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Will the betrayed viktor cooperate with his former friend, or will rudi's betrayal come back to haunt him? german with english subtitleswhen 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 artifactviktor 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 artifactdisc and case in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen 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 originaloxfam 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 dies
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Oxfam shop pershore the multi-million copy bestseller, kim edwards' the memory keeper's daughter is a moving and poignant novel about grief, family and betrayaland, in a shocking act of betrayal whose consequences only time will reveal, he tells his wife their daughter died while secretly entrusting her care to a nursebut the night dr david henry delivers his wife's twins is a night that will haunt five lives for everfamilies have secrets they hide even from themselvesfor though david's son is a healthy boy, his daughter has down's syndrome'crafted with language so lovely you have to reread the passages just to be captivated all over againher second novel, the lake of dreams, is available from penguinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit should have been an ordinary birth, the start of an ordinary happy familythis is simply a beautiful book' jodi picoult 'i loved this riveting story with its intricate characters and beautiful language' sue monk kidd, author of the best-selling, the secret life of bees kim edwards is the author of the short-story collection the secrets of the fire king, which was an alternate for the pen/hemingway award, and has won the whiting award and the nelson algren awardas grief quietly tears apart david's family, so a little girl must make her own way in the world as best she canshe is an assistant professor of english at the university of kentucky
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And when elliot's shocking betrayal is revealed, louisa has only leo to turn tooxfam bookshop hertford *a richard & judy book club pick **a top 10 sunday times bestseller*a sweeping, breath-taking story of love and betrayal from the number one sunday times bestselling author of the tea planter's wifeceylonexcept what they long for more than anything: a childrevisiting the plantation at cinnamon hills, she finds herself unexpectedly drawn towards the owner leo, a rugged outdoors man with a chequered pastthe plantation casts a spell, but all is not as it seems'a sweeping tale, beautifully written in a wonderful setting, heartrending yet ultimately upliftingafter his sudden death, louisa is left alone to solve the mystery he left behind' katie fforde'the sights, smells and atmosphere of ceylon are beautifully depictedwhile louisa struggles with miscarriages, elliot is increasingly absent, spending much of his time at a nearby cinnamon plantation, overlooking the indian oceanthis is dinah jefferies at her best' lucinda riley'dinah jefferies has a remarkable gift for conjuring up another time and place with lush descriptions, full of power and intensity' kate furnivall see oxfam website for delivery information read morelouisa reeve, the daughter of a successful british gem trader, and her husband elliot, a charming, thrill-seeking businessman, seem like the couple who have it all
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Author(s): morris, marc. condition: new.
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Oxfam shop whitchurch road the third of the maurice gray series involving treason and treachery for control of the red planet see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The privileged daughter of one of the most powerful men in england, mahelt marshal's life changes dramatically when her father is suspected of treachery by king johnadapting to her new life is hard, but mahelt comes to love hugh deeply; however, defying her father-in-law brings disgrace and heartbreakmagnificent in scope and detail, with characters that leap off the page, this is historical fiction at its finesther brothers become hostages and mahelt is married to hugh bigod, heir to the earldom of norfolkwhen king john sets out to subdue the bigods, mahelt faces a heartbreaking battle, fearing neither she, nor her marriage, is likely to survive the outcomesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham from acclaimed novelist elizabeth chadwick comes a story of huge emotional power set against the road to magna carta and the fight to bring a tyrant king to heel
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It is a gripping chronicle of pitched battle, treachery and crueltyoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'like a punch from a mailed fist, master of war gives a true taste of the hundred years warit is a battle that will change the history of warfare, a battle that will change the course of blackstone's life, a battle that will forge a legendthe stench and harshness of medieval life is ever present' robert fabbri, bestselling author of the vespasian seriesengland, : for thomas blackstone the choice is easy - dance on the end of a rope for a murder he did not commit, or take up his war bow and join the king's invasionas he fights his way across northern france, blackstone learns the brutal lessons of war - from the terror and confusion of his first taste of combat, to the savage realities of siege warfarevastly outnumbered, edward iii's army will finally confront the armoured might of the french nobility on the field of crécysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Here you'll find stories of strange creatures and strangers humans, treachery and love, murder and monstersout of tune is callingout of tune gathers a collection of original dark fantasy tales inspired by folk balladsthe murmur of a voice singing in the darka song half-heard
