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The problems of work contains technology no one can live without, and that can immediately be applied by anyone in the workaday world(click to reveal full phone number)here, then, is scientology applied to that seven-tenths of existence including the answers to exhaustion and the secret of efficiencyknow them and you succeedget your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnron hubbard describes in this book, life is composed of seven-tenths work, one-tenth familial, one-tenth political and one-tenth relaxationhere, too, is the analysis of life itself—a game composed of exact rules
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By and read the " the problems of work" bookon what does sucess depend? what is the secret of efficiency? find out in this bookfind out why people get tired doing their job and how to handle that
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Books / reading / comedy / cartoon / funny dilbert the joy of work by scott adams publisher boxtree rrp 499 collection only houghton-le-spring read more
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The problems of children and adolescents are an important part of daily social work practice, both in fieldwork and residential care
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It also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectsthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointoxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionsuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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From the s until his death in august , davidson was perhaps the most influential figure in english-language philosophy, and his work has had a profound effect upon the disciplinedavidson here develops this theory to illuminate value judgements and how we understand them; to investigate what the conditions are for attributing mental states to an object or creature; and to grapple with the problems presented by thoughts and actions which seem to be irrationalanyone working on knowledge, mind, and language will find these essays essential readingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis unified theory of the interpretation of thought, meaning, and action holds that rationality is a necessary condition for both mind and interpretationoxfam bookshop preston "problems of rationality" is the eagerly awaited fourth volume of donald davidson's philosophical writings
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In this third edition, leslie green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the workoxfam books & music aberdeen fifty years on from its original publication, hla hart's the concept of law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first timepublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Along with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three 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 trainthe 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 boyif 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 complex" see oxfam website for delivery information read morekind 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 racesthis 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 gamethe 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 enemiesbeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendsoxfam 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 eaobviously 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 azkabanprisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione grangerthroughout 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 against
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By using these newfound powers of his, he must work together with his new friends and save the forest realmbut the soldier also has a few problems of his own as he has fallen in love with a toy ballerinasealed, as good as new! see oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'the tin soldier' (), when a young boy begins hanging out with the wrong crowd the gift of a tin soldier changes his perspective; the soldier comes to life and uses his army training and principles to set the boy back on the straight and narrowalong with a motley collection of streetwise strays, the pair find themselves caught and transferred to a secret space laboratory where after some intensive training they learn they've been selected for a space flight missionoxfam shop lytham collection of four family filmsin 'max magician and the legend of the rings' (), max (timothy stultz) is interested in magic, isn't very popular and gets picked on by bulliesin 'space dogs' (), after escaping from the local dog pound, homeless stray strelka teams up with belka, canine canonball of the local state circus, when her trajectory takes an unexpected pathin 'the adventures of chris fable' (), chris (solomon ray), a young thief and runaway, learns that his father is in needbut when his neighbour, mrleaving his friends, he embarks on a journey throughout a mystical wilderness where a range of obstacles stand in the way of a better lifetim (paul danaceau), gives him a book of spells, the book opens a gate to another world in which max is enlisted to help local elves battle their enemies, the unseelies
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problems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americasitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the materialopposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and commathough in fact he didin this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)maxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencesome light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pageas the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingthe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsa good reading copyi don't give a hoot what the writing's like"halfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein fair conditionoxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always do
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Modernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read morecontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacy
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Lying somewhere between translation and imitation, these poems show machado to have possessed a sensibility and philosophical bent strikingly pertinent to the problems of our own timeoxfam books & music aberdeen published by faber & faber in pages in the eyes, don paterson has used the work of the great spanish poet antonio machado () to create what might be called a spiritual portraitsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe eyes is as ingenious in its conception and as direct in its impact as anything don paterson has ever written
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The gender of the gift: problems with women and problems with society in melanesia see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hove good condition, slight shelf wear and minor spotting to page edges, appears only lightly read
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Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomoxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happinessthe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard cfor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecutler's western perspective
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He then investigates whether truth and falsity are properly applicable to what is said about what does not exist, about the future, and in answer to moral problemshe draws out the distinctions between what is said, the saying of it, the words used to say it, and the role it playsthe author begins by examining truth as an assessment of what is saidoxfam bookshop preston this book is an examination of the notion of truth and of various philosophical theories about it see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book remains his only completed work of historyrare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james iat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rbacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centuriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii init was published the following year
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His work is a refreshing return to the black subject within a studio design genre, with a very unique personal style and visionthe work collected in this, the first monograph of his work, presents a range of his personal portrait projects which include many artists, writers and cultural commentatorsoxfam bookshop cheltenham black british photographer franklyn rodgers has amassed a body of work both personal and commercial, which is breathtaking in its volume and level of accomplishmenthe is able to bring his years of expertise to bear on the creative challenges he sets himself - a photographic exploration into the possibilities of portraiture and representation - how to be seen, recorded and rememberedhis images are beautiful because he draws us into the detail of each person and in so doing gives us the opportunity to glimpse something of their outward appearance and inner voicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis aesthetic is one of beauty, but his definition of beauty goes way beyond what is pleasing to the eye
