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The book then presents case studies of important water privatization initiatives in the region, drawing out crucial themes common to water privatization debates around the world including corruption, gender equity and donor conditionalitiesoxfam bookshop beverley as globalization and market liberalization march forward unabated the global commons continue to be commodified and privatized at a rapid pacethis book is powerful and necessary reading in our new age of commoditythe age of commodity provides an overview of the debates over water in the region including a conceptual overview of water 'privatization', how it relates to human rights, macro-economic policy and gatssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this global process, the ownership, sale and supply of water is increasingly a flashpoint for debates and conflict over privatization, and nowhere is the debate more advanced or acute than in southern africa
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry viwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Over tanks were involved in the engagement, which proved to be one of the most important of the conflict and is examined here through a combination of archive footage and modern graphicsoxfam bookshop swanage this documentary chronicles the battle of kursk, which took place in the summer of between the german and russian armiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justiceshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinitymoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesin good conditionthere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spineno one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inside pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing population
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In the most important challenge yet to rawls' theory of justice, sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allowsbut can any such principles be found? and if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? these are the questions michael sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalismsandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of john rawlsoxfam bookshop hampstead liberalism and the limits of justice by michael sandel a liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and endssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good conditionit therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good life
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A chronology provides more information on important polaroid achievementsincluded here are more than 80 colorplates of polaroids by such diverse artists as ansel adams, robert frank, nancy burson, robert mapplethorpe, chuck close, lucas samaras, and william wegmanthe works in innovation/imagination are all selected from the polaroid collectionthe photographs are accompanied by an essay placing polaroid in historical context, and comments by the photographers themselves offer insights into how polaroid has affected their artoxfam bookshop victoria road condition: used, very goodtheir photographs display the artistic inventiveness and technical achievement made possible by polaroid film and present an overview of the past 50 years in photographythe condition of the book is used and very good, with little to no signs of wear see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadalthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believersslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coverbakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedthis book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good conditionoxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lthis book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pages
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However, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedthis book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary statethis text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governanceno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentthis book fills this gapthe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this field
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The concept of the greek polis, the formulation of the roman res publica (including the gradual evolution of roman law), the constitution of chinese public administration, are noted in detail as so many important contributions to the conduct of affairscontents in three parts: from ca bc to ca 500 bc, from 500 bc to the christian era & from the beginning of the christian era to ca ad 500special chapters are devoted to the development of religion, which both in the east & in the west was to shape spiritual life for millenniaafter an introduction which summarizes briefly the main historical events of the period, the authors deal with such fundamental questions as the formation of the greek & latin tongues, the evolution of the indo-aryan & indo-chinese languagestechniques & technology are examined within the context of the societies that created & utilized themfinally the authors analyze the emergence of literature & artthis is from a multivolume work produced under the auspices of unescosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey describe classical science, which in greece & india created a new relationship between humans & natureit gives a lively, readable global history, illustrated with 80 plates, 14 figures & 17 mapsthe philosophers who laid the basis of all thinking are studied in detail
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Thomas merton, trappist monk, author, and student of zen, remains one of the most important and beloved figures in the modern christian contemplative movementhis writings, which bridge eastern and western spiritual thought, continue to inspire us with their real possibilities for immediate and direct experience of the divinefirst presented at a series of popular retreats, this full eight-cd program takes a participatory approach to merton's most useful teachings, helping us to discover our true selfin the end we find ourselves in what the taoist sage chuang tzu called the palace of nowhere, where all the many things are oneit is in this spirit that james finley invites us to follow thomas merton's path to the palace of nowhereoxfam bookshop newark this is not a bookthere is an eastern teaching called transmission of mind, in which the enlightened mind embodied in the master is manifest in the student's awakeningsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cd's cardboard holder is a little worn around the edgesto disappear into god; to be submerged into his peace; to be lost in the secret of his face, as merton said, through daily practices including contemplation, prayer, and faithnow james finley, who for six years lived, prayed, and studied with brother louis, as merton was known at the abbey of gethsemani, shares with us the gifts passed on to him by this towering figure on thomas merton's path to the palace of nowhere