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sequel to an act of treachery from bestselling author ann widdecombe, a moving tale of families broken apart by war, and one boy's quest to come to terms with his historythe result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in provenceklaus-pierre never knew his father, who was killed before he was born, and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workerscared for by his german family, klaus-pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate, he tries to make his own 'act of peace' with his french relativeswiddecombe skilfully and often movingly uses the boy's struggle with his own painful history to throw light on the troubled years between and the fall ofthe berlin wall in ' sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, klaus-pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots, as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really wasklaus-pierre is the love-child of a young frenchwoman and a senior, married german officer
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Series 1 episodes are: 'rites of passage', 'wrath of northmen', 'dispossessed', 'trial', 'raid', 'burial of the dead', 'a king's ransom', 'sacrifice' and 'all change'condition: very gooda formidable warrior, ragnar often leads his men on raids overseasthe series follows ragnar (travis fimmel), a viking chieftain who, along with his brother rollo (clive standen) and wife lagertha (katheryn winnick), plots to become kingseries 2 episodes are: 'brother's war', 'invasion', 'treachery', 'eye for an eye', 'answers in blood', 'unforgiven', 'blood eagle', 'boneless', 'the choice' and 'the lord's prayer'however, even as he makes a name for himself on the battlefield, ragnar must be aware of rivals plotting behind his back in his homelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford the first two seasons of the historical drama following the adventures of a viking clan
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Jack attempts to search for the remaining canisters and expose treachery deep within the white housebut it is only a diversion by collaboration of conspirators and russian separatists to obtain 20 canisters of sentox vx nerve gasthe gas was originally to be used to attack moscow, but the separatists begin to release it in la in retaliation after they discover that a us agent has infiltrated their organizationhe is currently living with diane and derek huxley, a family near the mojave desert, south eastern california18 months after day 4, jack is living under a new alias, as frank flynn, and working on various oilrigs and refineries throughout americameanwhile, an unknown figure orders the assassination of the four people who know jack is alive--tony almeida, michelle dessler, chloe o'brian and former president david palmer--to frame himhe returns to la to clear his name when a hostage situation eruptssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop newquay the complete fifth season of the real-time drama series
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Rejecting the proposal, the battle ensues, and the spartans are only defeated by the treachery of local shepherd ephialtes (andrew tiernan), who shows the persians a secret route, enabling them to outflank their opponentsoxfam shop salisbury adapted from the comic book series by frank miller, this is a modern retelling of the battle of thermopylae of 480 bc, when the strong invading persian army of king xerxes was held back in a narrow mountain pass by 300 spartanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreking leonidas (gerard butler) is given four days by persia's king xerxes (rodrigo santoro) to lay down his arms and surrender
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After a visit from the bishop of vannes, known also as aramis, who reveals to philippe the circumstances surrounding his imprisonment, we embark on a bloodcurdling story of identity, dishonour and treachery that could destroy the french monarchyoxfam bookshop hertford for eight long years, a man known only as philippe, has languished in the dark recesses of the bastille, ignorant of the crime for which he has been condemnedread by actor simon wardsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerunning time approxthe ensuing jailbreak and battle for the throne, in which the three musketeers are re-united, is one of the most thrilling, swashbuckling adventures of them all
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They tread a deadly dangerous path as they step into a world of deceit, treachery and lies and come face to face with the the most powerful and feared mages aliveanother step is taken on his quest to destroy the soul-eaters, but with it comes the burden of an utterly chilling secret of his ownread by ian mckellen see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas mid winter approaches torak learns the worst from the white fox clan - wolf has been snatchedhe and wolf are together againin a desperate bid to rescue him, torak and renn must brave the frozen wilderness of the far northbut their reunion is all too short-livedtorak has survived the summer and his heart-stopping adventure in the seal islandscruel thiazzi, the oak tree mage, seshru the viper mage, beautiful and manipulative, and nef the gruff bat mage - here too is eostra, the mysterious masked one - all of them bound by their desire for all creatures to bow before themunder the dark wings of night torak confronts vengeful ice bears, mistrust, broken promises and a terrifying evil
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As wellesley's army tries to end the mahratta war, an act of treachery by sharpe's p;d enemy, sergeant hakeswill puts in him in terrible danger in the horror of gawilghur's ravine, sharpe will fight as he has never fought before see oxfam website for delivery information read more inside is the renegade william dodd, confident that no redcoat can reach him he must regain h is confidence and is treasure, the hewels of the tippoo sultan which have been stolen from himoxfam bookshop st albans december , and richard sharpe is now an officer sharpe's search for the thieves takes him to gawilghur, a seemingly impregnable fortress
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read morealone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasionthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menaceone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallswith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worlda man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistathe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderoxfam bookshop cheltenham warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare
