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Making sense of the ecg, medical book good condition, minimal use my name has been removed, where applicable pick up only lots of other medical type books for sale as having a clear out bargain £15
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Making sense of the troubles: a history of the northern ireland conflict paperback – 30 aug'compellingly written and very even-handeddavid mckittrick has reported on the northern ireland troubles since the s
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Making sense of research in nursing, health and social careeach month we recycle over 2author:moule, pam3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill sites
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Rachel carson preserving a sense of wonder by joseph bruchac (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The title is a sense of purposecd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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He soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "place" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of osee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographywith funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's workwinston link photographsnearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age
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Goanna - spirit of placetitle:goanna - spirit of placeyour item will be previously owned but still in great conditionall of our paper waste is recycled within the uk and turned into corrugated cardboard
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Parish: an anglican theology of place, paperback by rumsey, andrew, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk
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Sbl pride of place collectablesa lovely cream figurine that stands approx 16 cm tallnon-smoking housein pre-owned mint condition
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Pride of place - complete kitchen set in grey ceramic - excellent condition - 12 months old - new price £295 - selling £100 buyer collects read more
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Smart battery sense is a wireless battery voltage and temperature sensor for victron mppt solar chargerswith voltage and temperature sense in place, batteries will be better charged; improving charging-efficiency and prolonging battery lifelook no wires the connection between smart battery sense and one or more solar charger(s) is wireless: it uses vejust connect the unit’s two eyelets to your battery terminals and attach the smart battery sense unit directly onto the battery-body using its self-adhesive stripinformation transmitted can be used simultaneously by one, two or more solar chargers connected to the same 12v, 24v and 48v battery banksmart network – a wireless technology based on bluetooth smartimproves battery charging by measuring voltage at the battery bank terminals, errors arising from voltage-loss due to cable resistance are avoided – guaranteeing the correct charge-voltagefor lead batteries, battery temperature data is used to adjust the charge-voltages: cold batteries require an increased charge-voltage, whereas hot batteries require a decreased charge-voltagefor lithium batteries temperature data is used to disable charging when they are too cold: charging lithium batteries near or below freezing causes permanent damage to the cellsthe smart network is set up using the victronconnect apptidy, simple – smart installation is simple, quick and tidy
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In donna tartt&9;s mississippi, the sense of place and sense of the past mingle redolently with rich human drama to create a collective alchemyhere eccentric great aunts bustle about graciously despite faded fortunes and a child&39;s inquiring mind not only unearths telling family artefacts, but stirs up a neighbourhood nest of vipers and larcenyeleven years later, the mystery &45; with its taunting traces of foul play &45; was no nearer a solution than it had been on the day it happenedthe little friend is a profoundly involving novel which demonstrates how the imaginary life embraces what literature we read, what special places we inhabit and what kindred souls we recognize, to help crack open even the darkest secrets life has hiding for usher closest friend hely &45; who would try anything to make harriet love him &45; has sworn allegiance to her call for revengesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham although the cleves generally revelled in every detail of their family history, the events of 39;the terrible mother&39;s day&9; were never, ever discussedthis isn&39;t good enough for robin&39;s youngest sister harrietbut the world these plucky twelve&45;year&45;olds are to encounter has nothing to do with child&39;s play: it is dark, adult and all too menacingonly a baby when the tragedy occurred, but now twelve&45;years&45;old and steeped in the adventurous daring of favourite writers such as stevenson, kipling and conan doyle, harriet is ready and eager to find and punish her brother&39;s killeron that day, nine&45;year&45;old robin cleves, loved by all for his whims and peculiarities, was found hanging by the neck from a rope slung over a black&45;tupelo tree in his own garden
