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Oxfam 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 populationmoving 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 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 unmarkedthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spineno 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 complexin 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 masculinity
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The worst witch the worst witch strikes again a bad spell for the worst witch the worst witch all at sea the worst witch saves the day the worst witch to the rescue the worst witch and the wishing star
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Folio society edition of the worst journey in the world by apsley cherry-garrardsingle volume with plain slipcase
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Suicide squad: behind the scenes with the worst heroes ever by bergstrom, signe cancellation
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Puffin boxed set of 5 jill murphy books - the worst witch collection read more
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The worst case scenario survival board game university games complete
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Series of seven 'the worst witch' paperback bookscollection from grobyexcellent condition, as newwould cost £42 if bought new
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Genius fry-cook at the pico mundo grill; boyfriend to the gorgeous stormy llewellyn ? and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in the bloody history of murder? something evil has come to the desert town that odd and stormy call homeit comes in the form of a mysterious man with a macabre appetite, a filing cabinet full of information on the world?s worst killers, and strange, hyena-like shadows following him wherever he goesnow he?s terrified for stormy, himself and pico mundothings that he has to act onplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis odd by name, a hero by natureand odd is far from sure he can stop the coming storm? read moretoday is august 14he knows things, sees things ? about the living, the dead and the soon to be deadodd thomas, to be precisebecause he knows that on wednesday august 15, a savage, blood-soaked whirlwind of violence and murder will devastate the town
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Genius fry-cook at the pico mundo grill; boyfriend to the gorgeous stormy llewellyn, and possibly the only person with a chance of stopping one of the worst crimes in the bloody history of murderplease enquire for further details p & p - £2the master of our darkest dreamsi have several more dean koontz books for saleodd thomas, to be preciseodd thomas by dean koontz paperback worth £6the times a brilliant paperback book in good condition
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For sale -the complete first series of ----the worst week of my lifestarring ben miller and sarah alexander
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Meanwhile, di silas quinn returns to new scotland yard after his recent sick leave to find the special crimes department has been closed and his team absorbed into cidor someone closer to home? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the pressure on young men to enlist grows stronger, pastor cardew holds a rally at his churchwas the murderer really a foreign spybut when a body is discovered in wormwood scrubs the day after cardew's rally, a white feather placed in its mouth, quinn finds himself unable to take a back seat in the investigationunfortunately, it ends in humiliation for felix simpkins when he receives a dreaded white feather - the ultimate sign of cowardiceoxfam bookshop cheltenham war has been declared, and detective inspector silas quinn finds himself drawn into a disturbing murder case where the only clue is a mysterious white featherthe declaration of war with germany has made the capital a dark, uncertain place, rife with fear and suspicion
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The worst of them was the massacre in modica innearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the jews and their relationships with the authorities and their christian neighbourssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallythe abundance of historical records in the archives of the crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuriesmuch new information has come to light, and many facets of jewish life in sicily have been uncoveredalthough john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timesoxfam bookshop hampstead the jews in sicily, volume ) by shlomo simonsohn this volume in the series documentary history of the jews in italy illustrates the history of the jews in sicily from totherefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary formthe volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the jews of the islandit is new in appearance and has a protective cellophane coverthe inside pages are clean and brightit is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of king johnafter years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicily
