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  • The western bronze finish is a soft matte and highlights the bordered “windows” of the basecollection: ridgebulb category: incandescentcategory: outdoor wall lights

    99 €

  • Here is our grumpy boy; winston the western hognose snakebelieve he is around 2 years oldif you want him without the set upfor more info please message read moresadly having to rehome our reptileshe will come with his set up with heat mat and thermostathe has a lot of attitude but can be handledwill headbutt and warn you when in his tank and trying to grab him but he’s never actually bitten so farthen i would want to see evidence of a new and suitable set up including photos and video proofhe is young but not exactly sure exact age

    200 €

  • Using photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventureoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein '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 change'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 indianfinally '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 day'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansfirst 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

    14 €

  • Vancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadathe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiithe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvery small tear to spine on volume iithe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthe voyage to australia and tahitioxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundit covers the coast of north americathey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coast

    34 €

  • When the boys end up scattered along the western front, rosie is left confused by her love for two young men - one an infantry soldier and one a flying acein the brief golden years before the outbreak of world war i, rosie mccosh and her three very different sisters are growing up in an eccentric household in kent, with their neighbours the pitt boys on one side and the pendennis boys on the othercan she, and her sisters, build new lives out of the opportunities and devastations that follow the great war? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a return to the epic romance, heroism, history and warm and eccentric cast of characters that made captain corelli's mandolin such an extraordinary hit (25 million copies sold)but their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthood

    12 €

  • Henry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western worldthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationalthis is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascenteveryone knows the story of anne boleynthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hingedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humouroxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor courtthen, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brother

    2 €

  • Oxfam bookshop wanstead discs condition- good to very good: most have few to no marks or scratches, but several light scratches on discs 3 and 6 all 32 episodes from the third series of the western adventure starring clint eastwood as cowhand rowdy yatesthe episodes are: 'incident at rojo canyon', 'incident of the challenge', 'incident at dragoon crossing', 'incident of the night visitor', 'incident of the slavemaster', 'incident on the road to yesterday', 'incident at superstition prairie', 'incident at poco tiempo', 'incident of the captive', 'incident of the buffalo soldier', 'incident of the broken word', 'incident at the top of the world', 'incident near the promised land', 'incident of the big blowout', 'incident of the fish out of water', 'incident on the road back', 'incident of the new start', 'incident of the running iron', 'incident near gloomy river', 'incident of the boomerang', 'incident of his brother's keeper', 'incident in the middle of nowhere', 'incident of the phantom bugler', 'incident of the lost idol', 'incident of the running man', 'incident of the painted lady', 'incident before black pass', 'incident of the blackstorms', 'incident of the night on the town' and 'incident of the wager on payday'see oxfam website for delivery information read more

    6 €

  • Used to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontprofoundly moving, it pays tribute to the men and women who voluntarily risked their lives for peaceand eventually they meet the kind of men worth giving up their precious independence for - if only they all surviveat once epic in scope and extraordinarily intimate, the daughters of mars brings the first world war to vivid life from an unusual perspectivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were beforeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in , two spirited australian sisters join the war effort as nurses, escaping the confines of their father's dairy farm and carrying a guilty secret with them

    2 €

  • Not only does it come with the star wars pedigree, it comes from the company that's arguably the leading games developer in the western world - biowaresimilarly, they might side with the sith while pursuing more noble endsit's a brave new galaxy in thereyou may also remember that bioware is the developer behind knights of the old republic, the critically acclaimed game to which the old republic is a sequel of sortsit's against this uneasy backdrop that players must join either the galactic republic or the sith empire as new conflicts emergebasically, this game couldn't be in better handsa shaky peace has been established between the re-emergent sith empire and the galactic republicoxfam shop rosemount viaduct "while it seems a little unfair to start comparing most mmos to the titanic world of warcraft, if there's one massively multiplayer online game out there that can take on the mighty wow, it has to be star wars: the old republicthe sith, meanwhile, have control of korriban and have set up a new sith academy therehowever, if you choose to focus on less companions expect stronger relationships and even a possible love interest" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethese companions can gather and craft on the player's behalf, so gamers might benefit from having more than onemay the force be with youpopular opinion isn't really with the jedi, who many blame for the success of the sith in the 28 year great galactic war, so they've relocated to tython, birthplace of the jedi order, so they can regroup and commune with the forcethe action takes place 300 years after the events of kotor and some years before the events of the star wars filmsfaction and morality aren't forced to be aligned, and players might be part of the republic but have objectives that run counter to its goalsplayers will be able to have a number of non-player companions accompany them through the gamewhile this might seem to be a case of siding with 'good guys' or 'bad guys', though, bioware hasn't made things quite that straight forward

    3 €

  • A member of the second generation of hudson river school artists, remington's works are known for depicting the western united states in the last quarter of the 19th-century, featuring such images as cowboys, american indians, and the united states cavalryfrederic sackrider remington (october – december ) was an american painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in depictions of the american old westplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrederic remington, first half 20th centurya signed bronze sculpture of a cowboy on horseback with a snakethe pictures are part of the descriptionin excellent condition, two very minor scratches as shown on the picturescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis lot will be sent via registered mailon a black marble baseour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki

