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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe netherlands 10 cent u (2x) + 25 cent ba-u-ua willem i (total of 5 coins) 2 x 10 cent u obverse: crowned w between the year reverse: crowned dutch coat of arms between 10 - c edge: smooth specifications: silver g, 18 mm in diameter coin mark: caduceus (utrecht) mint master mark: burning torch 25 cent 1 x ba 1 x u 1 x ua obverse: crowned w between the year reverse: crowned dutch coat of arms between 25 - c edge: smooth characteristics: silver g, 21 mm in diameter mint mark: caduceus (utrecht) b (brussels) privy mark: burning torch/palm branch a total of 5 coins willem i catalogue value: over €290 read moreplease 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next kingbut as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforefor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controloxfam shop dumfries at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightuhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemies uhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victoryand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land
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In wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next kingbut as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforeonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himfor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himoxfam shop evesham at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightuhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemiesin mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controluhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land
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Soon at: - adaf october, amsterdam materials: acrylic, enamel, spraypaints, on un-stretched canvasare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith his thick layers of bright colors, he evokes emotional responses from the viewer and allows to interpret the work into the viewer’s own world where imagination and reality join seamlessly into feelingstadas plays an instinctive dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the full emotion is expressedhe continuously builds up, and tears down, laysers of oils, extra canvas or even gold leafsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetadas zaicikas is born in lithuania and required his master’s degree at kaunas technology university, he now lives and works between canada and franceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeblack-light effect! read morethe artist uses layers of mixed media for the ultimate combination of the physhical and spiritual on canvascatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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When he starts work in the household of mexican artists diego rivera and frida kahlo - where the bolshevik leader, lev trotsky, is also being harboured as a political exile - he inadvertently casts his lot with art, communism and revolutionborn in america and raised in mexico, harrison shepherd is a liability to his social-climbing flapper mother, salomea compulsive diarist, he records and relates his colourful experiences of life with diego rivera, frida kahlo and trotsky in the midst of the mexican revolutionoxfam bookshop cheltenham from pulitzer prize nominee and award winning author of homeland, the poisonwood bible and flight behaviour, the lacuna is the heartbreaking story of a man torn between the warm heart of mexico and the cold embrace of s america in the shadow of senator mccarthysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea violent upheaval sends him back to america; but political winds continue to throw him between north and south, in a plot that turns many times on the unspeakable breach - the lacuna - between truth and public presumption
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This book is dedicated to a future vision of the body in architecture, questioning the contemporary relationship between our human flesh and the changing architectural fleshhybrid technologies and interdisciplinary work methodologies are thus required, and lead to a revision of our current architectural practicein a time when a pervasive discourse about the impact of digital technologies risks turning the architectural skin ever more disembodied, this book argues for a thick embodied flesh by exploring architectural interfaces that are truly inhabitablethese 'neoplasmatic' creations are identified as partly designed object and partly living material, in which the line between the natural and the artificial is progressively blurreda resurgence of interest in flesh, especially in art, has led to a politics of abjection, completely changing traditional aesthetics, and is now giving light to an alternative discussion about the body in architectureit seeks to challenge a common misunderstanding of skin as a flat and thin surfacetoday's architecture has failed the body with its long heritage of purity of form and aesthetic of cleanlinessoxfam shop castle street this is an "as new" paperback copy of the editionthrough the analysis and design of a variety of buildings and projects, flesh is proposed as a concept that extends the meaning of skin, one of architecture's most fundamental metaphorssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe latter is materialised in form of synthetic neoplasms, which are proposed as new semi-living entities, rather than more commonly derived from scaled-up analogies between biological systems and larger scale architectural constructsdifferent concepts of flesh are investigated, not only concerning the architectural and aesthetic, but also the biological aspects
