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Five novellas and a short story edited by science fiction writer and artist major roxbroughall are carefully selected to entertain and prove thought-provoking, see if you agree? read more
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* cover reveal forthcoming with support on social media and promotion to science fiction readers (details to come)* lead hardcover for night shade's spring list * first book in a new polity series from neal asher * british sf author known for unique mix of far-future technology, bizarre alien creations, and explosive action who has bookscanned nearly copies of his books * previous polity trilogy (dark intelligence, war factory, infinity war) has sold over hardcovers and trade paperbacks * simultaneous publication by major british publisher (tor uk, distributed by macmillan) ensures significant cross promotion to core science fiction readership
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The book is edited by the same pair who produced the cambridge companion to science fiction (winner of a hugo award in )since tolkien and his many imitators, however, it has become a major publishing phenomenonfrom the back cover: "fantasy is a creation of the enlightenment, and the recognition that excitement and wonder can be found in imagining impossible thingsoxfam bookshop lincoln a book of essays discussing the history and features of fantasy fiction, exploring the genre from a historical point of view, and discussing the various sub-genres" in superb as-new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this volume, critics and authors of fantasy look at its history since the enlightenment, introduce readers to some of the different codes for the reading and understanding of fantasy, and examine some of the many varieties and subgenres of fantasy; from magical realism at the more literary end of the genre, to paranormal romance at the more popular endfrom the ghost stories of the gothic to the zombies and vampires of twenty-first-century popular literature, from mrs radcliffe to ms rowling, the fantastic has been popular with readers
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roxbrough dso and bar died unexpectedly, everyone thought that was the end of an impressive career the termination of an eventful fulfilling lifethey were wrong! it was the start of his second life, his journey from the grave to the cradleas new conditionavailable in print for the very first time is roxbrough’s autobiography, read it and be amazed
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Key features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (eoxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernkey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fictionissues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictioncontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacrathomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxismthe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and compared
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*winner of the aurealis award for science fiction and goodreads choice awards finalist for best science fiction* see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut he doesn't remember itand they want it backwil survived something he shouldn't havethey said it was because she's good with wordsthere's a word, they sayit shouldn't have got outthey'll live to regret itnow they're after him and he doesn't know whyfind out why in one of the most mind-bending, page-turning, thrilling novels you'll ever readthey recruited emily from the streetsoxfam bookshop royal exchange square sticks and stones break bones
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Oxfam shop colne road the stunning military science fiction novel from the new york times bestselling author of prospero burnsfile under: science fiction future war breaking news a dead host long way home see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe colony planet of eighty-six looks as dull as all its fellow new worlds to veteran journalist lex falk, but when a local squabble starts to turn violent, and the media start getting the runaround from the military high command, his interest is seriously piquedforbidden from approaching the battlezone, he gets himself chipped inside the head of a combat veteran - and uncovers the story of a lifetimewhen the soldier is killed, however, falk must use all his resourcefulness to get back home again and blow the lid off the whole damn thing
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The book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developsoxfam 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 contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 livestock
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The contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciences" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culturejoining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophy
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Oxfam shop colne road collected together in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy: the trilogy of four are the first four titles in douglas adams' wildly popular comedy science fiction seriesnot bad for a man in his dressing gownan eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, ford prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the vogonsthe galaxy may offer a mind-boggling variety of ways to be blown up and/or insulted, but it's very hard to get a cup of teaand, in a dramatic break with tradition, actually find itescaping the end of the world for a second time, arthur, ford, and their old friend slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robotsso long, and thanks for all the fishthere is a knack to flyingfenchurch once realized how the world could be made a good and happy placeunfortunately, she's forgottensadly, however, the weekend has only just begunit's not an easy thing to do, and arthur dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick - until he meets fenchurch, the woman of his dreamshowever, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly dothe knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and missconvinced that the secret lies within god's final message to his creation, they go in search of itthe hitchhiker's guide to the galaxyone thursday lunchtime the earth gets unexpectedly demolished to make way for a new hyperspace bypasssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor arthur dent, who has only just had his house demolished that morning, this seems already to be rather a lot to cope withthe restaurant at the end of the universewhen all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - 'where shall we have dinner?' the restaurant at the end of the universe provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry aboutlife, the universe and everythingfollowing a number of stunning catastrophes, arthur dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric earth
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The result is an unprecedented erosion of thought in western democracies as voters, policymakers, and justices actively ignore the evidence from science, leaving major policy decisions to be based more on the demands of the most strident voicesbut what happens when they are not?
