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Previous owner name on first pagekwaza is not clearly related to any other known languagepart ii contains a selection of kwaza texts with morphological analyses and free translationspart iii is a dictionary of kwaza, with many examples and an english-kwaza register original publisher's white & green paperback, white title spine and frontcover, thick large 8vo, xxij, 760ppuntil recently, almost nothing was known about kwaza and with only 25 remaining speakers this indigenous language is likely to become extinct some time this centurymoreover, the history and the culture of its speakers are otherwise undocumentedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more6 photographs, 2 small maps, footnotes & references, abbreviations, appendicespart i deals with the grammar of kwaza in detail and gives an overview of its social, cultural and historical contextoxfam books & music lancaster this is a comprehensive description of the kwaza language of southern rond nia, in the brazilian amazonthe present work is part of an attempt to preserve the kwaza language
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The book is believed published inthere is slight bumping and rubbing to the covers with several small stains on the front cover there is a dedication written in pencil on the front free end paper there is some browning to the end of the rough cut pages other than that, the pages are clean and the binding is soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read more there is light foxing on the inside of the front and back cover, on the front and back free end papers and a little on the title pagethe collection is divided into four parts: a ballad of evesham, miscellaneous, children and christmas the last three sections comprise a selection of individual poemsoxfam shop cotham hill a collection of poetry by h l haynes
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Marvellous ways is eighty-nine years old and has lived alone in a remote cornish creek for nearly all her lifelately she's taken to spending her days sitting on a mooring stone by the river with a telescopedrake is a young soldier left reeling by the second world waroxfam shop dumfries a year of marvellous ways is the unforgettable and completely captivating new novel from sarah winman, author of the international bestseller when god was a rabbitshe's waiting for something - she's not sure what, but she'll know it when she sees itsee oxfam website for delivery information read more a year of marvellous ways is a glorious, life-affirming story about the magic in everyday life and the pull of the sea, the healing powers of storytelling and sloe gin, love and death and how we carry on when grief comes snapping at our heelswhen his promise to fulfil a dying man's last wish sees him wash up in marvellous' creek, broken in body and spirit, the old woman comes to his aid
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Beautifully illustrated with vignettes by tatjana hauptmann, and with culinary stories by donna leon and extracts from the brunetti novels, this is so much more than a cooking guide - it is a wonderful journey, full of ideas for recreating the delights of venetian cuisine in your own homeso whether you want to eat spaghetti with clams, aubergine and prosciutto roulades or baked omelette with courgettes, you'll find all you need here to create the perfect venetian feastwe are given the secrets to brunetti's favourite pasta (penne rigate), paola's famous apple cake, a lasagne recipe from brunetti's mother, donna leon's favourite meal (risotto di zucca), and a host of other sumptuous and authentic italian classicsoxfam shop worcester food plays an important role in donna leon's bestselling commissario brunetti novelsin a taste of venice, roberta pianaro invites readers into the brunettis' kitchen to learn how to prepare for themselves the delicious meals paola brunetti cooks for her familysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford excerpt from a life of benito juarez: constitutional president of mexico the following publications, constantly consulted by me in the course of my work, will be referred to as a rule under the abbreviated titles as here after notedabout the publisher forgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic bookssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyfind more at wwwcom this book is a reproduction of an important historical workin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionwe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more containing all but a few of the original matter of opinion columns that have appeared every week in amateur photographer over the last few years, plus a few earlier pieces, this is a book that should be appreciated and treasured by everyone who loves the art of photographyoxfam bookshop wallingford roger is the author of dozens of books on the techniques of photography, but here for the first time is a book about the man himself, his experiences and his frequently controversial "emperor's new clothes" philosophies whether discussing the zone system, 35mm rangefinders, large format or even digital photography, roger tells it like it is, challenging the legends and stripping away the myths to get to the very heart of what photography is really all about
