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This book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredsome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'abundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysoxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineering
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle grand alliance: order is a grand alliance book, containing every single warscroll for the grand alliance of order in warhammer: age of sigmarfrom the free peoples to the fyreslayers, each warrior is determined and strong - whatever their motives, each wishes to see their lands returned to the verdant glory of times much missedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea must-own for all collectors and players of this grand alliance, and indeed anyone collecting and playing warhammer age of sigmar, it takes you through the forces of order with warscrolls for every miniature, extensive information on the twenty-one factions, nineteen warscroll battalions and a selection of sample armies to help you mix and match your collection into a heroic fighting force - or provide inspiration for your next steps into the world of warhammer age of sigmarleading the charge are the glittering stormcast eternals and their extremis chamber, with their unlikely allies the seraphon; hardy duardin, aelfs and devoted of sigmar follow in their blazing paththe war for the realms has begun! this 280-page book is the indispensable guide to the armies and factions of order at the dawn of the age of sigmarreclaim the mortal realms! the gates of azyrheim are cast wide open, and the heroic forces of order march forth to loosen the iron grip of chaos that blights the mortal realms
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It is, however, much more than a catalogue of military badgesthe description of each unit also includes mention of the theatres of war in which it was engagedthis book is an invaluable aid to the serious collector and an essential work of reference for every dealer in militariaoxfam bookshop carlisle a unique work of reference, this book is the first serious attempt to describe and illustrate the military badges of all the forces of the british empire involved in the great warthe illustrations include hundreds of badges not previously listedpages are in good condition, boards are in good condition dust jacket is in good condition with some wear and tear see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe result is a body of information that the military historian, too, will find of enormous valuethe author has not simply identified each military formation by the title it held during the great war, but has shown when it originated and, when not disbanded, the manner in which it has been preparedthere are accounts of the badges worn by each unit of every country - australia, britain, canada, the colonies, india, new zealand and south africa - and a total of around badges are illustrated full size by first class photographs and line drawings
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In great conditionof all the servants of chaos, the disciples of tzeentch are among the most cunning and dangerousreleased in januaryoxfam bookshop carlisle battletome: disciples of tzeentch () is a complete guide to the disciples of tzeentchtzaangor tribes raid ancient places of knowledge while mortal cultists work in secret to advance their god's unknowable goalsa brother god to nurgle, khorne and slaanesh, and often an ally of the horned rat, he is the undisputed master of the arcane artssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredaemons and mortals alike spread the flames of change, and secretive cults work to make their master's will manifest on the mortal realmsthe changer of ways, the master of fortune, the great conspirator and the architect of fate - these are just some of the names of tzeentchhis followers, daemon and mortal alike, swarm over the mortal realms in scintillating glory, searing the land with coruscating flames of changethis battletome contains full rules and background for the servants of the god of changetzeentch's plans are manifold, and he revels in watching each unravel
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Oxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernthe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxismthe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedthomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morekey features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (ekey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fictionissues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictioncontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacra
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Each of these singles sold over one million copies in these countriesthe colour of my love has shipped six million units in the united states and has sold over 1catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album features cover versions of "the power of love" and "when i fall in love"5 million in canada and over one million units in japanthe songs were produced mainly by david foster, ric wake, guy roche, walter afanasieff and christopher neil, and four of them were written by diane warrenpostage is insured and tracked read moresingles released from the album include the us number one "the power of love", the uk number one "think twice", and the japanese chart topper "to love you more", which was included on the re-release of the colour of my love in japanplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebeautiful stunning columbia award presented to celine dion to commemorate the sale of more than copies of the columbia records album "the colour of my love" the colour of my love is the third english-language studio album by canadian singer celine dionit was released by columbia records/550 music on 9 novemberafter its release, the colour of my love received generally mixed reviews from music critics but became a commercial success, topping the charts in canada, australia, the united kingdom and a few other european countries, and reaching the top ten elsewhere, including number four in the united statesthis a very rare opportunity to buy this official sales award8 million copies in the united kingdom, 1our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with worldwide sales of twenty million copies
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Samshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstonewith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarksone of the most popular watermarks after¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copiescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etcsize of the paper samples: cait stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centuryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecovering the period 15th - 19th centurya large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermillsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesoftcover, oblong, 99 ppsome groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patriathis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this catalogue