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Here he must face the barbarians beyond hadrian's wall, in a mission riven with bloodshed and treacherycan 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 constantineoxfam bookshop cheltenham an empire in declinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecenturion 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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Does treachery pose the greatest danger?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramato the east, on the plains of northern italy, the armies of the emperor gallienus musterpraise for harry sidebottom: sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artyet not all welcome ballistas returnad 264 - the roman empire is torn in twoa fearsome, masked warlord attacks, bringing fire and sword against the anglesfans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottoms recreation of the ancient worldthe western provinces - gaul, spain and britain - have been seized by the pretender postumussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeveryone must choose a sideoxfam shop launceston warrior of rome: the amber road is the sixth book in harry sidebottom's warrior of rome serieson a mission shrouded in secrecy and suspicion, ballista must journey the amber road to the far north to hyperborea, back to his original home and the people of his birth
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Drawing on eyewitness reports, newly discovered manuscripts and the latest archaeological evidence, chris skidmore vividly recreates this battle-scarred world in an epic saga of treachery and ruthlessness, death and deception and the birth of the tudor dynastyit is a tale of brutal feuds and deadly civil wars, and the remarkable rise of the tudor family from obscure welsh gentry to the throne of england - a story that began sixty years earlier with owen tudor's affair with henry v's widow, katherine of valoisthe might of richard iii's army was pitted against the inferior forces of the upstart pretender to the crown, henry tudor, a 28-year-old welshman who had just arrived back on british soil after fourteen years in exileit would become one of the most legendary battles in english history: the only successful invasion since hastings, it was the last time a king died on the battlefieldyet this was to be a fight to the death - only one man could survive; only one could claim the throneoxfam books & music durham on the morning of 22 august , in fields several miles from bosworth, two armies faced each other, ready for battlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut bosworth is much more than the account of the dramatic events of that fateful day in august
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read morealone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasionthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menaceone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallswith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worlda man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistathe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderoxfam shop colne road warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare
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A formidable warrior, ragnar often leads his men on raids overseasthe series follows ragnar (travis fimmel), a viking chieftain who, along with his brother rollo (clive standen) and wife lagertha (katheryn winnick), plots to become kingoxfam shop kendal case and disc in good conditionthe episodes are: 'brother's war', 'invasion', 'treachery', 'eye for an eye', 'answers in blood', 'unforgiven', 'blood eagle', 'boneless', 'the choice' and 'the lord's prayer'however, even as he makes a name for himself on the battlefield, ragnar must be aware of rivals plotting behind his back in his homelandsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe complete second season of the historical drama following the adventures of a viking clan
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But times are changing in china, and as mingzhi grows, he begins to question his privileged heritage and the secrets and shadows that lurk in the corners of the chai mansion; eager to flee from the corruption, treachery and rivalries of his family -- master chai, who farms opium poppies and beats out orders with his dragon stick; the jealousy of his second mother and half brother; and his opium-addict father -- mingzhi soon realises his only path to freedom is through learningthere is slight discolouration of the pages on the bottom of the bookoxfam bookshop victoria road mingzhi is born to be a mandarin: as the formidable master chai's first grandson, his life is mapped from the moment of his birtha sweeping story of rebellion and discovery, little hut of leaping fishes traces one man's journey to find a life of his own in the slipstream of historic change see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is signed on the title page by the authorbook is in very good conditionbut as the foreign devils begin to encroach on china, mingzhi is torn between two cultures; he must make his choice between the past and the future
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When the castle is attacked, however, the parliamentarians, through treachery, manage to take the castle and imprison the defendersthe time is the early s and the castle is in a run down statetissue protected frontispiece and 7 plateslight tanning internally with a few grubby marksroy sets to work reinforcing the castle and learning the arts of self-defencebrown pictorial cloth boards with bevelled edgesprize bookplate on ffeprubbing and bumping to corners and head and tail of spine (see photos)in this story roy royland became castellan while his father, sir granby, was away fighting on the royalist side during the english civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of his novels, such as this one were written for young adultsoxfam shop newcastle upon tyne george manville fenn () was a prolific english novelist, journalist, editor and educationalisteventually the castle is retaken by sir granby and the parliamentarians retreat
