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Children's navy fleece good condition smoke free home age years read more
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Thun studio has been producing highly sought after exquisite pieces for more than twenty yearspostage within the uk £30 fully insuredoffered for sale, rare set of porcelain 21 piece coffee service set from the thun studio, and one of the most popular servicesthe author of most of these series is the academic sculptor jirà laštovickathun studio lesov is a manufacturer which has limited series and original author’s sets in its production programcoffee pot creamer sugar bowl 6 cups 6 saucers 6 side plates offered for sale in absolute mint condition displayed under glassthis beautiful set consists ofthis is a rarely-available very unique artistic coffee service set from thun studios, czech republic, in a stunning art deco cone pattern with gold-leaf highlights
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These are not cheap argos type wooden imported beds repainted but high quality beds originally bought in a mostly english made solid wood furniture shop in tavistock twenty years agofor sale only as we are very sadly selling our beautiful holiday cottage so no longer neededgorgeous recently re-painted high quality pine slatted beds with year old barely used immaculate and super soft and comfy ikea hamarvik mattressesa single bed, including mattress for ÂŁ160 or the pair for ÂŁ300again with delivery possible to certain areascash on collection or delivery pleasethere is no discount without the mattress as the main price is for the quality of the bed frame and time taken to paint itthe mattresses have always been totally encased in 3 layers of mattress protectors and are therefore immaculatethere are two identical beds available if requiredwe also have a set of immaculate silentnight divan single beds and other furniture no longer required in our holiday cottage available for sale under separate listingsthey were ÂŁ100 each last year and have barely been used and only then by children not adultsthe beds have not been used since carefully being repainted in early spring by my husband so look like newthe beds come apart for transport if neededcollection from just outside marazion or near fowey or we may be able to deliver anywhere close to the a30 between penzance and bodmin or in the st austell/fowey area with ÂŁ10 towards fuel and time
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Oxfam books & music winchester five parisians hop on to the romantic merry-go-round in alain resnais' first film for twenty yearsodile renews her acquaintance with ex-lover nicolas, much to her husband claude's displeasurecamille, however, only has eyes for marcboth odile and nicolas are looking for an apartment with the same estate agents - odile's search handled by the boss marc, and nicolas by his subordinate simonresnais' tribute to dennis potter employs that writer's device of having characters lip-synch to popular songssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas nicolas realises he is still attracted to his ex, despite being married, simon falls for odile's sister camille
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Kaye'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 kabulkaye's epic novel of love and warvineeta 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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Oxfam shop ulverston role-playing games originally began as text-only adventures over twenty years agoyour challenge as a detective will include some classic cluedo gameplay incorporated into a highly atmospheric and interactive gamea multi-player option over lan offers something new to cluedo that only a video game can accomplishand it's quite possible that this gameplay addition alone makes cluedo: murder at blackwell grange a thoroughly playable experiencecluedo takes place mostly in the house where the murder was committed, creating a chilling atmosphereyour journey will have you searching for clues and examining any findingsbut things have changed; the genre has become more diverse and almost divided in terms of gameplay possibilitiesafter a murder takes place (typical) at blackwell range, you are called upon to solve the mysterious events at the mansionenvironments are beautifully rendered, featuring all characters from the original board game in full 3dfinal fantasy springs to mind with most gamers, but mystery games can be equally involvingyou must determine who did the crime, where the crime took place and what was used as the murder weaponcolonel mustard and the delectable miss scarlett are some of the game's more memorable characters, but everyone is a suspect and you must remain faithful to your duties as a detectivewhether your playing head to head or co-operatively, the experience makes the game much more sociable and enjoyablecluedo: murder at blackwell grange is one such game for pcsystem requirements windows 98/me//xp pentium 133 mhz or higher 16 mb ram 1 mb video card windows sound card see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Super loving kittens bred by experienced knowledgeable breeder with around twenty years of experience in the breed available to loving homes as a family pet from late september onwards once the kittens have completed their final vaccinations and vet checksvet checked fully vaccinated semi long haired scottish fold variant kittens can be viewed with both parents will be available to leave from the end of september - folded eared kittens ÂŁ495 with straight eared kittens at ÂŁ395to recap kittens will leave fully vaccinated they will be vet checked twice and will have been wormed three times with good quality vet products before leaving for their new homes - they will also leave with free kitten insurance plenty of their excellent quality foods some toys and other freebies a diet sheet kitten care booklet and if needed a kitten carrier can also be providedfor more information or up to date pictures please phone or text for a quick response or if you have not had a reply to your message within a few hours thank you read moresorry unless a cancellation is received the super blue tabby folded eared female scottish fold kitten has been reservedthey will also leave with four weeks free kitten insurance cover some toys and plenty of food and helpful information and if needed a kitten carrier can alo be provided
