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Scenes from a political lifebooks spine maybe slightly creased due to age and wearwe take pride in serving youitem information:author: hattersley, roycategory: booksbinding: hardcover
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Merriman investigates cromwell's life as a statesman, presenting his life and work from a political rather than religious biasboth minor: in this first volume of a two-volume edition of the life and letters of thomas cromwell, rhe explores cromwell's background, adventurous early life, his relationship with wolsey and the latter's subsequent downfallthe latter part of the book contains the full text of a large body of cromwell's correspondence between and , copied from the original manuscripts where availablethese vibrant and informative letters make the book an invaluable resource - they are a window into the period, providing insight into political, religious and intellectual cultureoxfam bookshop victoria two small bumps to d/whe also discusses his rapid rise to become henry viii's most trusted adviser, his dealings with cardinal pole and henry's disastrous marriage to anne of cleves and its contribution to cromwell's subsequent downfall and execution insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Attracted by the diverse life and vivid personality of sir theodore de mayerne (), the most famous physician in europe of his time, trevor-roper pursued him across national and intellectual frontiers to uncover the details of his extraordinary lifethe most ambitious and perhaps the most original of all trevor-roper's books, written in his luminous prose, this is a major work of political and intellectual history that presents a whole period in a fresh and vivid lightexploring an array of english and european sources, trevor-roper reveals the story of the pioneering swiss huguenot doctor who mixed medicine with diplomacy, with political intrigue, with secret intelligence, and with artistic interests at the courts first of henry iv of france and then of james i and charles i of englanda true "renaissance man," mayerne's interests were broad, and due to considerable conspiratorial talent, he became a participant in bluff and intrigue at the highest levelsoxfam books & music aberdeen hardback book with dust jacket written by hugh trevor-roper published by yale university press in first edition a brilliant, unknown work by the great historian hugh trevor-roper among the papers of hugh trevor-roper, who died in , was a manuscript to which he had repeatedly turned for more than thirty years, but never publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the following decades, irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for home rule, and for independencethey give an insight into a people, a landscape, and a lost way of lifethey evoke the grandeur, elegance and complacency of life in the big house, home and symbol of the anglo-irish eliteyet these images, reproduced here in colour and covering the first century of ireland in the era of photography, do much more than tell a gripping political storythe great famine was to kill over a million irish between and , and force an even greater number to flee their homelandthey reveal the labour of rural survival: cutting peat, fishing, gathering seaweed and tilling the soil, against the magnificence of the often harsh irish landscapewe glimpse too the injustices that inspired them, above all the mass eviction of peasants from their homes by the lawsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the century that followed, ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromiseoxfam bookshop victoria "the first irish photographs date from , a year after the discovery of the photographic processand they show the transforming impact of modernity, as industry and urban expansion brought ireland into a new era"--publisher descriptionas that story unfolds, we see inspirational leaders and impatient rebels, and their campaigns of persuasion and violence
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These are the long-awaited memoirs of the greatest political interviewer of our time'bursting with good things' daily telegraphduring 25 years as bbc newsnight's supreme inquisitor, jeremy paxman proved himself as the master of the political intervviewin a life in questions, the tables are turned: the quizmaster answers our burning questions, telling terrifying stories and laughing at much of the silliness in the worldfilled with views, opinions and stories from 4 decades in front of the cameraoxfam bookshop cheltenham the witty, incisive and frank memoirs from the legend of newsnight and long-standing quiz master of university challengefrom john major to theresa may and tony blair to ed miliband, he has them quaking in their bootspaxman's interviews with dizzee rascal, david bowie, russell brand and vivienne westwood are legendaryafter 23 years on university challenge, paxman is also the longest-serving active quizmaster on british televisionbut it wasn't just politicianssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe discussed belief with religious leaders and philosophers, economics with ceos and bankers, books with writers, and art and theatre with artists
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His observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianismbest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diariesmost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchthe memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesthe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextsa scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100lee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitorshortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julythese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquehis itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, coa scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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Farrell examines the life and legacy of one of america's most controversial political figuresrichard nixon is a magisterial portrait of the man who embodied post-war american political cynicism - and was destroyed by ithis staff of bright young men devised forward-thinking reforms addressing health care, poverty, civil rights, and protection of the environmentfinally, in august , two years after the watergate scandal, nixon became the only president to resign in disgracein richard nixon, award-winning biographer john awithin four years of that first win, nixon would be a senator; in six, the vice president; and then presidentoxfam books & music lichfield a sunday independent book of the yearit was nixon who launched the mccarthy era, who set south against north, and who spurred the silent majority to despise and distrust the country's elitebeginning in , when young navy lieutenant 'nick' nixon returned from the pacific and set his cap at congress, farrell traces how this idealistic dreamer became the ruthless man we remember nixon as todayit was a fine legacy, but nixon cared little for itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut nixon had another legacy: an america divided and polarisedhe aspired to make his mark on the world stage instead, and his opening to china was the first great crack in the cold wara deeply researched, superbly crafted biography of america's most complex president
