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He soon uncovers an extra-terrestrial plot by aliens from the planet mygon to steal men from earth to impregnate mygonian women and save their civilisation from extinctionoxfam bookshop chelmsford classic british sci-fi film starring patrick allen as bob megan, an investigator called in to solve the mystery of several paratroopers who have disappeared in a cloud of red mistcover slight water mark damage disc very good see oxfam website for delivery information read moresean connery's brother neil co-stars as megan's sidekick jim radford
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The lavish series was hailed as a masterpiece when it was first transmitted in and remains the benchmark for the numerous programmes it inspiredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam emporium manchester the eminent art historian lord clark is your guide through western european culture, from the fall of the roman empire to the industrial revolution and beyond
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Oxfam emporium manchester this genre-defining series explores the history of civilisation through the prism of artfrom the landscape scrolls of classical china and the sculpture of the olmecs to african bronzes, japanese prints and mughal miniaturestold by three presenters, each bringing their own skills and perspectives to the series - simon schama, mary beard and david olusogainspired by kenneth clark's groundbreaking series, it's an epic story of passion and struggle, introducing a new generation to classic works created across the continentsgreat masterpieces are brought closer and made clearer than ever before, from cambodia's majestic angkor wat temple to michelangelo's exquisite basilica of st peteritem is pre-owned see oxfam website for delivery information read morecivilisations explores the visual culture of societies from around the globe, revealing alongside the magnificent objects made in the west the wealth of treasures created by other cultures
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There the filmmakers discover a secret, savage civilisation that time forgot, and that worships a terrifying, gigantic ape called kong (a motion-capture performance from andy serkis)discs and case in very good conditionin depression-era new york, unscrupulous filmmaker carl denham (jack black) is desperate to find a leading lady for his new picturedenham uses this obsession to help capture kong and transport him back to new york, where he hopes he can make a fortune from exhibiting the creaturebut after kong escapes, the ape unleashes his awesome power against the city in an attempt to find ann, the woman he truly loves, leading to a tragic conclusion atop the empire state buildingoxfam bookshop carlisle remake of the s classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen ann is captured to be sacrificed to kong, the ape becomes obsessed with herafter a chance encounter, naive actress ann darrow (naomi watts) takes the role, and travels with denham and sensitive scriptwriter jack driscoll (adrien brody) to the mysterious skull island, deep in the indian ocean
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There the filmmakers discover a secret, savage civilisation that time forgot, and that worships a terrifying, gigantic ape called kong (a motion-capture performance from andy serkis)in depression-era new york, unscrupulous filmmaker carl denham (jack black) is desperate to find a leading lady for his new picturedenham uses this obsession to help capture kong and transport him back to new york, where he hopes he can make a fortune from exhibiting the creaturebut after kong escapes, the ape unleashes his awesome power against the city in an attempt to find ann, the woman he truly loves, leading to a tragic conclusion atop the empire state buildingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen ann is captured to be sacrificed to kong, the ape becomes obsessed with heroxfam bookshop truro epic remake of the adventure classic from acclaimed director peter jacksonafter a chance encounter, naive actress ann darrow (naomi watts) takes the role, and travels with denham and sensitive scriptwriter jack driscoll (adrien brody) to the mysterious skull island, deep in the indian ocean
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The siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plainfor the british there, life is orderly and genteelbut farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read morethen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residency'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yokeas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerablethey prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster
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'demons' finds the team in trouble when they get mistaken for demons by a medieval civilisation'fair game' has carter attempt to expose thor's double-dealings with the goa'uld when the latter plan an attack on earth'past and present' has the sg1 team visit an amnesiac planet, where jackson becomes attracted to a brilliant and mysterious young woman called ke'rain 'the devil you know' the sg1 team are tortured for information when they are taken hostage by one of the denizens of hell'legacy' finds the sg1 team forced to make an enormous sacrifice when they discover a deadly parasite'urgo' finds the team implanted with alien spores which enable them to see a strange creature called urgo, who claims to be their friend'pretense' has the sg1 team attend a 'triad' ceremony on the planet tollan, only to discover that this is a front for the trial of their friend, skaara'point of view' sees sg1 visited by alternative versions of carter and kawalsky, who come from a parallel universe in which earth has been taken over by the goa'uld'maternal instinct' finds daniel attempting to save a mystical child from two warring factionsin 'into the fire' the sg1 team are taken prisoner on hathor's world, and it is left to hammond and teal'c to formulate a rescue planoxfam shop kendal the complete third season of the popular sci-fi series'forever in a day' sees daniel jackson reunited with his