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Thomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morecontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacrathe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxismoxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernissues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictionkey features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (ethe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedkey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fiction
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteafter its release, the colour of my love received generally mixed reviews from music critics but became a commercial success, topping the charts in canada, australia, the united kingdom and a few other european countries, and reaching the top ten elsewhere, including number four in the united statesthe colour of my love has shipped six million units in the united states and has sold over 1it was released by columbia records/550 music on 9 novemberit remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with worldwide sales of twenty million copies5 million in canada and over one million units in japanpostage is insured and tracked read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe songs were produced mainly by david foster, ric wake, guy roche, walter afanasieff and christopher neil, and four of them were written by diane warrenthe album features cover versions of "the power of love" and "when i fall in love"beautiful stunning columbia award presented to celine dion to commemorate the sale of more than copies of the columbia records album "the colour of my love" the colour of my love is the third english-language studio album by canadian singer celine dion8 million copies in the united kingdom, 1each of these singles sold over one million copies in these countriesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis a very rare opportunity to buy this official sales awardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisingles released from the album include the us number one "the power of love", the uk number one "think twice", and the japanese chart topper "to love you more", which was included on the re-release of the colour of my love in japan
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A large part was made by dutch papermills, but also by english, french, german and portugese papermillsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome names: honig, blauw, pannekoek, pieter van der ley, van gelder, koning & desjardin, proost, wendelin richel, vierevant, gerrevink, middelink, koldewyn, etccovering the period 15th - 19th centurythis includes a box with 26 samples of the paper (without watermarks) as described in this catalogueone of the most popular watermarks afterwith a description of each sheet with back-lit pictures of all the watermarks and a cd-rom with all the files of the pictures of the watermarkscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available¶ limited edition of 25 numbered copiessamshuijzen, jelle catalogue of a collection of 225 old watermarks 15th - 19th century rockingstone wageningen, rockingstoneit stayed in use until the beginning of the 19th centuryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesoftcover, oblong, 99 ppsize of the paper samples: casome groups of watermarks: - arms of amsterdam used between - vryheit in wreath, lion, spear and seven darts - vryheit in crowned circle pro patria - garden of holland or maid of dordrecht pro patriaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Bound in full leather boardsbrown endpapers, with bookplate to the inside of the front boardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is one of the most important records of tripolitan life during the 18th centurygilt title lettering on a red block to the spineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki370 pages, 28cm 23 cm read morethe boards having an embossed crosshatch patternthe work is particularly valuable for its details of family life in the seraglio'it is a delicious mixture of sensational subject-matter and deadpan delivery' very readable and interesting includes the plague, moor customs and beliefs, african gardens, inside the great mosque, bey of tripoli murdered etc etcillustrated with 3 hand coloured full page plates plus a fold out map (unfortunately 2 of the original plates are missing there should have been 5 plates and a map)the board corners are bumpedthis is an ex- library copy with the usual stampslight foxing to the title page and tanning to the page edgesthis first edition was published in by henry colburn, londonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteat some stage in its' life it has been sympathetically restored with a new leather spinethe female members of tully's family were on intimate terms with the bashaw's family and were admitted into all the life of the seragliothis book is in very good condition, the pages are tightly bound with no loose pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storei have here a very rare beautifully illustrated book entitled narrative of a ten years' residence at tripoli in africa: from the original correspondence in the possession of the family of the late richard tully, the british consul, comprising authentic memoirs and anecdotes of the reigning bashaw, his family and other persons of distinction also an account of the domestic manners of the moors, arabs and turks
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Along the way they learn many valuable lessons as they seek the seven lords of narniafinally, in 'the silver chair' () jill and eustace search for prince rillian, aided by puddlegum'prince caspian' () sees the four child heroes return to the magical land of narnia, where evil king miraz and queen punaprisma have usurped the thronein 'the lion, the witch and the wardrobe' () it is a quiet sort of day in the english countryside when peter, susan, edmund and lucy stumble through the back of an old wardrobe into the enchanted land of narnia and embark on an extraordinary adventurethey journey to the giants of garfang, and thence underground to the land of the earthmenthe children join the rebels who want to reinstate caspian as their princelewis children's books using live action and animation to recreate the magical world of narniawhen the white witch learns of their presence, their lives are in danger, but there is talk that aslan is on the movethey must then face the green witch, queen of the deep realm, in order to break the spell of the silver chairin 'voyage of the dawn treader' () the child heroes, with their unpleasant cousin edmund, find themselves aboard prince caspian's ship, the 'dawn treader', on a voyage to the edge of the worldoxfam bookshop swanage all four adaptations of the csee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe rightful heir, caspian, is in hiding
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Discs in good condition, packaging is good but worn with agefrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthoxfam bookshop carlisle extended cut of this fantasy adaptationonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handstogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein part one of the fantasy trilogy by jfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from over
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In 'the fellowship of the rings' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaytolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handstogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomoxfam shop newquay peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of j
