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Publisher: the history press ltdtitle: most secret: the hidden history of orford nessauthor(s): paddy heazellproduct detailsbinding: paperback
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The whole story of life mankind, covering periods from: the first living things, natural selection and changes of species, changes in the world's climate, reptiles, mammals, man, human language(s), history, of egypt, greece, judea, india, the roman empire, etcsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield the outline of history, by h g wells, cassell and company, london, pp including indexmany good quality black and white illustrations throughoutfoxing of inside cover and page yellowing consistent with the age of the book
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Oxfam shop scarborough scarborough: a pictorial history by rthis copy is in excellent condition and would make a perfect gift for any local history lovers in your lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Anime: a history, paperback by clements, jonathan, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk this comprehensive history of japanese animation draws on japanese primary sources and testimony from industry professionals to explore the production and reception of anime, from its early faltering steps, to the international successes of spirited away and pokémon
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Natural history museum "wildlife photographer of the year" framed eagle / vulture print / photoit originates from the natural history museum gift shop - the year would have been measurements: 53cm wide 43cm tall 3cm deep it's in great condition - lovely black wood framea rare moment coaught on camerathe bird of prey is extremely majestic and the picture itself is striking - lovely coloursi would keep it but it was a present from an ex and so i have been informedreally eye-catching and powerful, beautiful and stylishbuy quick before i change my mind!you can see why it made the cut for the exhibitioni love this printit has to go:o(open to reasonable offers
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The national tapestry which hangs in the house of parliament is an artistic study of rhodesian historythe work had its origin in in a suggestion by lady tait, wife of the then governor of southern rhodesia, that the women's institutes of the country should combine to create a tapestry which depicted the cardinal events in rhodesian history on the lines of the famous bayeux tapestrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book has the 42 panels made by the women's institutes of rhodesia
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8 €
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Window on goa: a history and guide by maurice hall expertly refurbished producttitle: window on goa: a history and guide publisher: quiller uk release date: language: english
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Title: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peopletitle: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peoplecondition: very goodfirst edition: falseproduct category: books
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An illustrated history of sporting memorabiliaoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a sporting history norrie, david good, price not clipped, slight signs of wear to the boardssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelavishly illustrated mostly british and olympic
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate in , as regius professor, william stubbs founded oxford university's school of modern history, allowing postclassical history to be taught as a distinct subject for the first timethe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the topsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titlesthe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tannedthis book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered from
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Covering every aspect of the tour from its beginnings and early heroes to its incredible feats of endurance and fierce rivalries, this is the complete history of one of the world's greatest sporting eventsoxfam bookshop cheltenham "tour de france: the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race" plots the evolution of this great event, covering every tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race init features legends such as jacques anquetil, eddie merckx, miguel indurain, seven-time winner lance armstrong and the new generation of riders such as alberto contador and british heroes bradley wiggins and mark cavendishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jr antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesin this first volume, julius goebel jrin the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtgoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part describes the background of american constitutionalismbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinedetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencethese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesthe book is organised into three parts
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murder book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstances
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Oxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurywithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestocksee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science develops
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Other volumes deal with american zionism, the history of judaism in the united states, and american jewry's reaction to the holocaustthis is volume 1 onlyit has no dust jacket as issued and it is immaculate insidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead american jewish history: colonial and early national period, vol 1 by jeffrey scentral european jews in america and anti-semitism in americathe book is in very good conditiongurock part of a eight-volume set containing 211 journal articles and book chapters on jewish life in america, most written during the last 50 yearseach volume has its own index and is separately titled, e
45 €
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Oxfam shop ulverston combining compelling gameplay, dramatic video footage and battle simulation, the history channel great battles of rome allows players to fully immerse themselves into the battles and campaigns that created the worlds greatest empiremerging action and strategy in a setting that delivers the atmosphere of the period, the history channel great battles of rome allows players to take control of a series of campaigns against barbarian hordes, and rival states while carving out the roman empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presenthowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spineplanned and established by the late tthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockthere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to dateoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markings
58 €
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In very good condition save for small removed label mark on front board: since , when the second volume of women in western european history became available, a significant amount of new material has been published that will be of importance to researchers and students with an interest in women's status and experiences in european historyin addition to new and recently discovered works, later editions and translations of previously cited works are offered see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria large tome, publthis new bibliography, which encompasses the period from antiquity to the present, supplements and udpates the earlier volumes