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Students and educators will also benefit from the book's focus on the role of basic building science in the design and construction of four major monuments of late twentieth-century architecturethe examination of four major buildingsthe yale art gallery, the richards medical laboratories, the salk institute, and the kimbell art museumand several smaller projects by kahn reveals this hidden theme: an expressive integration of construction, structure, and services into buildings that dramatically highlight the processes involved in their making and function100 black-and-white illustrationspreviously unpublished drawings, construction photographs, and sketches complement new diagrams that illustrate the profound technical poetry within kahn's buildingsin this book, thomas leslie shows that kahn was also an extraordinarily gifted technologist and that his careful presentation of engineering principles set the stage for the high-tech movement in europe and americaoxfam bookshop glossop road shelf wear and creasing to cover, otherwise good condition 'philadelphia architect louis ibecause of its new approach to kahn's work, this book will be a vital resource for architects and designers, both as a comprehensive analysis of these buildings and as a new interpretation of their constructed meaning' see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis work, widely recognized as a link between modern and classical traditions, is distinguished by its simple yet monumental designkahn () was one of the most influential american architects of the twentieth century
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More specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of sciencedespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of lifethe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first timeoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new condition" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichment"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 yearshimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period
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He was a prolific author of more than fifty titles, including popular science works about astronomy, several notable early science fiction novels, and works on psychical research and related topicsthe edges of the boards are rubbed, but the half-leather binding is otherwise in good conditionthe novel includes observations about the implications of the finite velocity of light, and many images of otherworldly life see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead nicolas camille flammarion was a french astronomer and writerthe pages are slightly browned, but clean and unmarkedlumen, the first item in this volume, is a series of dialogues between a man and a disembodied spirit which is free to roam the universe at will
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Themes are science, speculation, and science fiction rapp & whiting, london, dust jacket has a few small rips to it, internally the book is an a very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music perth collection of essays which were originally published in general magazines, revised and updated
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Leon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic scienceoxfam bookshop victoria based on a three-year course prepared by leon maclaren for the school of economic science in london in the late s, this book reassesses the first principles of economicsin his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heartwith original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from australia, canada, new zealand, the uk, and the united states, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairsit concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealthsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Dead until dark living dead in dallas club dead not a traditional mystery, nor yet pure science fiction or romance, dead until dark broke genre boundaries to appeal to a wide audience of people who just enjoy a good adventurethis is a collection of the first three booksi have a new collection of the first nine charlaine harris dead series paperbacks for saleeach subsequent book about sookie stackhouse, telepathic louisiana barmaid and friend to vampires, werewolves, and various other odd creatures, has drawn more readerscharlaine harris -sookie stackhouse series trueblood omnibus 3 x paperbacks in 1 a collection of 3 x paperbacks in 1 giant omnibus bookplease browse my listings or contact me for further detailsworth £ in excellent condition n
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But how is she ever going to find a girlfriend in duluth, minnesota? when she meets a group of kids who are telling a science fiction story online and gets invited down to the twin cities, she gets more attention than she ever expected, from two very different girls: charming sierra and troublesome blakeblake helps lauren understand that she's not the crazy one in her lifebut blake's attention and insights into life and living with bipolar disorder threaten to destroy everything lauren has created for herself, including her relationship with sierrasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ipswich lauren thinks she has a pretty good life so why is it that she feels crazy most of the time? she figures it's nothing she can't fix by getting her first girlfriend and doing better at school
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