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In addition the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'scouse' in terms of its history, its representation, and its contemporary social and cultural significanceyet the history of language in liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced itranging from the mid eighteenth century to the present, the book explores evidence from a host of different sources including the first histories of liverpool, a rare slaving drama set in the port, a poor house report which records the first use of 'scouse' (the dish), nineteenth century debates on gladstone's speech, the 'lost' literature of the city, early to mid twentieth century newspaper accounts of liverpudlian words, idioms and traditions, little-known essays which coined the use of 'scouse' to refer to the language of liverpool, aspects of popular culture in the s and 60s, the lern yerself scouse series, and examples drawn from contemporary literaturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morescouse: a social and cultural history presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted historyoxfam bookshop reigate nowhere in britain is more closely associated with a form of language than liverpool
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Part 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 eternitythose, 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"thinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalityoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardbackthe 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 explored£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicsvery good condition, apparently unreadthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencefor most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefin of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itfor 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 entertainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith 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"the culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking workyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is livedthe 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 journeyquestions 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 freedomwith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physics
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Our affinity for birds is often said to be the result of shared senses - vision and hearing - but how exactly do their senses compare with our own? and what about a birds' sense of taste, or smell, or touch or the ability to detect the earth's magnetic field? or the extraordinary ability of desert birds to detect rain hundreds of kilometres away - how do they do it? bird sense is based on a conviction that we have consistently underestimated what goes on in a bird's headoxfam shop colne road what is it like to be a swift, flying at over one hundred kilometres an hour? or a kiwi, plodding flightlessly among the humid undergrowth in the pitch dark of a new zealand night? and what is going on inside the head of a nightingale as it sings, and how does its brain improvise? bird sense addresses questions like these and many more, by describing the senses of birds that enable them to interpret their environment and to interact with each othera lifetime spent studying birds has provided tim birkhead with a wealth of observation and an understanding of birds and their behaviour that is firmly grounded in scienceby drawing attention to the way these frameworks both facilitate and inhibit discovery, it identifies ways we can escape from them to seek new horizons in bird behaviourthere has never been a popular book about the senses of birdssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreour understanding of bird behaviour is simultaneously informed and constrained by the way we watch and study themno one has previously looked at how birds interpret the world or the way the behaviour of birds is shaped by their senses
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The youngest of seven children, and the son of an earl, waldegrave's quintessentially english upbringing would go on to shape the course of his life, instilling in him a sense of independence and self-discipline needed to steel one for a successful career in governmentformative years spent at eton, oxford and harvard fortified his resolve to enter the political establishment, and by the early seventies he finally achieved his greatest ambitionan unembroidered account of the narcotic effect of politics from one of the most fiercely intellectual governmental figures of the modern age, a different kind of weather is a beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an eraa spectator book of the year - 'refreshingly and engagingly candid' (jane ridley) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'why did you go into politics in the first place?'a question that former cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, lord waldegrave's is a life lived through politicshowever just as his star was in the ascent, waldegrave became embroiled in a scandal which tarnished his reputation, but could not dampen his voracious enthusiasm for the political gameas an fearless young conservative politician in the seventies and eighties, one who witnessed the fall of heath and the triumph and eventual decline of thatcher, waldegrave was firmly at the heart of one of the most exciting and tumultuous periods of modern british history
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As they range across music, literature, and society, they open up many fields of inquiry: the importance of a sense of place; music as a defiance of silence; the legacies of artists from mozart and beethoven to dickens and adorno; wagner's anti-semitism; and the need for "artistic solutions" to the predicament of the middle east-something they both witnessed when they brought young arab and israeli musicians togetheroxfam bookshop cheltenham these free-wheeling, often exhilarating dialogues-which grew out of the acclaimed carnegie hall talks-are an exchange between two of the most prominent figures in contemporary culture: daniel barenboim, internationally renowned conductor and pianist, and edward werudite, intimate, thoughtful and spontaneous, parallels and paradoxes is a virtuosic collaborationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresaid, eminent literary critic and impassioned commentator on the middle eastbarenboim is an argentinian-israeli and said a palestinian-american; they are also close friends
