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For this edition, kathleen jamie returned to pakistan to write an afterword and prefaceoxfam shop dumfries when ten pakistani men walk into kathleen jamie's small scottish town on a peace march, in november , she is thrown back to her own travels in northern pakistan and a book she wrote a decade earliera bold, sympathetic and superbly written book, among muslims delves into jamie's own scottish upbringing to find links with the purdah-observing lifestyle of her shia muslim hostssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a privileged account from an acclaimed poet, who during her travels was often literally the only woman on the busamong muslims was originally published as the golden peakamong muslims is the account of jamie's time travelling alone and living among the shia and ismaili muslims in the northern areas - the mountainous regions wedged between afghanistan, india and china and one of the most volatile borderlands in the world
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Oxfam bookshop swanage an international bestseller - rediscover life's larger meaning and purposethe 20th anniversary edition with a new afterword and revisions by dan millmanhelp in these tumultuous times: in this 20th anniversary edition, the author offers an updated afterword for a new generation of readers looking for grounding in tumultuous timesif you loved the heart of the shaman, the magic mala, and the celestine prophecy, you'll be moved by the inspiration and spirituality of way of the peaceful warriorway of the peaceful warrior is the iconic first book from dan millmanlife as a peaceful warrior is a life of meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptancea book that could change your life: when dan millman was a young man, he expected that hard work would eventually bring a life of comfort, wisdom, and happinesshis other guides to peaceful warrior life include the life you were born to live and the hidden schoolinspirational and spiritual saga: this autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our timeawakened by dark dreams one night, dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named socrates, and his world was changed foreverfor decades, friends and families around the world have shared the book that teaches the way of the peaceful warriorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreguided by this eccentric old warrior, and inspired by a young woman named joy, dan began a spiritual odyssey into realms of light and shadow, romance and mystery, toward a final confrontation that would deliver or destroy himyet, despite his many successes, he was haunted by the feeling that something was missing
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Writing with an audacious swagger and an iconoclastic zeal, and declaiming their verse with dramatic flourish in smoke-filled cafés, the beats gave birth to a literature of previously unimaginable expressive rangevisceral and powerful, infused with an unmediated spiritual and social awareness, this is a rich and varied tribute and, in the populist spirit of the beats, a vital addition to the libraries of readers everywhereoxfam shop exmouth jazz poems: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementleroi jones's plaintive ''preface to a twenty volume suicide note'' and bob kaufman's stirring ''abomunist manifesto'' appear here alongside statements on poetics and the alternately incendiary and earnest correspondence of beat generation writerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeat poets: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementthe defining work of allen ginsberg and jack kerouac provides the foundation for this collection, which also features the improvisational verse of such beat legends as gregory corso, lawrence ferlinghetti, gary snyder and michael mcclure and the work of such women writers as diane di prima and denise levertov
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Please 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 catawikiinconsequential rubbing from use (corners and borders); interiors: marbled endpapers, preserved covers with french flapsvery decorative bindingscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebeautiful half leather binding with wide corners (yellow covers with french flaps preserved), spine with 4 raised bands, green leather title and volume number labels; gilt topstain; covers enhanced with stencilour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemémoires du cardinal de retz - georges mongrédien (preface, notes and table - garnier frères, paris, volumes of 4 (complete)publisher’s catalogue on the back cover
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Redefining global strategy, with a new preface crossing borders in a world where differences still m by pankaj ghemawat (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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When trauma and recovery was first published in , it was hailed as a ground-breaking workin a new afterword, herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large
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This penguin classics edition is translated from the russian by peter carson, with an introduction by rosamund bartlett and an afterword by tatyana tolstayathis edition also includes a chronology, suggested further reading and notespeter carson's elegant, naturalistic new translation brings turgenev's masterpiece to life for a new generation of readersand when bazarov visits his own doting but old-fashioned parents, his disdainful rejection of traditional russian life causes even further distressif you enjoyed fathers and sons, you might like leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich and other stories, also available in penguin classicsin her introduction, rosamund bartlett discusses the novel's subtle characterisation and the immense social changes that took place in the s russia of fathers and sonsin fathers and sons, turgeneve created a beautifully-drawn and highly influential portrayal of the clash between generations, at a time just before the end of serfdom, when the refined yet vanishing landowning class was being overturned by a brash new breed that strove to change the worldreturning home after years away at university, arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend bazarov to his father and uncleit is a difficult art: in this superb new version, peter carson has succeeded splendidly' michael binyon, the times 'if you want to get as close as an english reader can to enjoying turgenev, carson is probably the best' donald rayfield, the times literary supplement see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham ivan turgenev's fathers and sons explores the ageless conflict between generations through a period in russian history when a new generation of revolutionary intellectuals threatened the state'one of the first russian novels to be translated for a wider european audiencebut their guest soon stirs up unrest on the quiet country estate - his outspoken nihilist views and his scathing criticisms of the older men expose the growing distance between arkady and his father
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After a preface and opening chapters that lay out this argument about knowledge and place it in contextwhat did the romans know about their gods?