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The boards having an embossed crosshatch patternthis first edition was published in by henry colburn, london'it is a delicious mixture of sensational subject-matter and deadpan delivery' very readable and interesting includes the plague, moor customs and beliefs, african gardens, inside the great mosque, bey of tripoli murdered etc etcare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii have here a very rare beautifully illustrated book entitled narrative of a ten years' residence at tripoli in africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late richard tully, the british consul, comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction also an account of the domestic manners of the moors, arabs and turksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebrown endpapers, with bookplate to the inside of the front boardthe female members of tully's family were on intimate terms with the bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seragliothis book is in very good condition, the pages are tightly bound with no loose pagesthe work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio370 pages, 28cm 23 cm read morethis is an ex- library copy with the usual stampscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelight foxing to the title page and tanning to the page edgesgilt title lettering on a red block to the spinebound in full leather boardsillustrated with 3 hand coloured full page plates plus a fold out map (unfortunately 2 of the original plates are missing there should have been 5 plates and a map)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe board corners are bumpedat some stage in its' life it has been sympathetically restored with a new leather spinethis is one of the most important records of tripolitan life during the 18th century
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They must then face the green witch, queen of the deep realm, in order to break the spell of the silver chairlewis children's books using live action and animation to recreate the magical world of narniathe children join the rebels who want to reinstate caspian as their princein 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' () it is a quiet sort of day in the english countryside when peter, susan, edmund and lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe into the enchanted land of narnia and embark on an extraordinary adventurealong the way they learn many valuable lessons as they seek the seven lords of narniawhen the white witch learns of their presence, their lives are in danger, but there is talk that aslan is on the movefinally, in 'the silver chair' () jill and eustace search for prince rillian, aided by puddlegumthey journey to the giants of garfang, and thence underground to the land of the earthmensee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'voyage of the dawn treader' () the child heroes, with their unpleasant cousin edmund, find themselves aboard prince caspian's ship, the 'dawn treader', on a voyage to the edge of the world'prince caspian' () sees the four child heroes return to the magical land of narnia, where evil king miraz and queen punaprisma have usurped the thronethe rightful heir, caspian, is in hidingoxfam bookshop swanage all four adaptations of the c
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In part one of the fantasy trilogy by jonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfoxfam bookshop carlisle extended cut of this fantasy adaptationfrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscs in good condition, packaging is good but worn with agefrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their hands
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Meanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfoxfam shop newquay peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordortolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaythey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the rings' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûr
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People / region: the lega live in the southern part of the kivu province of southeast central dfine old patina overallare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfaceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeobtained from him by hthe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsin good condition, but with signs of age written all over itde kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmit dates back to the periodthe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe facial features of this example are very classical, consisting of a heart-shaped countenance with slit eyes, a rather long, slender nose and a low-placed slit mouth on the rim of the lower facewesterdijk, museum ethnologist and cultural anthropologist specialized, for over 50 years now, in the study of the material cultures in african nations that live south of the saharathe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinamaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis tree
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Oxfam shop clitheroe director's extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation of part one of the fantasy trilogy by jonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their hands
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• the palace of holyroodhouse - queen mary’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse – abbey, the nave • the palace of holyroodhouse – duchess of hamilton’s drawing room • the palace of holyroodhouse – the front of the palace • the palace of holyroodhouse – king edward memorial from the palace forecourt • the palace of holyroodhouse – lord darnley’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse - lord darnley’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – panoramic view of the palace and abbey • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – the fountain • the palace of holyroodhouse – the main entrance • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s bath house see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth 12 pictorial postcards from the palace of holyroodhouse & abbey the blue paper envelope that the cards are in is in poor condition but the cards are unused and in good conditionhm office of works, sold for ninepence
