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Their introduction to 17th-century europe revolutionized drinking habits and social customscontributors address such topics as the politics of coffee consumption in 18th-century germany; 18th-century visual satires on the european consumption of tea, coffee, and chocolate; and the design history of coffee pots in the united states between the colonial period and the presenta very good copyoxfam bookshop chipping norton paperback, , detroit institute of artsthis beautiful book demonstrates how the paraphernalia associated with coffee, tea, and chocolate can eloquently evoke the culture of these new beverages and the material pleasures that surrounded themcoffee, tea, and chocolate were all the rage in enlightenment europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also spurred an insatiable demand for specialized vessels such as hot beverage services and tea canisters, coffee cups and chocolate potsthese fashionable beverages profoundly shaped modes of sociability and patterns of consumption, yet none of the plants required for their preparation was native to the continent: coffee was imported from the levant, tea from asia, and chocolate from mesoamerica
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Tove jansson () led a long, colourful and productive life, impacting significantly the political, social and cultural history of 20th-century finlandthis book weaves together the myriad qualities of a painter, author, illustrator, scriptwriter and lyricist from fraught beginnings through fame, war and heartbreak and ultimately to a peaceful enddr tuula karjalainen is a finnish art historian and non-fiction writer who has previously worked as a director of the helsinki art museum and the museum of contemporary art kiasma in helsinkiand while millions of children have grown up with little my, snufkin, moomintroll and the many creatures of moominvalley, the life of jansson - daughter, friend and companion - is more touching stillsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the author of tove jansson's biography, karjalainen has become an expert not only on jansson's writing and art but also on her decades of personal correspondence and journalsoxfam bookshop ilkley now in paperback, a beautifully illustrated account of of tove jansson's life and artthe definitive biography of one of the most unique and beloved children's authors of the 20th century, the creator of the moomins
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From ’s to ’ some unused but interesting social history france germany spain scotland uk stamped from usa venice grenadines canada germany italy penny red read moreapprox 30 postcards
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From ’s to ’ some unused but interesting social history france germany spain scotland uk stamped from usa venice grenadines canada germany italy penny red plus p&p read moreapprox 30 postcards
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From ’s to ’ some unused but interesting social history france germany spain scotland uk stamped from usa venice grenadines canada germany italy penny red plus p&p read moreiapprox 30 + postcards
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We take pride in serving youcategory: bookspages maybe folded due to previous owners useitem information:author: professor c plattbooks spine maybe slightly creased due to age and wear
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Oxfam shop burleigh street this book is not only a fascinating biography of one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century but also a social history of the colourful extended family to which he belongedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It brings together much previous unseen material, and contains over 350 photographs, advertisement and extracts from the towns ordnance survey map, to provide an intriguing look at swanages development and social history see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ludlow discover old swanage is the long-awaited follow-up to swanage and purbeck in old photographs by david haysom and david bragg
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In this only english-language book to encompass the entire region, the award-winning author of encyclopedia of pasta, oretta zanini de vita, offers a substantial and complex social history of rome and lazio through the story of its foodoxfam books & music aberdeen the food of rome and its region, lazio, is redolent of herbs, olive oil, ricotta, lamb, and porkit is the food of ordinary, frugal people, yet it is a very modern cuisine in that it gives pride of place to the essential flavors of its ingredientshardback book with dust jacket, published in see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluding more than 250 authentic, easy-to-follow recipes, the author leads readers on an exhilarating journey from antiquity through the middle ages to the mid-twentieth century
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Lovely vintage lot with social history interest to those who love this kind of project2 projectors, 1 screen, 100s of slidesmostly wales, scotland and ukcollection littlehampton
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Ancestral trails - the complete guide to british genealogy and family historyfully updated and revisedexcellent condition read more
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Examining how american history is written from europe, the contributors shed light on how history is written in the united states and, indeed, on the way history is written anywherethe innovative perspectives included in historians across borders are designed to reinvigorate american historiography as the rise of global and transnational history is creating a critical need to understand the impact of place on the writing and teaching of historyoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stimulating and highly original study of the writing of american history, twenty-four scholars from eleven european countries explore the impact of writing history from abroadsix distinguished scholars from around the world add their commentariesthis book is designed for students in historiography, global and transnational history, and related courses in the united states and abroad, for us historians, and for