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From the preface; the primary aim of this volume is to make available to the english-speaking reader frege's more important writings on the notion of a purely formal theory and on independence-proofs for the axioms of axiomatic systemsoxfam bookshop leeds 163pp, yale university , very good condition without dustjacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno annotations, pages clean and tight, very slight mark on front cover
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Oxfam shop penzance undated book but preface dated asinternally the binding is a little slack but holding (hinge not cracked)there is rubbing and general wear here and some fading and small paint mark on spine, but no serious damagesmall inscription on front free endpaper of previousownerfoxing on some but not all pages, mostly around edgesvery comprehensive book with descriptions of and many photographic plates of old buildings of east anglia at the timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrown cloth boards with gilt lettering on front and spine
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Reprint of second edition, with preface written by edno inscriptionspages yellowed, clean and unmarked, binding intacthardback, red cloth boards, minimal shelf wearheron-allen inoxfam bookshop holmfirth "a historical, theoretical and practical treatise on the science and art of violin making for the use of violin makers and players" a comprehensive guide to the violin, looking at its origins and evolutionwith diagrams and fold out patternsdust jacket is not price clipped but has small tears to edges, is colour faded on spine and front, and has stains on spine and a small tear on frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Preserved coverspart 2: généralités - mesures en courant alternatiffriction on the crowns and spinecondition: sound bindingbook published in the collection "bibliothèque de l'ingénieur electricien-mécanicien" under the direction of lcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinside clean, yellowed pages but no foxingsize: thick octavo (17 x 25binding: marbled half sheepskin binding, adorned ribbed spine, gilded title, author and volume numberparis, albin michel, volumes of 646pppart 1: préliminaires - mesures en courant continufalguières: mesures électriques (2 parts in 1 volume) with a foreword by l286pp, bound in 1 thick octavo volumethe second deals with measurements in alternating current and magnetic measurements" (foreword)our 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprovenance: from the legrand deldron library (bookplate); member of the antarctic expedition taabundantly illustrated with 890 in text engravingsillustrations: 684 and 206 in text figuresrare treatise on physics by professor falguières on electric currents, divided into two parts (in one volume) "the first, deals with preliminaries and measurements in direct current
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe fictionalised narrative of his exploits made him one of the most popular heroes of german literatureare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithere are 93 illustrations in totalhe was born on 11 may in bodenwerder and died on 22 february in the same towncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebaron münchhausen (karl friedrich hieronymus) actually existedvery lovely in text illustrations in colour and b&w by the french illustrator and cartoonist albert robidatranslated from german by théophile gautier - paris, henri laurens pages(compiègne, 14 maart - neuilly-sur-seine, 11 oktober )publisher’s paperboard binding, red spine - 28 x 23 cmhe was a german officer, a mercenary of the russian armythe adventures of baron munchausen has captured the imagination of generations and generations of childrenthese wonderful tales are a delightweight: 920 grams a lovely copy, the corners of the covers are very lightly rubbedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepersonalised polychrome midnight blue full percaline publisher's paperboard binding
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A scarce edition especially with the engraved frontispiece pages very clean no foxing,19 th century binding heavily rubbed,small loss to foot of spine front board slightly loose,ownership stamp to title page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop canterbury the odes satyrs and epistles of horace jacob tonson done into english by thomas creech engraved double frontispiece,dedication to dryden,preface,570 pgs 3 pg tonson catalogue  printed for jacob tonson at the judges head in chancery-lane near fleetstreet, and anthony stephens bookseller near the theatre in oxford physical description() p
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" from the preface to volume onejohn churchill, the duke of marlborough (), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of englandthis two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original mapsone million words long and ten years in the making, churchill's marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the churchill of world war ii, for just as churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of marlborough's life, so too did his writing of marlborough help churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacymarlborough also bequeathed the world another great british military strategist and diplomat - his descendant, winston salthough he helped james ii crush the rebellion of the duke of monmouth, marlborough later supported william of orange against james ii in the glorious revolution of and brilliantly managed england's diplomatic triumphs during the war of the spanish successionvictorious in the battles of blenheim (), ramillies (), and countless other campaigns, marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't winchurchill, who wrote this book to redeem marlborough's reputation from macaulay's smearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford "it is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyes
