Rubaiyat of omar khayyam
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Using newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidents" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold waroxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction
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A variety of worked examples are providedinternal pages are clean and free of marks'the statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction' will be of interest to quantitative researchers and to practicing statisticiansthis book describes the statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating the accuracy of medical testsoxfam books & music norwich the use of clinical and laboratory information to detect conditions and predict patient outcomes is a mainstay of medical practiceproblems relating to missing and imperfect reference data are discussed in detailmain topics include: estimation and comparison of measures of accuracy, including receiver operating characteristic curves; regression frame-works for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors; and sample size calculations and other issues pertinent to study designsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also covers the theoretical foundations for statistical inference and will be of interest to academic statisticiansadditional topics include: meta-analysis for summarizing the results of multiple studies of a test; the evaluation of markers for predicting event time data; and procedures for combining the results of multiple tests to improve classificationbook cover contains a few marks but item is in generally good condition
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe 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 societybourne 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 morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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The oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areasquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edwith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologypoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencethese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contexts) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencein philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinethese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sources antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesin the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part describes the background of american constitutionalismgoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightsdetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencein this first volume, julius goebel jrthe book is organised into three parts
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethis country house in the buckinghamshire countryside was home to britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like alan turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology  indeed, the birth of modern computingbut, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction  from robert harris and ian mcewan to andrew hodges' biography of turing what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? what was life like for them an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? sinclair mckay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at bletchley park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed angus wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) of a youthful roy jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's workoxfam bookshop cheltenham bletchley park was where one of the war's most famous  and crucial  achievements was made: the cracking of germany's enigma code in which its most important military communications were couchedthe military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the battle of the atlantic and the war in north africa
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As 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 causationvijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realityhe 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-abodein 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 worldas 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 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 morebecause 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 personsoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturethe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (skt
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Such goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicinecassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomthe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookthe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfa very clean and tidy copythe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarywhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presswhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mind
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Readers of other transformational self-help books such as the four agreements, the miracle morning, braving the wilderness, and the book of joy will want to read practicing the power of nowpracticing the power of now shows us how to free ourselves from "enslavement to the mindoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york times bestselling author eckhart tolle - a key to happiness is living in the nowpractice the power of now: if you, like many others, have benefited from the transformative experience of reading the power of now, you will want to own and read practicing the power of nowin the power of now and his subsequent book practicing the power of now, eckhart shares the enlightenment he himself experienced after a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life"the next step in human evolution: eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their liveseckhart tolle: eckhart tolle, a spiritual teacher and author who was born in germany and educated at the universities of london and cambridge, is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most inspiring spiritual teachershis views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guruthis is a prerequisite not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violence on our planetyour path to enlightenment: practicing the power of now extracts the essence from eckhart's teachings in his new york times bestseller, the power of now (translated into 33 languages)" the aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday lifean essential aspect of this awakening involves transcending our ego-based state of consciousnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolutionthrough meditations and simple techniques, eckhart shows us how to quiet our thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find a path to "a life of grace, ease, and lightness
