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oxfam books & music islington complete ballet (2cds) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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oxfam books & music islington dachau and the ss studies the concentration camp guards at dachau, the first ss concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnelthis copy has slight damage to the back dust jacket (see photograph) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreset up in the first months of adolf hitler's rule, dachau was a bastion of the nazi 'revolution' and a key springboard for the ascent of heinrich himmler and the ss to control of the third reich's terror and policing apparatusdachau and the ss makes an original contribution to scholarship on the pre-history of the holocaust and the institutional organisation of violencethroughout the pre-war era of nazi germany, dachau functioned as an academy of violence where concentration camp personnel were schooled in steely resolution and the techniques of terrorit explores the backgrounds and socialization of thousands of often very young ss men in the camp and critiques the assumption that violence was an outcome of personal or ideological pathologiesgraduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzcombining extensive new research into the pre-war history of dachau with theoretical insights from studies of perpetrator violence, this book offers the first systematic study of the 'dachau school'an international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructionchristopher dillon analyses recruitment to the dachau ss and evaluates the contribution of ideology, training, social psychology and masculine ideals to the conduct and subsequent careers of concentration camp guards
55 €
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oxfam books & music islington 3 cds in jewel case with seperate booklet all in outer card box whic is scuffed at the edges see oxfam website for delivery information read more
29 €
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oxfam books & music islington rare documentary film on vhs tapesee oxfam website for delivery information read more edited and presented by melvyn braggouter box has some signs of wear produced and directed by gerald fox
60 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington over the course of a career that spanned 50 years, agnes martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the american southwest agnes martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in americamartin identified with the abstract expressionists but her commitment to linear geometry caused her to be associated in turn with minimalist, feminist, and even outsider artistsshe moved through some of the liveliest art communities of her time while maintaining a legendary reserve"i paint with my back to the world," she said38 illustrations, 33 in colour
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington moving with the magdalen is the first art-historical book dedicated to the cult of mary magdalen in the late medieval alpssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits seven case study chapters focus on the artworks commissioned for key churches that belonged to both parish and pilgrimage networks in order to explore the role of artistic workshops, commissioning patrons and diverse devotees in the development and transfer of the saint's iconography across the mountain rangetogether they underscore how the magdalen's cult and contingent imagery interacted with the environmental conditions and landscape of the alps along late medieval routes
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington architecture is often seen as the art of a thinking mind that arranges, organises and establishes relationships between the parts and the wholesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreconceptual ordering, spatial and social narrative are fundamental to the ways in which buildings are shaped, used and perceivedexamining and exploring the ways in which these three dimensions interact in the design and life of buildings, this intriguing book will be of use to anyone with an interest in the theory of architecture and architecture's relationship to the cultural human environmentit is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and use
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington urban century: internation architecture biennale rotterdam see oxfam website for delivery information read more
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington this book stresses the unifying power of the geometrical framework in bringing together concepts from the different areas of physics see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is aimed as an elementary text, more so than most others on the market, and is intended for first year graduate studentsincluded are many examples from elementary physics and also, for those wishing to reach a higher level of understanding, a more advanced treatment of the mathematical topicsthe book's goal is to present mathematical ideas associated with geometrical physics in a rather introductory languagecommon underpinnings of optics, elasticity, gravitation, relativistic fields, particle mechanics and other subjects are underlinedthis copy is in a very good condition with some light marking to dust jacket from shelf wearinside is a clean bright copyit attempts to extricate the notion of space currently in the physical literature from the metric connotation
34 €