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The life of governor joan gideon loten ()the life of governor joan gideon loten () is the first published biography about this international civil servantthe colour sections have gorgeous depictions of the natural historian watercolours that loten made and collected during his liferaat attempts to show other sides of loten: his role as an employee of the voc and his position of holland virtuoso in political and academic circles in londonthe publication contains a chronological overview of loten’s life and career, a genealogy of his family, a dutch language summary and an elaborate set of notes of no less than 90 ppa personal history of a dutch virtuoso, uitgeverij verloren, hilversum x 24condition: as new\traat, alexander jtogether), besides the many images in black and whiteplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit are those pieces that make studying loten attractive, despite raat’s special effortsthe book contains two impressive colour sections (32 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableup till now, he was mainly known amongst ornithologists and art historians that have studied his large collection of drawings and watercolours of birds and natural panoramasare 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 store
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Bourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthis 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 theorythe 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 societyoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismhe 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 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 bonhoeffersee oxfam website for delivery information read morerichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoder
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead john macmurray: community beyond political philosophy by frank gdespite his extensive writings on political principles and politics and significant influence on numerous british politicians, he never regarded the political sphere as an end in itselfabove all, he was a political philosopher determined to place politics into a wider, more comprehensive, metaphysical and religious frameworkthrough this analysis, kirkpatrick explores the extraordinary resonances of macmurray's political thought in other modern philosophers and reveals his enduring significancenice clean pages inside; small signs of wear on front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this long-overdue analysis of macmurray, frank kirkpatrick traces the development of macmurray's thought with its roots in the bible, hegel and the democratic liberal tradition of the westkirkpatrick contends that macmurray's most important contribution to the field is his development of a philosophical understanding of what constitutes an authentic communitykirkpatrick scottish philosopher john macmurray's intriguing career makes the job of classifying his work difficult by contemporary academic modes of categorization
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Celebrating its fiftieth year in publication, great political thinkers is an indispensable text for all students of political philosophyby providing historical context and current scholarship, alan ebenstein builds upon the framework of influences that have shaped current political theory or political philosophy courses usually found in the political science departmentthis text contains portions of great works in their original form to wet the appetite and to encourage discussion within classroomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria appears unread but boards bumped on front, bottom of spine
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Alex ferguson is an unusually intelligent man with a compelling life storyhere he talks about his tough upbringing in govan, his strong political convictions, his own playing days and then the shift to management which has resulted in his becoming a legend in his lifetimethis hardbacked book is in great demandhe also talks of his constant battle to relieve the pressure suffered by his young players as they become showbiz personalitiesmanchester united have a massive network of fans throughout the worldhe runs the manchester united football players with a rod of iron, but is universally respected for his managerial style and for the way he cares for the welfare of his players
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Victorious in the battles of blenheim (), ramillies (), and countless other campaigns, marlborough, whose political intrigues were almost as legendary as his military skill, never fought a battle he didn't winoxfam bookshop knutsford "it is my hope to recall this great shade from the past, and not only invest him with his panoply, but make him living and intimate to modern eyesone million words long and ten years in the making, churchill's marlborough stands as both a literary and historical masterpiece, giving us unique insights into the churchill of world war ii, for just as churchill's literary skill helps us understand the complexities of marlborough's life, so too did his writing of marlborough help churchill master the arts of military strategy and diplomacyalthough he helped james ii crush the rebellion of the duke of monmouth, marlborough later supported william of orange against james ii in the glorious revolution of and brilliantly managed england's diplomatic triumphs during the war of the spanish succession" from the preface to volume onejohn churchill, the duke of marlborough (), was one of the greatest military commanders and statesmen in the history of englandsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremarlborough also bequeathed the world another great british military strategist and diplomat - his descendant, winston sthis two-volume edition includes the entire text and almost all the original mapschurchill, who wrote this book to redeem marlborough's reputation from macaulay's smears
