Three decades later
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three decades later, chiara lives alone in rome, a self-contained, self-possessed woman working as a translator and to all appearances quite content with a life which revolves around work, friends, music and the theatrethe other has been herded on to a truck with her husband and their young children, and will shortly be driven off into the darknesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreloudly claiming the woman's son as her own nephew, she demands his immediate return; only as the trucks depart does she begin to realize what she has donein that endless-seeming moment, before she has time to think about what she is doing, chiara makes a decision that changes her life for everthis epic novel is an unforgettably powerful, suspenseful, heartbreaking and inspiring tale of love, loss and war's reverberations down the yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a grey dawn in : on a street in rome, two young women, complete strangers to each other, lock eyes for a single momentand when she receives a phone call from a teenage girl named maria, claiming to be daniele's daughter, chiara knows that it is time for her to face up to the pastbut always in the background is the shadow of daniele, the boy from the truck, whose absence haunts her every momentshe is twenty-seven, single, with a sister who needs her constant care, a hazardous journey ahead of her, and now a child in her charge - a child with no papers who refuses to speak and gives every indication that he will bolt at the first opportunitygradually we learn of the havoc wrought on chiara, her family and her friends by the boy she rescued, and how he eventually broke her heartone of the women, chiara ravello, is about to flee the occupied city for the safety of her grandparents' house in the hills
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three decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc the book is in good condition some stains on the sidein the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled region see oxfam website for delivery information read morealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariah
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This is the story of these devastating three decades of war, through the eyes of the men who were shaped by the battles of world war i and came to command a world on the brink of disaster decades laternumber of discs: 5 region 0 language: english 300 minutes running time see oxfam website for delivery information read moredouglas macarthurcharles de gaulleoxfam books & music romsey 3 disc box set featuring roosevelt, churchill, stalin and hilter disc 1 - the rising tide, the storm explodes, disc 2 - trial by fire, the price of glory, disc 3 never surrender, peace at last with just over 20 years separating the two most cataclysmic conflicts of the twentieth century wwi and wwii many historians argue that they were not separate wars, but one bloody continuum that first gripped the people of europe but eventually spread across the entire globebenito mussoliniand so it happens that the most iconic figures of wwii, the household names that we associate with either battlefield glory or murderous fascism, were themselves caught up in both conflictsbefore they were giants, they were infantrymen and privates in the 'war to end all wars'
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A lush and soft, yet powerful sound that will fill the room! add to this a spring reverb, distortion, two channels each with their own eq, volume, and high/low z inputs, and you have a feature packed professional amplifier with a great classic tone! here's what roland say about the jc120 celebrating three decades of a classic in , roland welcomed the arrival of the first jc-120features • the classic and most popular “jc” since w + 60w (rms) / 12” x 2 speakers • distinctive “jc” stereo chorus • vibrato with rate and depth control • two input channels (normal/effect); 3-band eq per channel • stereo effect loop • three footswitch jacks for chorus/vibrato, reverb and distortion read moreroland (genuine made in italy) jazz chorus 120 stereo guitar amplifierunchanged from its original specification, the jc had attained legendary status by amp connoisseurs the world overroland jc120 jazz chorus guitar amplifier a classic jazz amplifier for the modern age, the roland jc120 uses two amps to give you a classic chorus effect in full stereoa revolution in guitar amplifier technology, the jc-120 jazz chorus; looked and sounded like no other ampthirty years later, the jc-120 remains in high demand by guitarists around the worldlittle use in perfect conditionnow this rich heritage can be found in roland's full line of guitar and bass amplifiers - from the cube- to the ac- and d-bass seriesoffers will be consideredcheck out andertons of guildford or sweetwater prices these sell for £995 used and not as clean or nice as this unit
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Musselwhite would go on to create a formidable discography, but there's a special fire to these first solo outings that blazes through several decades laterharmonica wizard charlie musselwhite recorded three albums for the vanguard label at the beginning of his solo career, and vanguard visionaries culls 10 cuts from those discs
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Through later with jools holland, the longest-running music programme on television, he has given british tv debuts to countless now world famous bandsover the following three decades, jools succeeded in placing himself at the epicentre of a global community comprising just about anybody who is anybody in musicpacked with hilarious anecdotes written in holland's own inimitable style and laced with quirky insights and deliciously acute detail, this autobiography by one of britain's most gifted and debonaire musicians is not just for music fans, but for anyone who is looking for something several cuts above the conventional showbiz memoirsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom playing on bomb sites as a boy in the east end, to skiving off school and then selling millions of records with squeeze, the first twenty years of his life were eventful, chaotic and colourfulthen came the tube with paula yates, the seminal live music programme that propelled him to fameoxfam shop colne road jools holland has had a fascinating life
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Oxfam shop thornbury in the three decades between and , european merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost completethe final touches to the pattern of oceans and continents came two-and-a-half centuries later with the voyages of james cookthe exchange of flora, fauna, diet, disease and culture changed the world within a few generationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevoyages of discovery also contains 9 facsimile documents, including an extract from captain james cook's diary, and the title page of cortes's second dispatch to charles vvoyages to africa, asia, the americas and the pacific and the legacies of those journeys and encounters are here dramatically described through an authoritative text and an original selection of imagesthey did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculations
