The year of the war
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The story begins when the newly married couple arrive in romania at the start of world war twothe story then follows their adventures and life throughout the war and their subsequent flights from the countries around the balkans and the eastern mediterranian to escape the nazisno damage to discsoxfam books & music wells good conditionmoderate wear to slipcasesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelong-term collaborators kenneth brannagh and emma thompson star in this epic wartime drama (which cost the bbc an estimated 7 million pounds)
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock including a civil war tour of chester this very rare book charts the history of the civil war of to and chester's role in itit is in very good condition, with clean, bright pages and cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Franchises:god of warhow does it work?we will always do our best to help you in anyway we cani am a collectorno account neededliquid error: index was out of rangemust be non-negative and less than the size of the collection
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But what's worse, as the federation and the klingons are now allies, captain kol expects the federation to back him in the forthcoming warstar trek deep space nine (boxtree, ) it seems a klingon cruiser has disappeared, and in retaliation the klingons have declared war on their prime suspects, the cardassiansare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki3-requiem (collects dsp #8-11) the third in a series of deep space nine graphic novelsat the piccadilly circus of hyperspace, deep space nine is the base charged with the almost impossible task of keeping the peace between alien species who have nothing in common except their contempt for each otherstar trek deep space nine 1-3 (boxtree, -emancipation (collects dsp #1-3) the first of two star trek graphic novels taken from american comicsvoyager have been seeking a way home for years, but their quest is interrupted by encounters with an astonishing variety of foes and a few new friends2-emancipation and beyond (collects 4-7) the second of two star trek graphic novels taken from american comicsstar trek voyager: encounters with the unknown (wildstorm, ) lost in the delta quadrant, captain janeway and the crew of the uwhen the reactor-core malfunctions, the federation is forced to turn to the sinister cardassians for helpstar trek the next generation: forgiveness (wildstorm, ) the crew of the uplease 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 storeenterprise detect a stray transporter beam in deep space and when they realize that there's a living being inside the wayward beam--that being colin blakeney, the twenty-first century inventor of the transporter and holodeck--they bring it aboard and encounter a mystery for the agesthe federation now controls the space station ds9, which was formerly in the hands of the cardassians, an evil, military-obsessed racestar trek: other realities (wildstorm, ) collects three stories in which a scientist's quest for power leads to destruction, an alien virus attacks deep space nine, and captain calhoun wages a desperate race through time to rescue the planet haresh from the redeemersstar trek the next generation: the gorn crisis (wildstorm, ) the enterprise has been sent to request aid from the gorn during a time of severe internal dissent within the gorn populace, making their quest that much more difficult, as not all of the gorn have fond memories of the federationcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventurefinally '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 daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'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 indianin '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 changefirst 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
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Set of 6volumes old war books the history of the great european war,author stanley macbean knight, in fair condition
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In 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 otherbut their days of childhood adventure are shadowed by the approach of the conflict that will engulf them on the cusp of adulthoodcan 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 morewhen 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 aceoxfam 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)
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the upheavals of the second world war reverberated in the peace that followed, and many found a return to the old life more difficult than they had anticipatedcrafted with potent understatement and acute insight into the twists and turns of the heart, this is a formidable successor to melvyn bragg's widely praised and award-winning novel, the soldier's return see oxfam website for delivery information read morelike sam richardson, who was determined to break free of the constraints of his background and leave cumbria for the promised land of australiabetween them their young son joe strives to fulfil the conflicting expectations of childhood and adolescence and confronts his own demonsyet now, a few months on, he has settled for a job in wigton's paper factory, and believes he has put both his aspirations and his memories of fighting in burma behind himhis wife, ellen, begins to know better, realising how close to the brink their marriage had come
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Was the iraq war really an act of goodwill to liberate people from injustice?or was it a strategic move to maintain us dominance globally?