anyone interested in how historians worksome minor annotations in ink as shown in digital imagearguing that historical writing is conditioned, crucially, by the place from which it is written, this volume identifies the formative impact of a wide variety of institutional and cultural factors that are commonly overlookedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music kentish town a step inside the strange and brilliant mind of 18th century british philosopher and social reformer, jeremy bentham, now regarded as the founder of utilatarianism see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston published in this guide to the briitsh museum contains 58 illustrations and plans of the buildingminor spotting on cover and a few pages, binding is good however cover is worn see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square selected as waterstones' thriller of the month, july chosen by the sunday times as one of 100 best crime novels since shortlisted for the cwa sapere historical daggershortlisted for the hwa gold crownlonglisted for the cwa gold dagger 'smoke and ashes is abir mukherjee's best book yet; a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' c'it is the flamboyant evocation of calcutta that makes this such a mesmerising read' guardianpraise for the sam wyndham series:'a thought-provoking rollercoaster' ian rankin'confirms abir mukherjee as a rising star of historical crime fiction'the times'cracking a journey into the dark underbelly of the british raj' daily expressif you enjoyed smoke and ashes, look out for the fourth sam wyndham mystery, death in the east in november see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas wyndham and sergeant 'surrender-not' banerjee set out to solve the two murders, wyndham must tread carefully, keeping his personal demons secret, before someone else turns up deadbut wyndham finds himself in a tight spot when he stumbles across a corpse in an opium denwhen he then comes across a second body bearing the same injuries, wyndham is convinced that there's a deranged killer on the loosecaptain sam wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the calcutta police forcehowever, revealing his presence in the opium den could cost him his career
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An intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in yearsseen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imaginedoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined themencompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in todaya stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Women’s history and oral historythe journal of the oral history societyhuddersfield local history society journal winter no1 - 2 autumn vol2 spring-summer volfirst three water marked at baseoxfam shop colne road saddleworth historical society bulletins: winter volall others vg£ see oxfam website for delivery information read moremajor ivan hirst of saddleworth and his family geoffrey woodhead mbeold west riding a collection of original articles jennifer steadall large paper 4to stapled typescript copiessaddleworth museum
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The saxon influence of english history diminished after the battle of hastings inanother 70 words (5 lines of text) covering the years and are included under the topic early woodiwiss history in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possiblevictorian/edwardian governess cart made by henry woodiwiss a very rare piece of equestrian and livery historyearly history of the woodiwiss family: this web page shows only a small excerpt of our woodiwiss researchearly notables of the woodiwiss family (pre ) more information is included under the topic early woodiwiss notables in all our pdf extended history products and printed products wherever possiblemigration of the woodiwiss family to the new world and oceana: some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from europemore in depth detail: a genuine rare original woodiwiss governess car (c to ) built by henry woodiwiss, of bakewell, derbyshire, englandthe ‘woodiwiss’ name can be traced back to the norman conquest of britainviewing is recommended and welcome by appointmentthe hub caps on this governess cart for sale here today, still bear the name, ‘woodiwiss of bakewell’, derbyshire, englandthe language of the courts was french for the next three centuries and the norman ambience prevailedthe other benefit was its lightweight structure and it was marketed as such “that even a lady could harness and operate it” or words to that effect“k w bodies ltd of blackpool also known as kitchener & woodiwiss who evolved from wheelwrights into carriage builders” in the following sale of a charabanc built by henry woodiwiss was recorded: sale of charabanc called “the king” built by henry woodiwiss of bakewellabout the governess cart concept: the ‘governess car’ or ‘cart’ or ‘tub cart’ was a preferred choice of transport by victorian & edwardian governesses or tutorsearly origins of the woodiwiss family: the surname woodiwiss was first found in yorkshire where they held a family seat as lords of the manormigrants settled ithe eastern seaboard from newfoundland, to maine, to virginia, the carolinas, and to the islandsmainly because of its safety record, due to its low centre of gravity of the ‘tub’ which sat low between the wheels, which made it difficult to overturn or capsizesir abraham woodiwiss, a duffield stone merchants son, was mayor fromsold by isaac gaunt holmes of bakewell to samuel and joseph bradbury cab proprietors of bakewell for v100a2/33 or psv & hgvs such as commer avengers & seddon mk 4s”this particular governess car is in very good, original un-restored, useable condition but unfortunately, the small access door is missingsir abraham woodiwiss was the partner of george benton in a company which constructed bridges, railways and a variety of buildings that included the strand located in the city centre conservation areaspelling variations of this family name include: woodewese, woodiwiss, woodewiss, wooddisse, widdiwiss, widdiwisse, wode, woodwyn, woodwiss, woodwise and many morehis son abraham junior, was mayor from andat some point in time he may have merged with the kitchener livery stables from cheltenham and became kitchener & woodiwiss coach builders as a limited