Details: The University of Oxford has influenced the world of sport in many ways. To celebrate & appreciate the role of
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This history of theatre is worldwide in scope, ranging from its ancient origins to the variety of forms which it has taken in our own age. The book covers acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture & design, & the evolution of dramatic literature. ...

1942 & the theatres of War are North Africa & Italy. Cabaret singer by night, spy by day, Richard risks his life to help British servicemen escape occupied France & get back to Engl&. Rose leads a group of high-spirited dancers travelling through bombed-out Britain entertaining factory workers, as Hitler's bomber roar in the skies above. Then she is given orders to join the forces in the field, destination unknown. Meanwhile a phantom pianist, who has lost the love of his life, is following Monty's soldiers across the African desert, mocking the enemy's guns by playing Beethoven between the lines. This book has 472 pages & is 17.7cm x 11cm x 2.9cm ...

How could Nazi killers shoot Jewish women & children at close range? Why did Japanese soldiers rape & murder on such a horrendous scale? How was it possible to endure the torment of a Nazi concentration camp? In this title, the author presents 35 of his encounters. ...

Unable to cope with the loss of her child, Alanna fled the Lake District. But now she's discovered she has a daughter! She must learn how to be a mother to her little girl
- & the best person to help her is her child's father...the man she still loves...
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THEM began as a book about different kinds of extremists, but after Jon had got to know some of them – Islamic fundamentalists, neo-Nazis, Ku Klux Klansmen – he found that they had one oddly similar belief: that a tiny, shadowy elite rule the world from a secret room.

In THEM, Jon sets out, with the help of the extremists, to locate that room. The journey is as creepy as it is comic, & along the way Jon is chased by men in dark glasses, unmasked as a Jew in the middle of a Jihad training camp, & witnesses international CEOs & politicians participate in a bizarre pagan ritual in the forests of northern California.

THEM is a fascinating & entertaining exploration of extremism, in which Jon learns some alarming things about the looking-glass world of ‘them’ & ‘us’. Are the extremists on to something? Or has Jon become one of THEM?



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What if a tiny, shadow elite rule the world from a secret room?

My worryingly paradoxical thought process could be summarized

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This text discusses the concept of theme & its application as an analytical tool to a number of spoken & written registers of English. It shows that the study of this organization can reveal many different strategies employed by speakers & writers when texts are created. ...

An intimate memoir by one of America's most acclaimed & beloved actresses. From the woman know to millions as Annie Hall, Then Again is the fascinating story of an actress's rise to fame, of her relationships with brilliant talents such as Woody Allen & Al Pacino, & her struggle with bulimia. But it is also an account of her family, a lively group of siblings growing up on the West coast in the 1960s, & above all of her mother, Dorothy Hall
- a woman restless with intellectual & creative energy, struggling to find an output for her talents. A brilliant insight into the life of a legendary actress, Then Again is also an unforgettable memoir of family, dreams, & the bonds that tie us to those we love the most.
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The history of our world is the story of people. From the early humans who hunted & controlled fire, through generations of explorers who set off into the unknown, to the astronauts who freed themselves of planet earth entirely. This brilliantly illustrated family reference will take you on a rollercoaster journey through time. ...