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Indira gandhis development from a shy, frail schoolgirl into a charismatic political leader; they reflect the love of nature and books that father and daughter shared, and reveal their candid views on a variety of subjects, ranging from family and friends to issues of political and national importanceremarkable for their honesty, sensitivity and humour, and replete with vivid descriptions of major personalities and events of their times, the letters chartabove all, this volume reflects the depth and tenderness of the relationship between jawaharlal and indira, and the formidable moral and physical courage that was the hallmark of both personalitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresonia gandhis illuminating introduction and annotations provide the personal and political context for this fascinating correspondencethe letters in this volume, selected from the extensive correspondence between the two over more than forty vyears, are like conversation on paper-but more revealing, as sonia gandhi observesintimate, articulate and unreserved, they provide rare insights into the character and personality of two of the most towering figures of modern indiaoxfam bookshop victoria jawaharlal nehru and his daughter indira gandhi were eloquent and prolific letter writers
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Who is olar, the strange creature who claims to be "the eldest of the brethren"? issue 339 - the collector reveals his plot against the brethren, and explains how they were pawns all alongoxfam shop whitchurch road don't miss out on the chance to buy this marvel collection bundle which is in great condition with only a few age related marks! issue 334 - karnak and quicksilver discovered in deep space! what is the mysterious vessel that has held them hostage for so long? and why is the collector a prisoner in his own ship? issue 335 - the avengers take on thane ector and his villainous brethren! in battle, captain america takes several unexpected blows, while the rest of the team must restore the collector's healthcrystal of the inhumans is allowed to join the team at the request of quicksilvera battle on the blue side of the moon that no fan should miss issue 336 - thane takes sersi hostage, but quickly discovers romantic interest in his prisonerthe other team members continue to search through the collector's ecosystemsafter the brethren are transformed back into bacteria, the avengers realize too late that planet earth is in grave dangerplus, an exciting development between sersi and thane! see oxfam website for delivery information read morewill this be the final battle between the avengers and thane ector? issue 337 - the avengers face defeat at the hands of the brethrensybil dorn, lover of thane ector, attacks sersi in a fit of rage! plus, the origin of the brethren revealed! issue 338 - the collector becomes an important pawn to the brethren, particularly after a discovery in one of his ecosystems
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Hydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimea chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldscattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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In 'man of the people' an ambassador channels his dark thoughts into troi's mind to keep him young and alivein 'birthright: part 1' data is experiencing dreams and worf is informed by a stranger on ds9 that his father may have survived the kitomer massacre, so he sets off to find outin 'rascals' a transporter malfunction reduces some of the crew to child versions of themselvesin 'a fistful of datas' worf, troi and alexander are trapped in a western holo-deck programme when data floods the ship's computer with his own neural signalsoxfam shop wolverhampton the complete sixth season of the 'star trek' spin-offin 'ship in a bottle' barclay reactivates the holo character of moriarty who is determined to live a life outside the walls of the holo-deckin 'frame of mind' riker finds himself interned in a lunatic asylumin 'chain of command: part 1' picard is sent on a mission and replaced by the caustic captain jellicofinally, in 'descent: part 1', data is lured away from the enterprise by the new borg, who are now able to demonstrate their individuality and refer to themselves using namesin 'face of the enemy' troi awakes one morning to find that she is dressed as a romulan on a romulan ship, helping to smuggle high ranking defectors to the federationin 'time's arrow: part 2' the crew realise that aliens are travelling into earth's past to steal mankind's neural energyin 'chain of command: part 2' picard is subjected to all manner of torture at the hands of the cardassians, and the crew of the enterprise begin to feel uneasy under jellico's commandin 'starship mine' picard has to deal with intergalactic terrorists while trapped on the enterprisein 'lessons' picard falls in love with a new officerin 'the quality of life' data risks the rest of the crews' lives by protecting a new 'living' machinein 'aquiel' geordie falls in love with an alien starfleet lieutenant who is the suspect in a bizarre murder casein 'tapestry' picard gets fatally wounded and meets q in the afterlife, where he is shown that he really did have a 'wonderful life'in 'the chase' a madcap chase across space culminates in a confrontation