Major roxbrough not science fiction
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In addition to these, the comic also featured science fiction stories, adventure stories and sports storiesthis annual was first published in , with the last edition published init featured many stories that could be described as "boy's own" adventuresoxfam shop redruth the victor was a british comic paper published weekly by da hardback book, the best of the victor, was published in ready to commemorate the 50th anniversary of this popular adventure comicone of these, from issue 15, appeared in classics from the comics in mayslight damage on binder edge and bottom of pages but does not harm reading or picturesin particular, each week the front cover carried a story of how a medal had been won by british or commonwealth forces during the great war or the second world war associated with it was the annually published the victor book for boys many of the victor's stories focused on the exploits of the british military in world war twosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book featured a selection of reprints from the weekly comicthe victor told adventure tales in comic book format the victor ran for issues from 25 january until it ceased publication on 21 november
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Mccrea received the eisner award for hitman, mainly works with writer garth ennis, but this 12-part mini-series was written by american science fiction author doselle youngthe monarchy, issue 7, pages 20 and 21are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea nice scene with a burning man and nurses with fire extinguishers! illustrated by john mccrea (hitman, demon, jenny sparks), inked by garry leach (who also inked hitman)the comic pages are also depicted in print, just like the comic; the comic is not part of the lotour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop brigg from the combined talents of the uk's bestselling novelist and a giant of british science fiction comes the dazzling new chapter in the extraordinary and bestselling the long earth sequencenavy commander maggie kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far long earthhe tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the long mars and wants her to accompany himbut sally soon learns that willis has an ulterior motive for his request: he needs her help to trace an advanced alien technology which, he believes, will help mankind''s post-yellowstone recoveryin the years after the cataclysmic yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee datum earth to myriad long earth worldssally, joshua, and lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original stepper device, willis linsayignorance and fear have caused 'normal' human society to turn against the next, and the authorities, afraid of anything or anyone not deemed 'normal', order that all next children be imprisonedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to homejoshua is determined to liberate the children -- and a dramatic showdown over the inhumanity of humans against their own kind seems inevitablehe becomes embroiled in the plight of the next: the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in the community called happy landings, located deep in the long earth
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It has intertwined with politics, helping to forge national identity, galvanise against a wartime enemy or warn of social upheaval via horror or science fictionfilm is a communal dream in which our fears and fantasies are revealed, often to startling effectit has burrowed deep into our psyche, changing perceptions of history and memory -- one study showed soldiers' recall may sometimes owe more to war films than actual experienceoxfam shop wolverhampton at the end of the nineteenth century, audiences were enthralled by the flickering image of an oncoming train in a lumière brothers' short film; more than a hundred years later the immersive fantasy of avatar enveloped audiences around the globeit has even raised romantic expectations that for us, too, 'the one' will arrive for that big clinch in the final reelit has influenced our behaviour in small but significant ways, from the widespread abandonment of vests after clark gable's example in it happened one night to gangsters holding their weapons at movie-cool angles, improving their image but not their aimin this fascinating, entertaining and illuminating book francine stock takes us on a personal journey through a glorious century of cinema, showing in vivid detail how film both reflects and makes our worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite decades of rapid change, we are still hypnotised and seduced by the power of cinema; it remains our most persuasive mass entertainment
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At the studios he met text writer lo hartog van banda, with whom he would create his first comic series, the now legendary science fiction series arman & ilvaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitekhing’s archives are kept in the literature museum in the hague; as a result, originals from arman & ilva are rarely offerednowadays thé tjong-khing is best known as an illustrator, but he started his drawing career at toonder studios as an assistant to jan wesseling working on marionduring the inking, khing decided to change the composition and did not finish the strip any furtherthis lot concerns a rejected strip from this special serieswill be packaged with care and shipped by registered mailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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George iiii half crown with pattern shield + free science fiction novel pppl england £3considering our prices please limit your purchases to one per postcode, thank you33 due to the epidemic we do not go to scotland or irelandother foreign countries please message for pppl (post,packing,petrol,labour) quotation thank youfailure to comply will result in your being stopped from purchasing from us again - ever! read more