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It would be naive, to assume the present work to be free of erroneous oversimplification, because the very nature of scientific work is related to generating (simple) hypotheses with their subsequent falsificationin that context and bluntly, my primary interest in the field of the collateral circulation was not initiated with a vision of eradicating the consequences of coronary artery disease (cad) by promoting the growth of natural bypassesthe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schaperlike new with clean pages insidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis can be exemplified by the historic view of angina pectoris, which used to be simplified as being always fatal, thus obscuring for nearly two centuries the view of a 'self-healing' mechanism such as the collateral circulation of the heartalternatively, it could be 'sold' as the result of my intention to reduce entropy of 18 years of scientific work on the topic of the coronary circulation, which was itself meant to diminish the amount of 'useless' energyoxfam bookshop hampstead collateral circulation of the heart by christian seiler the sober explanation for this book is a call by the springer-verlag, london, to edit a publication on 'the functional relevance of the collateral circulation' of the heartsuch a process of reducing disarray in a system with the aim of grasping it better is related to simplification, which carries the risk of introducing error
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In this volume, the authors complete the circle begun with faces in a cloud () and continued with structures of subjectivity () and psychoanalytic treatment: an intersubjective approach (- with brandchaft) see oxfam website for delivery information read more concluding chapters on "varieties of therapeutic alliance" and "varieties of therapeutic impasse" further exemplify the ability of intersubjectivity theory to reorient the psychoanalytic therapist, thus providing fresh strategies for understanding and addressing the most challenging clinical contingenciesrather, the authors argue, the intersubjective perspective has methodological and epistemological implications that mandate a radical revision of all aspects of psychoanalytic thoughtbeginning with an in-depth critique of the concept of the isolated individual mind, stolorow and atwood argue that this myth has long obstructed recognition of the intersubjective foundations of psychological lifecontexts of being is the conceptual culmination of stolorow and atwood's earlier studies, giving them a forum to explain why the perspective of intersubjectivity cannot be reduced to a clinical sensibility that can be grafted onto existing psychoanalytic theorythe authors then proceed to a series of chapters that reframe, from the standpoint of intersubjectivity theory, basic assumptions of the psychoanalytic theory of mental lifethey now extend intersubjectivity theory to a rethinking of the foundational pillars of psychoanalytic theory since they have already demonstrated the degree to which psychological theory is influenced by the subjective world of the psychological theorist, explored the various "structures of subjectivity" that organize the subjective world, and applied the intersubjective perspective to a broad array of clinical issuesthe book is in very good condition; it is slightly upturned on the back covers bottom left cornernot only a cogent elaboration of these implications, the volume is also an important first step in effecting the sweeping revision that follows from them
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religionoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgegerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningstext block is clean and binding solidinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religion"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienavery good black cloth
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What we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindswhat has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacitynone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanismsthey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownnichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreadingin addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categorythe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviourhowever, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingin some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mindoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein reading other minds, the imagination plays a central rolethis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centuryin the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathology
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Later he leaves the house to meet his son elliot for lunch, and when eliot departs mid-meal, mendelssohn continues eating alone as the snow falls heavily outsidemoments after he leaves the restaurant he is brutally attackedtheir work is like that of a poet: the search for a random word that, included at the right instance, will suddenly make sense of everythingaccompanied by three equally powerful stories set in afghanistan, galway and london, this is a tribute to humanity's search for meaning and grace, from a writer at the height of his form, capable of imagining immensities even in the smallest corners of our livesmendelssohn wakes in his upper east side apartmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a cold day in january when joxfam bookshop hertford a story in this collection has been longlisted for the sunday times efg short story award as it was, it was like being set down in the best of poems, carried into a cold landscape, blindfolded, turned around, unblindfolded, forced, then, to invent new ways of seeingold and frail, he is entirely reliant on the help of his paid carer, and as he waits for the heating to come on, the clacking of the pipes stirs memories of the past; of his childhood in lithuania and dublin, of his distinguished career as a judge, and of his late wife, eileenthe detectives working on the case search through the footage of mendelssohn's movements, captured by cameras in his home and on the streettold from a multitude of perspectives, in lyrical, hypnotic prose, thirteen ways of looking is a ground-breaking novella of true resonance
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Good condition overallit includes volumes 4-6: temple of the winds, soul of the fire, and faith of the fallenbook 5: soul of the fire richard rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guidenow a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless wasteemperor of the d'haran empire, war wizard, the seeker of truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved kahlan amnell, mother confessor of the midlandsunwilling to heed an ancient prophecy, kahlan raises an army and goes into battle against forces threatening armed insurrection in the midlandsthis is a boxed set of 3 booksbut their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway countryrichard heads into the old world with cara, the mord-sith, while his beloved kahlan remains behindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis mass market boxed set is the second bundle in the bestselling the sword of truth series by terry goodkindbook covers creased, slight yellowing to pages, spines creased and bridgedoxfam bookshop glossop road some shelf wear to boxbook 4: temple of the winds wielding the sword of truth, richard rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the d'haran peoplebook 6: faith of the fallen emperor jagang is rising once again in the old world and richard must face him, on his own turfbut now the power-mad emperor jagang confronts richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victimsseparated and fighting for their lives, richard and kahlan will be tested to the utmost