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A preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsin contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquiry mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timein the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morestrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workwhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area
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Oxfam bookshop wanstead condition: finepages are aged, with some markings, but all in readable conditiontaunt's famous guides to the thames, with its wonderful maps and photographs, its informative descriptions and evocative advertisementsthe first 6 pages (preface and index) are loose, but included, and the cover has several markings and areas of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is a second edition of , which is a reprint with a new prefaceoxfam shop fulwood road first published in as bristol record society's publications, volsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Michael robinson's highly performable translations are based on the authoritative texts of the new edition of strindberg's collected works in sweden and include the preface to miss julie, strindberg's manifesto of theatrical naturalismoxfam bookshop cheltenham the father; a dream play; miss julie; the ghost sonata; the dance of death ibsen can sit serenely in his doll's house,' sean o'casey remarked, while strindberg is battling with his heaven and his hellintroduction textual note bibliography chronology explanatory notes see oxfam website for delivery information read more' strindberg was one of the most extreme, and ultimately the most influential theatrical innovators of the late nineteenth centurythe five plays translated here are those on which strindberg's international reputation as a dramatist principally rests and this edition embraces his crucial transition from naturalism to modernism, from his two finest achievements as a psychological realist, the father and miss julie, to the three plays in which he redefined the possibilities of european drama following his return to the theatre in
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preface by the comedian, leslie crowther, born within walking distance of trent bridge and a life-long fana detailed history of the famous cricket ground, published by the county and the county cricket club, to celebrate its 150th anniversaryillustrated with black and white/sepia photographs and contemporary drawingsan excellent copy for any cricket enthusiastinterior is pristine, unmarked and without annotationstwo appendices: a register of nottsthere is also an index, allowing the reader to find the information on any individualsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop sherwood dark green boards with gilt titles and vignettes, all in fine conditioncricketers, in chronological order of debut for the county: the officials of the club
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The final chapter revisits the key issues, reviewing the 'biolinguistic' approach that has guided chomsky's work from its origins to the present day, and raising some novel and exciting challenges for the study of language and mindoxfam bookshop preston this is the third edition of chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published inthis edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first centurythe first six chapters, originally published in the s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theorychapters 1-6 present chomsky's early work on the nature and acquisition of language as a genetically endowed, biological system (universal grammar), through the rules and principles of which we acquire an internalized knowledge (i-language)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questions
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preface to the first edition by nimrod with an introductory noticeincludes notices of his hunting racing shooting driving and extravagant exploits by nimrod boards stained and edges bumped red boards with black embossed sporting illustrations to front and spine234 pages over four partsgilt title to front and spinenimrod being the pseudonym of charles james apperleyformerly mp for shrewsbury high sheriff for the counties of salop and merioneth and major of the north shropshire yeomanry cavalryspine worn at top and bottomoxfam shop malmesbury the life and death of john mytton esq of halston shropshirenames and addresses of two separate owners at front the address of one being on the subjects family seat of halston hall17 tissue protected aquatint sporting plates and frontispiece by h alken and t j rawlingspage edges brownedspotting and foxing to tissue guards and some pages but fair condition overallsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the story of the regency rake and eccentric john mad jack mytton whose colourful life included being expelled twice from school and election as an mp when he spent only thirty minutes in the house of commons after finding the debates boringtwo detached illustrations but both present fourth edition published by george routledge and sons of the broadway ludgate hill
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All illustrations are presentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein good conditionfull title: carthage and her remains: being an account of the excavations and research on the site of the phoenician metropolis in africa, and other adjacent placesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki23 x 15 cm + twenty-one engravings of carthage’s sites, four sepia-toned, six (of which 3 fold-out) illustrations of maps and ground plans, two illustrations with punic inscriptions and two illustrations with coloured frescosthe binding has discolourations on the edges and especially on the spinecontents: preface, list of illustrations, introduction-carthage identified, situation in carthage to the period of the first collision with rome, carthage's ports, its fall, first discovery, its antiquity, their religion, temple of baal-hammon or saturn and his victims, gigantic skeletons, virgil's hero, tour of the dakhla, temple of aesculapius, excavations at byrsa, punic inscriptions and constructions, the catacombs, theatres, excavations at utica, temples of foreign deities, battlefield of the second punic war, western stronghold, nimrod of siccacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe spine linen is somewhat frayedthe corners are slightly bentshipping with registrationconducted under the auspices of her majesty's governmentthe book block and paper are otherwise in good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoriginal decorated linen binding and flyleaves - xvi, 631 pp