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British romanticism and the critique of political reason, hardcover by michael, timothy, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk author timothy michael gives readers an in-depth examination of the political philosophy that dominated britain and france in the romantic periodhe argues over the book's eight chapters that a great deal of the period’s literary output takes the form of a critique of reason, its political value, and the types of knowledge attainable through itannotation © ringgold, incportland, or ()the author is a faculty member of lincoln college and university of oxford in the ukhe examines the works of kant, burke, wollstonecraft, coleridge, wordsworth, shelley, and many other writers and philosophers of the period
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, very good overall condition in political romanticism, carl schmitt defends a concept of political action based on notions of good and evil, justice and injustice, and attacks the political passivity entailed by the romanticism of experience see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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political history books(paperback) “the mighty & the almighty’ madeline albright (paperback) ‘ruling britannia: the failure & future of british democracy’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘alan clark diaries: into politics ’ paperback ‘the downing street years’ margaret thatcher (paperback) ‘churchill ‘ roy jenkins (paperback - acceptable condition) ‘the chancellors’ roy jenkins (hardcover) ‘as it seemed to me: political memoirs’ john cole (paperback) ‘a history of modern britain’ andrew marr (paperback) ‘mikhail gorbachev, memoirs’ (hardcover) mikhail smostly, vg condition£5 each or £45 for the collectionpolitics for a change” various writers‘the alternativegorbachev ‘john major’ the autobiography (hardcover) ‘the memoirs of lord carrington reflect on things past’ by lord carrington (hardcover) ‘douglas hurd ‘biography by mark stuart (hardcover) collection from leigh on sea or will post, for £4 each read more
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It shows the relationship between the principles and malthus's other writings and activities as a political economistpublished in two volumes or as a set this provides a definitive scholarly variorum edition of malthus's principles of political economythe first edition is extremely rare, and for over 150 years confusions and disagreements have inevitably occurred in the interpretation of malthus's economics because of the absence of any systematic record of the differences between the two editionsthe editor has written a lengthy and authoritative introduction giving an account, derived mainly from contemporary correspondence, of the events and circumstances surrounding the publication of the two editionsin good condition, very light wear to edges of cover, a few places where very pale yellow highlighting appears in first 50 pagesoxfam bookshop leeds 601pp text clean and bright, readablethere is also an editorial commentary that aims to explain the significance and origin of the alterationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit contains the full text of the first edition, including malthus's own invaluable 70-page summary, and contains details of all the additions, omissions and emendations that occurred between the first and the second, posthumous, edition of
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There are twenty political portraits or sketches over 313 pagesit contains sketches of prominent politicians and public men, of the times, published in the daily news at intervals, during the latter half of the parliamentary recess of the hard back book is bound in a brown coloured leather, with gold motif at the top and black belowthere is writing in ink on the top of the half title pagethe title and publisher are in gold lettering on the spinethe title, preface and contents pages are loose from the binding see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in good condition with little foxing, but yellowing throughout, which is commensurate with the books ageoxfam bookshop west bridgford this book 'political portraits' is the second edition of a book, published in
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Two books from the turbulent political life in germany in the s and sberlin, neuer deutscher verlag, (st edition 231 pagestotal weight grams read moredimensions: cm 2please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedimensions: cmthe book contains 100 woodcuts with sarcastic caricatures by kdeutschland, deutschland über allesthe book contains many black-and-white photographs by john heartfieldcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemein vorurteil gegen diese zeitbüchergilde gutenberg, pagesrössing similar to those of george groszare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikioriginal cloth cover, which is slightly worn on the spinethe top right corner is cut from the first two leavesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe yellow binding has weather stains and is without dust jacket
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Visions and prophecy offered medieval women one of the few pathways to the religious and, in some cases, the political life of their time, but were subject to stringent checks due to the combination of women (deceitful by nature) and deceiving visionsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only very mild shelf wear to dust cover awareness of the ecclesiastical doctrine of discretio spirituum (the means of testing whether visions were truly of divine origin) was vital for medieval women visionariessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book explores discretio spirituum in the works of a number of female visionaries: they include st bridget of sweden, who was eager to present her experiences as impeccably orthodox and valid; margery kempe, whose ambivalent reception is shown to be due to her inconsistent conformity to the doctrine; and marguerite porete and joan of arc, whose deaths by burning at the stake demonstrate the severe consequences of their failure to conform, their visions being deemed of demonic originhowever, those women visionaries who conformed could effectively fulfil their divine mandate to communicate their revelationsprofessor rosalynn voaden teaches in the department of english at arizona state university
