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Other than a small tear in the spine, the book is in very good condition this book would appeal to those interested in bookplatesthe pages are unmarked, and the spine remains unbrokenthe book begins its collection in cthere are many images of the plates inside, consisting of detailed black and white drawingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreand ends in the twentieth centuryoxfam bookshop lincoln limited to 350 copies, 240 of which were for members of the bookplate society, bookplates in the trophy style was the society's book forthe book includes virtually every pre- trophy plate that has been identified and located, and the author claims it is the largest collection of images of trophy plates so far seen
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Complete in itself, the story is a sequel to the same author's the diamond in the windowoxfam bookshop sevenoaks this is the first uk edition of the swing in the summer house by the american author jane langtonpublished by hamish hamilton in , it has illustrations by erik blegvad the volume is in near fine condition, with a fine and unclipped dust jacket protected by a mylar cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe novel is a fantasy featuring the adventures of eleanor, edward and their friend oliver as they disappear through the magic doorway of the summerhouse
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Spine cracked internally and foxing to edges of blockwoolf, published by edward arnold in , third impressionthe cloth of the spine has split at the rear hinge and head and tail of spine and corners are bumped, and corners exposedbound in blue cloth with gold lettering, the boards are very worn and show marks from dampwritten by leonard woolf, husband of virginia woolf, the novel the village in the jungle was based on his experiences in the colonial service in ceylon before the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by la rare copy in fair condition
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipartly through the sale of his ferrari 308, he finances his own projects and mainly makes theatrical objects and installationsafter more than 10 years of working as a successful international internet entrepreneur, bram ellens decided to change course and make his dream come true"there's less and less real contactthe gnome depicts the individualisation and growing apathy of people through the mobile phonethis is number 26, hand-signed underneath the footplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe fluorine also slowly loses its effect" the gnomes have always been used by the artist in various set ups, therefore not in "mint condition"this work of art is a protest with a wink against the screen culturecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is certainly the case with bram's first major work, glow in the dark gnomes on their phoneshe became an artist or, as he says himself, an early-stage autonomous artist
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth in this first of a massive three-volume work, seta bbeing an armenian, dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic armenian habitatdadoyan studies the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world and takes the reader through hitherto undiscovered paradigmatic cases of interaction with other populations in the regionlinking armenian-islamic history is one way of dealing with the problemdadoyan's concern is also to outline revolutionary elements in the making of armenian ideologies and politicsthe author has composed and arranged the larger subjects and their sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity to armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically appealing, and close to lived experiencesthe author holds that every piece of literature, including historical writing, is an artifactit is a composition of many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion, detail, intensity, etccontradictory trends went into the making of armenian history, yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis extensive work captures the multidimensional nature of the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world
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Dadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldthis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and artsdadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionthe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literature
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At the very time that monarchial absolutism seemed to be collapsing in western europe, the dismemberment of the polish "noble democracy" affirmed absolutism's triumph in the eastnot only does this book illuminate a much neglected area of european history, and assist those trying to make sense of poland's heritage, it also provides much comparative material for students of early modern history in generaloxfam bookshop wallingford in the closing years of the 18th century, the old polish state paid the price of over 100 years of ungovernability in political extinctionbetween and an area of eastern europe larger than france was divided among russia, prussia and austriafurthermore no reader could fail to be struck by the parallels in the problematic relationship between poland and russia in the 18th century and todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebringing together polish scholarship previously inaccessible to english-speaking readers, the author examines the economy, the society and the institutional structure of early modern poland and analyzes her loss of national sovereignty in the light of poland's lack of political centralization and dynastic strength
