Georgy svindov c oxfam books music totnes melodiya c made
List georgy svindov c oxfam books music totnes melodiya c made
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oxfam books & music totnes this is a rare little booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morelight tan in colour with “jimmy bear smoked peacefully” on the frontthere are many black and white drawings scattered through the text they are unattributed - ? by the authorthe four tales are entitled the baby man, the electric fence, himalaya bear and jimmy the brush-tail rathassell press paperbackdedication on title page in biro “for stephanie and caroline from daisy fry “it is of it's time and has references which may be offensive to somethe card covers have turned in flapsno other marks and the binding is goodthe pages are slightly tanned
46 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes subtitled: the moral maze of complementary and alternative medicine - this book reveals the numerous ways in which moral, ethical and legal principles are being violated by those who provide, recommend or sell complementary and alternative medicine' (cam)this book could and should interest all medical professionals who have contact to complementary medicine and will be an invaluable reference for patients deliberating which course of treatment to adoptprofessor emeritus of complementary medicine edzard ernst together with bioethicist kevin smith provide a thorough and authoritative ethical analysis of a range of cam modalities, including acupuncture, chiropractic, herbalism, and homeopathypaperback book in excellent condition; a good clean copyadditionally the book presents a number of brief scenarios, both hypothetical and real-life, about individuals who use cam or who fall prey to ethically dubious cam practitionerspage 61 and pp have been turned over at some point, but are now not, however page 213 - the beginning of the glossary is turned downthe corners and edges are slightly bumpedthe events and conundrums described in these scenarios could happen to almost anyonethe book analyses both academic literature and internet sources that promote cam
12 €
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oxfam books & music totnes large paperback book in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein europe and beyondan interesting directory of contemporary fashion trends in various forms - art, architecture, ceramics, clothes etcshows signs of reading and shelf wear - corners, edges and spine ends slightly bumpedthe binding is good and there are no internal markings
24 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes this book grew out of a three-year, seven-campus study aimed at explaining the national loss of 40 to 60 percent of undergraduates from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science disciplinesthe authors' findings, culled from over 600 hours of ethnographic interviews and focus group discussions with undergraduates, explain the intended and unintended consequences of some traditional teaching practices and attitudesbased on a three-year, seven-campus study, the volume takes up the ongoing national debate about the quality of undergraduate education in these fields, offering explanations for net losses of students to non-science majorspaperback book in very good condition; clean, slightly scuffed around the edges, good binding and no internal markingstalking about leaving is richly illustrated with students' accounts of their own experiences in the sciencesdata show that approximately 40 percent of undergraduate students leave engineering programs, 50 percent leave the physical and biological sciences, and 60 percent leave mathematicsthis is a landmark study-an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodya landmark study, the volume is an essential source book for all those concerned with changing the ways that we teach science, mathematics, and engineering education, and with opening these fields to a more diverse student bodyconcern about this waste of talent is heightened because these losses occur among the most highly qualified college entrants and are disproportionately greater among women and students of colour, despite a serious national effort to improve their recruitment and retentionworking from extensive interviews with undergraduates, the authors are able to offer explanations for the loss of able students, including students of colour and womenthis intriguing book explores the reasons that lead undergraduates of above-average ability to switch from science, mathematics, and engineering majors into non-science majors
29 €
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oxfam books & music totnes this is the fourth edition of the american publicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few of the pages have a damp stain along their upper margins but this does not extend to the printed surfaceand very faded to the spine coverthe spine cover is stained and bumped at each endall of the corners are bumpedthe paper used is somewhat thick and is rough trimmed at its front edgeit was originally published by stone and kimball inno other marks and good bindingthe end papers are an illustration of a knight on horseback by a riverhardback book with no djthe five additional illustrations are all present and securely boundthere are photogravure illustrations by maxfield parrishrather faded gilt lettering to frontthe frontispiece and transparent cover are completely detached but in good conditiongreen cloth covered boards with damp marks around borders
25 €
