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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington jerry herman ?– an evening with jerry herman: part of the lyrics and lyricists series in a 12' format on stereo vinyl released in the us ina1 mame a2 shalom a3 just leave everything to me a4 put on your sunday clothes a5 ribbons down my back a6 before the parade passes by a7 it only takes a moment a8 medly from "mame" a8a it's today a8b open a new window a8c the man in the moon a8d gooch's song a8e we need a little christmas b1 bosom buddies b2 if he walked into my life b3 i don't want to know b4 and i was beautiful b5 movies were movies b6 i won't send roses b7 time heals everything b8 tap your troubles away b9 hello, dolly! recorded live from the stage of the kaufmann concert hall of the 92nd street "y" in new york citycomes in a gatefold and textured cardboard sleeve in very good conditionthis album is an edited version of "an evening with jerry herman" which was presented at new york's 92nd street for two performances on november as part of "the lyrics and lyricists series"
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington the end is here! or, is it a new beginning? massive, climatic disturbances are wreaking havoc with the planet - underwater volcanic eruptions, tidal waves crashing over whole cities, and snowstorms burying entire countries - and even the assemblage of the ultimate u's mightiest is no match for this worldwide destruction! featuring spider-man, the fantastic four, the x-men, the ultimates, the hulk, and more, find out whose lives are at stake in this defining moment of truth for the ultimate universebrought to you by award-winning scribe jeph loeb and superstar artist david finch, this is the must-have book that will set the stage in the ultimate u for years to come! collects ultimatum 1-5this is a clean copy of the marvel premier edition 'ultimatum' with dust jacket in a very good condition
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oxfam books & music islington giacometti's paris: lithographs from alberto giacometti's paris sans fin published in by tériade - arts council pamphlet see oxfam website for delivery information read more this small book contains the lithographs from giacometti's 'paris sans fin' which documents his attachment to the cityalongside his sketches is text providing an insight into the working life of the artist, analysing text from 'paris sans fin' which giacometti wrote to accompany the original lithographs
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oxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transsee oxfam website for delivery information read more107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossvery occasional spots of foxing notedinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppit contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelytitle etc in black lettering on spinein he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'the yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those yearsthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketdom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's works dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeit has been widely translated, and remains in print todaykarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th century previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedown the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedown
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oxfam books & music islington in one day sculpture, prominent critics, curators and scholars explore new considerations of public sculpture, temporality, performance, and curating art in the public realm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreset within this critical context, are indepth considerations of each of the twenty one day sculpture projects, forming a new dimension to recent discussions on situation-specific art practices and commissioning public art for the public realmthis book contains 116 coloured and 5 b/w illustrationsconceived as both a document and critical expansion of the year-long one day sculpture temporary public art series in new zealand, the book opens with an anthology of newly commissioned texts which expand conventional notions of encounter, performativity, publicness, photography, materiality, space and place in relation to contemporary public artthe illustrated book was published following the series "one day sculpture", which took place across new zealand, 28 august to 28 marchthis is a brand new copy which is still sealed in it's original wrapping
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oxfam books & music islington proclaimed in by swedish artists carl michael von hausswolff and leif elggren, the kingdoms of elgaland-vargaland (krev) consist of all border territories: geographical, mental, and digital see oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough there is nothing new in questioning the supposed neutrality and scientific rigour of geographical lines, which legitimise frontiers as containers of those ideologies linked to the territoriality of the nation-state, various recent developments have pointed to the urgency of finding new ways to locate or map an increasing number of intermediate spaces arising from the hybridisation, superimposition, and crossing of peoples flowing between more stable territorieswith contributions by hans-ulrich obrist, magali arriola, adrian notz, and hkan nilssoninside images are in colour and black and white documenting the political and geographical impact of borders through photography and mixed mediathis is a clean edition with some slight shelf wear on the spine
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oxfam books & music islington spiritualism and mediumship are often regarded as the product of lingering superstition in the victorian era, and as having limited relevance in modern anglo-american societysee oxfam website for delivery information read morescholarship to date which has considered spiritualism as a distinct religious tradition has focussed on analysing the phenomenon in terms of spirit possession onlyby re-examining the work of sergei shirokogoroff, one of eliade's principal sources, the traditional evenki shamanic apprenticeship is compared and identified with the new spiritualist apprenticeshipin doing so, the author offers fresh insights into the mechanisms that are key to sustaining mediumship as a social institutionthis volume analyses the development of shamanism (communication with the spiritual world) as a concept within north american english-speaking scholarship, with particular focus on mircea eliade's influential cross-cultural presentation of shamanismthe author demonstrates that spiritualism is best understood as a traditional shamanism, as distinct from contemporary appropriations or neo-shamanismshe argues that shamanism is the outcome of an apprenticeship in the management of psychic experiences, and which follows the same pattern as that of the apprentice medium