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There is only one le carrédon't wait for the paperback' the times'perhaps the most significant novelist of the second half of the 20th century in britainit gives the reader, at long last, pieces of a jigsaw puzzle that have been missing for 54 yearsthe reason? cold war ghosts have come back to haunt himreally, not since the spy who came in from the cold has le carré exercised his gift as a storyteller so powerfully and to such thrilling effect' john banville, guardianpeter guillam, former disciple of george smiley in the british secret service, has long retired to brittany when a letter arrives, summoning him to london'utterly engrossing and perfectly pitchedsomebody must pay for innocent blood spilt in the name of the greater goodlike wine, le carré's writing has got richer with agevintage john le carréhe's in the first rank' ian mcewan'one of those writers who will be read a century from now' robert harris see oxfam website for delivery information read moreimmensely clever, breathtakingeloquent, subtle, sublimely paced' daily mail'splendid, fast-paced, riveting' andrew marr, sunday times'remarkableoxfam bookshop st albans chosen as a book of the year in the times literary supplement, the evening standard, the daily telegraph, the guardian, the times'a brilliant novel of deception, love and trust to join his supreme cannon' evening standard'vintage le carréintelligence operations that were once the toast of the service are to be dissected by a generation with no memory of the berlin wall
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Then katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to rayat fifty-seven, george is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazzand the tidy and pleasant life jamie has created crumbles when he fails to invite his lover, tony, to the dreaded nuptialskatie can't decide if she loves ray, or loves the way he cares for her son jacob, and her mother jean is a bit put out by the way the wedding planning gets in the way of her affair with one of her husband's former colleaguesoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'a painful funny humane novel: beautifully written, addictively readable and so confident' the timesdiscover this brilliantly comic and moving bestselling novel by the award-winning author of the curious incident of the dog in the night-time and the porpoisesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunnoticed in the uproar, george discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mindthe family is not pleased, as her brother jamie observes, ray has 'strangler's hands'
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There is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketflat signed by bettany hughes on the title pagebased on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestfrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedphoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their homefor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storystanding as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the corevery good++ / very goodistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical factin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest cities
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Oxfam bookshop preston with a unique combination of alphabetical and descriptive lists, a handlist of rhetorical terms provides in one convenient, accessible volume all the rhetorical terms-mostly greek and latin-that students of western literature and rhetoric are likely to come across in their reading or will find useful in their writingthe second edition of this widely used work offers new features that will make it even more useful:* a completely revised alphabetical listing that defines nearly terms used by scholars of formal rhetoric from classical greece to the present day* a revised system of cross-references between terms* many new examples and new, extended entries for central terms* a revised terms-by-type listing to identify unknown terms* a new typographical design for easier access see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He buys the big house on the hill to cement their union and nail his aspirations to the futurefor ambitious industrialist charles freeman, it brings new opportunities and marriage to marysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecharles' business grows in direct proportion to his girth and becomes synonymous with the town's fortunes as britain claws its way from the grey austerity of the war yearstheir stories create a generous epic, an extraordinarily rich and plangent hymn to the death and perhaps rebirth of middle england over the past fifty yearsat its heart are a diverse and persuasive cast of loveable and odious characters whose various attempts to break free are chronicled in an addictive and compelling narrative of extraordinary power and resonanceoxfam bookshop st albans in a small town somewhere in the middle of england, the aftermath of the second world war brings changeas times change, so do their fortunes for better and worse, ebbing and flowing as the years go byin quick succession, three sons and a daughter bring life to the big house and, with it, the seeds of joy and tragedy: simon, large and ebullient like his father, follows in his footsteps into the business; james becomes a photographer and proceeds to document the town; robert, wilful and self-assured, submerges himself in the darker side of life; and alice, a dippy individualist who is almost transformed into a picture of convention when she succumbs to the efficient attentions of harry singh, grocer's boy turned property entrepreneurquite simply, in a land of plenty is the story of our lives
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With the support of a small circle of friends and his extended family, he continues his activities on behalf of social justice, peace and accountability in public life, to a background of political change and the international economic crisispublished here alongside these last diaries are tony benn's highly personal insights into the challenges of old age and failing health, of widowhood,and of moving out of the family home after sixty yearsfinally, we share in tony benn's hopes for the future based on his years of experience and his natural optimismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing an illness in the diaries, kept for over sixty years, ceaseoxfam shop gloucester in this final volume of diaries, tony benn reflects on the compensations and the disadvantages of old age