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In seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant shelley wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a resultbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonthere is minimal edge wearthe author surveys the blue-water ships of the egyptians, syro-canaanites, cypriots, early bronze age aegeans, minoans, mycenaeans, and sea peoples, and discusses known bronze age shipwrecksvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water traveloffering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travelthe inside is very clean and unmarkedlenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and sternhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george fin very good conditionthere are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedit is new in appearanceoxfam bookshop hampstead seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant by shelley wachsmann during the bronze age, the ancient societies that ringed the mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological developmentthis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsthis book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to bronze age seafaring and will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and bronze age textual scholarshoftijzer and wrelying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at sea
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Against the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would rulelawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastthe creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsoxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestinesir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgeterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontierusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revengeit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews in
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The dominant ideology is held up to question in these sketches of spoiled idealism revealing a very subtle artfulnessthey smack of the streets all around usoxfam bookshop brigg brendan cleary's poems have never been for the squeamish or faint hearteduncompromising and honest, cleary continues to strike at raw nerves and his work reminds us how poetry can be a vital and haunting forcetragic, sad, but darkly comic, his poems speak for the dispossessed, the bed-sit dwellers, the losers in lovesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" stranger in the house" sees cleary in the realm of the urban epiphanyhis often manic personas confront their demons, lay bare their hearts and reveal the anguish of their personal disorder in the city's terrain
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwe are only selling the lithograph in picturesheet: 220 x 280 mmthis is the first printing done in from the edition of unknown sizethis one with extensive hand coloring! rare! warhol’s illustrated book of fairies and putti frolicking in a gardenthis lithograph is the original one, printed in , not a later reprint or copyandy warhol in the bottom of my gardenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store) the full sheetsin very good condition, soft handling creasescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit is one of is early work into bookmaking with offset lithography in the soriginal offset lithograph, hand-colored with watercolor, with coloring done by hand by warhol and his friends
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford this is the authoritative and long-awaited volume on berkeley's celebrated free speech movement (fsm) of the contributors-whose perspectives range from that of fsm leader mario savio to university of california president clark kerr--shed new light on such issues as the origins of the fsm in the civil rights movement, the political tensions within the fsm, the day-to-day dynamics of the protest movement, the role of the berkeley faculty and its various factions, the trial of the arrested students, and the virtually unknown "little free speech movement ofdrawing from the experiences of many movement veterans this collection of scholarly articles and personal memoirs illuminates in fresh ways one of the most important events in the recent history of american higher education" this 1st edition paperback copy is very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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And somewhere in the tranquil garden of carriglas there are secrets waiting to be discovered'the silence in the garden' won the yorkshire post book of the year awardoxfam bookshop cheltenham carriglas is the island estate off county cork where sarah pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the first world warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is devoted to ireland, to its soft speech and its frequently ugly deeds, and he combines them in a sort of elegy'writing in the spectator, anita brookner said, 'trevor is a specialist in brooding regret and a discoverer of past crimeshelplessly, sarah watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crime
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Others are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social context
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Pagel, nature "written in an informal style that those uninitiated into the jargon of nuclear astrophysics and astronomy will find readable and illuminatingoxfam books & music beeston university of chicago press, , paperback good condition, some wear nuclear astrophysics is, in essence, a science that attempts to understand and explain the physical universe beyond the earth by studying its smallest particles"one could not wish for a better account of the current state of knowledge (and uncertainty) about nuclear reactions in starsrolfs and william srodney, serves as a basic introduction to these endeavorsa classic in its field, cauldrons in the cosmos will surely remain an important reference in nuclear astrophysics for years to comea useful and long-awaited introduction to nuclear astrophysicsfrom the major discoveries in the field to a discussion of the makeup of stars to an explanation of standard lab techniques, this text provides students and scientists alike a thorough and fascinating survey of the accomplishments, goals, and methods of nuclear astrophysicsmathews, science see oxfam website for delivery information read morecauldrons in the cosmos, by claus e