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Finally the authors analyze the emergence of literature & artthe concept of the greek polis, the formulation of the roman res publica (including the gradual evolution of roman law), the constitution of chinese public administration, are noted in detail as so many important contributions to the conduct of affairsafter an introduction which summarizes briefly the main historical events of the period, the authors deal with such fundamental questions as the formation of the greek & latin tongues, the evolution of the indo-aryan & indo-chinese languagestechniques & technology are examined within the context of the societies that created & utilized themthe philosophers who laid the basis of all thinking are studied in detailspecial chapters are devoted to the development of religion, which both in the east & in the west was to shape spiritual life for millenniathis is from a multivolume work produced under the auspices of unescocontents in three parts: from ca bc to ca 500 bc, from 500 bc to the christian era & from the beginning of the christian era to ca ad 500it gives a lively, readable global history, illustrated with 80 plates, 14 figures & 17 mapssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey describe classical science, which in greece & india created a new relationship between humans & nature
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Stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords are a perfect match for rowling's superb storytelling, and fry manages to give even further depth to a complex and absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical tale that, once heard, will never be forgottenhe fully expects to be expelled from hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time, but the arrival of the mysterious knight bus and a meeting with cornelius fudge, the minister of magic, result in harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the leaky cauldronback at hogwarts, harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the dementors--guards from azkaban on the look out for blackage 9 and over --susan harrison see oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile sirius black--one-time friend of harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "you- know-who"--escapes from azkaban and this has serious implications for harrylisteners will be enthralled by the classic novel brought vividly to lifeafter just about surviving yet another summer with the dreadful dursleys, the arrival of aunt marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, harry casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloonreview:age 9 and overharry potter and the prisoner of azkaban is the third, and possibly the best, book in the phenomenally successful, award-winning harry potter series by jk rowlingbut there's a tense atmosphere at hogwarts with an escaped murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of azkaban guarding the schooloxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait to start his third year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry after the summer holidays
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After almost fifteen years of intensive work, unesco presents an entirely revised and updated edition of this major work in seven volumesthis major undertaking required an international commission and the co-operation of some 450 distinguished specialists, in a great number of disciplines, from all over the worldthe new edition, now called history of humanity, is a radical new work providing an account of cultural and scientific achievements in the light of new facts and methods of historiographical investigationstarting from the origins of humankind to the first societies years ago, the events, chronologically charted, present a comprehensive picture of how civilization emerged and developed over this periodforty internationally renowned specialists from various countries provide a broad introduction to the study of the eve of civilizationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea truly interdisciplinary work, the history of humanity sheds new light on many hitherto unknown features of our common pastparticular attention is given to archeological aspects
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Advances in related fields, particularly in geomorphology, palaeobotany and palaeoclimatology, have also radically altered our picture of the emergence of indian civilisationdrawing primarily upon the archaeological record, and supported by ethnographic, linguistic and historical evidence, the authors trace the origins and development of culture in india and pakistan from its earliest roots in palaeolithic times, through the rise and disintegration of the great indus civilization to the emergence of regional cultures, and the arrival and spread of indo-aryan speaking peoplesoffering an original and stimulating perspective on the archaeology of the subcontinent, the rise of civilization in india and pakistan will be invaluable to students of south asian culture and early historymany spectacular discoveries of archaeological significance have been made in the indian subcontinent since the first appearance of raymond and bridget allchin's book the birth of indian civilization, for long the most authoritative and widely read text on its subjectin the rise of civilization in india and pakistan the authors have completely revised and rewritten their earlier work to present an integrated and dynamic account of human culture in south asiathey conclude with the early buddhist period and the appearance of city states right across pakistan and north india, establishing the pattern of subcontinental unity and regional diversity that was to characterize the country henceforwardoxfam bookshop leeds 379ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors have made every attempt to incorporate the results of the most recent research and their book is illustrated throughout with photographs, maps and line diagramsit will also appeal to anyone interested in historical geography, world prehistory and archaeology in generalcambridge world archeology
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In the final stage of the book, freeland chronicles the end of the first wave of russia's capitalist revolution, detailing the economic crisis currently rumbling through the countrythis was the height of market euphoria when, despite the chaos of everyday life, a prosperous future seemed within easy reachwoven through the book are remarkable stories - of yeltsin's use of popular psychics, of the might of the 'robber barons' who form alliances with criminal mafia gangs, of machiavellian politicians who 'have dealt with the devil and believe they have made a good bargain'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham this is the first account of russia's second revolution - the country's dramatic, wrenching transition from communist central planning to a market economybeginning with a sharp portrayal of the dismal living conditions in the soviet union, she moves on to the romantic early days of the capitalist transformationwritten by one of the finest writers on contemporary russia, it is told by interweaving high politics with glimpses of the revolution's impact on the lives of ordinary people
