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The title is the origins of the first world warfor example: idzthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for salethe sleeve condition is new
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The title is origins of the first world warfor example: idzthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale condition newthe sleeve condition is new
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The title is the origins of the irishfor example: idzthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale condition newthe sleeve condition is new
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the origins of the first world war annika mombauer very good condition paperbackthe seminal event of the 20th century, the origins of the first world war have always been difficult to establish and have aroused deep controversy the book focuses on the controversy itself, rather than the specific events leading up to the warwere they really justified? see oxfam website for delivery information read moresimilarly, the argument has been fuelled by concerns over the sacrifices that were made and the casualities that were suffered there a sticky label on the backcover over the barcode that has been mostly removedemotive and emotional from the very beginning of the conflict, the debate and the passions aroused in response to such issues as the 'war-guilt paragraph' of the treaty of versailles, are set in the context of the times in which they were proposedtext is unmarkedannika mombauer tracks the impassioned debates as they developed at critical points through the twentieth century
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This book examines the origins of english surnames, looking at occupational names; locational names, or names that record places; nicknames and personal names; names from the continent; and symbolic namesin the origins of english surnames, you will find the english people at a key moment in history, revealing the way they spoke, the jokes they made, and their memories of ancient cultures-all at a time when land-based feudalism was crumbling and people sought better livesoxfam bookshop victoria surnames carry the history of people in a very personal wayuniquely, surnames describe medieval lives not captured by any other recordsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhere genealogists and etymologists focus on single names, this book takes groups of names and explores what these say about the society that created themthey tell us what these people did, where they went, and what they noticed, and give clues about their culture and memoriesin england, surnames were mostly established by the end of the 14th century-by ordinary people, for ordinary people
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The origins of anglican moral theology by peter sedgwick (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam books & music beeston the origins of bowing and the development of bowed instruments up to the thirteenth century by werner bachmann oup english translation illustrated "the development of the technique of bowing stringed instruments was to prove one of the greatest advances in the history of musicsmall green label on first page identifying previous ownerfoxing to inside front cover and first pagehardback is blue cloth covered board with gold lettering to spine and front, title set in black band on front with motifsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are tightly bound, clean and unmarked" unclipped dust jacket has wear and tear to edges both front and backfoxing to cover front and back
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Oxfam books & music perth the flowerers the origins and history of ayrshire needlework, m h swain, w & chambers ltd london and edinburgh see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The title is the mind in the cave: consciousness and the origins of artthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idz
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Offered here are the 4 volumes of flash gordon and jungle jim by alex raymond published in a splendid edition by idwshipping:international courierexcellent conditionsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemassive books with exceptional reproduction of the sundaysplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismthe book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingthe diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longthis beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itthe oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in chinasee oxfam website for delivery information read moremade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faith
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Why are we so prone to guilt and embarrassment? why do we care so much about how others see us, about our reputation? what are the origins of such afflictions? rochat argues that it is because we are members of a species that evolved the unique propensity to reflect upon themselves as an object of thoughts; an object of thoughts that is potentially evaluated by othersbased on empirical observations, this is a book of ideas, tapping into both developmental and anthropological phenomena and guided by strong existential intuitions regarding the human conditionno inscriptionsat the core of these intuitions, there is the idea that human psychic life is predominantly determined by what we imagine others perceive of usoxfam bookshop skipton in this book, philippe rochat explores self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives, arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problemsappears unread see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop mutley plain an abbreviated version of the "australian national dictionary", which explores the origins of australian words and phrasescondition is very good but with some wear to the corners of the dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis reference work contains almost as many headwords as the full dictionary, but fewer collocations
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This third collection presents the mind-bending conclusion of the classic movie serial starring buster crabbe as flash gordonepisodes include
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Discover the origins of the entire first person shoot 'em-up genre with the doom collector's bundledoom collector's editionit will work on any computer in the world with the right set-upthe 2nd disc is a doom 3 previewthe manual is on the disc
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The film tells the story of the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires known as death dealers and their onetime slaves, the lycansin the dark ages, young lycan lucian (sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against viktor (nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved themlucian is joined by his secret lover, sonja (rhona mitra), in his battle against the death dealer army and his struggle for lycan freedomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road michael sheen and bill nighy star in this vampire thriller prequel, the third outing for the 'underworld' fantasy franchise
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From the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statein the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leaderssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powernow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy
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Casting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval perioddrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalashe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianosuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadofirst edition publishedoxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienaexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologythe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwear
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Text block is clean and binding solidoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgeinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religionvery good black cloth"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienahe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religiongerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meanings" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Its principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancybut robert woods also considers the variable quality of the victorian registration system; the changing role of what robert malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colourthe volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areasoxfam bookshop chelmsford the demography of victorian england and wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of england and wales between and