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The information is rounded off with the pavilion-sculptures max bill dedicated himself to for twenty years and which stand midway between sculpture and architecturethe number is introduced by critical texts from such important connoisseurs of his oeuvre as stanislaus von moos, hans frei, karin gimmi, arthur ruegg and jakob bill, max bill's son, along with unpublished archive material, extensive photo-reports commissioned for the occasion from the swiss photographer georg aerni, and a selection of the author's most important theoretical writings see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy shows some shelf wear to the cover and there is some light yellowing to the page fore egdesoxfam books & music islington this publication brings together his complete architectural work for the first time, work ranging from his early projects as a bauhaus student, taking in his first house in zurich-hongg and his many designs for exhibitions, to such mature works as the hochschule fur gestaltung, expo 64 in lausanne or his own house in zumikon, many of these unpublished for decades
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From 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 colourfulthrough later with jools holland, the longest-running music programme on television, he has given british tv debuts to countless now world famous bandsthen came the tube with paula yates, the seminal live music programme that propelled him to famesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the following three decades, jools succeeded in placing himself at the epicentre of a global community comprising just about anybody who is anybody in musicoxfam shop colne road jools holland has had a fascinating lifepacked 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 memoir
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I've been using it in my pond for about twenty years, but i'm now re-arranging the pond with a waterfall and i've bought a more compact filteri did have this filter semi-hidden in soil, hence the mud on the sides but i think that might clean offthis is an old hozelock ecocel pond filter
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For twenty years mcmoneagle honed his intuitive psychic abilities and refined the scientific protocols that resulted in the most reliable method of informtion retrievaloxfam bookshop swanage in , while serving in the army, joe mcmoneagle had a near-death experience that opened him psychicallywhen he tested out as a world-class remote viewer--able to correctly perceive and describe unknown people, places, and objects--he was recruited for a top-secret military program, code name stargatehampton roads, paperback very good conditionin mind trek, which is replete with actual remotely viewed drawings, the author describes the development and application of one's natural intuition through the proper use of these protocolssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome moderate wear but pages clean and bright
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen short stories of the author's time in borneo hardback book with green boards foxing on edges of pages, and some at beginning and end of book published in illustrated with 16 half tone plates see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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twenty years later kirsten, an actress in the travelling symphony, performs shakespeare in the settlements that have grown up since the collapseoxfam shop evesham 'best novelbeautifully written, and wonderfully elegiac, a book that i will long remember, and return tothat same evening a deadly virus touches down in north americamartin, author of game of throneswhat was lost in the collapse: almost everything, almost everyone, but there is still such beautyone snowy night in toronto famous actor arthur leander dies on stage whilst performing the role of a lifetimethe new york times bestsellerwinner of the arthur cjohn mandel is a bold vision of a dystopian future, frighteningly real, perfect for fans of margaret atwood's the handmaid's talebut then her newly hopeful world is threatenedif civilization was lost, what would you preserve? and how far would you go to protect it? see oxfam website for delivery information read morestands above all the othersclarke awardlonglisted for the baileys women's prize for fiction national book awards finalistpen/faulkner award finaliststation eleven by emily stthe world will never be the same again