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This is the first major biography of him for more than three decades, and the first for a century to exploit rich new manuscript sources in britain and elsewhere from this vivid account cranmer emerges a more sharply focused figure than before, more conservative early in his career than admirers have allowed, more evangelical than anglicanism would later find comfortablediarmaid macculloch, one of the foremost scholars of the english reformation, traces cranmer through his tangled clife storywinner of whitbread biography awardoxfam bookshop chipping norton paperback yale upsee oxfam website for delivery information read more thomas cranmer, the architect of the anglican book of common prayer, was the archbishop of canterbury who guided england through the early reformation;and henry viii through the minefields of divorce ex library with plastic cover
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later came the all-female girls on top, which teamed dawn with jennifer saunders, ruby wax and tracy ullman and firmly established women in british comedyoxfam shop elgin dawn french is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time, wtih a career that has spanned nearly three decades, encompassing a vast and brilliant array of charactersas part of the wildly successful and much loved duo french and saunders, dawn helped create a repetoire of brilliantly observed characters, parodying popular culture and impersonating everything from madonna and harry potter to the exorcistdawn began her career as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group, the comic strip, marking a radical departure from the more traditional comedy acts of the timefrom her early years as an raf child and her flat-sharing antics with jennifer saunders, to her outspoken views on sizism and her marriage to lenny henry, dear fatty will chronicle the extraordinary, hilarious rise of a complex, dynamic and unstoppable womansee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere she describes the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely, but nevertheless genuine, national treasureloved for her irreverant humour, dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries and challenge stereotypesdawn's more recent role in the vicar of dibley showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial and topical issue and make it mainstream - and very funny
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The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in america some forty years later that it came to light and became blood red snowthis book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honour the memory of those who perishedmilitary illustratedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremilitary book clubthe author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the russian steppe is obvioushe is also posted to romania and italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the eastern frontgunter koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leavea horrifying personal story of world war ii's most savage frontlater, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and deathoxfam bookshop cheltenham for anyone seeking to understand the experiences of the ordinary german soldier during world war ii, blood red snow provides an excellent starting point
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Cd3-14 selector - three minute herotriple cd album fat box set from:- legends of decades - various artistscd1-10 the foundations - baby, now that i've found youcd2-5 bay city rollers - give a little love
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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 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 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 war for tormod a man unlike others, with artistry in his fingertips - the disaster would mark him indeliblyoxfam bookshop st albans tormod morrison was there that terrible night
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Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughtersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearoxfam bookshop hertford mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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Two decades later, graham is a single father trying to protect his son from the rigours of the modern worldoxfam bookshop royal exchange square graham melton was a normal fifteen-year-old until he met charlotte marshall over a can of warm lager at his best friend's party inwhat happened in those years in between? how did something so perfect go so tragically wrong? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was love at first sight, and teenage life was never going to be the same againeverything has changed, and the innocence has long gone
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Two decades later, he walked out of tibet and started on his journey of fully taking on leadership of the drikung kagyu lineagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ringwood this is the story of a young boy, born in tibet to inherit the role of buddhist lineage holder, whose life was interrupted by the chinese army invasion and the ensuing cultural revolutionsince then the teachings of this lineage have flourished and are practiced all around the world--after nearly being lost
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Nearly five decades later, jones's influence continues to help define the music industry, but only now is he ready to tell his remarkable life storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morenot long after, he would form the genre-defining group booker tand the mgs, whose recordings went on to sell millions of copies, win a place in rolling stone's list of top 500 songs of all time, and help forge collaborations with some of the era's most influential artists, including otis redding, wilson pickett, and sam & davejones, leader of the famed stax records house band, architect of the memphis soul sound, and one of the most legendary figures in musictime is tight is the deeply moving account of how jones balanced the brutality of the segregationist south with the loving support of his family and community, all while transforming a burgeoning studio into a musical meccajones's earliest years in segregated memphis, music was the driving force in his lifethe long-awaited memoir of booker twhile he worked paper routes and played gigs in local nightclubs to pay for lessons and support his family, jones, on the side, was also recording sessions in what became the famous stax studios-all while still in high school