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oxfam books & music totnes sub titled: “ integrating quantitative and qualitative approaches in the social and behavioural sciences”see oxfam website for delivery information read moresage paperback with no marks and good bindingmixed methodology has become an increasingly popular way of both researching and teaching methodology across the social sciences, and students across these fields are expected to be proficient in both quantitative and qualitative techniquespage 14 is turned over, the corners are slightly bumped and the front cover and some of the pages look to have been bent over at some pointthis text begins with an introduction to and overview of the development of mixed methodology, and then takes students through all aspects of working with mixed methods from research design and data collection through to analysis and conclusionsthe spine cover is not creased
48 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a catalogue of art and artefacts from around the world to be sold during the month of may by the auctioneers sothebys at their various officessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover and first internal page has a small tear at the topit has a few marks on the cover, but overall is is in a very good conditionan interesting and varied selection
14 €
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oxfam books & music totnes an exciting collection of poems by wislawa szymborskasee oxfam website for delivery information read morelike nowhere else, or almost nowhere, you're given your own torso here, equipped with the accessories required for adding your own children to the resttranslation by clare cavanagh and stanislaw baranczak of some 27 poems by the sometime nobel laureatethe russian text is one side and the english translation on the facing pagehere we manufacture chairs and sorrows, scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins, teacups, dams, and quipsfrom the title poem: i can't speak for elsewhere, but here on earth we've got a fair supply of everythingblack cloth on board covers with gilt lettering to spinehoughton mifflin harcourt hardback with intact djwhen here was published in poland, reviewers marveled, "how is it that she keeps getting better?" these twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators clare cavanagh and stanislaw baranczak, are among her greatest evernot to mention arms, legs, and astonished headwhether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought
10 €
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oxfam books & music totnes the title continues “ comprising descriptions of more than nine hundred species and varieties accompanied by instructions for their cultivation and mode of management”see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are several editions of this book and the number of species increases in eachthe frontispiece is a double page black and white picture of “the large observatory in the victoria nursery” and is attributed to w g smiththere is an owner’s name dated on the ffepwilliams hardback with no djdark cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinea little foxing, particularly of the fold out platesthe remaining illustrations, many on fold out pages, some across facing pages and some embedded in the text, are not attributedin the preface it is said that the woodcuts are original, some from friends and colleaguesthere are a number of illustrationsthere is some discolouration of the lower corner of the front cover and the free edge of the rear cover
24 €
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oxfam books & music totnes hardback with clean clipped dustjacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith price guideincludes cavalry, yeomanry, infantry, militia, volunteer, and territorial regiments, women's units, royal marines, and officers' training corpsover 400 british collar badges depicted in life-size b/w photographs
12 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a book of essays written to subvert from the story of the author's lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback book in good condition, although a little scuffed and marked in places, the binding is good and there are no internal markingsit has a section at the back of the book entirely in chinesethe book has been translated by ngai-lai cheng
9 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a collection of 21 essays offering fresh approaches to questions of relativism in philosophy and a range of cultural disciplines, with an introduction by michael krausz  see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is sound and the text pages are clean with no annotation so this volume is perfectly acceptable for study purposesthis book show some wear to the cover
9 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of god
19 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a strong link exists between movement and emotionssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecard backing with ring binding - this attractive book is in very good condition with no marks and good bindingdifferent portions of the book are printed on distinctive coloured papera few line drawings and graphsit is a practical manual for an instructor of modern dancethis title explores that link and provides 180 practical activities with a rationale for the use of dance movement to enrich therapy programmesthis book originated in the us and commands large prices there
24 €
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oxfam books & music totnes "the concise and entertaining text is illustrated with over 300 photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the inside of the front and rear covers are mapsthe pictorial dj is in excellent condition, along with the bookand illustrates the high-technology of sudbury of present dayit traces sudbury, massachusetts' evolution from indian settlements to puritan english plantation, to the largest town in revolutionary war middlessex county, to a quiet farming community, to a rapidly expanding metropolitan suburbthere is a 2 line handwritten note on the ffepit records many episodes of sudbury's exciting pasta large book with black cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to the front and spine
