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The author details these strategies alongside the key adaptive measures by which the ancient greeks coped with major fluctuations in food production and supplyoxfam shop thornbury this new work from thomas gallant provides a highly original analysis of the ancient greek domestic economyas a whole, the book makes a major contribution to the perennial debate about how peasants secure the basic conditions of material subsistencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe nature of their environment together with only rudimentary technology caused the greek peasants to develop an extensive but delicate web of risk-management strategies
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The legacy of the ancient greeks has shaped our worldpublisher: lorenz books; new edition edition (28 april )the first half of the book focuses on political and military history, from mycenae and the golden age of athens to the campaigns of alexander the great
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Oxfam shop fulwood road the ancient greeks from bc until ad made remarkable advances in engineering and technology, they even laid the founding stones of modern technologythe book explores their contributions to architecture, ship building, metallurgy, the construction of statues, martial machines, hydraulic inventions etcpublished see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Book 1 - q&a ancient civilizations: have you ever wondered2 books on ancient history - £1 for both great reading for primary school childrenit tells how they became one of the first civilised people and how we benefit from the things they first discovered or inventedwho invented the wheel? who built the great wall of china? what were mayan cities like? book 2 - the greeks: this describes their family life, the battles they fought and the buildings they built
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In many ancient traditions, birds are the symbol of the higher divinities (for the ancient greeks zeus, apollo, artemis) or of the angelic entities, of the divine being who lives in us"we are like green grass" he used to say "because it is always reborn and grows again, like our soul" what certain ancient philosophers called natura naturans or in alchemy the "viriditas"in toppi's drawings, the outline of a body becomes a landscape and then a bird, a tree, a man, a magical addition of lines within colors and white and black spacesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe illustration is in color, one of the very few works left in this genre, created by the great master almost to the limit of his existencethe line is always subtle, sometimes almost imperceptible: it along the entire composition builds consequential levels whose backgrounds, figurations, objects, environments take on unity and visual cohesiontoppi's use of the line reflects in a certain sense that of some designs by durer, which with a single line has created intricate knots, mystical and transcendent figuresfrom a very thin line, toppi creates and manifests a symbol such as the sun or an animal figure and then a human facewonderful original color illustration by sergio toppi, "divertissement # 14", published in the "divertissement" box papel editions - pencil, ink and ecoline on fine cardboardsigned by hand in full in original by the master24x33 cm certificate of authenticity stamped, dated and signed by the publisher included with the work, together with a free lithograph signed by toppiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethus giving life to the symbolline and strokethe face of man is therefore that of a king, in a symbolic sense, an initiate, a being of higher consciousness, the one whose soul, as socrates would have said, is gathered entirely in itself in the place of the possible, where everything is infinite and eternalthe color used mainly, besides black ink, is green, the color of the grasscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletoppi particularly loved grass, in its natural, existential, symbolic, philosophical, spiritual senseexpress shipping in protected packaging with international courier read morethe bird that stands on the head of a man with a noble, wise, regal face symbolizes his highest being, his higher consciousness, his light, his divine spirit directly corresponding to the highest intellectthis is because he is one with the divine part of himself, the spirit, which is on his head, the sacred birdthe symbol is a living reality corresponding to principles or ideas or energies of another plane of reality that manifest themselves in a precise figure in this state of existence: toppi, through the fine lines and its unmistakable trait, as a demiurge manages to manifest from the absolute white of the sheet, which is the universe of the possible or the world of platonic ideas, the image of a face, of an animala true work of art in which toppi has managed to condense all his creative ability, the peculiar and very personal characteristics of his symbolic style with the utmost skillthe man's face is also inscribed in a quadrangle, like the symbolic inscription of the circle in the square, which symbolizes the action of heaven on earthplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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When considering the question of what makes us human, the ancient greeks provided numerous suggestionsit explores how it was the capacity for authoritative speech which was held to separate humans from other animals, gods from humans, men from women, greeks from non-greeks, citizens from slaves, and the mundane from the heroicjohn heath illustrates how homer's epics trace the development of immature young men into adults managing speech in entirely human ways and how in aeschylus' oresteia only human speech can disentangle man, beast, and godthis book argues that the defining criterion in the hellenic world, however, was the most obvious one: speechsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreplato's dialogues are shown to reveal the consequences of socratically imposed silencewith its examination of the greek focus on speech, animalization, and status, this book offers new readings of key texts and provides significant insights into the greek approach to understanding our world