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The facilities for research afforded by dio's official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperorsce, was born at nicaea in bithynia in asia minoron the death of his father (roman governor of cilicia) he went in 180 to rome, entered the senate, and under the emperor commodus was an advocatethe loeb classical library edition of dio cassius is in nine volumesdio cassius (cassius dio), cahe was made governor of pergamum and smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of africa; governor of dalmatia and then of pannonia; and consul again in 229see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperorsthere are also many excerptsoxfam bookshop leeds 491ppof the eighty books of dio's great work roman history, covering the era from the legendary landing of aeneas in italy to the reign of alexander severus ( ce), we possess books and have gaps), which cover the years 68 bce?47 cethe missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by zonaras, who relies closely on dio, and for some later gaps (book 35 onwards) by john xiphilinus (of the eleventh century)
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Oxfam bookshop newport this ten-volume series covers the history of ireland from earliest times to the presentrepresenting a harvesting of modern scholarship on the subject, its contributors are mainly historians, but include historical geographers and specialists in other related disciplines such as languages and literature, the visual arts, and musichowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe present volume opens with a character study of the period, followed by twenty chapters of narrative history, with a survey of 'land and people, c ' the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockfurther chapters cover the economy, legal developments, literature in english, education, administration and the public service, and emigration, ending with a study of ireland inwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markings
48 €
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A truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common pastthe new edition, now called history of humanity, is a radical new work providing an account of cultural and scientific achievements in the light of new facts and methods of historiographical investigationthis major undertaking required an international commission and the co-operation of some 450 distinguished specialists, in a great number of disciplines, from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationstarting from the origins of humankind to the first societies years ago, the events, chronologically charted, present a comprehensive picture of how civilization emerged and developed over this periodafter almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesparticular attention is given to archeological aspects
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15 €
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Oxfam books & music marlborough it is now nearly 120 years since lee's history of tetbury was publishedthis book will therefore bring an account of tetbury to within the easy reach of everyone interested in local historyit has long been out of print and much has happened since then and material not then available has to lightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop evesham in a second edition of their successful concise history of modern india, barbara metcalf and thomas metcalf explore india's modern history afresh and update the events of the last decadein response to these dilemmas, the book grapples with questions of caste and religious identity, and the nature of the indian nationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite these advances, poverty, social inequality and religious division still festerfrom the days of the mughals, through the british empire, and into independence, the country has been transformed by its institutional structuresit is these institutions which have helped bring about the social, cultural and economic changes that have taken place over the last half century and paved the way for the modern success storythese include the takeover of congress from the seemingly entrenched hindu nationalist party in , india's huge advances in technology and the country's new role as a major player in world affairs
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Oxfam bookshop st albans readable and provocative and written with paul johnson's customary vigorous, direct and colourful style, a history of the american people charts the sweep and drama of america's history through its politics and economics, its art and literature and science, its society and manners and, not least, its complex religious beliefssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom walter raleigh to bill clinton, paul johnson casts an admiring but not uncritical eye over events and personalities through the past 400 years
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An impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeepisodi storici a corte26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warscomplete with cover page and 26 large platesa very good copybattaglie navalia large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinethomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copynaval battles and court events18th-century rebackingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etc
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakersothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographers
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Oxfam bookshop hexham a biography and history rolled into onenancy ridley describes her childhood and how she fell in love with bonnie prince charlie and from there with history see oxfam website for delivery information read moresigned by the author and with its original dust jacket the book is in in excellent condition
14 €
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Half-a-million years of human historyoxfam bookshop brigg a history of ancient britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook in generally very good condition just with some wear to edges of jacket and small marks to page edgesthe real story of humankind on these islands
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham this book provides a concise and accessible introduction to modern military historythe collection is a clear and up to date survey of the significant debates, interpretations and historiographical shifts for a series of key themes in military historyin very good condition with some light bumps to cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter is supported by notes and a brief bibliography outlining further reading
13 €
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E miller - scripture history - t kelly - hardbacks - cm x 10 cm vol 1 - 74 pages of text each with a full page illustration accompanying it vol paginated continuously from volume 1 + index to volume 1 and 2 to rear of this volume both volumes are in v ery good condition both have firm tight bindings clean bright contents diamond patterned tooling to front and rear of boards gilt decorated edges to boards spine in 5 blocks decorated gilt - fine set occasional small flaw or blemish - very collectable beautiful illustrated edition of the scripture history with the lives of the most celebrated apostlesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume i contains a large hand coloured folding plate representing what appears to be a scene from noahs ark - together with 44 more hand coloured plates to volume 1, the other plates being black and white -- volume 2 has all black and white plates - this is an exceptional and rare work coloured plates make this an exceptional set read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare 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 websitethe work is made up of two books all complete with beautiful engravings showing biblical scenes with figurated title page in each volume
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164 €