companythank you for looking at my items! while you’re here, please take a look at my other items?but saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year in robert de wudeese who held landsby the ’s kitchener & woodiwiss were building coachwork bodies for rolls royce cars eg: the rolls-royce four-door tourer, coachbuilder: kitchener & woodiwiss other information about the woodiwiss family connections in derbyshire: the woodiwiss family had strong historical connections with victorian derby, providing two former mayors and playing a major part in the development of railways in the regiona governess car c, made by henry woodiwiss the victorian horse drawn carriage builder of bakewell, derbyshire, whom, at some point in time, formed a partnership with the ‘kitchener livery company’ of cheltenham, to become ‘kitchener woodiwiss’, who went on to build coachwork bodies for rolls royce motor cars in the ’s, namely the door tourer by kitchener woodiwissthis governess car is manufactured by mr henry woodiwiss, whom started out as wheelwrights, later becoming carriage and coachbuilders based in bakewell, derbyshire, englandthis item is situated on a farm in cheshire
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About the author caroline courtauld is a writer-photographer and a film-maker specialising in burmese and chinese historytogether with may holdsworth, she wrote the hong kong story, covering the history of the former colony, and the forbidden cityin she was the managing editor and an author of the history of the foundation, friendship first - the first thirty yearsher publications have focused on asian travel, history and culture, including in search of burma, and guides to fujian, jiangsu and hong konga resident of hong kong and essex, england, courtauld is former chairman of the keswick foundationcourtauld has been a leading figure in the hospice care movement in hong kong (for which she was awarded an mbe) and now sits on a variety of ngo boards
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We are proud to announce we have 2 litters available coming from lilith and eva, sisters and british cinnamon and british fawn shorthairs with many champions in hers pedigree tree and samael; british lilac shorthair with an excellent champion pedigree (son and grandson’s champion)*from samael and lilith we have available: ( cinnamon boy (1 reserved, 1 available) 1 cinnamon girl 1 chocolate girl 2 lilac boys (1 reserved, 1 available) from samael and eva we have available just: ( british fawn shorthair boy 1 british fawn shorthair girl all our kittens will be ready to leave at 12 weeks old (about first week june) and they will gone with: 1a stronger 5 generations pedigree certificate with 14 champions lineblanket with mum’s smell 9kittens tests and parents tests 11we will send weekly updates to the owners to let them view the kittens growthvaccinated covering the first yearfolder with all originals documents 13we got 8 kittens with an impressive pedigree and 14 champions lines in itdeposit: 150£ is required to secure de kitten, the rest to pay at time to collect or delivery the kittenflea and worm treated 7any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us and askkind regards read more5 weeks free pet insurance 8constant support 12delivery available if neededtica registration breeder sheet (active or non active) 3price cost: 900£ nonactive activegccf registration card (active or nonactive) 2thank you very much
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Oxfam shop lytham british honduras british honduras is perhaps the most neglected of all english coloniesbeginning with the discovery of british honduras by the spanish conquistadors, he describes the growth of the colony under its occupation and settlement by british adventureseven the larger histories of colonial development barely mention itthe author has told the story of this interesting country from the early days of its settlement by the logwood-cutters and buccaneers up to the presentand consolidation by the buccaneers after the conversion of harry morgan paper map at the front and back of book see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Our amazing british shorthair girl has given birth to 6 beautiful kittensi have available: 2 lilac scottish fold males 1 blue scottish fold female 2 blue british shorthairs males 1 blue british shorthair female british shorthair are £900 and the scottish fold kittens are £ please contact me if you have any questionsthey are all fully litter and scratchpost trainedthey are very friendly and like to be handledthey are ready to go to their new homes brought up in a busy family home and used to being around children and other pets toothank you read more
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The sheet has the theme british cars, and the full set of the british cars stampsthis sheet celebrates the world's first hovercraft service by british united airways with the inauguration of the rhyl-wallesey hovercraft servicethis sheet of stamps celebrates the golden jubilee of the royal air force, and the silver jubilee of the royal air forces associationthe cars shown on the postcard of the stamp are the austin seven and the metroit is the post office first day cover and first day of issuethe postcard of a stamp is one of a collection of postcards of stamps that were part of a set which showed "british motor cars"all the sheets of stamps in this collection are protected in a clear cellophane coverthe pictures on the stamps are of a train, a boat, a tram and a planethe cars shown on the stamps are the roll-royce, the jaguar, the ford, and the austinthe stamp was issued in and shows alcock and borwn with their planethe sheet is a first day of issue and the royal mail first day coverthe pictures shown on the stamps are the gentleman concorde and the goanan concordethe stamps were issued inthe sheet of this stamp was issued init is the gpo 1st day cover and first day of issuethe actual stamp in the top right hand corner is of queen elizabeth 2ndone sheet of stamps celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first transatlanctic flight by alcock and brownthey are all in good conditionone of the sheets of stamps is the first day cover and the first day of issuethe stamp that is shown on the postcard was issued inone sheet of stamps is a complete set of stamps celebrating the liverpool and manchester railwaythe pictures on the stamps show the p&o packet steamer peninsular, the airmail blue van and postbox, the imperial airways flyingboat, and the first official airmail coronationthe sheet of stamps celebrates transport and communicationthe sheet of stamps was issued inone sheet of stamps has one stamp on it that was issued init is a sheet celebrating concordeit is the post office first day cover and the first day of issueoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of one postcard of a stamp and 9 sheets of stampsone sheet of stamps has a single stamp on itone sheet of stamps celebrates the universal postal unionall of them were issued in great britainone sheet of stamps is a complete setthe stamps show an early steam engine, and open top and closed top carriages carrying people and animalssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the sheet is a complete set of stamps
