Oxfam books music lancaster systems engineering guidebook
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oxfam books & music lancaster systems engineering guidebook: a process for developing systems and products is intended to provide readers with a guide to understanding and becoming familiar with the systems engineering process, its application, and its value to the successful implementation of systems development projectsthe book describes the systems engineering process as a multidisciplinary effortsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owner's name on ffepthe process is defined in terms of specific tasks to be accomplished, with great emphasis placed on defining the problem that is being addressed prior to designing the solution
24 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster for resilience engineering, 'failure' is the result of the adaptations necessary to cope with the complexity of the real world, rather than a breakdown or malfunctionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book provides an introduction to resilience engineering of systems, covering both the theoretical and practical aspectsfeaturing contributions from many of the worlds leading figures in the fields of human factors and safety, resilience engineering provides thought-provoking insights into system safety as an aggregate of its various components, subsystems, software, organizations, human behaviours, and the way in which they interactthe performance of individuals and organizations must continually adjust to current conditions and, because resources and time are finite, such adjustments are always approximatethis definitive new book explores this groundbreaking new development in safety and risk management, where 'success' is based on the ability of organizations, groups and individuals to anticipate the changing shape of risk before failures and harm occurit is written for those responsible for system safety on managerial or operational levels alike, including safety managers and engineers (line and maintenance), security experts, risk and safety consultants, human factors professionals and accident investigators
60 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this book from watts humphrey broadens his disciplined approach to software engineeringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this book, he scales down those methods to a personal level, helping software practitioners develop the skills and habits they need to plan, track, and analyze large and complex projects more carefully and successfullythese methods, now commonly practiced, provide programmers and managers specific steps for evaluating and improving their software capabilitiesin his earlier book, managing the software process, humphrey developed concrete methods for managing software development and maintenance
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oxfam books & music lancaster this book presents a formal methodology that develops principles of software metrics based on mathematical principles and the attributes of software behavioursee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included is coverage of programming structures, design principles and the problems and solutions of documentationthe problems and attributes of software are discussed in some depth, allowing the reader to gain a closer picture of software manufacturing processes
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oxfam books & music lancaster oxford: clarendon presssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno owner signatures, bookplates, or other markings191 pages, with 2-page "publisher's note on the text' tipped in at rearbridges's masterpiece, the crowning achievement of his long career as poet and essayista philosophical poem in four parts by bridges (), poet laureate of great britain from crisp, clean, and tightly bound
24 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster during the nineteenth century, a remarkable scientific instrument known as a harmonograph revealed the beautiful patterns found in musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanthony ashton examines the phenomenon of resonance in chladni patterns, describes how to build a harmonograph of your own, and provides tables of world tuning systemsthis inspiring book will appeal to musicians, mathematicians, designers, and artists alikeharmonograph is an introduction to the evolution of simple harmonic theory, from the discoveries of pythagoras to diatonic tuning and equal temperamentbeautiful drawings show the octave as triangle, the fifth as pentagram; diagrams show the principles of harmonics, overtones, and the monochord
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oxfam books & music lichfield this book integrates the theory and practice of distributed operating systems and algorithmssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecurrently all books treat these as separate topicsit combines coverage of distributed operating systems and distributed algorithms, allowing instructors to cover the algorithms involved in distributed operating systems with optional depth as desired and motivate the study of distributed algorithms by showing how they are applied in operating systemsthis text includes coverage of parallel systems, distributed systems, real-time systems, computer networks and algorithms for asynchronous distributed systems, and uses examples from many commercial and experimental operating systemsincluded in the book are a number of programming projects
8 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster despite the availability of cheap, fast, accurate and usable eye trackers, there is little information available on how to develop, implement and use these systemsbook is in excellent condition with no notes or marking inside see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 2nd edition of the successful guide contains significant additional material on the topic and aims to fill that gap in the market by providing an accessible and comprehensive introductionadditional key features of the 2nd edition include: technical description of new (state-of-the-art) eye tracking technology; a complete whole new section describing experimental methodology including experimental design, empirical guidelines, and five case studies; and survey material regarding recent research publications
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Very good condition books and boxsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music salisbury this beautiful boxed-set contains three long out-of-print and influential books by the great british humourist, sir osbert lancaster () - pillar to post, the story of architecture through the ages, first published in and described by gavin stamp as 'one of the most influential books on architecture ever published'; homes sweet homes, a history of architectural interiors and a sequel to pillar to post, was first published in , and drayneflete revealed, first published in , which traces the development of one particularly typical (invented) english town