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This fantastic science fiction adventure annual is a deluxe collector’s first edition containing attractive facsimile reprints which were originally published in the “eagle” comicit also has original title-blocked pictorial full colour glossy board covers and illustrated black and white end papersthis sale is from a pet, smoke, and covid free homethese strips originally appeared in “eagle” voli would prefer the buyer to collect, and pay cash on collection pleasethere are full colour comic strip illustrations throughout this annualregret no returns accepted7, between and februarydan dare pilot of the future – rogue planetin “rogue planet” dan travels from earth to the planet cryptos in order to help the crypts overcome their war-like oppressors, the phantsthe text and coloured illustrations are still bright and clearpublished in english by hawk books limitedit has never been read and only been opened to take photographsits binding remains tightthere is also a small faint v shaped scratch on the fronta very nice copy in particularly good conditionthe book is not marred by notes, or highlightingplease refer to the photographs provided to make your own assessment regarding overall conditionit has been stored in a dry environment away from the lightcompiled by mike higgsthere are no stains or discolourationthis book was published without a dust jacketillustrator frank hampsonthere are a few small indentations on the back coverprinted by bath press colourbooks) postage within mainland united kingdom, including northern ireland, at the buyer's own risk, for an additional £7large heavyweight hardback(social distancing would be respectedthere are no loose or missing pages, nor are there any tears to them
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Have you ever read a satirical dystopian science fiction sports romance before? if not then please buy this book now and give it a goi certainly hope you have as much fun reading it as i did writing it and if so perhaps you would like to explore some of my other work available from this location? read moreyou can let me know what you thought of it at facebook
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” format: paperback genre: science fiction type: novel read moreitem specifics condition: like new: seller notes: “you will not be able to tell the book has ever been owned by anyone else
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Item specifics coin: english britannia grade: argent precious metal content: 1 oz year: certification: roxbrough certification number: r add a description heresilver coin britannia 1oz argent pure silver from the roxbrough estate certificate will be supplied can also post read more
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Canvas a roxbrough original acrylic protected by uv protecting varnish 800mm x mm the gatekeeperseller notes: “new” subject: the gatekeeper artist: roxbrough originality: original colour: multi-colour width (inches): mm medium: acrylic height (inches): 800mm date of creation: contemporary (-now) listed by: dealer or reseller year: style: contemporary art read more
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock environmental issues are a major area of concern for policy makers, industrialists and public groups of many different kindswhile science seems central to our understanding of such threats, the statements of scientists are increasingly open to challenge in this area alan irwin provides a much needed route through the fraught relationship between science, the public and the environmental threatsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the book is in nearly new condition with clean, bright, tightly bound pages
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Nik gehenna is going to be a big name in fantasy writing – major roxbrough a thrilling adventure page after page – gloria trubshore read moreso the royal rulers decide to cease hostilitieswar is threatening to bring the eastern kingdoms of nyjord to its kneesthe metal and glass god of the ‘technicians' therefore sets a contest one with a fantastic prize for the winner but death for the loser! this second volume about the domisphere can be read as a stand-alone novel but if reading on from ‘mirror of illusion' will be even more thrillingon the other side of the world though, the ancient computer the domisphere desires the war should continue, for only during conflict does mankind truly evolve
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"-philip kitcher, nature "in science as a process, david hull argues that the tension between cooperation and competition is exactly what makes science so successfulbecause of hull's deep concern with the ways in which research is actually done, science as a process begins an important project in the study of sciencemoreover, science as a process is one of the most compulsively readable books that i have ever encountered"-natalie angier, new york times book review"by far the most professional and thorough case in favour of an evolutionary philosophy of science ever to have been madeoxfam books & music crouch end "legend is overdue for replacement, and an adequate replacement must attend to the process of science as carefully as hull has donei share his vision of a serious account of the social and intellectual dynamics of science that will avoid both the rosy blur of legend and the facile charms of relativismit contains excellent short histories of evolutionary biology and of systematics (the science of classifying living things); an important and original account of modern systematic controversy; a counter-attack against the philosophical critics of evolutionary philosophy; social-psychological evidence, collected by hull himself, to show that science does have the character demanded by his philosophy; and a philosophical analysis of evolution which is general enough to apply to both biological and historical changebowler, archives of natural history "i have been doing philosophy of science now for twenty-five years, and whilst i would never have claimed that i knew everything, i felt that i had a really good handle on the nature of science, again and