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The gamecube version of prisoner of azkaban supports nintendo's much-touted gba connectivity, which means that - if you own both systems and both versions of the game - you can wire the two consoles up and transfer what's known as an owl care kit to your game boyobviously nothing is about to run smoothly for the young trainee spell-caster, and stirring things up this time is the arrival of one sirius black, escapee of the wizard prison azkabanif you're a fan of the books you'll know that prisoner of azkaban brings a change in direction for the series and, subsequently, the game is a little darker and slightly more complexalong with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three young friendskind of like a tamagotchi, the owl care kit allows you to take care of an owl by feeding, cleaning, exercising and teaching it, before you upload it back to your gamecube and enter it into owl racesoxfam bookshop ipswich "the third instalment in jk rowling's phenomenally successful series of children's books is about to take over the world's cinema screens and, faithfully at heel as always, is the cross-platform release of the accompanying video game from eathe gameplay itself treads pretty much the same territory as the previous two hp games, in that it's generally a case of exploring a host of jk rowling's fantasy locales, interacting with the residents, solving puzzles, and defeating enemiesthroughout the game you have the ability to switch between the three characters, thus making best use of their key skills and attributes in order to overcome the various challenges and enemies that you come up againstbeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendsfor example, harry's grappling spell serves as a means to reach those hidden ledges and, at one particular point, harry and ron have to work together when battling malfoy on a train" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis time around, however, the aforementioned three-way gameplay element means that you need to take advantage of all three characters in order to progress through the gameprisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione granger
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The author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank losstitle etc in black lettering on spineit has been widely translated, and remains in print todayvery occasional spots of foxing noteddom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's workskarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centuryclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those years  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownit contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelysee oxfam website for delivery information read more  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transin he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppthe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the back our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacket  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedown
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News of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldthe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evein this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todaysykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spaceafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyin europe there are only sevenbut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identity
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The result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to sciencegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonevery one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storygenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldvaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedthe relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalrygenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativeover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universesome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencethe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkable
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Oxfam shop ulverston originally published incontents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the booksee oxfam website for delivery information read more this is the fourth edition, reprinted in
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Small fold on bottom right corner and some pencil writing on inside of back white page but otherwise in great condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morelong a favorite of d&d judges and one of our best-selling items ever since it was first printed, the city-state includes two 22x34 maps (one judge, one player) of the great walled city, plus 4 dungeon levels under the city and 5 levels of sunstone cavernsthe center-piece of the judges guild campaign universe, this playing aid has been created and approved for use with d&dalso shown in all its dwarven glory is thunderhold, one of the northern allies of the overlord with judge and player maps for it tooincredibly detailed right down to the statistics and character of each barmaid and the latest rumor she has heard, this product forms the basis of the judge's campaign, providing the base of operations for player adventuresindeed, the city itself is an adventureoxfam bookshop carlisle city state book (96 pages) judges map of the city state (22"x28") player's map of the city state (22"x28") a giant, revised, 80-page booklet covering the myraid shops, taverns, inns, temples, and barracks of the classic city-state
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Oxfam bookshop leeds 274ppfrom the rise of 'law and order' and ever tougher forms of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of britain's referendum on leaving the eu, commentators have rushed to explain the current conjunctureit reveals the murky, sometimes contradictory desires for a personalized state that cannot easily be collapsed with popular support for authoritarian interventionssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreotherwise clean textpersonalizing the state challenges dominant narratives of exceptionalism that have portrayed the people as a threat to the democratic orderthese popular forms of engagement reflect, in turn, a longer history of state control exercised against working-class peopleabove all, the book exposes the state's disavowal of its political and moral responsibilities at a time when mechanisms for collectivizing redistributive demands have been silencedstarting with dominant theories that have seen these developments as indicative of a rise in 'penal populism' or 'popular authoritarianism', personalizing the state revisits one of the central paradoxes of our times: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has takendrawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it moves the question from 'why' liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn to the 'how' and the 'what': to how citizens experience democracy in the first place and what grassroots understandings of politics and care they bring to their encounters with the statea little stain on a few pages, a little tear at the back of djliberal democracy appears in crisisthis book goes to where much of the commentary has stopped short: to the lived experiences of citizens who inhabit some of britain's most stigmatized urban neighborhoods, namely its council estates that were once built to house the working classes