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Series 3 episodes are: 'monday morning will be fine', 'dreamland', 'the broken reflection', 'the beast in the cage', 'beware the trickster on the roof' and 'the worst horror of all'series 1 episodes are: 'alive and buried', 'the big sleep', 'the valley of fear', 'i'll retire to bedlam', 'the eternal quadrangle' and 'the return of the speckled band'series 6 episodes are: 'the executioner's song', 'tales of terror', 'the futility of the fly', 'threatening weather', 'the dawn of man' and 'things aren't simple any more'series 4 episodes are: 'the pit and the pendulum', 'descent into the maelstrom', 'hearts of darkness', 'warm champagne', 'the trail' and 'secret of the seven sorcerers'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseries 2 episodes are: 'in luton airport no-one can hear you scream', 'we have put her living in the tomb', 'dramatic fever', 'who will buy?', 'love and death' and 'timeless time'series 5 episodes are: 'the man who blew away', 'only a story', 'the affair of the hollow lady', 'rearranging the dust', 'hole in the sky' and 'the exterminating angel'oxfam books & music aberdeen every episode from all six series of the tv comedy starring richard wilson as victor meldrew, the archetypal grumpy old man, who has been forced into early retirement and is perpetually enraged by seemingly every aspect of modern life
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Series 3 episodes are: 'monday morning will be fine', 'dreamland', 'the broken reflection', 'the beast in the cage', 'beware the trickster on the roof' and 'the worst horror of all'series 1 episodes are: 'alive and buried', 'the big sleep', 'the valley of fear', 'i'll retire to bedlam', 'the eternal quadrangle' and 'the return of the speckled band'series 6 episodes are: 'the executioner's song', 'tales of terror', 'the futility of the fly', 'threatening weather', 'the dawn of man' and 'things aren't simple any more'oxfam shop oxford every episode from all six series of the tv comedy starring richard wilson as victor meldrew, the archetypal grumpy old man, who has been forced into early retirement and is perpetually enraged by seemingly every aspect of modern lifeseries 4 episodes are: 'the pit and the pendulum', 'descent into the maelstrom', 'hearts of darkness', 'warm champagne', 'the trail' and 'secret of the seven sorcerers'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseries 2 episodes are: 'in luton airport no-one can hear you scream', 'we have put her living in the tomb', 'dramatic fever', 'who will buy?', 'love and death' and 'timeless time'series 5 episodes are: 'the man who blew away', 'only a story', 'the affair of the hollow lady', 'rearranging the dust', 'hole in the sky' and 'the exterminating angel'
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Tragedy strikes and angela is left to rear her frail daughter on her own, though the worst is yet to come when angela suffers another terrible misfortuneoxfam bookshop cheltenham a story of struggle and hardship and one girl's battle for survival from the best-selling author of if you were the only girl and another man's childwhen angela marries her childhood sweetheart, she has hopes of a brighter future, which are dashed when her husband is called up to fight in the great warwhat destiny awaits angela and her unborn child? caught between the devil and the deep blue sea, will angela forever be punished for the choices that she makes? see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the dream of a better life is dashed as bad fortune dogs the familypregnant and destitute and already with one mouth to feed that she can ill afford, there is nowhere left to turnangela mccluskey comes to birmingham from ireland with her family as a young girl to escape the terrible poverty in her homeland
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What was once the worst pie shop in london quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but barker won't be satisfied until he can lure judge turpin into the barber's chairseeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, barker sets up a barber's shop above mrs lovett's premisessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th century, this musical tells the tale of benjamin barker (depp), a barber who returns to london after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commitnow calling himself sweeney todd, barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty new filling for mrs lovett's meat piesoxfam bookshop lymington tim burton's film version of the stephen sondheim musical starring johnny depp and helena bonham carterhe soon discovers from pie-maker mrs lovett (bonham carter) that, in his absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly judge turpin (alan rickman)
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What was once the worst pie shop in london quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but barker won't be satisfied until he can lure judge turpin into the barber's chairoxfam shop ulverston tim burton's film version of the stephen sondheim musical starring johnny depp and helena bonham carterseeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, barker sets up a barber's shop above mrs lovett's premisessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th century, this musical tells the tale of benjamin barker (depp), a barber who returns to london after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commitnow calling himself sweeney todd, barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty new filling for mrs lovett's meat pieshe soon discovers from pie-maker mrs lovett (bonham carter) that, in his absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly judge turpin (alan rickman)
