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The sautrantikas accept the selflessness of persons but not the selflessness of phenomenasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cittamatrins accept the selflessness of both self and phenomena, but believe in the true existence of mindfinally, the madhyamikas claim that things appear to be real and substantial, but are actually without inherent, true existencethus, it is essential to gain an understanding of the fundamental schools of vaibhashika and sautrantika on the road to ultimate insightoxfam bookshop kingsbridge the vaibhashikas believe that relative truth is that which can be broken down into parts, whereas ultimate truth is indivisible in excellent condition volume 1 in the padma samye ling shedra seriesthe various tenets of these four schools form the basis for understanding the entire scope of the buddha's teachings
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Devin is the real deal and his latest testimonial to al mann is as clean as it getsyou would not believe the thinking behind thiseven al himself, would be blown away!devin was fooling everyone with this
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These inspiring inventories of real phenomena are combined with explanations of the processes that have shaped our planet over its 4at the core of the book is a series of visual catalogues of more than 400 of the most impressive, beautiful, or unusual places on earth - from the colorado river to the atacama desert, from the rainforets of indonesia to the antarctic ice-sheetusing an innovative visual approach, "earth" provides a perspective on our planet's apparently infinite range of natural features and the system of interlinking forces that formed and continue to change them6 billion years of turbulent history(p&p extra) read morethe world around us is made up of an extraordinary range of constantly changing landscape
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Here is an interesting, ancient celestial map of the north and south skies with allegorical figures a very good print on laid paper in good state of preservation hand-coloured in ancient times signed bottom right each hemisphere is divided into two separated sheets, reunited here origin: a spectacle of nature by abbé pluche - fourth of the 9 volumes of le spectacle de la nature the great popular work, dedicated by pluche to nature, man and human activities, is about astronomy in the broadest sense as it describes visible phenomena in the sky and discoveries only in connection with each otherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableconstellations are finely engraved with figures including capricorn, scorpio, aries, libra, the ship of argos, aquarius, orion, gemini, sagittarius, virgin and milky wayplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Bought and read once and have now run out of storage spacehardback book with 256 pagesthis book is in excellent conditionfrom smoke and pet free homecan also deliver locallyprofusely illustrated with coloured illustrations and a dust jacket
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Founder of modern empiricism (with locke and berkeley), one of the most radical in his scepticism, david hume particularly opposed descartes and philosophies that considered the human mind from a theological and metaphysical point of view: he thus paved the way for the use of experimental methods in mental phenomenacondition: see photoshume (david) oeuvres philosophiques de david humenouvelle éditionvolume 2: les quatre derniers essais sur l'entendement humain et les quatre philosophes, 229 pagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilondres (paris), duodecimo volumes, 11 x 17 cmvolume 6: les essais moraux et politiques, 415 pagesa water stain on the two first pages of volume 3, otherwise very good copiespaperback, recently refreshed interim bindingfresh inside, except for the title pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume 7: les essais sur le commerce, le luxe, l'argent, etccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableuncommon edition of these works, completevolume 1: les huit premiers essais sur l'entendement humainvolume 5: les recherches sur les principes de la morale, 319 pagestraduites de l'anglaisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume 3: l'histoire naturelle de la religion, 200 pages volume 4: les dissertations sur les passions, sur la tragédie et sur la règle du goût, 135 pages
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Oxfam shop lytham in the wake of the 'riverdance' phenomena comes a programme to satisfy those wanting more of this new take on traditional irish dancingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea selection of dances is presented alongside some simple moves that can be practised at homehosted by nine times world dance champion colin dunne, who also appeared as the lead in 'riverdance'
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After investigating strange phenomena from around the world, drjohn keyes (aaron eckhart) finds that earth's electromagnetic forces have started to collapse due to a lack of movement in the molten ore at its centresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreproduct is sealed and unusedoxfam bookshop carlisle in this sci-fi action drama, an unlikely group of soldiers and scientists unites to save the world from destructionkeyes must now recruit a team for a mission to save the world
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Oxfam shop new street part of the documentary series examining unexplained phenomena around the worlda ruthless military leader against the turks during the wars against the ottoman empire, vlad was infamous for his monstrous cruelty and sadism, and was rumoured to have impaled captured turks on spikes in the plains before his castlethis volume takes a look at the myths and legends surrounding the sinister figure of count dracula, bram stoker's fictional vampire, who may have had a real-life counterpart in the 15th century prince known as vlad the impalersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Based on empirical observations, this is a book of ideas, tapping into both developmental and anthropological phenomena and guided by strong existential intuitions regarding the human conditionoxfam bookshop skipton in this book, philippe rochat explores self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives, arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problemswhy are we so prone to guilt and embarrassment? why do we care so much about how others see us, about our reputation? what are the origins of such afflictions? rochat argues that it is because we are members of a species that evolved the unique propensity to reflect upon themselves as an object of thoughts; an object of thoughts that is potentially evaluated by othersappears unread see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsat the core of these intuitions, there is the idea that human psychic life is predominantly determined by what we imagine others perceive of us