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oxfam books & music islington a prefatory note to this volume describes the contents in some detail, stressing that they include at least two poems not included in any other such publicationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe body of the book is firmly bound with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; dark green silk page marker present; frontispiece b/w photograph portrait of the poet (taken in )only light external wear - a little damage to the top of the spine, one or two scuff marks, a few stainshis poems are known for their irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntaxinside, the green 'marbled' endpapers are bordered with a gilt line round edge of the covers, and the rear endpaper has a strange v-shaped hole mirrored by a pale v on the fep, and a tiny hole a little belowour book is handsomely bound in full black leather with the poet's monogram (shiny black with gilt outline) on the front coverwhether this is evidence of worm damage is not certain - but there appear to be no other such defects elsewhererobert browning () was an english poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost victorian poetsthe reader will find enough here to gain a good impression of the poet's work from to the end of his lifetitle in gilt lettering on the spine, with 5 impressed double-line bands and gilt flower motifs, remains brightall page edges gilt
29 €
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oxfam books & music islington this is the second volume of a ground-breaking and seminal research publication, the first having dealt with invertebratessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreendpapers appear slightly newer than the main textblock'on the halftitle pageinside, however, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright apart from slight browning of edgestwo pencilled annotations: 'almeida' at the top of the front pastedown, and 'she lost his life while attempting the ascent of mont blancour book is in good general condition for its age, its green cloth covers somewhat battered, stained and faded in placesroughcut page fore-edgescovers plain with impressed line borders, spine with gilt bands top & bottom, and title etc in gilt letters - all rather dulledrubbing of edges & angles, shelf wear to top & tail of spine, and bumped corners with some frank damagethe work quickly won wide recognition, both as an admirable digest of the numberless observations made with regard to the development of animals during the quarter of a century preceding its publication, and as a work of original researchhe was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and a successor to charles darwinfrancis (frank) maitland balfour () was a british biologist, and younger brother of the politician arthur balfourhere the author turns his attention to vertebrates, displaying a vigorous scientific imagination, controlled by a logical sense that rigidly distinguished between fact and hypothesis
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oxfam books & music islington francis ledwidge was ireland's major war poet, sometimes called "the poet of the blackbirds"see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book itself, bound in black cloth, is in good condition, the exterior showing only pale patches at the tops of the covers and some minor bumping of corners with no frank damageedward john moreton drax plunkett, 18th baron of dunsany (), was an anglo-irish writer and dramatist; his work, mostly in the fantasy genre, was published under the name lord dunsanyb/w frontispiece portrait of the poetduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldfrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meathsometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war ititle etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinea keen trade unionist with connections to sinn fein, he joined the irish army in lord dunsany's regiment, saw action in italy and serbia, was sent to the front, and was killed near ypres, aged just 30the jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intactinside, the endpapers are very lightly browned, but clean; binding firm with no loose pages; pages clean and brighthowever, his passion was poetry, and he self-educated in the hope of eventually achieving a white-collar job which might allow him to write with greater freedomour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)born to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availablehis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaney
39 €
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oxfam books & music islington volume iisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno foxing, some rubbing to spine, internally intact
14 €
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oxfam books & music islington vintage us first edition hardback book, in very good condition with minimal shelf-wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome wear to jacket, inside pages are clean and unmarkedbook uses poetry and illustrations to depict friendship and lovebook has original black cloth spine and illustrated boards in original pictorial jacketillustrations by maurice sendak
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oxfam books & music islington cerebus and jaka travel towards his home village but don't get there see oxfam website for delivery information read morecrease on back cover made up of issues of cerebus no annotation or marksscott fitzgerald, as f minor shelfweargood spine, tightly boundan extended critique/pastiche of the work of f
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oxfam books & music islington in this closely observed sequence of photographs of london, dorothy bohm has captured the city as it appeared to her in the late ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamanda hopkinson's text places the photographs in the context of other visual records of london in the s, and of dorothy bohm's photographic work as a wholeit is a city caught at a particular moment in its history, and the photographs convey a sense of transience, of nostalgia for a lost worldian jeffrey provides detailed commentary on 25 selected images; his reading of the photographs draws out the very individual qualities of dorothy bohm's photography, and considers it in a wider photographic frameworkin very good condition, with very good dustjacket
50 €