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decades later, in the wake of an unthinkable tragedy, paul is haunted by a secretfrom the author of the award-winning mrs hemingway, naomi wood's the hiding game is a beautifully written, powerful and suspenseful novel about the dangerously fine line between love and obsession, set against the most turbulent era of our recent pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeccentric and alluring, the more time paul spends with his new friends the closer they become, and the deeper he falls in love with the mesmerising charlotteas political tensions escalate in germany, the bauhaus finds itself under threat, and the group begins to disintegrate under the pressure of its own betrayals and love affairsoxfam books & music hereford , paul beckermann arrives at the bauhaus art school and is immediately seduced by both the charismatic teaching and his fellow studentsbut paul is not the only one vying for her affections, and soon an insidious rivalry takes rootwhen an old friend from the bauhaus resurfaces, he must finally break his silence
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Korea's achievement of moving from one of the world's poorest countries as recently as the early s to the ranks of the ten biggest economies only four decades later has rightly attracted interest from policymakers and scholars alikerather than merely offering a means of explaining the rapid-growth phase of korean development, the politics of the developmental alliance also help us understand how and why the korean miracle turned to crisis in and why the subsequent recovery has been so unevenoxfam bookshop beverley south korea is often cited as a case of miraculous transformation from poverty to prosperitythis book identifies the factors that shaped relations between the state and big business in korea, the 'developmental alliance'in this way, the book highlights the political power of business, which is often underplayed in discussions of the development of koreathese factors offer a cogent framework in which to identify and predict changes in power relations between government and businessbook condition: very good, bumping to tail and corners see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also sheds light on the constraints on policymakers during modernisation, and how power is shared among a small number of powerful parties
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Nearly two decades later, a friendship grows between mariam and a local teenager, laila, as strong as the ties between mother and daughtersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet love can move a person to act in unexpected ways, and lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroismwhen the taliban take over, life becomes a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fearoxfam bookshop st albans mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to kabul to marry rasheed
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Seven decades later in new york, on her twelfth birthday anna rosen receives a package from hannah, the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased fathera glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the st louis, a transatlantic liner that promises jews safe passage to cubabefore everything changed, hannah rosenthallived a charmed lifeoxfam bookshop brigg the german girl sweeps from berlin at the brink of wwii to cuba on the cusp of revolution, to new york in the wake of september 11th, before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day havanathe rosenthals sell everything to fund visas and tickets'the german girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms, and one ends up totally gripped and absorbed in the history' julia neuberger, author of on being jewish see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat first the liner feels like luxury, but as they travel the circumstances of war change, and it soon becomes their prisonanna and her mother immediately travel to cuba to meet this elderly relative, and for the first time hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the st louisbut now the streets of berlin are draped in swastikas and hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered homebased on a true story, this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys and sorrows of generations of exiles, forever seeking a place called home
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Originally written and produced by michael valvano for lou west’s solid gold records and – two decades later – issued on the eclectic outta sight logothis project showcases his rounded musical talents creating a fluid, soulful, masterpiece that reflects the soul/disco/funk style of the late 70s with a nod at its 60s rootslabel – outta sight () catalogue # oscd012 format - cd album condition – new & sealed - release information - the first ever release for this stellar soul album recorded in albuquerque, new mexico, circavalvano worked with many acts at hitsville and also recorded two solo albums which sadly never saw a releasemichael valvano was the first white act signed to motown, aged just seventeen, with his band mike & the modifiers
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three characters' fates are irrevocably bound up with this event and consequences that reverberate across three decades: an ambitious detective dragged into intrigues of corruption; a gutter press journalist with a nose for a nasty story; and a disaffected petty criminal pushed over the edge by a violent crime that haunts himoxfam bookshop st albans august : the long hot summer of world cup euphoria is suddenly shattered by a brutal crime that shocks a nation seemingly at ease with itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean epic story that looks at morality and corruption on both sides of the law and at the very heart of the statethe events precipitated by the crime
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Are people who belonged to a low-income household in still poor three years later? this report shows what the chances of outflowing from poverty are and which factors determine whether people exceed the low-income thresholdoxfam bookshop carlisle uit de armoede werken -Â omvang en oorzaken van uitstroom uit armoede zijn mensen die in behoorden tot een huishouden met een laag inkomen, drie jaar later nog steeds arm? dit rapport laat zien wat de kansen op uitstroom uit armoede zijn en welke factoren bepalen of men boven de lage-inkomensgrens uit komtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreworking out of poverty -Â extent and causes of outflow from povertygelukkig blijkt echter ook dat, als men uit de armoede uitstroomt, dit in veruit de meeste gevallen gepaard gaat met het vinden van (meer uren) betaald werkfortunately, however, it also appears that, if people leave poverty, in most cases this is accompanied by finding (more hours) paid workgaat het uitsluitend om het vinden van werk of spelen ook andere zaken, zoals een wijziging in de samenstelling van het gezin, een rol? en wat zijn de redenen dat mensen niet naar werk zoeken om op die manier uit de armoede te raken? heeft dat te maken met gezondheidsproblemen, met slechtere arbeidsmarktkansen waardoor men ontmoedigd raakt, of met bepaalde opvattingen over werk en werkloosheid? het rapport laat zien dat betaald werk niet per definitie het einde van de armoede betekentis it only about finding work or do other matters, such as a change in the composition of the family, play a role? and what are the reasons people don't look for work to get out of poverty that way? does that have to do with health problems, with poorer job opportunities that discourage people, or with certain views about work and unemployment? the report shows that paid work does not necessarily mean the end of poverty