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Oxfam shop ulverston four further episodes from the series with walter cronkite, which examines the second world war and its repercussionsthis volume looks at the start of the battle in the pacificsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle austrian world war ii thriller in which the jewish son of a viennese art gallery owner holds the key to an artifact which could change the course of the warthe kaufmann family are sent to a concentration camp, where viktor's father dieswhen the nazis annex austria shortly afterwards, the son of one of the family's servants, rudi smekal (georg friedrich) - raised almost as a member of the family - is forced into a position of betrayal and the ss arrive to take control of the artifactdisc and case in good conditionwhen the nazis discover that the artifact is a mere copy of the original, rudi is sent to locate viktor in the camps and to uncover the location of the originalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreviktor kaufmann (moritz bleibtreu) is the son of a wealthy family, thrown into turmoil by his father's announcement that he is in possession of a rare and important artifactwill the betrayed viktor cooperate with his former friend, or will rudi's betrayal come back to haunt him? german with english subtitles
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Can castus keep his promise to a woman he has sworn to help? and is anything about this doomed enterprise what it seems? war at the edge of the world is the epic first instalment in a sequence of novels set at the end of the roman empire, during the reign of the emperor constantinehere he must face the barbarians beyond hadrian's wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treacherysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham an empire in declinecenturion aurelius castus - once a soldier in the elite legions of the danube - believes his glory days are over, as he finds himself in the cold, grey wastes of northern britain, battling to protect an empire in decline
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Kaye's epic novel of love and warkaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that spans over twenty years, moving from the foothills of the himalayas, to the burning plains, to the besieged british mission in kabulvineeta rishi ("the last detective") stars as sita and the narrator, with blake ritson as ashok/ashton and ayesha dharker as anjulirunning time 4 hours, 45 minutesit begins in when, following the indian mutiny, young english orphan ashton is disguised by his ayah sita as her indian son, ashokoxfam shop kendal this is a bbc radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of msee oxfam website for delivery information read morea story of divided loyalties and fierce friendship; of true love made impossible by class and race; a critique of the imperialist adventure; and an examination of the cultural and spiritual clash between east and west, "the far pavilions" is a searing insight into the human heartas he forgets his true identity, his destiny is set
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The shadows of war are drawing over the ancient city of fez, and holmes badly wants the wisdom and courage of his wife, whom he's learned has gone missingmeanwhile, holmes is pulled into the growing war between france, spain, and the rif revolt led by emir abd el-krim-who may be a robin hood or a power mad tribesmanshe is clothed like a man, and armed only with her wits and a scrap of paper containing a mysterious arabic phraseout in the hive-like streets, she discovers herself strangely adept in the skills of the underworld, escaping through alleys and rooftops, picking pockets and locksas holmes searches for her, and russell searches for herself, each tries to crack deadly parallel puzzles before it's too late for them, for africa, and for the peace of europeoxfam shop colne road in a strange room in morocco, mary russell is trying to solve a pressing mystery: who am i? she has awakened with shadows in her mind, blood on her hands, and soldiers pounding on the doorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Drawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the second world war ever writtenit follows the momentous events of the war from d-day, 6 june , through to the final days when the allied soldiers pushed the german troops out of france, chased them across germany, and, on 7 may , destroyed the nazi regimeoxfam books & music durham the victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian stephen eat the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatablethe victors is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and couragesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Mackenzie's document explores numerous controversies and reveals dozens of previously undisclosed episodes from britain's secret war against the axisoxfam shop poole at the end of world war ii, the cabinet office commissioned an eminent academic, professor william mackenzie, to undertake a comprehensive secret history of special operations executivegiven access to both personnel and the surviving wartime files, mackenzie's report was a reference document to be used by intelligence agencies in a future conflict, its audience the very elite of whitehall insidersnow, this highly classified account has been made availablethe book is in very good condition with no marks or foxing see oxfam website for delivery information read morenever before have soe's operations across the world been described in such detail and with total authoritywho were the agents parachuted in germany? what became of schemes designed to protect gibraltar from a spanish invasion? why did so many circuits suffer enemy penetration? when did soe decide to collaborate with the nkvd and infiltrate soviet spies into eastern europe? these and other wartime mysteries are packed into one of the most controversial documents of our time
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After the war salvage attempts were abortive and written off as impossible until simon martin and alec crawford took a lucky trip to foula inoxfam books & music perth in , just after the outbreak of world war i, the greatest liner of its day, the white star liner oceanic, struck a remote reef off shetland and sanktoday he stands at the peak of his profession having successfully carried out a salvage operation which no-one else in the world could even have attempted - working with his own patented systems he located the wreck persia in almost 2 miles depth of water and lifted millions of gold, silver, diamonds and jewelsfor simon martin the dive was the greatest achievement of his life, but for alec crawford it was a stepping stone to greatnessthe story was first told in and is reproduced now just as it was originally written, although an introduction and postscript have been addedthe story is a combination of treasure hunting and remarkable diving operations, the excitement of pin-pointing the wreck, diving and discovering the massive wreckagethey were soon making plans to locate the "undivable wreck" and salve its extremely valuable non-ferrous metalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 'queen of the seas' was even more magnificently luxurious than the titanic and unlike her, a remarkable salvage operation was achieved some sixty years later by two young and relatively inexperienced diversin all they salvaged nearly 250 tons of valuable metalin this book one of these divers tells the story of the disaster and the remarkable salvage work that he and his partner alec crawford undertook
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It 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 warwomen 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 gendersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese 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 viewedperhaps 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 unithere 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 wordsoxfam bookshop brigg an ornate victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the river thames at medmenham, buckinghamshire