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington published in , and subtitled 'a new social analysis', this book considers the question of power - who wields it, how it should be used, where the desire for it originates, its relationship with morality, with economies, with religions - the author presents an exhaustive collection of thoughts and opinions which, although presented at a time of extreme political upheaval, remain relevant to this day bertrand arthur william russell, 3rd earl russell om frs () was a british polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and nobel laureate he is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy in , russell was awarded the nobel prize in literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought" while considering himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, he also sometimes suggested that his scepticism had led him to feel that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense" some small pencil marks on the front endpaper, and a few spots of foxing on endpapers & adjacent leaves, and on the leading edge, but not within the body of the book inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages lightly tanned throughout, but cleanour book is in very nice condition for its age, its illustrated paper-covered boards remarkably unworn apart from a little rubbing of edges, angles, and top & tail of the spine
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oxfam books & music islington collection of 3 photo albums, late 19th century, and s5cm see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe flower album is a heavy book, and would have been handsome when new - bound in full leather with impressed decoration on front and back, and a strong metal clasppage edges are all gilt19 x 26 x 3cm / 20 x 27 x 3 cm / 23the third is a presentation 'flower album' given to one george miller by his twelve classmates in the bible class, possibly at a school founded by archibald reith (whose memorial features in one of the photographs)no loose pages, however, with lovely photography of scottish scenesinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages are all rather grubby and somewhat foxed; photos placed randomly through the volumeone album helpfully labels the pictures, while the other does not, though there are photographs by signposts, which offer cluessadly, as so often with family albums, there is no clue as to the identity of the people depicted - but perhaps they were members of george miller's familytwo of these albums feature photographs of scotland, evidently taken during two different motoring holidays (the cars featured have different number plates) all albums are not fully completethe spine, however, is missing, and the covers badly rubbed and worn, particularly at the cornersthe two scottish photo albums are much of a size, one being considerably more worn than the other - indeed, the front cover is detached, with the spine covering
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oxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timespecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanthe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary onethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aesthetics
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oxfam books & music islington message from the exterior explores the ruins and remains of failed attempts to live in the desert's harsh environments, depicting abandoned houses - small, often eccentric huts, both humorous and a little forlorn 128 pages, 77 colour plates see oxfam website for delivery information read moreruwedel examines the desert regions east of los angeles as a palimpsest of cultural and natural histories, presenting an inventory of a particular, and poignant, form of vernacular architecture; each structure might be read as a clue to the lives of anonymous individuals, and the impulse to create a home in the wilderness, however transitorythe cover is an embossed hardback with tipped-in image and has some shelf wear around the top edge and spine, inside is unmarked and in a very good conditionthe first section, 'desert houses', comprises 68 desert structures, while the second section, 'dusk', presents houses photographed after the sun had disappeared over the horizon, now rendered in subdued, dusky tones that suggest both present and absence, and the weight of isolationthis is a signed edition in a good condition
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oxfam books & music islington recorded bewteen and , this is regarded as backhaus's greatest achievement and the cycle is justly recognised as one of the great recorded cyclessee oxfam website for delivery information read more it had not been available on cd for some years and was reissued in response to repeated requests to make it available again
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oxfam books & music islington you would think that after two rounds of cooking and a stint as a gardener, that mama would be all out of steam by nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut nope, she's still got a spring in her step and she's back to take over the kitchen once again! this time there are over 80 recipes to get stuck into, and 200 mini-games for each stage of the cooking process