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Crucially this is the story of two remarkable women who, as widows, were undeterred in their spirit of adventure and who overcame insuperable odds to become world class scholars with a place in historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham sisters of sinaitells an extraordinary tale of nineteenth century exploration; how two scottish sisters made one of the most important ancient manuscript finds of the ageonce they had overcome the stubborn reluctance of cambridge scholars to authenticate the find and had lead an expedition of quarrelsome academics back to sinai to copy it, agnes and margaret -in middle years and neither with any university qualifications - embarked on a life of demanding scholarship and bold travelin this enthralling book, janet soskice takes the reader on an astonishing journey from the ayreshire of the sisters' childhood to the lost treasure trove of the cairogenizahit was agnes who recognized the obscured text for what it was - one of the earliest copies of the gospels written in ancient syriacwe trace the footsteps of the intrepid pair as they voyage to egypt, sinai and beyond, murray's guide book in hand coping with camels, unscrupulous dragomen, and unpredictable welcomessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehidden in a cupboard beneath the monastic library at st catherine's in the sinai desert the twins discovered what looked like a palimpsest: one text written over anotherwe enter the excitement and mystery of the gospel origins at a time when christianity was under attack in europe
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Unifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessoxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionbarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at allthis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologyfinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignoresee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onealthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'the heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of time
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Jonathan 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 knowledgeit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerstephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by culturerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physicsoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too late
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It contains representative poems from his early collections the book of hours and the book of pictures; many selections from the revolutionary new poems, which drew inspiration from rodin and cezanne; the hitherto little-known "requiem for a friend"; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest workmitchell's versions more clearly than in any others," said w" ahead of all parting is an abundant selection of rilke's lifework" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road the reputation of rainer maria rilke has grown steadily since his death in ; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century"rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in mr"his work is masterful"if rilke had written in english," denis donoghue wrote in the new york times book review, "he would have written in this englishincluded too are passages from rilke's influential novel, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose piecesfinally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the duino elegies and the sonnets to orpheusthis modern library edition presents stephen mitchell's acclaimed translations of rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thought
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out maps2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by ccondition: binding copies with decent blocksall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographypetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingendespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennell
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirubbed corners and spine endsundated, circa*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall 8 volumes are in good conditionspines are firm and intactplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome wear to the front and back boardsvol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spines
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'the inheritance' has young isadora ask robert for his help when she and her father agrivaine, guardians of a priceless treasure, fall prey to a pair of pillagersoxfam bookshop skipton 2 discs episodes 1 to 6 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlaw'the sheriff of nottingham' finds the sheriff's position filled by philip mark (lewis collins), the infamous butcher of lincoln, who immediately sets about capturing robin and his men'rutterkin' sees little john's planned elopement with meg of wickham frustrated by the mad pig ladyepisodes 7 to 13 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlawwith him he brings roger de carnac, who hatches a plan to catch robin (jason connery) once and for allin 'cromm cruac' much falls seriously ill after being caught in a forester's trap'adam bell' has the sheriff bargain with the captured much's life when his own nephew, martin, is kidnapped by ageing outlaw adam bellsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the time of the wolf (parts 1 and 2)' has robin attempt to help the villagers when king john orders them to surrender all their food to the army he is raising against the welshfinally, in 'the cross of st ciricus', robert discovers a hidden connection between himself and the victim of a recent robberythe outlaws take him to the village of cromm cruac, unaware that the evil gulner (richard o'brien) is not far away'the pretender' finds robin wondering whether the young man he has just rescued from the earl of gloucester's soldiers is in fact prince arthur of brittany, pretender to the throne of england'the power of albion' sees robert call upon marion's medical skills when he is wounded during a raid'the betrayal' sees the king arriving in nottingham to collect his taxes personallyin 'herne's son (parts 1 and 2)' the merry men have disbanded following the death of the original robin of loxley; however, when he learns that marion has been abducted by lord owen of clun, young robert of huntingdon (jason connery) dons the late robin's trademark hood and, with the encouragement of herne the hunter, sets about regrouping robin's band
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As imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwisesee oxfam website for delivery information read morenew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreaddrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves created
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