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Similar folder, also , containing indexes, general title and prefaceoxfam bookshop thame this listing includes six itemsgood++ condition, minor bumping, bright and clean internally; four paper covered and cloth folders with tape ties, dated and printed by the trustees of the british museum containing loose plates and descriptive texts - plates cl1 - clx; clxi - clxx; clxxi - clxxxiii; cxli - clall five folders are slightly tanned and grubby, solid and complete, contents clean and undamagedvolume i only (of 2): black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spine see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally published by the trustees of the british museum in , this is a reprint
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New photographs and prefacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mold the gripping, best-selling story of mac and the free wales army - the men who, during the 's, challenged england's rule in the first welsh armed rebellion since the days of owain glyndwrfirst published in
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In the preface it is said that the woodcuts are original, some from friends and colleaguesthere is some discolouration of the lower corner of the front cover and the free edge of the rear coverwilliams hardback with no djthe frontispiece is a double page black and white picture of “the large observatory in the victoria nursery” and is attributed to w g smithdark cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinethere is an owner’s name dated on the ffepa little foxing, particularly of the fold out platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are several editions of this book and the number of species increases in eachoxfam books & music totnes the title continues “ comprising descriptions of more than nine hundred species and varieties accompanied by instructions for their cultivation and mode of management”there are a number of illustrationsthe remaining illustrations, many on fold out pages, some across facing pages and some embedded in the text, are not attributed
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There are some pencil annotations on the ffep and a single small stamp on the page facing the prefacepp have some dog-earing of their lower cornerthere is quite marked tanning of the end pages and generalised light tanning throughouthardback with no djthe boards are somewhat worn as are the extremities of the spine coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreapart from these relatively minor defects this book is in good condition with firm binding and no other marksoxfam books & music totnes letters in translationboards covered in light blue cloth with impressed pattern on front, rear and spine cover with gilt lettering to spine
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preface from the author in the last years many valuable books and articles on chinese banknotes appeared on the market, but mostly in china and written in chinesethis book deals with 243 issuing authoritiesoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in these two volumes are in good condition throughout i am aware that in many cases the quality of the pictures is not very good, but this is due to the fact that the photocopies i had to use come from many different sources in this book i try to bring part of the information that is now available in china to the western collectorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more more than notes are pictured
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Please 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 catawikithis small book object, of the same size and printed according to the same lead process as the edition, brings together forty drawings from the collection and the letters by rilke in french, addressed to balthus from to“at the age of ten, balthus published his first drawings in zurich in a collection prefaced by rilke, entitled mitsou, after a cat he had adopted before losing itthis original binding is finally crafted, unsigned, it has been kept in a cardboard case covered in grey japan paper, opening in the front so the binding title is visiblecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecopy in excellent condition, impeccable binding and slipcasesuperb full taupe and cream leather binding (suede), spine adorned along its length with threads reminiscent of japanese style bindings” one quarto volof text, followed by 40 images by baltusz; completevery good conditionoriginal covers preservedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetitle in silver letters on the front cover
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Condition- very goodoxfam bookshop harrogate the first edition of this book, published in , reshaped the direction of landscape studies by considering landscape not simply as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of national and social identitiesthis second edition adds not only a new preface, but five new essays-from edward said, wmitchell, jonathan bordo, michael taussig, and robert pogue harrison-extending the scope of the book in remarkable ways see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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