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Oxfam bookshop preston man ray: writings on art fills a conspicuous gap in scholarship on the artist and his periodit brings together his most significant writings, many of them published here for the first timethis volume offers a long overdue vision of man ray as someone who used words both as a creative medium and as a means of articulating ideas about the nature and value of artthese occasionally quixotic texts, which include artist books, essays, interviews, letters, and visual poems, reveal the incredible scale of the artist's output and the remarkable continuity of his aesthetic and political beliefssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith richly reproduced illustrations, it provides powerful insight not only to scholars of art history and academics, but also to working artists and those who count themselves as man ray fans
14 €
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The complete astrological writings of the last and final prophet[peace be upon his name] the great beast, aleister crowley read more
666 €
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Robert browning selected writings by richard cronin (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Henry james's style of retrospect late personal writings, by oliver herford (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Pentecost & sanctification in the writings of john wesley and charles wesley with a proposal for tod by laurence w wood (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Roots music in america collected writings of joe wilson by fred bartenstein (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Title: the qur'an and the prophet in the writings of shaykh ahmad al-alawipublisher: the islamic texts societyauthor(s): al-alawi, ahmad
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Title: basic writings of kantmissing information?catalogue number
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Title: the essential writings of christian mysticismcatalogue number
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Oxfam bookshop hove nichiren daishoninthe writings of nichiren daishonin volume 1soka gakkai, tokyo japan, pagessize: 5 7/8 x 9Â - reprint edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is volume one onlythe gosho translation committee editor - translator
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Oxfam books & music berkhamsted these writings present the rationale behind lupukhov's attempt to develop a "symphonic" ballet that would integrate the formal and expressive elements of dance and musictranslations by dorinda offord edited and with an introduction by stephanie jordanthey also show his finely detailed knowledge of the classical heritage and his creative efforts to transmit major works to future generations paperback book in very good condition, slight shelf wear, with a small amount of scratching to the covers see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacoswhat they revealed stunned the worldthe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'it is a miracle in itself that they survivedone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly femininelyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrybrown leather spine with gilt title to spinecontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted cloth boardsxxviii and 724 pages including indexover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredthese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnoxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egypt
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The selected writings of maurice o'connor drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicinewhether discussing philosophy, simone weil or the power of hypnosis, he makes fascinating excursions into the bearing of wittgenstein's thought on philosophy and the practice of medicine and psychiatrythrough notes on conversations with wittgenstein, letters to a student of philosophy and correspondence of almost 30 years with rush rhees, drury gives shape to what he had learned from wittgensteinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecentral to the collection is the danger of words, the text described by ray monk as 'the most truly wittgensteinian book published by any of wittgenstein's students'beautifully written and carefully selected, each piece reveals the impact of wittgenstein's teachings, shedding light on the friendship and thinking of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centuryalongside a foreword by monk and an introduction presenting a new biography of drury, analysing the relationship between him and wittgenstein, this collection features previously unpublished archival sourcesoxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inthe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacher
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham superbly edited and annotated, this collection of the writings of john wilkes booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on abraham lincoln, the civil war, and nineteenth-century theater historythe nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of , when booth was conspiring against lincoln, explicit statements of booth's political convictions, and the diary he kept during his futile twelve-day flight after the assassinationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music totnes selected writings on vernacular furniture see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequencealexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsthis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationthe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scalefinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centuryonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedwaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europethe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dustoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsfiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantswaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review oflong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallyseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh's
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A brilliant large paperback book in excellent condition99 the world according to clarkson volume 4 in volume four of the world according to clarkson, jeremy clarkson pours scorn on the nonsensical, the dumb, the idiotic and the plain foolish in his continuing quest to discover where exactly we have all gone wronghow hard can it be by jeremy clarkson large paperback worth ÂŁ7i have other jeremy clarkson books for saleplease browse more of my listings
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The volume also features an accurate and suggestive graphic layout; the letters or writings depicted sometimes are decorated, on a black background, or softened by elegant decorations and flourishescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegiovan della gatta, nineteenth-century half leather binding and faded orange grained paper, blank spinecollation: cover page with title and author’s portrait cropped and glued on a blank sheet; followed by 62 sheets numbered in pen; the last blank sheet is missingeach page of text framed by a double thread; on the back of the last one, large printer’s brand on full page; in the text there are several historiated drop capsthe volume is composed entirely of its pages trimmed along the border lines and reassembled with sheets to complete them (of different sizes, sometimes over 1 cm)), vernacular and ciphered writings, drawing inspiration from the works of vicentino and taglienteownership note on the front of the endpaper: "contessa sofia di bricherasio"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesixth edition (the first in ) corrected and expanded with 15 "tables" by the authorthis splendid and famous manual describes chancery, commercial (milanese, roman, venetian, florentine, genoeseare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia copy in overall good condition, even with the remaking of the margins of the whole volume mentioned above(in fine) in roma, per valerio dorico
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiahis books have been translated into thirty languagesthis is a book that needed to have been writtensee oxfam website for delivery information read more'profound and stimulatingit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiashows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomhe won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peaceindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointshe deserves the recognitionthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our times
