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This edition aims to make for the first time a selection of these wonderful, but complex, poems accessible and enjoyable not only to scholars and advanced students but especially to sixth-form students and non-classicists (including anyone interested in pindar's influence on english poetry)composed in the first instance to commemorate athletics victories, they fan out like a peacock's tail to illuminate with brilliant subtlety and imagination the human condition in general, and how our moments of heroic achievement are inevitably tempered by our mortal frailtiesoxfam bookshop hexham pindar's odes, blending beauty of poetic form and profundity of thought, are one of the wonders of ancient greecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreek text with translation, commentary and notesthe selection, which contains pindar's most famous poem (olympian 1) and two particularly charming mythical stories (in pythian 9 and nemean 3), illustrates pindar's range and variety by including odes commemorating victors at each of the four major gameswhile particular attention is paid to elucidating pindar's cryptic chains of thoughts and to explaining the significance of the myths in the odes, much greater help than usual in this series is given with translating the greek
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Vietcong aims for a high level of authenticity and realismcondition is like newai characters make frequent use of cover but change the latter often, making it difficult for the player to anticipate enemies' specific locations and encouraging a tactical approach
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Collection only ol10 area suitable from birth great condition mesmerising lights project through the centre of the canopy to create a light show for the baby 20+ minutes of play time tunes and nature sounds three engaging toys: elephant rattle, lightning bug with teether wings and frog bead chaser prop pillow for tummy time mirror colourful scene printed on the overhead canopy creates a beautiful environment that aims to delight the baby dimensions: 632cm x cm takes four aa batteries read more
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The workout aims to improve body shape and tone and is beneficial to those with some or no previous ballet experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music winchester ballet exercise routine presented by melissa lowe
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This piece belongs to "urban" ongoing collection, a series which aims to capture various moments in the daily life of the cities in a semi-abstract styleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease 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 storethe oversize canvas is painted with high quality acrylics, metallic ocher on 70% cotton canvas and is shipped unmounted and without stretchers, rolled in a cardboard tube, with certificate of authenticity at request
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My art aims at creating works in which an infinite number of possibilities coexist without ever crossing or hindering each otherit has been adopted by major museums such as the louvre, the met, the chicago art institute and the british museumare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian artwork is an emotional construction which resonates with the soul of the person observing itall works are shipped in a 2 mm thick, 10catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein essence, my compositions are made to offer a multitude of interpretations, which is why they are all titled ‘cent titres’ (one hundred titles) which is homophonic with ‘sans titres’ (untitled) in the french language, illustrating the nature of my approachgiclée is a very high resolution technique representing the high-end standard in the art world5mm diameter tube which meets the most demanding criteria to ensure a perfect deliveryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop st albans who actually had power in ancient athens? was the system an unqualified success? making use of contemporary sources, this book aims to bring athenian democracy to life and analyse life in the birthplace of democracy in 5th century part of the inside the ancient world series see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There is also an editorial commentary that aims to explain the significance and origin of the alterationsin good condition, very light wear to edges of cover, a few places where very pale yellow highlighting appears in first 50 pagesoxfam bookshop leeds 601pppublished in two volumes or as a set this provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of malthus's principles of political economyit shows the relationship between the principles and malthus's other writings and activities as a political economistthe editor has written a lengthy and authoritative introduction giving an account, derived mainly from contemporary correspondence, of the events and circumstances surrounding the publication of the two editionsit contains the full text of the first edition, including malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions and emendations that occurred between the first and the second, posthumous, edition of text clean and bright, readablesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first edition is extremely rare, and for over 150 years confusions and disagreements have inevitably occurred in the interpretation of malthus's economics because of the absence of any systematic record of the differences between the two editions
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To help readers, the author has extended the introduction to the book in order to outline the aims of the book and explain its structure so that this is clear to the reader from the outsetthe pedagogy of this edition has also been improved in order to enhance learningpreface and acknowledgements xi references 85 pp index 27 pp see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place this bestseller provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of counselling and therapyintegrating theory into practiceeach chapter includes: topics for further discussion key terms and concepts suggested further reading case studies and illustrations this book remains the book of choice for students and tutors on introductory counselling courses the book has been thoroughly updated with new references and examples and now has information on topics such as: transactional analysis the use of natural environment in counselling the contribution of arts-based approaches
