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women who dared, voli: a book of postcards by pomegranate publishers *excellent condition*
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5 books in the series women who made history - a collection by heron booksall in excellent condition featuring:- helen keller queen elizabeth of england catherine the great marie antoinette and empress alexandra of russia read morehardback, illustrated, b/w and colour
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Bush, 41st president of the united states" by "women who win" brochure held on 7th july in atlanta, georgia, and corresponding ticketincludes: "salute to george h
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Many women find themselves repeatedly drawn into unhappy and destructive relationships with menleading relationship and marriage therapist robin norwood describes loving too much as a pattern of thoughts and behaviour, which certain women develop as a response to problems from childhoodthis bestselling relationship self-help book investigates and reveals how powerfully addictive these unhealthy relationships are - but also gives a very specific programme for recovery from the disease of loving too much, a problem that plagues women everywheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square is having 'somebody to love' the most important thing in your life?do you constantly believe in mr right, and that being with him would guarantee you would no longer feel depressed or lonely?are you bored with 'nice guys' who are open, honest and dependable? if being in love means being in pain, this book was written for youthey then struggle to make these doomed relationships work
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The women whose lives are fleshed out in this book are largely the 'little people' of history, women who rarely exercised any power outside the domestic spherein women in ancient egypt, the types of occupations and careers open to women are described, as are their domestic and personal lives - marriage, health and childbirth; family life; running a home; clothing, jewellery and beauty preparationsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the lives of egyptian women were free of the restraints normally placed upon women in the rest of the ancient world, allowing them to exercise a full part in society, recognised as equal with men under the lawin contrast, however, the final chapter deals with those women, surprisingly few in number, whose influence on the political affairs of their country was considerable and, in some cases, legendary, with a small number of royal women able to ascend the throne of egypt and rule as female kingsusing evidence gleaned from written records, monuments, sculpture, tombpaintings and the material found in tombs, including objects and human remains, barbara watterson has built up a fascinating picture of the often overlooked contributions made by women of all classes to the social, and sometimes the political, history of ancient egyptsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge from the bestselling author of a history of the world in 21 women they were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politiciansjenni murray presents the history of britain as you've never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope and change, and who still have the power to inspire us todaythey all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book will be of interest for courses in women and leadership, global politics and gender studiesthis book, which is a series of case studies of women who have headed governments across the globe, will discuss the conditions and situations under which women rose to power and give a brief biography of each womanwoman has risen to the top, and a review of the political campaigns of hillary clinton, michele bachmann and others will be includedoxfam bookshop reading first published insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fields of leadership studies and of women's studies have grown tremendouslya special chapter on why no u
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Oxfam books & music durham who's who in christianity is an invaluable reference guide to the leading men and women who have influenced the course of christian history, including the founding fathers, saints, popes, monarchs, philanthropists, theologians, missionaries and hereticsthe book encompasses both eastern and western churches and the lives and opinions of personalities who have shaped the past twenty christian centuries, from jesus of galilee to pope john paul ii, and from paul of tarsus to mother teresasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Self-esteem for womenwomen who love too muchthe ultimate stress handbook for womenfeel the fear and do it anywayhow to raise your self esteemfeel the fear and beyondyou can heal your life
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Each story highlights the different aspects of being childless by circumstance, as women move through their 30s, 40s, and 50s, and beyond their ages of fertilitymany women expect to become mothers but are childless through social rather than biological reasons - perhaps they haven't met the right person or they prioritised career or education earlier in lifethe book explores feelings of grief and loss, and also how women adapt positively to their changed life expectations, finding excitement in the alternative, rich and complex shapes their lives have takenfeaturing international interviews by grief counsellor and researcher lois tonkin, this collection of first-person stories provides insight into the under-discussed situation of being childless by circumstance
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The catalogue of women, ascribed to hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the godsindividual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to womenthis collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and receptionthe wider influence of the catalogue is considered in chapters on pindar and the lyric tradition, on hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at rome
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Clothing stylish women light floaty blouse cream,silver,black brown rrp:- ÂŁ67 read morep+p ÂŁ3 chico 100% silk women button down blouse size synonymous with style, trends and refinement, designed to satisfy the tastes women who strengthen their personality with an authentic and trendy look that blend simple, soft lines with quality fabrics and materialshaute couture and fine yarns create inimitable details inspired by styles of the past but with that touch of modernity that makes a difference
