Scorn the solicitations of folly
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(chur – rome ) by french engraver jean marie delattre (abbeville - fulham, london ) entitled on the reverse 'beauty directed by prudence rejects with scorn the solicitations of folly (lá beauté conseillé par la prudence rejette avec mepris les sollicitations de la folie)', publication line: 'published according to act, 28 jan , for the proprietor, nothree allegorical female figures in a landscape, beauty in the centre wearing white dress extends her arm to push away folly approaching with a vine that she attempts to drape over her, prudence sitting at right puts her arm around her waist protectively, inscription below image 'angelica kauffmann pinxit / jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki' and the frame manufacturer labeldelattre sculpsit', covered with glass in gilt gesso decorative frame, circacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition - good condition, age related darkening, frame re-gilded recently, please see photosour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedescription - a round hand-coloured stipple engraving, after angelica kauffmann r5 poland street, sohopackaging and delivery - item will be securely packed, insured and sent by tracked and proof of signature deliverydimensions - diameter frame/engraving cm, thickness frame2please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is not a top-quality cardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available'lof der zotheid' (the praise of folly) please noteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealso: 2 x €5 coin from please see photos registered costs payable by the buyercoin card €2 erasmus coincard is coming apart slightlyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The main pagination of all four volumes is continuousvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadaall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands invery small tear to spine on volume iithe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe voyage to australia and tahitivolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsit covers the coast of north americaall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust cover
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In 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handstogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitieswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûr
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The making of the movie trilogyvisual companionforeword by sir ian mckellen 2official movie guidejude fisher, foreword by voggo mortenseencollector's hardback editionthe fellowship of the ringthe lord of the rings
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We have all had experiences with bureaucratic red tape, impersonal government agencies or careless commercial enterprisesron hubbard recognised that man was lacking in his understanding of how to organise, and a sizeable portion of his research was devoted to clarify the subject of organisation, a task he fully accomplishedchaos and confusion are not natural conditions of lifeon a more individual level, organisation is a key – and often missing – factor in personal successattainment of one’s goals, no matter how small or how large, requires a knowledge of organisationit is also a necessity for a flourishing familyhow do you most efficiently and productively manage your time, your activities and your resources? how do you minimise distractions? and how do you align your strengths in order to accomplish your purposes? lthe problem of poor organisation is serious and costs trillions in waste, inefficiency and lowered productivitythey only exist when natural laws are not understood and followedorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnhere are some of the natural laws of organisation and organisingthis booklet contains only some of the most basic principles of the organising technology he developed, but these fundamentals are, by themselves, enough to greatly enhance the activity of any endeavour, whether that of a group or an individualanybody recognizes that if things were better organised people would be better off
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The scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)references andgarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtrycharacteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit consists of close to 32 figurescuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrycoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguereferences na111french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)it consists of 11 figuresall of them have been sold out and retiredit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)tomas picton by britains, referencethe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7ththe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdthe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)the 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableregiment of the line, by king and countryfrench artillery, by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)references na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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He adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and language’ registered shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(total of 2 books) read more) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginsee pictures of the table of contentsthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalisthe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis edition is frompart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storetwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by at video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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In fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleansome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force
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The hobbit is on its own great collectors edition of this magnificent tale1 new set of the the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the slip case contains the fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the king
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Iron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Simultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empirebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timeas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the east
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warwritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pages
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Oxfam shop colne road this book deals with the identity of the torah that yahweh promised he would write on the hearts of new covenant participants, as prophesied in jeremiah and understood later in new testament times by paulno work currently existing on this subject can compete with this book's historical survey and exegetical analysis, reading jeremiah and paul contextually on the issuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book's investigative study of the history of interpretation of the church's teaching on the subject from the early church to modern theological era, and second temple judaism's writings on the topic, is unsurpassedthis theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and christian religious departments of universities worldwidepastors and virtually all christians interested in reading or researching paul and the subject of gospel/law controversy in biblical studies will benefit from it
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morecorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathoxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth centuryin telling his story, harris also speaks to basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third world
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museums
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciesoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)it marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Oxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44until recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationhere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnerboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishhappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyeidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laterthe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrevery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecondition: as newthe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturessigned by stephen castle
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Internally clean and unmarkedoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurewe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakespart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializevitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascara definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepianka and laurie jpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biology
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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The first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesarin the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its corecitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the action
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Those who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconythis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germany
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The book has been signed by the author with an inscription99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 towritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofthe author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of noin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacket
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Revisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedboard of educationin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement
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Mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionfollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsoxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sunseeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlers
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Oxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketvolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, servicesand slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonersthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and france
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