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Roosevelt lived and worked in the north dakota badlands for four years between , but the american west remained one of his deepest passions and his favourite arena for pursuing the strenuous lifeincluded are more than 150 photographs of the life and times of theodore roosevelt, drawn principally from the extensive collections of the theodore roosevelt centre at dickinson state universitythis book explores the ways in which a buffalo hunt transformed theodore roosevelt into the strenuous, larger-than-life figure who graces mount rushmore and led the united states (sometimes kicking and screaming) into the twentieth centuryroosevelt, in return, transformed the american west and helped to make cowboy life a central feature of american mythologyhe fell in love with the dakota badlands, purchased two badlands ranches, and threw himself into the life of the vanishing frontiersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprominent inscription on ffep, otherwise excellent condition in dust jacket, not price clippedhe hunted big game in virtually every western state, recruited his rough riders from among those he had met in his western travels, and wrote a series of articles and books based on his adventures in the westroosevelt ventures into the american west in to kill a buffalooxfam bookshop henley-on-thames no president of the united states is as thoroughly associated with the american west as theodore roosevelt, who was born in new york city and educated at harvard university
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This work strives to show that wittgenstein's investigation of aspect perception is designed to illuminate much more than a bizarre type of visual experienceby setting seeing aspects within this interpretative framework, the author seeks to demonstrate parallels between wittgenstein's interest, and concerns at the heart of heidegger's "being and time"oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells on being in the world: wittgeinstein and heidegger on seeing aspects by stephen mulhall this study aims to cast new light on a neglected but important area of wittgenstein's philosophy, and to reveal its pertinence to the central concerns of contemporary analytic philosophyin very good condition, with clean pages and a cover only faintly marked at the backits starting point is the belief that wittgenstein's seemingly unsystematic remarks on seeing aspects of pictures and words, are in fact focused on a phenomenon which he labels "continuous aspect perception"it highlights what is distinctively "human" about human behaviour in relation to things in the world, and elements which distinguish human practical activity from that of automatasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis focus not only confers unity upon his treatment of the topic, but also connects that treatment with fundamental questions in the philosophy of psychology (taking issue with davidsonian approaches to these matters, for example)
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Weaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselffrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectlife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe
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Oxfam bookshop reading english teaching in the secondary school is a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of teaching englishguiding students and new teachers through the whole process of english teaching in the secondary school, this edition has been fully updated to include:  a report of the most recent developments in national policy  discussion of multiple literacies and critical literacy  a new chapter on english as an additional language  a new chapter on cross curricular themes new sections on approaches to the teaching of grammar  reflections on international developments in language teaching and their relevance  a guide to further reading on resources and researchwritten in an accessible style, with a wealth of advice and ideas, english teaching in the secondary school forms essential reading for all those training to become secondary english teachersit challenges mechanistic and formulaic approaches to teaching, instead placing an emphasis on reflection, understanding and informed practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis updated 4th edition has been revised to take into consideration changes in national policy, drawing on the most recent research and theory to produce engaging, practical ideas for use in the classroom
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The perfect, traditional cotswolds villages offer historic places, friendly pubs and craft shopsthis area is a perfect blend of gentle rolling hills, plentiful archaeological sites and charming villages built from a local honey coloured limestoneoxfam shop wolverhampton set in the heart of england's countryside, the cotswolds occupies the area between gloucester, bath, oxford and stratford-upon-avonthe countryside with its gentle hills and open spaces is ideal for a variety of outdoor activities such as horse-riding, cycling, ballooning and walking, making the cotswolds a dream place to live and visitin recognition of the beauty of this quintessentially english countryside, the area covering 790 square miles was designated an area of outstanding natural beauty inmost of the villages and smaller towns have survived unspoiltdespite its popularity with tourists, the cotswolds remains tranquil and serenetraditional museums like corinium museum in cirencester, cotswolds museum in bourton-on-the-water, gloucester cathedral, roman baths, sudeley castle or blenheim palace are complemented by fabulous gardens of westonbirt, painswick, batsford and hidcotebeata moore's glorious photographs show the charm of the cotswolds through the seasonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop dumfries essential information for anyone involved in palliative care programs for deprived patients! in this comprehensive resource, leading healthcare professionals describe pioneering work on the front lines of pain and palliative care service planning and implementation for underserved populationspain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations also offers an important look at pain management programs geared toward several specific underserved populations in both developing and developed countries, including native americans