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham taking the reader on a step-by-step tour of the key players of quantum theory, and explaining such concepts as heisenberg's uncertainty principle, non-locality and schrodinger's cat, this text aims to provide a clear introduction to the theories which have shaped current thinking insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Johnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methodsoxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindit stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading publicthere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of drsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth centurythis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romantic
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Packed with songs, whistling and dancing, the programme aims to teach children the importance of community, by following the fledgling samuel lovebird as he begins to explore his surroundingsepisodes are: 'muffinland!', 'muffin's shop!', 'dinosaur!', 'go camping!', 'playhouse!', 'cowgirl!', 'muffin's plant!' and 'baby jordan!'oxfam shop stony stratford eight more episodes of the preschool series that follows the adventures of a family of birds who live and learn among the branches of an old treedisc has some slight markssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Whatever living thing the reader comes across, from e coli to an oak tree or an elephant, the book aims to show what kind of creature it is, and how it relates to all the others8 kg see oxfam website for delivery information read more original uk hardback edition w/ dust jacket in very good condition - dust jacket shows some wear around the edgesnot least it is an extraordinary inventory - an illustrated summary of all the earthly creatures that have ever livedoxfam shop walthamstow this volume can be read at many levels
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Very sweet genuine lad who always aims to please2hh 6 year old gelding gelderlander x good to box, shoe, clip 100% in traffic hacks alone or in company goes first or lasthunted all last season very sensible jumped everything walls ditches etctravels in a trailer or lorry 5* home only read moredoesn’t need riding everydayloves attention kids dogsturns out with mares or geldingsbeen to the odd local show cross country schooling but mainly been a hunterdoesn’t fiz up at all will happily stay at the back or go upfront will stand all day long
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Diltons day puzzle is a year old dutch warmblood x new forest with striking unusual markings he is a horse with a heart of gold he aims to please in everything he doespuzzle is a kind sweet natured horse who has amazing ground manners and easy to handle in all ways he loves his job he loves to jump but can get strong when jumpingpuzzle comes from grade a show jumping blood lines he is the great grandson to lonsdale timberwolf who was owned by david broomepuzzle has 3 easy correct paces he has been hunting with the new forest hounds he has being cross country and is very bold over the jumps puzzle has been to many pole clinics cross country clinics and show jumping clinics and behaves impeccablyhe has also competed at some in hand shows and is always placing and would excel in ridden showing puzzle would make a marvellous ladies hunter or a teenagers dream to take him up the levelsviewing for puzzle will be sevenoaks as that is were he is kept more photos and videos available on request 5* home wanted as this is very hard read more
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Madog, the sire is a smart, majestic, very intelligent and caring chocolate pedigree labrador who is calm and always aims to please his masterthey will leave for their new homes with 4 weeks pets insurance, a bag of beta puppy food, blanket and toysthey will also have been partially potty trained to soil on newspaper/puppy pads and will be eating solid foodboth can be seenthey will be ready to leave for their new homes from 8 weeks onwards, weekthey are nurtured in our home and are included in all household activities so that they can adapt to the noise and the hustle and bustle of everyday family lifeon the 4th of august my beautiful cocker bella gave birth to a litter of strong and healthy cockadors, which are all pure chocolate in colour and are coming along in leaps and boundswe have boys and 1 little lady for saleno time wasters pleasethey can be trained to be working dogs or household petsprice boys £ little lady £ a deposit of £ will secure your puppythey will also be socialised with our other cockerbella is our stunning, kind, obedient chocolate pedigree cocker who loves to please and is always happy to meet and greet new friendsthe pen is placed near our kitchen appliances to get them used to the sound of washing machine, hoover etcprior to leaving they will have been wormed every fortnight from 2 weeks onwards, vet checked and microchippedthis is her third litter
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Oxfam bookshop beverley this book analyzes the overall effect of american primacy on social and political conflicts in asia, discussing how the post-cold war american agenda does not promote democratization in the region, in contradiction to one of the major proclaimed aims of the proponents of the pax americanaempire and neoliberalism in asia also examines how the requirements of the war on terror intersect with, and reinforce, those of transnationalized sections of american capital see oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on country case studies, this multidisciplinary book looks at the ramifications of the american empire for the asian region and will appeal to anyone interested in asian politics, international relations, political economy, development studies and sociologybook condition: dark staining to the bottom right corner edge of bookthis team of renowned scholars argue that the us agenda can strengthen anti-democratic impulses in asian societies, exacerbating and complicating existing domestic conflicts and struggles
