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mixmag - the history of mixmag live cd album 3 x cd boxsetcondition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 2nd class
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Oxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annebuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europethe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviafrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe successful bidder was fred fdolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inwhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmenthowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, infrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker village
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Eddie ponders, among other things, the history of the world, cows in cars, and the existence of godoxfam shop ulverston the acclaimed comedian of the surreal performs another unique stream-of-consciousness monologue in this latest live outingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitydrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israelthe study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contextmany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitytranslated by chiara peri and philip rdavis see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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February 3rd was a date that would come to be known as one of the darkest in the history of rock & rollall three of these outstanding artists were in their prime and quickly gathering popularity all over americaalthough their careers were to be short lived, their influence on early rock 'n' roll is almost unmatcheduk two cd set containing tracks from three of rock 'n' roll's finest artists forever linked by the tragic way in which they diedbuddy holly, ritchie valens and the big bopper were killed in a fatal air crash on route to minnesota for the winter dance party tour
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About the author caroline courtauld is a writer-photographer and a film-maker specialising in burmese and chinese historytogether with may holdsworth, she wrote the hong kong story, covering the history of the former colony, and the forbidden cityin she was the managing editor and an author of the history of the foundation, friendship first - the first thirty yearsher publications have focused on asian travel, history and culture, including in search of burma, and guides to fujian, jiangsu and hong kongcourtauld has been a leading figure in the hospice care movement in hong kong (for which she was awarded an mbe) and now sits on a variety of ngo boardsa resident of hong kong and essex, england, courtauld is former chairman of the keswick foundation
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Francis bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this history of the reign of king henry vii a major work of english literature and an important document in the history of political thoughtoxfam bookshop cheltenham the text described as 'the first modern classic of english history'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe edition also includes other relevant writings by bacon, generous editorial footnotes explaining the historical and political issues of the period, and a substantial glossary
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Organized thematically, these essays ponder the intellectual underpinnings of the field, examine the major topics in the history of mathematics, and recount the bizarre history of pseudomaththose in the next part address the history of mathematics education and its importance to current modes of teachingthe essays in the first part of the book discuss the history of mathematics as a field and its central philosophical issuesin the last section grattan-guinness investigates various understudied aspects of math, including numerology, masonic symbols in classical music, and the links between mathematics and christianitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds this seminal collection gathers together many general writings of one of the world's leading historians of mathematicsoxfam books & music bury stthis collection includes several essays that are difficult to find anywhere elsecondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tight
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Stunnunig peace of jazz historyin , davis was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame, wich recognized him as " one of the key figures in the history of jazz1: stunning rare miles davis big photo framed - from the icon collection with certificate of authenticy from sony music entertianment produced end 20th century size including frame 51 x 41 cm (ready to hang quality frame) very nicely framed in matching frame 2: miles davis best of blue note - birth of the cool inlusief cd very very decorative miles dewey davis was an american jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer he is among the most infuential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz davis adopted a variety of musical directions in a five-decade career that kept himat the forefront of many stylistic developments in jazzour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelot will be send safely packed with shipping number
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The history of middle-earthparts 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the history of middle-earthhard-to-find volumes of the work in which christopher tolkien elaborates on the work of his father jpart 5: the lost road and other writingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith a lot of unpublished work and backgrounds of the world of tolkienfourth edition pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart 4: the shaping of middle-earthplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefirst edition pagespart 7: the treason of isengardall volumes in good condition: slight damage to paper dust jacket (see pictures); interiors in perfect conditionfour volumes: parts 4, 5, 6 and 7part 6: the return of the shadowcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Covering every aspect of the tour from its beginnings and early heroes to its incredible feats of endurance and fierce rivalries, this is the complete history of one of the world's greatest sporting eventsoxfam bookshop cheltenham "tour de france: the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race" plots the evolution of this great event, covering every tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race init features legends such as jacques anquetil, eddie merckx, miguel indurain, seven-time winner lance armstrong and the new generation of riders such as alberto contador and british heroes bradley wiggins and mark cavendishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurywithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestocksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops
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Kenneth whitehouse traces the history of hunting deer over the last thousand years, from the days before the norman conquest up to the presenthe also looks at the history of the hunting of the chief deer species - red deer, fallow deer and roe deer, with a briefer mention of sika deerthe author relates the earliest records of deer hunting, the interest of the kings and queens of england in the sport, and the history of the important deer hunting areas of england, scotland and irelandthere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but otherwise the pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very good condition with sound binding and good corners and just a little bumping to the bottom end of the spinethe book contains 51 black and white photographs
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakersothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincethis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionwith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copy
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This book deals with the history of the austrian empire and austria-hungarythis is a military history book which deals with the inside story of the world's most feared soldiers2 paperback books: - the habsburg monarchy by ajp taylor published by penguinboth books are in fair conditionprice is £1 for each bookthe gurkhas by john parker published by headline
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Selling these two old history books of england£25 the story of the british race by munro, john the history of england from the accession of james the second vol i lord macaulay
