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However, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedover the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive wayoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings
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A predator is stalking the women of grant countya woman runs alone in the woodshe lingers in the shadows, until the time is just right to snatch his victim but then another young woman is brutally attacked and left for dead, and the mo is identicalshe convinces herself she has no reason to be afraid, but she's wrongalthough the original trail has gone cold - memories have faded, witnesses have disappeared - agent will trent and forensic pathologist sara linton must re-open the cold case1 sunday times crime thriller featuring will trent and sara linton'this is slaughter doing what she does best' mail on sunday'as sharp and absorbing as ever' guardian'a page turner' sunday timeshe watchesa decade later, the case has been closedoxfam bookshop cheltenham a no the killer is behind bars but the clock is ticking, and the killer is determined to find his perfect silent wifepraise for the number one bestselling author:'passion, intensity, and humanity' lee child'i'd follow her anywhere' gillian flynn'one of the boldest thriller writers working today' tess gerritsen'her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' michael connelly'a writer of extraordinary talents' kathy reichs'fiction doesn't get any better than this' jeffery deaver'a great writer at the peak of her powers' peter james'karin slaughter has - by far - the best name of all of us mystery novelists' james patterson'with heart and skill karin slaughter keeps you hooked from the first page until the last' camilla lackberg'it's big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody - like a perfectly cooked steak' stuart macbride see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 centuryfor charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazards" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreher unmarked way is costly and hardnewly published paperbackoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for mewe 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 torchesoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindwhat 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 lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe 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 belongstreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colonyand 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 others
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Oxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european cultureit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionthe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturealthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredocumenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationthis copy is complete with uncut dust jacket
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham on smuttynose island, off the coast of new hampshire, more than a century ago, two norwegian immigrant women were brutally murderedin , jean, a photographer, is sent on an assignment to shoot a photo essay about the legendary crimetaking her extended family with her, jean stays in a sailboat anchored off the coast, and finds herself gradually becoming more and more engrossed in the bay's mysterious and gruesome pasta third woman survived by hiding in a cave until dawnwandering into a library one day, she unearths letters written by maren, the sole survivor of the murder spreesee oxfam website for delivery information read morejean's fear of losing all that she cares about is reflected in maren's poignant tale of love and loss, and her obsession with the ancient story drives her to wild impulsive action -- with unrecoverable consequences
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This remarkably illuminating portrait of tennessee williams lifts the veil on the heart and soul of his artistic inspiration: the unspoken collaboration between playwright and actorhe lives in new york
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For tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indelibly their grandfather is kind, compassionate, but still deeply affected y the remarkable true story of the iolaire shipwreck - by the selfless heroism and desperate tragedy he witnessed see oxfam website for delivery information read more two decades later, alasdair and rachel are sent to the windswept isle of lewis to live with tormod in his traditional backhouse home, a world away from the glasgow of their earliest years he was on board hmy iolaire when it smashed into rocks and sank, killing some two hundred servicemen on the very last leg of their long journey home from waroxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night
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You may have heard of metext block is clean and tightsuperficial scuffs and marks, reading creases to spine and rear coveri tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during daymy name is kvothei have talked to gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weepsee oxfam website for delivery information read morei was expelled from the university at a younger age than most people are allowed ini have spent the night with felurian and left with both my sanity and my life" pictorial paper coversi burned down the town of trebonoxfam bookshop newport "i have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings
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The story was also gathered and published as part of the adventure of the christmas pudding and a selection of entrées in october the three issues in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop canterbury the mystery of the spanish chest is a novella by agatha christie which was first published in three instalments in women's illustrated from 17 september to 1 october with illustrations by zelinksi in the u
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But coming together in song is just what the women of chilbury need in these dark hours, and they are ready to singthis atmospheric debutan uplifting and heart-warming novel perfect for fans of helen simonson's the summer before the war and the guernsey literary and potato peel pie societywith a little fighting spirit and the arrival of a new musical resident, the charismatic miss primrose trent, the choir is rebornthough for one villager, the choir is the perfect cover to destroy chilbury's new-found harmonyhearts are breaking as sons and husbands leave to fight, and when the vicar decides to close the choir until the men return, all seems losthad me sniffing copiously' daily mailin wartime, survival is as much about friendship as it is about couragein the idyllic village of chilbury change is afootsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'the writing glows with emotional intelligencesome see the choir as a chance to forget their troubles, others the chance to shine
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He knows that the killer is the man the police have named the butcher - the slayer of nine young womenlearning of the psychic identification, the butcher begins to stalk this 'witness' to his crime, and traps harris and his girlfriend at night in a vast forty-two-storey business building, hunting them relentlessly from floor to floorplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis graham harris is a gifted clairvoyant, and during a television interview, he 'sees' a murder being committed
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These hardened men and women fight for their lives and their freedom against beasts of the plains, police in the cities, and pirates in the skythere will come a timethere will come a timechange and progress are outlawedwhen freedom is considered too dangerousthe last free people must scrape a living in the dirt of the prairies, or in the skies above themwhen freedom is outlawed, only the outlaws are freecities are walled, and citizens are chained to round-the-clock jobs to keep them controlledsorry about thatthis time will come, and it will be my faultwhen freedom is outlawedthey hide in fear, not daring to break their chains of slaverywhen clockworks wake up, only to find they are not allowed to be awake
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford in this investigation of virginia woolf's narrative strategies daniel ferrer shows how her writing insistently raises the question of its origins and its connection with madness and suicidethis book should be of interest to students and lecturers of twentieth century english literature, literary theory and women's studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A witty tale that satirises the weaknesses of men without underplaying those of women see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans the author imagines a life for mrs gulliver and gives her a subversive and brilliant adventure
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The is a internit history of wallis simpson the duchess of windsor the women king eward 8th abdiacated for20 p&p it was written by michael bloch in read moreover 180 photos and 239 pages aaery intresting story the book is 18cmx26cm and will cost £3
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All 11 ads £250 for the lot the lot of my listingsposted by deborah in women's clothing, coats & jackets in uddingston
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham classic comedy from ernst lubitsch in which a conman finds himself torn between two beautiful womengiven their professions, it would be a stretch to characterise the relationship as a match made in heaven, but gaston and lily certainly seem suited to one anotherhowever, when the intrepid pair set their sights on the wealth of perfume magnate mariette colet (kay francis) - a scheme that requires gaston to seduce mariette - the seeds are sown for a potentially deadly love trianglesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresmooth-talking thief gaston monescu (herbert marshall) can hardly believe his luck when he meets lily (miriam hopkins), a skilled pickpocket
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Excellent condition, slight rubbing to the corners of a few cards
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It covers the coast of north americathe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthey 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 i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthe 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 final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryoxfam 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 discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit 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 voyage to australia and tahitivery small tear to spine on volume iiall 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 soundvancouver, 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 canadait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust covervolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' company
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Frodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitieswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordormeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive years
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References na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtrythe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thregiment of the line, by king and countryit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences andreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontfrench artillery, by king and countryit consists of close to 32 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall of them have been sold out and retiredcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referenceeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit also includes srcoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)the 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)references na111the british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of 11 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramana112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist(total of 2 books) read morecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixsee pictures of the table of contentscondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe wrote extensively about morocco (’ registered shipping) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedplease 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 storehe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementarycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pp
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentstwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthis edition is fromplease 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 availablepart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contents
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The video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcesmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidshowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contamination
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cd
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As the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empiresimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centuryit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first time
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Oxfam 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 britainamong 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 ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekarim 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 citybut 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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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Jones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic color
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