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It turned out to have been the worst mistake he ever could have made - a mistake he must put right before it is too lateand what a storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story of a young man, a young soldier in the trenches of world war i who, on the spur of the moment, had done what he thought was the right thingoxfam bookshop lymington the powerful new novel from the master storyteller - inspired by the true story of one man who might have stopped world war iithe train is under attacks from german fightersin the darkness, sheltering in a railway tunnel, the stranger in the carriage with barney and his mother tells them a story to pass the time
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Oxfam books & music winchester all 14 episodes from series 1 and 2 of the bbc comedythe first series follows publisher howard steel (ben miller) through the week leading up to his wedding, in which he faces a series of disasters and catastrophes during what should be the happiest period of his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes are: 'monday'; 'tuesday'; 'wednesday'; 'thursday'; 'friday'; 'saturday'; and 'sunday'from trying to stop a colleague with whom he had an affair from ruining his big day, to dealing with his pompous in-laws and his drunken best man, howard faces an uphill struggle to ensure that the day goes as plannedas in series 1, episodes are: 'monday'; 'tuesday'; 'wednesday'; 'thursday'; 'friday'; 'saturday'; and 'sunday'in series 2, howard and mel (sarah alexander) are now married with a baby on the way, but unsurprisingly things are going far from smoothly and howard is only managing to make the cook family hate him even more than ever
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The outer sleeve is free from any rips, tears or creasing but does show wear on the edges - the worst of this is highlighted in the attached photos - however, is in overall good to very good conditionoxfam shop magdelen street this is a chance to own a rare first pressing of souixsie and the banshees twice upon a time - the singles, double vinyl original release fromthe vinyl of both records appears to be nice and clean with a few surface scuffs noticeable but overall very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first pressing was released with the lyrics printed on the two inner sleeves and notes by jon wilde printed on the back of the coveroverall, this is a very nice copy of this rare recordboth inner sleeves are in very good plus condition with no rips, tears or creases visible
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For one woman, it's a reminder of the worst thing that ever happened to herwhen a paragraph in an evening newspaper reveals a decades-old tragedy, most readers barely give it a glanceoxfam bookshop raeburn place signed first edition, signature only on title pagethe child's story will be toldbut for three strangers it's impossible to ignore the sunday times bestseller 'clever and compellingand for the third, a journalist, it's the first clue in a hunt to uncover the truthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou'll love the child' clare mackintosh 'tense, tantalising and ultimately very satisfyingfor another, it reveals the dangerous possibility that her darkest secret is about to be discoveredalmost fine condition, only minus is that there is a slight remnant from a sticker in the top right hand corner of the dust jacketan absolutely fabulous read - i loved it!' shari lapena 'i loved this gripping story that kept me guessing to the end' liz nugent'fiona barton is a major new talent' m j arlidge the bestselling author of 's breakout debut, the widow, returns with her new dark, unputdownable thrillerdefinitely one of the year's must-reads' lee child 'an engrossing, irresistible story about the coming to light of a long-buried secret
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Amid the worst drought to ravage australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town kiewarra for two yearseveryone thinks luke hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guiltycom's no 1 pick for best mystery & thriller 'one of the most stunning debuts i've ever readas questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlierthe dry is a breathless page-turner' janet maslin, new york timeswho really killed the hadler family?i just can't understand how someone like him could do something like thatpraise for the dry'spellbinding' ian rankin'riveting' mail on sunday'stunningly atmospheric' val mcdermid see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford jane harper's new novel, the survivors, is now available for pre-orderwinner of the british book awards crime thriller book of the year winner of the cwa gold dagger award amazonpoliceman aaron falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigationbecause falk and luke hadler shared a secret, one which luke's death threatens to unearthtensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the hadler family are brutally murderedand as falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crimeread it!' david baldacci'packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the reader guessing