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Both professor may's own writings and the tribute by his students attest to the stature and influence of a major historian of our timerethinking international relations is a collection of eleven of his essays, mostly from his writings published in widely scattered places, and thirty-five essays which evaluate his contribution by his former students at harvard university, where he has taught since the smay, charles warren professor of history at harvard university, is one of the world's leading authorities on the history of international relations whose published work during the last forty years has made a major impact on the study of both national and world affairssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop glossop road some creasing to cover, very good overall condition  ernest rprofessor may's work is multidimensional
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovativecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingswhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areain contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquirystrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his work
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Shapiro's writings have been innovatory with respect to the phenomena he has taken to be political, and the concomitant array of methods that he has brilliantly masteredshapiro's rich and numerous writings on culture provide a powerful and important antidote to this approach, as shapiro consistently shows (across wide-ranging contexts) that politics is in culture and culture is in politics, and no politically salient approach to culture can afford to turn either term into a causal variableby reconceptualizing and reinterpreting this term, shapiro's work has helped us to rethink the very boundaries between political theory and international relations as putatively separate subfields of political sciencefrom his frequently-cited article on metaphor from the early s to recent work on discourse and globalization, shapiro has shown that politics happens not only with and through the use of language, but within discourse as a material practiceindeed, he shows that language is constitutive of politicsthe editors have focused on work in three key areas:discourseshapiro was one of the first theorists to demonstrate convincingly, and in a manner that has had a long-standing impact on the field, that language is not epiphenomenal to politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreviolencewhile violence is surely not a theme foreign to political studies, no one has done more or better work in contemporary political theory to bring violence into play as a central term of political thought and to expand our understanding of violenceoxfam bookshop wallingford michael jsamuel huntington's () (in)famous polemic, 'the clash of civilizations', only pushes this relationship to its breaking pointthis book draws from his vast output of articles, chapters and books to provide a thematic yet integrated account of his boundary-crossing innovations in political theory and masterly contributions to our understanding of methods in the social sciencesand it explains why both political theorists interested in international relations and international relations scholars concerned with a broader understanding of international politics must both start with shapiro's work as required readingculturegabriel almond and sidney verb's () famous work on 'the civic culture'established a long-held but ultimately counterproductive relationship between culture and politics, one in which culture is an independent variable that has effects on politics
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Cover pages and notebook in very good condition, no writings, tears or stainscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesuperb dishes, corners in excellent condition, impeccable edges, round red film spine in excellent condition, very beautiful capscover pages and notebook in excellent condition, no writings, tears or stainsboule et bill 6: original edition of the 6th album in the seriesalbum in very good conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeboule et bill 7: original edition of the 9th album in the seriessuperb dishes / corners / slices, nothing to say, yellow film-coated round back in very good condition, beautiful caps barely foldedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiround red film backround yellow film back
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It provides for the first time a detailed analysis of the ways in which laudian and royalist polemical literature was created, tracing continuities and changes in a single corpus of writings from through tomilton's book is neither a conventional biography nor simply a study of printed works, but instead constructs an integrated account of peter heylyn's career and writings in order to provide the key to understanding a profoundly polemical authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the book, heylyn's shifting views and fortunes prompt an important reassessment of the relative coherence and stability of royalism and laudianismhistorians of early modern english politics and religion and literary scholars will find this book essential readingin the process, the author presents important new perspectives on the origins and development of laudianism and 'anglicanism' and on the tensions within royalist thoughtoxfam shop clitheroe this is the first full-length study of one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth century
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Oxfam bookshop new milton the writings of the english mystics have now largely been recovered from historical obscurity and are gradually being edited and printedthe 90 page introduction is masterly, and any reader must be the wiser for this study of the development of devotional spirituality in the west; besides his appreciation colledge does not hesitate to point out the failings of some of the more popular devotional writers and the abuses which rose from misunderstood passages in their writingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe also explores the extent of christianity's borrowings from other faiths and philosophies, with many quotations and opens up a larger perspective for the texts which make up the body of the book this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianity the dust jacket has a little fraying on the bottom edge but is otherwise in very good condition for its agethis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pagesthis edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledge
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The studies record the reliable facts of wittgenstein's life, and retrieve all the information which is still available relating to the chronology and composition of his writingsvon wright, a pupil and personal friend of ludwig wiggenstein and now one of the trustees of his literary estate, has here collected eight studies of wittgenstein's life and writingsavoiding interpretation, professor von wright concentrates on providing source material which will be of permanent value to anyone studying wittgensteinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis work on the origins and development of the two great creations of the philosophical genius - the 'tractatus' and 'philosophical investigations' - will be of abiding interest to scholars and students who seek to understand the thinking of one of the most fertile and original minds in the history of philosophyoxfam bookshop glossop road shelf wear and creasing to cover, otherwise very good condition g
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Old and collectable with nice pictures and writings for sale for ÂŁ5 it means only 10 pence each cointo collect from bayswater, queensway, lonndon w2please contact me on: ad id: delivery service consumer creditinternational mixed 50 coins: china, usa, france, switzrland, canada, egypt, israel, brazil, etc
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Also there is some hand writings on some of the pagesother than these the book is finefeel free to message if interestedad id: delivery service consumer creditthere is a little bit coffee stains by accident at the right corner of the book but it doesn’t affect any pagescompany book 31st edition by mayson, french & ryan good book for company law
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