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Complete in four volumesvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdpages are bright and cleanwith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumeschurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: good condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are aged) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own waya collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchilla history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()
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He suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingexcellent pages, some edge and board wearnot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoverit traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestler
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The reason? his cold war past has come back to claim himpeter guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of george smiley of the british secret service, otherwise known as the circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook cd edition of a legacy of spies by john le carreintelligence operations that were once the toast of secret london are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the cold warsomebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater goodinterweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, john le carre has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality
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Main volume has gold stamped blue boards with a marbling effect to front thought to be due to dampthe main volume was published by wmbookplate to front pastedown, a facsimile of lavoisier's ownminor spotting to edges of block, but binding goodsmall areas of marking to back boardoxfam bookshop sevenoaks a two volume set, by denis iin good used conditiondust jacket sunned to spine, some marks and rubbing and edge shelf wearincludes plates illustrating the original paperssupplement has gold stamped blue boards with some marksmatching bookplate to paste downthis is a heavy item and will be sent by courier see oxfam website for delivery information read moreduveen, herbert sduveen was published by dawsons of pall mall in to incorporate new material, both additional material and corrections to the original textklickstein with a preface by john fdawson & son, ltdthe supplement to this volume, by denis i
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Slight tear to outer box see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut sherlock holmes deduces that the prince has been murdered - and is soon untangling an international web of intrigue, in which all threads appear to lead to criminal mastermind professor moriarty (jared harris) in 'sherlock holmes: a game of shadows' () the crown prince of austria is found dead and inspector lestrade (eddie marsan) pronounces suicide as the cause of deaththe supporting cast includes stephen fry, kelly reilly, geraldine james and noomi rapace 'sherlock holmes' (), based on a new story by producer lionel wigram using arthur conan doyle's famous characters, follows sherlock holmes (downey jr) and his loyal assistant dr watson (law) as they deal with a mysterious new nemesis: lord blackwood (mark strong), a cult leader and satanist who harbours the most deadly of intentionsabandoning the accepted portrayals of holmes and watson, as perfected by basil rathbone and nigel bruce in the films of the s and '40s, downey jr's holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action and intellect, while law's watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gamblingoxfam shop ulverston guy ritchie directs this double bill of action thrillers starring robert downey jr and jude law
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T clanchy3) england in the later middle ages written by moxfam shop hebden bridge 5 x volumes: 1) england under the tudors written by gh keen4) england under the stuarts written by gvolumes come without slipcasem trevelyan5) anglo-saxon england written by peter hunter blair editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volumes were selected by, and under the general editorship of, british historian felipe fernandez-armesto, and published by the folio society a history of england () is a series of reprints of twelve classic, magisterial volumes of different periods of english history, together constituting a continuous history from ancient roman times to the end of the 20th centuryr elton2) early medieval england written by m
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The 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 warthe war was launched without a united nations mandate and was based on the erroneous claim that iraq had retained weapons of mass destructionbased 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 conflictit 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 wholeoxfam 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 husseinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe franco-american narrative offers a unique prism through which the american road to war can be better understoodfrance, 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 russia