wife, though this has a damaging effect on his friendship with teal'cin 'rules of engagement' the sg1 team comes to the assistance of a unit it believes to be the missing sg11 squadron'foothold' sees general hammond conspire with dr frasier and a pair of aliens after the entire team is rendered unconscious'jolinar's memories' finds the team attempting to rescue major carter's father, who has been captured and imprisoned on a moon which has been converted into a literal hell'new ground' has the sg1 team trigger off a war between two cultures when they visit a new planetfinally, in 'nemesis', o'neill is kidnapped by the asgard and taken to a ship full of tiny metallic creatures who are on their way to destroy the planet earth'crystal skull' sees daniel disappear after finding a skull which was first discovered by his grandfather many years ago'deadman's switch' has the sg1 crew captured by a bounty hunter while on a routine mission'shades of grey' sees o'neill suspended by hammond after stealing a weapon from tollana'seth' sees the crew attempting to track down an ancient goa'uld who is on earth posing as a religious leaderin 'a hundred days' stargate is destroyed by wayward meteors, leaving the sg1 team stranded on the planet edora with no way back homesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'learning curve' jack o'neill disobeys orders when he attempts to save the twelve-year-old merrin from being used by the orbanians for memory storage
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It remains the basic book in this area and is essential reading for those concerned with food and healthoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to cover, very good overall condition first published in , this seminal book startled the worlds of science and nutrition with its documented evidence of primitive populations encountering civilisation, adopting modern diets, and finding that their health worsenedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki28 volumes in totalvery nice illustrated collection in excellent condition (both the covers and the interior pages)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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30 years after an unspecified environmental disaster, a lone man, eli (denzel washington), fights his way across the desolate wasteland of a post-apocalyptic america guarding a sacred book called the book of eli, which holds the secrets that can bring civilisation back from the brink of destruction and save humankinddisc and case in very good conditionhis principal threat is despotic town leader carnegie (gary oldman), who will stop at nothing to get hold of the book and use its secrets to take control of societyoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action thrillersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationcondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableprinted calcutta - kolkata indiatraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasathe mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped corners4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddenthese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesgenerally good conditionthe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (cbinding slightly-loose in volume iii & ivganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishapprox 500 pages each volume
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Taking us on a thrilling journey through three millennia, professor steven strogatz charts the development of this seminal achievement from the days of archimedes to today's breakthroughs in chaos theory and artificial intelligencethis is the captivating story of mathematics' greatest ever idea: calculusfilled with idiosyncratic characters from pythagoras to fourier, infinite powers is a compelling human drama that reveals the legacy of calculus on nearly every aspect of modern civilisation, including science, politics, medicine, philosophy, and much besidessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithout it, there would be no computers, no microwave ovens, no gps, and no space travelbut before it gave modern man almost infinite powers, calculus was behind centuries of controversy, competition, and even deathoxfam shop brentwood shortlisted for the royal society science book prize a magisterial history of calculus (and the people behind it) from one of the world's foremost mathematicians
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Advances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationthey conclude with the early buddhist period and the appearance of city states right across pakistan and north india, establishing the pattern of subcontinental unity and regional diversity that was to characterize the country henceforwardit will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in generaldrawing primarily upon the archaeological record, and supported by ethnographic, linguistic and historical evidence, the authors trace the origins and development of culture in india and pakistan from its earliest roots in palaeolithic times, through the rise and disintegration of the great indus civilization to the emergence of regional cultures, and the arrival and spread of indo-aryan speaking peoplesmany spectacular discoveries of archaeological significance have been made in the indian subcontinent since the first appearance of raymond and bridget allchin's book the birth of indian civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subjectoffering an original and stimulating perspective on the archaeology of the subcontinent, the rise of civilization in india and pakistan will be invaluable to students of south asian culture and early historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecambridge world archeologyoxfam bookshop leeds 379ppin the rise of civilization in india and pakistan the authors have completely revised and rewritten their earlier work to present an integrated and dynamic account of human culture in south asiathe authors have made every attempt to incorporate the results of the most recent research and their book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagrams