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback - - weidenfeld & nicolson the golden age of ancient greek city-state civilisation lasted from 490 to 336 bc, the period between the first wars with persia and carthage and the accession of alexander the greathe places the work of sophocles, aristophanes, herodotus, aristotle, the architect and sculptors of the parthenon, philip ii of macedonia and many other in their historical context, and asks what gave rise to such outstanding achievement in the cultural, philosophical, scientific and literary spheressee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this book, michael grant concentrates on the individuals in the cultural, social, artistic and political history of the classical greeks, who shaped their own and future civilisationsnever has there been such a multiplication of varied talents and genius within so limited a periodwriting for both the general reader and the scholar, michael grant has in his fluent and immensely readable account captured one of the most astonishing civilisations at the height of its powersthe book is in excellent condition
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The principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalityhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timesby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againcredit and debit cards acceptedron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understoodhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfwith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifefor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionshubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifeand so it remained until lwith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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This ratio, discovered by the ancient greeks, can be found throughout natureturquoise gets its beautiful blue- green colour from copper and aluminiumit is a process that takes tens of millions of years
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First of a compelling trilogy, full of action, betrayals and mystery, drawing on the rituals of the ancient greeks and egyptiansoracle sequence: the oracle, paperback by fisher, catherine, isbn , isbn-13 shortlisted for the whitbread award
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a history of hermits from the taoists and ancient greeks to the present day, this book provides accounts of the lives of some of those who have chosen to live apart, and the knowledge derived from their contemplationthe accounts are interwoven with extracts from the writings of the hermitssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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What is it? and why does humanity have such an extremely soft, borderline love or hate relationship with this very human body part? in a motley mosaic consisting of ancient greeks, stone age women, sigmund freud, cornflakes entrepreneurs, princess tornrosa, hindu goddesses, dogge doggelito, biology bucks and stig larsson, liv stromquist tries to piece together a picture of the organ that gustave coubert called "the origin of the world"oxfam bookshop coventry liv stromquist's new serial album the fruit of knowledge is about what is usually called "the female organ"book is in excellent condition, besides some minor creasing to back cover and spinethe fruit of knowledge is a historical analysis of the construction of a consortium that is not only humorous but also insanely funnythe album also contains the complete, 40-page mens-series "blood mountain", which was the starting point for liv stromquist's summer talk in p1liv stromquist will probably follow up on her previous hit albums one hundred percent fat, drift, einstein's wife, prince charles' chancellery and yes to lifeprevious owner's inscription at front see oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten in swedish
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Oxfam shop haverfordwest this book, first published in , provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the ancient greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniqueslamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tidestidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, galileo, descartes, bacon, kepler, newton, bernoulli, euler, laplace, young, whewell, airy, kelvin, git will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation the book is a good readable copy but does have some water damage to base of spine and several pages but this does not impact on the reading areathe volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagonistssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas develop
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham why have men dominated science from the ancient greeks to the present day? in this searing work of revisionist feminist history, margaret wertheim finds the answer where god and physics meetshe puts forward the startling hypothesis that gender inequity in physics is a result of the religious origins of the enterprisein this fascinating synthesis of science, religion and gender politics wertheim demonstrates that, from its inception, physics has been an overwhelmingly male-dominated activity and continues to be so today susan faludi, author of backlasha rare and welcome mix in science writing, combining impressively detailed historical knowledge with delightful readability and fuelling it all with that rarest of ingredients in this genre, a deeply felt moral and feminist passionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand in line with christian institutions it has historically been closed to womenphysics, she reveals, is a science based on a conception of god as a divine mathematical creatoron wertheim s guided and immensely accessible tour through the centuries-long development of physics, we learn how science, far from displacing the all-male priesthood, emulated it - and consequently how the physics lab became another vatican with a no-girls-allowed sign on its door