and inmates in a new zealand prisonillustrated with figures, graphs, and tables, this book is essential for practitioners and officials in both palliative and public health carethis essential volume includes a foreword written by a world leader in palliative care-jan stjernsward, former chief of the cancer and palliative care program of the world health organization and currently international director of the oxford international centre for palliative care in the united kingdompain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations: a global challenge addresses issues of vital importance for the global health care community, such as: why do so many people in the developing world suffer excruciating pain for months and years, when simple inexpensive medication could make them comfortable? they get mri scans; why don't they have access to palliative care? why do some palliative care programs fail to reach the needy? how could a palliative care delivery system be adapted to local needs? why are medical and nursing students not taught the fundamentals of pain management? what direction should palliative care education take? could health care resources be channeled to deliver care in a more just and equitable manner? this book chronicles the efforts of ambitious pain management care professionals to confront these questions, working toward an end to needless, preventable pain and sufferingit examines their programs, and acknowledges their successes and failures to date, with commentaries by international expertssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis indispensable manual discusses palliative care programs in developing countries such as india, chile, argentina, saudi arabia, thailand, hong kong, malaysia, and otherspain and palliative care in the developing world and marginalized populations: a global challenge explores the challenges and barriers preventing satisfactory pain management for patients who urgently need itall proceeds from sales of this book will be used to support the growth of palliative care programs in indiathis book provides you with true accounts of palliative care programs from around the world to help you meet the needs of disadvantaged clients
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki[2] the us edition retailed at $] and the uk edition at seven shillings and sixpence (7/6)[2] the book features the belgian detective hercule poirot and chief inspector japp"death in the air" by agatha christie dodd mead ny - first american edition first printing - 303p, 18cx15cm - condition: good, minor scuff at spine top, name to ffep and stamp to text block, clean internally, comes with fine facsimile dust jacket death in the clouds is a work of detective fiction by british writer agatha christie, first published in the us by dodd, mead and company on 10 march under the title of death in the air[1] and in the uk by the collins crime club in the july of the same year under christie's original titleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiup for auction is this rare to the extreme riaa gold '45 record award for springsteen's "dancing in the dark" "dancing in the dark" is a song written and performed by american rock singer bruce springsteen"dancing in the dark" was also successful worldwide, becoming australia's highest-selling single of (despite peaking at number five on the kent music report), peaking at number one in belgium and the netherlands, and charting within the top 10 in seven other countriesand became his biggest hit, helping the album become the best-selling album of his careeron may read moreadding uptempo synthesizer riffs to his sound for the first time, the song spent four weeks at number two on the billboard hot ] and sold over one million singles in the udancing in the dark was certified gold by rplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 availableit was the first single released from his album, born in the u
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The concept of 'diaspora' has spread rapidly in academic writing and the popular pressafrican americans, and muslims and hindus in europe, are some of the best known among themit considers under what circumstances people may be classified as living in a diaspora, and the consequences this has for their position in societyoxfam books & music lancaster the modern world is full of diasporasincreasingly, the criterion used by journalists and academics for identifying such minorities is ethnic identity rather than religious allegiancesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe present volume explores the ways in which the term 'diaspora' has been applied in past and present to various religious communities in different contextsspecific chapters study africans in modern europe, jews in ancient egypt, syrians throughout the roman empire, hindus in britain and muslims in the netherlands today, and other so-called diaspora communitiesbut what is a diaspora ? derived from jewish tradition, the word is now often applied to any minority which has migrated from its place of origin
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' daily mirror'an absolute delight' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is here for revengemukherjee is at the top of his game' mick herron, author of the jackson lamb series, on death in the east****'the gloriously atmospheric death in the east is his mukherjee's best book so far, a cracking read' scotsman****'the perfect combination of mystery and history' telegraph**calcutta police detective captain sam wyndham and his quick-witted indian sergeant, surrender-not banerjee, are back for another rip-roaring adventure set in s indiaoxfam bookshop cheltenham ** selected by the telegraph, ft and guardian as one of the best crime books of ****'a skilfully blended dual narrative: twice the intrigue, twice the funleaving calcutta, captain sam wyndham heads for the hills of assam, to the ashram of a sainted monk where he hopes to conquer his opium addictionpraise for the sam wyndham series:'a thought-provoking rollercoaster' ian rankin'death in the east is as vivid and atmospheric as its predecessors' guardian'confirms abir mukherjee as a rising star of historical crime fiction' the times'cracking a journey into the dark underbelly of the british raj' daily express'a brilliantly conceived murder mystery set amidst political and social turmoil - beautifully crafted' csansom' mukherjee brings sardonic wit to his portrayal of british rule in india, and the action is perfectly pacedbut when he arrives, he sees a ghost from his life in london - a man thought to be long dead, a man wyndham hoped he would never see againas a young constable, sam wyndham is on his usual east london beat when he comes across an old flame, bessie drummond, attacked in the streetshe is certain this figure from his past isn't here by coincidencewyndham knows he must call his friend and colleague sergeant banerjee for helpbut the case will cost the young constable more than he ever imaginedthe next day, when bessie is found brutally beaten in her own room, locked from the inside, wyndham promises to get to the bottom of her murder