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oxfam books & music islington the second volume of "les rougon-macquart: histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second empire" by emile zola see oxfam website for delivery information read moreromans en quelque sorte autonomes, au détriment des romans de liaison ou d'infrastructure, tels que la conquête de plassans ou son excellence eugène rougonpar un phénomène d'usure courant, les œuvres ainsi composées ont tendance à se défaire, à revenir aux éléments constitutifsvoilà pourquoi aussi, respectant cette unité organique, le travail d'analyse portant sur chacun des romans (que l'on trouvera à la suite du texte, en fin de chaque volume, avant les notes et variantes) a été complété par une étude synthétique, la préface d'ensemble,que le lecteur trouvera en tête du premier volume tome ii edition intégrale publiée sous la direction d'armand lanouxparadoxalement, le prodigieux succès de certains des romans a fini par nuire à l'ensemblebibliothèque de la pléiadele caractère d'unité des rougon-macquart, gigantesque roman du second empire, est ainsi volontairement souligné par les présentateursused book in very good condition in its original slip caseil n'en demeure pas moins que l'ouvrage constitue un tout, que son dessin demeure parfaitement lisible, qu'il ressemble assez à ces monuments romains que le temps a attaqués sans réussir à les défigurer"dans l'esprit d'émile zola, les rougon-macquart constituaient un tout, un unique et grand ouvrage composé de vingt romans qui en étaient, en quelque sorte, les chapitres successifsvenant après des éditions fragmentaires trop nombreuses, nous avons voulu rendre à cette publication la structure conforme aux desseins de l'auteur les rougon-macquart n'ont pas totalement échappé à cette érosion, dont l'agent le plus efficace a été la publication multiple des romans isolés, l'assommoir, nana, la curée, etcetudes, notes et variantes, index établis par henri mitterant
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington the democratic lecture (full title: the preposterously long titled and democratically constructed lecture about all you wanted to know but never had the opportunity to ask) is a lecture initiative led by designer and bon vivant craig oldhamthe democratic lecture is exclusively a lecture, however the topics covered have been collated in essay format in this limited edition book published by uscreen printed black and fluro throughoutcloth-bound with fluro-died gluevoting for a top 5 topics from a list of 40 (covering all aspects of design and industry), the majority votes cast create an ever-changing, tailor-made lecture relevant to each and every respective audiencecraig oldham is a designer, lecturer, writer, procrastinator, artist, publisher, film-maker, philanthropist, intervenor, letter-writer, theorist, website-up-putter, lamenter, conspiracist, and yorkshireman40pp on mic beermat boardthe democratic lecture hands over the decision of the lecture content to those intended to sit through it: the audience36pp 120gsm bright white colourplan sectionforeword written by craig's mum this book is in good condition with some shelf wear on the cover edges (bottom front, up and side of back cover)
75 €
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oxfam books & music islington virginia woolf's short story kew gardens was first published in by the novelist and her husband, leonard, at the hogarth presssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a facsimile of the edition was published in by the the hogarth pressoverall in good condition, pages clean and unmarkedthe edition was issued in limited edition with decorations and jacket illustration by vanessa bellthe back cover is marked (see photos)set over the course of a hot july afternoon in a flower bed, the story moves from descriptions of plant and insect life to snatches of overhead conversations
45 €
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oxfam books & music islington boxed set of 40cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €
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oxfam books & music islington a once-in-a-decade performance of the passion play comes to life in this richly illustrated booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morebrigitte maria mayer's sumptuously staged photographs provide a vivid impression of the playluke's description of the suffering of jesus christ at the end of his gospel be clearly conveyed to everyone: "and all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned" the book has text written in both german and englishand so, together with this illustrated volume, may stfor christian stuckl's production, stefan hageneier has designed stage sets, costumes and boldly coloured tableaux vivantsthe 41st passion play season in in oberammergau is the result of a magnificent communal effort by the whole village, in keeping with a 376-year-old traditionthe book is in very good condition with very minor marks on the cover that are mostly noticeable up-close but otherwise not pronounced enoughthe inside pages are as new and still retains its fresh-out-press smell
39 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington l'art du métal: vocabulaire technique sous la direction scientifique de catherine arminjon " cette prestigieuse collection fait partie des grands usuels de l'histoire de l'art, de l'architecture et du mobilier en france chaque volume de la collection définit les formes et les techniques avant de procéder à leur interprétation historiquethe dust jacket is slightly grubby longtemps retardée par la force de l'habitude et le cloisonnement des disciplines, la rationalisation des termes techniques s'est imposée peu a peu, et de façon plus pressante aujourd'hui avec l'informatisation des données descriptives du patrimoinela présence des synonymes facilite, par ailleurs, l'identification des termes utilisés, à tort ou a raison, à d'autres époques, dans d'autre ouvrages, sur le terrain ou dans différents ateliersune relation étroite est établie entre le texte et l'image" this book is a french book on the art of working with metal in an artistic contextles références historiaues apparaissent systématiquement dans un riche appareil de notes the book is in very good condition l'idée qui à présidé a la naissance du projet dans les années soixante était de stimuler l'intéret pour le patrimoine artistiaue de la france en fixant le langage de chacune des disciplines pour en préciser les différentes notions et reconnaître les particularités des tecdhniques et des formes
