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Madrid - ‘capital europea de la cultura’ (european capital of culture)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesilver finenessroyal palace of madridplease see the photos to get an accurate impression of this lotare 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 storediameter: 73 mmroyal mint of spain juan carlos i cincuentÃn - 25 ecu from
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Collection of 15 silver 10 euro proof coins commemorating: european union council, italian presidency ; genoa european capital of culture , fleur de coin; leonardo da vinci th anniversary of unicef , not proof; italy world football champions , fleur de coin; 100th anniversary of the foundation of the school of the medal th anniversary of the birth of antonio canova th anniversary of the treaty of rome th centenary of the university of perugia th anniversary of the birth of andrea palladio th anniversary of guglielmo marconi's nobel prize ; international year of astronomy th anniversary of the death of annibale caracci ; l'aquila th anniversary of the foundation of the futurist movementcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiitalian republicour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecoins never taken out of their capsules, in original boxes
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This book was published as one of the projects of cork european capital of cultureedited by jim savageblack and white illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery minor bumping to top and bottom edges of coveroxfam bookshop kingsbridge writings on drawing by john berger (includes essays and letters)soft cover with deep end-flaps, very good clean, firm condition
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Authors: culture clubthe best of culture clubtitle: the best of culture clubbinding: audio cd
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The capital of the union by lucinda prout janke (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysa guide to civil war washington, dinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The official european programme of the ryder cupthe programme is in good condition and is made available exclusive of the cost of packaging and postage which is as follows: packaging (large envelope): £072; or postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for large letter g: £233; and postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for large letter g: £2
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The official european programme of the ryder cupthe programme is in good condition and is made available exclusive of the cost of packaging and postage which is as follows: packaging (large envelope): £095 or postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for large letter g: £233; and postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for large letter g: £2
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The official european programme of the ryder cupthe programme is in good condition and is made available exclusive of the cost of packaging and postage which is as follows: packaging (large envelope): £030 or postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for large letter g: £233; and postage - royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for large letter g: £3
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the beaten track is a major study of european tourism during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit draws on a wide variety of sources from high literature and travel writing to periodicals and guidebooks to reveal an important current in the history of the modern concept of 'culture', in both popular and elite formsincluding bibliography and indexa couple of bumps at corners, contents in excellent clean condition throughout
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capital of culture antwerp) michel nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefollowing stamps are missing: michel nozf (anno ) there are gaps in the permanent seriesare 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 storethis is due to the fact that the corresponding pages in the album also contain preprints for depicted stamps that came out beforeplease look at the pictures to get an impression
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It advocates not so much culture and development, but rather for the development of cultureculture is not simply an explanation of last resort, but is itself a rich, multifaceted and contested concept and set of practices that needs to be expanded, appreciated and applied in fresh ways if it is to be both valued in itself and to be of use in practical developmentoxfam bookshop leeds 158pppaying attention to the development of the arts as the content of development helps to amend this culturally destructive processwithout a cultural content to economic and social transformation the problems found in much development - up-rooting of cultures, loss of art forms, languages and modes of expression and performance - may only acceleratethis book is an inspiring read for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of development studies, cultural studies and sociology of developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morediscussion questions at the end of each chapter make this book ideal to help foster further thinking and debatethis innovative book places culture, specifically in the form of the arts, back at the centre of debates in development studies by introducing new ways of conceptualizing art in relation to developmentfinally, the book argues for the value of the arts in attaining sustainable cultures, promoting poverty alleviation, encouraging self-empowerment, stimulating creativity and the social imagination, which in turn flow back into wider processes of social transformationthe book shows how the arts and development are related in very practical ways - as means to achieve development goals through visual, dramatic, filmic and craft-inspired ways