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This book is just a record of the authors personal observations of the birds he has lived with for twenty yearsoxfam bookshop woodbridge this is not a book for the scientist nor for the collector, but for the bird-lover,who may be either, or neither, or - such are the vagaries of human nature- all threegood condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A previous abduction, from twenty years ago, suggests a new lead - one that only frieda, an expert on the minds of disturbed individuals, can uncoveroxfam shop pershore monday: five-year-old matthew faraday is abductedcan anyone help find their little boy before it is too late?psychotherapist frieda klein just might know somethingone of her patients describes dreams of seizing a boy who is the spitting image of matthewconvinced at first the police will dismiss her fears out of hand, frieda reluctantly finds herself drawn into the heart of the casesee oxfam website for delivery information read morestruggling to make sense of this terrifying investigation, frieda will face her darkest fears in the hunt for a clever and brutal killerhis parents and the police are desperatehis face is splashed across newspaper front pages
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twenty years of failure later, that unfortunately does not appear to be the caseall signs being auspicious, the villagers triumphantly assured sampath's proud parents that their son was destined for greatnessyes, on top of the worlda delightfully sweet comic novel that ends in a raucous bang, hullabaloo in the guava orchard is as surprising and entertaining as it is beautifully wrought" no one believes her until, one day, sampath climbs into a guava tree and becomes unintentionally famous as a holy man, setting off a series of events that spin increasingly out of controloxfam bookshop hertford sampath chawla was born in a time of drought that ended with a vengeance the night of his birth"wait and see! even if it appears he is going downhill, he will come up the other sidesee oxfam website for delivery information read more"but the world is round," his grandmother saysa sullen government worker, sampath is inspired only when in search of a quiet place to take his naphe is just taking a longer route
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The culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking workin of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardback£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicsthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencequestions about "the stuff" of time  such as instants and intervals  about time and change, and the relationship between objective and subjective time, open on to wider discussions about time and causation, the irruption of subjectivity and intentionality into a material universe, and the relationship between time and freedomthose, like tallis himself, who seek to find a place at which the scientific and humanistic views of humanity can be reconciled, will celebrate his placing of human consciousness at the heart of time, and his showing that we are "more than cogs in the universal clock, forced to collaborate with the very progress that pushes us towards our own midnight"for most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is livedthe passage of time, the direction of time and time travel are critically examined and the relationship between mathematics and reality, and the nature of the observer, are exploredwith the scientistic reduction of time set aside and lived time reaffirmed, tallis digs deeper into the nature of time itself in the final part, "finding time"for anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time, itself, is real, of time and lamentation will provoke and entertainpart 2, "human time" examines tensed time, the reality of time as it is lived: what we mean by "now", how we make sense of past and future events, and the idea of eternitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physicsthinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalityvery good condition, apparently unreadthe story told by caesium clocks, quantum theory and lorentz coordinates, tallis argues, needs to be supplemented by one of moss on rocks, tears on faces and the long narratives of our human journey
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It's been twenty years since montmorency crawled out of a sewer and started his new life as a gentlemanbut could his alter-ego scarper re-emerge in the hope of influencing the next generation? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries as the nineteenth century nears its end, the threat of war is looming and montmorency and his companions find themselves embroiled in a web of terrorists intent on spreading mayhem across europe
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They have no way of knowing that the woman next door, madeleine delaney is driven by a dangerous memory that for over twenty years has controlled her meagre existencebut in order to survive, they must flee london, leaving behind those they dearly love, and danger is following them wherever they gooxfam shop dorchester the mesmerizing bestseller from josephine cox - the nations favourite storytellerin the riverside town of bedford, four students can hear the haunting voice of a woman singingthe beautiful melody is coming from their neighbour - a reclusive creature who never opens the door to anyone or leaves her home in daylightbut she only has eyes for club owner, steve drayton - a devastatingly handsome but terrifying manthe kindness and friendship of one girl - ellen, rescues madeleine from utter devastationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremadeleines angelic voice and striking looks capture the hearts of manysome secrets can haunt a whole lifetimethen one night she witnesses a horrific crime, and her life is irrevocably changed forever
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames an unknown people in an unknown land - an account of the life and customs of the lengua indians of the paraguayan chaco, with adventures and experiences met with during twenty years' pioneering and exploration amongst themblack and white plates original blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front, corners and edges rubbed and bumped, boards (especially front) marked, spine and edges browned, name on ffep, endpapers browned, some pages foxed, a few heavily but text everywhere clear330 rough cut pages, including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith fold-out map at rear