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But we do languageshe used them to roil us, to wake us, to educate us and help us grapple with our deepest wounds and try to comprehend themshe speaks to graduating students and visitors to both the louvre and america's black holocaust museumshe revisits the bluest eye, sula and beloved; reassessing the novels that have become touchstones for generations of readers'the nobel lecture in literature, see oxfam website for delivery information read more"she was our conscience" - oprah winfreya vital non-fiction collection from one of the most celebrated and revered american writersspanning four decades, these essays, speeches and meditations interrogate the world around usmorrison's nobel lecture, on the power of language, is accompanied by lectures to amnesty international and the newspaper association of americaour truth-tellerthe sweep of american history and the current state of politicsmouth full of blood is a powerful, erudite and essential gathering of ideas that speaks to us allit celebrates morrison's extraordinary contribution to the literary worldthroughout mouth full of blood our search for truth, moral integrity and expertise is met by toni morrison with controlled anger, elegance and literary excellencethe collection is structured in three parts and these are heart-stoppingly introduced by a prayer for the dead of 9/11, a meditation on martin luther king and a eulogy for james baldwin'word-work is sublime, she thinks, because it is generative; it makes meaning that secures our difference, our human difference-the way in which we are like no other lifethe duty of the press and the role of the artistthey are concerned with race, gender and globalisationshe was a magician with language, who understood the power of wordsthat may be the meaning of lifethat may be the measure of our lives
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£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherfor most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefthinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalityquestions about "the stuff" of time  such as instants and intervals  about time and change, and the relationship between objective and subjective time, open on to wider discussions about time and causation, the irruption of subjectivity and intentionality into a material universe, and the relationship between time and freedomthe passage of time, the direction of time and time travel are critically examined and the relationship between mathematics and reality, and the nature of the observer, are exploredfor anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time, itself, is real, of time and lamentation will provoke and entertainyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is livedthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencein of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itvery good condition, apparently unreadpart 2, "human time" examines tensed time, the reality of time as it is lived: what we mean by "now", how we make sense of past and future events, and the idea of eternityoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardbackthe story told by caesium clocks, quantum theory and lorentz coordinates, tallis argues, needs to be supplemented by one of moss on rocks, tears on faces and the long narratives of our human journeysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physicsour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicswith the scientistic reduction of time set aside and lived time reaffirmed, tallis digs deeper into the nature of time itself in the final part, "finding time"those, like tallis himself, who seek to find a place at which the scientific and humanistic views of humanity can be reconciled, will celebrate his placing of human consciousness at the heart of time, and his showing that we are "more than cogs in the universal clock, forced to collaborate with the very progress that pushes us towards our own midnight"the culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking work
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An 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 moreothers 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 lexicographersthe 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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Here, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightenedaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhismthe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikefremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the living
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But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family's cause throughout europe - and had the courage to defy their royal fatherwhoop, whoop! if anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-fundingyet the reality was very different, as kelcey wilson-lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great english king, edward i' hermione eyre, spectatorvirginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingersedward's daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favourthe lives of these sisters - eleanora, joanna, margaret, mary and elizabeth - ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the middle agesliving as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-armsthey might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingshipdrawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, daughters of chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited plantagenet womensee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'she imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patienceand ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personalitywith their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them - at long last - shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the age of chivalry
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencyoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencean outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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The importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matter10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe entire set is in pristine, unread conditionedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallythe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldoxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many yearsit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a few
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Mancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforeunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceanswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway lands
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