, on 27 august , by assassins of the provisional ira, shocked the worldthis book was first published in hardback as the princely sailor, by brasseys
130 €
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Set in the middle ages, it is the second game in the total war series, following on from the title shogun: total warmedieval: total war is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics computer game developed by creative assembly and published by activision' 'this year's best strategy game' - pc gamer see oxfam website for delivery information read moremighty catapults and spectacular siege assaults, featuring catapults and cannons'key features: - epic 3d battles featuring over warriorslay siege to mighty fortresses and command vast armies across the battlefields of europe and north africaoriginally announced in august , the game was released in north america on 19 august and in europe on 30 august for microsoft windowsfamous historical heroes including joan of arc, richard the lionheart and william wallacerpg style character development of your kings and generalsthe back of the box reads as follows: 'rule your kingdom through four centuries of brutal medieval warfarethis is no time for the faint hearted'turn based empire building and real time strategy12 playable factions and over 100 unique unit typesepic multiplayer warfare with 8-player online battles
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of pearsons of chesterfield stamped onto the base see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of pearsons of chesterfield stamped onto the base if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
35 €
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World war 1 british srd rum jar used to transport the army rum ration to soldiers in the front line on the western front and elsewhere 'srd' stands for supply reserve depot, although soldiers translated it as 'seldom reaches destination' amongst other things this one was found on the somme battlefield and has the makers mark of doulton lambeth stamped into the base if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items overall a quite pleasant looking object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september unfortunately as the jar weighs 4kg i have to charge for delivery, which will be tracked and signed for
35 €
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A full collection of images of war magazines a full and comprensive history of world war two in four volumes and a partial set of hitlers third reich a cracking present for anybody interested in the history of the second world war read more
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’s the union & confederacy ) illustrated collector casebooks here for sale we have 2 illustrated books about the american civil war including a 12”lp excellent condition with each onecolumbia masterworks dl-" lp record album in beautifully embossed fabric album with gilt titles and illustrations, applied flag lithograph, and attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war and the confederate armyfirst is the union, columbia records number dl-244 published in , with 60 pages of text and photographs, and a columbia masterworks lpit has 32 pages of text and photographs and a columbia legacy lpabout the confederacysize: " x " conditionrecorded at the national gallery of art, washington, dcolumbia records proudly presents "the confederacy" based on music of the south during the years condition vinyl ex case books some water damageincludes an attached 32-page illustrated book about the civil war, with essays by bruce catton, and clifford dowdeyfeaturing the national gallery orchestra, conducted by richard bales; the cantata choir of the lutheran church of the reformation, mezzo-soprano florence kopleff, baritone thomas pyle, and narrator reverend edmund jennings leemeasures 14" x 12the second album is the confederacy, columbia album number , published inthank you for lookingplease see photographs as part of the descriptionthe albums are both in plastic covers and inserted at the end of the book and are in excellent condition they have some water damage, which is reflected in the asking price
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25 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham what kind of a world do we live in when governments are able to pursue wars against not only the will of the people, but also the international institutions set up to promote peace? in the first world war 90% of casualties were soldiers; in recent wars 90% of casualties are civiliansbell pleads with poetic conviction for a stark reappraisal of the world we're creating for ourselves, as politics becomes increasingly remote from ordinary lives and reports from the front line often seem more like scenes from a hollywood moviethe three central theses are the way in which war, politics and journalism have changed beyond all recognition in the past thirty yearsin through gates of fire, martin bell uses his personal experiences as a reporter of eleven wars, and independent mp, to write an impassioned, heartfelt and coruscating call to armssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut instead of bringing home the real human costs of war, the advent of 'live' conflict coverage has led to television being used as just another propaganda tool
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Indeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world waras in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsthis includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied responsethe author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlesit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norway
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12 €
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Against the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would ruleit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews inlawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastthe creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsoxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestinesir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgeterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontierusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revenge