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Migrancy, culture and identity takes us on a journey into the disturbance and dislocation of culture and identity that faces all of us to explore how migration, marginality and homelessness have disrupted the west's faith in linear progress and rational thinking, undermining our knowledge, history and cultural identityoxfam bookshop folkestone in migrancy, culture, identity, iain chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and historiesthe author explores the uncharted impact of cultural diversity on today's world, from the 'realistic' eye of the painter to the 'scientific' approach of the cultural anthropologist or the critical distance of the historian; from the computer screen to the walkman and 'world music'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He has authored numerous books on various aspects of filipino society and cultureoxfam bookshop hexham this book is the third in the series of integrated studies on filipino society and culturethe purpose of the series is to highlight the basic features of commonly shared patterns of culture and social institutions among the different lowland filipino ethnolinguistic groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read morejocano served as professor emeritus at the asian center of the university of the philippines and executive director of punlad research house, inchowever, the text block appears to be clean a free from annotationsthere are marks on the front cover and the corners are creased and bumpedthis paperback edition is in a reasonable, used conditionthis volume addresses the following questions: is it possible to speak of a generalized filipino kinship and family organization, or, is it too risky to make such a generalization because of the geographical distances and dialect differences? felipe landa jocano was a filipino anthropologist, educator, and author known for his works in philippine anthropology, in particular for documenting and translating the hinilawod, a western visayan folk epic
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In 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 asiaoffering 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 historydrawing 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 peoplescambridge world archeologyadvances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany 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 subjectthe 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 diagramsoxfam bookshop leeds 379ppthey 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 general
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Joining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanationoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of cultureequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencesthe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became human
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A nice column capital of antique italian craftsmanship quick professional shipping insurance included free of charge local pickup option available at no cost read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare 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 store
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2 part european polecat males, 6 months, mother is pure european (photo of her in first photo) in her summer coat, father is 1/4 european, read more
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Standing as the gateway between the east and west, it has served as the capital of the roman, byzantine, latin and ottoman empiresbased on meticulous research and new archaeological evidence, this captivating portrait of the momentous life of istanbul is visceral, immediate and scholarly narrative history at its finestsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a bookseller's "signed" label on the front of the jacketin this epic new biography, hughes takes us on a dazzling historical journey through the many incarnations of one of the world's greatest citiesistanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical factfrom the qu'ran to shakespeare, this city with three names - byzantium, constantinople, istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - real and imaginedas the longest-lived political entity in europe, over the last years istanbul has absorbed a mosaic of micro-cities and cultures all gathering around the corefor much of its history it was known simply as the city, but, as bettany hughes reveals, istanbul is not just a city, but a storyvery good++ / very goodoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames first impression hardcover in dust jacket, not price-clippedboth book and jacket are very slightly bumped at extremities, and there are few small, light marks on the edges of the page blockat the latest count archaeologists have measured forty-two human habitation layersflat signed by bettany hughes on the title pagephoenicians, genoese, venetians, jews, vikings, azeris all called a patch of this earth their home
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On a mission to establish a silver mine, they make the dangerous journey to the new capital of addis ababa, where they are welcomed by menelik, the king of kingsoxfam bookshop cheltenham an epic story of love, betrayal, courage and war that brings together two of wilbur smith's greatest families in this long-awaited sequel to his worldwide bestseller, the triumph of the sunpenrod ballantyne and his fiancée, amber benbrook, stroll hand in handa beautiful september daybut when penrod's jealous former lover, lady agatha, plants doubt about his character, amber leaves him and travels to the wilds of abyssinia with her twin sister, saffron, and her adventurer husband, ryder courtneyback in cairo, a devastated penrod seeks oblivion in the city's opium denswith storm clouds gathering, and on opposing sides of the invasion, can penrod and amber find their way back to one another - against all the odds? see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is rescued by an old friend, who is now in the italian army, and offered the chance to join the military effortsitaly has designs on abyssinia, and there are rumours of a plan to invadethe future is theirs for the taking
