Enchantress of nations
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This is a picturesque but painstakingly researched biography of the life - and the times - of the nineteenth century's maria callasshe was among 'the most brilliant dramatic stars of our time', according to franz liszt, and billed as 'the most talked of opera singer in europe'michael steen recounts the back-stage bitchiness, robbery, duels and violence, life in russia before the emancipation of the serfs, appalling disease and shocking poverty, and the unhappiness experienced by children of successful parents"enchantress of nations" is a lavish biography of this amazing woman whose life spanned most of the nineteenth century; and it also weaves a rich tapestry of music and literature in france, england and russiasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreliszt also declared that, with pauline viardot, the world had finally found a woman composer of geniusdickens - reduced to tears by her singing - regarded her as 'one of the greatest actresses of any time'luxuriously produced with a colour plate section, it opens a new vista on opera, nineteenth-century literature and history
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Embodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysbased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyond
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Pc - cd - rise of nations - gold editionincludes both rise of nations and thrones & patriots expansion
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At 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 nationsminor signs of shelf wearcolonial 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 spoilsoxfam 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 handsthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisissee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing 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 orderas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesas 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 allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdbritain, 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 otherwisethe pages are clean and tight and appear unread
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This book is a first edition of his writings on the league of nationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaft was elected president in , the chosen successor of theodore roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by woodrow wilson in after roosevelt split the republican vote by running as a third-party candidateexcellent pages for its age, a little edge and board wearoxfam bookshop carlisle william howard taft (september - march ) was the 27th president of the united states () and the tenth chief justice of the united states (), the only person to have held both officesharding appointed taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his deathin , president warren g
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesheet of 100 pieces, due to the age of the sheet, somewhat open at the bottom without breakingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshipping via registered mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableestimated catalogue price: €650not available to find in sheets
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesheet of 100 specimens one part of the miniature sheet with good centringsome stamps in the central part of the last row slightly detached but not separated from the sheetsee photographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatalogue value shipment via registered postcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Celebrate the history of the olympics with this hallmark parade of nations keepsake christmas ornamentplate can also be hung on christmas treenew in box, display plate stand included
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecomplete 'league of nations' series fromcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesent by registered mailthe majority with beautiful sheet edgesusual marks of this series on the gumplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemnh stamps in very good condition
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Game of nations board game, played with very good condition, completecollection only
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Histories of nations peter furtado how their identities were forged hardback new and sealed collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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Oxfam shop colne road xena warrior princess conqueror of nations xena figure collectors series 6" figure brand new in original packaging see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop okehampton a game of nations a political strategy game see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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By reflecting upon the economics at the beginning of the industrial revolution, the book touches upon such broad topics as the division of labour, productivity, and free marketsoxfam bookshop newport generally referred to by its shortened title, the wealth of nations, this is the magnum opus of the scottish economist and moral philosopher adam smithfirst published in , the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds nations' wealth, and is today a fundamental work in classical economicsshelf wear to top and bottom edges of spine and boardsdecorated endpapers (everyman design)creases to lower leading corners of first few leaves of text block, which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedneatly inked name to front free endpapervarious scuffs and marks to boards see oxfam website for delivery information read morebuff cloth covered boards with blind embossed design to front and gilt text to spine, which is discoloured
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In djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreroos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warbloosbury paperback in "as new" conditioneliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodno marks and good bindingoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and t
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The continents are dealt with in turn and a wide range of explorers are included from a variety of nationsunclipped dust jacket has some discolouration near the top edges and around the margins of the back; there is a tear at the top right corner of the front and a minor amount of chipping at the top of the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author, a librarian at the royal geographical society, compiled this comprehensive picture of the history of exploration which is a testimony to the courage and resilience of those willing to face the hazards of journeys into the unknownslight fading at the very tops of the boards and spine where exposed to the lightthe globe image on the front of the dust jacket and the star on its spine have left ghost images on the cloth of the front board and spine of the bookno inscriptionsoxfam bookshop lymington first editiongreen cloth hard covers with gilt titles on the spine
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Churchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etccondition: gooda collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchillcomplete in four volumesthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplesit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticwith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumesa history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()see oxfam website for delivery information read more) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textspages are bright and clean condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedoxfam shop balham london - cassell and company ltdvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democracies
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Thousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesoxfam 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 geniuslacking 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 - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutiontext block cleandust jacket unmarkedno highlighting or other notesfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usethe 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 successful
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This book presents a sociological analysis of this enduring relationship and asks: how are ideas of race critical to the understanding of music genres and preferences? what does the 'love of difference' via music contribute to contemporary perspectives of racism? previous studies of world music have situated it within the dynamics of local/global musical production, the representation of nations and ethnic groups, theories of globalization, hybridization and cultural appropriationhaynes adds a conceptual and textual shift to these debates by utilizing world music as a lens for examining cultural imaginaries of race and analytical nuances of racializationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerace and music seem fatally entwined in a way that involves both creative ethnic hybridity and ongoing problems of racismthe text offers a view of world music from 'within,' building on original, qualitative, interview-based research with people from the british world music scenethese interviews provide unique insights into the discursive repertoires that underpin contemporary culture, and will make a significant contribution to the mainly theoretical debates about world musicoxfam bookshop hove minor shelf wear to hardcover, contents in very good, clean condition throughout
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289a–‘97a -- palace of the league of nations and bit - 2 sets - nocomplete sets in blocks of four, mnh -- technique and landscapes - noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiopening of the national exhibition - noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewooden sculptures - nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available660c–60f read moreassembly of the postal administrations - nonational exhibition in zurich - noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Short descriptive paragraph of each in english and germanhard cover with dust wrapper!63 portrait drawings of prominent personalities by erna plachtepublished by carl habel verlag, darmstadt, west germany in
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The birth of europe by mike andrews colliding continents and destiny of nations excellent conditions read more
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Full set of 8 encyclopedias covering living world and natural earth; sciences; history; ancient worlds; technology and world atlas/survey of nations
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There is some yellowing of the pages with occasional spottingoxfam books & music beaconsfield an attempt to explain history by economic theorythe cover and some early pages are creased at bottom frontthis copy is a left book club edition published insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cloth-covered softback is worn but soundthe binding is in good condition
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Complete atlas & survey of nations many subjects in each chapter with many great illustrations, pictures and photographs, excellent informationfull set of magazines in 8 hardback bindersliving world, natural earth 4physical sciences, space sciencesall in very good conditionfact index k-z 3joy of knowledge illustrated history encyclopaedia including atlas and 2 fact indexesmedicine & psychology 6history: ancient world to 18th century 7fact index a-j 2history: the modern age, man & society 8technology & resources 5
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All tracks from the album arranged for voice, piano and guitarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespine, binding and pages all tight, secure and intact with no creasing or cracking, but there is an overall slight warptracks include: calling to you down to the sea come into my life i believe 29 palms memory song (hello hello) if i were a carpenter colours of a shade promised land the greatest gift great spirit network news cover has minor rubbing and bumping to edges and cornerswise publicationsall pages clean and unmarked
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Vintage the enchantress written by h f chorley & composed by j l hatton sheet musicjoseph williams limited london read morein good condition for age, does have previous owner's name and date on the top right of the front cover
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