Great classics of universal literature of planeta agostini
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth an introduction to, and a review of, the literature of armenia; part of a series covering many nations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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great old book with great knowledge collection near blofield heath
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A great collection of guinness book of world recordskind regards jed read morecollection of 30 x guinness book's of world records dates: i am selling these books for a friend, and so do please get in touch if you have any questionscollection would be best but i will delivery these locally for a small feenow only ÂŁ10 the lot
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A great collection of guinness book of world recordsnow only ÂŁ20 the lotkind regards jed read morecollection of 19 x guinness book's of world records dates: i am selling these books for a friend, and so do please get in touch if you have any questionscollection would be best but i will delivery these locally for a small fee, or i will wrap and mail these too you, anything to help
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Jones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classic
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Each box contains a mix from these clusters, there may be duplicates or multiples of rulers per box, but overall a great selection of mixed force of will cards from the above clustersall cards are as new conditionfor sale are force of will used boxed cards from alice cluster, lapis cluster, reiya clusterprice is for 1 box i have 15 boxes to sell
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Voss was also a great exponment of the use of the sea anchor with small craftwith an introduction by richard hughes the book tells the astounding feat of sailing round the world in a decked dugout canoeillustrated with several b&w photosoxfam bookshop hexham the venturesome voyages of captain vosssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cream cloth boards are in very good condition as is the text bodywith original unclipped dust jacket (which is showing some wear)from the mariners library series and published by rupert hart-davis in
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki1g) diameter - 40our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website999 a stunning american eagle with gorgeous colour and graphics finished in 24kt gold gilding, comes with capsule, presentation box and coa only 250 coins worlwide read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Collectable plates for sale, including 7 great cats of americaselling as a lot onlymost of the plates come with a certificate of authenticitythere are 17 plates in total with 2 display shelves and a few plate stands to display them
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Five famous classics of children's literature these masterpieces still inspire generations of young adventurers and explorers04 - the wonderful wizard of ozcondition is used
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Some info: illustrated classics was a series of comics published by classics nederland from tothe series featured translated versions of the american classics illustrated series, in which classic stories from world literature were told in comic formin a new series appeared on the dutch comic market under the beautiful but un-dutch title illustrated classicsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin acceptable to good condition, see picturesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis series was not only new because of the appearance of the first issue, but especially because of the form of that first issue - that of american comicsnumber 105 missing the backplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethird lot of 40 illustrated classic booklets, illustrated by various artiststhis lot concerns 40 issues between 104 and , softcover booklets, stapledcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea total of 214 issues were released, several of them in multiple editions
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Some info: illustrated classics was a series of comics published by classics nederland from tothe series featured translated versions of the american classics illustrated series, in which classic stories from world literature were told in comic formin a new series appeared on the dutch comic market under the beautiful but un-dutch title illustrated classicsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin acceptable to good condition, see picturesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesecond lot of 40 illustrated classic booklets, illustrated by various artistssoftcover booklets, stapledvarious editions, first edition and/or reprint, see photosthis series was not only new because of the appearance of the first issue, but especially because of the form of that first issue - that of american comicsthis lot concerns 40 issues between 56 and and 103please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea total of 214 issues were released, several of them in multiple editions
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Some info: illustrated classics was a series of comics published by classics nederland from tothe series featured translated versions of the american classics illustrated series, in which classic stories from world literature were told in comic formin a new series appeared on the dutch comic market under the beautiful but un-dutch title illustrated classicsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin acceptable to good condition, see photos: number 162 missing the backfirst editions except number 148our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesoftcover booklets, stapledthis series was not only new because of the appearance of the first issue, but especially because of the form of that first issue - that of american comicsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefourth lot of 55 illustrated classic booklets, illustrated by various artiststhis lot concerns 55 issues between 147 andcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea total of 214 issues were released, several of them in multiple editions
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Oxfam shop colne road there they sit, the great tomes of classical literature, taunting you with their length and difficulty, as you ask: which books are the most important and why - and what's actually any good? why does most writing about the classics have words like 'seminal' or 'oeuvre' in it? what does postmodernism mean? can i get away with just reading the introduction?now you can enjoy the classics without fearthis survival kit will guide you painlessly through the western literary canon, century by century: from ancient greek drama to the modern novel, via beowulf, chaucer, shakespeare, romantic poetry, tolstoy and proustwith each work assigned ratings from 1 to 10 on importance, accessibility and fun, you'll discover what's really worth bothering with and what you can safely discard without guiltsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are entertaining plot summaries, unpretentious definitions of literary movements and fresh insights into authors' livesthis book will make the things you've read clearer, inspire you to tackle the ones you've always meant to and make you sound far cleverer than you really are
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Featuring a new foreword by martin liebscher, this princeton classics edition of the great mother introduces a new generation of readers to this profound and enduring workoxfam bookshop deal this landmark book explores the great mother as a primordial image of the human psycheneumann discerns a universal experience of the maternal as both nurturing and fearsome, an experience rooted in the dialectical relation of growing consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the unconscious and the unknown, symbolized by the great motherhere the renowned analytical psychologist erich neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon, sun, vessel, and every animal from snakes to birds
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Re-assessing generations of dickens scholarship and using newly discovered archival material, hammond covers the formative history of great expectations' early years, analyses the extent and significance of its global reach, and explores the ways in which it has functioned as literature and stage, tv, film and radio drama from its first appearance to the latest film version ofoxfam shop worcester great expectations has had a long, active and sometimes surprising life since its first serialized appearance in all the year round between 1 december and 3 augustin this new publishing and reception history, mary hammond demonstrates that while dickens's thirteenth novel can tell us a great deal about the dynamic mid-victorian moment into which it was born, its afterlife beyond the nineteenth-century anglophone world reveals the full extent of its versatilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is a rich resource for scholars and students of dickens; of comparative literature; and of publishing, readership, and media historyappendices include contemporary reviews and comprehensive bibliographies of adaptations and translations