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" since sean connery uttered those immortal words in , the most dashing secret agent in the history of cinema has been charming and thrilling audiences worldwidethe wealth of on-set photos, unseen stills, set designs, storyboards, and production memos is supplemented by an oral history recounted by over 150 cast and crew membersfrom producers to stuntmen, directors to production designers, these personal narratives relate the true inside story from the bond sets, offering outstanding insight into the personalities and processes behind the most successful and longest-running film franchise in cinema historythe result is an affordable, compact yet comprehensive record of every single bond film ever made, beginning with droxfam shop smithdown road "bond, james bondin collaboration with eon productions, this trade edition of the james bond archives includes all the same stunning imagery and behind-the-scenes knowledge as the original xl book, just with a smaller format and a softer price tagonly damage to this whole volume is the ragged edges seen on the images, and is reflected in the pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno () and ending with spectre ()this impeccably british character created by author ian fleming has starred in 24 eon-produced films, played by six different actors over five decades
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It is concerned both with the history of language and the language of historythe chapters include studies of societies in germany, china, usa and india, pre-revolutionary france and 19th-century britain and americathe author examines how political declarations and manifestos relate to the societies from which they emanated and for which they aimed to legislatewords such as "liberty" and "equality" have to be understood in a limited sense in the french and american revolutions, but it would be impossible to understand these events without recourse to these resonant conceptsoxfam bookshop carlisle this book is an investigation of how societies have understood and described themselvesthe essays in this book explore the difficulties and the possibilities in understanding language as historical evidence softcover in excellent conditionpages clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The history of flight parragon book service ltd; reprint edition (1 septtells the dramatic and inspiring story of the people, technology and events that made aviation history" can deliver within north/west kent, west sussex areaspages, hardcover 273 cm "a stunningly illustrated and evocative celebration of flight, from the first pioneering aviators to 21st century air travelfeatures more than 350 archive and contemporary photographs and colour profile artworks
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Kings and queens: the history of the british monarchy, paperback by ganeri, anita, isbn , isbn-13 offers factual and practical information for children on a range of popular subjects, including machines, history and the natural world
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Other volumes deal with american zionism, the history of judaism in the united states, and american jewry's reaction to the holocaustit has no dust jacket as issued and it is immaculate insidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in very good conditiongurock part of a eight-volume set containing 211 journal articles and book chapters on jewish life in america, most written during the last 50 yearsoxfam bookshop hampstead american jewish history: colonial and early national period, vol 1Â by jeffrey scentral european jews in america and anti-semitism in americathis is volume 1 onlyeach volume has its own index and is separately titled, e
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* * £ the history of magic by rurt seligmann, usedshop / collectables the history of magic by rurt seligmann, used1 in stock 1 add to basket categories: books, collectables tags: books, collectable, magic
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I love those earrings: a popular history from ancient to modern, hardcover by merrill, jane; filstrup, chris (con), isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free shipping in the us examines the history of earrings, from the byzantine era to contemporary artisans, discussing the styles of design, relationships to dress, and the symbolism
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of nothe author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tothe book has been signed by the author with an inscriptionwritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacket
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It highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by culturestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesjonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgeoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too latesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physics
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The volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperyin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastrather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernityfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionin addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walker
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the history of parliament is the history of the united kingdom itselfchris bryant tells this epic tale through the lives of the myriad mps, lords and bishops who passed through parliamentyet their rowdy confrontations, their campaigning zeal and their unstable alliances framed our nationothers were hot-headed, violent and self-servingit has a cast of thousandsit is the vivid, colourful biography of a cast of characters whose passions and obsessions, strengths and weaknesses laid the foundations of modern democracythis first of two volumes takes us on a 500-year journey from parliament's earliest days in the thirteenth century through the turbulent years of the wars of the roses and the upheavals of the civil wars, and up to , when parliament - and the united kingdom, embracing scotland and ireland - emerged in a modern formsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefew were unambiguously noblesome were ambitious, visionary and altruistic
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An interesting read for those interested in aviation history further on it looks at the crossings of the south atlantic, the first crossings via greenland, the first solo crossing by charles lindbergh in , the disappearance of a flight by captain w it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossings internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely loose it begins by looking at the first attempts made by balloon and airship at the start of the 20th century, and then the first attempts by plane in the aftermath of world war one, including that by harry hawkersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flight the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure at the end of the book is an appendix that lists successful and unsuccessful atlantic crossings from to , and black and white photos are dotted throughout the bookr hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and the book is in a fair condition, there is notable wear on the exterior cover especially at the edges and spine, where the gilded lettering has also faded the illustrations are all clear  this book was presented as a prize in at ryhope secondary school, as shown by the sticker on the second page and the gilded crest on the front cover
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge this book deals with the history of mining and smelting from the renaissance to the presentit was this invention which brought back to life the rich copper-silver mines of central europe, in the process making brass cannon and silver coin available to the ambitious habsburg emperors, thereby underpinning their quest for european dominationin an engaging, concise and fast-paced text, he presents the interplay of personalities, politics and technology that have shaped the metallurgical industries over the last 500 yearslynch also discusses the industrial revolution and the far-reaching changes to mining and smelting brought about by the steam engine; the era of the gold rushes; the massive mineral developments and technological leaps forward which took place in the usa and south africa at the end of the 19th century; and, finally, the spread of mass metal-production techniques amid the violent struggles of the 20th centurythe dust jacket has a plastic loose protective cover, inside clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read moremartin lynch opens with the invention, sometime before , of a revolutionary technique for separating silver from copper
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