Nobel prizes
List nobel prizes
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A key minister in the first two labour governments, he became foreign secretary in and received the nobel peace prize for his dedicated efforts as president of the world disarmament conferenceoxfam books & music beeston manchester university press, , hardback with dust jacket very good condition arthur henderson was one of the first working-class mps and held the office of secretary of the labour party for nearly twenty-five yearsalways a moderate, 'uncle arthur', as he was generally known, was the embodiment of the alliance between the labour party and the trade union movement, a partnership that he incorporated into the fabric of the party through the constitutionduring the first world war and again briefly after he served as leader of the labour partycentral to this book is a study of henderson's bitter and long-lasting rivalry with ramsay macdonald and his deep commitment to the league of nations and the cause of world peacesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis talents as a political manager were central to the labour party's electoral strategy and to the expansion of the constituency organisation which enabled labour to develop from a sectional pressure group into a government party
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'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-manntake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corequantum theory is weirdin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentswhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of sciencebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debate"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itin this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangesee oxfam website for delivery information read morequantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselves
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On publishing paper (only ten copies on hollande paper, which were the first prints), but with a lovely message to his colleague george meredith (), one of the most famous english authors of the time and nominated seven times for the nobel prize: â to george meredith / a small token of my deep admiration and respect / marcel schwob / paris, janmarcel schwob: le roi au masque d'or - paris, ollendorf, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ it should also be noted that the author dedicated this book in englishâfor my sister maggieâ was there perhaps a connection between "maggie" schwob and george meredith? condition: very lightly aged spine, otherwise a lovely copy, uncroppeda treasured copy of the first edition of this collection of 21 short stories by marcel schwob (), a very famous aesthete and author of the belle epoque and now sometimes considered one of the predecessors of the surrealistsplease 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 wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein a lovely period green glazed half calfskin binding, preserved covers and spine, gilded upper edge (19 x 12 cm)
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Oxfam books & music bedford nobel prize inpaperback version of this book, which is in portugesefirst volume of "chronicles"in good, almost unread conditionthe meetings he had in the tumultuous and nightly grennwich village would mark his lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebob dylan recalls in 'chronicles' his encounters with musicians, producers and artists and his first loves and tells us about the disorganized library, discovered at a friend's house and which was essential in his training, where he read from tucidides to eliotbob dylan arrived in new york in , when he was not yet twenty years old
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturepages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedwe are all potential targets
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He was nominated for the nobel prize in literatureare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiblue cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardboards a little rubbed and spine slightly fadedgreen cloth covered hardback, with gilt design and title to front boardhe was author of the earliest children's novel, "l'Ăźle rose"illustrĂ© de lithographies en quatre couleurs, par edy legrandandrĂ© chamson was a french archivist, novelist and essayistslightly age toned pages, but otherwise good condition insidevildrac's first poems were written when he was still a teenager in the shistoire de magali - by andrĂ© chamsonles lunettes du lion - by charles vildracvery good condition insideplease 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 wonât find in just any storeavec soixante dessins de madeleine charlĂ©tycharles vildrac was a parisian libertarian playwright, and poetwonderful colour illustrations, including charming illustrated end paperscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablehe was the father of the novelist frĂ©dĂ©rique hĂ©brard
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Gide writes here of his disillusionment with communism and would go on to win the nobel prize for literature ten years later inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark or owner's marks; dust jacket not price clippedhardcover first edition (knopf, ), first printingnear fine with some browning to paper in a very good jacket with light browning to spine and light soilingplease 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 wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Pablo neruda was awarded the nobel prize in literature inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisewn - hardcover - mm condition: good will be sent with track and tracehardcover with dust jacket - mm condition: as newthis lot contains 3 works by pablo neruda in the dutch language: ik beken ik heb geleefd - herinneringen amsterdam, prometheus, ppplease 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 wonât find in just any storecanto general cover: jan vanriet, watercolour edition of de morgen, ppcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletwintig liefdesgedichten en een wanhoopszang with an introduction by translator willem bossier uitgeverij orion, desclee de brouwer, pp
