The women of qumar
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In this series, bartlet (martin sheen) begins his re-election campaign, while cj (allison janney) is outraged at american support for the middle eastern country of qumarepisodes include: 'manchester (parts 1 and 2)','ways and means', 'on the day before', 'war crimes', 'gone quiet', 'the indians in the lobby', 'the women of qumar', 'bartlet for america', 'hthe discs are in perfect conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop shirley the complete third series of the acclaimed political dramacon- airplanes', 'the two bartlets', 'night five', 'hartsfield's landing', 'dead irish writers', 'the us poet laureate', 'stirred', 'enemies, foreign and domestic', 'the black vera wang', 'we killed yamamoto' and 'posse comitatus'the case also includes an episode guide booklet insidethe case is worn out and a bit ripped on one side
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women made up half of this work force and were, unusually, treated as equals with their male counterparts: the best person for the job, regardless of genderhere the women of medmenham, the 'women of intelligence' from churchill's daughter to girls escaping home for the first time, tell the story of their wartime life and work - in their own wordsthese quick-minded men and women were the ones to find out where the infamous german v-weapons were being constructed, were the first to see the results of the dambusters' raid and were sworn to utmost secrecy on everything they viewedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps not the first place that springs to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an allied victory in the second world war, but this was the headquarters of the allied central interpretation unitoxfam bookshop brigg an ornate victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the river thames at medmenham, buckinghamshireit was here that air photography from all over enemy-occupied europe was pored over by photographic interpreters, who sought out intricate details of enemy activity which then influenced virtually every allied operation of the war
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Oxfam bookshop st albans when the taliban took control of kabul, kamila sidiqi and all the women of kabul saw their lives transformedlittle did she know that the tailoring business she started to help her siblings would be the beginning of a dressmaking business that would create jobs and hope for one hundred neighbourhood women and would come to mean the difference between starvation and survival for hundreds of families like her ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredesperate to help her family and support her five brothers and sisters at home, kamila began sewing cothes in her living roomthe economy collapsed and young men left the city in search of work and securityovernight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own
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How would you have survived?the result is an enthralling account of life during the second world war and in the years of recovery and recrimination that followed the liberation of paris in
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women prove to be more effective in the public sphere; they are stronger, more intelligent, and better educatedthey gradually become less manly, and many adopt the submissive look of earlier victorian women, whereas women become assertive and domineeringit presents a dystopian vision of a female-dominated society of the 22nd century, where women keep men in complete subordination after the historic transfer of powerwomen gradually take over the traditional men's occupations and privileges, having become judges, doctors, lawyers, businesswomen and artists, whereas effeminate men are allowed to live and perform simple work in complete passivity, submission and obedience to the triumphant femalesas a result, men must change their rough nature and adjust to new gender roles leather bound boards are in fair condition with edges and corners that are worn downsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretraditional masculine qualities and behaviour have become unacceptable in the new societymodern art reflects change in new stereotypical forms of masculinity and femininityoxfam bookshop carlisle the revolt of man () reads like an anti-suffragette novel and the critique of the new woman ideology which emerged in england in the ssome foxing on some pages and a few pencil lines on some page borderspages are in fair condition for its agepen inscription and stamp mark on title pagethe novel comically reverses victorian gender roles
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Love, jealousy, family, freedom, commitment, and above all friendship: these are signs under which both women live out this phase in their storiesyet the two young women share a complex and evolving bond that is central to their emotional lives and is a source of strength in the face of life's challengesshe writes vividly about a specific neighborhood of naples from the late-s through to the current day and about two remarkable young women who are very much the products of that place and timethe story of a new name is the second book in this seriesoxfam bookshop ealing in , elena ferrante's my brilliant friend introduced readers to the unforgettable elena and lila, whose lifelong friendship provides the backbone for the neapolitan novelssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith these books, which the new yorker's james wood described as "large, captivating, amiably peopleda beautiful and delicate tale of confluence and reversal," ferrante proves herself to be one of italy's most accomplished storytellersmarriage appears to have imprisoned lila, and the pressure to excel is at times too much for elenayet in doing so she has created a world in which readers will recognize themselves and has drawn a marvellously nuanced portrait of friendshipin these neapolitan novels, elena ferrante, the acclaimed author of the days of abandonment, gives readers a poignant and universal story about friendship and belongingin the story of a new name, lila has recently married and made her entrée into the family business; elena, meanwhile, continues her studies and her exploration of the world beyond the neighbourhood that she so often finds stifling
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And it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingoxfam 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 frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'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 warher books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world warit 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 spiritall 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 couragemost are published by penguin' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionin 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'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 war
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A passing black cat revives the spirits of the fallen women and transforms them into shape-shifting ghosts who proceed to wreak revenge on the samurai class by luring them into the surrounding bamboo grovesbut one day the warrior gintoki (kichiemon nakamura) returns home to find his wife and mother gone and is assigned to rid the country of the murderous ghostsoxfam shop nether edge kaneto shindô writes and directs this japanese horrorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in the ancient heian era, yone (nobuko otowa) and her 20-year-old daughter-in-law shige (kiwako taichi) are scratching a meagre living in the forest when a band of marauding, depraved samurai rape and slay the two women, leaving their hut in ashes, and the blood-covered bodies splayed nearby
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The promise of patriarchy women and the nation of islam by ula yvette taylor (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop newport a collection of short biographies of the significant women in shakespeare's lifevarious scuffs, marks and discolourationpart of spine partially torn away, although the binding is still intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst signature slightly loosered cloth covered paper coversshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and edges of coverslight discolouration within text blockgilt titles to front and spine