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington this publication brings together his complete architectural work for the first time, work ranging from his early projects as a bauhaus student, taking in his first house in zurich-hongg and his many designs for exhibitions, to such mature works as the hochschule fur gestaltung, expo 64 in lausanne or his own house in zumikon, many of these unpublished for decadesthe information is rounded off with the pavilion-sculptures max bill dedicated himself to for twenty years and which stand midway between sculpture and architecturethe number is introduced by critical texts from such important connoisseurs of his oeuvre as stanislaus von moos, hans frei, karin gimmi, arthur ruegg and jakob bill, max bill's son, along with unpublished archive material, extensive photo-reports commissioned for the occasion from the swiss photographer georg aerni, and a selection of the author's most important theoretical writingsthis copy shows some shelf wear to the cover and there is some light yellowing to the page fore egdes
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington with her uncanny ability to monumentalise the minuscule and to give permanence to the ephemeral, sarah sze has become one of the most original and ambitious artists working today, with solo exhibitions at major art museumswith its stunning photography, sarah sze makes it clear that the exhilarating and challenging aspect of this artist's work lies in all of its minute detailselaborately transforming everyday materials into elegant sculptures and installations, sze eloquently finesses the line between sculpture and architecturethis copy is new and in it's original wrappingas the first monograph to span the course of her career including sculptures, site-specific installations, and drawings, sarah sze reveals the artist's working process and gives insight into the thoughtful precision and care that goes into each and every one of her creationsin her essay, writer and curator linda norden explores the question of how matter takes on value, both temporally and spatially
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington this book compares some of the developments of photography by selecting the work of those who, at an international level, have understood and adhered to a new approach to photographythis is a new copy and still in original wrappingwe are now experiencing an epoch-making transition from the analogue process to the digital onethis technological change has also influenced the visual modalities of art, photography and the media as a whole, causing many photographers to open their eyes and become aware of new dimensions and developments, blending differing currents of thought and working methods
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music islington after the success of the recent touring exhibition "my complement, my enemy, my oppressor, my love," kara walker's silhouetted cut-out figures are a now-familiar but still pungent presence in contemporary art, reenacting uncomfortable, often violent episodes in american race relations and reprising, in their formal simplicity, the ways in which marginalised identities are reduced and distorted into readily legible, caricatured formsthese narratives are elaborated into or against geometric scenarios more abstract and compacted than previous sequences by walker, and with a more extensive use of colourwalker's art continues, in other words, to pose awkward questions straightforwardlywhere her source material parodied african-american culture with a terrifyingly casual jocularity--permitting white americans to vicariously transgress their own taboos by depicting social chaos and unbridled sexuality--walker applies that jocularity to her depictions of violence against african-americans, lending them a hollow, almost slapstick character that is very much at odds with their original functionthis latest book features work from a new series that addresses, among other themes, the atrocities committed against former slaves after the emancipation proclamation of and the reconstruction program implemented by congress between andher imagery derives from the visual language of the antebellum south and the tradition of the minstrel show, which she directs to more disquieting endsthis is a new copy, still sealed in its original wrapping
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oxfam books & music islington a second-generation student of bernd and hilla becher, photographer boris becker organizes his serial works by formal motifs and color accents see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside is in a very good condition with no markingshis encyclopedic compendium of second world war german bunkers encompasses 700 images; others document apartment blocks, and more recent series include fakes, photographs of objects designed to smuggle drugsthere is some shelf wear to the dust jacket and some markings on the fore edge of the book
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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 morechristopher 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 guardsgraduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzan international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructioncombining 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'dachau 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 pathologiesset 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 apparatus
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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 southwestshe moved through some of the liveliest art communities of her time while maintaining a legendary reserve agnes martin is essential reading for anyone interested in abstract art or the history of women artists in america38 illustrations, 33 in colour"i paint with my back to the world," she saidmartin identified with the abstract expressionists but her commitment to linear geometry caused her to be associated in turn with minimalist, feminist, and even outsider artists
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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 moretogether they underscore how the magdalen's cult and contingent imagery interacted with the environmental conditions and landscape of the alps along late medieval routesits 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 range
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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 perceivedit is also seen as the art of designing spaces, which we experience through movement and useexamining 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 environment
