Silvio aggazzi of rimembranze
List silvio aggazzi of rimembranze
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreas such it emphasises the importance of prayer and of trust in god and his son throughout our lives, particularly in the face of life's sufferings and one's own painhowever, this challenge is presented in the context of the ready acknowledgement of god's reality by a demon who is fully aware of it but strives to distort the real nature of god and the fact of his love for humanitythe encounter demonstrates the existence of the demonic sphere and reveals some of the methods and temptations used to lead people, even those committed to jesus christ, away from him and their own salvationoxfam bookshop hertford this is the story of a dramatic encounter and debate between a minister and a demon, where the truths of christianity and the catholic church are challenged in a most intimidating and powerful way, with a plausibility that reflects the questioning, attitudes and opinions of the modern secular and materialistic western worldthe story is intended for everyone who genuinely wants to know the true meaning of life, and to strengthen those who already believe and trust in jesus christ
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Special attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary onethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aesthetics
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Decorated endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigorousoxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makinggombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matterblue boards with silver decorationfirst published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importanceno inscriptionsit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areas
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The stamp was issued in the sthis sheet of stamps were issued inall the stamps on the sheets have been unusedthere are 4 stamps in the bookletthere is one black sheet of stamps, with one stamp carefully presented on a black sheetthere is a sheet of stamps that were issued in kenyathe presentation booklet celebrates the ghana independence and is a commemorative issue of postage stampsthis sheet of stamps celebrates the 10th anniversary of liberationthere is a sheet of stamps from the international stamp exhibitionthis booklet of stamps were issued in the yearthe stamp is unusedthe picture on the stamps is the kaapstad in cape townthe stamp on the sheet was issued in mauritiusthe sheet of stamps celebrates the centenary commemoration of the death of sir rowland hillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sheet of stamps is the official first day cover, and the first day of issuethe stamps on the sheet are all unusedoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 6 sheets of stampsthere is a sheet of stamps from the seychellesthere is a sheet of stamps that were issued in south africa that celebrates the medical congressthe stamps were issued in south africain this collection there is a presentation booklet that was issued in ghanaits a complete sheet of stamps and the stamps are all the samethis sheet of stamps were issued in the yearthe picture on the stamp is of the nudibranch foulard mineralall the sheets of stamps and the presentation booklets of stamps are carefully protected with a clear and see-through cellophane cover, and individually have been wrappedthis sheet of stamps also celebrates the groote schuur and the pioneering surgery of heart transplantsall the sheets of stamps are in a good condition
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The rest of the stamps were issued in andsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 12 sheets of stampsthe newest stamps on the sheet of stamps in this collection were issued inthe themes of the sets of stamps are the 900th anniversary of the death of st olaf, the 200th anniversary of the 1st fire engine, arne garborg, the music score animation europa, the silver jubilee which was to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the reign of king christian,, 100 years of the parliamentary union in denmark, the work of the red cross, the work of the street services in denmark, the stamps in this set show a road sweeper and a dustbin lorry, europa, the royal wedding of prince fredrik and princess mary, provincial scenes, the places shown on this set of stamps from denmark are gronsund, bornholm, grundtvigs barndomshiem, and kaj munks barndomshiem opager lolland, and the danish epileptics associationthe oldest stamps on the sheets of stamps in this collection were issued inall the stamps shown on the sheets of stamps in this collection have been usedthe sheets of stamps are arranged in the sets on themesthis can be seen with the postmark on the actual stampsall the stamps are carefully preserved in a see-through cellophane coverthe stamps on the sheets in this collection were issued in norway and denmark
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The newest stamp in this collection was issued insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are s, s, s, s, and soxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 28 stampsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe stamps in this collection celebrate the 25th anniversary of the economic commission for africa, the millennium, the international conference on social welfare, the year of health in , the 50th anniversary of interpol, the centenary of the universal postal union, the 10th anniversary of kenyan independence, the highway conference in kenya, the 20th anniversary of unesco, the world conference on religion and peace, the importance of water, the centenary of the international red cross, the nursing association of south africa, who - world health organisation, the international year of world communications, world food day, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb bacillus and the international union against tuberculosis, the papu plenipotentiary conference and the imf annual meetings in the sthe countries that the stamps were issued in are tanzania, south africa, uganda, kenya, and south arabiasome of the used stamps have a little of the postmark print on themsome of the stamps in this collection are unused