    293 €

  • The western provinces - gaul, spain and britain - have been seized by the pretender postumusto the east, on the plains of northern italy, the armies of the emperor gallienus musterpraise for harry sidebottom: sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artyet not all welcome ballistas returnad 264 - the roman empire is torn in twoa fearsome, masked warlord attacks, bringing fire and sword against the anglesfans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottoms recreation of the ancient worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone must choose a sideoxfam shop launceston warrior of rome: the amber road is the sixth book in harry sidebottom's warrior of rome serieson a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, ballista must journey the amber road to the far north to hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birthdoes treachery pose the greatest danger?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama

    14 €

  • Winner 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 moreit is the autobiography of the british soldierin 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 basrathis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manthis is his storysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles

    3 €

  • John james todd's reminiscences carry us through the ups and downs of a long and lively career that begins in genteel edinburgh, devastatingly detours out to the western front, forks off, after a period of cosy family life in london, to the electric excitements of the berlin film-world of the twenties, then moves on to hollywoodoxfam bookshop cheltenham the new confessions is the outrageous, extraordinary, hilarious and heartbreaking autobiography of john james todd, a scotsman born in and one of the great self-appointed (and failed) geniuses of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'an often magnificent feat of story-telling and panoramic reconstructionto ordeal by mccarthyism and eventual escape to europe' peter kemp, observer

    2 €

  • Us cavalry officer colonel william ludlow (hopkins) takes early retirement after despairing of the government's treatment of the western tribesafter one of the brothers is lost in the first world war, the surviving siblings return home to rebuild their lives, and fight once more for susannah's loveoxfam shop gillingham edward zwick directs this drama starring anthony hopkins and brad pittwhen his youngest son samuel (henry thomas) returns from the city with his beautiful fiancĂ©e susannah (julia ormond), she attracts the attention of his older brothers alfred and tristan (pitt and aidan quinn)see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the remote foothills of the montana rockies he builds a ranch where he brings up his three sons

    1 €

  • Is the plan to destroy the western world being orchestrated by the watchmen?there have been few other female action heroines like modesty blaisea tough orphan who became the leader of the network, a crime syndicate specializing in art theft and industrial espionagethis operation is echoed several years later when modesty, with her peerless lieutenant willie garvin, finds herself drawn into conflict with the mysterious group known as the watchmen, who have plans to kill modesty in london and then destroy san francisco s golden gate bridgethis 10th book of her adventures begins with a flashback to the last days of the network, when modesty was about to retire, and describes the organization s final, astonishing operation before it disbandedmodesty and willie find themselves prisoners on see oxfam website for delivery information read moreyears later, she faces the consequences of this final mission when she is drawn into conflict with a mysterious group called 'the watchmen'but there is one final, astounding mission before she can leaveoxfam bookshop cheltenham modesty blaise is about to retire from her criminal empire, the network

    2 €

  • Oxfam bookshop knutsford why did china enter the korean war? what made mao zedong, only one year after the establishment of the people's republic of china, decide to assist north korea in fighting a coalition of nearly all of the western industrial powers?;many scholars have traditionally regarded beijing's decision to enter the war as a reaction to washington's mistake in crossing the 38th parallel and marching towards the yalufirst edition book, annotated in green highlighted pen, examples of which shown in photographs see oxfam website for delivery information read more  based on extensive use of newly available chinese sources, however, this study argues that china's entry into the korean war was brought about by concerns much more complex than simply safeguarding the chinese-korean borderhe provides a fresh analytical framework within which to understand the foreign policy and security strategy of the people's republic of chinathe author places the making of the sino-american collision in korea in the broader context of both the continuous development of the chinese communist revolution after its nationwide victory and the emerging cold war

    19 €

  • Within months of duranty arriving in moscow as a correspondent for the "new york times" the romanovs were deposed, but he soon found himself installed as the reigning social host of the western colonyoxfam books & music perth journalist walter duranty was a working-class english socialist, who acquired the graces of a socialite while stationed in parishis newspaper career was equally glittering - his interview with stalin won him the pulitzer prize and his articles played a prominent role in gaining american recognition for the ussr inhowever, the content of his despatches was becoming increasingly selectivehe hushed up the great famine of the early s and glossed over the infamous show trials, which led to his dismissal from the "times" in the late ssally taylor's biography of this flamboyant individual also explores the source and content of the news the west received between the world wars, and raises issues about the role of the press in modern societysee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    39 €

  • Ornithologists now work on a wider geographical basis, and this new handbook covers the whole of the western palearctic, which includes all europe together with the middle east to turkey, iraq and jordanthis volume vi covers warblers see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford this entirely new and authoritative work of reference has been planned to take account of the great advances that have been made since the publication of the handbook of british birds (), which for may years provided the basis on which ornithological research in the uk was built

    80 €

  • Ornithologists now work on a wider geographical basis, and this new handbook covers the whole of the western palearctic, which includes all europe together with the middle east to turkey, iraq and jordanthis volume ix covers buntings and new world warblers see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford this entirely new and authoritative work of reference has been planned to take account of the great advances that have been made since the publication of the handbook of british birds (), which for may years provided the basis on which ornithological research in the uk was built

