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At the moment it is inhabited by an assortment of characters - including amongst others a literary agent, a wine merchant, one accountant, possibly the first ever nasty liberal democrat mp and his long-suffering pa, and a small dog in his primealthough corduroy mansions is a nickname, it is now recognized by the post officethe building itself - described in a guide to the architecture of the area as 'a building of no interest whatsoever' - is believed to have been built as an asylum, or possibly a school, or maybe it was a mansion block - nobody is very surein fact, nothing of its history is known, although it does have some nice arts and craft featuressee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat least one character is on a voyage of self-discovery, which has taken him to cheltenham so faroxfam bookshop royal exchange square following on from the huge success of the "44 scotland street" series, alexander mccall smith 'moved house' to london's pimlico and into his brand new daily novel, "corduroy mansions"
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Isaiah berlin () was one of the greatest and most humane of modern philosophers; historian of the russian intellgentisia biographer of marx, pioneering scholar of the romantic movement and defender of the liberal idea of freedomthe son of a riga timber merchant, he witnessed the russian revolution, was plunged into suburban school life and the ferment of s oxford; he became part of the british intellectual establishment during the war, he as at the heart of anglo-american diplomacy in washington; afterwards in moscow he saw the grim despair of stalinismthe book is full of memorable meetings - with virginia woolf and sigmund freud, with churchill, with boris pasternak and anna akhmatovayet ignatieff is not afraid to delve into berlin's conflicts: his jewish idealism, his deep aspirationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a work of great subtelty and penetration, exhilarating and intimate, powerful and profoundhis own life was caught up in the most powerful currents of the centuryoxfam bookshop cheltenham isaiah berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for ten years, he allowed michael ignatieff to interview him
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Best known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diarieshis itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, cooxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100shortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julythese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquemost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchhis observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionthe memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianisma scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextslee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitora scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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4 from the series seven liberal artsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikion the back side in pencil "b113" (=batsch nogeorg pencz (), de rekenkunde engraving "artihmetria" from (=bartsch 113, hollstein 85)n no) and two notes from a collector: “e5” and “box 16”some ink stains from the pressure, especially on the right sidedepiction: a woman as personification of arithmetic calculates and takes notes on a tablea putto writes on a slatethe image is complete, the contour line around it is printed irregularly: thick at the bottom and on the other three sides blurred or missingthe original, 16th century engraving on thin paper is completely intact with complete, but here and there blurry imageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesignature "gp" at the top left of the image, the title "artihmetria" at the top centre of the plateon the ground are attributes such as a ruler and weightscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableimage size of 74 x 51 mm, 1 mm margin around
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He is neither liberal nor conservative, neither thomist nor modernist and he seems to elude all attempts to capture the exact way he creatively reinterprets the tradition of christian thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut because of his own daring speculations about the meaning of christ's descent into hell after the crucifixion, about the uniqueness of christ as savior of a pluralistic world, and because he draws so many of his resources for his theology from literature, drama, and philosophy, balthasar has never been an easily-categorized theologianfor that reason, this companion is singularly welcome bringing together a wide range of theologians both to outline and to assess the work of someone whom history will surely rank someday with origen, john calvin, and karl barthoxfam shop burleigh street hans urs von balthasar () is one of the most prolific, creative and wide-ranging theologians of the twentieth century who is just now coming to prominence
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the topics covered in this text are those usually covered in a full year's course in finite mathematics or mathematics for liberal arts students in addition, no previous knowledge of any programming language is necessaryi believe that this text is self-contained and can be used successfully by any college student who has completed at least two years of high school mathematics including one year of algebrabecause this is an introductory text, none of these topics is dealt with in great depththe idea is to introduce the student to some of the basic concepts in mathematics along with some of their applications see oxfam website for delivery information read more they include set theory, logic, matrices and determinants, functions and graphing, basic differential and integral calculus, probability and statistics, and trigonometry
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Wasgij - no 1 imagine -Â if the liberal democrats win the election pc - complete
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaan act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truththe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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Oxfam shop kendal sub-titled 'a brief look at the story of unitarianism and the liberal tradition in wales and beyond its borders'signed and very scarcesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback with dust jacket, both in excellent condition
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The scottish liberal federation hardback with no djall gilt edges to the text blockmarbled end papersoxfam books & music totnes this is a detailed book describing the work done by this committee with many tables and other datathere is a mass of sociological and statistical datawithin it is a letter sent from london in january , stating that the presentation was at the instigation of lloyd george in recognition of the services rendered by macleod to the committeethere is some wear to the spine coverpresentation certificate on ffep which appears to have been signed by lloyd georgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreleather binding with gilt lettering to front and spine coverit is a presentation copy for mr joseph macleod, who was a member of the highland sub-committee
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This book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generallyoxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the scrossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideaspublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He argues that the national curriculum should extend only to the age of 14 and that there should be four distinct pathways from to take account of young people's emerging interests talents and ambitions: liberal arts; technical; sports and creative arts; and careeran essential read for anyone interested in the future of secondary educationkenneth baker sees this as a historic opportunity to re-think the aims and structure of english educationall pathways will provide a broad education, but each will have a distinctive character matched to the talents and ambitions of individual studentsfrom , all young people will be legally required to stay in education or training until they are 18in - a new vision for secondary education, kenneth baker builds a compelling case for reform, with contributions from a range of educationalists who draw on the history of english education, practice elsewhere in the world, and their experiencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton former secretary of state for education kenneth baker claims that secondary education has become a five-year programme with a single, narrow aim: to prepare pupils for high-stakes gcse exams at 16
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He oversaw the continuation of the collection of plates on science, liberal arts and mechanical arts52 to 59 in very good overall appearanceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe worked on the geneva edition of the encyclopaedia and the encyclopédie méthodique by charles panckrouckeauthor: robert bénard robert bénard was a french engraver specialised in the chisel techniquethe mention "bénard direxit" indicates that robert bénard led other engravers on this41 to 50 in the gutter, pronounced water stains on plates nos59 plates engraved with chisel on thick paper and mounted on tabs, including 25 double plates numbered from 1 to 59 (engravings 3 and 4 reversed)he supplied a large quantity of plates to the encyclopaedia diderot d'alembert from the fourth volume in onwards5 cm (large quarto)foxing in the top margin of the first 5 plates, scattered foxing on the other plates and only in the margins - light water stains on plates nosplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehalf sheepskin binding with corners, spine with 5 raised bands (19th century binding)42 to 59 in the gutter with damage on engravings nosthe book is an atlas of engraved plates, without a title pageatlas - 18th century (undated)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Roos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of wareliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â conditionin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and tsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno marks and good binding
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Eyes turn to a recent arrival, jerry frankel, who is from the east, jewish, liberal and outspoken - a combination which makes the community leaders uneasybuyer to collect or pay p&p ÂŁ3the islanders clamour for a speedy arrest and any likely candidate will dothe perfect place to raise a familyso when the ravaged body of young tara breckinridge is found the reaction is shock and a refusal to believe that the murderer could be one of seward's own citizensat first glance seward island is an idyllic rural community
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