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Polish singer weronika sees her french double, veronique, taking her picture at a political rally but dies the next dayoxfam bookshop brighton two young women, both called veronica, seem to share a single existence, albeit in different countriesin france, veronique feels a strange sense of loss but it takes many twists of fate to help her discover why - and even then the outcome is unclearone of the late krzysztof kieslowski's more oblique films, featuring an award winning performance by irene jacobsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop magdelen street this is an exciting book that breathes new life into the field of conflict resolution and cultural understanding see oxfam website for delivery information read moredr everard phillips' work brings together many theoretical concepts that strive to explain the nature of societal conflict, the many ways that conflict can manifest itself in a society and how people will struggle to develop strategies that assist them in having a voice and getting their concerns into the open, to be addressed - no matter the circumstancesit is a perceptive discussion of a creative mechanism used in a dramatic way to address societal issues
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Otto vaenius () painter and humanist from leiden fled to southern netherlands in because of the politicalhis designs were mostly engraved by his younger brother gysbrechthe was the most influencial tutor of pieter paul rubenshoratii flacci emblemata first published inafter his return he settled in antwerpin deviation of later editions, this one has no text on the front of the pagehoratii flacci emblemata was a joined effort of printers, learned commentators on horace, engravers and vaenius himselfvaenius tried to maintain favour with the courtuntil the return of his pupil rubens from italy, he was the leading painter in antwerpfrom the edition with multilingual verses on the backsidein his later years he produced emblem books, his first being qearly edition of with printed text in five languages on backsidethe four ages with a putti holding a running sun dail in front of themthe co-work between vaenius and the engravers have been studiedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikistudied a few years under dominicus lampsonius, then left for italyhe worked for rudolf ii in prague, was court painter of alexander farnese and albrecht and isabellaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitefrom the first series of emblematic engravings everhoratii flacci emblematain the right bottom corner a snake biting his tail, the sign of eternity qour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Along the way, episodes of colonial lust, horrific illness, wartime torture and political 'cloak-and-dagger' machinations show the indomitable spirit of the man, and of the people of his timeoxfam bookshop knutsford told as an epic, the multi-generation saga traces the beginnings of faud's family on the shores of his homeland, when it was still called north borneootherwise in very good conditiontight binding, unmarked pagessoft back book, no dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewear on cover edges and back cover
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Oxfam books & music lichfield in january stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political lifewhere did such great, monstrous power come from? the first of three volumes, the product of a decade of intrepid research, this landmark book offers the most convincing explanation yet of stalin's powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moremillions would die, and many more would sufferhe was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire soviet union
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Although this memoir only appeared much later, he had written an almost daily account of his life for his parents, and happily his mother had saved all his lettersboards and spine a bit tired, but a good clean copyoxfam shop cockermouth sir arnold wilson was a young lieutenant with a sikh regiment in , when he first went to persia (iran)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In addition to this valuable commentary, taylor also includes reprints of several scarce but very important documents by or about king, including king's estimates of national population and wealth, his autobiography, his essay on the naval trade of england, his letter on queen anne's bounty, and the life of king written by george chalmersbecause he used only empiricism and shop arithmetic, the estimates were probably as accurate as anyone in the 17th century could have made themoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some sticker residue to back cover but otherwise in very good condition; pages clean and free of any underlining/marking" see oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in , but calculating for the year , he put the population at approximately 5taylor argues that king was an honest compiler of data whose eccentric calculations of the data available to him were motivated by the problems he faced"gregory king () was an engraver, herald, surveyor, and secretary to the commissioners for the public accounts, but he is best known for his estimates of the wealth and population of englandhistorians have recently doubted the accuracy of these estimatesin this book, john athis first book-length study of king's work positions his successes and shortcomings as a statistician within the context of the whole ongoing failure of statisticians to construct a method of exact prediction about human society
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The new third edition of this popular and successful text on the contemporary global political economy and its historical evolution has been systematically revised and updated throughoutproduct details - paperback: 496 pages - publisher: palgrave macmillan; 3rd edition edition (31 marcollection from newcastle, details will be noticed via email replythe impact of the banking and broader crisis is fully covered and new chapters have been added on security and on theories and methodsplease also take a look at my other items for sale4 cm please do not hesitate to contact me if you require further informationad id: delivery service consumer credit) - language: english - isbn-10: - isbn-- - product dimensions: 15
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Understanding political philosophy by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subjectcan post email me for details read morecan post email me for details by mel thompson excellent preliminary overview of this subject
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Curious and colourful political characters for over 250 years signed by the author neil hamiltons36 postcode read more
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