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster edward baines, journalist, author and business man, produced the first directory and gazetteer of lancashire to cover the whole county and to deal fully with its trade and industrya good condition pair of ex library books with the usual markings all of the pages are intact and the cover is intactsome of the general and political history has long become obsolete, but local and economic historians still find it an essential and mainly reliable refer- ence book, while the total of about pages produces much entertaining reading, including some of the classified lists of traders660 pages + 738 pagesstructurally soundthis is complete in 2 volumes and is described as "a history, directory and gazatteer of the county palatine of lancaster"minor shelfwearincludes dust jackets, price clippedpublished in two substantial volumes in and , it of course portrayed a very important area at an interesting stage of the industrial revolutionthis is a reprint of a originalsignature and note by previous owner in front page
15 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster this is an excellent roundup of early dj sides from the late '60s and early '70ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefeaturing innovators like king stitt and u-roy, keep on coming through the door should help dispel the reputation of reggae's dj music -- especially the early sides -- as being inferior to the music's more high-profile vocal, instrumental, and dub releasesfeaturing the production talents of joe gibbs, bunny lee, lloyd charmers, glen brown, leslie kong, and others, not to mention some of the island's top session players, coming through the door will work perfectly for listeners interested in checking out the early days of jamaica's toasting royaltywith a incredible array of microphone personalities to choose between -- from the witty i-roy and intense dillinger to the idiosyncratic prince jazzbo -- this trojan collection bristles with energy and inventiveness from start to finisha nice companion volume to the label's other early dj roundup, with a flick of my musical wrist
14 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster career-spanning retrospectives are always difficult to pull off in jazz, since the music is often about the momentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the end of the set, it's hard not to be impressed with the scope and evolution of his musicthere's not too much here for collectors, but it's an ideal set for any listener that wants to hear silver's hard, funky style evolvean artist can peak for a few years, and that's what's worth hearing -- the rest is interesting, but not quite as compelling, as a lengthy four-disc box set can provethat certainly isn't the case with the four-disc horace silver retrospective, an excellent, involving trawl through the pianist's seminal stay at blue noteapart from the fourth disc, which is filled with his trippy late-'60s/early-'70s recordings that are largely unavailable in the u
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oxfam 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 egyptcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover 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 decipheredone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly feminineit is a miracle in itself that they survivedthe sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacosxxviii and 724 pages including indexprinted cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrythe 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'these were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnbrown leather spine with gilt title to spinewhat they revealed stunned the world
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oxfam books & music lancaster this books provides history of holidays and holiday making for england and walessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is hardbound with gilted textfoxing of pages is visible due to ageno marking/ notes insidepublished in , this first edition book is in good conditionname inscribed on the inner coverthere is no dust jacket
61 €
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oxfam books & music fareham jane's urban transport systems edited by chris bushell and peter stonhamsee oxfam website for delivery information read morespine and top of dust jacket are discolouredpublished by jane's publishing company limited inhardback with dust jacket in good condition
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oxfam books & music bridport limited edition commemorative plate from the series "hero's of the skys"Â see oxfam website for delivery information read morewidth 205 mm (approx 8 inches)with certificate of authenticitycondition: in excellent conditioncompletely unmarkedbright and fresh
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oxfam books & music bridport limited edition commemorative fine bone china plate by coalport from the series "reach for the sky"Â see oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: in excellent conditionwidth 215 mm (approx 8 1/2 inches)completely unmarkedbright and freshcreated in the fiftieth anniversary year of the battle of britain
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oxfam books & music lancaster françois rabbath (born in aleppo, syria) is a contemporary french double-bass player, soloist, and composer1 requiem pour goa classical impromptu manteau de pluie basse en fugue n°2 - les gorgones variation sur 3 cordes supremum vale rhapsodie pour contrebasse 8:33 see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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oxfam books & music lancaster rameau pieces de clavecin performed by christophe rousset l'oiseau-lyre 2-cd set (catsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerameau la duphine cds and booklet in excellent condition) cd1: premiere livre de pieces de clavecin pieces de clavecin cd2: nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin les petits marteaux de m