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Labour women uses oral and questionnaire testimony to draw a portrait of grass-roots activistsoxfam shop magdelen street after winning the vote in , many thousands of working class women joined the labour party and co-operative movementconsequently, despite the common reform agendas of labour women and the middle class feminists of the era, a working alliance was never achievedin the twenties, labour women challenged male leaders to give them equal status and support for their reform programmes, but the ideas were rejectedit contrasts labour women's failure to win power in the national organisations with their great achievements in community politics, poor law administration and municipal governmentthis book is about their struggle to find a place in the male world of organised labour politicsfor most labour women, dedication to the class cause far outweighed their desire for power, and the struggle for 'women-power' was abandonedthis copy has a slight mark on the edge of the front cover but is otherwise in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Female tommies looks at the military role of women worldwide during the great war and reveals the extraordinary women who served on the frontlineenlist in russia's all-female 'battalion of death' alongside peasant women and princesses alikethrough their diaries, letters and memoirs, meet the women who defied convention and followed their convictions to defend the less fortunate and fight for their countryoxfam bookshop wallingford the first world war saw one of the biggest ever changes in the demographics of warfare, as thousands of women donned uniforms and took an active part in conflict for the first time in historythe personal accounts of these women, who were members of organisations such as the us army signal corps, the canadian army medical corps, the fany, wraf, wrns, waac and many others, provide a valuable insight into what life was like for women in a male-dominated environment'elisabeth shipton is a stand-out researcher and with this book she stakes a claim as a great writer in her own rightstow away with dorothy lawrence as she smuggles herself to paris, steals a uniform and heads to the front' - dan snow see oxfam website for delivery information read morefollow british flora sandes as she joins the serbian army and takes up a place in the rearguard of the iron regiment as they retreat from the bulgarian advance
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At the heart of this story is a cast of unforgettable young women who respondedan intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their comfortable lives behind and join the islamic statehaving witnessed the brutal oppression of the assad regime in syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his callemma, from germany; sharmeena, from bethnal green, london; nour, from tunis: these were women - some still in school - from urban families, some with university degrees and bookshelves filled with novels by jane austen and dan brown; many with cosmopolitan dreams of travel and adventurewhat is the line between victim and collaborator? how do we judge these women who both suffered and inflicted intense pain? what role is there for muslim women in the west? in what is bound to be a modern classic of narrative nonfiction, moaveni takes us into the school hallways of london, kitchen tables in germany, the coffee shops in tunis, the caliphate's ob/gyn and its 'guest house for young widows' - where wives of the fallen waited to be remarried - to demonstrate that the problem called terrorism is a far more complex, political, and deeply relatable one than we generally admitoxfam shop thornbury a guardian and observer book of the yearbaghdadi, the leader of isis, urged muslims around the world to come join the caliphatein early , the islamic state clinched its control of raqqa in syriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut instead of finding a land of justice and piety, they found themselves trapped within the most brutal terrorist regime of the twenty-first century, a world of chaos and upheaval and violence
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Dear catawiki user, should you win this lot please bear in mind that you will have to provide an identity document which i need in order to record the sale, in compliance with the tax legislation in force5 cm sapphire crystal weight: 29are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki6 g gender: women's dial: black numbers: partial strap material: leather strap colour: black clasp: buckle the item will be shipped with a jewellery box and gift packaging please take this into account before biddingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebuyers from outside the eu must take into account the vat and customs duties they will have to payplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebvlgari, women's, yellow gold with leather strap brand: bulgari reference: bb 03 gl period: movement: quartz case material: 18 kt yellow gold case diameter: 30 mm case thickness: 7 mm total length: 21the item will be securely packaged and sent via insured mailwithout this document - which is needed only for the purpose described above - i cannot send the item and will request that the transaction is cancelledwe also provide a nominal tax receipt for the buyer, with a guarantee of authenticity for the item of jewellerycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Meanwhile, hundreds of women are stepping out on to the streets of britainoxfam shop worcester set against the colourful background of the entire campaign for women to win the vote, hearts and minds tells the remarkable and inspiring story of the suffragists' march on londonby turns dangerous, exhausting and exhilarating, the great pilgrimage transformed the personal and political lives of women in britain for ever  : the last long summer before the warthe country is gripped by suffragette feverthese impassioned crusaders have their admirers; some agree with their aims if not their forceful methods, while others are aghast at the thought of giving any female a votejane robinson has drawn from diaries, letters and unpublished accounts to tell the inside story of the march, against the colourful background of the entire suffrage campaignthey are the suffragists: non-militant campaigners for the vote, on an astonishing six-week protest march they call the great pilgrimagerich and poor, young and old, they defy convention, risking jobs, family relationships and even their lives to persuade the country to listen to themfeatured on bbc radio 4's start the week and bbc radio 3's free thinking copy signed by jane robinson 'for carol with love' see oxfam website for delivery information read morefresh and original, full of vivid detail and moments of high drama, hearts and minds is both funny and incredibly moving, important and wonderfully entertainingthis is a story of ordinary people effecting extraordinary change
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However, those women visionaries who conformed could effectively fulfil their divine mandate to communicate their revelationsvisions and prophecy offered medieval women one of the few pathways to the religious and, in some cases, the political life of their time, but were subject to stringent checks due to the combination of women (deceitful by nature) and deceiving visionsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very mild shelf wear to dust cover awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of discretio spirituum (the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin) was vital for medieval women visionariessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book explores discretio spirituum in the works of a number of female visionaries: they include st bridget of sweden, who was eager to present her experiences as impeccably orthodox and valid; margery kempe, whose ambivalent reception is shown to be due to her inconsistent conformity to the doctrine; and marguerite porete and joan of arc, whose deaths by burning at the stake demonstrate the severe consequences of their failure to conform, their visions being deemed of demonic originprofessor rosalynn voaden teaches in the department of english at arizona state university
