Oxfam books music beeston on violence
List oxfam books music beeston on violence
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oxfam books & music beeston on violence by hannah arendt philosophical view of violence in political terms and within modern societysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecloth covered board with gold lettering to spine in excellent conditionunclipped dust jacket has very small tear to top, back edge of spine, bumping to edges and scuff markspages are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedfoxing inside cover of jacket
25 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexternally there is some slight damage to the corners of the front coverinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedexplores the links between anger, rage, violence, evil, and creativity and describes a dynamic therapeutic approach that can help channel anger and violent impulses into constructive and creative activity
19 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster according to political theory, the primary function of the modern state is to protect its citizens-both from each other and from external enemiesmodern states need enemies to exist and to persist, not because they are essentially evil but because modern politics constitutes a violent means of protecting us against our own violencehowever, this institution is today coming to an end, not in the sense that states are disappearing, but in the sense that they are increasingly failing to protect us from our own violencein this book paul dumouchel argues that this paradoxical reversal of the state's primary function into violence against its own members is not a mere accident but an ever-present possibility that is inscribed in the structure of the modern stateif they cannot-if we cannot-find enemies outside the state, they will find them insideyet it is the states that essentially commit major forms of violence, such as genocides, ethnic cleansings, and large-scale massacres, against their own citizensthat is why the violent sacrifices that they ask from us, in wars and even in times of peace, have now become barren
10 €
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oxfam books & music beeston a history of british livestock husbandry by robert trow-smith (2 vol) hardback with dust jackets volsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jackets of both books show signs of wear and tearvolume 1 hardback is green cloth covered board with gold lettering on spine in excellent conditioninscription to first page in black ink and discolouration to pagepages are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedinscription in black ink on first on pagevolume 2 hardback is green cloth covered board with gold lettering no spinevery minor scuff mark to edge of spine otherwise boards are in excellent conditionrest of pages tightly bound, clean and unmarked
55 €
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oxfam books & music beeston oxford university press, , paperback like new oxford shakespeare topics provides students and teachers with short books on important aspects of shakespeare criticism and scholarshipsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter an opening chapter comparing the bible as a fragmented yet unified collection of 46 books with the fragmented yet unified first folio collection of shakespeare's 36 plays, each of the following six chapters matches a book of the bible with a representative play: the creation myth of genesis with the first play in the folio, the tempest, the historical epic of exodus with henry v, the tragedy of job with king lear, the tragicomedy of the gospel of matthew with measure for measure, the homiletic disputation of paul's epistle to the romans with the merchant of venice, and the apocalyptic masque of the book of revelation with the tempest againthough its subject matter and style appeal to a broad audience, this book is grounded in recent scholarship in shakespeare and biblical studieseach book is written by an authority in its field, and combines accessible style with original discussion of its subjectthis book also discloses ways in which shakespeare's plays offer both pious and irreverent interpretations of the scriptures comparable to those presented by his contemporary writers, artists, philosophers and politiciansits intertextual readings are framed by descriptions of the historical circumstances of each work's composition and reception and by an emergent theory of allusion as a principle of creation and understandingdespite the presence of hundreds of biblical allusions in shakespeare, this is the first book to explore the pattern and significance of those references in relation to a selection of his greatest playsit reveals the bible as a rich source for shakespeare's uses of myth, history, comedy and tragedy, his techniques of staging, and his ways of characterizing rulers, magicians and teachers in the image of the bible's multifaceted godnotes and a critical guide to further reading equip the interested reader with the means to broaden research
10 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this paperback book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is one of the most popular books on counselling in the uk, with many thousands of students choosing it each year the cover is in very good condition apart from some shelf wear, including light creasing near the bottom front cornerintended as a support for tutors and a companion for course participants, the text emphasises personal development and good practice, and can be used with confidence as a focus for training or a supplement to itthis book is for students on basic introduction to counselling courses from around 20 to 100 hours durationin his highly acclaimed accessible style, sanders covers all relevant areas of training at this level - theory, personal development and building helping skills a previous owner has inked his name and a date on the inside of the front cover, but otherwise internally the pages are in very good condition - clean, tight and unmarked
9 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston the origins of bowing and the development of bowed instruments up to the thirteenth century by werner bachmann oup english translation illustrated "the development of the technique of bowing stringed instruments was to prove one of the greatest advances in the history of musichardback is blue cloth covered board with gold lettering to spine and front, title set in black band on front with motifpages are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedsmall green label on first page identifying previous owner" unclipped dust jacket has wear and tear to edges both front and backfoxing to cover front and backfoxing to inside front cover and first page
25 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable specieson the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)
19 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreotherwise all the pages are clean and tightthis book shows readers how to successfully trade the forex market on their ownon the front and back covers there is some signs of wear along the top of the dust jacketreaders will then learn how to focus on using this information to create a tactical trading plan--one that will help them pull the trigger to get in and out of a tradeand with fx bootcamp's guide to strategic and tactical forex trading he shows readers howalong the way, mcdonell takes the time to discuss the various challenges a forex trader faces, such as greed, fear, loss, and isolation fx bootcamp's guide to strategic and tactical forex trading skillfully explains how to combine popular technical indicators to formulate a comprehensive market strategyinternally there are a few passages the have been marked against but this does not interfere with the reading of the bookas a forex trader and educator of traders, wayne mcdonell knows what it takes to make it in the competitive world of forex