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The theme running throughout the book is that of being able to read different landscapes, being open to ideas, and to take inspiration from many varying sourcesdan uses his own distinctive photographs as reference points - giving the reader a direct and intimate insight into where and what he draws upon when working on his own projectsoxfam bookshop hertford in this unique book influential garden designer dan pearson, weekly columnist for the observer, discloses his personal inspirationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe breadth of his influences include sculpture, tree houses and chicago prairies, taking in locations both wild and gardenedjourneying from new zealand to japan, via thames-side barge gardens, he focuses on the 'spirit' or 'sense of place' generated by the geography, history, architecture, aspect, and native flora of a particular site: the starting point of this gifted designer when embarking on any new projectfar from being a traditional gardening publication, this book expands the genre - inviting us to see gardening in a different light - through the eyes of one of its most talented practitionersthe images show how he looks at his surroundings, and importantly, how they inform his approach of working with nature rather than attempting to dominate it
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Oxfam bookshop folkestone in migrancy, culture, identity, iain chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and historiesthe author explores the uncharted impact of cultural diversity on today's world, from the 'realistic' eye of the painter to the 'scientific' approach of the cultural anthropologist or the critical distance of the historian; from the computer screen to the walkman and 'world music'see oxfam website for delivery information read moremigrancy, culture and identity takes us on a journey into the disturbance and dislocation of culture and identity that faces all of us to explore how migration, marginality and homelessness have disrupted the west's faith in linear progress and rational thinking, undermining our knowledge, history and cultural identity
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Fundamentally a history of british children's literature, hunt identifies fantasy, nostalgia, nature images, a sense of place of territory, testing and incitation, and warmth and security as all key characteristics of children's literatureoxfam bookshop cheltenham children's literature is a remarkable area of writing and a growing area of studysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits characters - pooh bear, the wizard of oz, the famous five, peter rabbit - are part of most people's psyche and have strong links to basic myth and archetypesthey arouse strong feelings, as demonstrated by recent debates over political correctnessan introduction to children's literature combines a history of writing for children with an assessment of its literary, sociological, and pedagogical roles
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In this season, claire begins campaigning for her own place in washington, francis makes a political move that angers russia and claire clashes with the secretary of statebased on the novel by michael dobbs and the subsequent bbc adaptation of the book, the show follows francis underwood (spacey), a politician whose sense of ambition is matched and encouraged by his wife claire (robin wright)oxfam shop colne road all 13 episodes from the fourth season of the award-winning political drama starring kevin spaceysee oxfam website for delivery information read morearmed with an arsenal of political secrets to equal anyone in washington, francis is more than willing to scheme and blackmail his way to the top
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'that old ace in the hole' is a richly textured story of one man's struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the texas panhandle, told with razor-sharp wit and a masterly sense of placebut bob dollar, the newly hired hog site scout for global pork rind, intends to do his joboxfam shop dumfries a brilliant novel from pulitzer prize-winning annie proulx, author of 'the shipping news' and 'brokeback mountain'see oxfam website for delivery information read morebob must contend with tough men and women like ancient freda beautyrooms, who controls a ranch he covets, and ace crouch, the windmiller who defies the hog farmssome folks in the texas panhandle do not like hog farmsas bob settles in at la von fronk's bunkhouse and lends a hand at cy frease's old dog café, he is forced to question everything
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'all three books have a strong sense of place, of city cops trying to fit in to a small, tightly-knit rural environment'Â evening times'a fast-paced thrilling tale' lovereadingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen a senior civil servant spectacularly takes his life in kinloch harbour, d'excellently paced'Â scotland on sundaywith his boss under investigation, his marraige hanging on by a thread, and his sidekick, doxfam shop dumfries the third instalment in the bestselling dci daley seriesperfect for fans of stuart macbride and ann cleevesit is clear that dark forces are at work in the townjim daley comes face to face with the murky world of politicsscott, wrestling with his own demons, daley's world is in meltdownto add to his woes, two local drug dealers have been ritually assassinated - and strange lights have started to appear in the sky above kinloch