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Edmunds an unprecedented exploration of the lives,and secret histories of the long-overlooked women of the beat generationoxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The gender of the gift: problems with women and problems with society in melanesia see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove good condition, slight shelf wear and minor spotting to page edges, appears only lightly read
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I’m hereby selling 3 different lego stores in the ‘space theme’: - : women of nasa - : benny's space team - : classic spaceman mini figure () the sets will be carefully shipped, via dhlare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Men and women of spaceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover - 25 x 18 cm - 904 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea publication of univelt, incorporated - california - usain very good condition, only minimal signs of useplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst editiontable of contents, see photoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith a biography of dirk frimout
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Contains 12 tracksoxfam books & music beaconsfield used copy of "scorn of the women"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Seeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlerswhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunmounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionfollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'
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Pride in the work of womenpride in the creation of exceptional garmentsshe 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 pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea 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 preservepride in the dedication of shetland knittersan accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownoxfam 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 world
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There'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 morethe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationaleveryone knows the story of anne boleynhenry 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 worldthen, 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 brotheroxfam 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 courtsuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humourthis 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 ascent
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry visee oxfam website for delivery information read morewidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward iv
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No one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexthere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inside pages are clean and unmarkedmoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinein good condition' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justiceshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinityoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing population
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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Oxfam 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-operationbased 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 warssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforemost 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 policyembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysfounded 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 beyond
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This volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processcourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hairthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearthe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrylove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsthe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotions
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Profoundly 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 perspectiveoxfam 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 themsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreused to tending the sick as they are, nothing could have prepared them for what they confront, first in the dardanelles, then on the western frontyet they find courage in the face of extreme danger and become the friends they never were before
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The "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comefor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsnow, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of marsbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seduction
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His relationships with his wife and other women friends are a continuing thread in the life of a man who remained acutely conscious of his lower middle-class origins in spite of his meteoric rise to fame, honours in edward vii's reign and friendship with the kingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreelgar's letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood, from gaiety and a fondness for puns to morose self-pity and a feeling that he was 'not wanted', and although much of elgar's music sounds confident and coherent, it also has an underlying layer of unease, melancholy and insecuritymichael kennedy, a leading scholar of british music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes elgar's own vast correspondence, in an attempt to get to the centre of the composer's complex personalityoxfam bookshop shaftesbury this important biography of elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five years
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Together they explore the secrets of laputa, a flying city constructed by a long-lost race of peopleall of miyazaki's major themes, the power of flight, the bravery of young women, and a world wrecked by change, are captured by beautiful animation and joyous storytellingsheeta, a girl who has the power to defy gravity, is on the run from pirates when she meets the young inventor pazuthe latest in the perennially popular line of studio ghibli art books, which includes interviews, concept sketches, and finished animation cels from classics such as spirited away and my neighbor totorohayao miyazaki's castle in the sky was the first feature film produced by the legendary studio ghibli
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Young women are going missingthree discs and booklet includedoxfam bookshop carlisle death stalks the fogbound streets of victorian london at the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious li h'sen chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick - the all-too-lifelike ventriloquist dummy, mister sinfor the talons of weng-chiang are reaching out to shred the human racehorribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the thamesand criminal gangs terrorise the innocentthe doctor dons deerstalker and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the legacy that diana wanted to give the women and men of the world! learn: how diana achieved freedom from oppression how she became a force of liberation that literally shook the world why she was taken from us to become a force of divine inspirationoxfam books & music lichfield diana the voice of change throws a new light on the most famous woman of her timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough diana may no longer be in flesh, her spirit lives on communicating to us alldiscover the truth about diana s extraordinary life principlesyou can use these same keys to focus your own destiny, to help you find the voice of change that resonates with your whole being, and assists you to live your soul s purposelearn what created her love and the secret keys that focused her destiny
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