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Her view and aims were revolutionary in their time and a whole of network of catholic schools remain in place today run by members of mary ward's orderthis was an order devoted to the education of women so they could play their part in the church and the worldat a time when the ibvm is like many religious orders struggling to redefine its purpose in the modern world and at a time when mary ward may herself be canonised by the present pope, this book is particularly relevantsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work of the order is also controversial and often criticised- indirectly in the novels of antonia white and the writings of former pupils such as marina warneroxfam books & music lichfield mary ward founded the institute of the blessed virgin mary in the 17th century
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This work aims to provide a noble memorial to a man whom many regard as one of the 20th century's finest artistsborn in montreal in to immigrant parents of west indian origin, he soon revealed himself to be a musical prodigyoxfam shop colne road an overview of the career of jazz pianist oscar peterson, in the words of quincy jones, "one of the greatest musicians on the planet"see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the fame of his early years as the star attraction of canada's renowned johnny holmes orchestra, peterson came south at the instigation of coleman hawkins and dizzy gillespie, making his new york debut at carnegie hall infrom there his musical career went to ever greater heights, forming one of the first great trios with ray brown and herb ellis, and working with musicians such as hawkins, gillespie, lester young, roy eldridge, louis armstrong, charlie parker and billie holidayin the s peterson pursued a career as a solo pianist and television personality, and continues to perform and record today
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He aims to please, has a lovely temperamenthe was shown at royal welsh as a foal and won his classabergavenny sparc is a top quality bred section d geldinghe is very flashy and eye catching, plenty of bone and feather - would stand out in any show ringhe does have 2 sarcoids on his sheath which my vet has assured me both can be banded off with no problemhe is green but not at all silly, just needs a capable rider to give him confidencei was waiting for winter time to do this myself but due to personal circumstances, his need for sale has come firsthe is very willing and genuine, easy going and lovinghe has popped a few jumps at home but this is an area that would need bringing on5* homes only for this super sad sale, he is a pony of a lifetimehe has recently competed in a few low level dressage competitions where he has received top marks at allhe would make a perfect all rounder / show cob for a small adult or confident teen
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aims to give you an excellent audio experience no matter you are gaming, watching videos or listening to musicmic impedance: 2mic sensitivity: -38db ±3dbplug in the usb cable to light up the cool led indicator
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Madog, the sire is a smart, majestic, very intelligent and caring chocolate pedigree labrador who is calm and always aims to please his masterthey will leave for their new homes with 4 weeks pets insurance, a bag of beta puppy food, blanket and toysthey will also have been partially potty trained to soil on newspaper/puppy pads and will be eating solid foodboth can be seenthey will be ready to leave for their new homes from 8 weeks onwards, weekthey are nurtured in our home and are included in all household activities so that they can adapt to the noise and the hustle and bustle of everyday family lifeon the 4th of august my beautiful cocker bella gave birth to a litter of strong and healthy cockadors, which are all pure chocolate in colour and are coming along in leaps and boundsno time wasters pleasethey can be trained to be working dogs or household petsprice boys £ little lady £ a deposit of £ will secure your puppythey will also be socialised with our other cocker1 boy and 1 girl reservedbella is our stunning, kind, obedient chocolate pedigree cocker who loves to please and is always happy to meet and greet new friendsthe pen is placed near our kitchen appliances to get them used to the sound of washing machine, hoover etcprior to leaving they will have been wormed every fortnight from 2 weeks onwards, vet checked and microchippedwe have 6 boys for salethis is her third litter
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Madog, the sire is a smart, majestic, very intelligent and caring chocolate pedigree labrador who is calm and always aims to please his masterthey will leave for their new homes with 4 weeks pets insurance, a bag of beta puppy food, blanket and toys3 boys and 1 girl reservedthey will also have been partially potty trained to soil on newspaper/puppy pads and will be eating solid foodboth can be seenthey will be ready to leave for their new homes from 8 weeks onwards, weekthey are nurtured in our home and are included in all household activities so that they can adapt to the noise and the hustle and bustle of everyday family lifeon the 4th of august my beautiful cocker bella gave birth to a litter of strong and healthy cockadors, which are all pure chocolate in colour and are coming along in leaps and boundsno time wasters pleasethey can be trained to be working dogs or household petsprice boys £ little lady £ a deposit of £ will secure your puppythey will also be socialised with our other cockerbella is our stunning, kind, obedient chocolate pedigree cocker who loves to please and is always happy to meet and greet new friendsthe pen is placed near our kitchen appliances to get them used to the sound of washing machine, hoover etcprior to leaving they will have been wormed every fortnight from 2 weeks onwards, vet checked and microchippedwe have 3 boys for salethis is her third litter