between the klingons, humans, romulans and cardassians, who find out they have more in common than any of them could imaginein 'relics' scotty, from the original 'star trek' series, is found trapped in a transporter beam where he has been for over seventy yearsin 'realm of fear' reg barclay returns and has to face his phobias when he discovers aliens in the transporter beam's sub-spacein 'birthright: part 2' worf is held captive by the romulansin 'rightful heir' worf finds his loyalty severely tested when a mythically great klingon warrior returns to reclaim the empirein 'schisms' certain crew members begin to suffer from strange symptoms and dreams, and it is soon discovered that sub-space aliens are abducting the crew in order to experiment on themin 'timescape' the enterprise is frozen in time on the edge of a disaster and the crew must discover a way of saving themselvesin 'suspicions' dr crusher risks her career when she tries to prove that an eminent ferengi scientist was murdered by one of his rivalssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'second chances' riker encounters a transporter twin of himself that was created by accident eight years earlier, and this twin tries to rekindle his love for troiin 'true q' the super-being q returns and informs a young girl that she is part of the q continuum, and she must decide between joining the other q or being killed
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I am looking for a project to bring on and do pony club with and maybe some school competitions withvery knowledge able home and has worked with youngsters before looking for something between the age of 4 and 10 preferably backed and between 13
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As the ancient ones seek entry to our world, one to two investigators (or up to four with two core sets) work to unravel arcane mysteries and conspiraciesthe boundaries between worlds have drawn perilously thin… arkham horror: the card game is a cooperative living card game set amid a backdrop of lovecraftian horrortheir efforts determine not only the course of your game, but carry forward throughout whole campaigns, challenging them to overcome their personal demons even as arkham horror: the card game blurs the distinction between the card game and roleplaying experiences
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Oxfam shop ulverston • it's star wars as you've never seen it before! set between episodes ii and iii and focusing on the epic struggles between the clone armies and separatist forces, this exciting new chapter in the star wars universe comes to life in star wars: the clone wars top trumps • now you can influence the battles yourself by pitting jedi against droid, sith against trooper, and many more of your favorite characters from the star wars movies! • featuring a host of new characters including the ruthless bounty hunter cad bane, jabba's dastardly uncle ziro, and young jedi ahsoka, star wars: the clone wars top trumps puts you in the thick of the battle! • complete with plastic case for storing top trumps cards • cards featuring statistics and images for each character see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Alternatively, the game can be ended after a pre-set time limit and then the player with the most points, winsa fun game for all the family the solid wood target board measures 32(l) x 32(w) x 1the rope hoops and storage bag are in excellent condition with no marks or tears read morefirst to reach a pre-set total, wins8(d) cm each of the 5 rope hoops measures approxalso, where it has been stored away, there are a couple of scuff marks near the number 10 and some scuff marks along the edges of the boardthe target board is in very good conditionwall quoits is a game of strategy and dexterity, whereby players take turns to throw small rings made of rope at the target boardthey could be bent back into shape or replaced8cm at their widest diameter and come complete with red fabric storage pouch with drawstring condition: this game has not been played/used and just stored awayif the ring catches on to one of the scoring hooks, that score is added to the player's total so farhowever, please note that where it has been stored away, 5 of the scoring hooks have inadvertently bent out of shape (these are near the numbers and 12) which can be seen more clearly in photos 2 and 3
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After reluctantly acceding to the throne when his older brother edward viii (guy pearce) abdicates, george, or bertie to his family and friends, is forced to act when his stutter leads to concerns about his leadershipdisc, case and cardboard sleeve all in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehelp is soon at hand, however, when he employs unconventional speech therapist lionel logue, who, using previously untried techniques, begins to bring about improvements in george's speechoxfam bookshop carlisle award-winning drama telling the story of the relationship formed between king george vi (colin firth, in a golden globe and oscar-winning performance) and his speech therapist lionel logue (geoffrey rush)as the relationship between the two begins to strengthen, the king's new found confidence grows, just in time for him to lead his country through its gravest hour
