A history of travel in america showing the development of travel and transportation
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I have here a rare set of four books entitled a history of travel in america showing the development of travel and transportation from the crude methods of the canoe and the dog-sled to the highly organized railway systems of the present, together with a narrative of the human experiences and changing social conditions that accompanied this economic conquest of the continent vols i-iv by seymour dunbarthe set features 12 full page colour plates, 400 b/w plates and 2 folding maps, one showing travel and transportation system of the pioneers through the wilderness between the atlantic coast and missouri; and the other showing the itineraries described in capt marcy's prairie traveller, edited by capt r burtonare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst edition published in by the bobbs-merrill company, indianapolisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelight blue hardboards with cream cloth spinesin very good condition, vol i - 339 pages, vol ii - 401 pages, vol iii - 383 pages, vol iv - 405 pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop magdelen street a history of the major events in the lives of the beatles as witnessed through the cameras of itn newsfollowing the 'fab four' around the globe as their fame exploded, itn was there to record the band's arrival in america, their trip to india to meet the maharishi mahesh yogi, john and yoko's 'bed-in' in amsterdam, and john lennon's 'bigger than jesus' quote, which sparked a backlash against the group in the ussee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop launceston a history of everyday things in england, done in four parts of which this is the fourth - the age of productioncontains many charming illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Also included is a short history of humanity in space, from the construction of crippen station, through the work of kearny and fuchida and mankind's exodus from terra, to the modern succession war era
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Based on jo nesbø's novel of the same name, the film follows norwegian detective harry hole (fassbender) as he investigates the mysterious murders of a number of women in and around the city of oslosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cast also includes rebecca ferguson, chloë sevigny and charlotte gainsbourgwith a sinister looking snowman found near the scene of each murder, it's not long before harry realises he is dealing with a dangerous and ruthless serial killeroxfam books & music troon michael fassbender and val kilmer star in this british crime drama directed by tomas alfredson
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Bio ethanol fire and surround and one bottle of fuel in good conditionthis was taken from wall yesterday so it is now availablemany thanks lee read morethe bottles of ethanol can be brought online or at b&qheats room very quicklythe back of it and the bottom of it is very heavy
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2) andy warhol by christopher makos the most modern photographer in america1) pop art: pop art: a continuing history / marco livingstone a broad and critical history of pop art shows its international development, and describes and illustrates the work of more than 130 artists, including andy warhol, jasper johns, peter blake, claes oldenburg, and roy lichtensteinare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is a great pop art collector's book271 pages lined hard cover and dust cover367 photographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is currently the definitive book about pop that existsthe man who first introduced warhol in the work of jean-michel basquiat and keith haring presents here the photographic remains of his more than 10 years of intimate friendship with andy warhol in full-page reproductions with warhol's touches and marks, which he considered authentic self-portraits, he appears dressed in coloured wigs and makeup, with a melancholy and shameless appearanceenglish and italiancatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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With 118 projects, this book offers a detailed look into shanghai's manufacturing historythe products shown in the book range from news and entertainment to cosmetics and transportationthe first section is an introduction explaining the history of manufacturing in shanghai, while the second section deals primarily with case studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe culture and energy of this city has created a flourishing manufacturing sectoroxfam bookshop hove shanghai is a vibrant and dynamic city with a powerful economythis book discusses shanghai manufacturing design in two major sections
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If fire engines appeal to you (or the young people you know), you will enjoy the black and white drawings and the many colour plates showing the development of fire engines from early times to the start of the soxfam books & music dorchester published circa (undated) by blandford press in its blandford colour seriesdenis bishop's book covers some 200m machines from the uk, the usa and around the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is probably a former library copy, as the dust jacket has a protective cellophane cover and has been glued to the book, obscuring the first seven pagesblue and white dust jacketapart from some wrinkling of the jacket and age-toning of the inside pages, the book is in quite good conditionthe binding is securered cloth board covers
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Oxfam shop mold part of a series of volumes outlining the history and development of welsh literature from its beginnings in the 6th century to the late 20th centurythis volume provides a critical introduction to the literature of the welsh language in the 18th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Tintin 2, 7 - in america + the scepter of ottokar - 2 x hardcover with cloth spine - first edition - ( "tintin in america": spine complete but with loss of color and with some wear above and below, cover is a bit soiled and top left remnants of a transparent sticker, same defect at bottom left, price in pencil top right cover, back cover good but with some snow, edges and corners wear, inner block good, a stain or a tear is possible 7 "the scepter of ottokar": spine complete but with loss of color and wear on top and bottom, cover and back cover still good, edges still good with some minimal color loss, corners of wear, book block very good, endpapers nicely reattached, a spot or a tear is possible also check out the photos they are part of the description read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Xabier lamikiz is associate professor of economic history at the university