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepeople / region: the lega live in the southern part of the kivu province of southeast central dwesterdijk, museum ethnologist and cultural anthropologist specialized, for over 50 years now, in the study of the material cultures in african nations that live south of the saharaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe forehead is slanting back and is, just like the cheeks, adorned with a triangle of double lines filled with dotsfine old patina overallprovenance: ex-collection of nic de kun, brusselsde kun in pangi territory, south kivu province, in aroundall other parts are jet black from being burned with a red- hot iron on a oily surfaceliterature: valentine plisnier and michel boulanger: l’art lega, paris, , figs on ppthe facial features of this example are very classical, consisting of a heart-shaped countenance with slit eyes, a rather long, slender nose and a low-placed slit mouth on the rim of the lower faceit dates back to the perioddimensions: 30 x 17 x 11 cmin good condition, but with signs of age written all over itthe face is still coloured with ample remains of the original white clay patinathe handle sits in the vertical axis of the back and runs over its entire heightobtained from him by hplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteclassic idimu handle mask – lega – dsold with handwritten declaration of authenticity by drthis masks forms part of a very small corpus of idimu objects that are fitted out with a handle at the backholes all along the lower edge of the face, but fibre beard missingmaterial: medium density wood of the alstonia congensis treeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop clitheroe director's extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation of part one of the fantasy trilogy by jtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from over
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• the palace of holyroodhouse - queen mary’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse – abbey, the nave • the palace of holyroodhouse – duchess of hamilton’s drawing room • the palace of holyroodhouse – the front of the palace • the palace of holyroodhouse – king edward memorial from the palace forecourt • the palace of holyroodhouse – lord darnley’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse - lord darnley’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – panoramic view of the palace and abbey • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – the fountain • the palace of holyroodhouse – the main entrance • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s bath house see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth 12 pictorial postcards from the palace of holyroodhouse & abbey the blue paper envelope that the cards are in is in poor condition but the cards are unused and in good conditionhm office of works, sold for ninepence
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Along with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three young friendsthis time around, however, the aforementioned three-way gameplay element means that you need to take advantage of all three characters in order to progress through the gamethroughout the game you have the ability to switch between the three characters, thus making best use of their key skills and attributes in order to overcome the various challenges and enemies that you come up againstthe gamecube version of prisoner of azkaban supports nintendo's much-touted gba connectivity, which means that - if you own both systems and both versions of the game - you can wire the two consoles up and transfer what's known as an owl care kit to your game boybeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendskind of like a tamagotchi, the owl care kit allows you to take care of an owl by feeding, cleaning, exercising and teaching it, before you upload it back to your gamecube and enter it into owl races" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe gameplay itself treads pretty much the same territory as the previous two hp games, in that it's generally a case of exploring a host of jk rowling's fantasy locales, interacting with the residents, solving puzzles, and defeating enemiesif you're a fan of the books you'll know that prisoner of azkaban brings a change in direction for the series and, subsequently, the game is a little darker and slightly more complexobviously nothing is about to run smoothly for the young trainee spell-caster, and stirring things up this time is the arrival of one sirius black, escapee of the wizard prison azkabanprisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione grangerfor example, harry's grappling spell serves as a means to reach those hidden ledges and, at one particular point, harry and ron have to work together when battling malfoy on a trainoxfam bookshop ipswich "the third instalment in jk rowling's phenomenally successful series of children's books is about to take over the world's cinema screens and, faithfully at heel as always, is the cross-platform release of the accompanying video game from ea
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Our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacket107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossvery occasional spots of foxing notedoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faithkarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centurythe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backtitle etc in black lettering on spinein he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'it has been widely translated, and remains in print todaydom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's works  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownsee oxfam website for delivery information read more dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth college  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fepinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between pp  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those yearsit contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectively
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Sykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminebut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todaythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evenews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldin europe there are only sevenit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identityoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsin this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todayhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and space