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Francis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathoxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"sometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war iour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)b/w frontispiece portrait of the poetduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brighthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacta keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spine
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This original publication provides a fascinating insight into how war came to the land this book is the story of britain's battlefield - the land, and how farms were armed and equipped so that the rich soil of britain could be won back to fertility and help feed and sustain a nation at war no weapon ever invented is more deadly than hunger the finest armies in the world, courageous enough in the face of the enemy, can be reduced to helplessness without sustenancethis book details the struggles and the triumphs of working the land remember that this was produced in so was published in wartime, so there is a lot of patriotic rhetoric, but this adds to the authenticity of the book
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World war one french 75mm shrapnel shell fragment with driving band it is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items
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World war one british royal horse artillery quick firing 13 pounder high explosive shell fragmentit is completely inert as it exploded over a hundred years ago overall a useful object to have and mark the centenary of the end of the great war and as an aid to teaching the young about the war and to contribute to the many school projects that will come in september if you think the price is to high don't hesitate to make and offer see my other ads for many more ww1 items
15 €
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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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Oxfam shop keswick all twelve episodes from the american tv mini-series starring robert mitchum and jane seymour and set during the aftermath of the attack on pearl harbour and the beginning of world war iithe henry family cope with the impact of the war in addition to domestic troubles, with father captain victor 'pug' henry (mitchum) trying to placate his unfaithful wife rhoda (polly bergen) who is demanding a divorcethe episodes are: 'december ', 'january - may ', 'may 26 - july ', 'november 2 - december ', 'december - april ', 'april - july ', 'november - may ', 'may - june ', 'june 22 - october ', 'october - march ' and 'april 12 - august 'meanwhile, victor's sons warren (michael woods) and byron (hart bochner) are stationed on naval vessels whilst byron's wife natalie (seymour) and their son louis (rhett creighton) try to flee italysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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war of the spanish succession - cavalry mint/newduring the war of spanish succession () cavalry comprised about 30% to 40% of most armiesheads and accessories are interchangeable with the wss infantry set for even more options!
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war of the spanish succession - infantry mint/newthis remarkable box set allows you to build a 36-man unit for the war of the spanish succession - the marlburian agefeaturing an incredible number of options, each box set can be used to build literally dozens of armies and troop types from this 18th century conflict or as imagi-nations in your own alternate history!
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The war of powers: vtitle: the war of powers: vvardeman, victor milancondition: used; acceptablebinding: paperbackthe picture may not reflect the books condition or specific editionauthors: robert e
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Two volumes: from the origins of the war to verdun and the somme the widening war to remembrance and aftermath pages: xxxviii, 347 + frontispiece + 12 plates (printed both sides); xx, + frontispiece + 8 plates (printed both sides) books are sent by registered post using postnl read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease 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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Oxfam bookshop tavistock including a civil war tour of chester this very rare book charts the history of the civil war of to and chester's role in itit is in very good condition, with clean, bright pages and cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Franchises:god of warhow does it work?we will always do our best to help you in anyway we cani am a collectorno account neededliquid error: index was out of rangemust be non-negative and less than the size of the collection
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But what's worse, as the federation and the klingons are now allies, captain kol expects the federation to back him in the forthcoming warstar trek deep space nine (boxtree, ) it seems a klingon cruiser has disappeared, and in retaliation the klingons have declared war on their prime suspects, the cardassiansare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki3-requiem (collects dsp #8-11) the third in a series of deep space nine graphic novelsat the piccadilly circus of hyperspace, deep space nine is the base charged with the almost impossible task of keeping the peace between alien species who have nothing in common except their contempt for each otherstar trek deep space nine 1-3 (boxtree, -emancipation (collects dsp #1-3) the first of two star trek graphic novels taken from american comicsvoyager have been seeking a way home for years, but their quest is interrupted by encounters with an astonishing variety of foes and a few new friends2-emancipation and beyond (collects 4-7) the second of two star trek graphic novels taken from american comicsstar trek voyager: encounters with the unknown (wildstorm, ) lost in the delta quadrant, captain janeway and the crew of the uwhen the reactor-core