again, hull was able to show me just how incomplete my understanding wasthe claim that science is a process for selecting out the best new ideas is not a new one, but hull tells us exactly how scientists go about it, and he is prepared to accept that at least to some extent, the social activities of the scientists promoting a new idea can affect its chances of being acceptedhe applies the rules of evolution in nature to the evolution of science, arguing that the same kinds of forces responsible for shaping the rise and demise of species also act on the development of scientific ideas"-mark ridley, times literary supplement"hull is primarily interested in how social interactions within the scientific community can help or hinder the process by which new theories and techniques get accepted"-michael ruse, biology and philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read morehull takes an unusual approach to his subjectit is one of a distinguished series of books, which hull himself edits
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It was published in as a small hardback, complete with charming black and white illustrations by pauline baynes, and would be the last work of fiction to be published in tolkien's own lifetimecomposed almost a decade after the lord of the rings, and when his lifelong occupation with the 'silmarillion' was winding down, smith of wootton major was the product of ripened experience and reflectionoxfam bookshop byres road what began as a preface to the golden key by george macdonald eventually grew into this charming short story, so named by tolkien to suggest an early work by psee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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John adams science tricks action science new box of scientific activities including silly science, funny physics, busy bodies and odd illusionsif you buy other things too, depends on the total weightyou pay postage- will be cheap if combined with other toys i am selling, such as lego, zombie science, james bond books etcif bought alone it is cheap at under 2 kgit is no longer available, but the company make similar sets that sell for £20suitable for age 7+ this is an unused gift that we gave our children and never had time to engage and play with them, as too busyhence asking £9if you arrange postage, as i am not going to post office as self-isolating, it will be best if via hermesit is defintely genuine and not a copy
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencejonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledgeit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too latestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancerrichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physics
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Canvas: roxbrough original; zero copies amaqanda kwesihlahla izindlulamithiacrylic with uv protecting gloss varnish on cotton canvas on frame w460mm x h 360mm x d 18mm will gladly pack for transport if buyer funds p&p read more
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Original roxbrough acrylic canvas with uv protective varnish in place'jack baeur' no copies will pack up and send if buyer pays p&p read more
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4 good/very good condition science fiction paperbackscash on collection onlyover pages in totalno postage or delivery
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One first edition sphere science fiction from the adventures of luke skywalker, in used condition no ripes or tears complete and tolkien the hobbit grafton edition used condition no ripes or tears completeselling four of our paperback book selection 2 x snoopy books from cornet its show time snoopy and you asked for it charlie browncan post for £390 recorded delivery read morein used condition no ripes or tears complete
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science fiction (scifi) must read read morethe hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adamsbelieved to be first edition paperback
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He was the inventor of the detective novel and the father of science fictionsherlock holmes was based on a character poe wrote 60 years before conan doyle and he is universally acknowledged as the inspiration of writers such as h g wells (war of the worlds), jules verne ( leagues under the sea) and as george bernard shaw saidedgar allan poe was one of the world's most influential writers and marked the 200th anniversary of his birth
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'copper sun over a fried egg' an original 'roxbrough' canvas acrylics with oil varnish signed; zero copies, 800mm x 600mm x 30mm read more
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'atomic fried egg' an original 'roxbrough' canvas acrylics with oil varnish signed; zero copies, 770mm x 550mm x 18mm read more
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Canvases:- roxbrough original miniature pair "sephroversor & tefroverzar"5cm x h20cm x d2cm each can be bought seperately or as a pair thus saving £20 read morezero copies dimensions w37
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Canvas:- roxbrough original "protein"5cm x h20cm x d2cm can be bought seperately or as a pair, or as a set of four, ask; if interested in companion pieces read morezero copies dimensions w37
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A roxbrough original canvas of which no copies, existvarnished with ultra violet protection over acrylics 'huevos en áfrica' w 500mm x h 397mm x d15mm happy to post if buyer chooses that option read more
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Item specifics self-representing artist?: no medium: acrylic original/ repro: original style: impressionist subject: abstract date of creation: -now roxbrough original canvas no copies varnished acrylic with uv protection of cotton canvas 'payaso de huevo del diablo' w 360mm x h 460mm x d 18mmhappy to post to any destination, will investigate cost once destination is known read more
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