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At the beginning of the fourteenth century anarchy in italy led to the capital of the christian world being moved from rome for the first and only time in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredustwrapper clean, small mark of glue left by old label on back boardsmall marks to pageblockit was a critical moment, and it resulted in seven successive popes remaining "in exile" for the next seventy yearsand at the centre of the picture is avignon itself, as it grew from being a relatively insignificant town on the rhône to become, albeit briefly, one of the great capitals of the worldand depending on where you stood at the time they were seventy years of heaven, or of hell opinions invariably ran to extremes, as did the behaviour of the popes themselvesthis is a portrait sketch of that erathe city chosen to replace rome was avignonoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , signal booksillustrated in b&w
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Comes with dust jacketoxfam books & music lancaster published to accompany an exhibition at the royal academy of arts, london, and the guggenheim museum, bilbao, this ambitious and wide ranging catalogue charts the influential progress of the visual arts in parissee oxfam website for delivery information read morenine essays and 250 works, chart the intellectual and social focus of the periodbook is in excellent condition
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), "greetings from kingdom of fife" (f dennis postcards - "greetings from st andrews" (s"castles scotland" by braemar films ltd ()"st mary's loch" (sk/c4) - by lilywhite ltdhail caledonia postcards from whiteholme - "greetings from st andrews", "anstruther", "the banffshire coast" and castles of scotland"oxfam books & music perth 16 multiview post cards from scotland all postcards are unused and in good condition), and "greetings from st andrews" (scolour master postcards - "spey valley beauty spots" (plx), "st andrews" (plx), "around inverness" (plx), "banff and macduff" (plc), and "capital of the highlands inverness" (plc)"a highland greeting from inverness" (plc)  see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Please phone for information read morefuchsa chiffon dress and faux pearl earringscertificate of authenticityp&p will be extra if not collectedfranklin mint,porcelain portrait dollnever been taken out of box
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen rituals are valued by students of culture as lenses for bringing facets of social life and meaning into focuspublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read morejane monnig atkinson's carefully crafted study offers unique insight into the rich shamanic ritual tradition of the wana, an upland population of sulawesi, indonesia
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As perhaps the pivotal european figure of the late 17th century, william of orange remains most noted for having fought france, the dominant power in europe, to a standstill in three warsin this process he reunited his native netherlands and became king of englandas william drew england into his wars against france, he concluded more than a century's isolation for england and initiated a series of victories that later yielded great britain a worldwide empirethis is available for collection or p&p £3box 14 read morethis is an ex library book in good conditionin his english role william fostered the legal bulwarks of the glorious revolution of : religious toleration for protestant dissenters, a prescribed monarchy, and parliamentary partnership with the crown concerning legislation
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Oxfam shop inverness henry fonda and robert shaw star in this historical account of germany's last major european offensive of the second world war in decembermartin hessler (shaw), plan an attack with their secret panzer division in belgium's ardennes forest, but they are desperately short of fuel and their immediate objective is to capture a big allied fuel deposit, without the allies knowing see oxfam website for delivery information read moregermany, under the command of colin excellent conditionthe cast also includes robert ryan, charles bronson, james macarthur, dana andrews and george montgomerymeanwhile, the allied forces try to prepare themselves for an anticipated german attack, unaware that they have the requisite resources for such an assault
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Binding strong and contents of book close to as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecloth in excellent order with lettering as newdust jacket lightly rubbed, with a few light scratches, and bumped slightly at spine ends and along the bottom edgebook bumped slightly at spine-endsoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames 591 pp
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place in the two hundred years from london was transformed from a medieval commune into a metropolis of half a million people, a capital city and a major european trading centrelawrence manley shows how the literature and culture of london contributed to the new structures of capitalism, the process of 'behaviour urbanisation', and a paradoxical liberation of the individual through the city's concentrated powerintegrating literary and historical analysis, and drawing on recent work in literary theory and cultural studies, literature and culture in early modern london provides a comprehensive account of the changing image and influence of london in lyrics, ballads, jests, epics, satires, plays, pageants, chronicles, treatises, sermons and official documentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morenew possibilities emerged for cultural exchange and combination, social and political order, and literary expression
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Oxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and developmentthe book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practicethis development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theorynote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as new
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