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oxfam books & music lancastersee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut then christine'*s brother knut uses one of alexander's photographs of the border installations for an oppositional campaign and things get out of controlas a professor's son alex is exposed to special bullying, but his platoon keeps together and one of the elder privates, gappa, befriends and protects himthe two get closechristine asks alex to let her brother cross the border because knut is persecuted by the state securitythe question what happens if someone emerges in the sight of the kalashnikow engages the soldiers day and nightbut when knut arrives at the specified border point, he is not alone - next to him is christinea highly guarded and deadly armed border cuts across germanythe reality could hardly be more disillusioningit is an escape from his protective father who wants to arrange an effortless and less dangerous post for his sonthe world is divided into two rigid power blocsthe border troops are dominated by brutal rituals among the soldiers, tolerated by the officersalex learns quickly that the ideals of equality, democracy and human dignity are just propagandahe expects alexander to follow his footsteps, study chemistry and fight for the utopia of a just socialismchristine encourages him not to follow his father's expectations but to fulfill his dream of becoming a photographeralex is faced with the toughest decision in his lifeit is alex' first lovein all this desperation alex meets a girl, christine: tractor-driver, self-confident and inaccessible at firstand he understands that rather than protecting the gdr from the western capitalist enemy, the border is there to prevent the own population from fleeing the countryreluctantly alex agreesalexander karow, 19, son of a chemistry professor, chooses to serve in the border patrols of the gdr
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oxfam books & music lancaster karlheinz stockhausen: klavierstucke 1 - 11, mikrophonie 1 & 2see oxfam website for delivery information read moresony classical 2-cd set (catphoto 2 is of the actual copy for salephoto 1 is a stock photos2k ) performed by aloys kontasky cds in excellent conditionclean and no surface marksplasic 'fat-box' case has more surface marks but is completely intact with no cracksvery minor handling marks to the booklet
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oxfam books & music lancaster all 25 episodes from the thirteenth series of the yorkshire television police dramasee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this series, pc steve crane (james carlton) assumes responsibility for the tough role of community liaison officer and pc bellamy (mark jordon) continues to covet gina (tricia penrose)the episodes are: 'speed', 'dog days', 'mother's little helpers', 'fool for love', 'a family affair', 'the holiday's over', 'waifs and strays', 'brought to book', 'state of mind', 'down to earth', 'mountains and molehills', 'the dear departed', 'dangerous whispers', 'scent of a kill', 'daniel', 'one thing leads to another', 'no hard feelings', 'difficult times', 'nowhere man', 'swan song', 'strangers on a train', 'a call to arms', 'muck and brass', 'double trouble' and 'little angel'
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oxfam books & music lancaster quiet nights is an album by english multi-instrumentalist and composer, django batessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was released on the screwgun label in
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oxfam books & music lancaster new book from norfolk-based mascot media featuring the work of 44 artists contributing more than 270 original prints of more than 40 norfolk locationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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oxfam books & music lancaster swedish sami, mikel utsi and his wife ethel lindgren, doctor of anthropology, re-introduced reindeer to britain in , beginning a truly remarkable storysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cairngorm reindeer herd live within scotland's largest mountain range and complete the landscape of britian's last remaining arctic habitatit celebrates the very special anniversary of 'sixty years of reindeer on the cairngorms''hoof prints' is a nostalgic collection of time sensitive photos and press cuttings, interspersed with stories and anecdotesdedication signed by author on page 3
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oxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiquebourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsbourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societythis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoder
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oxfam books & music lancaster this is a comprehensive description of the kwaza language of southern rond nia, in the brazilian amazonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprevious owner name on first pagethe present work is part of an attempt to preserve the kwaza languagepart ii contains a selection of kwaza texts with morphological analyses and free translations6 photographs, 2 small maps, footnotes & references, abbreviations, appendiceskwaza is not clearly related to any other known languagemoreover, the history and the culture of its speakers are otherwise undocumentedpart i deals with the grammar of kwaza in detail and gives an overview of its social, cultural and historical contextpart iii is a dictionary of kwaza, with many examples and an english-kwaza register original publisher's white & green paperback, white title spine and frontcover, thick large 8vo, xxij, 760ppuntil recently, almost nothing was known about kwaza and with only 25 remaining speakers this indigenous language is likely to become extinct some time this century
32 €
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oxfam books & music lancaster galicia is a region in north-west spain, with a population under three million peoplesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also details the controversies and debates linked to galicia's development, and points out connections between galicia and spain, europe and the atlantic worldthis study provides an introduction to the landmarks of its history, from pre-history to
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oxfam books & music lancaster the sunshine seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe grimm brothers were academics who invited friends to their home and asked them to relate stories they had heardfront cover color fadedfoxing throughout especially to prelims24 colour platesspine bumped and worn at the sideboard edges rubbedby there was a growing interest in german folk talesthey soon published their first collection of tales and from there several more volumes followedendpapers brownedgreen cloth spine, pictorial boardscorners bumped and wornthe grimm brothers were early 19th-century writers best known for their fairy tales coming from scandinavian, icelandic and germanic origins
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oxfam books & music lancaster book is in good condition with no marring from notessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first page has a dedication by the previous owner
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