19 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston written by leading psychology authors, cara flanagan, dave berry, matt jarvis and rob liddle, this book's engaging visual style and tone will support you through the year 2 course and help you prepare for your examsthis book is approved by aqa and offers high quality support and informationunique 'apply it' activities for concepts and research methods provide plentiful opportunities to help you practise your application skillsthis paperback aqa psychology for a level year 2 book is in good conditionnew mathematics requirements are thoroughly covered with plentiful support provided throughout and practical research activities will help you develop your research method skillsinternally, the pages are clean and tightly boundthe front and back cover show slight signs of shelf wear to the corners of the book (see picture), a name has been written in the front of the book, and are some pen marks and highlighting on the page edges, otherwise this book is in very good conditionnew mathematics requirements are thoroughly covered with plentiful support provided throughouteach topic is presented on one spread to help you instantly see the whole picture, with description and evaluation clearly separated
15 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston edinburgh university press, very good condition, crease on front cover this book fills a gap in the existing literature on the second world war by covering the range of challenges, threats, issues, dilemmas, and changes faced and dealt with by sweden during the conflictmany misconceptions and false impressions have arisen and persisted as a result of deliberate misinformation and concealment by all sides during that timeinterest in sweden's wartime experiences has increased due to its post-war profile as a neutral that both allowed german troops to transit through its territory and also carried on trading with the nazi regime during the holocaust yearsreaders of this book will gain a fresh, broad view of the period, personalities and problems from a swedish orientation
15 €
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oxfam books & music beeston cambridge university press, , paper back very good condition finding and interpreting the solutions of differential equations is a central and essential part of applied mathematicssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book aims to enable the reader to develop the required skills needed for a thorough understanding of the subjectthere are many worked examples based on interesting and unusual real world problemsthe coverage is broad, ranging from basic second-order odes and pdes, through to techniques for nonlinear differential equations, chaos, asymptotics and control theorythis broad coverage, the authors' clear presentation and the fact that the book has been thoroughly class-tested will increase its attraction to undergraduates at each stage of their studiesthe authors focus on the business of constructing solutions analytically, and interpreting their meaning, using rigorous analysis where neededa large selection of exercises is provided, including several lengthier projects, some of which involve the use of matlabmatlab is used extensively to illustrate the material
14 €
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oxfam books & music beeston garments for children and girls by e wallbank and m wallbank (retro sewing patterns) see photos for contentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepencil markings on pages and 20 to aid making of magyar frock does not detract from patterns - no other significant markingall pages are clean and brightpublished by pitman hardback is blue cloth covered board with black lettering to front and spine in very good condition, just bumping to edges of spinepages are tightly boundinscription in ink on first page
45 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morere-run the tape of life, as stephen jso if these are all evolutionary inevitabilities, where are our counterparts across the galaxy? the tape of life can only run on a suitable planet, and it seems that such earth-like planets may be much rarer than hopedinevitable humans, yes, but in a lonely universeexternally there are some small marks on the back cover and some slight edge wear along the top and bottom of the bookso too with the history of lifethe history of life is littered with accidents: any twist or turn may lead to a completely different worldnow this view is being challengedsimon conway morris explores the evidence demonstrating life's almost eerie ability to navigate to a single solution, repeatedlygould claimed, and the outcome must be entirely different: an alien world, without humans and maybe not even intelligence the assassin's bullet misses, the archduke's carriage moves forward, and a catastrophic war is avoidedeyes, brains, tools, even culture: all are very much on the cardsinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
9 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston palgrave macmillan, , hardcover, no dust jacket very good condition this book is a detailed and original look at the radical reorganisation of french heavy industry in the turbulent period between the establishment of the vichy regime in and the creation of the european coal and steel community (ecsc), the forerunner to the european union, in based on extensive multi-archival research, this book sheds important new light on economic collaboration and resistance in vichy, the post-war revival of the french economy, and the origins of european integration by studying institutions ranging from vichy's organisation committees to jean monnet's commissariat général du plan (cgp), luc-andré brunet challenges existing narratives and reveals significant continuities from vichy to post-war initiatives such as the monnet plan and the ecsc
60 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionincludes up-to-date material on recent developments and topics of significant interest, such as elliptic functions and the new primality test selects material from both the algebraic and analytic disciplines, presenting several different proofs of a single result to illustrate the differing viewpoints and give good insight see oxfam website for delivery information read more the cover has slight shelf wear and a little fading on and near the spine, but is otherwise in very good condition with little general wear internally there si a gift inscription at the top of the free front endpaper ("to tori! with best wishes graham + thomas ward"), but otherwise the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
14 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosain an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african society the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, init was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasseinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covers