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Study of stars and astronomical phenomena related to historical eventsopus insigne de magnis superioruum planetarum coniunctionibusfrieze engraved on the cover pagein excellent conditionlovely 19th-century cardboard bindingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigold frieze on the platesize: 15x9 cm, ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehis accessit prognosticon ad anno domini usque ad annumcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewitebergae, matthaeus welacksolis defectibus et cometis in quarta monarchialeovitius (leowitz) cyprianuthe predictions end in , the year in which according to leowitz the world would endelegant polychrome endpapersthe main work of the bohemian astronomer, astrologer and mathematician () indexed by paul ivgold title on the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This book introduces us to the eccentric world of the researchers and academics who investigate such phenomena as the child mummies of the chinchorro, preserved over years ago, animal mummies from ancient eygpt, the 19th century buddhist tradition of self-mummification to ward off decay, and the political mummification of 20th century demagogues like lenin and eva peronsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis research is sometimes bizarre, but often reveals fundamental truthsoxfam bookshop cheltenham from the dusty origins of mummification in the deserts of south america and africa to the latest technology hyped on the internet by utah's summum corporation (which promises mummification for millennia for a mere $), "the mummy congress" investigates the allure of mummiesin heather pringle visited the remote chilean port of arica for the world congress on mummy studiespringle also looks at the uses of mummies for today's historians and scientists and how much they tell us about ancient cultures
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2 g condition: very good original state all photos are made with daylight in the sun, with different light phenomena the colours may vary slightly, but it is with a small degreedit niet onderzocht voor dit specifieke punt' 'edelstenen worden meestal behandeld om kleur of helderheid te verbeterenin a wonderful art nouveu reach ornamented frameare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5 -6 sizes) ring head: 11if winning bidder decides to cancel / withdraw they will bear risk, cost of all shipping and return import duties of sellershipping insurance package signed in a new gift boxwe offer a varied range of fun lotsgermany manual work art nouveau antique ring yellow golden ring from cathis has not been researched for this specific itemour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeset with deep green solitaire tourmaline approx2mm 'gemstones are commonly treated to enhance colour or clarityring also could be used as engagement ringdeep green tourmaline, very transparent: oval faceted, cacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available' gold 8kt, no hallmark, tested total weight: 22mm (resizable with fee, maxsent with signed delivery in good packagingview our unique offers on our provider page, click on perlamurplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Curious investigations into the size of the stars, the fire near the moon, comets, weather phenomena and earthquakesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimessia (mexia) pietro(whole sheet numbering)antique rustic cardboardlarge typographic brand engraved on the cover pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeragionamenti del magnifico, e nobile cavaliere pietro messiacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablestains on the margins of the cover page and more noticeable on the last pagesfamous series of seven “reasonings”pedro meja was one of the first to present the scientific ideas of the renaissance in a way accessible to a wide audiencefirst independent editionnei quali per maraviglioso modo trattandosi di diverse materie, si ha cognitione di molte et varie cose non più dette nè scritte da altrithree of astronomical scope about the sun, earth and meteorsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo of gastronomic interest dedicated to food and the convivialityvenezia, appresso andrea revenoldo
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Because the world is seen as being "mind-only" or "consciousness-only", all phenomena are void, empty of self (atman) and illusory: there are four things by the fulfilling of which an earnest disciple may gain self-realisation of noble wisdom and become a bodhisattva-mahasattva: first, he must have a clear understanding that all things are only manifestations of the mind itself; second, he must discard the notion of birth, abiding and disappearance; third, he must clearly understand the egolessness of both things and personsthe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktas to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goingsas to the second; he must recognise and be convinced that all things are to be regarded as forms seen in a vision and a dream, empty of substance, un-born and without self-nature; that all things exist only by reason of a complicated network of causationin the sutra, the buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: on the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple worldvijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realityas to the third; he must recognise and patiently accept the fact that his own mind and personality is also mind-constructed, that it is empty of substance, unborn see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturehe must recognise and accept the fact that this triple world is manifested and imagined as real only under the influence of habit-energy that has been accumulated since the beginningless past by reason of memory, false-imagination, false-reasoning, and attachments to the multiplicities of objects and reactions in close relationship and in conformity to ideas of body-property-and-abode