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sense of place and editorship: frédéric grostranslation: ineke van der burg – amsterdam: boom, pptranslated by jeanne holierhoek – amsterdam: van gennep, pppaperback with wrappers – great copy – name in the frontshipping with registrationtranslation: walter van der star – amsterdam: boom, ppphilosophy: lot with five dutch language books by and about michel foucaulteen archeologie van de menswetenschappenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe lot contains four dutch translations of work by french philosopher michel foucault () and a biography: 1translated by jtranslation by cheering-moorman – meppel: boom, ppde verbeelding van de bibliotheekcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevan kempen – nijmegen: sun, ppprologue and editorship: françois ewald and allesandro fontanahet bestuur van zichzelf en de anderen iipaperback – marvellous copygeschiedenis van de waanzin in de zeventiende en achttiende eeuwlinen binding with dust jacket, ribbon marker - wonderful, never read copy, even the ribbon marker is still at its original spotdidier ebiron – michel foucaultde moed tot waarheidpaperback – lovely, never read copylectures at collège de france ()essays about literaturede woorden en de dingenpaperback – wonderful copy with discoloured binding - purchase note in the frontare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam shop colne road in van morrison: no surrender, johnny rogan has produced a provocative and revelatory biography of the musician, analysing the sense of place in his work and the tortuous journey that took him from local fame in belfast to international successsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset against the cultural and political backdrop of belfast, before, during and after the troubles, no surrender offers a unique and penetrating perspective on morrison's long career and the times that made him
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop steyning west sussex parish maps published by west sussex county council in st editionexcellent condition
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With an unlikely sense of fun and a huge dose of good humour, tommy introduces us to his foul-mouthed and chaotic family membersdeeply flawed they may be, but amongst the violence, grinding poverty and distinct lack of hygiene and morality lies a strong sense of loyalty and, above all, a spirit of survivaltommy lives at the heart of a large irish family in derelict hulme, ruled by an abusive and alcoholic father and a drunk, negligent mothera raw and often funny snapshot of 7-year-old tommy's brutal young lifetommy's story continues with boy number 26 - also available nowit will stay with me forever''a must-read''a wonderfully atmospheric and emotive story''so sad and still hilariously funny'real reader reviews from goodreads' daily mirroramid the derelict terraced houses of manchester's hulme, one boy experiences adventures, abuse, crippling poverty and an encounter with the moors murderersduring this single year before his family implodes and his world changes forever, young tommy almost falls foul of the school welfare officers, the nuns, the police, and myra hindley and ian bradyreaders love : a slice of bread and jam:'a beautiful book, humbling, sad and funny all at the same timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham ***the sunday times bestseller***'tommy's book is a stark but funny and heartwarming snapshot of one year growing up in crippling poverty in an irish traveller family ruled by an abusive, alcoholic father and a drunken, neglectful mothercom see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe moves us through his daily struggle with poverty and neglect in s manchester like it's the most natural thing in the worldalongside his siblings he begs or steals a few pennies to bring home to his parents to avoid a beating, while looking for something to eat and a little adventure along the way
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Myths help us make sense of the universeheralding a major series of retellings of international myths by authors from around the world, armstrong's characteristically insightful and eloquent book serves as a brilliant and thought-provoking introduction to myth in the broadest sense - and why we dismiss it only at our peril" what are myths? how have they evolved? and, why do we still so desperately need them? the history of myth is the history of humanity; our stories and beliefs, our curiosity and attempts to understand the world, link us to our ancestors and each other"human beings have always been mythmakers" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street signed by the author! some wear to dustjacket - rubbing wear to corners and small marks on front cover, along with discolouration/shelf-wear "karen armstrong is one of britain's most renowned religious and social commentatorsarmstrong takes us from the palaeolithic period and the myths of the hunters right up to the 'great western transformation' of the last 500 years and the discrediting of myth by science
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Oxfam shop derby this book captures the core basic integrity, the wicked sense of humour, and the unerring sense of showmanship of this american originalall covers, spine, end papers and pages in tactsee oxfam website for delivery information read more it is the definitive book on the history of american "exploitative" films and a unique contribution to motion picture history
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5cm by 10cm high 4 place mats 29cm by 21new imaje 4 place dinner set from ultimate products comprising; 4 dinner plates 27cm 4 side plates 19cm 4 bowls 205cm square type: dining set colour: white/brown features: dishwasher safe, microwave safe manufacturer colour: white/brown style: contemporary number of compartments: 24 finish: smooth material: ceramic number of items in set: 24 theme: abstract leaf occasion: all occasions number of place settings: 4 set includes: place mats, coasters, side plates, mugs, dessert plate, dinner plate pattern: floral shape: round brand: image by ultimate products read more5cm rectangular 4 coasters 10
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