of the basque country in very good conition fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-century atlantic boydell pressdrawing from a broad range of spanish, peruvian and british archival sources, the book reveals merchants' experiences of trusting their agents and correspondents, and shows how different factors, from distance to legal frameworks and ethnicity, affected their ability to rely on their contactsoxfam books & music fareham trade and trust in the eighteenth-century atlantic world: spanish merchants and their overseas networks by xabier lamikiz covers are slightly faded paperback with laminated coversit focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of spain: cadiz in the south, and its trade with spain's american empire; and bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern europein particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading networks and communications, seeking to understand merchant behaviour, especially the choices made by individuals when conducting business - and specifically with whom they chose to deal see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Between facts and norms is a major contribution to current debates on the role of law and the prospects for the development of democracy in contemporary societiesoxfam shop wolverhampton in between facts and norms habermas works out the legal and political implications of his theoretical approach, bringing to fruition the project announced more than three decades ago in the structural transformation of the public spherehabermas develops a proceduralist conception of democracy which emphasizes the importance of citizens organizing themselves in informal associations and voicing their concerns in a variety of public settingshabermas develops a distinctive account of the nature of law, arguing that law is characterized by an internal tension between factual and normative aspectsif the formal processes of law-making in modern societies are to sustain their legitimacy, they must be capable of taking account of the concerns of ordinary citizenshe links this account to a broader argument concerning the formation of the modern constitutional state and the role of democratic deliberation as a means of securing the legitimacy of legal norms in complex, pluralistic societiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein our complex, pluralistic societies, the legitimacy of political decision-making processes depends on a robust civil society and a vibrant public spherebetween facts and norms is an outstanding work by one the most important social and political thinkers of our timeit will be a focal point of debate for many years to come in the fields of social and political theory, sociology, politics and philosophy
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This reprint of the complete maus collection is in excellent conditionthe work employs postmodernist techniques and represents jews as mice, germans as cats, and poles as pigssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , it became the first (and is still the only) graphic novel to win a pulitzer prize (the special award in letters)oxfam shop bishop's stortford a graphic novel by american cartoonist art spiegelman, serialized from toit depicts spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences as a polish jew and holocaust survivorcritics have classified maus as memoir, biography, history, fiction, autobiography, or a mix of genresmaus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the authors account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragediesit is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma
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Based on exclusive french archival sources and numerous interviews with former officials in both france and the united states, a history of the iraq crisis retraces the international exchange that culminated in the iraq conflictthe diplomatic crisis leading up to the war shook both french and american perceptions of each other and revealed cracks in the transatlantic relationship that had been building since the end of the cold warit shows how and why the iraq crisis led to a confrontation between two longtime allies unprecedented since the time of charles de gaulle, and it exposes the deep and ongoing divisions within europe, the atlantic alliance, and the international community as a wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road scuffing to dust cover, otherwise good condition in march , the united states and great britain invaded iraq to put an end to the regime of saddam husseinthe war was launched without a united nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that iraq had retained weapons of mass destructionfrance, under president jacques chirac and foreign minister dominique de villepin, spectacularly opposed the united states and british invasion, leading a global coalition against the war that also included germany and russiathe franco-american narrative offers a unique prism through which the american road to war can be better understood
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Oxfam bookshop woodbridge from the bestselling author of a history of the world in 21 women they were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists and trailblazing politiciansjenni murray presents the history of britain as you've never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope and change, and who still have the power to inspire us todaythey all pushed back boundaries and revolutionised our worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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* the first edition of this in-depth study on the development of dutch graphic (book) art at the end of the 19th century, originally published as a dissertationeen studie in art nouveau - utrecht, oosthoek's uitgeversmaatschappij bvare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikide miranda - mendes da costa / jessurun de mesquitacondition: all these three titles are in good to very good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(including 78 ppernst braches - het boek als nieuwe kunst* beautifully designed sales catalogue of amsterdam antiquarian bookseller wouter van leeuwenillustrations) - sewn, original cover ( cm)over 110 drawings, books, prints and one piece of furniture - amsterdam, the van leeuwen print bplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe dutch contributions to the international art nouveausewn, original covernederlandse beeldende kunstenaars - joden in de verstrooiing - wassenaar, miranda, ppbound in the original decorated and plasticised publisher’s binding( cm) * double monograph on the jewish artists jessurun de mesquita, both of whom can also be considered among the innovators of dutch art at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th centurywouter van leeuwen - “the 'nieuwe kunst”dijsselhof, lion