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Through this process these 'disabled' characters are recast as individuals capable of employing certain strategies which destabilize the stigma imposed upon them and tactical performers who can subversively achieve their social goalslawrence seeks to initiate a variety of interdisciplinary dialogues with disability studies and sensory anthropology in a quest to refigure characters with sensory disabilities featured in the gospels and provide alternative interpretations of their conditions and social interactionsin each instance the identity of those stigmatised as 'other' (according to particular physiological, social and cultural 'norms') are recovered by exploring ethnographic accounts which document the stories of those experiencing similar rejection on account of perceived sensory 'difference' in diverse cross-cultural settingsin response, louise jlikewise, those instances where sensory faculty is perceived to be 'disabled' in some way also become key sites for ideological commentary and critiquesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very slight shelf wear the senses are used within new testament texts as instruments of knowledge and power and thus constitute important mediators of cultural knowledge and experiencehowever, often biblical scholarship, itself 'disabled' by eye-centric and textocentric 'norms', has read sensory-disabled characters as nothing more than inert sites of healing; their agency, including their alternative sensory modes of communication and resistance to oppression, remain largely unaddressed
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Kenneth whitehouse traces the history of hunting deer over the last thousand years, from the days before the norman conquest up to the presenthe also looks at the history of the hunting of the chief deer species - red deer, fallow deer and roe deer, with a briefer mention of sika deerthe author relates the earliest records of deer hunting, the interest of the kings and queens of england in the sport, and the history of the important deer hunting areas of england, scotland and irelandthe book is in very good condition with sound binding and good corners and just a little bumping to the bottom end of the spinethere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but otherwise the pages are clean and unmarkedthe book contains 51 black and white photographsoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston this treatise is a look at how social reality is constructed from sense impressions - at how, for example, a "five-pound note" is constructed, with all that implies in terms of value and social meaning, from the printed piece of paper that is seen and touchedthis book has some annotations in ink, but is otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It embodies the author's experience as a university teacher of latin and local history over 20 years, deriving from the notes and material developed for the latin examination in the local history certificate courses which he organizeddespite the widespread popular interest in research into local and family history there has been no recent textbook to help the beginner to cope with the great barrier preventing access to that wealth of information-medieval latinthis book remedies the omissionno inscriptionsthe book is uniquely user-friendly, as the pace of instruction is never rushed, and the passages for translation are carefully graded for grammar and vocabulary and selected both for their intrinsic interest and for their representative characteroxfam bookshop skipton "latin is the language of a vast quantity of untouched source materialgood clean copythe reader who works systematically through the book will be equipped to handle the latin of the documents encountered by the do-it-yourself local or family historianafter dealing with the basic grammar of latin, this very practical book examines the structure and vocabulary of the records use in local and family research, including episcopal visitation, church court records, sepulchral inscriptions, wills, manorial court rolls, charters, and deedsfine dust jackettight binding see oxfam website for delivery information read morea final chapter explains the abbreviations used in medieval latinthe book is complete in itself and contains all the necessary tables of declensions and conjugations plus a glossary of more than 800 words
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No other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scalefinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centurythis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dustthe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiaonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedthe edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequencethe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantslong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedalexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diarieswaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europefiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantswaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review ofthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'sthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallyoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designs
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