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The decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe newest stamps in this collection were issued inthe pictures on the stamps show jesus as a man in the form of a mosaic picture, captain hook in a pantomime, a flying angel over snowy rooftops, the christmas carol the twelve days of christmas, a child's picture of a family of snowmen, mary and joseph in the stable, mary and joseph walking to bethlehem, an angel playing a lyre, a trunk of a tree in winter with lights around it, father christmas walking on a snowy roof, a snowman, a robin, father christmas flying on a christmas cracker, mary and baby jesus, a reindeer, children posting christmas cards, a post box in the snow, the christmas carol the holly and the ivy, a child and his mother taking home a christmas tree, an angel blowing a trumpet, shepherds seeing jesus, children playing on a rocking horse, a stained glass window of the nativity scene, a children's picture of father christmas, mistletoe, the three wise men, shepherds, common ivy, a decorated christmas tree, a child reading a story to their toys, and wallace and gromit singing christmas carols, and a stamp of queen elizabeth 2ndoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 43 stampsmany of the used stamps show the printed postmark on themthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps have been unused and having the backing of the stamp book on themoverall the stamps in this collection are in a good conditionall the stamps in this collection were issued in great britaina couple of the stamps are a little faded and a little tornmany of the used stamps have the backing of the original envelope still attached a little on the back
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This sheet of stamps is the royal mail first day coverthis sheet of stamps were issued inthe pictures on the stamps show the philosophie naturalis of the principal of mathematics, the motion of bodies in ellipsese, the optick treatise of reflexions refraction inflexions and colour of light, and the system of the worldthere is a sheet of stamps celebrating the welsh biblethe picture on the bulletin show a photo of a gentleman in letterpress, in offset-lithography, and in photogravurethe sheet of stamps is the first day of issueit is the royal mail first day coverthis sheet of stamps is the british post office first day coverall the sheets of stamps are in very good conditionthe pictures on the stamps show richard parry who was the editor of the revised version of the welsh language bible, richard davies who was the motivator and part translator of the new testament into the welsh language, william salesbury who was the principal translator of the new testament into the welsh language, and william morgan who was the translator of the first complete bible into the welsh languagethis sheet of stamps is the first day of issuethere is a sheet of stamps celebrating the 400th year anniversary of inigo jonesthis sheet of stamps is a post office first day cover and the first day of issuethis bulletin was printed by harrison and sons limited inthere is a sheet of stamps on an envelope that is usedthis sheet of stamps is a first day cover and a first day of issueoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 10 sheets of stamps that were issued in great britainsthere is a sheet of stamps with one stamp celebrating the 80th birthday of her majesty queen elizabeth the queen mothersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe great britons the stamps celebrate are the black prince, henry the fifth, owan glyndwr, and robert the brucethis sheet of stamps were the first day of issuein this collection there is a sheet of stamps celebrating great britionsone of the sheets of stamps celebrates the silver jubilee of the british philatelic bulletinthere is a sheet of stamps celebrating charles darwinthis sheet of stamp is a first day of issuethe pictures on the stamps show court masque costumes, st paul's covent garden, the prince's lodging at newmarket, and the court masque stage scenein this collection there is a sheet of stamps celebrating music british conductorsthe picture on the stamp shows queen elizabeth the queen motherthere is a sheet of stamps that celebrates victorian britainthis sheet of stamps if the first day of issuethe stamp was issued inthe pictures on the stamps show charles darwin with skulls, reptiles, tortoises, and birdsthere is a sheet of stamps in this collection that celebrate the scientific discoveries and theories of sir isaac newtonthis sheet of a stamp is the post office first day coverthis sheet of stamps is the post office first day coverthe british music conductors celebrated on the stamps are sir john barbiroli, sir malcolm sargent, sir thomas beecham, and sir henry woodthe stamps were issued to celebrate the investiture of the prince charles the prince of walesthe pictures on the stamps show photos of queen victoria during different decades of her reign with pictures like crystal palace and the great exhibition, men voting and a memorial, a sheep and beeton's book of household management, and the discovery of electricitythe stamps were issued inthey are carefully protected in a clear and see-through cellophane cover
