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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield the oratorio "israel in egypt" and the funeral anthem for queen carolinepublished see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The author clarifies the ways of understanding the body as a physical and metaphorical reality, but also the medieval conceptualization of violencethe approach of the volume is dominantly christian reviewing the representations of the body through outstanding figures of christianity (crucifixion of jesus christ, body of virgin mary)on top of that, the author is making an investigation on the violent character of spectacles -Â representation in pursuit of picturing this subject more clearly and more relevantsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster the volume the spectacle of the body in late medieval england represents a study on the human body representation in medieval england by approaching the concept of the spectacle as a space of manifestation
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Told from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingit is a cold day in january when jold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileensee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedlater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsidethe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our livestheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingmendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartment
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Told from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonanceoxfam bookshop hertford a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingit is a cold day in january when jold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileensee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedlater he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsidethe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streetaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our livestheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingmendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartment
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Together with the protocols of zion and henry ford's books on the international jew, it puts a new perspective on current world eventsit should be required reading for every christianthe talmud unmasked: the secret rabbinical teachings concerning christians paperback – 8 dec
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Oxfam shop dumfries supernatural ways of royalty reveals your true identity as a child of the king of kings--royal heir to the eternal kingdom of godthe authors' personal, supernatural experiences will convince you of your own royal status and inspire you to claim your personal inheritance gift from your father--the king of kings* promote honor and humility--with confidencenote: the cover of this book has been designed with a matt finishsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a member of god's royal family, you can: * share the king's power of grace and mercy* think and act with his authority* cultivate his love for one anotherbill johnson and kris vallotton denounce the pauper mentality many christians have and present your royal inheritance through christ's ultimate act of redemption* reveal royal qualities for future generations
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In particular, it shows that british communists were never content simply to restate soviet ideas about literature, but always developed them in ways that were innovative and sometimes unorthodoxit provides a systematic and critical account of the communist understanding of the politics of literature and assesses the ways in which party theorists were influenced by the world communist movementex-library, with usual markingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames this book examines the many important literary critics and theorists associated with the communist party of great britain in the s320 pages, including appendix, notes, and indextext in excellent clean condition
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Broadcast in and designed to complement kenneth clarke's earlier bbc documentary series 'civilisation', bronowski concentrates on the growing development of human science and technology, of the ways in which humanity seeks to harness and dominate its environment, and the ways in which scientific and intellectual theory across the ages, from galileo to einstein, have broadened our horizonssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton in jacob bronowski was commisioned by david attenborough, then controller of bbc2, to write and present this 13-part documentary series that examines in great depth and with great erudition the intellectual and technological history of the human race from prehistoric times to the present day
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Blackfoot ways of knowing the worldview of the siksikaitsitapi by betty bastien (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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ways of looking provides a six-step programme for understanding contemporary art based on the concept of the tabula rasa - a clean slate and a fresh mindfamiliar styles and movements that characterized art production prior to the twenty-first century have all vanishedoxfam shop kendal very good condition paperback with minimal shelf weartraditional artistic media no longer do what we expect of themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreart has changedit transforms a potentially intimidating encounter with cutting-edge art into a dramatic, sensually rewarding and thought-provoking experience
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The title is ways of knowing in hcifor example: idzsleeve condition-newthe item format is a book hardbackthe sleeve condition is new
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These 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 beyondoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenusing 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 egalitarians "a forceful, encyclopedic studypages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nickssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefine unclipped dust-wrapperin 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"-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 rawlsin 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 philosophyrecasting 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 limitsin 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 britain
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In addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforemancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erafrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoples
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Among his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the east
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She leads readers through the history of fair isle knitting to an examination of the style's techniques, explicating not only the unique colorways and pattern, but such valuable details as ways to hold the yarnthroughout these wonderful colors and glowing patterns, the art of fair isle knitting conveys an unending sense of pricepride in the creation of exceptional garmentsa chapter on knitting math is both easy to follow and invaluable for planning sizes and patterns, while a glossary of shetland knitting terms links a way of life that is largely gone with the knowledge and skills that the art of fair isle knittinghelps to preservean accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop rosemount viaduct from the first small items sold to fishermen and tourists in the nineteenth century, to the highly fashionable androgynous sweaters of the s, to the large starry norwegian patterns popular after world war ii, to the hand- and machine-made yoke sweaters of the s and s, ann feitelson applies ardent dedication to her researchpride in a knitting style known throughout the worldpride in the work of womenpride in the dedication of shetland knitters
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Haruhi continues her search for exciting ways to keep her world from being boringon the night of the tanabata star festival, kyon is transported back in time by mikuru asahina to what may be the source of what led haruhi to search for aliens, time travelers, and espersin the last two weeks of summer vacation, haruhi leads the brigade on a dizzying list of summer time activities, eventually culminating in the brigade experiencing what they think is deja vu but they're actually re-living the same two weeks of summer over and over againalso included is a behind-the-scenes look at how the sos brigade created and filmed their very own class projectsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame all 14 episodes from the second season of the anime series about an out of the ordinary schoolgirlunfortunately, for kyon and the rest of the sos brigade, they are forced to go along for the rideit's up to kyon to figure out what's missing to get them out of their endless loop