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But how will they respond to a man they haven't seen in twenty years, turning up and asking if they're coming out to play? this reprint of the popular comedy book is signed by the author on the title page, and is also in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreuntil - danny finds an old address book containing just twelve namessomething wasn't right - he was feeling way too grown-upand a carvery manager who's managed to solve time travelhe even goes to loughboroughrecently married and living in a smart new area of town, he's swapped pints for lattes and had even contemplated buying coastershe meets fijian chiefshe travels from berlin to tokyo, from sydney to laoxfam shop bishop's stortford danny wallace is about to turn thirty and his life has become a clichéwhere are they now? who are they now? and how are they coping with this scary concept of being grown-up?and so begins a journey from a-z, tracking down and meeting his old ganghis best mates as a kid
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He lived twenty years in palermo, where he taught mathematics, physics and theology; a pupil of the great kircher, he was his assistant during his stay in romeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the text, numerous mathematical and geometric illustrationsthe author, gaspar schott, was a jesuit and one of the most educated physicists and mathematicians of his timewhen in kaspar schott published his "cursus mathematicus", like a good jesuit, he contextualised the work in the religious sphere and addressed both aspects of mathematics or, more specifically, geometry: its great usefulness and religious ideason the front counter-plate, handwritten placement number; on the front of the front endpaper, handwritten notes on the text and owner’s note dated blank sheet; a beautiful illustrated frontispiece by andreas frölich; on the plate, leopold i, to whom the work is dedicated, is depicted dressed with great pomp and sitting on the throne at the top of a staircase, in front of him, a crowned female depiction of mathematics offers him the book as a gift; below the scene, a magnificent architecture and astronomical and mathematical symbolsa small defect at the bottom right corner of the frontispiece, far from the engraved part; prevalence of sheets with strong or medium browning, due to the oxidation of the paperthe work contains sections of astronomy, astrology, chronography, geography, mechanics, optics, hydrostatics, military fortification, etclatin text on two columnscoeval full parchment hardcover; spine with 5 raised bands with handwritten author, title and placement number; red edgesfor schott, arithmetic and geometry were the tools for the beginner in order to penetrate the sanctuaries of mathematics (mathematicae adyta - adytum, the innermost part of the sanctuary)please 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 storethis is followed by 24 unnumbered pages, including the cover page; 660 numbered pages; 56 unnumbered pages of indexes; inside, 42 tipped-in plates, engraved on a single page and folded, of scientific iconography: armillary spheres, constellations, celestial orbits, meridians, solar clocks, fortification systems, fountains, geometric dial, flat and linear figurescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableback in germany, he began a massive publication of his many works
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twenty years later and reeling from the end of an abusive marriage, she wonders if it has cursed her all this timeits shimmering beauty has been tainted by the actions of her husband the night before : lady isabella gerard asks her maid to take her new golden gown and destroy itnow she's determined to discover the history behind the beautiful golden dressas the body slowly rolls over to reveal her face, it's clear this is not his intended victimsee oxfam website for delivery information read more : fenella brightwell steals a stunning gown from a stately homeoxfam bookshop royal exchange square 'i see it all again: the silver moon swimming beneath the water and the golden gown billowing out about her'three months later: lord eustace gerard stands beside the lake looking down at the woman in the golden gown
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Finally, he explores the life of aung san suu kyi, who for twenty years, much of that time under house arrest in rangoon, has led her country's democratic opposition to military dictatorship, and continues to do so todayoxfam shop dumfries what is it that makes some men and women take difficult decisions and do the right thing against the odds when easier and far less dangerous alternatives are open to them? why is it that some people - like the undercover heroes working for soe in occupied france or the passengers of the united 93 flight on 9/11 - have the courage to dare? to answer these questions, gordon brown explores the lives of eight outstanding twentieth-century figuresand then there is the legacy of dame cicely saunders, who changed the way we care for the dying by founding and leading the hospice movementthese eight heroes are very different people, with very different strengths and frailties, but all share an inspirational courage that gordon brown celebrates in these fascinating and moving portraitsstarting with edith cavell, who nursed the wounded of world war i in belgium and helped allied soldiers escape back to england, he goes on to consider the protestant pastor dietrich bonhoeffer, who in returned to nazi