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Now, working tirelessly as a worldwide ambassador for peace, he talks of the damage caused when religion is used to tear people apart, the essential need for unity in this troubled world, and how his faith sustains him on this, the most important journey of his life - the journey to forgiveness and peacetogether with his daughter hana, in this timely spiritual memoir (which includes a selection of exclusive photographs) ali draws upon his rich reserve of notes, tapes and journals, and writes with compassion, warmth and, of course, humour on how we can liberate mind, body and spirit when we pursue and embrace the one essential truth - lovei have embarked on a journey to loveoxfam shop colne road in this poignant, deeply moving book, muhammad ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his childrenas he says, 'it is after i retired from boxing that my true work beganhere, as he recalls his relatively impoverished early days as a young warrior in louisville, kentucky, and his meteoric rise to fame as heavyweight champion of the world, a title he won three times, he tells of the many battles he won and lost, both inside and outside the ring, his conversion to islam in the s and the many life lessons he learned along the waysome of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true islam, from his spiritual studies, and from people he has met in the course of his extraordinary life' see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These maps represent the finest examples in existence in museums, libraries, and archives around the world, chosen because they depict the most important milestones in the mapping of asiajames cook) and influential cartographersoxfam bookshop brighton today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on asia and the middle east - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated westerners since the time of alexander the greatmapping the silk road and beyond traces the history of the european age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the timethe book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient silk road: a network of trading posts that encompassed china, tibet, pakistan, india, kurdistan, iraq, ethiopia, eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including abyssinia, malacca, macassar, siam, and cathaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of asia and the middle east: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the queen of sheba, mohammed the prophet, king charles v) to legendary explorers (marco polo, columbus, magellan, sir francis drake, captmapping the silk road and beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from alexander the great's map of the world, first created in 323 bc and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to maps from the nineteenth century by french and dutch explorers that detail the growing interaction between europeans and eastern cultures
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury this important biography of elgar draws on letters and documents which became available in the preceding twenty-five yearsmichael kennedy, a leading scholar of british music and a distinguished musical biographer, uses this material, which includes elgar's own vast correspondence, in an attempt to get to the centre of the composer's complex personalityelgar's letters reveal his unpredictable swings of mood, from gaiety and a fondness for puns to morose self-pity and a feeling that he was 'not wanted', and although much of elgar's music sounds confident and coherent, it also has an underlying layer of unease, melancholy and insecurityhis relationships with his wife and other women friends are a continuing thread in the life of a man who remained acutely conscious of his lower middle-class origins in spite of his meteoric rise to fame, honours in edward vii's reign and friendship with the kingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This third volume contains a presentation of the two most important topics to be found in the great treatise: meditation serenity (samatha) and supramundane insight into the nature of reality (vipasyana)the great treatise on the stages of the path to enlightenment is his most famous workoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in fine conditionthe pages are clean and tightdust jacket in very good conditionboards in very good conditiontsong-kha-pa was a prolific writer and one of tibet's greatest philosopherssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is volume three of a classic of tibetan buddhism
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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 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 revoltsoxfam 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"see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Of all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroineswidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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important english herbarium with 144 colour plates by john edescribed, with observations on their natural history and uses, by charles johnsonplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipp: [2], xxxii, 192pp, 144 colour platescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea beautiful bright copyvery clean pages and colour plates on bright paperhalf leather binding with marbled plates and gold title on the spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenot only the history of plants but also their uses, medicines, edible plants, healing etcrobert hardwickethe grasses of great britain by charles johnson illustrated by john ethe pages are complete with 144 colour plates by john ewith observations on their natural history and uses
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Rare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james icatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit was published the following year"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centurieslondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionthe book remains his only completed work of history