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Although there is nothing new in questioning the supposed neutrality and scientific rigour of geographical lines, which legitimise frontiers as containers of those ideologies linked to the territoriality of the nation-state, various recent developments have pointed to the urgency of finding new ways to locate or map an increasing number of intermediate spaces arising from the hybridisation, superimposition, and crossing of peoples flowing between more stable territories see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a clean edition with some slight shelf wear on the spinewith contributions by hans-ulrich obrist, magali arriola, adrian notz, and hkan nilssonoxfam books & music islington proclaimed in by swedish artists carl michael von hausswolff and leif elggren, the kingdoms of elgaland-vargaland (krev) consist of all border territories: geographical, mental, and digitalinside images are in colour and black and white documenting the political and geographical impact of borders through photography and mixed media
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Howard argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagethe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slangrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainshe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usehe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themhis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehe asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, why
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However, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedthis text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governancethis book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary stateno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book fills this gapthe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central government
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Tracing the transformation of the epic poem into an instrument for the reformation of the political subject, gregerson thus provides an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the ways in which subjectivities are historically producedshe reminds us that reformation iconoclasts viewed verbal images with the same aversion as visual images, because they too were capable of waylaying the human imaginationin lucid and theoretically sophisticated language, linda gregerson examines the fraught ideological, political and gender conflicts that are woven into the texture of the faerie queene and paradise lostoxfam bookshop wallingford the reformation of the subject is a study of the cultural contradictions that gave birth to the english protestant epicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a series of detailed readings, gregerson examines the different strategies adopted by spenser and milton as they sought to distinguish their poems from idols yet preserve the shaping power that iconoclasts have long attributed to icons
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The book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practicethis book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theoryoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesnote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as newthis development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and development
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In the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themthe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturethe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question markwidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writingthe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature
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Embodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policy
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It's easy to see what summer means and also refreshing to hear how his own solution to the problem is in many ways as innovative as monk's original thinkinga commendable projectwhat's less easy to anticipate is the constant innovation of summers' interpretationsbrilliant corners 4light blue/rhythm-a-ning 13oxfam bookshop lymington when this album was released, bournemouth's favourite ex-policeman expressed the view that most albums of the music of thelonious monk made by anyone other than monk himself tended to end up as solo-theme-solo blowing sessions which detracted from monk's skill as a composerpredictably, the selection includes "brilliant corners", "'round midnight" and so on, while the presence of sting as guest vocalist on the latter and summers' ability to rustle up some powerful jazz company for this recording (including peter erskine and hank roberts) is also par for the courseruby my dear see oxfam website for delivery information read moregreen chimneys 2'round midnight 6rather than settling for cloning the originals and then just slapping a guitar part on top, summers has expertly deconstructed a cluster of monk favourites and then reassembled them with guitar parts elegantly integrated into the structure of each pieceboo boo's birthday 9think of one 12
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She may be tugged by her desires for companionship, may even stumble into an intense love for a man, and may be made to try the strength of female heroism in ways no longer familiar to women in our century" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreand even if she survives the wilds, it is no simple matter to discover and nest among her own kind-the godly, those called puritans by othersstreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colonywhat young woman can be safe from the dangers of wilderness when its shadowy thickets spring up so easily in the soil of human hearts? much will oppose charis' longings for renewal and peace; she must pursue and discover the hero's path to a larger, more vivid lifefor charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazardswe are meant to go in and out of doors in civilized style, but my mother bade me climb into woodsy wildness and a darkness flushed with crimson light and torchesshe will need to struggle for survival: to scour the wilderness for shelter, to strive and seek for a new family and a setting where she can belongher unmarked way is costly and hardoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for mesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenewly published paperback
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It examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbaloxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplinesthe vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan apower (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (stross (loyola university, chicago)see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theologyandrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david n
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In djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsroos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of wareliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodno marks and good bindingoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebloosbury paperback in "as new"Â condition
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This book explores the complex ways in which authors, publishers and readers contributed to the making of restoration poetry see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is some wear and tear on the back cover and at the top/bottom of the spinethe main body of the book has 230 pagesthe book is in a good overall condition
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ways of life here, and therefore landscape and architecture, have changed less than in most districts in the last hundred years (as of )superficial scuffs and marks, light discolouration, mainly to spineone in a series of shell guides glossy pictorial dust jacketsticker ghost on rear of jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial endpapersoxfam bookshop newport this is a descriptive guide to three welsh counties which have romantic hill, dale and river scenery unsurpassed in the british islestext block is clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedmuch of it is pastoral and remote country, where the houses and churches are neither rich nor grand but have a strongly-marked, unsophisticated charactertan cloth covered boards with green text to spine
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With the kind of devotion that only a dog can give, he shows loyalty to his master in ways that are both touching and profoundrunning time approxin call of the wild, a domestic dog is kidnapped from his comfortable life on a california estate and thrown into the wild north woodsrecorded unabridged are call of the wild and 3 special klondike stories: to build a fire, love of life and to the man on the trailoxfam bookshop hertford jack london's stories are classic american favouritessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreread by roger dresslerbuck, half st bernard and half scottish shepherd, is a strong dog but not accustomed to the harsh life of the north and he must fight for his survivalhe learns how to work hard; how to dig a hole in a snowbank to stay warm; how to survive cruelty
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