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Munro's third book to be published and second collection of short stories, the genre for which she received the nobellibrary, no remainder or owner's marksare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin original dust jacket, not price clippedplease 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 wonât find in just any storehardcover first edition (mcgraw hill ryerson, ), first printing with full number line, printed in canadacatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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She would win the booker international in and then the nobel in , the first canadian writer to win (although saul bellow technically was born in canada)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinear fine with a bit of light foxing in a very good jackethardcover first uk edition, first printinglibrary, no remainder or owner's marks, not a book club, dust jacket not price clippedplease 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 wonât find in just any storemunro's second bookcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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2 original first editions by the nobel prize winner for literature gĂŒnter grassthe books will be carefully packed and shipped with tracking numberare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiused condition with some signs of use (all can be seen in the photos) pages are darkened (post-war paper)with collector's ex-librisplease 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 wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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He fits the nobel prize winner profile too: a european novelist (18 of the last 25 nobels have gone to european writers, including the uk and ireland; 16 out of the past 25 winners are only or primarily novelists), but is he still too unproven? read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover first uk edition, first printinglibrary, not a book club, no remainder or owner's markssebald, who the prize committee admitted had been a leading candidate up until his untimely death inplease 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 wonât find in just any storekrasznahorkai leapt into contention in , when he won the man booker internationalas new, appears unread in a fine dust jacket, not price clippedkrasznahorkai many see as the heir to wcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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One of mĂŒller three early works in german that were translated into english before winning the nobel in ("the appointment" metropolitan books, )are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikias new, appears unread, not exlibrary, not a book club edition, jacket not price clipped, no remainder markplease 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 wonât find in just any storehardcover first edition (rowohlt, ), first printingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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East of eden is a novel by nobel prize winner john steinbeck, published in septembereast of eden is also the basis for the film, directed by elia kazanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistated on the copyright page: âfirst published by the viking press in september â with no mention of later printings, the title page shows the year , the green spine has a red rectangle with dark-blue lettering, and page 281, line 38 has the incorrect spelling âbiteâ instead of âbightâit is about a stubborn young man who, while searching for his own identity, seeks the affection of his deeply religious father who has a preference for his brotherthe dust jacket is in fair condition with some scattered damage (see photos)the condition of the book itself is fair to good: there are no notes or signatures or other inscriptions, only the stamp âproperty of holland america lineâ on front and back page (see pictures)both book and dust jacket have all the required first printing characteristicsfirst edition, first printing of the book and the dust jacket50, and the rear panel of the dust jacket shows the author with his signature in facsimile below his portrait (later printings have book reviews instead)please 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 wonât find in just any storethe price on the dust jacket is $4thus, the story of cain and abel is told anewthe film has star actors julie harris, james dean (in his first major feature role), and raymond masseycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablethe viking press, new york
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The nobel literature prize winner in , when der tod in venedig was first published, was rabindranath tagore; mann would win it himself inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith catalogue of mann's work in backhardcover patterned boards, no dust jacket (as issued?)fifth edition of the first edition of mann's der tod in venedig (splease 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 wonât find in just any storenot former library, very goodprevious owners stamp and name on fep145); bound with der kleine herr friedemann uns andere novellen (see photo), scatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Kipling was the first person from the british isles to win the nobel prize for literature, and the first english language writer to winare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith multiple illustrations by kiplingnot ex library, not a book club; no dust jacket as issuedhardcover first edition (macmillan, ), second impression (october, )please 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 wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Pamuk would win the nobel in , the first turkish writer to do sonear fine in a near fine jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished simultaneously with a paperback editionprecedes the us edition and was pamuk's first book translated into englishhardcover true first edition (carcanet, ), first printingplease 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 wonât find in just any storelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark, dust jacket not price clippedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Kertesz won the nobel prize for literature in , the only hungarian to date to have wonnear fine with a small spine lean in a near fine jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinot a former library book, in original just jacket, no owner's mark or remainder markplease 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 wonât find in just any storehardcover first german edition (rowohlt ), first printingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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The book's epigraph and title are from "the letter writer," a story by the yiddish writer and nobel laureate isaac bashevis singer: "in relation to them, all people are nazis; for the animals it is an eternal treblinkaoxfam shop haverfordwest this book explores the similar attitudes and methods behind modern society's treatment of animals and the way humans have often treated each other, most notably during the holocaustthe last part of the book (chapters 6-8) profiles jewish and german animal advocates on both sides of the holocaust, including isaac bashevis singer himselfbook is in good condition but does show signs of wear and tear as per the photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read more" the first part of the book (chapter 1-2) describes the emergence of human beings as the master species and their domination over the rest of the inhabitants of the earththe second part (chapters 3-5) examines the industrialization of slaughter (of both animals and humans) that took place in modern times