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This study reflects the legacy of colonialism by devoting nine of its thirteen chapters to literature in "europhone" languages-english, french, and portugueseafrican literature in portuguese, reflecting the nature of one of the most oppressive colonizing projects in africa, is treated by russell g) african literatures, says volume editor oyekan owomoyela, "testify to the great and continuing impact of the colonizing project on the african universepeters, arlene apovey, thomas knipp, and jforemost among the anglophone writers discussed are nigerians amos tutuola, chinua achebe, and wole soyinka carole boyce davies and elaine savory fido focus on the special problems of african women writers, while hans mndukaku amankulorzell deals with the broader issues of publishing-censorship, resources, and organization in african francophone literature, we see both writers inspired by the french assimilationist system and those influenced by negritude, the african-culture affirmation movementcontributors for this section include jonathan asee oxfam website for delivery information read morewriters from east africa are also represented, as are those from south africaoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a history of twentieth-century african literatures owomoyela, oyekan (ed" african writers must struggle constantly to define for themselves and other just what "africa" is and who they are in a continent constructed as a geographic and cultural entity largely by europeanscontributors here include servanne woodward, edris makward, and alain ricardrobert cancel discusses african-language literatures, while oyekan owomoyela treats the question of the language of african literatures
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Heaney has aimed to produce a work true both to the original, which is one of the classics of european literature, and to his own creativitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham a translation of the 10th-century anglo-saxon poem relating beowulf's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people
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Published in the world classics series, third impression, by grant richards, january on the origin of species or, more completely, on the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life was published on 24 november , is a work of scientific literature by charles darwin which is considered to be the foundation of evolutionary biologysee oxfam website for delivery information read more darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selectionthe book presented a body of evidence that the diversity of life arose by common descent through a branching pattern of evolutionlight tanning but no foxing and contents very clean with tight bindingbrown cloth boards with decorative motif and titles on spinebumping on spine endsoxfam shop darlington hardback
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Sealed in original wrapping this mint folio edition of robinson crusoe is one of the classics of english literature read more
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Part of the classics of naval literature series published by naval institute press in , first edition condition: as new, no remarkable damage or wear see oxfam website for delivery information read morewith an introduction by terrell doxfam bookshop ashbourne the emden-ayesha adventure, german raiders in the south seas and beyond, by hellmuth von mucke, translated by j
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames this book examines the many important literary critics and theorists associated with the communist party of great britain in the sit provides a systematic and critical account of the communist understanding of the politics of literature and assesses the ways in which party theorists were influenced by the world communist movementin particular, it shows that british communists were never content simply to restate soviet ideas about literature, but always developed them in ways that were innovative and sometimes unorthodoxsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreex-library, with usual markingstext in excellent clean condition320 pages, including appendix, notes, and index
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentthe sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literaturepackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since 'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the textsamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america play
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Rod stewart - still the same (great rock classics of our time, )condition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 1st class large letter
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The book as a whole offers a pioneering, wide-ranging survey of classics in oxfordits rival, cambridge, was long dominated by mathematics, while oxford's leading study was classicsin this pioneering book, 16 leading authorities explore a variety of aspects of oxford classics in the last two hundred years: curriculum, teaching and learning, scholarly style, publishing, gender and social exclusion and the impact of german scholarshipoxfam bookshop raeburn place "oxford, the home of lost causes, the epitome of the world of medieval and renaissance learning in britain, has always fascinated at a variety of levels: social, institutional, culturalgreats (literae humaniores) is the most celebrated classical course in the world: here its early days in the mid-19th century and its reform in the late 20th are discussed, in the latter case by those intimately involved with the reformssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean opening chapter sets the scene by comparing oxford with cambridge classics, and several old favourites are revisited, including such familiar oxford products as liddell and scott's "greek-english lexicon", the "oxford classical texts", and zimmern's "greek commonwealth"" fine condition
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The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, confronting the classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertiseshe takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from the golden bough to asterixin a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from greek drama to roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as alexander the great, nero and boudiccasee oxfam website for delivery information read moremary beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her tv presenting and her booksshe invites you into the places where greeks and romans lived and died, from the palace at knossos to cleopatra's alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slaves
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Printed in great britainhaving a clear out and this is a book, the concise cambridge history of english literature by george sampsonpages are a little creased towards the back, but there are no tears, or defacing and it is a lovely book to own and deserves to be cherishedthe first edition was published in june , then reprinted in november and this edition inpages are also a little yellowed due to agepublished in so a collectible item
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Oxfam shop wembley brand: country classics made in england the pair of classic, pair of laced shoes are leather with great solesyou can wear this as a perfect choice of formal wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A2 see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is just a touch of bubbling between title and spineblue-grey boards with the simple design common to each volumethere is a prize label dated attached to the rear of the front boardthe aim of this book, according to the author's preface, is to 'supply a want in english literature' and 'as a humble guide to those who wish to pursue further the study of these languagesthe spine itself has a similar decoration with gilt title and authorthe top of the page block is darkened and there is some foxing to the rest of the blockthe rear board has the stamp of the spckthe title is in gilt lettering with a decorated capital to each wordoxfam shop sherwood this is one of a series of books on 'the dawn of european literature'head and tail of the spine very slightly bumpedotherwise, the book is in very good condition indeed' an intriguing early volume
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