10 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good condition  see oxfam website for delivery information read more the cover has a somewhat faded spine which is bumped a little at the bottom, but is otherwise in very good condition apart from a touch of corner wearthis includes a large body of results on mahlers measure of the height of a polynomial the main theme of this book is the theory of heights as they appear in various guisesthe authors'approach is very down to earth as they cover the rationals, assuming no prior knowledge of elliptic curvesthere are one or two small marks on the page edges, but internally the pages are in very good condition - clean, tight and unmarkedthe chapters include examples and particular computations, with all special calculation included so as to be self-containedthe authors devote space to discussing mahlers measure and to giving some convincing and original examples to explain this phenomenon
14 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this rare and signed book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreduring the american civil war, she served as an armed scout and spy for the union armyborn into slavery, tubman escaped and subsequently made some 13 missions to rescue approximately 70 enslaved people, including family and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the underground railroadthe life of harriet tubman, focusing on her civil war activity and underground railroadshe was an american abolitionist and political activistin her later years, tubman was an activist in the movement for women's suffrageexternally there is a mark on the front cover as can be seen in the photo, but otherwise the book shows little signs of wearinternally the book is inscribed on the title pagepage 97-8 has been mis-trimmed but otherwise all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
12 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston free association books, , paperback very good condition bollas integrates the contribution of the british school of object relations with the fine texture of problems that have arisen in the author's own clinical practice
10 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the scots pine to the one-flowered wintergreen, "scottish wild plants" provides a wealth of detailed factual material about over 40 of the most rare and interesting species, focussing on special features of interest, the history of their discovery and their particular ecological needs  in every corner of scotland, wild plants grow in habitats specific to their needs and evolution, from open moorland to mountain ledges and from grasslands to wetlandsinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit is superbly illustrated throughout with sydney clarke's stunning photographsexternally the cover is in very good condition with minimal signs of wear
9 €
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oxfam books & music beeston gunslinger 1 & 2 by edward dorn paperback wrap-a-round cover has wear on edges and spine but no tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedoverall book is in very good condition
14 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston the peregrine by j a baker hardback with dust jacket dust jacket has tears top and bottom of back flap fold and scuff marks to front and backpages have foxing to top edges otherwise are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedcover is in excellent condition with slight bumping to corners and very slight fading to edges, hardly noticeablehardback is green cloth covered board with gold lettering on spine
30 €
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oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacketeddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive waysif yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind functioninternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedyoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planet
9 €
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oxfam books & music beeston sisters by a river by barbara comyns 1st edition first book by the author to be publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"the river is the avon, and on it's banks the five sisters are bornglue or tape staining to first and last pages, imperfection to gluing of last page to board, pages off-white, still tightly bound, clean and unmarkedhardback is red cloth covered board with black lettering to spine in very good conditiontop of pages stained red to match cloth coveringvery faint date to inside front cover" unclipped dust jacket, although grubby, is intact with curling to edges but no sign of tears; is very good for age
55 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston originality and initiative the arts and crafts archives at cheltenham edited by mary greensted and sophia wilson the third catalogue produced on the arts and crafts movement collections at cheltenham art gallery and museumpublished by cheltenham art gallery and museum in association with lund humphries paperback book in nearly new condition
10 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston the last englishman the story of hereward the wake by hebe weenolsen "the last englishman is the story of hereward the wake, who returned from the crusades to find england at the mercy of the normans and fought with every breath of his life for her liberationdust jacket, unclipped and in good condition, has rubbing chips and two tears and small surface damage to spinehardback is red cloth covered board with silver lettering to spine and embossed cartouche to front and is in excellent conditionvery rare to find book still with dust jacketgreat adventure story based on fact" author explains research at end of the bookpages have foxing to edges, tightly bound, clean and unmarkedmap illustration to first and last pagesfoxing to inside d/j
30 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston cambridge university press, , paperback like new in this text professor jech gives a unified treatment of the various forcing methods used in set theory, and presents their important applicationsthe book is based on graduate courses though some results are also included, making the book attractive to set theorists and logiciansproduct forcing, iterated forcing and proper forcing have proved powerful tools when studying the foundations of mathematics, for instance in consistency proofs
15 €
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oxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhismluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightenedaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imagerythe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momenthere, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikefremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the living
10 €
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oxfam books & music beeston the donald duck book published by birn brothers ltd by arrangement with walt disney - mickey mouse ltd december stories, comic strip and poemssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated front cover depicting donald duck standing on the word 'book' clicking the fingers of his left hand, whilst holding another book in his left hand titled 'wise cracks', yellow cloth spinebumping to spineblack and white illustrationsdamage to bottom of front cover, general handling marks, staining to bottom of first two pages and foxing to edge of pagesplain grey paper to the rear cover, mickey and minnie mouse illustrated end papers colour frontispieceready to be coloured in by artistic child! inscription to verso of first story "enid mary day" in pencil and underlinedpages are tightly bound and unmarked
45 €