Buildings areas of architectural importance
List buildings areas of architectural importance
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The full title of this book is historic buildings, groups of buildings, areas of architectural importance in north derry including limavady, ballykelly, castlerock, downhill and magilliganoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in this book is in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more  the book contains b/w illustrations throughout the only issue with it is that there is a crease and a small pen marking on the front cover
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Of no importancestudio/live: studiolabel: arula recordsrelease date: 29 november
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The art of architectural illustration 3, gordon grice, hbchinese edition (in english except for first inside page)
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History of architectural conservation by jukka jokilehto may have limited writing in cover pagespages are unmarked~ thriftbooks: read more, spend less
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Looking for grazing or livery yard for horses in the areas of rushden, bozeat, wellingborough, ringstead, raunds, stanwick, chelveston, wymington, grendon and riseley areahappy to keep the fields clean and tidy and do upkeep of any fencing etc
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A vintage suitcase containing a large number of architectural plans and drawings of building projects and public buildings in falkirk
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Characteristically polemic, incisive and energetic, these essays explore pressing questions of architectural and urban design, and critical issues of public space and participationwhether castigating the sorry performance of the architectural avant-garde, considering the nature of place in globalized culture, or providing mock instructions for entering a high-security environment, these writings make a powerful and provocative case for architecture and urban design to re-engage with the lives and societies from which they have become increasingly detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells all over the map is an urgent response to the radical changes in contemporary architecture and the built environment witnessed in the twenty-first centuryfrom new york to new orleans, the amazon to jerusalem, sorkin brings a critical eye to bear on a sweeping range of subjectscondition as new
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In addition, there is a glossary of architectural terms and a historical time chartoxfam bookshop brighton here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed drawings, to help put a date to the variety of buildings we see around ussee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book will prove an invaluable companion whether visiting grand houses open to the public or just simply strolling around the streets of villages, towns and citiesit covers an immense range of structures and styles from to
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"  published in the s, this is a beautifully illustrated guide to the landscape and old style buildings of the unspoilt areas of this state  cover and jacket printed in coloursee oxfam website for delivery information read more binding: hardback with jacket inside pages clean and unmarked condition: fair   damage to the jacket and spineyou can still experience the tranquil charm and pastoral serenity of years gone by, if you just know where to turn off the freewayillustrated with drawings, some in colouroxfam bookshop ashbourne "california is a huge and varied state and
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Of graphic tools, techniques, and conventions designers use to communicate architectural ideasadvances in computer technology have significantly altered the process of architectural drawing and design
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buildings range in size from 2½use many or just a few buildings to differentiate instructionsentence buildingscreate sentence cities with 9 durable part-of-speech buildings and over 300 double-sided cards
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The vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stoxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplinespower (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (standrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david nsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreross (loyola university, chicago)it examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbalwhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theologyvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan a
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Selling a selection of architectural drawings painted with watercolors to a very high standard from the s-s by pfrom the hanil bank to the connaught hotels georgian room london, to the saudi entrance hall hotelall are on card and mounted, would make good decorative pieces,or to sell onplease email for extra info8 in total with mounts one on boardbuyer to collectselling all together for ÂŁ60 or ÂŁ10eachindividualy in a tube or buyer can collect all in large leather portfolio with photos of artistsand info read morelargest size is the main entrance to palace green measures 82x57cm smallest measures 54x38cmcan post for a fee
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposes condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagehis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to it
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Drawing 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 orderoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionnew 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 handsat 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 nationsthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecolonial 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 spoilsas 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 scrutinythe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesminor signs of shelf wearbritain, 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 otherwise
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* amazing level of details your role and decisions are of major importance * as squad leader and with complete freedom, combine real-time strategy with advanced tacticsget immersed in the heat of world war ii command american, english, soviet and german troops during world-renowned battles that include d-day, new winter missions and the storming of berlinthe german war machine was making every possible effort to defend the territory of third reich from the soviet and allied troopsthrough the eyes of allied, german and russian squad leaders, experience the most immersive world war ii time strategy game where each battle is played out and won differently based on your tactical choicesoxfam shop kendal case in very good conditionfaces of war takes combat gaming to a new level by integrating a psychological elementhowever, during 11 months the german resistance was crushed at all the front lines and the war ended where it had begun - in berlin* camera angles and zooming effects for a complete immersion disc in excellent condition* realistic physics: anything can be destroyed or manipulated and used to player's advantage* co-op play with up to 4 playersduring this period mighty battles were held in france, poland, belgium, the netherlands, hungary and germany* 8 or more multiplayer modes, including free-for-all and team-based matchesfaces of war thrusts gamers into the decisive battles of world war ii in europestrong multiplayer * up to 16 players via lan / internetthanks to complex artificial intelligence, soldiers don't simply execute any order given by a player, they think about how to do it in the most efficient and safe waysee oxfam website for delivery information read more the game faces of war is devoted to the final period of world war ii in europe: the summer of - the spring ofgem engine: the ultimate 3d rts engine with a shocking level of performance * complex team ai for new tactical opportunities: ai controlled soldiers don't simply execute any order given by a player, they think how to do it in the most efficient and safe way* improvised player tactics, advanced ai reactions and real time physics guarantee players that missions will never be fought the same wayplayers command american, english, soviet and german troops while fighting famous conflicts such as the normandy invasion, the battle of the bulge or the battle of berlin in shocking detail