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith his thick layers of bright colors, he evokes emotional responses from the viewer and allows to interpret the work into the viewer’s own world where imagination and reality join seamlessly into feelingstadas plays an instinctive dance between the conscious and the unconscious until the full emotion is expressedsoon at: - adaf october, amsterdam materials: acrylic, oil-based enamel, fluorescent acrylic, spray paints, gell on gallery canvas read morehe continuously builds up, and tears down, laysers of oils, extra canvas or even gold leafsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetadas zaicikas is born in lithuania and required his master’s degree at kaunas technology university, he now lives and works between canada and franceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe artist uses layers of mixed media for the ultimate combination of the physhical and spiritual on canvascatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Beige paper-covered boards, with brown cloth covered spinetext block is clean and tightsmall creases to front wraparoundsuperficial scuffs and marksglossy pictorial dustjacketgilt text to spinewoven head and tail bandssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport in a sleepy outpost in the moroccan desert, charlie halifax is living a quietly desperate lifewhile flying for the french during the war between the foreign legion and arab tribesman, he learns of the orteig prize, offered to the first man to fly between paris and new yorka highly decorated american pilot who flew for the french in the first world war, halifax was shot down in , horribly wounded and banished to africa after trying to desert
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The art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imagerythis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationdescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and value
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After reluctantly acceding to the throne when his older brother edward viii (guy pearce) abdicates, george, or bertie to his family and friends, is forced to act when his stutter leads to concerns about his leadershipdisc and case in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle drama telling the story of the relationship formed between king george vi (colin firth) and his speech therapist lionel logue (geoffrey rush)help is soon at hand, however, when he employs unconventional speech therapist lionel logue, who, using previously untried techniques, begins to bring about improvements in george's speechas the relationship between the two begins to strengthen, the king's new found confidence grows, just in time for him to lead his country through its gravest hour
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Since his murder, she has vanished, and all the evidence points to her as the killer marwood is determined to clear cat's name and discover who really killed alderleyin the court of charles ii, it's a dangerous time to be alive - a wrong move may lead to disgrace, exile or deathoxfam shop fulwood road from the nosigned by the author on the title page, with a label to that effect on the front  james marwood, a traitor's son, is ordered to cover up the murderbut time is running out for everyonesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif he makes a mistake, it could threaten not only the government but the king himselfa royal scandal that could change the face of england forever1 bestselling author of 'the ashes of london' and 'the fire court' comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following james marwoodcat lovett had every reason to want her cousin deadthe discovery of a body at clarendon house, the palatial home of one of the highest courtiers in the land, could therefore have catastrophic consequencesbut the dead man is edward alderley, the cousin of one of marwood's acquaintances
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Throughout the work, the apocalyse points to rome as the predominant demonic agentthe result is a work that substantially advances the implication of the current consensus and sheds new light on this influential yet enigmatic textscholars have traditionally thought that revelation was written in order to encourage believers to stand fast in the face of the roman persecutation of the early churchin this study, paul duff offers a different viewpoint on the origin of the book of revelation is a rhetorically sophisticated response to an internal leadership crisis within the churchesmore recently, however, it has been argued that no such crisis existed at the time the book was writtenin support of this argument duff marshals evidence from the social and economic context of the time, and from literary and rhetorical analyses of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear the book of revelation presents the reader with a frightening narrative world in which the people of god are tormented, threatened, and sometimes killed by various agents of satan