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The pictures on the stamps show strawberries, apples, red grapes, plums and mandarinesthere is a sheet of stamps from great britain that were a royal mail first day cover, and the first day of issuethe sheets of stamps are in good conditionit is the post office first day of cover celebrating british trees: the horse chestnutthis sheet of stamps were issued inthe stamp showing the horse chestnut tree was issued inthe sheets of stamps have been carefully protected with a clear and see-through cellophane coverthis sheet of stamps celebrates natural history and the linnean societythe sheet of stamps were issued inthere is a sheet of stamps from great britain celebrating roses and the royal national roses societythe sheet of stamps is the first day of issuethe sheet is a complete set of stamps that were issued inthe pictures on the stamps are photographs of the cochicum flower, the echeveria flower, echinops flower, and the gaillardia flowerthis sheet of stamps is the first day of issuethis set of stamps which is a complete set of stamps were issued inthere is a sheet of stamps from great britain which is the royal mail first day cover and is a complete set of stamps with the title "flowers"the pictures on the stamps show the sweet briar rose, the rosa mundi rose, the grandpa dickson rose, and the elizabeth of glamis rosethere is a sheet of 2 used stamps that were issued in denmarkone of the sheets of stamps were a first day of issue, and is a complete set of stamps celebrating fruitthe sheet of stamps is a first day of issuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pictures on the stamps show the sweetcorn, and the potato plantthe 2 postcards show the picture each of a stamp that were part of a set of stampsoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 7 sheets of stamps and 2 postcards of stampsone of the postcards has a copy of the stamp in the top right hand cornerthe pictures on the stamps show hemerocallis hybrida flower, phlox paniculam flower, dianthus plumarius, centaurea dealbata flower, and trollius europaeus flowerthe set of stamps that were shown on the individual postcards were from a set of stamps called "british flowers"this sheet of stamps is the post office first day coverthe other sheet of stamps from san marino were the first day of issuethere is a sheet of stamps from great britain with one stamp on itthe postcards of the stamps show the bluebell flower and the snowdrop flowerthe stamps were issued inthe "british flower" stamps were issued in great britainthere are 2 sheets of stamps in this collection from the republic of san marinothe pictures on the stamps show the morel mushroom, the bewick swan, the yellow waterlily, and the ball-rout fish
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The newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps have been used and have a printed postmark clearly shown on themthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe explorers collins and paterson, the royal visit of queen elizabeth 2nd and the duke of edinburgh, florence nightingale, the kangaroo, queen elizabeth the queen mother, king george 6th, the merino sheep, the centenary of the railway, the coronation of queen elizabeth 2nd, the australian red cross, the usa memorial,, the first western australian stamp, the australian national antarctic research expeditions, broken hill, south australia, tradition of nursing, and 3 stmps with the price of the stamp in the middlein this collection of pages 224 of the stamps are already stuck on the pagesthe pages are a little faded but are in very good conditionthe oldest stamps in this collection were issued ineach of the pages has the years of issue of the stamps to collect for that pagethe price of this collection is based on the individual value of the stamps rather than the quality of the collection of the pagesmany of the stamps have been unusedthe stamps in this collection show and also celebrate the queen elizabeth 2nd, qantas airlines, the national developments, the commonwealth parliamentary association conferences, dairy congress, christmas, the australian natives association, the rotary club, sea craft, the united nations, the stock exchange, aboriginal art, the royal australian air force, the rspca, the prime ministers, the australian country women's association, the congress of accountants, the overland telegraph line, the olympic games, the pioneer of inventions, the world health organisation, the labour organisation, the coral crab, the agate rock, the grassland congress, expo 70, the sydney opera house, radio broadcasting, the pioneer society, the brushtail possum, the star sapphire, rugby, the international women's year, the independence of papua new guinea, the prime ministers, performing arts, the helichrysum thomsonii flower, the tiger cat, the platypus, the flannel flower, the waratah plant, the wattle plant, the columbo plan, the golden jubilee of guiding, the self-government of queensland, the commonwealth games, queen victoria, john mcdouall stuart, the melbourne cup, the centenary of the exploration of the northern territory, dame nellie melba, the dingo, the explorer douglas mawson, the first attainment of reaching the magnetic pole, mount coates, the iceberg alley in mawson, the 25th anniversary of the antarctic treaty, the penguin, the antarctic territory, responsible government, the royal flying doctor service, the kookaburra, the australian inland mission, the crossing of the blue mountains, captain tasman, the centenary of the red cross, export, the lyre bird, the koala, hermes and globe, winston churchill, yellow-tailed thornbill bird, the black-backed magpie, the galah bird, the first air mail, john monash, the telecommunications union, the royal life saving society, the tasmanian blue gum plant, the kangaroo paw plant, the lions international, the ywca, the cooktown orchid flower, the pink heath flower, banking, lawrence hargrave the young farmers club, the pan pacific scout jamboree, produce food, tasmaniathere are many empty pages with no stamps having been foundon many of the pages shows the stamps to collect and the pictures of the stamps to find, which have not yet been foundoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection 224 stamps on 60 pages from an incomplete stamp collectors bookthe pages are hole punched so can easily be filed in any a3 sized file