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This 2nd edition of the successful guide contains significant additional material on the topic and aims to fill that gap in the market by providing an accessible and comprehensive introductionoxfam books & music lancaster despite the availability of cheap, fast, accurate and usable eye trackers, there is little information available on how to develop, implement and use these systemsbook is in excellent condition with no notes or marking inside see oxfam website for delivery information read moreadditional key features of the 2nd edition include: technical description of new (state-of-the-art) eye tracking technology; a complete whole new section describing experimental methodology including experimental design, empirical guidelines, and five case studies; and survey material regarding recent research publications
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For henry viii was not only a bad man, but also a bad ruler who failed to achieve his aims and blighted the reigns of his two immediate successorsthis ground-breaking book also demonstrates that henry viii's priorities were always primarily martial rather than marital, and accepts neither the necessity of his all-consuming quest for a male heir nor his need ultimately to sever ties with romesee oxfam website for delivery information read morefive hundred years after he ascended the throne, the reputation of england's best known king is being rehabilitated and subtly sanitizedas the story unfolds, henry's predicaments prove largely of his own making, the paths he chooses neither the only nor the best availablethe 'monster' displayed here is, at the very least, a newer type, more beset by anxieties and insecurities, and more tightly surrounded by those who equated loyalty with fear, self-interest and blind obedienceyet tudor historian john matusiak paints a colourful and absorbingly intimate portrait of a man wholly unfit for poweroxfam bookshop cheltenham this compelling new account of henry viii is by no means yet another history of the 'old monster' and his reign
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth what is celtic christianity? how and to what extent is it celtic? this volume aims to take a fresh look at the saints, scholars, nature poets and religious thinkers who shaped the early forms of christianity in britain and irelandthe second part considers texts from a theological viewpoint and also examines the role of the literary text in the mediation and dissemination of a celtic religious sensibilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeginning with discussions of the problematic term "celtic", its origins and usefulness, the first part of the volume discusses celtic ethnicity, location and national identities
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Wilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancesat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricepeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of events book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murder
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Marie mcginn's principal aim in this book is to develop an alternative interpretative line, which rejects the idea, central to the metaphysical reading, that wittgenstein sets out to ground the logic of our language in features of an independently constituted reality, but which allows that he aims to provide positive philosophical insights into how language functionsoxfam bookshop hampstead elucidating the tractatus: wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and logic discussion of wittgenstein's tractatus is currently dominated by two opposing interpretations of the work: a metaphysical or realist reading and the 'resolute' reading of diamond and conanthowever, the early wittgenstein undertakes this descriptive project in the grip of a set of preconceptions concerning the essence of language that determine both how he conceives the problem and the approach he takes to the task of clarification see oxfam website for delivery information read morenevertheless, the tractatus contains philosophical insights, achieved despite his early preconceptions, that form the foundation of his later philosophyin very good condition, though there is a faint erased pencil mark on the first endpapermcginn takes as a guiding principle the idea that we should see wittgenstein's early work as an attempt to eschew philosophical theory and to allow language itself to reveal how it functionsby this account, the aim of the work is to elucidate what language itself makes clear, namely, what is essential to its capacity to express thoughts that are true or false
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Illustrated with one hundred remarkable full-page illustrations from photographs by the author, this book aims to enable the reader "to see the world through kafir eyes, and to feel it through kafir finger-tips"the book has suffered some water damage: the blue cloth of the binding is torn on the right side of the spine, and the hinge is coming loosethe book includes a pull-out map of southern africathe subjects covered include beliefs, customs, art, magic, war, farming, hunting, folklore and domestic lifehowever, the binding is still intact, and the water damage evident for roughly the first 100 pages of the book affects only the bottom margins; the pages are otherwise in good condition, clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe name of the previous owner of the book, and a note relating to the circumstances of its acquisition, are written on the front endpaperoxfam shop west hampstead dudley kidd was a british anthropologist who published several studies of african tribal societies
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Each section includes a helpful introduction by the editor which aims to guide the student gently into the topicarticles by the following philosophers are included: blackburn, churchland, clark, cummins, dennett, davidson, fodor, kitcher, lewis, lycan, mcdowell, mcleod, rey, segal, stichaddressing in depth the major topics within philosophy of psychology, the editor has carefully selected articles under the following headings: pictures of the mind commonsense psychology representation and cognitive architectureideal for any student of philosophy of psychology or philosophy of mindoxfam shop dumfries philosophy of psychology: contemporary readings is a comprehensive anthology that includes classic and contemporary readings from leading philosopherssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is highly accessible and provides a broad-ranging exploration of the subject, including discussion of the leading philosophers in the field
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