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In centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherwe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalethe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allthe pages are tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket shows some minor shelf wearit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changehere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspectivethe black cloth boards are in very good conditionoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionthere are two sections of colour illustrations
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5 centuries of tileplease see the photos for an accurate impressionregistered shipping via ctteverything is on displaymotifs i to xviwith stamp
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Five centuries of versecan be posted by arrangementexcellent conditioni accept paypalthe essential book of poetryany questions, please feel free to contact me
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Through five centuries published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgow
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claim" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has servedthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculateddeciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost historyin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theory
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Oxfam bookshop truro this book is the first to tell the full story of killigarth's most colourful three centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bought many years ago for £40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra, very unusual item read more
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Very old ring, many centuries old, bought from gems in scarborough ago, just been in a drawer ever since i can remember, prefer collection but will post for £3 extra read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiitalian and spanish booksmillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonbibliographical info and an indexvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark jvery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jsun wear on spine of dust jacketvolume iv: frances kianka (edeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illsmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketvolume ii: susan higman (edvolume iii: susan higman (edsixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemillard architectural collectionnorthern european booksseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppsixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated, notes/bibliography, photo and facsimile section, with an overview of four centuries of amsterdam canals in vision: facades, interiors and life on the canalsabout part of the amsterdam herengracht, called ‘de gouden bocht’, in which the canal palaces were carefully inventoried in terms of architecture and art history, and three centuries of history about power, art and life culture were brought together - 24 x 31 cmherengracht - 232 ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprinsengracht - 285 pphardcover, cardboard, ribbon markereight hundred canal gardens within the canal areamilko den leeuw, martin pruijs, edde gouden bocht van amsterdam(onvergelijckelijcke pronck van de werelt) - the hague, stichting itarr, caamsterdamse grachtentuinen - zwolle, waanders, - four volumes, complete series: 1an inventory of approxour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepaul spies, compilation - het grachtenboek - the hague, amsterdam, sdu/ d'arts, ppwillemien dijkshoorn, erik de jong, lodewijk odé, edvan singel tot singelgracht - 304 ppglossary on the dust jacket - 31 x 27 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableall guides in hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated (drawings, sketches, photos, ground plans), list of sourceskeizersgracht - 300 ppwith the collaboration of eighteen authors, richly illustrated in colour, bibliography, index, notesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableuncirculated in acrylic protective holderslot - 35 commemorative nordic gold 2 zlotych coins from polandlot contain: th anniversary of the warsaw uprising x 2 - slaskie voivodship - pomorskie voivodship - mazowieckie voivodship : - historical cities in poland - kolobrzeg x 2 - historical cities in poland - cieszyn - polish painters of the turn of 19th and 20th centuries:tadeusz makowski () x2 - konstanty ildefons galczynski () - the 100th anniversary of the birth - 60th anniversary of the ending of world war two - history of the polish zloty: sailing vessel - 2 zloty and 5 zloty of issue x 2 - an international exhibition expo japan th anniversary of june '76 - the centenary of the warsaw school of economics th anniversary of karol szymanowski's birth () - polish painters of the turn of 19th & 20th centuries: leon wyczólkowski () - historical cities in poland - swidnica x 2 - historical cities in poland - przemysl : - xxixth olimpic games - beijing x 2 - 65th anniversary of warsaw ghetto uprising : - historical cities in poland - czestochowa - history of polish popular music: czeslaw niemen : - cities in poland – old town in warsaw : - history of the polish cavalry – uhlan of the second republic of poland : - polish olympic team – london : - centenary of the polish theatre in warsaw x 3 - polish ships – gdynia missile boat x 2 read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam bookshop coventry anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , england's parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthis work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometerlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landthe scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerread by david rintoulit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerunning time approximately 3 hoursin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on land
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The landscape still bears witness to the changes that took place in a highly ordered and stratified polity over the course of the eighth and ninth centuriesalthough the detail of this society is difficult to recover, there is no doubt that it was successful in maintaining its independence for over two centuries before it was over-run by the anglo-saxons from the eastthis book traces the way in which the king and his warrior followers shaped the countryside to meet the particular needs of a society which was still in the process of formation when it created somersetas new condition, appears unreadthe book also examines the response to the challenge presented by the attacks of the vikings and traces the impact of the new technologies introduced into agriculture which underpinned a profound change in the structure of society at all levels and provided the economic impetus for a growth in population and the final shaping of the landscape we see todayin return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapethe enthusiastic acceptance of christianity by the anglo-saxons was closely bound up with the emergence of their petty kingdoms and the ideological support offered by the church underpinned much of the new structures of their societyalthough profoundly rural and agricultural even somerset felt the impact of trade with the outside world, though a connection with distant parts of the mediterranean did not last longthe influence of the church on this society was profound, successfully replacing the gods of the romano-british world with the faith which now dominated the eastern empire and the barbarian successor states of the western empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music salisbury the county of somerset cannot lay claim to have been an anglo-saxon kingdom like kent or sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the seventh century and there are hints of an earlier entity in the post-roman periodevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongthe westward expansion of the anglo-saxons of hampshire and wiltshire was a step in the formation of wessex, both as a kingdom and as a self-conscious societyit is at some of its church sites that we should look for the continuity between the post-roman and the anglo-saxon worldsinstead the shire came to feel the influence of gaul and ireland through its ecclesiastical links and also through the vikings, who had a commercial side to their contacts with western britainsomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centuryon the edge of the highland zone, with its diverse topography, newly conquered somerset provided the early anglo-saxon kings and aristocracy with a rich prize, which they were quick to exploit