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On the sheet is a complete set of stampsit is the post office first day cover and the first day of issueone sheet of stamps has a single stamp on itthe sheet has the theme british cars, and the full set of the british cars stampsthe sheet of stamps celebrates transport and communicationthe stamp was issued in and shows alcock and borwn with their planeone sheet of stamps has one stamp on it that was issued inthe postcard of a stamp is one of a collection of postcards of stamps that were part of a set which showed "british motor cars"the sheet of this stamp was issued inthis sheet celebrates the world's first hovercraft service by british united airways with the inauguration of the rhyl-wallesey hovercraft serviceall the sheets of stamps in this collection are protected in a clear cellophane coverthey are all in good conditionone sheet of stamps is a complete setone sheet of stamps celebrates the universal postal unionthe stamp that is shown on the postcard was issued inone sheet of stamps celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first transatlanctic flight by alcock and brownthe pictures on the stamps are of a train, a boat, a tram and a planesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of one postcard of a stamp and 9 sheets of stampsone of the sheets of stamps is the first day cover and the first day of issuethe sheet is a first day of issue and the royal mail first day coverthe cars shown on the stamps are the roll-royce, the jaguar, the ford, and the austinall of them were issued in great britainthe pictures shown on the stamps are the gentleman concorde and the goanan concordeit is the gpo 1st day cover and first day of issuethe pictures on the stamps show the p&o packet steamer peninsular, the airmail blue van and postbox, the imperial airways flyingboat, and the first official airmail coronationthe actual stamp in the top right hand corner is of queen elizabeth 2ndit is the post office first day cover and first day of issueone sheet of stamps is a complete set of stamps celebrating the liverpool and manchester railwayit is a sheet celebrating concordethis sheet of stamps celebrates the golden jubilee of the royal air force, and the silver jubilee of the royal air forces associationthe stamps show an early steam engine, and open top and closed top carriages carrying people and animalsthe cars shown on the postcard of the stamp are the austin seven and the metrothe stamps were issued inthe sheet of stamps was issued in
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The newest stamp in this collection was issued inall of the stamps in this collection are in adequate conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the stamps in this collection have been used and have a postmark printed a little on themthe countries that the stamps were issued in in this collection are great britain, zimbabwee, south africa, malaysia, malawi, singapore, tanzania, grenada grenadines, new zealand, hong kong, and rwandathe stamps in this collection were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s and sthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps are a little faded and a little creasedsome of the stamps in this collection have been unusedthe stamps in this collection celebrate the world tin conference, the making of gold, deep level mining, the discovery of the pin cushion star, the centenary of the 1st telephone transmission, the invention of the television, the western european submarine cable system, construction work, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb, the opening of the mwenga satellite earth station, the microwave tower in tanzania, the nuclear-powered advanced gas-cooled reactor, telecommunications, satellite communications, automatic sorting of post, the evkom escom in south africa, the centenary of antiseptic in surgery and lister, the anniversary of alexander bell, the keyboard, industry in south africa, geothermal power, the invention of radar, the centenary of geothermal electricity, the antarctic geology research project, the aviator wilbur wright who flew the flyer in , the invention of heart surgery, the discovery of penicillin, the making of manganese, the national giro, and coastline erosion prevention programmesoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 41 stamps
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A couple of the stamps still have a little of the backing of the envelope that they were attached to still showing on the backthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremost of the used stamps have a clearly visible printed postmark on themoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 57 stampsthe countries that the stamps in this collection were issued in are france, sweden, germany, portugal, finland, austria, romania, poland, greece, bulgaria, italy, former yugoslavia, hungary, switzerland, belgium, and denmarkthe places shown on the stamps in this collection are the norder gate in flensburg and schleswig, the lammi church in finland, the bogo windmill in denmark, the riquewhr commune in the haut-rhin in alsace in france, arbois and le quesnoy in france, the olavinlinna fortress in finland, the la tour de cesar provins in france, brasov-biserica neagra in romania, the basilica of mariazell in austria, kalisz in poland, the barbican githic-renaissance in warsaw in poland, dresden in germany, the silbermann-orgel in freiberg in germany, the kost castle in czechoslovakia, liege in belgium, reims cathedral in france, tampere