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After almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesthe new edition, now called history of humanity, is a radical new work providing an account of cultural and scientific achievements in the light of new facts and methods of historiographical investigationthis major undertaking required an international commission and the co-operation of some 450 distinguished specialists, in a great number of disciplines, from all over the worldforty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationa truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common paststarting from the origins of humankind to the first societies years ago, the events, chronologically charted, present a comprehensive picture of how civilization emerged and developed over this periodparticular attention is given to archeological aspectssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Hard-to-find volumes of the work in which christopher tolkien elaborates on the work of his father jwith a lot of unpublished work and backgrounds of the world of tolkienplease 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition pagespart 4: the shaping of middle-earthpart 6: the return of the shadowparts 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the history of middle-earththe history of middle-earthfourth edition pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall volumes in good condition: slight damage to paper dust jacket (see pictures); interiors in perfect conditionfour volumes: parts 4, 5, 6 and 7part 5: the lost road and other writingspart 7: the treason of isengard
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The 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 orlanthe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsapart 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 deleuzespecial 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 recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artoxfam 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 time
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurytaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human ends
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In part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehpart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textshe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencemark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of gods
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These are his reactions to the problems of the day, the pressing problem that beset malaysiathis is certain to be a controversial book, and assuredly the author will be called upon to defend many of his statements and claims, indeed even perhaps the accuracy of his historical and biological datathis is not an objective bookthis is how a politically-inclined malay understands the past, explains the behaviour of his own people and the behaviour of "immigrants",and the foresees the futurein the past, it has often been difficult to know just what a malay thinkshe has revealed allhe believes this is necessary not only to encourage malays to know themselves, but also so that the non-malays can all better understand the malay's reactions to the problem of the daytun has examined and analysed the make-up of malay, his heredity, his way of life, his religion some signs of previous use (escuffs, minor blemishes on the cover), but overall no significant flawsnot ex-library and no notes or highlightingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport not all historians will agree with drmahathir's interpretation of events, historic and recent, in malaysia and singaporeas tun has explained, malays tend to shield friends-enemies-from embarrassment, and as a result, often conceal their true thoughtshere, for the first time, a malays has produced a book-lenght argument told with stark franknessnevertheless it is published because this is what an educated, modern, progressive malay thinks and believes
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In the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themthe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question markoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writingwidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and researchcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read more this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationthe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturethe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature
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Alongside his sleuthing, sidney has other problemsaccompanied by his faithful labrador, dickens, and the increasingly exasperated inspector geordie keating, sidney is called to investigate the unexpected fall of a cambridge don from the roof of king's college chapel, a case of arson at a glamour photographer's studio and the poisoning of zafar ali, grantchester's finest spin bowlercan he decide between his dear friend, the glamorous socialite amanda kendall and hildegard staunton, the beguiling german widow? to make up his mind sidney takes a trip abroad, only to find himself trapped in a web of international espionage just as the berlin wall is going upoxfam shop eveshamcanon sidney chambers, loveable priest and part-time detective, is backsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The delights of chess will appeal to the most advanced players without going beyond the range of the beginnerhowever pages are clear and binding in good condtionthus he sets out not only problems, illuminating the infinite range and symbolic beauty of the game, but tells us fascinating behind the scenes anecdotes of chess and its mastersa brilliant and witty writer, he saw it essentially as a game - a game played for enjoymentthis book has some stains to outer edges of pages and the front cover is slightly curved at the cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria road the popular assiac column ran in the new statesman ran non-stop for more than 400 issues, and had the great gift of inspiring readers with his own boundless enthusiasm for chess
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Race and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racismthis book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and asks: how are ideas of race critical to the understanding of music genres and preferences? what does the 'love of difference' via music contribute to contemporary perspectives of racism? previous studies of world music have situated it within the dynamics of local/global musical production, the representation of nations and ethnic groups, theories of globalization, hybridization and cultural appropriationhaynes adds a conceptual and textual shift to these debates by utilizing world music as a lens for examining cultural imaginaries of race and analytical nuances of racializationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text offers a view of world music from 'within,' building on original, qualitative, interview-based research with people from the british world music scenethese interviews provide unique insights into the discursive repertoires that underpin contemporary culture, and will make a significant contribution to the mainly theoretical debates about world musicoxfam bookshop hove minor shelf wear to hardcover, contents in very good, clean condition throughout
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Britain's conflict with rhodesia over independence formed one of the most exacting diplomatic problems of modern timesthe book provides the evidence of lord carrington, the foreign secretary charged with effecting the independence and others, including robert mugabe and ian smith, to offer a useful source of information on one of the key colonial events of post-war british historyin this book all the major figures in the operation which brought rhodesia from the declaration of udi by ian smith in to independence as zimbabwe in speak with the author about the diplomatic effort and the much wider issues it tried to reflect and reconcileselling for over £24 used elsewhere read morethe last colony in africa by michael charlton - 164 pages
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the flood of christian ascetics who left the world to seek god alone, simeon chose a novel withdrawalthree views of the stylite in three livespublic issues were mediated at his shrine and slaves manumittedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe mounted a pillar and remained there the rest of his lifeto him came supplicants with all kinds of problems: personal anguish, sickness and pain, infertility, sin, and social transgression
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