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For this edition, kathleen jamie returned to pakistan to write an afterword and prefaceamong muslims was originally published as the golden peaka 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 hostsit is a privileged account from an acclaimed poet, who during her travels was often literally the only woman on the busamong 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 worldoxfam 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 earliersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 timeslife as a peaceful warrior is a life of meditation, mindfulness, compassion, and acceptanceway of the peaceful warrior is the iconic first book from dan millmanawakened by dark dreams one night, dan found himself at a gas station with an old man named socrates, and his world was changed foreverinspirational and spiritual saga: this autobiographical novel is one of the most beloved spiritual sagas of our timefor decades, friends and families around the world have shared the book that teaches the way of the peaceful warriorhis other guides to peaceful warrior life include the life you were born to live and the hidden schoolif 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 warriorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea 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 happinessguided 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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Oxfam shop exmouth jazz poems: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementbeat poets: this rousing anthology features the work of more than twenty-five writers from the great twentieth-century counter-cultural literary movementvisceral 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 everywheresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreleroi 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 writerswriting 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 rangethe 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 websitemémoires du cardinal de retz - georges mongrédien (preface, notes and table - garnier frères, paris, volumes of 4 (complete)very 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 storeinconsequential rubbing from use (corners and borders); interiors: marbled endpapers, preserved covers with french flapspublisher’s catalogue on the back coverare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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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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In 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 largewhen trauma and recovery was first published in , it was hailed as a ground-breaking work
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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 notes'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 fatherand when bazarov visits his own doting but old-fashioned parents, his disdainful rejection of traditional russian life causes even further distressin 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 worldif you enjoyed fathers and sons, you might like leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich and other stories, also available in penguin classicsit 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 statein 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 sonsreturning home after years away at university, arkady is proud to introduce his clever friend bazarov to his father and unclepeter carson's elegant, naturalistic new translation brings turgenev's masterpiece to life for a new generation of readers
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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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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 163pp, yale university , very good condition without dustjacketno annotations, pages clean and tight, very slight mark on front coverfrom 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 systems
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Oxfam shop penzance undated book but preface dated asfoxing on some but not all pages, mostly around edgessmall inscription on front free endpaper of previousownervery 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 spineinternally 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 damage
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Reprint of second edition, with preface written by edoxfam 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 patternspages yellowed, clean and unmarked, binding intactdust 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 moreheron-allen inno inscriptionshardback, red cloth boards, minimal shelf wear
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Book published in the collection "bibliothèque de l'ingénieur electricien-mécanicien" under the direction of lcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding: marbled half sheepskin binding, adorned ribbed spine, gilded title, author and volume numberprovenance: from the legrand deldron library (bookplate); member of the antarctic expedition taillustrations: 684 and 206 in text figuresinside clean, yellowed pages but no foxingcondition: sound bindingabundantly illustrated with 890 in text engravingsfriction on the crowns and spinerare 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 currentparis, albin michel, volumes of 646pppart 1: préliminaires - mesures en courant continupreserved covers286pp, bound in 1 thick octavo volumefalguières: mesures électriques (2 parts in 1 volume) with a foreword by lsize: thick octavo (17 x 25please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepart 2: généralités - mesures en courant alternatifthe 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 store
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Publisher’s paperboard binding, red spine - 28 x 23 cmplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteweight: 920 grams a lovely copy, the corners of the covers are very lightly rubbedthe fictionalised narrative of his exploits made him one of the most popular heroes of german literaturetranslated from german by théophile gautier - paris, henri laurens pagesthese wonderful tales are a delightthere are 93 illustrations in totalcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe adventures of baron munchausen has captured the imagination of generations and generations of childrenhe was a german officer, a mercenary of the russian armypersonalised polychrome midnight blue full percaline publisher's paperboard bindingvery lovely in text illustrations in colour and b&w by the french illustrator and cartoonist albert robidahe was born on 11 may in bodenwerder and died on 22 february in the same town(compiègne, 14 maart - neuilly-sur-seine, 11 oktober )our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebaron münchhausen (karl friedrich hieronymus) actually existedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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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 englandvictorious 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 winalthough 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 successionoxfam 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 eyeschurchill, who wrote this book to redeem marlborough's reputation from macaulay's smearsone 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 sthis two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original mapssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 writingsit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areaoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timein 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 inquirywhile 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 writingsstrongly 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 work 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 wittgensteinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 responsibility