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She would win the booker international in and then the nobel in , the first canadian writer to win (although saul bellow technically was born in canada)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinear fine with a bit of light foxing in a very good jacketlibrary, no remainder or owner's marks, not a book club, dust jacket not price clippedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemunro's second bookplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehardcover first uk edition, first printing
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If the guess is wrong, that player loses the game! players can also challenge opponents to a series of games in the championship series, where the first player to win 5 games is the guess who? championsold from a smoke free homeplayers ask yes or no questions to find their mystery characterplay one-on-onethis guess who? game goes back to the tabletop style boardsfeatures table top gameboards and game pieceseach player chooses a mystery character and then using yes or no questions, they try to figure out the other player’s mystery characterwhen they think they know who their opponent's mystery character is, they take a guess
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Two women struggle to win her love: elsbeth, her fiercely protective aunt, and the formidable clare hartill, a charismatic fellow teacheredmunds in a small english town, just before the great war, battle rages over alwynne durand, an appealing but dangerously inexperienced young teacheroxfam books & music bury stsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Everybody plays together so no having to wait your turnlook, react, swipe to win!who can swipe their card first?
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And it was here that women achieved a quiet but permanent revolution, by proving beyond question they could do anythingoxfam 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 frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'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 warher books are based on the accounts of eyewitnesses and survivors, told in their own words, and cast a unique light on the first world warit 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 spiritall 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 couragemost are published by penguin' 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 instantly'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
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Set in the aftermath of international conflict, euripides' trojan women is one of the most powerful and controversial of classical greek tragediesit is thus not only an ideal introduction to trojan women but an excellent overview of reactions to the play at the beginning of the 21st centuryit is published by aod publicationsthis wide-ranging collection of essays by some of the leading classicists in the british isles today examines different aspects of the play, its historical and dramatic context, and the issues which it raisessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreessays, edited by david stuttard and tamsin shasha, include 'who was to blame?' by sir kenneth dover, 'women's' voices, women's hands' by ruth hazel, and 'melos and the trojan women' by alex garvieotherwise tightly bound and clean throughout book condition: good - slight foxing to top page edge,former owner's inscription to title page
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women 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 genderhere 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 wordsthese 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 viewedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps 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 unitoxfam bookshop brigg an ornate victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the river thames at medmenham, buckinghamshireit 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 war
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This family game will have teams bidding and challenging on how many items they can name from a particular category list but which team will have the courage to hold their nerve and win the valuable places! contents: playing board, 6 coloured playing pieces, 1 die, 150 giant list cards and game rulesoxfam shop colne road the new who dares wins board game which is based on the hit tv show is a game of lists, bidding dares and stealssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Two women who have never met and live miles apart, find themselves in the exact same placeshortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romanceiris (winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another womanamanda is charmed by iris' handsome brother graham (law) and iris, with inspiration provided by legendary screenwriter arthur (eri wallach), mends her heart when she meets film composer miles (black)oxfam shop ulverston romantic comedy starring jude law, cameron diaz, kate winslet and jack blackiris moves into amanda's lthey meet online at a home exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holidayacross the globe, amanda (diaz) realises the man she lives with has been unfaithfulsuitable for regions 2, 4, 5 see oxfam website for delivery information read morehouse in sunny california as amanda arrives in the snow-covered english countryside
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Set during the wars of the roses, a dynastic struggle for power that dominated the latter part of the 15th century and threatened to tear england apart, the series follows the fortunes of three women who are determined to have their say in the politics of their age, elizabeth woodville (rebecca ferguson), margaret beaufort (amanda hale) and anne neville (faye marsay)with even king edward iv (max irons) and his manipulative advisor lord warwick (james frain) subject to the ploys of the women, who will prevail in the struggle for power? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road the complete series of the bbc drama based on the historical novels by philippa gregory
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Later restrictions and impositions on women such as the veil were never, she finds, the intention of the prophetshe portrays how, far from being the oppressor of women that his detractors have claimed, the prophet upheld the equality of all true believersoxfam books & music lancaster in this book the author, who is both a feminist and a muslim, aims to shed light on the status of women in islam by examining and reassessing the literary sources as far back as seventh-century islamsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresifting through the mass of literature surrounding the life, works and teachings of muhammad, some surprising facts emerge such as descriptions of how the wives of the prophet discussed politics with him, and even went to war
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