    19 €

  • Ornithologists now work on a wider geographical basis, and this new handbook covers the whole of the western palearctic, which includes all europe together with the middle east to turkey, iraq and jordanthis volume vii covers flycatchers to shrikes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford this entirely new and authoritative work of reference has been planned to take account of the great advances that have been made since the publication of the handbook of british birds (), which for may years provided the basis on which ornithological research in the uk was built

    49 €

  • But will he be able to unravel what happened to the victim, thomas newman, the wealthiest, most capable and industrious man in the village? and what will happen if he can't?moving back in time towards the moment of thomas newman's death, the story is related by reve - an extraordinary creation, a patient shepherd to his wayward flock, and a man with secrets of his own to keepwhen a man is swept away by the river in the early hours of shrove saturday, an explanation has to be found: accident, suicide or murder? the village priest, john reve, is privy to many secrets in his role as confessorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough his eyes, and his indelible voice, harvey creates a medieval world entirely tangible in its immediacyoxfam bookshop hertford **shortlisted for the walter scott prize th century oakham, in somerset; a tiny village cut off by a big river with no bridge

    2 €

  • Although a smaller conflict than the western front, in some ways it was more dramatic, involving the use of cavalry and the arab revolt led by tseward, mc, who was a pilot with no 14 squadron rfcthis fascinating book is based around the experiences of the author's father, woxfam shop smithdown road few people know of the battle over the sinai desert between the royal flying corps and german airmen, part of britain's campaign against turkey in the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with remarkable photographs that have only just come to light, this book provides a unique historical record

    44 €

  • Everyday scenes and characters form a background as he considers various issues, most centrally a feeling that good and evil have become inverted and that the western world has lost its meaningoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: goodsmall dents on the front cover, and very minor wear to the top and bottom of spine, but the pages themselves are in good condition, without any folds or tearsthis cross-genre novella introduces a comic hero - "the psychoanalyst" - who muses on ordinary yet essential psychological, philosophical and theological questions following the catastrophesee oxfam website for delivery information read more

    35 €

  • The western tribes prepare to make a standbut with winter drawing in, the terrain is barely passable through icy rain and snowstormsoxfam bookshop knutsford first edition now a sunday times bestseller!simon scarrow's veteran roman soldier heroes face a cunning and relentless enemy in britannia, the unforgettable fourteenth novel in the bestselling eagles of the empire seriesbut can they match the discipline and courage of the legionaries?wounded centurion macro remains behind in charge of the fort as prefect cato leads an invasion deep into the hillswhen macro's patrols report that the natives in the vicinity of the garrison are thinning out, a terrible suspicion takes shape in the battle-scarred soldier's mindroman britain, ad 52has the acting governor, legate quintatus, underestimated the enemy? if there is a sophisticated and deadly plan afoot, it's cato and his men who will pay the pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecato's mission: to cement rome's triumph over the natives by crushing the druid strongholdincludes maps and charts

    4 €

  • Summary: an epic tale of power struggles, rapacious potentates and venerated alchemists, this novel recounts the incredible life story of the man who discovered the magic formula of the art of porcelain making, and the huge impact it had on the western world at the timereview: chinese porcelain was much admired and collected in 17th-century europe, and the secret of its manufacture was as eagerly sought after as the secret of turning base metal into gold, and often attempted by the same menoxfam bookshop brighton physical description: xii, 272 pagesthe biography of johann friedrich bottger, the imprisoned alchemist worked to death because of his claim of discovering the formula, is a book in itself, and he is only one of an extraordinary cast of enthusiastic, often misled characters in a story which is eagerly and racily told  see oxfam website for delivery information read morebibliography: pking augustus of saxony was the keenest of all seekers after the arcanum, or secret recipe; and this book narrates in great detail the involved and often dark events that eventually led to the discovery of the recipe, and the establishment of european porcelain factories, in particular at meissennotes: maps on endpapersbeauty and worth combined to make porcelain so potent a force that conspiracy, imprisonment, bribery, murder and suicide attended its history

    4 €

  • 8 vintage railway series books - hardback - duke the last engine the three engines oliver the western engine james the red engine tramway engines small railway engines paperback - four little engines gallant old engine

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  • 8 vintage railway series books - hardback - duke the last engine the three engines oliver the western engine james the red engine tramway engines small railway engines paperback - four little engines gallant old engineÂŁ5 the lot i am in hoghton near preston

    5 €

  • In , with the german withdrawal to the hindenburg line, british responsibility moved further southby early the british third and fifth armies were responsible as far south as east of noyon

    57 €

  • Written by the pioneer of british armoured warfare and a respected strategistoxfam bookshop byres road written by the pioneer of british armoured warfare, this is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the battles that changed the course of history, explaining both the events themselves and their historical importancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more

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    14 €

  • Oxfam bookshop byres road written by the pioneer of british armoured warfare, this is an accessible and comprehensive guide to the battles that changed the course of history, explaining both the events themselves and their historical importancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more

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    14 €

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