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Pages 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 advertisementsoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: finesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first 6 pages (preface and index) are loose, but included, and the cover has several markings and areas of wear
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This is a second edition of , which is a reprint with a new prefacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road first published in as bristol record society's publications, vol
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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 naturalism' strindberg was one of the most extreme, and ultimately the most influential theatrical innovators of the late nineteenth centuryintroduction textual note bibliography chronology explanatory notes see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 inoxfam 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 hell
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preface by the comedian, leslie crowther, born within walking distance of trent bridge and a life-long fanthere is also an index, allowing the reader to find the information on any individualcricketers, in chronological order of debut for the county: the officials of the cluban excellent copy for any cricket enthusiastinterior is pristine, unmarked and without annotationsoxfam shop sherwood dark green boards with gilt titles and vignettes, all in fine conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea detailed history of the famous cricket ground, published by the county and the county cricket club, to celebrate its 150th anniversarytwo appendices: a register of nottsillustrated with black and white/sepia photographs and contemporary drawings
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Over the past fifty years, this framework has sparked an explosion of inquiry into a wide range of languages, and has yielded some major theoretical questionschapters 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)the first six chapters, originally published in the s, made a groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this is the third edition of chomsky's outstanding collection of essays on language and mind, first published inthe 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 mindthis edition complements them with an additional chapter and a new preface, bringing chomsky's influential approach into the twenty-first century
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preface to the first edition by nimrod with an introductory noticegilt title to front and spine234 pages over four partsoxfam shop malmesbury the life and death of john mytton esq of halston shropshire fourth edition published by george routledge and sons of the broadway ludgate hillnames and addresses of two separate owners at front the address of one being on the subjects family seat of halston hall red boards with black embossed sporting illustrations to front and spine boards stained and edges bumpedpage edges brownedincludes notices of his hunting racing shooting driving and extravagant exploits by nimrodtwo detached illustrations but both presentnimrod being the pseudonym of charles james apperleyspotting and foxing to tissue guards and some pages but fair condition overall17 tissue protected aquatint sporting plates and frontispiece by h alken and t j rawlingsformerly mp for shrewsbury high sheriff for the counties of salop and merioneth and major of the north shropshire yeomanry cavalryspine worn at top and bottomsee 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 boring
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In good conditionthe book block and paper are otherwise in good conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteconducted under the auspices of her majesty's governmentfull 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 placescontents: 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 sicca23 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 frescoscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe binding has discolourations on the edges and especially on the spinethe spine linen is somewhat frayedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshipping with registrationthe corners are slightly bentoriginal decorated linen binding and flyleaves - xvi, 631 ppall illustrations are presentare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Similar folder, also , containing indexes, general title and prefaceoriginally published by the trustees of the british museum in , this is a reprint see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop thame this listing includes six itemsvolume i only (of 2): black cloth covered boards with gilt titles to spineall five folders are slightly tanned and grubby, solid and complete, contents clean and undamagedgood++ 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 - cl
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New photographs and prefaceoxfam 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 glyndwrsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst published in
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In the preface it is said that the woodcuts are original, some from friends and colleaguesthe remaining illustrations, many on fold out pages, some across facing pages and some embedded in the text, are not attributeddark cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinethere are several editions of this book and the number of species increases in eachthe frontispiece is a double page black and white picture of “the large observatory in the victoria nursery” and is attributed to w g smiththere are a number of illustrationsthere is an owner’s name dated on the ffepoxfam 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”see oxfam website for delivery information read morewilliams hardback with no djthere is some discolouration of the lower corner of the front cover and the free edge of the rear covera little foxing, particularly of the fold out plates
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There are some pencil annotations on the ffep and a single small stamp on the page facing the prefaceoxfam books & music totnes letters in translationboards covered in light blue cloth with impressed pattern on front, rear and spine cover with gilt lettering to spinehardback with no djapart from these relatively minor defects this book is in good condition with firm binding and no other markssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepp have some dog-earing of their lower cornerthere is quite marked tanning of the end pages and generalised light tanning throughoutthe boards are somewhat worn as are the extremities of the spine cover
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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 chinese in this book i try to bring part of the information that is now available in china to the western collectorthis 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 sourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read more more than notes are pictured
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This 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 visibleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecopy in excellent condition, impeccable binding and slipcase” one quarto volvery good conditionoriginal covers preservedtitle in silver letters on the front cover“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 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 tocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesuperb full taupe and cream leather binding (suede), spine adorned along its length with threads reminiscent of japanese style bindingsof text, followed by 40 images by baltusz; completeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Condition- very goodmitchell, jonathan bordo, michael taussig, and robert pogue harrison-extending the scope of the book in remarkable ways see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis second edition adds not only a new preface, but five new essays-from edward said, woxfam 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 identities
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