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Focusing on the numerous civil conflicts that have occurred throughout the world since the second world war, bill kissane bridges this gap, asking what the recent social science literature adds to what we already know about civil war, but also how insights from the historical literature, from the ancient greeks onwards, can help explain the violent experience of so many parts of the world sincein spite of this, there is no classic treatise on civil war to compare with the classic works we have on war, revolution, or peacethe book has been read but the text is clean and the binding tightoup hardback book in very good condition with unclipped dustjacket and signed by the authorsince , the number of civil wars in the world has grown steadily, bringing devastation on a scale more traditionally associated with international warssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhite cloth covered boards with black titles to the spinethere are some minor marks to the coveron the other, social scientists have concentrated on identifying common patterns, without looking in too much detail at the specifics of any given conflicton the one hand, historians have tended to treat the "big" civil wars, such as the american and the spanish, in isolationoxfam books & music totnes civil war has been a recurring feature of human societies throughout history -- and an essential catalyst for major international conflictat its heart is the question of what makes the contemporary challenge posed by civil war so different from that of past periods -- and what, if anything, is new about the contemporary experience of civil war at the dawn of the twenty-first century
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It also introduces you to some of the great names in the field of paradoxes, from the ancient greeks to albert einsteinideal gift welcome to the perplexing world of the paradoxical filled with philosophical and mathematical problems to baffle and delight you, this book does not exist is packed with thought experiments, real-life examples, and puzzles for you to tryprepare to stretch your mind and challenge everything you think you know, as this book does not exist unveils just how weird a place the world of thought can beon the way it will introduce you to topics such as impossible objects, how to expect the unexpected, and the trouble with time travelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more this is a book that will change the way you think divided into eight mind-bending chapters, this book does not exist takes you on a journey from the counterintuitive to the downright absurdoxfam bookshop brighton brand new
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The important criticism of literature from the ancient greeks onwards, the death of tragedy originated as steiner's doctoral thesis at the university of oxford and became his second published book355pp + 12pp indexbook condition: good - wear around spine, a copy that has been readbut tightly bound and clean throughoutsteiner writes with skill and wisdom about the profound effect the tragedies have had on him personally as a background to discussing their vital essence, and how deeply he would mourn their loss on a cultural levelpublished by fabersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe death of tragedy by george steiner
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Signed copy of philip kerr greeks bearing gifts, hardback can post for extra charge read more
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The main thesis of this book is that the greeks started their history as a multi-ethnic population group consisting of both greek-speaking newcomers and the indigenous population of the land and that the body of 'hellenes' as known to us from the historic period was a deliberate self-creationby systematically confronting greek tradition of the heroic age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, margalit finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in greece in the second millennium bcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book addresses such issues as the structure of heroic genealogy, the linguistic and cultural identity of the indigenous population of greece, the patterns of marriage between heterogeneous groups as they emerge in literary and historical sources, the dialect map of bronze age greece, the factors responsible for the collapse of the mycenaean civilisation and finally, the construction of the myth of the trojan war
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Oxfam shop kingsthorpe two episodes of the popular crime seriesin 'promised land', morse and lewis travel to australia on the trail of a police informant who has gone on the runsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorse faces a language barrier in 'greeks bearing gifts', when a greek waiter is murderedthe case develops into a double murder after the victim's sister is also killed, and her baby goes missing
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This volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtthe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court societyoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worlda comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and controlthe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anotherthis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern francesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynasty
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With pictures by one of ireland's most acclaimed photographers, and written by a highly respected authority on ireland's ancient monuments, ancient ireland is a lavish, fascinating, essential guide to the country's finest archaeological and architectural sitesoxfam books & music fareham ancient ireland- from prehistory to the middle ages by jacqueline o'brien and peter harbisonfollowing her highly successful 'great irish houses and castles ' and 'dublin: a grand tour', jacqueline o'brien has taken over 300 spectacular colour photographs and has invited dr peter harbison, one of ireland's most distinguished archaeologists, to collaborate with her on a magnificent book chronicling the glories of ireland's ancient pastpublished by george weidenfeld & nicolson ltd inthis is the only book which comprehensively covers in text and captivating colour photographs ireland's heritage of prehistoric and medieval buildings up toex-library copy with usual stampssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback with dust jacket in very good condition
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Dk eyewitness ancient egypt is a spectacular and informative guide to one of history's most remarkable civilisations, the egyptiansgreat for projects or just for fun, make sure your child learns everything they need to know about ancient egyptbrand new children's book - 'ancient egypt' including a free wall chartamazing colour photographs offer your child a unique "eyewitness" view of these incredible empirescan be posted or delivered locally or in london read moretravel back in time and show your child what life was like and how ordinary egyptians and pharaohs livedthen use the giant pull-out wall chart to decorate their roomthey'll also discover what's inside the great pyramid at giza to how tutankhamun's tomb was foundsupports curriculum teaching
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The ancient secret of the flower of life: v1 (ancient secret of the flower of life) paperback – 24 junthis book is one of those windowsnow a new dawn is streaming through the windows of perceptiononce, all life in the universe knew the flower of life as the creation pattern
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Foley crested china - ancient leather bottle - ancient seal of beccles crest dimensions: 6 cm high x 3 cm diameter base excellent clean condition - as in photos free uk shipping read more
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Banbao ancient lionbanbao ancient lion - youtubethe banbao ancient lion is the largest and most powerful predatorbuild one of the three creatables with the building blocks from banbao
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Here the author attempts to describe the buildings of ancient rome with increased attention to detail and methods of constructioni have for sale a book entitled ancient rome in by j henry middleton published by adam and charles black, edinburgh, inthe book includes 3 colour fold-out maps: map of modern rome; map of ancient rome; and a plan of the forum magnum showing the most recent discoveriesgilt lettering and illustration on the spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablexxvi, 522 pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit follows a period of extensive archaeological activity and the discovery of hitherto unknown remainsex-library copy with labelsall pages are tight and clean and the book is in very good conditionthere are also 57 woodcuts, one of which is a b/w fold-out plan of the palatine hilldark green cloth boards with gilt illustration across the bottom and gilt lettering on the front boardplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In women in ancient egypt, the types of occupations and careers open to women are described, as are their domestic and personal lives - marriage, health and childbirth; family life; running a home; clothing, jewellery and beauty preparationsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the lives of egyptian women were free of the restraints normally placed upon women in the rest of the ancient world, allowing them to exercise a full part in society, recognised as equal with men under the lawusing evidence gleaned from written records, monuments, sculpture, tombpaintings and the material found in tombs, including objects and human remains, barbara watterson has built up a fascinating picture of the often overlooked contributions made by women of all classes to the social, and sometimes the political, history of ancient egyptin contrast, however, the final chapter deals with those women, surprisingly few in number, whose influence on the political affairs of their country was considerable and, in some cases, legendary, with a small number of royal women able to ascend the throne of egypt and rule as female kingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe women whose lives are fleshed out in this book are largely the 'little people' of history, women who rarely exercised any power outside the domestic sphere
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His systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is not merely the most important contribution to the study of ancient slavery in the present generation; it is also a reasoned refutation of more extreme marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori systemoxfam bookshop wallingford the distinctive features of joseph voght's approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociology see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Each chapter also comes with sections on ancient greek history and culture and on the influence of the ancient language on oursoxfam shop thornbury based on the same principles that lay behind the book "learn latin", this book provides the chance to read real ancient greeksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit teaches the reader enough greek in 20 chapters to be able to read selected passages from the new testament and from classical greek literature such as plato, aristophanes and euripides
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