cachet, nieuwenhuiscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and creasing to cover and spine, inscriptions to title pages, good overall condition the challenge this book addresses is to demonstrate how, in teaching content knowledge, the development of intellectual and moral dispositions as virtues is not merely a good idea, or peripheral to that content, but deeply embedded in the logic of searching for knowledge and truthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto this end, a framework of public and personal knowledge forms the content, to which personal dispositions are integral, not peripheralconnected intimately to the practice of teaching and teacher education, the book sets forth an alternative theory of education where the developing person is at the center of education set in a moral space and a political order it offers a powerful example of how philosophy of education can be brought to bear on real problems of educational research and practice - pointing the reader to re-envision what it means to educate children (and how we might prepare teachers to take on such a role) by developing the person, instead of simply knowledge and skillsthe book's pedagogy is invitational, welcoming its readers as companions in inquiry and thought about the moral aspects of what we teach as knowledge
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Fisher has had more influence on the development of statistical theory and practice than any other twentieth-century statisticiansee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe page edge has a few marks and the inside is slightly faded but cleanhis writings (both in paper and book form) have proved to be as relevant to present-day statisticians as they were when first publishedthis book brings together as a single volume three of fisher's most influential textbooks: statistical methods for research workers, the design of experiments, and statistical methods and scientific inferenceoxfam bookshop hampstead statistical methods, experimental design, and scientific inference by rin good conditionthe first endpaper has an erased pencilled pricethere are a few marks here and there, mostly dust marksthe cover corners are bruised and there is an owner's name inside the front coverhe discusses some of the key issues tackled in the three books and reflects on how the ideas expressed have come to permeate modern statistical practicein this new edition frank yates has provided a foreword which sheds fresh light on fisher's thinking and on the writing and reception of each of the books
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A history of the tajiks iranians of the east by richard foltz (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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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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Oxfam shop ulverston this book fills a gap in the history of catholicism in what was lancashire and is now cumbriasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Key chapters explore the development of the internet, the rise of social media and the new opportunities for audiences to create, collaborate upon and share their own mediamedia convergence: networked digital media in everyday life, paperback by meikle, graham; young, sherman, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk this book focuses on how everyday media such as facebook, itunes and google can be understood in new ways for the 21st century through ideas of convergence
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Oxfam shop clitheroe simon schama's sweeping history of britain breathes life into our past centuries, vividly depicting exactly what life was like for our ancestors and how their experiences have shaped modern british culture and identityslight crack to outer case top l/h corner plus piece broken off top above itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean informative and entertaining mixture of anecdote and analysis, schama's work offers a real insight into what it is to be british
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The major trees, such as kahikatea, totara, rimu and kauri, receive special attention; the great tree specimens are reproduced in large photographs and some of the fascinating natural cycles - such as the development of flowers and fruits - are recorded in detailed sequencesoxfam bookshop exeter there are more than 220 species of indigenous new zealand tree, and they are all covered in this bookmost tree species are described and illustrated in detail; the full tree specimen, the leaf shapes (most at natural size), the bark, the flowers, the fruitssee oxfam website for delivery information read morereprint of revised editionpages clean and clear and binding tightcondition: dustjacket shelfworn, generally scuffed; boards rubbed, corner bumped
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Oxfam shop wallasey a history of linen in the north west see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In particular, the development of postmodernism and its relationship to culture and the body is delineatedthe book also addresses some of the power issues that manifest in social relationships focused on the bodysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road only slight shelf wear, very good condition this book explores the main issues in new social science approaches to understanding the human body and ageinghere, the work of michel foucault is useful in using conceptual tools to disrupt dominant bio-medical narratives relating to the ageing body
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However, can the holocaust be turned into theatre? is it possible to portray on stage events that, by their monstrosity, defy human comprehension? these are the questions addressed by the playwrights and the scholars featured in this booktheir essays present and analyse plays performed in israel, america, france, italy, poland and, of course, germanysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'to portray the holocaust, one has to create a work of art', says claude lanzmann, the director of shoahoxfam bookshop newark hardback with dust jacketthe book is illustrated with original production photographs and some rare drawings and documents; it also contains an important descriptive bibliography of more than two hundred holocaust playsthe style of presentation ranges from docudramas to avant-garde performances, from realistic impersonation of historical figures to provocative and nightmarish spectacles
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England under the stuarts - a history of englandfolio society edition in slipcasebeautiful book in perfect condition - read once
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About the development of science and technology in wwii 394 pagescover has been folded at top, pages yellowing read morethe bestselling account of the war we never knew