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This loss could lead to greater recourse to professional help unless leave arrangements are improveddit verlies kan leiden tot een groter beroep op professionele hulp, tenzij verlofregelingen worden verbeterdin eerdere adviezen van het scp over de mantelzorg is aandacht gevraagd voor de vaak problematische combinatie van werken en helpenuitstekende pagina's, een klein randje en omslagslijtageas in previous reports on the future foresight of informal care, this study also shows that no worrying gap between the numbers of recipients and providers of informal care is expected in the future (until )oxfam bookshop carlisle net als in eerdere rapportages van toekomstverkenning van mantelzorg blijkt ook uit dit onderzoek dat in de toekomst (tot ) geen onrustbarende kloof tussen aantallen ontvangers en verleners van mantelzorg wordt verwachtin this context, the tension between two goals of policy has been pointed out: more people working longer and citizens' greater responsibility for their network members in need of helpthis study summarizes that tension in figureser is in dat verband gewezen op de spanning tussen twee doelen van beleid: meer mensen langer aan het werk en grotere eigen verantwoordelijkheid van burgers voor hun hulpbehoevende netwerkledenin previous scp recommendations on informal care, attention has been drawn to the often problematic combination of working and helpingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morede cijfers tonen dat de stijgende arbeidsdeelname die het kabinet nodig acht omdat de nederlandse beroepsbevolking krimpt een prijs heeft in de vorm van verlies van informele steunexcellent pages, a little edge and cover wearthe figures show that the increasing labor participation that the cabinet deems necessary because the dutch working population is shrinking has a price in the form of a loss of informal supportin deze studie is die spanning in cijfers gevat
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There's nancy, the scalding wit and bestselling novelist; pamela, who craved a quiet country life; diana, the fascist wife of sir oswald mosley; unity, whose obsession with adolf hitler led to personal tragedy; jessica, the runaway communist; and deborah, the socialite who became duchess of devonshirewriting to one another to confide, tease, rage and gossip, the mitford sisters set out, above all, to amusethe letters chronicle the social quirks and political upheavals of the twentieth century but also chart the stormy, enduring relationships between the uniquely gifted - and collectively notorious - mitford sistersoxfam bookshop cheltenham carefree, revelatory and intimate, this selection of unpublished letters between the six legendary mitford sisters, compiled by diana mitford's daughter-in-law, is alive with wit, passion and heartbreaksee oxfam website for delivery information read morea correspondence of this scope is rare; a collection penned by six born storytellers is irreplaceable
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The art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imageryoxfam books & music lancaster the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and value
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In doing so he makes a persuasive connection between nation building and global governance-raising important questions about whose nations are being built and whyjust one light smudge on page edgesusing honduras as a case study, jeffrey toxfam bookshop skipton very good conditionjackson examines the significant roles played by international development workers-"the globalizers"-operating in honduras over the past thirty years, particularly in the troubled construction of the el cajĂłn hydroelectric dam, the creation of maquiladoras, and the multinational relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts following hurricane mitchjackson illuminates the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in latin america, asia, africa, and the middle east for political economic construction, or nation buildinghe finds in the international development community a close-knit coalition of policy makers who have inserted themselves into the local political process and pushed the honduran nation-state to conform to international norms and integrate into a transnational structure of governancejackson examines the mechanisms of power at the disposal of these development organizations, the expertise of those administering development aid, the agency of development workers, and the benefits that accrue to donor countriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the process, he draws a provocative connection between the efforts of international development workers and the emergence of global governance
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyond
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Pages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targets
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Very hard to find! please view the photos for a good impression read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful variant 10 cent cup of curaçao with original stamp gloss still presentfurthermore, the hair has less reliefplease 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 storethis variant can be recognised by, among other things, a smaller distance between the 'a' of wilhelmina and the 'k' of queen and the fact that the first pearl of the diadem lies between the n and the g instead of under the gcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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As iran's race to become a nuclear power impacts on british and american security, the distinction between friend and foe becomes ever more blurredoxfam books & music romsey all 10 episodes from the sixth series of the bbc's political espionage drama following a team of officers in mi5see oxfam website for delivery information read moreall discs are in good condition as is the casein this series the stakes are higher than ever for adam (rupert penry-jones), harry (peter firth) and the team as growing mistrust between the british, american and iranian governments culminates in a series of high-risk operations at home, pushing the section to its very limits
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