in finland, the sevojno steel pant and copper works in the former yugoslavia, the keuru church in finland, the castle of mussomeli in italy, the romanian athenaeum buildings in bucares in romania, turgu mures citadel in romania, lehel street in budapest in hungary, the post office in csepele in hungary, the ct1 bank in bulgaria, kaposvar in hungary, the feuler palace in mafels in switzerland, the brandenburg gate in germany, bordeaux in france, the facde de la maison, the cathedral of saint peter in regensburg in germany, tegel castle in berlin in germany, the wallsfahrtsakapelle altotting in germany, epidavros in greece, silbermann-orgel in fraureth with werdau in germany, silbermann_orgel in rotha in leipzig in germany, the mohne reservoir in germany, the university of coimbra in portugal, the museum for the macedonian struggle in thessaloniki in greece, the orchard in bloom in romania, the abbey of hohenfurth and mariens church in stift-rein in hohenfurth in germany, the marienkirche in bauwerke in berlin in germany, the staszica siedziba palace in warsaw in poland, the old city hall in ratusz in poland, the curch of nykarleby in finland, the paining of the church of moret by alfred sislev in romania, the lighthouse at morska in poland, tarnow in poland, the mining academy in kielce in poland, and the cliffs on moen island in denmarkone of the stamps in this collection is a little tornsome of the stamps in this collection are a little fadedthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued in the soverall the stamps are in good conditiona couple of the stamps in this collection are unused
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Item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workinternally; is almost goodtitles in gilt to spineapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear covers5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexlacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completediscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactscondition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)our 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 catawikisecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagesno writing or inscriptionspages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4published by john murray, londontop of spine cover missing
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea finely carved gilt wood and polychrome painted statue depicting saint elizabeth of thuringia carrying a loaf of bread and jug of wineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki29 cm tall and weighing 427g elizabeth of hungary (german: heilige elisabeth von thüringen, hungarian: árpád-házi szent erzsébet; 7 july november ), also known as saint elizabeth of thuringia or saint elisabeth of thuringia, was a princess of the kingdom of hungary, landgravine of thuringia, germany, and a greatly venerated catholic saint who was an early member of the third order of stat her feet a beggar is reaching for the bread19th century, germany standing cafrancis, by which she is honored as its patroness condition - in a very good condition with wear commensurate with age please see the photos as they are an important part of the description this lot will be carefully packed and sent by registered and insured mail read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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She traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitarians"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy "a forceful, encyclopedic studythese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitsin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightfine unclipped dust-wrapper
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Formative years spent at eton, oxford and harvard fortified his resolve to enter the political establishment, and by the early seventies he finally achieved his greatest ambitionas an fearless young conservative politician in the seventies and eighties, one who witnessed the fall of heath and the triumph and eventual decline of thatcher, waldegrave was firmly at the heart of one of the most exciting and tumultuous periods of modern british historyoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'why did you go into politics in the first place?'a question that former cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, lord waldegrave's is a life lived through politicsa spectator book of the year - 'refreshingly and engagingly candid' (jane ridley) see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe youngest of seven children, and the son of an earl, waldegrave's quintessentially english upbringing would go on to shape the course of his life, instilling in him a sense of independence and self-discipline needed to steel one for a successful career in governmenthowever just as his star was in the ascent, waldegrave became embroiled in a scandal which tarnished his reputation, but could not dampen his voracious enthusiasm for the political gamean unembroidered account of the narcotic effect of politics from one of the most fiercely intellectual governmental figures of the modern age, a different kind of weather is a beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an era
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615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matterit contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the seven liberal arts, including rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of god, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreisidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaningisidore compiled the work between coxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (cthis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's time