germany from new york to lead the christian opposition against the nazi regime, and the wealthy businessman raoul wallenberg, who left neutral sweden in to go to budapest to try save the lives of hungarian jews telling the stories of america's civil rights leader martin luther king, robert kennedy - who, after his brother's assassination, remade himself as a politician of compassion - and nelson mandela, he considers great courage over a long period against daunting oddsall three paid the ultimate pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield this textbook on knowledge management draws on the authors' more than twenty years of research, teaching and consulting experiencethe book is intended not only for academic education but also as an essential guide for managers, consultants, trainers, coaches, and all those engaged in business, public administration or non-profit work who are interested in learning about organizations in a knowledge economythe first edition of this book brought together european, asian and american perspectives on knowledge-based value creation; this second edition features substantial updates to all chapters, reflecting the implications of the digital transformation on knowledge work and knowledge managementgiven its wealth of case studies, examples, questions, exercises and easy-to-use knowledge management tools, it offers a true compendium for learning about and implementing knowledge management initiativesthe hardback book is in very good condition, apart from some bumping on the corners, with sound binding and unmarked pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also addresses three new topics: the impact of knowledge management practices on performance; knowledge management in the public sector; and an introduction to iso as an implementation framework
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In this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniquenessbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalstomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkingonce our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its owna natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionoxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalstomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkingwhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interactioneven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togetheras ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partnersin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Even twenty years on, rick fuller's scalp is a precious commoditybook 5 in the rick fuller seriesposing as an old ira player, fuller's job is to buy a stockpile of weapons left over from the troubles and sell them to men he hopes will lead him to al-muftiwith action from beginning to end, the fellowship is a rip roaring ride that will keep you turning the pages until the very endoxfam bookshop st albans todd blackman's murderers are dead and yunfakh, the latest organised crime gang to come out of the arab world have been driven from the streets of manchestersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, what is left of the provos have other ideaswith des wounded, cartwright tasks ex-sas soldier rick fuller to travel to southern ireland alonebut mi6 and the cia are now determined to rid the rest of the world of this powerful new gang by targeting their leader abdallah al-mufti
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'lyn macdonald wrirtes splendidly and touchingly of the work of the nurses and doctors who fought their humanitarian battle on the western front' sunday telegraph over the past twenty years lyn macdonald has established a popular reputation as an author and historian of the first world war'on the face of it,' writes lyn macdonald, 'no one could have been less equipped for the job than these gently nurtured girls who walked straight out of edwardian drawing rooms into the manifest horrors of the first world waroxfam bookshop cheltenham lyn macdonald's the roses of no man's land is a compelling look at the women who risked their lives on the western frontit was here that young doctors frantically forged new medical techniques - of blood transfusion, dentistry, psychiatry and plastic surgery - in the attempt to save soldiers shattered in body or spirit' yet the volunteer nurses rose magnificently to the occasionin leaking tents and draughty huts they fought another war, a war against agony and death, as men lay suffering from the pain of unimaginable wounds or diseases we can now cure almost instantlyand it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost are published by penguinher books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world warall this is superbly captured in the roses of no man's land, a panorama of hardship, disillusion and despair, yet also of endurance and supreme courage
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Oxfam shop evesham twenty years after her father's plane crashed in the jungles of southeast asia, willy jane maitland was finally tracking his last movesclosing in on the events of that night, willy realises that she is investigating secrets that people would kill to protectshe recognised the dangers, but her search for the truth about that fateful flight was the only thing that matteredand without knowing who to trust, the truth can be far from clear cutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in this acclaimed biography of the 19th-century author of vanity fair, the first major study in twenty years, dfrom the trade paperback editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaylor paints a compelling portrait of the endearing, exasperating, paradoxical figure
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