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Just another dead addict, until john rebus begins to chip away at the indifference, treachery, deceit and sleaze that lurk behind the facade of the edinburgh familiar to the touristssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea junkie lies dead in an edinburgh squat - spreadeagled cross-like on the floor between two burned-down candles, a five-pointed star daubed on the wall aboveoxfam shop evesham bargain edition of an ian rankin backlist title
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Jack attempts to search for the remaining canisters and expose treachery deep within the white houseoxfam shop kendal case and disc in very good conditionbut it is only a diversion by collaboration of conspirators and russian separatists to obtain 20 canisters of sentox vx nerve gasthe gas was originally to be used to attack moscow, but the separatists begin to release it in la in retaliation after they discover that a us agent has infiltrated their organizationhe is currently living with diane and derek huxley, a family near the mojave desert, south eastern california18 months after day 4, jack is living under a new alias, as frank flynn, and working on various oilrigs and refineries throughout americameanwhile, an unknown figure orders the assassination of the four people who know jack is alive--tony almeida, michelle dessler, chloe o'brian and former president david palmer--to frame himhe returns to la to clear his name when a hostage situation eruptssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe complete fifth season of the real-time drama series
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Rejecting the proposal, the battle ensues, and the spartans are only defeated by the treachery of local shepherd ephialtes (andrew tiernan), who shows the persians a secret route, enabling them to outflank their opponents'), adapted from frank miller's comic book series, is a modern retelling of the battle of thermopylae of 480 bc, when the strong invading persian army of king xerxes was held back in a narrow mountain pass by 300 spartansoxfam shop colne road double bill of fantasy action filmsthemistocles allies with the spartans but they are still outnumbered by xerxes' menwho will be victorious? the film was co-written by zack snyder and kurt johnstad and also stars lena headey, jack o'connell and hans mathesonking leonidas (gerard butler) is given four days by persia's king xerxes (rodrigo santoro) to lay down his arms and surrendersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the second film, '300: rise of an empire' (), based on miller's graphic novel 'xerxes' and set before, during and after '300', athenian general themistocles (sullivan stapleton) leads the greek army in a war against the invasion of king xerxes i, naval commander artemisia (eva green) and their persian forces
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Oxfam bookshop preston one of the best-loved science-fantasy sagas of all time in this unforgettable tale of treachery and passion, war and destinysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In a desperate bid to rescue him, torak and renn must brave the frozen wilderness of the far north and step into a world of deceit, treachery and lies, coming face to face with a terrifying evilthe third book in the internationally bestselling wolf brother (chronicles of ancient darkness) series by renowned author michelle paveras mid winter approaches, torak learns that wolf has been snatchedhe and wolf are together once moretorak has survived the summer and his heartstopping adventure in the seal islandsanother step is taken on his quest to destroy the soul-eaters, but with it comes the burden of an utterly chilling secret of his ownbut their reunion is short-livedaudio edition also available, read by sir ian mckellensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop pershore a boya legend for all time
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The story he tells does much to explain both the serb obsession with the treachery of outsiders and their quasi-religious faith in the eventual founding, or rather reestablishment, of the serbian statesoftback in as new condition"-aleksa djilas, new york times book review "judah writes splendidly praise for the first edition: "a lively and balanced history of the serbs"-mark danner, new york review of books  "judah's book is probably the best attempt to date to explain the calamitous situation of the serbs today through a meticulous consideration of the serb pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon yale university press"-david rieff, toronto globe and mail tim judah was balkans correspondent for the london times and the economist, and has been a frequent contributor the new york review of booksjournalist tim judah's classic account, now brought fully up to date to include the overthrow of miloševic, the assassination of zoran djindic, the breakaway of kosovo, and the arrest of radovan karadzic
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In an age of treachery everyone must pick a sideevery decision has a consequence - would you be willing to pay the price? see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile revolution brews in the gentlemen's clubs of london, holcroft faces a deadly choice - fight for his king, or fight for his friendsoxfam bookshop brigg mixing the fascinating and bloody events of the stuart reign with thrilling historical fiction, the new series from bestselling author of the outlaw chronicles, angus donald, is perfect for fans of conn iggulden, james forrester, sit's and after the victory of sedgemoor by king james ii's men and the bloody assizes that followed, the british isles faces an uneasy timewhen lieutenant holcroft blood, a brilliant but unusual gunnery officer in his majesty's ordnance, discovers that a sinister french agent, known only by his code name narrey, has landed on english soil, he discovers a plan that could threaten the stability of the nation even furthermany powerful men have grown tired of catholic james's brutal, autocratic rule and seek to invite william, the protestant prince of orange, to seize the thrones of the three kingdomsparris and the favourite
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