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Amid the worst drought to ravage australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town kiewarra for two yearseveryone thinks luke hadler, who committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son, is guiltyas questions mount and suspicion spreads through the town, falk is forced to confront the community that rejected him twenty years earlierthe dry is a breathless page-turner' janet maslin, new york timeswho really killed the hadler family?i just can't understand how someone like him could do something like thatpraise for the dry'spellbinding' ian rankin'riveting' mail on sunday'stunningly atmospheric' val mcdermid see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand as falk probes deeper into the killings, secrets from his past and why he left home bubble to the surface as he questions the truth of his friend's crimecom's number 1 pick for best mystery & thriller 'one of the most stunning debuts i've ever readpoliceman aaron falk returns to the town of his youth for the funeral of his childhood best friend, and is unwillingly drawn into the investigationbecause falk and luke hadler shared a secret, one which luke's death threatens to unearthtensions in the community become unbearable when three members of the hadler family are brutally murderedoxfam shop evesham jane harper's new novel, the survivors, is now available for pre-orderwinner of the british book awards crime thriller book of the year winner of the cwa gold dagger award amazonread it!' david baldacci'packed with sneaky moves and teasing possibilities that keep the reader guessing
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With strikingly realistic computer re-creations, you ll feel like you ve traveled to the edge of the unknown: visit strange and unfamiliar worlds in exoplanets, prepare for the worst in cosmic collisions, and uncover the secrets of our own galaxy, the milky wayoxfam shop kendal we once considered ourselves to be at the center of the universe now we know that we are just a small spec in a giant cosmoslearn exactly what dark matter is and how it takes up 95% of the universe; take a front-row seat for the ultimate light show with supernovas; and while most people have heard of black holes (which swallow all matter that they come in contact with), find out more about white holes which actually create matterthis season, history ventures outsides of our solar system in another epic exploration of the universe and its mysteriesand that is just the beginningepisodes include:alien planets, cosmic holes, mysteries of the moon, the milky way, alien moons, dark matter, astrobiology, space travel, supernovas, constellations, unexplained mysteries, cosmic collisions, colonizing space/ see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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What was once the worst pie shop in london quickly becomes one of the city's most popular eateries, but barker won't be satisfied until he can lure judge turpin into the barber's chairseeking revenge and filled with a murderous rage, barker sets up a barber's shop above mrs lovett's premisessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle film adaptation of the stephen sondheim musical starring johnny depp and helena bonham carterbased on a 'penny dreadful' tale (which later became an urban myth) from the mid-19th century, this musical tells the tale of benjamin barker (depp), a barber who returns to london after spending years in exile for a crime he didn't commitproduct is sealed and unusednow calling himself sweeney todd, barker kills off all his customers with a razor to the throat and sends their cadavers to the shop below to be used as a tasty new filling for mrs lovett's meat pieshe soon discovers from pie-maker mrs lovett (bonham carter) that, in his absence, his wife has taken her own life and his daughter is now in the care of the man who had him sent away - the dastardly judge turpin (alan rickman)
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But caught, with others, in the worst astral storm of their experience, they had other things to think about for the momentoxfam shop magdelen street this is the first edition, published inkemlo and kerowski hardly expected to find an aerial marie celeste adrift in the void see oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone knows the story of the mary celeste
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A couple and their young daughter, fresh from city life, immerse themselves in the practicalities of looking after sheep, cattle and hens, mending fences, baking bread and surviving the worst that scottish winters can throw at themoxfam bookshop carlisle a real classic among highland books, "a croft in the hills" captures, in simple, moving descriptions, what it was really like trying to make a living out of a hill croft fifty years agovg pages for its age, some edge and jacket wear + small name-plate to fly-leafsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Suicide squad, the eagerly anticipated film from warner brospictures based on the dc comics antihero team
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This "health survival encyclopedia" is 478 pages chock-full of over 100 scientifically researched natural home remedies that can keep you and your family healthy and safe, even when going outside might be the worst optionit is the best alternative health insurance you could possibly have for when modern medicine goes out the window, and survival is on the lineit's also easy to read, to understand and to applyplus, it doesn't matter where someone livesfor experts and novices alikethis book is an all-in-one health resource, packed with scientifically-backed alternative remedies for when help can't reach youthis information can help anyone before, during and after shtf"doctor's book of survival home remedies" as a smart, simple, and easy way for people to stay healthy and strong, and to understand all of their options, while granting access to hundreds of remedies for the majority of health problems we face
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