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 publicationonly light external wear - a little damage to the top of the spine, one or two scuff marks, a few stainsthe reader will find enough here to gain a good impression of the poet's work from to the end of his liferobert browning () was an english poet and playwright whose mastery of the dramatic monologue made him one of the foremost victorian poetshis poems are known for their irony, characterisation, dark humour, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntaxall page edges giltthe 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 )title in gilt lettering on the spine, with 5 impressed double-line bands and gilt flower motifs, remains brightour book is handsomely bound in full black leather with the poet's monogram (shiny black with gilt outline) on the front coverinside, 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 belowwhether this is evidence of worm damage is not certain - but there appear to be no other such defects elsewhere
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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 morethe 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 lost his life while attempting the ascent of mont blanccovers 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 damageendpapers appear slightly newer than the main textblockinside, 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 'shere the author turns his attention to vertebrates, displaying a vigorous scientific imagination, controlled by a logical sense that rigidly distinguished between fact and hypothesisroughcut page fore-edgesfrancis (frank) maitland balfour () was a british biologist, and younger brother of the politician arthur balfour'on the halftitle pagehe was regarded by his colleagues as one of the greatest biologists of his day and a successor to charles darwinour book is in good general condition for its age, its green cloth covers somewhat battered, stained and faded in places
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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 moreour book is in good general condition and, unusually, retains its dust jacket (unclipped)b/w frontispiece portrait of the poetsometimes known as the "poet of the blackbirds", he was killed in action at the battle of passchendaele during world war iduring the s he was considered one of the greatest living writers of the english-speaking worldthe 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 dunsanyhis poetry shows his deep love of nature and wild-life, and he perhaps foreshadows the modern titan, seamus heaneyborn to a poverty-stricken family, his education was minimal, and once old enough, he began to work at whatever job might be availableinside, 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 freedomthe jacket is rather age-worn, with rubbing of angles and folds, some chips and tears to edges, and general grubbiness, but is intacta 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 30title etc in rather faded gilt lettering on the spinefrancis edward ledwidge () was an irish war poet and soldier from county meath
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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 loveillustrations by maurice sendakbook has original black cloth spine and illustrated boards in original pictorial jacket
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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 oldham36pp 120gsm bright white colourplan sectionvoting 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 audiencethe democratic lecture hands over the decision of the lecture content to those intended to sit through it: the audiencecloth-bound with fluro-died glueforeword 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)screen printed black and fluro throughoutcraig 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 is exclusively a lecture, however the topics covered have been collated in essay format in this limited edition book published by u
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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 morethe inside pages are as new and still retains its fresh-out-press smellthe book is in very good condition with very minor marks on the cover that are mostly noticeable up-close but otherwise not pronounced enoughbrigitte maria mayer's sumptuously staged photographs provide a vivid impression of the playfor christian stuckl's production, stefan hageneier has designed stage sets, costumes and boldly coloured tableaux vivantsluke'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 returnedand so, together with this illustrated volume, may st" the book has text written in both german and englishthe 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 tradition
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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 morean essential book for graphic designers and those interested in the culture of consumerism, these designs remain fresh and relevant todaythe 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 timea 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 teamthis book is in good condition with sunning on the spine and a mark on the front coverthis book examines and celebrates this paradigm shift, which redefined packaging design, and led to the creation of some of the most original packaging ever seenthis feast of nostalgia taps into the fond memories of a generation brought up on these beautifully packaged goodstheir striking modernity pushed the boundaries, reflecting a period full of optimismproduced in collaboration with the sainsbury family and the sainsbury archive, the book reveals an astonishing and exhaustive body of work
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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 thoughthoskier compared text of the minuscule 700 with the textus receptus and exhibits differencesthe gilt on the front, however, remains brightherman charles hoskier (), was a biblical scholar and british textual critic,who generally (but not entirely) supported the byzantine text-type against the alexandrian text-typeinside, 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, datedhe 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 textour 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 fadedhaving 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 writers
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