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington desire and design: two words that this publication metaphorically throws up in the air and literally catches as they fly past--or is it the other way around judge for yourself in the ingeniously designed pages of swiss design , the second publication of the country's federal office of culture/200 pgs / 250 coloressays by irini athanassakis, lorette cohen, christian muhr, kathrin stirnemann, et althis book is in very good condition with an added leaflet " the last journey" by san keller inside of it the publication itself is designed by elektrosmog this volume questions the possible relationships, whether real or imaginary, between desire and design, tackling them from both a practical and theoretical angle the second part contains various essays that focus on the subjects of desire and object, desire and frustration, and fashion as professionswiss design is divided into two parts, the first of which focuses on the prize winner of the most recent swiss federal design competition
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oxfam books & music islington in , when peter dixon joined the sainsbury's design studio, a remarkable revolution in packaging design begansee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis feast of nostalgia taps into the fond memories of a generation brought up on these beautifully packaged goodsthe supermarket was developing its distinctive range of own label products, and dixon's designs for the line were revolutionary: simple, stripped down, creative, and completely different from what had gone beforethey also helped to build sainsbury's into a brand giant, the first real 'super' market of the timetheir striking modernity pushed the boundaries, reflecting a period full of optimisma unique insight into what and how we ate, the packaging is presented using both scanned original flat packets and photographic records made at the time by the design teaman essential book for graphic designers and those interested in the culture of consumerism, these designs remain fresh and relevant todaythis book is in good condition with sunning on the spine and a mark on the front coverproduced in collaboration with the sainsbury family and the sainsbury archive, the book reveals an astonishing and exhaustive body of workthis book examines and celebrates this paradigm shift, which redefined packaging design, and led to the creation of some of the most original packaging ever seen
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington written about 30 years after his first book was published, this volume presents what the author describes as an 'essay', and he takes pains to explain that he will avoid footnotes or references as far as possible in order not to disturb the reader's journey on his train of thoughthe compared, in "codex b and its allies" () the text of codex vaticanus with codex sinaiticus, and showed how many are the significant disagreements among the best witnesses of the alexandrian texthaving spent much of his life so far in comparing biblical texts, perhaps he felt it was time to take stock of his own thoughts on immortality, with the help of quotations from many other writersherman charles hoskier (), was a biblical scholar and british textual critic,who generally (but not entirely) supported the byzantine text-type against the alexandrian text-typehoskier compared text of the minuscule 700 with the textus receptus and exhibits differencesthe gilt on the front, however, remains brightour book is in good condition for its age, the dark blue cloth covers showing few signs of age, wear or use - some minimal rubbing of corners and spine angles, a little shelf wear to top & tail of spine, and gilt title on the spine rather fadedinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; all pages clean and bright; slight tanning of endpapers; an address stamped on the front pastedown, and previous owner's name in blue biro on front fep, dated
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington throughout discovering the humanities, third edition, author henry sayre employs a storytelling approach that helps students see context and make connections across the humanitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morebelieving that people learn best by remembering stories rather than memorizing facts, sayre weaves a compelling narrative of multifaceted cultural experiences that will resonate with students - throughout the course and beyondnote: you are purchasing a standalone product; myartslab does not come packaged with this contentby showing how cultures influence one another, and how ideas are exchanged and evolve over time, discovering the humanities helps students understand the cultural interplay that has shaped human thinking and creativity throughout our historyour copy is in a good condition with some shelf wear to coverinside is a clean copy without annotations
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oxfam books & music islington the haydn society recordings (boxed set of 7cds) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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oxfam books & music islington boxed set of 8 cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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oxfam books & music islington recording in jewel case with 3cds see oxfam website for delivery information read more
15 €
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oxfam books & music islington vinyl 12" - another watch (intro), the night watch, black moon & sunken sea space see oxfam website for delivery information read more
19 €