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" his definitions include religious, political, and military terms; famous quotes and phrases; cultural phenomena and personalities; euphemisms of war; important middle eastern vocabulary; stereotypes and insults; and much morehe shows how the war on terror, itself a fascinating linguistic construct, has brought us not just new words, such as "gitmo," and new imports, such as "jihad," but also new ways of using existing language, such as "extraordinary renditiontaken together, these words tell a new story about the power and malleability of language and its important role in the central conflicts of our daysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham part reference, part polemic, part compelling snapshot of our times, shocked and awed is a bristling arsenal of potent weapons: wordsan essential reference, shocked and awed will keep readers informed and up-to-date on the global vocabulary war being waged around us in the twenty-first centuryfred halliday's unorthodox dictionary defines hundreds of words and phrases used about 9/11, the wars and other events that have followed it, and ongoing issues linked to those events
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It will also enhance their experience of listening to quartets in performance and on recordingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits fifteen carefully structured chapters provide coverage of a stimulating range of perspectives previously unavailable in one volumewritten for all string quartet enthusiasts, this companion will enrich readers' understanding of the history of the genre, the context and significance of quartets as cultural phenomena, and the musical, technical and interpretative problems of chamber music performanceit focuses on four main areas: the social and musical background to the quartet's development; the most celebrated ensembles; string quartet playing, including aspects of contemporary and historical performing practice; and the mainstream repertory, including significant 'mixed ensemble' compositions involving string quartetoxfam shop magdelen street this companion offers a concise and authoritative survey of the string quartet by eleven chamber music specialists various musical and pictorial illustrations and informative appendixes, including a chronology of the most significant works, complete this indispensable guide
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Each chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vividgary klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experiencedoxfam bookshop swanage anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victimssources of power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditionsit documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignoredhow do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilledsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresince , klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situationsthe professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess mastersin addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasks
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The authors describe all relevant superconducting phenomena and rely on the macroscopic ginzburg-landau theory to derive the most important resultsexamples are chosen from selected conventional superconductors like nbti and compared to those of high-tc materialsoxfam bookshop wallingford what sets this book apart from others on the introduction to super-conductivity and high-tc materials is its simple and pragmatic approachsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe text should be of interest to students and researchers in all branches of science and engineering, with the possible exception of theoretical physicists, who may require a more mathematical approach
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He regards many different mental phenomena based on comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, parables, allegories, jokes, identification, role-playing, acting, personification, anthropomorphism etcoxfam bookshop newport a study of the processes of discovery, invention, imagination and creativity in humour, science, and the artsfrom describing and comparing many different examples of invention and discovery, koestler concludes that they all share a common pattern which he terms "bisociation" - a blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated matrices of thought into a new matrix of meaning by way of a process involving comparison, abstraction and categorisation, analogies and metaphorsit lays out koestler's attempt to develop an elaborate general theory of human creativityone or two underlinings in pen; one or two marginal annotations in pencil - otherwise clean/intact), as special cases of "bisociation"hence low price for this itemsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreunclipped d/j is tatty with a number of tears around the edgesfirst published in ; this is the scarcer danube edition, with a new preface by the author
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The book explores these problems through a general treatment of the obstacles to reductionism, with more specific application to the phenomena of consciousness, cognition, and valuethe mind-body problem cannot be confined to the relation between animal minds and animal bodiessince minds are features of biological systems that have developed through evolution, the standard materialist version of evolutionary biology is fundamentally incompletethe conclusion is that physics cannot be the theory of everythingan adequate conception of nature would have to explain the appearance in the universe of materially irreducible conscious minds, as suchif materialism cannot accommodate consciousness and other mind-related aspects of reality, then we must abandon a purely materialist understanding of nature in general, extending to biology, evolutionary theory, and cosmologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand the cosmological history that led to the origin of life and the coming into existence of the conditions for evolution cannot be a merely materialist historyoxfam bookshop preston in mind and cosmos thomas nagel argues that the widely accepted world view of materialist naturalism is untenableno such explanation is available, and the physical sciences, including molecular biology, cannot be expected to provide one
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Dirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equationsscattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimethe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesa chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldhydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atoms