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Starting 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 periodforty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationafter almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesthe 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 investigationparticular attention is given to archeological aspectssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 worlda truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common past
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Drawing 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 peoplesoxfam bookshop leeds 379ppoffering 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 historycambridge world archeologythe 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 diagramssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 asiamany 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 subjectit will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in generaladvances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationthey 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 henceforward
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The episodes are: 'welcome to briarcliff', 'tricks and treats', 'nor'easter', 'i am anne frank: part 1', 'i am anne frank: part 2', 'the origins of monstrosity', 'dark cousin', 'unholy night', 'the coat hanger', 'the name game', 'spilt milk', 'continuum' and 'madness ends'oxfam shop colne road all 13 episodes from the second season of the american horror anthology that follows the past and present events at a massachusetts asylum for the criminally insanesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's not long, however, before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building, along with the deranged serial killer known as bloody face (zachary quinto), begin to make their presence feltat the briarcliff mental institution, run by the catholic church and its founder monsignor timothy howard (joseph fiennes), journalist lana winters (sarah paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatment
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The contributors-whose perspectives range from that of fsm leader mario savio to university of california president clark kerr--shed new light on such issues as the origins of the fsm in the civil rights movement, the political tensions within the fsm, the day-to-day dynamics of the protest movement, the role of the berkeley faculty and its various factions, the trial of the arrested students, and the virtually unknown "little free speech movement ofdrawing from the experiences of many movement veterans this collection of scholarly articles and personal memoirs illuminates in fresh ways one of the most important events in the recent history of american higher educationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop bishop's stortford this is the authoritative and long-awaited volume on berkeley's celebrated free speech movement (fsm) of" this 1st edition paperback copy is very good condition
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Featuring 45 chapters from an expert team of contributors from around the world, the bipolar book delves deep into the origins of the disorder and how it informs clinical practice today by focusing on such topics as bipolar disorder occurring in special populations, stigmatization of the disease, the role genetics play, postmortem studies, psychotherapy, treatments and moreedited by a team of experts in the field, the bipolar book: history, neurobiology, and treatment is a testament and guide to diagnosing and treating this exceedingly complex, highly prevalent diseaseoxfam shop balham as a major mainstay of clinical focus and research today, bipolar disorder affects millions of individuals across the globe with its extreme and erratic shifts of mood, thinking and behaviordesigned to be the definitive reference volume for clinicians, students and researchers, aysegĂĽl yildiz, pedro ruiz and charles nemeroff present the bipolar book as a "must have" for those caregivers who routinely deal with this devastating diseasehb as new see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The episodes are: 'welcome to briarcliff', 'tricks and treats', 'nor'easter', 'i am anne frank: part 1', 'i am anne frank: part 2', 'the origins of monstrosity', 'dark cousin', 'unholy night', 'the coat hanger', 'the name game', 'spilt milk', 'continuum' and 'madness ends'oxfam bookshop carlisle the second season of american horror story (-present), that follows the past and present events at a massachusetts asylum for the criminally insanesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's not long, however, before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building, along with the deranged serial killer known as bloody face (zachary quinto), begin to make their presence feltdiscs and case in very good conditionat the briarcliff mental institution, run by the catholic church and its founder monsignor timothy howard (joseph fiennes), journalist lana winters (sarah paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatment
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Rosario villari's account of the background to this revolt, first published in and now at last available in english, has established itself as essential reading for all those interested in the origins and character of these seventeenth-century revoltssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the revolt of naples in was one of several contemporaneous revolts and revolutions which have been grouped together by historians as manifestations of a "general crisis of the seventeenth century"Â concentrating not on the city of naples itself but on the countryside, it has new and important things to say about landlord-peasant relations, rural banditry, and the workings of spanish rule in southern italy
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In part two, smith looks closely at four classic problems associated with four ugaritic deities, and considers how they affect our understanding of yahwehit is now widely accepted that the israelites' god, yahweh, must have originated as one among these many, before assuming the role of the one true god of monotheismmark smith here seeks to discover more precisely what was meant by "divinity" in the ancient near-east, and how these concepts apply to yahwehoxfam bookshop wallingford as the bible tells us, ancient israel's neighbours worshipped a wide variety of godspart one of the book offers a detailed examination of the deities of ancient ugarit, known to us from the largest surviving group of relevant extra-biblical textsat the end of the book he returns to the question of israelite monotheism, seeking to discover what religious issues it addressed and why it made sense at the time of its emergencehe argues that within the bible, monotheism is not a separate "stage" of religion but rather represents a kind of rhetoric reinforcing israel's exclusive relation with its deity see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Anthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridinghe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeanlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastbut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan racethe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilization
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Was it a sudden revolution caused by a momentary but powerful change in the zeitgeist or the turning point of a much longer process? in this volume, the editors have selected a series of essays that look at the origins of the humanities and find that long before the concept of the humanities was already at the forewhile it is clear that around the humanities as a discipline rose to prominence, it is less clear what the exact nature of this shift in academia wasoxfam bookshop newark paperbackthe making of the humanities traces this new finding through a broad range of disciplines including literary theory, linguistics, art history, and musicologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe shift around was thus mostly institutional, not theoretical
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