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Mutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundanthe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillitythe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonbut we are wrongoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightseven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westmyths surround ithe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreestimates of its length vary from to milesmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the moonfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild oneswe all feel we know the wall
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read morecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemyrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativepresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period
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With the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedhe went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationsas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skybirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birds
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Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution see oxfam website for delivery information read morein stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landno highlighting or other notesthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingtext block cleanoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usedust jacket unmarked
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Kashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiahistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldeach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfthe carpet is in a good, used condition, see pictureswe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe ship via ups insured worldwidethe carpet has the dimensions of 135x205 cm auction number with certificate of authenticitythis knotted treasure is uniquethis carpet was exported from iran beforeplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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Historically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldprovince: kashanmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 300 x 400 cmkashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiaeach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea work of art in itselfwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetauction number with certificate of authenticity the carpet is in generally good used condition, it has normal signs of wear, see picturesunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforethis knotted treasure is uniqueplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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Province kashanmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 200 x 310 cmhistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldeach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfauction number with certificate of authenticity the carpet is in a good overall condition, see imageswe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetkashan kashan is located on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiaunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforethis knotted treasure is uniqueplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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Historically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldeach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfauction number: with certificate of authenticitywe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 200 x 300 cmwe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforethe carpet is in generally good condition, see photoskashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiathis knotted treasure is uniqueplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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Each handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 100 x 160 cm auction number: with certificate of authenticity the carpet is in generally good condition, see photoskashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiahistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforethis knotted treasure is uniqueplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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It comes with a hamlyn 200 easy tagines & more recipe booknow you can create your own mouth watering dishes from home using this easy to use ceramic tagine, it's never been easiercooking in tagines has been practiced in north africa for centuries, traditionally the ingredients were packed into the pot and the lid popped on tightit was then cooked slowly over a smouldering charcoal firethis gorgeous tagine is brand new, never been used
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Historically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldcarpet dimensions: 300 x 390 cm auction number: with certificate of authenticityeach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea work of art in itselfwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpetunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe ship via ups insured worldwidethe carpet is in very good condition, see pictureskashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiathis carpet was exported from iran beforethis knotted treasure is uniqueplease look at the carpet with patience and attention
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Herbs for cooking and health – collins gem guides how to grow and use the herbs that for centuries have been used in recipes and medicinesdoes what it says on the tin! in excellent very good conditionplease don’t hesitate to ask any questions
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The fish's first known use as a christian religious symbol was sometime within the first three centuries adchristians began using the greek word forchristian silver tone fish necklace & pendant
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The fish's first known use as a christian religious symbol was sometime within the first three centuries adchristians began using the greek word forchristian gold tone fish necklace & pendant
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The first part of the book traces the history of the use of tiles over many centuriesthe second part shows ideas for using tiles in the homepacked full of photographs
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This book describes how fighting skills have been taken from the battlefield over the centuries
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Metcalfe and son was a printer and publisher in cambridge during the 19th and early 20th centuriesthis is an unused books of cards in the original box with lovely printing read more
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