29 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes over the centuries, european debate about the nature and status of images of god and sacred figures has often upset the established order and shaken societies to their coreout of this debate, an identifiable doctrine has emerged of the image in general and of the divine image in particularicon extends beyond the immediate concerns of religion, philosophy, aesthetics, history, and art, to engage them allin excellent condition apart from page 237 has the top corner turned downjohn of damascus and theodore of studionthis fascinating work concentrates on these historical arguments, from the period of late antiquity up to the great and classic defenses of images by stno marks and good binding
10 €
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oxfam books & music totnes cover has minor edge damage and markingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretextblock edges are lightly soiled with clean and unmarked pages
179 €
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oxfam books & music totnes subtitled - a day in the lifesome tanning to the top of the dj and text block see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand a chance to escape'dobson science fiction hardback with intact djthis series on television in the sixties of the last century, provoked enormous interest and discussion and had quite a cult followingthe accredited author on the spine was thomas disch but within the book itself and on the dj it is (correctly) labelled as the work of hank shineblack cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spinea first edition in very good condition with no marks and good binding'every day in the village is just like every otherand the mysterious underground chamber where every move is watchedin this sinister wonderland for those who know too much ever to know freedom, the average day is just a trip to the grocer's, a conversation with a numberpatrick mcgoohan was the actor playing the central partthere's the beach and the theatre, and the tennis court
44 €
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oxfam books & music totnes subtitled: “mind and body in psychoanalysis”see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author explains the nature of the mind-body problem, focusing on how psychoanalysis is distorted and limited by the concepts of "mind" and "bodythe book is clean and the binding is good with no internal markings" he applies this to both theoretical and clinical topics and presents the possibility of a "bodymind-centered analysis" the principal aim of this book is to suggest ways in which we can reassure ourselves, on every level from the primal to the metaphysical (and really the two are closely linked), that we in fact are bodies; that it is with, in and through our bodies that we both feel and think; and that this way of experiencing is profoundly "psychoanalytic", and in fact restitutive of something important which has gone missing from psychoanalysisother press paperback with no dj
17 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a story of the fight against the dust bowl erosion of canadian agricultural landnice copy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral intercalated black and white photographsthe underlying boards are covered in green cloth with silver lettering to front and spine hardback with intact djthe dj has a small eroded area on the rear and a stain on the front fore edgethere is a discursive dedication on the ffep in biro but no other marks
9 €
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oxfam books & music totnes our lives are increasingly spent onlinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepaperback in excellent condition showing few signs of wear and tearin doing so, he suggests three futures of the mind: 1) unknowable mind, 2)absentee mind, 3)transcendent mindjack huber is clear that what he calls 'the cyberous' is changing the whole way that our minds workbut he is also clear that we can't hope to understand the effects and implications fully without a better understanding of how the mind came to be what it is over the course of human evolutiongoogle glass is nextfascinating stuff! is the future bright? you decidework, friends, games, reading - all are increasingly digital and virtualso he takes us on a historical and biological tour of the human-mind-in-its-environment and focuses on three 'trajectories' in particular: 1)our capacity to recognise patterns (which includes our capacity to use and understand metaphor), 2) vision (which is much more than sight), 3)post-birth developmentfrom there he looks at how our past will influence our future, giving us a glimpse of what collaboration with cyberous environments will bring to our minds and to 'self' in the future - a glimpse of what and who we will becomehow are these extraordinary changes affecting our brains, our minds and the way we think, talk and relate? parents, scientists, doom-mongers and sociologists are among the many people speculating about what is going to become of us as we become increasingly absorbed by electronic media and ever more remote from our natural environment
10 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a series of essays on the relationship of sociological investigation to alterations in planning and implementing alterations in a societysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno internal markings and good conditiona signed first editionabt press hardback with no djblue cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinevery slight foxing to page edges and some corners (unintentionally) turned over
13 €