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" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreproblems relating to missing and imperfect reference data are discussed in detail'the statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction' will be of interest to quantitative researchers and to practicing statisticiansbook cover contains a few marks but item is in generally good conditioninternal pages are clean and free of marksadditional topics include: meta-analysis for summarizing the results of multiple studies of a test; the evaluation of markers for predicting event time data; and procedures for combining the results of multiple tests to improve classificationa variety of worked examples are providedmain topics include: estimation and comparison of measures of accuracy, including receiver operating characteristic curves; regression frame-works for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors; and sample size calculations and other issues pertinent to study designthis book describes the statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating the accuracy of medical teststhe book also covers the theoretical foundations for statistical inference and will be of interest to academic statisticiansoxfam books & music norwich the use of clinical and laboratory information to detect conditions and predict patient outcomes is a mainstay of medical practice
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Oxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquein developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil society
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These and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edwith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologythe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areas) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencepoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencein philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of self
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The first part describes the background of american constitutionalismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrin this first volume, julius goebel jrdetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencegoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightsin the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtthese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesthe book is organised into three parts antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spine
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham bletchley park was where one of the war's most famous  and crucial  achievements was made: the cracking of germany's enigma code in which its most important military communications were couchedbut, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction  from robert harris and ian mcewan to andrew hodges' biography of turing what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? what was life like for them an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? sinclair mckay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at bletchley park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed angus wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) of a youthful roy jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's workthis country house in the buckinghamshire countryside was home to britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like alan turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology  indeed, the birth of modern computingthe military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the battle of the atlantic and the war in north africa
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He must recognise and accept the fact that this triple world is manifested and imagined as real only under the influence of habit-energy that has been accumulated since the beginningless past by reason of memory, false-imagination, false-reasoning, and attachments to the multiplicities of objects and reactions in close relationship and in conformity to ideas of body-property-and-abodevijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realityas to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goingsthe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktas to the second; he must recognise and be convinced that all things are to be regarded as forms seen in a vision and a dream, empty of substance, un-born and without self-nature; that all things exist only by reason of a complicated network of causationbecause the world is seen as being "mind-only" or "consciousness-only", all phenomena are void, empty of self (atman) and illusory: there are four things by the fulfilling of which an earnest disciple may gain self-realisation of noble wisdom and become a bodhisattva-mahasattva: first, he must have a clear understanding that all things are only manifestations of the mind itself; second, he must discard the notion of birth, abiding and disappearance; third, he must clearly understand the egolessness of both things and personsoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturein the sutra, the buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: on the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple worldas to the third; he must recognise and patiently accept the fact that his own mind and personality is also mind-constructed, that it is empty of substance, unborn see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whythe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarywhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressthe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicinethe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalswhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalscassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdoma very clean and tidy copy