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The author won the nobel prize for physiology of medicinecorners slightly bumped and some fading/tanning to rear cover from shelf wearit will stimulate discussion about the mind-body problem, the origins of knowledge and the perceptual bases of languageit suggests that the nervous system in each individual operates as a selective system resembling natural selection in evolution but operating different mechanismsby providing a fundamental neural basis for categorisation of the things of the world it unifies perception, action and learningoxfam books & music totnes this work presents a radical new view of the function of the brain and nervous systemthis theory revises our view of memory, considering it as a dynamic process of categorisation which has implications for the various psychological states from attention to dreamingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoup paperback in good clean condition, no internal markings and sound binding
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Paustovsky () was a russian soviet writer nominated for the nobel prize for literature inof his autobiographythis is the fifth volsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenonetheless, it does provide a unique view of life in russia when he was in the caucasus in the early soxfam shop kendal hardback with dust jacket in vgcit is not a strictly historical document but rather a long, lyrical tale focusing on the internal perceptions and poetic development of the writerit has been called a "biography of the soul" rather than a biography of events
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Translation by clare cavanagh and stanislaw baranczak of some 27 poems by the sometime nobel laureatelike nowhere else, or almost nowhere, you're given your own torso here, equipped with the accessories required for adding your own children to the restthe russian text is one side and the english translation on the facing pagehere we manufacture chairs and sorrows, scissors, tenderness, transistors, violins, teacups, dams, and quipssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes an exciting collection of poems by wislawa szymborskafrom the title poem: i can't speak for elsewhere, but here on earth we've got a fair supply of everythingblack cloth on board covers with gilt lettering to spinehoughton mifflin harcourt hardback with intact djwhen here was published in poland, reviewers marveled, "how is it that she keeps getting better?" these twenty-seven poems, as rendered by prize-winning translators clare cavanagh and stanislaw baranczak, are among her greatest evernot to mention arms, legs, and astonished headwhether writing about her teenage self, microscopic creatures, or the upsides to living on earth, she remains a virtuoso of form, line, and thought
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Non hanno vinto il premio nobel, non hanno battuto record, né percorso qualche altro sentiero verso la celebrità tutto quello che mickey e mallory, i due amanti in fuga, hanno fatto Ú stato uccidere della gente
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe shipment will be shipped via postnl with track and tracefdcs, special cancellations, aerophilatelie, edbs, special commemorative cards, christmas cards swiss ptt including christmas cards personally signed by the director ptt switzerland (mr nobel), with some liechtenstein and older material500) with better valuesplease 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 wonât find in just any storeeverything has been photographedcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableregistered shipping upon request
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He is best known for his association with the nobel laureate, albert einsteinthe translator maurice solovine () was a romanian philosopher and mathematicianare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikii am pleased to be able to talk to you" after the bern period, einstein maintained a lively correspondence between and with maurice solovineillustrations: frontispiece portrait of einsteinthis is the first french edition of "zur elektrodynamik bewegter korper"binding: bound in original grey/brown stiff wrapsthe two men struck up a close relationship and einstein was said to say to solovine a few days after meeting him: "it is not necessary to give you lessons in physicsthe discussion about the problems which we face in physics today is much more interesting; simply come to me when you wishgeneral condition: interior is complete, paper is light brown and bottom paper edge is uneven, everything else in good conditionplease 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 wonât find in just any storethe spine has no titlesas a young student of philosophy in bern, maurice solovine applied in to receive tutoring in physics from albert einstein in response to an advertisementcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans envelope portraying prime minister menachim begin and representative of president anwar sadat receiving the peace prize in oslo, 10th december with stamp franked cairo on same date
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Oxfam bookshop st albans envelope commemorating the sharing of the peace prize by prime minister menachim begin and president anwar sadat on 10th december ;Â stamp franked jerusalem on same date see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans envelope portraying prime minister menachim begin and representative of president anwar sadat receiving the peace prize in oslo, 10th december with stamp franked oslo on same date
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Steinbeck has touched the quick' the new york times nobel prize-winning author john steinbeck is remembered as one of the greatest and best-loved american writers of the twentieth centurytackling universal themes, friendship and a shared vision, and giving a voice to america's lonely and dispossessed, of mice and men remains steinbeck's most popular workdrifters in search of work, george and his simple-minded friend lennie have nothing in the world except each other - and a dreamhis works include the grapes of wrath, the forgotten village, cannery row and the pearlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea dream that one day they will have some land of their ownhis complete works are published by penguinoxfam bookshop st albans a parable of commitment, loneliness, hope and loss, of mice and men by john steinbeck is a powerful and moving portrayal of two men striving to understand their own unique place in the world'a thriller, a gripping tale that you will not set down until it is finishedeventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and feelings of jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength
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Saul bellow was the winner of the nobel prize for literaturesammler's planetsammler's planet was the winner of the national book awardsigned by saul bellow
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