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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 scalehere 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 perspectivethere are two sections of colour illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe black cloth boards are in very good conditionit 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 changeour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us alloxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesdust jacket shows some minor shelf wearthe pages are tight
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5 centuries of tileregistered shipping via cttplease see the photos for an accurate impressionmotifs i to xviwith stampeverything is on display
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Five centuries of verseexcellent conditionany questions, please feel free to contact methe essential book of poetrycan be posted by arrangementi accept paypal
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Through five centuriesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the dates
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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 worldpeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculatedoxfam 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 bcin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theorydeciphering 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 history" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has served
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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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Sixteenth to early nineteenth centuries, new york ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevery nice set of 4 volumes (complete set) on old books of architecture from the mark jvolume iii: susan higman (edvolume ii: susan higman (edbibliographical info and an indexmillard architectural collection in the national gallery of art, washingtonour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesixteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppeach volume is a clothbound hardcover with dustjacket and b/w illsmall tear in front cover of dust jacket; sun wear on spine of dust jacketfifteenth through nineteenth centuries, new york ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinorthern european bookscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume iv: frances kianka (edvolume i: dora wiebenson, the mark jitalian and spanish booksmillard architectural collectionsun wear on spine of dust jacketseventeenth through nineteenth centuries, new york pp
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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 cmde gouden bocht van amsterdamplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemilko den leeuw, martin pruijs, edwith the collaboration of eighteen authors, richly illustrated in colour, bibliography, index, noteswillemien dijkshoorn, erik de jong, lodewijk odé, edherengracht - 232 ppglossary on the dust jacket - 31 x 27 cmall guides in hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated (drawings, sketches, photos, ground plans), list of sourcesour 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, ppkeizersgracht - 300 ppvan singel tot singelgracht - 304 ppprinsengracht - 285 pp(onvergelijckelijcke pronck van de werelt) - the hague, stichting itarr, caare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableeight hundred canal gardens within the canal areaan inventory of approxamsterdamse grachtentuinen - zwolle, waanders, - four volumes, complete series: 1hardcover, cardboard, ribbon marker
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Uncirculated in acrylic protective holderscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelot 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 storelot - 35 commemorative nordic gold 2 zlotych coins from polandare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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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 successfulin 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 landsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 chronometerthe scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakinglacking 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 landread by david rintoulrunning time approximately 3 hours
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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 easton 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 exploitthe 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 societythis 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 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 societysomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 todayalthough 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 empirein return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapeit 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 britainevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongoxfam 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 period
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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 tranquillityfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westhe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliaoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightswe all feel we know the wallfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-tripeven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsmyths surround itbut we are wrongit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonestimates of its length vary from to milesyet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcmany 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 moon
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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 centuriesrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents 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 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 soulwhether 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 earthnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezthe 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 himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 birdsfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdhe 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 dustthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedas 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 appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirations
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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 successfuloxfam 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 geniusthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answertext block cleanexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usein 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 landdust jacket unmarkedno highlighting or other notes see oxfam website for delivery information read morefull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution
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This knotted treasure is uniquewe ship via ups insured worldwidethe carpet is in a good, used condition, see picturesthis carpet was exported from iran beforethe carpet has the dimensions of 135x205 cm auction number with certificate of authenticitykashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiaplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpeteach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfhistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developed
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This knotted treasure is uniquewe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforehistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionprovince: kashanmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 300 x 400 cmauction number with certificate of authenticity the carpet is in generally good used condition, it has normal signs of wear, see pictureskashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and indiawe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpeteach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea work of art in itselfunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developed
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This knotted treasure is uniquewe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforehistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionauction 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 carpeteach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfprovince kashanmade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 200 x 310 cmkashan 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 developed
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This knotted treasure is uniquemade in iran the carpet has the dimensions 200 x 300 cmwe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforeplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionhistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developedwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpeteach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfauction number: with certificate of authenticitythe carpet is in generally good condition, see photoskashan kashan lies on the old caravan road that leads from tehran to pakistan and india
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Each handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea piece of art in itselfthis knotted treasure is uniquewe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforemade 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 indiaplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpethistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldunder shah abbas, the safavid prince during the 16th/17th centuries, the first carpet manufactures were developed
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Now 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 usedit comes with a hamlyn 200 easy tagines & more recipe book
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This knotted treasure is uniquewe ship via ups insured worldwidethis carpet was exported from iran beforeplease look at the carpet with patience and attentionwe guarantee that the above carpet is a genuine hand-knotted oriental carpeteach handmadecarpet is unique in its design, beauty and colour harmony and thereforea work of art in itselfcarpet dimensions: 300 x 390 cm auction number: with certificate of authenticityhistorically, the art of knotting carpets in kashan is very oldthe carpet is in very good condition, see pictureskashan kashan lies 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 developed
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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 adchristian silver tone fish necklace & pendantchristians began using the greek word for
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The fish's first known use as a christian religious symbol was sometime within the first three centuries adchristian gold tone fish necklace & pendantchristians began using the greek word for
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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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