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Georges mancel for basse-normandiela normandie illustrée, monuments, sites et costumesbook sold for the benefit of the abou-sorro association, a school on the kassa island in guinea conakryvolume 1: de la seine-inférieure, de l'eure, costumes normandsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelalaisse text by messrsall numbered 248catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledesigned after nature by fbenoist, lithographs by the first artists of parisraymond bordeaux and miss amélie bosquet, under the direction of mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicharma, le herichern de la sicotiere and travers, under the direction of mrall of the information can be found on our websites for reference with keywordsraymond bordeaux, amelie bosquet, eour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefaux leather binding with dust jacketvolume 2: du calvados, de l'orne et de l'orne et de la manche - bruxelles, culture et civilisation, volumes pagesmonumental edition in folio format, containing more than 150 full-page illustrationsin very good conditionreprint of the editionfor haute-normandie and messrsthank you for your association and humanitarian auctionsweight (excluding packaging): 7the costumes are designed and lithographed by h
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The book addresses such issues as the structure of heroic genealogy, the linguistic and cultural identity of the indigenous population of greece, the patterns of marriage between heterogeneous groups as they emerge in literary and historical sources, the dialect map of bronze age greece, the factors responsible for the collapse of the mycenaean civilisation and finally, the construction of the myth of the trojan warby systematically confronting greek tradition of the heroic age with the evidence of both linguistics and archaeology, margalit finkelberg proposes a multidisciplinary assessment of the ethnic, linguistic and cultural situation in greece in the second millennium bcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe main thesis of this book is that the greeks started their history as a multi-ethnic population group consisting of both greek-speaking newcomers and the indigenous population of the land and that the body of 'hellenes' as known to us from the historic period was a deliberate self-creation
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Oxfam bookshop newport this book was written at a time when there was a sense of malaise in europe - people felt that western civilisation was on its last legs and did not have much to contribute any moreso koestler went to india and to japan to test this ideatext block is clean/intact and free from highlighting or other noteswe had reached the limits of rationalisation and the enlightenment, and the spiritual traditions of asia had something special to teachsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere was a lot of fear of nuclear war and it was also the time when people began to say that the orient had a certain wisdom to impart fair conditionex-library with usual stamps and markingsfirst published ; this is the scarcer danube edition of
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Oxfam shop knaresborough discussing how america's arrested development is bringing down western civilisation see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop nether edge the second in the series, this book explores how the veteran fabian socialists beatrice and sidney webb came to regard stalin's russia as a 'new civilisation' and the hope of the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop beverley this work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilisation as we know itthis work was reproduced from the original artefact, and remains as true to the original work as possiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretherefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock first published in , this book chronicles the decay of the unique civilisation created by the british liberal movement in the later part of the nineteenth centurycontents clean and unmarkedwith a preface by paul johnsonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebookplate on inside front covernavy blue boards with gilt lettering and design in very good condition apart from a slight bump to the bottom edgesyellow ribbon bookmark
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle this is the story of the battle of britain as it has never been told beforea condensed, action-packed account of one of the most thrilling chapters in the long history of the western civilisation, graphically pictured and including archive pathe footage of heart-stopping impact
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Captain jonathan archer (scott bakula) and his faithful crew begin the first voyages of the starship enterprise, its mission to expore new galaxies and seek out new life-forms, to boldly go (sic) where no one has gone beforethe crew also tries to help an alien race inflicted with a deadly illness, encounters space pirates, and meets an exiled group of vulcans who have rejected the normal vulcan conditions of logicin the mid-22nd century intergalactic space travel is in its infancyoxfam shop york complete first series of the american television sci-fi programme, set 100 years before the events of the original s seriesin this series the human race makes its first contact with the klingons, and also with the sinister suliban race, something that will have deep ramifications as the series progressesepisodes are: 'broken bow (1)'; 'broken bow (2)'; 'fight or flight'; 'strange new world'; 'unexpected'; 'terra nova'; 'the andorian incident'; 'breaking the ice'; 'civilisation'; 'fortunate son'; 'cold front'; 'silent enemy'; 'dear doctor'; 'sleeping dogs'; 'shadows of p'jem'; 'shuttlepod one'; 'fusion'; 'rogue planet'; 'acquisition'; 'oasis'; 'detained'; 'vox sola'; 'fallen hero'; 'desert crossing'; 'two days and two nights' and 'shockwave (part 1)'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop folkestone clean tight copy still in its slip-case see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Situated in the stormy ocean of