Thousand years
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Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, architects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging from the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal itemssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe reader is taken on a journey of discovery as the ideas this art sought to express are consideredworking from the surviving material this work explains how and why early christian and byzantine art was made and usedtoday this art is generally termed early christian and byzantineoxfam bookshop ilkley in the 's ad the emperor constantine moved the capital of his empire from rome to byzantium, which was renamed conatantinople, and until its fall in remained a major artistic centre
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This book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish culturedescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateursthey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuriesit sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present daysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscriptsoxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicthe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are described
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Features in china's history, society, geography, and developments in technology, industry, demography and literature are scrutinised and provide insights into developments in china spanning a thousand yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford these essays are comparative studies of developments in china in the context of contemporaneous developments in europe
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Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, human race is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predictedoxfam shop evesham we are an astonishing speciesbut what's yours? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond recognitionbut which of the last ten centuries saw the greatest changes in human history?history's greatest tour guide, ian mortimer, knows what answer he would give
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A splendid depiction of the great feast and the ride that the city of malines wanted to organize to celebrate the thousand years since the death of stcrisp plates on heavy papermodern half parchment bindingbeautifully illustrated by 15 large and extraordinary etchings, almost all folded, illustrating the fabulous floats pulled by harnessed horses and animated by a multitude of male and female costumed characters– 38 (wrongly numbered 34)small restoration on a few folds, but overall a good copyhandwritten title on the spinemagnificent illustrated and prototype of the 18th century feast booksize: large 4to (28x22 cm), ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablejubilé van mechelen den heyligen rumoldusmalines, vander elsttext partly in latinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Kenneth whitehouse traces the history of hunting deer over the last thousand years, from the days before the norman conquest up to the presentoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coverthe book is in very good condition with sound binding and good corners and just a little bumping to the bottom end of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe also looks at the history of the hunting of the chief deer species - red deer, fallow deer and roe deer, with a briefer mention of sika deerthe author relates the earliest records of deer hunting, the interest of the kings and queens of england in the sport, and the history of the important deer hunting areas of england, scotland and irelandthere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but otherwise the pages are clean and unmarkedthe book contains 51 black and white photographs
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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterin as new conditionother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorypart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europethe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesoxfam bookshop leeds 179ppit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodpart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studies
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Translated from german the sanctuary of eleusis, near athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized worldlooking at the tendency to "see visions," cas he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morekerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of demeter's search for her ravished daughter persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identityoxfam bookshop leeds 257ppin as new conditionkerenyi examines the mysteries of eleusis from the standpoint not only of greek myth but also of human nature
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The letters that follow are filled with the stories of wang's previous lives-from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from genghis khan, to living as a fisherman during the opium wars, and being a teenager on the red guard during the cultural revolution-bound to his mysterious "soulmate," spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigueoxfam bookshop st albans so begins the first letter that falls into wang's lap as he flips down the visor in his taxisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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How do they measure the heat of distant stars? how do they measure the ozone layer? and how do they know there's going to be another ice age in two thousand years? the answers await withinhere, in simple and easy-to-understand terms, are solutions to the riddles of everyday lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham have you ever wondered: - how do they know how much an aircraft carrier weighs?- how do they get music onto a cd?- how does an electric eel generate electricity?- how do they know how long a second is?- how do penguins stay warm in antarctica?- how do they teach guide dogs to cross at a green light?the answers to these and many other everyday wonders are explainedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow exactly does a thief break into your car and drive off with it in less than a minute? and how do they get hostess twinkies to stay fresh for so long?more how do they do that? also reveals aspects of modern science and the natural world that are often taken for granted
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Ten thousand years ago, morpheus condemned a woman who loved him to hellsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow the other members of his immortal family, the endless, have convinced the dream king that this was an injusticeto make it right, morpheus must return to hell to rescue his banished love and hells ruler, the fallen angel lucifer, has already sworn to destroy himoxfam homeware arnold volume four of new york times best selling author neil gaimans acclaimed creation, with updated colouring and new trade dress
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Edmunds nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the amarantineven if the truth costs him everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut the amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even syveste imaginesfor the human colonists now settling the amarantin homeworld resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged amarantinoxfam books & music bury stfor brilliant but ruthless scientist dan sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth
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Gold ducato created for the commemoration of king frederick ix and thousand years of the kingdom of denmark, minted in vienna in6 kt gold = grams of pure gold = 1/2 troy ounceinsured shipping with anti-theft sealweight grams of 21our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablediameter 32 mm effigy of the king of denmark engraved by wenisch and coufal-hartsplendid coin, never circulated, in the original box/certificate, bearing numberare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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By flickering firelight, they drew bison, deer, and mammoths on cavern walls - vibrant images that seize our imaginations after thirty thousand yearscro-magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges from glaciers, predators, and a rival species of the humans - the neanderthalsfor millennia, their hunter-gatherer culture flourished in small pockets across ice age europe, the distant forerunner to the civilisation we live in nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebestselling author brian fagan brings these early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytellingthey survived by their wits in a snow-bound world - hunting, and sometimes being hunted by, animals many times their sizeoxfam shop magdelen street this is a first edition, hardback book with a slip-covercro-magnons were usthey are known to archaeologists as the cro-magnons - but who were they? simply put, these people were among the first anatomically modern humans