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The fact that the italians had formed two governments, one backing the allies and one a puppet german government, meant that the secret war was vital to the allies conventional forces and partisans, the sas, soe, the us oss (precursor to the cia) all played important rolesoperation herring lasted over 72 hours instead of the 36 initially foreseen, but it turned out to be a successon the night of april , the last operational jump of world war 2 took placeae"operation herringthe action did presage the end of the italian campaign and the war in italy, but until now little has been written about this, and other secret operations, on the italian frontit will be an essential reference for students of world war 2oxfam bookshop cheltenham the war in italy was characterized by a host of special forces actionssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamathe name of a previous owner is written on the f" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrations
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen fifty years on from its original publication, hla hart's the concept of law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century, and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first timepublished in see oxfam website for delivery information read morein this third edition, leslie green provides a new introduction that sets the book in the context of subsequent developments in social and political philosophy, clarifying misunderstandings of hart's project and highlighting central tensions and problems in the work
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford  this book is a reproduction of an important historical work fromforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works the paperback is in very good condition throughout
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It draws on a wide variety of sources from high literature and travel writing to periodicals and guidebooks to reveal an important current in the history of the modern concept of 'culture', in both popular and elite formsoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames the beaten track is a major study of european tourism during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuriesincluding bibliography and indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea couple of bumps at corners, contents in excellent clean condition throughout
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Oxfam bookshop cotham hill 'policies and trends in liability for damage to property and economic loss'this 1st edition book is in very good condition, complete with dust coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedited, and with an introduction by professor michael furmston, 'the law of tort' contains 11 essays from specialists in the field
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Oxfam shop billericay the author of works on subjects as wide-ranging as alfred hitchcock, 9/11, opera, christianity, lenin and david lynch, slovenian philosopher slavoj zizek is one of the most important and outrageous cultural theorists working todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis documentary explores the eccentric personality and esoteric work of the incomparable academic and writer, trailing the eminent and intrepid thinker as he crisscrosses the globe and obsessively reveals the invisible workings of ideology through a unique blend of lacanian psychoanalysis, marxism and pop culture critique
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Chris barber frgs, the author of eighteen previous books has written this richly illustrated portrait of torfaen to provide a detailed record of the industrial heritage of the area and also as a tribute to the wide assortment of people who have played such an important part in shaping the course of history in this remarkable part of south walessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It's commonly cited along with "the foundations of leninism" as the most important work expressing the ideology of the ussr under stalinoxfam shop darlington hardbackoxblood red boards with titles in gilt on front and spinecorners lightly bumped and a 3cm split of the hinge between the top of the spine and front boardthe contents are clean and the binding is securethe gilt titles are fadedcolloquially known as "the short course," it was the most widely disseminated book during the reign of joseph stalin see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincludes a red ribbon page markerpublished by foreign languages publishing house, moscowjoseph stalin's history of the communist party of the soviet union, first published in
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More than fifty years on, the fat of the land remains an important and inspiring book, one which retains its power to make us think carefully about our own liveshe goes on to document their life and struggles on the land in chapters on cows, pigs, vegetables and wild food in charming prosethis was a seminal book, published the year before silent spring, and offers a personal, practical and optimistic vision of a less-mechanized and less polluting world, one that works in harmony with nature, rather than against it see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth the fat of the land, telling of how he and his family settled in suffolk and began a life entirely separate from the modern world
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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 sin 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 unorthodoxit 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 movement320 pages, including appendix, notes, and indextext in excellent clean conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreex-library, with usual markings
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The lotus sutra has been regarded for centuries as one of the most important teachings in mahayana buddhismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book goes beyond theory to show how to bring these teachings into practice in daily lifebased on the teachings of nichiren, a 13th-century buddhist teacher and reformer, the scriptures of the lotus sutra show how every person can attain buddhahoodoxfam shop kendal very good condition paperbackcontaining profound truths for all people from every culture, it reveals the secret for attaining happiness for both oneself and others through the process of self-reformationminimal shelf wear
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