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the first in a stunning new series, the cousins war, is set amid the tumult and intrigue of the war of the rosesinternationally bestselling author philippa gregory brings this family drama to colourful life through its women, beginning with the story of elizabeth woodville, the white queenthe white queen tells the story of a common woman who ascends to royalty by virtue of her beauty, a woman who rises to the demands of her position and fights tenaciously for the success of her family, a woman whose two sons become the central figures in a mystery that has confounded historians for centuries: the princes in the tower whose fate remains unknown to this daysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom her uniquely qualified perspective, philippa gregory explores the most famous unsolved mystery, informed by impeccable research and framed by her inimitable storytelling skills
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This person was in the intelligence section of the civil defence throughout the war and in the subsequent years until the civil defence was disbandedi understand the defence medal was awarded to non-military personnelthe return address on the back of the box the medal shows the uncrowned head of king george via boxed original defence medal ( to ) with ribbon and certificate awarded to mr a c d penny of hastingsthe reverse bears the royal crown resting on an oak tree, flanked by two lions above the words 'the defence medal', with the date top left and top rightthe ribbon is orange coloured in the centre flanked by stripes of green to symbolise enemy attacks on britain's green and pleasant land, with narrow black stripes to represent the black-outpresented in original franked box and with ribbon and a note from the home secretary, central index, home office, whitehall, swi
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From aviso grille, hitlers war yacht when in hartlepool coal dock in when brought back to uk at the end of the second world war
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war books printed by odhams press london 6 books bound in wine leather printed probley in every page has black and white photos and priint telling the story of the second world war in mint condition and been in the family since new
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Oxfam shop macclesfield a reprint of the english translation covering the period from the beginning of the war to the beginning of october (volume 1) and then october-november (volume 2)many diagrams, drawings, photographs and one fold-out mapvolume 2 has two loose pages note they are different sizes see oxfam website for delivery information read moresome slight bending to the corners and slight ruffing of top and bottom of hinge
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham longlisted for the booker prize after the upheavals of the second world war, the richardson family - sam, ellen and their young son joe - settle back to working-class life in the cumbrian town of wigtonas the old order begins to be challenged and new vistas open, sam and ellen forge their future together with differing needs and desires - and conflicting expectations of joe, who grows up with his own demons to confrontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet for them, as for so many, life will never be the same again
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Lomax helped to build a radio so that he and his comrades could follow news of the warone of his tormentors was a young japanese interpreter; lomax never forgot himthis was the most disastrous engineering project in history, which killed allied prisoners and thai labourershe was put to work on the railway of death - the japanese line from thailand and burmaalmost 50 years after the war, his life was changed by the discovery that his interrogator, the japanese interpreter, was still alivethis is the story of a tragic life and a transformed old agethe japanese discovered the radio and lomax was exhaustively and brutally tortureddespite an outwardly successful life, lomax was emotionally ruined by his experiences and could never share them with anyonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston a naive young man, a radio enthusiast and radio buff, was caught up in the fall of the british empire at singapore in
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square , and the pall of war hangs over francein the name of the king is an epic swashbuckling pageturner that sweeps from the political intrigues of cardinal richelieu to the great battlefields of the thirty years warthe young chevalier de roland has scarcely set foot in the city before he crosses swords with a cruel nobleman to defend a young woman's honourtoo late he learns he has stumbled on a conspiracy within the king's own household to seize power by secret alliance with spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccused of treason and forced to flee into hiding, andré must fight on alone, staking both his life and his honour in the battle to save france
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Wood manfred albrecht freiherr von richthofen (), known in english as baron von richthofen, and most famously as the "red baron", was a fighter pilot with the german air force during world war iname of previous owner written on inside title pagetreadwell and alan crichthofen was shot down and killed near vaux-sur-somme on 21 aprilhe remains one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, and has been the subject of many books, films and other mediasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere has been considerable discussion and debate regarding aspects of his career, especially the circumstances of his deathoxfam bookshop hampstead richthofen's flying circus by terry cin good conditionhe is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories
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With few options left, the survivors will need to look to the very people they once feared to make a last ditch effort to turn the tide of the warculbard (doctor who) in the classic sci-fi tradition but with an anthropomorphic twist, wild's end: journey's end reveals powerful acts of humanity persevering in the face of war on a worldwide scaleoxfam books & music perth an anthropomorphic tale of survival as as unlikely group of heroes makes a last ditch effort to fight back against alien invaderscities have been invaded and the countryside overrun, leaving little hope for humanity's resistancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclive, susan, and the others are separated, struggling to find a safe haven from the alien warpathdespite the military's best efforts, the alien invaders have seized a firm grip on the worldwritten by dan abnett (guardians of the galaxy, aquaman rebirth) and illustrated by i
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This work assesses niebuhr's ethical approach to waroxfam bookshop aberystwyth reinhold niebuhr was vociferously opposed to nazism and to isolationism as an american response to that threat, he rejected pacifism and the legalism of the just war traditionim their place, he developed a pragmatic and realist approach to the ethics of force which eschews absolute rules and instead evaluates consequentially the use of force in defence of the liberal-democratic statesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The build up of the raf air offensive after and the arrival of squadrons from america, australia, canada and poland, meant that by early in in lincolnshire alone, there were several thousand aircraft and personnelalso highlighted are the many and varied aircraft that comprised the operational unitsprevious owners name inside front coverfully illustratedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenumbered among them are the lancaster, manchester, hampden, wellington, hurricane, spitfire and beaufighteroxfam bookshop brigg at the height of the second world war, lincolnshire had no fewer than 46 operational airfields, all but nine built sincein this book, each airfield is described and details of its wartime function given
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