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" the aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolutionan essential aspect of this awakening involves transcending our ego-based state of consciousnessreaders of other transformational self-help books such as the four agreements, the miracle morning, braving the wilderness, and the book of joy will want to read practicing the power of nowthrough meditations and simple techniques, eckhart shows us how to quiet our thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find a path to "a life of grace, ease, and lightnesshis views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guruoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york times bestselling author eckhart tolle - a key to happiness is living in the nowpractice the power of now: if you, like many others, have benefited from the transformative experience of reading the power of now, you will want to own and read practicing the power of nowin the power of now and his subsequent book practicing the power of now, eckhart shares the enlightenment he himself experienced after a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his lifeeckhart tolle: eckhart tolle, a spiritual teacher and author who was born in germany and educated at the universities of london and cambridge, is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most inspiring spiritual teachersyour path to enlightenment: practicing the power of now extracts the essence from eckhart's teachings in his new york times bestseller, the power of now (translated into 33 languages)"the next step in human evolution: eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their livespracticing the power of now shows us how to free ourselves from "enslavement to the mindthis is a prerequisite not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violence on our planet
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Alternatively, it could be 'sold' as the result of my intention to reduce entropy of 18 years of scientific work on the topic of the coronary circulation, which was itself meant to diminish the amount of 'useless' energyit would be naive, to assume the present work to be free of erroneous oversimplification, because the very nature of scientific work is related to generating (simple) hypotheses with their subsequent falsificationin that context and bluntly, my primary interest in the field of the collateral circulation was not initiated with a vision of eradicating the consequences of coronary artery disease (cad) by promoting the growth of natural bypassessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schapersuch a process of reducing disarray in a system with the aim of grasping it better is related to simplification, which carries the risk of introducing errorlike new with clean pages insideoxfam bookshop hampstead collateral circulation of the heart by christian seiler the sober explanation for this book is a call by the springer-verlag, london, to edit a publication on 'the functional relevance of the collateral circulation' of the heartthis can be exemplified by the historic view of angina pectoris, which used to be simplified as being always fatal, thus obscuring for nearly two centuries the view of a 'self-healing' mechanism such as the collateral circulation of the heart
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Rather, the authors argue, the intersubjective perspective has methodological and epistemological implications that mandate a radical revision of all aspects of psychoanalytic thoughtin this volume, the authors complete the circle begun with faces in a cloud () and continued with structures of subjectivity () and psychoanalytic treatment: an intersubjective approach (- with brandchaft)not only a cogent elaboration of these implications, the volume is also an important first step in effecting the sweeping revision that follows from themcontexts of being is the conceptual culmination of stolorow and atwood's earlier studies, giving them a forum to explain why the perspective of intersubjectivity cannot be reduced to a clinical sensibility that can be grafted onto existing psychoanalytic theory see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors then proceed to a series of chapters that reframe, from the standpoint of intersubjectivity theory, basic assumptions of the psychoanalytic theory of mental lifethey now extend intersubjectivity theory to a rethinking of the foundational pillars of psychoanalytic theory since they have already demonstrated the degree to which psychological theory is influenced by the subjective world of the psychological theorist, explored the various "structures of subjectivity" that organize the subjective world, and applied the intersubjective perspective to a broad array of clinical issues concluding chapters on "varieties of therapeutic alliance" and "varieties of therapeutic impasse" further exemplify the ability of intersubjectivity theory to reorient the psychoanalytic therapist, thus providing fresh strategies for understanding and addressing the most challenging clinical contingenciesbeginning with an in-depth critique of the concept of the isolated individual mind, stolorow and atwood argue that this myth has long obstructed recognition of the intersubjective foundations of psychological lifethe book is in very good condition; it is slightly upturned on the back covers bottom left corner
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Very good black clothinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religionhe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religiongerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningstext block is clean and binding solid"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienaoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edge" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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