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The relationships between them range from lifelong collaboration to bitter rivalryvaccination, inoculation and the discovery of penicillin saved the lives of millionsevery one of the characters that make up this rich tradition has a unique and very human storygenius of britain is the story of the flashes of inspiration experienced by generations of british scientists as they realised they were about to change the worldoxfam bookshop cheltenham the extraordinary history of british science, with commentary from britain's greatest living scientists: stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonwe may only be a small island, but we are far from small-mindedthe electric motor, the telephone and the personal computer created the technological age, and the theories of the big bang, evolution and gravity have shed light on some of the deepest mysteries of our existencethe impact of this small cast of characters is remarkablegenius of britain intertwines the personal reflections of three of today's greatest british scientists with robert uhlig's compelling narrativesome had vast fortunes, whilst others overcame poverty and a lack of education to become towering figures in the history of sciencegenius of britain accompanies 5 primetime, 1-hour programmes on channel 4 due to be screened at the end of may , presented by stephen hawking, richard dawkins and james dysonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the last 500 years, the way we live has been steadily transformed by the inventions of british scientists, and their landmark discoveries have revealed the astonishing beauty of the universethe result is a journey of scientific inspiration that does justice to britain's exceptional contribution to science
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This is the fourth edition, reprinted inoxfam shop ulverston originally published insee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the book
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The center-piece of the judges guild campaign universe, this playing aid has been created and approved for use with d&dalso shown in all its dwarven glory is thunderhold, one of the northern allies of the overlord with judge and player maps for it toolong a favorite of d&d judges and one of our best-selling items ever since it was first printed, the city-state includes two 22x34 maps (one judge, one player) of the great walled city, plus 4 dungeon levels under the city and 5 levels of sunstone caverns see oxfam website for delivery information read moresmall fold on bottom right corner and some pencil writing on inside of back white page but otherwise in great conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle city state book (96 pages) judges map of the city state (22"x28") player's map of the city state (22"x28") a giant, revised, 80-page booklet covering the myraid shops, taverns, inns, temples, and barracks of the classic city-stateindeed, the city itself is an adventureincredibly detailed right down to the statistics and character of each barmaid and the latest rumor she has heard, this product forms the basis of the judge's campaign, providing the base of operations for player adventures
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Starting with dominant theories that have seen these developments as indicative of a rise in 'penal populism' or 'popular authoritarianism', personalizing the state revisits one of the central paradoxes of our times: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has takenotherwise clean textliberal democracy appears in crisispersonalizing the state challenges dominant narratives of exceptionalism that have portrayed the people as a threat to the democratic orderthese popular forms of engagement reflect, in turn, a longer history of state control exercised against working-class peopledrawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it moves the question from 'why' liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn to the 'how' and the 'what': to how citizens experience democracy in the first place and what grassroots understandings of politics and care they bring to their encounters with the statethis book goes to where much of the commentary has stopped short: to the lived experiences of citizens who inhabit some of britain's most stigmatized urban neighborhoods, namely its council estates that were once built to house the working classesfrom the rise of 'law and order' and ever tougher forms of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of britain's referendum on leaving the eu, commentators have rushed to explain the current conjuncturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 274ppit reveals the murky, sometimes contradictory desires for a personalized state that cannot easily be collapsed with popular support for authoritarian interventionsabove all, the book exposes the state's disavowal of its political and moral responsibilities at a time when mechanisms for collectivizing redistributive demands have been silenceda little stain on a few pages, a little tear at the back of dj
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In this enthralling book, janet soskice takes the reader on an astonishing journey from the ayreshire of the sisters' childhood to the lost treasure trove of the cairogenizahonce they had overcome the stubborn reluctance of cambridge scholars to authenticate the find and had lead an expedition of quarrelsome academics back to sinai to copy it, agnes and margaret -in middle years and neither with any university qualifications - embarked on a life of demanding scholarship and bold travelhidden in a cupboard beneath the monastic library at st catherine's in the sinai desert the twins discovered what looked like a palimpsest: one text written over anothercrucially this is the story of two remarkable women who, as widows, were undeterred in their spirit of adventure and who overcame insuperable odds to become world class scholars with a place in historywe trace the footsteps of the intrepid pair as they voyage to egypt, sinai and beyond, murray's guide book in hand coping with camels, unscrupulous dragomen, and unpredictable welcomeswe enter the excitement and mystery of the gospel origins at a time when christianity was under attack in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was agnes who recognized the obscured text for what it was - one of the earliest copies of the gospels written in ancient syriacoxfam bookshop cheltenham sisters of sinaitells an extraordinary tale of nineteenth century exploration; how two scottish sisters made one of the most important ancient manuscript finds of the age
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Finally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignoreunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessthe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at alloxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionin the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onethis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'
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It explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in scienceit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of liferichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physicsthe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancersee oxfam website for delivery information read morestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesjonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgeoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too lateoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by culture
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It contains representative poems from his early collections the book of hours and the book of pictures; many selections from the revolutionary new poems, which drew inspiration from rodin and cezanne; the hitherto little-known "requiem for a friend"; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work"if rilke had written in english," denis donoghue wrote in the new york times book review, "he would have written in this englishoxfam shop colne road the reputation of rainer maria rilke has grown steadily since his death in ; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century"rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in mr" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis modern library edition presents stephen mitchell's acclaimed translations of rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thoughtincluded too are passages from rilke's influential novel, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose piecesmitchell's versions more clearly than in any others," said wfinally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the duino elegies and the sonnets to orpheus" ahead of all parting is an abundant selection of rilke's lifework"his work is masterful