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It is a masterpiece of comparative history, for the comparisons enhance our understanding of each part of the wholepayne defines fascism as a form of ultranationalism espousing a myth of national rebirth and marked by extreme elitism, mobilization of the masses, exaltation of hierarchy and subordination, oppression of women and an embrace of violence and war as virtues"-susan zuccotti, the nation"a magisterial, wholly accessible, engaging studythe analysis effectively restores the dimension of evil"-publishers weekly see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth "a history of fascism is an invaluable sourcebook, offering a rare combination of detailed information and thoughtful analysisthe term 'fascist,' used so freely these days as a pejorative epithet that has nearly lost its meaning, is precisely defined, carefully applied and skillfully explained
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisamshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstonea large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermillssome groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patriaone of the most popular watermarks aftersoftcover, oblong, 99 ppcovering the period 15th - 19th centuryit stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centurythis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this cataloguesome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etcsize of the paper samples: caplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copieswith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarkscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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An important, pioneering work, essential for anyone interested in cricket and india, a corner of a foreign field is also a beautifully written meditation on the ramifications of sport in society at large, and how sport can influence both social and political historylater chapters explore the competition between hindu and muslim cricketers in colonial india and the extraordinary passions now provoked when india plays pakistannayudu and sachin tendulkar naturally figure in this book, but so too, in arresting and unexpected ways, do mahatma gandhi and muhammad ali jinnahjardine, provide a window into the operations of empirethe extraordinary life of india's first great slow bowler, palwankar baloo, introduces the reader to the still-unfinished struggle against caste discriminationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg a book that seamlessly interweaves biography with history, the lives of cricketers with wider processes of social changethe indian careers of those great english cricketers, lord harris and d
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But sherlock holmes deduces that the prince has been murdered - and is soon untangling an international web of intrigue, in which all threads appear to lead to criminal mastermind professor moriarty (jared harris)the supporting cast includes stephen fry, kelly reilly, geraldine james and noomi rapacein 'sherlock holmes: a game of shadows' () the crown prince of austria is found dead and inspector lestrade (eddie marsan) pronounces suicide as the cause of deathsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'sherlock holmes' (), based on a new story by producer lionel wigram using arthur conan doyle's famous characters, follows sherlock holmes (downey jr) and his loyal assistant dr watson (law) as they deal with a mysterious new nemesis: lord blackwood (mark strong), a cult leader and satanist who harbours the most deadly of intentionsabandoning the accepted portrayals of holmes and watson, as perfected by basil rathbone and nigel bruce in the films of the s and '40s, downey jr's holmes is a modern, bohemian man of action and intellect, while law's watson is no longer the bumbling fool of old, but a much sharper character with an eye for the ladies and a taste for gamblingoxfam shop elgin guy ritchie directs this double bill of action thrillers starring robert downey jr and jude law
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Precious colourful lithograph series depicting seats of nobles and gentlemen of great britain and irelandwilliam mackenziesix volumes with red canvas bindings with elaborate gold and black titles and very elaborate decorations on the plates and spinesix volumes, ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst edition of this important collection of 240 beautiful large-format plates, colour chromo-lithographs (each protected by tissue) including the colourful frontispieces that describe english historical mansions600 in total of explanatory textthe pages are complemented by a total of 200 colour plates (40 in each volume), including cover pages, plus an additional cover page engraved in each volumea classic 19th-century work with a truly prodigious iconography of the most stately mansions in britain and irelandpp: vol 1: iv, 90pps, [2], 40 plates vol 2: iv, 80pps, 40 plates vol 4: iv, 82pps, 40 plates vol 5: iv, 80pps, 40 plates vol 6: iv, 88pps, 40 plates each volume contains 40 full-page chromolithographsit describes all major locations, with full lists of (former) ownerssome signs of wear to the corners and platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume one to sixour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesome signs of wear, excellent conditionall edges are goldenelegant canvas binding, entirely decorated in black and goldtheir original signatures are listed in the subscriber volumefull title: a series of picturesque views of seats of noblemen and gentlemen of great britain and irelanda publication wanted by a list of titled subscribers, representing the noblest families of great britain and ireland