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The oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areasin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of self) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencethese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextswith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologyquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experience
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He examines all the key areas of marx's writings, including his early works, the communist manifesto, the german ideology and capital, explaining their wider historical and theoretical contextoxfam books & music lichfield providing a lucid and accessible introduction to marx, complete with pedagogical boxes, a chronology and guides to further reading, etienne balibar makes the most difficult areas of his philosophy easy to understandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone of the most influential french philosophers to have emerged from the s, balibar brings a lifetime of study and expertise to create a brilliantly concise portrait of marx that will initiate the student and intrigue the scholarmaking clear such concepts as class struggle, ideology, humanism, progress, determinism, commodity fetishism and the state, balibar includes brief yet incisive biographical studies of key marxists such as althusser, gramsci, engels and leninthe philosophy of marx will become the standard guide to marx's thought
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A seminal work of enormous importancebbc documentary in development' see oxfam website for delivery information read morestarting with a collection of computer experiments, wolfram shows how their unexpected results force a whole new way of looking at the universeincludes over 950 illustrationsoxfam bookshop deal this book promises to revolutionize science as we know it' - daily telegraph 'stephen's magnum opus may be the book of the decade if not the century' - arthur c clarke long-awaited work from one of the world's most respected scientists presents a series of dramatic discoveries never before made public
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Oxfam bookshop newport the story of a yorkshire woman who was called upon by the ministry of labour and national service to be directed to work of national importanceminor foxing to edges of text block, which is otherwise lightly but evenly tannedvarious scuffs, marks and discolourationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea heart-warming and touching collection of anecdotes about life as a clippie, and how it impacted upon her life at homeshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spinerear free endpaper has been torn outendpapers discolouredblue cloth covered boards with gilt text to spinegiven the choice between working in a factory or going into transport, she chose the latter and became a conductress on a tram
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In excellent condition, but with some areas of text highlighted and some minor annotations (used as a study book)pictures show examples of some highlighted areas, all text is still entirely legibleno cash in hand"these highly entertaining memoirs of marius petipa, the great franco-russian choreogapher had never before been translated into english before their first publication inpetipa's memoirs reveal many interÂesting details of his career and of the people he worked with, including tchaikovsky and the young pavlova, and give an insight into his character and genius that it is not possible to gain from any other sourcewritten towards the end of his long life, in a mood of disillusion, when his work was neglected and in decline, he would have been delighted to know that his great ballets such as sleeping beauty, swan lake, and la bayadere are more popular today than ever beforeas virtual dictator of the russian ballet in the second half of the 19th century, petipa moulded its course for many years and may have been said to have created the style of classical dancing still known as russianwilling to post if postage is paid for by buyer, or collection availablehis renown is undisputed, and his work lives not only in the pages of dance history but in the ballet repertoire of most companies today
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Title: signal boxes of the london and south western railway: a study of architectural style (series x)publisher: the oakwood presspublication date
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This volume is based on a year's seminar, which is of particular importance because he was addressing a larger, less specialist audience than ever before, amongst whom he could not assume familiarity with his workfor his listeners then, and for his readers now, he wanted "to introduce a certain coherence into the major concepts on which psycho-analysis is based", namely the unconscious, repetition, the transference and the drivein re-defining these four concepts he explores the question that, as he puts it, moves from "is psycho-analysis a science?" to "what is a science that includes psycho-analysis?" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop folkestone the author's writings, and especially the seminars for which he has become famous, have provoked intense controversies in french analytic circles, requiring as they do a radical reappraisal of the legacy bequeathed by freud
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Figures, vehicles and buildingsloads of fun for the little ones and 100s of pounds worthbig box of used peppa pig toys
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Oxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the sthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are givenpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'the narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar dayssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
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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 systemsstephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause canceroliver 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 cultureit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifejonathan 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 knowledgeit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physics
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredsee oxfam website for delivery information read more book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricepeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventswilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancesthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by it
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Strongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his workwhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsin the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timein contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirya preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant area
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Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of tibetan buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental freedomoxfam shop pershore in this unique and important book, one of the world's great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting happinesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe art of happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the dalai lama's eastern spiritual tradition with dr howard ccutler's western perspectivefor the many who wish to understand more about the dalai lama's approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real world
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An examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unread
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