malfunctions, the federation is forced to turn to the sinister cardassians for helpstar trek the next generation: forgiveness (wildstorm, ) the crew of the uplease 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 storeenterprise detect a stray transporter beam in deep space and when they realize that there's a living being inside the wayward beam--that being colin blakeney, the twenty-first century inventor of the transporter and holodeck--they bring it aboard and encounter a mystery for the agesthe federation now controls the space station ds9, which was formerly in the hands of the cardassians, an evil, military-obsessed racestar trek: other realities (wildstorm, ) collects three stories in which a scientist's quest for power leads to destruction, an alien virus attacks deep space nine, and captain calhoun wages a desperate race through time to rescue the planet haresh from the redeemersstar trek the next generation: the gorn crisis (wildstorm, ) the enterprise has been sent to request aid from the gorn during a time of severe internal dissent within the gorn populace, making their quest that much more difficult, as not all of the gorn have fond memories of the federationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventurefinally 'one sky above us' tells the story of the last days of the west, of the larger-than-life characters who could still be found there, and of how buffalo bill cody set about creating the mythic image of frontier life which has survived to this daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'death runs riot' tells the story of the civil war, the californian gold rush, the birth of new cities such as san francisco, the battle against mexican attempts to reclaim texas, and the start of the military campaigns against the american indianin 'empire upon the trails', since time immemorial the west had been the home of the indian, but with the advent of the modern era and the spread of european colonialism, that was all set to changefirst came the spanish conquistadors, then the solitary explorers, the mountain men, the trappers, and others paving the way for the future settlement of these unknown lands
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the upheavals of the second world war reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had anticipatedcrafted with potent understatement and acute insight into the twists and turns of the heart, this is a formidable successor to melvyn bragg's widely praised and award-winning novel, the soldier's return see oxfam website for delivery information read morelike sam richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave cumbria for the promised land of australiabetween them their young son joe strives to fulfil the conflicting expectations of childhood and adolescence and confronts his own demonsyet now, a few months on, he has settled for a job in wigton's paper factory, and believes he has put both his aspirations and his memories of fighting in burma behind himhis wife, ellen, begins to know better, realising how close to the brink their marriage had come
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Oxfam shop ulverston four further episodes from the series with walter cronkite, which examines the second world war and its repercussionsthis volume looks at the start of the battle in the pacificsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kaye's epic novel of love and warkaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that spans over twenty years, moving from the foothills of the himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged british mission in kabulvineeta rishi ("the last detective") stars as sita and the narrator, with blake ritson as ashok/ashton and ayesha dharker as anjulirunning time 4 hours, 45 minutesit begins in when, following the indian mutiny, young english orphan ashton is disguised by his ayah sita as her indian son, ashokoxfam shop kendal this is a bbc radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of msee oxfam website for delivery information read morea story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural and spiritual clash between east and west, "the far pavilions" is a searing insight into the human heartas he forgets his true identity, his destiny is set
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The shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of fez, and holmes badly wants the wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he's learned has gone missingmeanwhile, holmes is pulled into the growing war between france, spain, and the rif revolt led by emir abd el-krim-who may be a robin hood or a power mad tribesmanshe is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious arabic phraseout in the hive-like streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locksas holmes searches for her, and russell searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late for them, for africa, and for the peace of europeoxfam shop colne road in a strange room in morocco, mary russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: who am i? she has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the doorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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All bunnies are handled daily from 1 week of age, and as they get older will be handled by my children too, so will be very tame and contentthis deposit is to secure a place of having the pick of the litter once a litter older and i know the sexes and have better pictures of themany more info please don’t hesitate to contact me on [telephone removed] where i will be more than happy to assist in any way i cani have both mum and dad who are both very loved petsmum is a netherland lion and dad is a lion head?? these will be ready to leave in time for christmaslovely netherland lion bunnies ready to reserve now for a non-refundable deposit of £ and the remaining balance to be paid on collection pleasen due to the current covid-19 situation, unfortunately visits won’t be permittedstay safe and take care ?? read moreonly the best 5* loving and forever homes for these babies pleasepictures shown are of mum and dad and previous litters
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