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Scarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esq2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardcondition: binding copies with decent blocksvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldsalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of st
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesome wear to the front and back boards*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morerubbed corners and spine endscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall 8 volumes are in good conditionundated, circaplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insuredvol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storespines are firm and intactare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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'the inheritance' has young isadora ask robert for his help when she and her father agrivaine, guardians of a priceless treasure, fall prey to a pair of pillagersin 'cromm cruac' much falls seriously ill after being caught in a forester's trapoxfam bookshop skipton 2 discs episodes 1 to 6 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlawfinally, in 'the cross of st ciricus', robert discovers a hidden connection between himself and the victim of a recent robbery'rutterkin' sees little john's planned elopement with meg of wickham frustrated by the mad pig ladywith him he brings roger de carnac, who hatches a plan to catch robin (jason connery) once and for allepisodes 7 to 13 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlaw'the betrayal' sees the king arriving in nottingham to collect his taxes personally'the pretender' finds robin wondering whether the young man he has just rescued from the earl of gloucester's soldiers is in fact prince arthur of brittany, pretender to the throne of england'the time of the wolf (parts 1 and 2)' has robin attempt to help the villagers when king john orders them to surrender all their food to the army he is raising against the welsh'adam bell' has the sheriff bargain with the captured much's life when his own nephew, martin, is kidnapped by ageing outlaw adam bellsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'herne's son (parts 1 and 2)' the merry men have disbanded following the death of the original robin of loxley; however, when he learns that marion has been abducted by lord owen of clun, young robert of huntingdon (jason connery) dons the late robin's trademark hood and, with the encouragement of herne the hunter, sets about regrouping robin's band'the sheriff of nottingham' finds the sheriff's position filled by philip mark (lewis collins), the infamous butcher of lincoln, who immediately sets about capturing robin and his men'the power of albion' sees robert call upon marion's medical skills when he is wounded during a raidthe outlaws take him to the village of cromm cruac, unaware that the evil gulner (richard o'brien) is not far away
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Oxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyminor signs of shelf wearthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves creatednew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencescolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoils
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However, this challenge is presented in the context of the ready acknowledgement of god's reality by a demon who is fully aware of it but strives to distort the real nature of god and the fact of his love for humanitythe story is intended for everyone who genuinely wants to know the true meaning of life, and to strengthen those who already believe and trust in jesus christsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas such it emphasises the importance of prayer and of trust in god and his son throughout our lives, particularly in the face of life's sufferings and one's own painthe encounter demonstrates the existence of the demonic sphere and reveals some of the methods and temptations used to lead people, even those committed to jesus christ, away from him and their own salvationoxfam bookshop hertford this is the story of a dramatic encounter and debate between a minister and a demon, where the truths of christianity and the catholic church are challenged in a most intimidating and powerful way, with a plausibility that reflects the questioning, attitudes and opinions of the modern secular and materialistic western world
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Oxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary oneapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsspecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlan
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First published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importancegombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matteroxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingin applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigoroussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreblue boards with silver decorationno inscriptionsit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areasdecorated endpapers
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The stamp was issued in the sthe stamp on the sheet was issued in mauritiusthe picture on the stamp is of the nudibranch foulard mineralthe sheet of stamps celebrates the centenary commemoration of the death of sir rowland hillthe sheet of stamps is the official first day cover, and the first day of issuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a sheet of stamps that were issued in south africa that celebrates the medical congressin this collection there is a presentation booklet that was issued in ghanathere are 4 stamps in the bookletthis sheet of stamps were issued in the yearthis sheet of stamps were issued inits a complete sheet of stamps and the stamps are all the samethere is one black sheet of stamps, with one stamp carefully presented on a black sheetthe stamps were issued in south africathe stamp is unusedthe presentation booklet celebrates the ghana independence and is a commemorative issue of postage stampsthe picture on the stamps is the kaapstad in cape townthere is a sheet of stamps that were issued in kenyathis booklet of stamps were issued in the yearthere is a sheet of stamps from the seychellesoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 6 sheets of stampsall the sheets of stamps and the presentation booklets of stamps are carefully protected with a clear and see-through cellophane cover, and individually have been wrappedthis sheet of stamps also celebrates the groote schuur and the pioneering surgery of heart transplantsall the sheets of stamps are in a good conditionthere is a sheet of stamps from the international stamp exhibitionall the stamps on the sheets have been unusedthis sheet of stamps celebrates the 10th anniversary of liberationthe stamps on the sheet are all unused
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