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The handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of phenomenology todaythe essays aim to articulate and develop original theoretical perspectivessome offer detailed analyses of concrete phenomena; others take a more comprehensive perspective and seek to outline and motivate the future direction of phenomenologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of them are concerned with issues and questions typical and distinctive of phenomenological philosophy, while others address questions familiar to analytic philosophers, but do so with arguments and ideas taken from phenomenologyoxfam bookshop preston the oxford handbook of contemporary phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenologyit includes discussions of such diverse topics as intentionality, embodiment, perception, naturalism, temporality, self-consciousness, language, knowledge, ethics, politics, art and religion, and will make it clear that phenomenology, far from being a tradition of the past, is alive and in a position to make valuable contributions to contemporary thoughtit is the definitive guide to what is currently going on in phenomenology
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Shapiro's writings have been innovatory with respect to the phenomena he has taken to be political, and the concomitant array of methods that he has brilliantly masteredoxfam bookshop wallingford michael jindeed, he shows that language is constitutive of politicsthis book draws from his vast output of articles, chapters and books to provide a thematic yet integrated account of his boundary-crossing innovations in political theory and masterly contributions to our understanding of methods in the social sciencesviolencewhile violence is surely not a theme foreign to political studies, no one has done more or better work in contemporary political theory to bring violence into play as a central term of political thought and to expand our understanding of violencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand it explains why both political theorists interested in international relations and international relations scholars concerned with a broader understanding of international politics must both start with shapiro's work as required readingthe editors have focused on work in three key areas:discourseshapiro was one of the first theorists to demonstrate convincingly, and in a manner that has had a long-standing impact on the field, that language is not epiphenomenal to politicssamuel huntington's () (in)famous polemic, 'the clash of civilizations', only pushes this relationship to its breaking pointby reconceptualizing and reinterpreting this term, shapiro's work has helped us to rethink the very boundaries between political theory and international relations as putatively separate subfields of political sciencefrom his frequently-cited article on metaphor from the early s to recent work on discourse and globalization, shapiro has shown that politics happens not only with and through the use of language, but within discourse as a material practiceculturegabriel almond and sidney verb's () famous work on 'the civic culture'established a long-held but ultimately counterproductive relationship between culture and politics, one in which culture is an independent variable that has effects on politicsshapiro's rich and numerous writings on culture provide a powerful and important antidote to this approach, as shapiro consistently shows (across wide-ranging contexts) that politics is in culture and culture is in politics, and no politically salient approach to culture can afford to turn either term into a causal variable
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This book explores the theory of stones and crystals being linked with psychic phenomenaoxfam bookshop skipton "author don robins, who holds a phd in solid state chemistry, is a leader in the study of archaeological science and has spoken worldwide about his findingslight wear to covergood clean copycorners bumped see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionshe has contributed scientific investigations into the molecular structure and energies of stone
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Previous histories have tended to focus only on the masterpieces of western art, or else consider developments around the world as separate, unrelated phenomenaconcise, lucid and original, julian bell's account is truly unlike any otherbell's remarkable achievement is to take a global perspective and to bring the distinct stories together in one convincing narrativeoxfam shop colne road this extraordinary and beautifully written book tells a vivid and compelling new story of art for the 21st centurythe result is a rich and seamless tapestry that provides the perfect introduction to the subjectsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe sees the whole of visual creativity as a piece and draws insightful and inspired connections between different continents and cultures and across the millennia
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Oxfam shop inverness the grateful dead were one of the most fascinating rock bands and cultural phenomena of the twentieth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir history is the history of the modern american revolution in the years of rage and rebellion, which were to change the country foreverdespite having few mainstream hits, from to the dead blazed an extraordinary incendiary trail across the rock firmamentexploding from the roots and folk scene of the early s, the dead went on to provide the soundtrack to the dionysiac revels of the burgeoning counterculturehere, for the first time, is the band's full storynot just a brilliant rock biography, it forms a compelling portrait of america's west coast from the halcyon days of magic buses and merry pranksters to the corporate dawn of the twenty-first century
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Early-ish scientific overview ("the present volume is intended to furnish a very general view of the leading appearances of physical nature - the economy of the heavens and the earth-- with incidental notices of the progress of discovery, and pictorial representations of remakrble phenomena and interesting localiltiesincludes "phases and movements of the moon round the earth", beer and madler's "selenographic map of the whole visible hemisphere of the moon" (2 pp), with flanking satellite diagrams, and four "maps of the sidereal heavens showing the position of the stars throughout the year" see oxfam website for delivery information read more), a diagram of the "phases and movements of the moon (2 ppoxfam books & music belper some shelf wear and slight damage to top and bottom edge of spine
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