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethese epoch-making discoveries include: the recent discovered people of glozal who knew how to write and made glass in the stone age astounding new evidence of a venusian settlement at tiahunaco in the andes proof positive of an atomic war in india before the dawn of time the real facts behind the legend of prometheus the extraordinary history of agartha and the secrets guarded by the maha chohan - the supreme regent of agartha all these and many more revelations throw new light on the history of civilisation as it developed in the past - and develops in the futureoxfam shop magdelen street robert charroux, leading pioneer in the realms of primohistory, presents revolutionary new information about man's mysterious ancestors from the long forgotten past
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Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of greece and rome for roughly a thousand years minimal shelf wear to the soft cover, otherwise a very good clean copythis book is neither a history nor a survey but a comparative phenomenology, concentrating on five major cultsoxfam books & music beaconsfield the foremost historian of greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practicessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Everything elseantiquarian bookscondition – goodproduct details orders will only be sent once funds have cleared in our bank
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Oxfam shop wimbledon broadway enter an intense 360-degree world into one thousand years into the future features: 3 levels of play many different enemies including giant sand worms, man-sized wasps and lethal flying battleships see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcher dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etcsee oxfam website for delivery information read more  winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal" text, clean, bright and unmarked throughout eight pages of monochrome photographsin gilt on spine, in very good condition
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Two thousand years since the birth of augustuskingdom of italynumbers (sassone): + a registered shippingcomplete set, mnh** very good qualityour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop victoria spanning a thousand years of music from gregorian chant to works by contemporary composers such as judith weir and wolfgang rihm, the rough guide to classical music forms an indispensable guide to composers and key-recordingsthe book combines informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, with incisive reviews of hundreds of cds, selecting the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the re-issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read morelively articles on such topics as sonata form, the concerto, atonality, and film music are also included
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Oxfam shop budleigh salterton for almost a thousand years, rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the worldwith the artistic blossoming of the renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye over the great works of raphael, michelangelo and brunelleschi, shedding new light on the old masters5 cm) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreread by david timson running time 11 hours 37 minutes on 9 cdshughes vividly recreates the ancient rome of julius caesar, marcus aurelius, nero, caligula, cicero, martial and virgilhughes brilliantly analyses the defining works of caravaggio, velasquez, rubens and berniniin equal parts loving, iconoclastic, enraged and wise, peopled with colourful figures and rich in unexpected details, rome is an exhilarating journey through the story of one of the world's most glorious cities hughes' rome is a vibrant, contradictory, spectacular and secretive place; a monument both to human glory and human error5" x 1" (14 x 14 x 2in very good condition with minimal signs of wear dimensions: 5in the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when rome's cultural predominance was assured, artists and tourists from all over europe converged on the city
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He becomes embroiled in a corrupt presidential campaign and breaks into the american prison system before being propelled ten thousand years into the past, where he encounters the other gatekeepers and witnesses the creation of raven's gate - and the first fateful battle against the old onesbut when a sinister multinational corporation, nightrise, kidnaps scott, jamie is left alone - and wanted for murdersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreminor shelf wearfourteen-year-old twins jamie and scott tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatrecondition-Â goodoxfam bookshop harrogate nevada, usa
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Rumoured to be buried in the crypt of china's first emperor, it has been safely hidden for more than two thousand yearsnow, with this unwelcome coalition in desperate pursuit of one of the most powerful artefacts known to man, it's up to indy to prevent the heart of the dragon from falling into the wrong handsindy's whirlwind adventure, set in the far east in , plunges him into an international crisis of terrifying magnitudeindy enters the race for the heart at the behest of marshal k'ai, an asian businessman who asks him to retrieve the pearl and return it to the government of chinathe game will offer 10 levels, all set in unique locales such as a 15th century castle that looms over prague, an underwater palace in istanbul, and a mountaintop fortress in chinaas the game begins, a powerful underground asian society, the black dragon triad, and a german mercenary, albrecht von beck, have formed an unholy alliance in the hopes of acquiring the heart of the dragon, a black pearl that gives its possessor the power to mould mindsjones is aided in his search by k'ai's stunningly beautiful assistant, mei ying, who helps him throughout this epic conflicthowever, in order to retrieve the heart, indy must first traverse the world to find and assemble the three scattered pieces of the dragon seal, the key to unlocking the cryptdiscs ex case ex see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle from the crocodile-infested waters in ceylon to the bustling streets of hong kong, perennial action hero indiana jones' wits, agility, whip lashing and hand-to-hand combat skills will be put to the test as never before in the third person action-adventure indiana jones and the emperor's tomb
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A thousand yearsfor once in my lifewonderful world / over the rainbowwhen you wish upon a starmusic of the nightyou'll never walk alone
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An account of britain's national history, hastings, agincourt, flodden, waterloo, the somme, passchendaele, el alamein the greatest battles of british history are collected in this concise study of 35 of their most important conflicts of the last thousand yearsstrong on incident and personal experience rather than technical detail, famous british battles is an engrossing, thoroughly accessible surveygood condition only ÂŁ1contains all the tension, excitement and horror encountered
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An account of britain's national history, hastings, agincourt, flodden, waterloo, the somme, passchendaele, el alamein the greatest battles of british history are collected in this concise study of 35 of their most important conflicts of the last thousand yearsstrong on incident and personal experience rather than technical detail, famous british battles is an engrossing, thoroughly accessible surveycontains all the tension, excitement and horror encountered
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Bronze thousand hands golden statue guan yin kuan yin
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