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Rowling, bloomsbury and the british librarypublished by bloomsbury october ppreaders will be able to pore over ancient spell books, amazing illuminated scrolls that reveal the secret of the elixir of life, vials of dragon's blood, mandrake roots, painted centaurs and a genuine witch's broomstick, in a book that shows jrowling's magical inventions alongside their cultural and historical forebearsharry potter: a history of magic by jbook condition: as new - clean covers, tightly bound, no imperfections inside and outside, clean throughoutharry potter: a history of magic is the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between bloomsbury, j see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the ultimate gift for harry potter fans, curious minds, big imaginations, bibliophiles and readers around the world who missed out on the chance to see the exhibition in personthere's also a specially commissioned essay for each subject area by an expert, writer or cultural commentator, inspired by the contents of the exhibition - absorbing, insightful and unexpected contributions from steve backshall, the reverend richard coles, owen davies, julia eccleshare, roger highfield, steve kloves, lucy mangan, anna pavord and tim peake, who offer a personal perspective on their magical themerowling and the brilliant curators of the british libraryit promises to take readers on a fascinating journey through the subjects studied at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry - from alchemy and potions classes through to herbology and care of magical creatureseach chapter showcases a treasure trove of artefacts from the british library and other collections around the world, beside exclusive manuscripts, sketches and illustrations from the harry potter archive
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An intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in yearsseen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagineda stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined themencompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today
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I have here for sale a book entitled a summary of geography and history, both ancient and modern by alexander adamare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki858 pages, 22 x 14 cmthe highlight in this book are the 14 excellent fold-out maps which include: world in hemispheres map of america with the latest discoveries accurate map of europe a new map of africa aegyptus antiqua asiae quae vulgo minor dicituret syriae orbis veteribus notus palaestina italia antiqua graecae antiquae britannia antiqua gallia antiqua orbis romanus the solar system half dark brown leather on orange marbled boardsit is a fourth edition published in by cadell and davies, londonthe book covers the political state and principal revolutions of the most illustrious nations in ancient and modern times; their manners and customs; the local situation of cities; especially of such as have been distinguished by memorable events: with an abridgment of the fabulous history of mythology of the greeks6 gilt bands, a dark red title block and gilt lettering to the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinternally the binding is tight and the maps are in fine condition as are the pagesfirst map of the world is detachedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableboth hinges are cracked but the boards are still in fine condition
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Oxfam books & music troon visually inventive and stylised adaptation of the dark and sinister children's books, starring jim carreyimagining himself a master of disguise, count olaf undertakes a series of dastardly crimes to separate the baudelaire children from their kindly guardians, and hopefully from their livesafter their parents are killed in a fire, the baudelaire siblings, violet (emily browning), klaus (liam aiken) and the infant sunny, are taken in by a succession of relatives and guardians, including kindly snake expert uncle monty (billy connolly) and their nervous aunt josephine (meryl streep)worst of the lot though is the evil count olaf (jim carrey), obsessed with getting his hands on the baudelaire children's inheritancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There a small rip to the top of the spine ends and some slight crushing to the spine ends the book is the tale of a lost race climaxing in the discovery of a secret location occupied by incans, and contains illustrations, including a frontispiece by frances ewana very rare editionthe green cloth pictorial boards with gilt lettering along the spine, are lightly rubbed and bumped at the corners and edgesthe hardback is in good condition for its agethere is a crack at the hinge near the back as shown in the photo, and a date has been written on the front endpaper inside, the uncut pages are lightly tanned with age, with some foxing throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop didsbury "a princess of vascovy: her trials and troubles, her adventures, and misadventures and where they brought her" is a romantic novel by john oxenham, otherwise known as william arthur dunkerley, the english journalist, novelist and poet, born in manchester in
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Unlike most other texts, 'a history of the british isles' is not just a history of englandfrom the earliest pre-history right up to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the british isles have passed to achieve their current identity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham jeremy black's vigorous and fascinating study tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the worldproper weight is given to all four, often fractious, components of the british isles - england, ireland, scotland and wales - providing the reader with an admirably balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past
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