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oxfam books & music totnes the blessed virgin mary stands at the heart of the christian traditiongracewing paperback in as new condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe holds a unique place in the church's theology, doctrine and devotiona lot has been written about her, in this book the author gives a clear and structural overview concerning mary set in a historical perspective
9 €
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oxfam books & music totnes an autobiography of the twentieth century feudal chief of the island of sarksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseveral black and white photographsit tells of her unconventional upbringing and covers the second world war when the remnant of the duchy of normandy, now in the possession of the queen of england, was occupied by german troopssigned on title page " sibyl hathaway dame de sark" (sic) although the title is "of" sarkthe dame "continued to treat the enemy with an off-hand condescension which they clearly found bewildering"heinemann first editionundated gift annotation on ffepthere is light foxing and tanning throughoutred cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to spinethere is a little wear to the free edges of the text blockthe corners are slightly bumped
130 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a book of very considerable scope synthesising history from early times to recent and cosmic science including “ethnology, medicine, world politics and economics and all human culture”see oxfam website for delivery information read moreend papers are highly stylised black and white illustrations and there are two similar illustrations on fold out pages which are intact and in good conditionreview pasted neatly into the front end papersa little wear to the corners and edges of the boardsthere is extensive annotation and underling throughout the text and on the rear end pagesas far as can be ascertained all these are in pencil and thus erasabletwo owners’ name in ink one below the review and the other on the title pagedaniel hardback with no djblack cloth covered boards with gilt lettering to a somewhat bleached spine cover
35 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes an appreciation of the development and evolution of the united kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it facesconstitutional history of the united kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of british historypaperback book in excellent condition, clean and with good bindingann lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of english legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured union of the present daythis second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of eu membership on the uk constitution; and the impact of the european convention on human rights and the human rights actdrawing on key constitutional themes, constitutional history of the united kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problemsvery topical!(as of )
29 €
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oxfam books & music totnes the full title “the geisha a story of a tea housesee oxfam website for delivery information read morelist of dramatis personae and the cast as performed at daly’s theatre in londontext block in good conditiona japanese musical play in two acts” this is probably a rebound volume with gilt lettering to spine but no other decorationthe title page is very tanned and bears an owner’s name and a facsimile of the signature of sidney jones
19 €
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oxfam books & music totnes original publisher's pale red cloth, lettered gilt at the spine and gilt signature of rabindranath tagore on the frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreleonard elmhirst and rabindranath tagore are accompanied by a chinese scholar with his two children and the young chinese poet, shu tsemouthe photograph on the jacket was taken in china in aprilbright and tight textbook with unclipped dustjacket in excellent condition but with very slight markings and a small tear at the bottom of the back of the cover
45 €
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A good book here in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes the majority of aestheticians have focused their attention during the past three decades on the identity, or essential nature, of art: can 'art' be defined? what makes an object a work of art? under what conditions can we characterize in a classificatory sense an object as an art work? the debate, and at times controversy, over these questions proved to be constructive, intellectually stimulating, and in many cases suggestive of new ideasexperience, and evaluate iti hope this debate continues in its momentum and creative outcome'aesthetic experience' - which occupies a prominent place in the philosophy of artwe do not only create art; we also enjoy, igood binding and no other marksowner's name on ffephow can we theorize about the nature of art in general and the art work in particular, and about what makes an object a good work of art, if we do not experience it? nijhoff hardback with no djthe time is, however, ripe to direct our attention to another important, yet neglected, concept - viz
49 €
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oxfam books & music totnes a small paperback book, number 31 in the criterion miscellany published by faber and fabersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno other marks and the binding is by thread not stapleseach has a short title which adds to the effectdespite this there is a little wear of the front hinge and the upper corner, and the spine of the cover has been mended by sellotapea series of 28 black and white line drawings by george grosz which remain as biting now as they were in their timefaber and faber paperbackthe cover is contained in a clear plastic protectionthere is foxing throughoutthe top of the text block has been rough cut in such a way that it looks somewhat chewed
16 €