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the growth of industry in cornwall during the industrial revolution the book is in good condition with most signs of damage limited to the dust jacket (fraying on the edges, chipping and fading of the spine), internally the binding is strong and the pages cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read more present in this edition but absent in the first (published ) is a look at the religious and social changes also brought about by this period of technological development while primarily looking at the growth of the mining industry, covering copper mining, the growth of tin mining and the introduction of steam power, this book also looks at the changes in the local agriculture and fishing industries
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Oxfam books & music fareham trade and trust in the eighteenth-century atlantic world: spanish merchants and their overseas networks by xabier lamikizin particular, it explores the processes of trade, trading networks and communications, seeking to understand merchant behaviour, especially the choices made by individuals when conducting business - and specifically with whom they chose to deal boydell press covers are slightly faded in very good conition fruitfully combining approaches from economic history and the cultural history of commerce, this book examines the role of interpersonal trust in underpinning trade, amid the challenges and uncertainties of the eighteenth-century atlanticit focuses on the nature of mercantile activity in two parts of spain: cadiz in the south, and its trade with spain's american empire; and bilbao in the north, and its trade with western and northern europe paperback with laminated covers see oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from a broad range of spanish, peruvian and british archival sources, the book reveals merchants' experiences of trusting their agents and correspondents, and shows how different factors, from distance to legal frameworks and ethnicity, affected their ability to rely on their contactsxabier lamikiz is associate professor of economic history at the university of the basque country
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe buyer takes care of all facets of collectingplease note! pick up onlyde rooy (among others amateur historian and priest of the diocese of haarlem, and in leader of the rk josefgezellen during an international congress in munich - see delpher)diameter tabletop: 75 cm diameter lower tray: 50 cm height: 60 cm see the photos for a good impression of the condition and execution of this special table with historyunique and one-off oak coffee table from , gifted by the "amsterdamse rooms katholieke jongere werklozen" as a thank you present to chaplain nplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejongere werklozen the table is very solidly made of solid oak and is in a good, sturdy and used condition, the original lacquer/wax finish of the tabletop seems to have been replaced oncede rooy uit dankbaarheid van de a'damse rcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein amsterdam school letters carved in the edge of the tabletop: aan kapelaan n
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Vintage salad spoon set with a twist in the neck by william hutton & sonsthe firm was established in birmingham in by william hutton, and was transferred to sheffield inthe firm used the trade mark "cross arrows" (6 or 8 arrows) after the acquisition of creswick & co (cin goodwill transferred to james dixon & sons ltdthe firm was transformed in william hutton & son (, in partnership with his son herbert), william hutton & sons (: after the death oh william carr) and william hutton & sons ltd from toother trade marks were angle plate and arrow plate read moreafter the founder's death the business was continued under the style of william hutton by his son william carr huttoncondition: very light wear
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For charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazards" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreher unmarked way is costly and hardnewly published paperbackoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for mewe are meant to go in and out of doors in civilized style, but my mother bade me climb into woodsy wildness and a darkness flushed with crimson light and torchesoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindwhat young woman can be safe from the dangers of wilderness when its shadowy thickets spring up so easily in the soil of human hearts? much will oppose charis' longings for renewal and peace; she must pursue and discover the hero's path to a larger, more vivid lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe will need to struggle for survival: to scour the wilderness for shelter, to strive and seek for a new family and a setting where she can belongstreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colonyshe may be tugged by her desires for companionship, may even stumble into an intense love for a man, and may be made to try the strength of female heroism in ways no longer familiar to women in our centuryand even if she survives the wilds, it is no simple matter to discover and nest among her own kind-the godly, those called puritans by others
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