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three months later: lord eustace gerard stands beside the lake looking down at the woman in the golden gowntwenty years later and reeling from the end of an abusive marriage, she wonders if it has cursed her all this timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this is not his intended victimoxfam bookshop royal exchange square 'i see it all again: the silver moon swimming beneath the water and the golden gown billowing out about her'now she's determined to discover the history behind the beautiful golden dress : lady isabella gerard asks her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy it : fenella brightwell steals a stunning gown from a stately homeits shimmering beauty has been tainted by the actions of her husband the night before
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three months later, bruno pontecorvo, a physicist at harwell, britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a traceone of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, pontecorvo was privy to many secrets: he had worked on the anglo-canadian arm of the manhattan project, and quietly discovered a way to find the uranium coveted by nuclear powerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the memo landed on kim philby's desk in washington, dc, in julyyet when he disappeared mi5 insisted he was not a threatwhen he re-surfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the iron curtainnow, based on unprecedented access to archives, letters, surviving family members and scientists, award-winning writer and physics professor frank close exposes the truth about a man irrevocably marked by the advent of the atomic age and the cold war
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Rambling recollections of seven decades harold taylorrambling recollections of seven decades harold taylormemories of bolton & w war ii years active service see content photo for details slight dis colouration to front cover 21 cm x 15 cm paperback 75 ppbolton & world war ii yearsplease read all below before bidding especially overseas biddersany questions e mail or phone read more
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Republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles by adamtitle: republic of ireland - gifted in green: four decades of player profiles format: hardback type: book publisher: hamlyn uk release date: language: english
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Over the course of three decades, through high school and college, marriages and divorces, from the pinnacles of victory and the heartbreak of defeat, andy and rachel will find each other again and again, until they are finally given a chance to decide whether love can surmount difference and distance and if they've been running toward each other all alongafter andy's taken back to the emergency room and rachel's sent back to her bed, they think they'll never see each other againsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe tells her his namerachel, the beloved, popular, and protected daughter of two doting parents, grows up wanting for nothing in a fancy florida suburbandy grows up poor in philadelphia with a single mom and a rare talent that will let him become one of the best runners of his generationoxfam bookshop cheltenham rachel blum and andy landis are eight years old when they meet late one night in an er waiting roomborn with a congenital heart defect, rachel is a veteran of hospitals, and she's intrigued by the boy who shows up all alone with a broken armshe tells him a story
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford for more than three decades, millions of britons have woken to the sound of john humphrys' voicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn was also the first journalist to present the nine o'clock news on televisiona day like today is both a sharp, shrewd memoir and a backstage account of the great newsworthy moments in recent history - from the voice behind the country's most authoritative microphoneas presenter of radio 4's today, the nation's most popular news programme, he is famed for his tough interviewing, his deep misgivings about authority in its many forms and his passionatecommitment to a variety of causeshumphrys pulls no punches and now, freed from the restrictions of being a bbc journalist, he reflects on the politicians he has interrogated and the controversies he has reported on and been involved in, including the interview that forced the resignation of his own boss, the director generalin typically candid style, he also weighs in on the role the bbc itself has played in our national life - for good and ill - and the broader health of the political system todaya day like today charts john's journey from the poverty of his post-war childhood in cardiff, leaving school at fifteen, to the summits of broadcasting humphrys was the bbc's youngest foreign correspondent; he was the first reporter at the catastrophe of aberfan, an experience that marked him for ever; he was in the white house when richard nixon became the first american president to resign; in south africa during the dying years of apartheid; and in war zones around the globe throughout his career
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This kind of hallmark has been used in italy between the late 19th and the first three decades of the 20th centuryunique centrepiece or tray with wooden main body, with a mirror mounted in the centre, covered by a large slab of silver, entirely chiselled and embossed by handare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good condition, a small nail on the silver slab is missing (as highlighted in photos), but this does not affect the item looks or stability5 cm outline-free silver 800 hallmarkour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetracked and insured shipping read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe centrepiece rests on 4 supporting feet (also in silver)it is suitable as a fruit stand or as a base for other items in your collection (the last two photos are for illustrative purpose only)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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