the north, and far from the modern seats of civilisationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikislight wear to extremities; internally sound and cleanpublished anonymously but attributed to james nicol (), a scottish geologist with a keen interest in scottish geology and mineralogyin nicol was appointed assistant secretary to the geological society of london, being appointed a fellow of the society in the same yearillustrated by 2 maps, including folding map frontispiece, engraved title vignette, by 2 whole page engravings and by tables[nicol, james] an historical and descriptive account of iceland, greenland, and the faroe islands with illustrations of their natural history edinburgh: oliver & boyd, th edition) 12mo (18x11 cm); 416 ppbound in contemporary full leather with gilt decorations on boards and spine with a leather title labelin he was appointed professor of geology in queen's college, cork, and in professor of natural history in the university of aberdeen, a post which he retained until a few months before he died'in this volume we have attempted to delineate three of the most singular and interesting countries on the face of the earthplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition good plus; leather with minor abrasionsa nice complete editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available' a study of the geology, geography, topography and history of iceland, greenland and faroe
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback - - weidenfeld & nicolson the golden age of ancient greek city-state civilisation lasted from 490 to 336 bc, the period between the first wars with persia and carthage and the accession of alexander the greatwriting for both the general reader and the scholar, michael grant has in his fluent and immensely readable account captured one of the most astonishing civilisations at the height of its powersthe book is in excellent conditionin this book, michael grant concentrates on the individuals in the cultural, social, artistic and political history of the classical greeks, who shaped their own and future civilisationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe places the work of sophocles, aristophanes, herodotus, aristotle, the architect and sculptors of the parthenon, philip ii of macedonia and many other in their historical context, and asks what gave rise to such outstanding achievement in the cultural, philosophical, scientific and literary spheresnever has there been such a multiplication of varied talents and genius within so limited a period
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Le protestantisme comparé au catholicisme dans ses rapports avec la civilisation européenneare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery nice paper spine with raised bandsportrait engraved on steel carefully packed colissimo and colissimo international shipment443 and 432 pagesparis, librairie de piété et d'éducation d'auguste vatonexcellent overall conditioncopy bound with the publisher’s signature for authenticityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepublisher’s brown half leather bindingscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop kendal civilisation is near collapse in a day when deadly viruses and terrorism rule the worldas an anti-terrorist agent, you must go in search of these evil terrorists and crush their plans for the good of humanityyou, however, believe that there is a master plan at hand and that someone is planning the ultimate in world dominationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere aren't many titles on the shelves that can combine role-playing with first-person shooting, but ion storm have shown that it can be done with deus ex
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Documenting the lives and travels of these personalities, professor chaney's remarkable book provides a complete picture of one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of western civilisationoxfam shop devizes the grand tour has become a subject of major interest to scholars and general readers interested in exploring the historic connections between nations and their intellectual and artistic productionfamous men, and an increasing proportion of women, all contributed to establishing a convention which eventually came to dominate european cultureit has very minor fading but is otherwise in very good conditionthe english had previously travelled to italy to study the classics; now they travelled to learn italian and study medicine, diplomacy, dancing, riding, fencing, and, eventually, art and architecturealthough traditionally associated with the eighteenth century, when wealthy englishmen would complete their education on the continent, the grand tour is here investigated in a wider context, from the decline of the roman empire to recent timesfrom the mid-sixteenth century, northern europeans justified travel to the south in terms of educationauthors from chaucer to erasmus came to mock the custom but even the reformation did not stop the urge to travelsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy is complete with uncut dust jacket
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For millennia, their hunter-gatherer culture flourished in small pockets across ice age europe, the distant forerunner to the civilisation we live in nowthey are known to archaeologists as the cro-magnons - but who were they? simply put, these people were among the first anatomically modern humansoxfam shop magdelen street this is a first edition, hardback book with a slip-coverthey survived by their wits in a snow-bound world - hunting, and sometimes being hunted by, animals many times their sizesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby flickering firelight, they drew bison, deer, and mammoths on cavern walls - vibrant images that seize our imaginations after thirty thousand yearsbestselling author brian fagan brings these early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytellingcro-magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges from glaciers, predators, and a rival species of the humans - the neanderthalscro-magnons were us
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