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Description of the lordship of frisia read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikileaves show some tanningcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecondition: goodbinding slightly scuffed along edgesour 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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A bridge too far by cornelius ryanthe story of one of the most fascinating yet terrible battles of all times1 bestseller an enthralling, magnificent account of the battle of arnhem to follow the longest day & the last battle here is the best of cornelius ryans three books about world war llplease contact me for further detailsa brilliant book in good conditiondiary of a red devil - which is a signed 1st edition (hardback & paperback)wwii battle of arnhem paperback the world-wide noi also have another account of the battle of arnhem for sale
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This date signifies when the royal warrant for the creation of the medal was signed by queen victoria at buckingham palacethis is the version of the coin that has the portrait of her majesty by jody clark and has the 50 pence denominationthe reverse design, by claire aldridge, shows the front and back of the medalthere have been three different versions for the obverses of this coin releasedthe second coin was released to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of britainthe date 29 jan is part of the design of the cointhe first coin was released to mark the 150th anniversary of the introduction of the victoria crossthey have been in circulation; condition as per the photos – happy to sell individually
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The photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcfor a contemporary production, this was much more effective than the earlier two orpheus performances of orpheus & eurydice and orpheus in the underworld, both of which received extremely mixed reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this contemporary birtwistle operapdf copy of the mask of orpheus english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonthis production has an interesting glass cage japanese style cage, and the costumes are extravagant and extremely colourfulthe whole opera is portrayed relating to memory and different interpretations of the same series of eventsboth the production and the music was a cacophony of colour, photo montage background, fabulous costumes and sound and electronic effectswill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedthe studded skull was aztec in appearance
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Oxfam shop great dunmow this is a rare opportunity to buy a vintage board game, in very good conditionthe object of this game is just the sameplayers have to collect interest badges by successfully answering questions on the subjects chosenmost of the tiles represent brownie badges in several categories, a few are hazardous events, and one shows the trefoil, crucial to winning the gameif it is answered incorrectly, the tile is turned face down againthe game can end prematurely if too many brown owl spaces are landed onplayers roll a dice to move around the boardall parts included, with origal instructions, dice and shaker"part of the fun of being in the brownie organization is trying to collect badges by achieving efficiency in a number of categoriesif the question is answered correctly, the badge tile is placed on the player's arm card (representing the badge being sewn onto the player's shirt sleeve)bonus badges can be won by landing on toadstool spaces and answering a general knowledge questiondesigned in conjunction with the girl guides associationupon landing on an interest badge space, they must choose one of the tiles from a face down selectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen a player has collected five badges on her arm card, she must try to find the trefoil badge from the face down selection in order to win the gameplayers can steal badges from brownies who trespass on another player's campsite"players try to collect five badges and be the first to collect the trefoil badgebadges are available in the following categories:animal lover; artist; book lover; brownie friendship; cook; collector; conservation; craft; discoverer; first aid; house orderly; music lover; pony rider; rambler; safety in the hometo collect a badge of the revealed category, the player must answer a trivia question relating to the category
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The four maps each unfold to 70cm x 90cmthe booklet is 24cm x 15cmoxfam shop abergavenny an opportunity to own this rare set of 4 linen-backed, 2 miles to one inch maps and accompanying booklet, south wales and the border in the fourteenth century by william rees, professor of the history of walessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe card covers have slight damage and some pages of have been annotated lightly in pencilthe maps, which have the stamp of the history department of the university of southampton, have been drawing-pinned to a board at some stage and one has a minor tear to one edge but otherwise all are in very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate an academic study of the impact of planning, and provision for, cycling in urban areasdrawing upon a number of contributors, edited by hugh mcclintock, a lecturer in the institute of planning studies at the university of nottinghamin very good condition, with a few marks around the edge of the cover and a little bit of yellowing to the edge of the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a signature from a previous owner on the inside coverwith chapters on the theory and principles of planning for cycling, and detailed case studies of schemes across different countries
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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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He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat darwin to the discovery of evolution; of samuel mose, his code and how rubber allowed the world to talk; of alfred wegener, the german explorer and father of geologysimon winchester's chronicle of the destruction of the indonesian island of krakatoa in charts the birth of our modern worldin detail he describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside down in a cataclysm whose echoes are still felt today
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe collection includes values of ordinary post, stamps for newspapers, postage due stamps for newspapers, postage due and telegraphic stampsthe photos are an integral part of the description of the lot, and they clearly represent the condition of the item; please review them carefully in order to get a proper idea of the lot and the condition of every stampthe collection will be sent via poste italiane with registered mail with trackingunificato catalogue value: €the collection is in very good condition and there are many interesting cancellationsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeaustria - advanced collection form to , including values mostly used with some mintplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This unique book offers itfor above you, if only you can reach it without getting the bends, are sunshine, laughter on a yacht, the clink of plates as a lunch of steaming fish is handed roundthe flakes whirl around like motes in the water around your personal shipwreckfor it will have two voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a safer, calmer new placepractical hints on how to get better (diet, read hello!, helpful pieces of music) are alongside striking quotations, ranging from sentences on crisp packets, to prayers, from russian orthodox writings on silence to collections of slangsee oxfam website for delivery information read more'depression is internal snowthe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifeoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depressionthe suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible againalongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnish' whilst the overall structure of sunbathing in the rain moves from dark to light, telling the story of lewis's recovery, its different strands allow a variety of tones and subjects to be explored, from the profound to the frivolouspart memoir - drawing on her own experiences, both adverse and encouraging, as a depressive and an alcoholic - and part guide or companion, this book brings burton's anatomy of melancholy into the twenty-first century
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This book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the ssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysoxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'the book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredthe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radar
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A brand new book from the bloodaxe "contemporary french poets" seriestranslation by keith bosely - a bilingual editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis work is structured by a sense of quest, which gives it its labyrinthine patterns, underground tensions and fractured, inventive formshis poetry has an epic and tragic dimension: spurred by an urge for transcendence, it refuses false paradises, arrivals and notions of reconciliationpoetry book society recommended translationrome the sorceress () is frenaud's richest and most disturbing confrontation with the hidden life of myths and the sacred, probing the themes of time, inheritance, revolt, illusions of divinity, father-?gures, mother-?gures, and the insatiable monuments of language which pretend to grapple with this weight of experienceoxfam bookshop hexham first known for his war-time poems written from a german labour camp - notably his sombre reworkings of the myth of the magi - andre frenaud () is one of the most searching of french poets
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Being a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe title concludes:- "[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiapage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifeborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsmanhe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemaw was a british civil engineer and astronomerhe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazinesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website" small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper cover
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Ex-library copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitables throughoutrebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionitem is as picturedrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablescircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagewe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’pencil ownership inscription of ‘wink mark to tail page edgehowever, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablesashdown’ to head of title-pagetitle-page repairedspine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and sciencecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablescharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine nopencil notes on the last pagesmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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In europe there are only sevenoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spaceafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsnews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todaybut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todaythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasmine
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The history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause canceroliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too lateit highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsit also considers the neglect of useful research that does not fit the current intellectual fashion in sciencerichard lewontin rejects the attempt to reduce the complexity of living things to the simplicity of physicsjonathan miller, with typical wit and insight, shows how the discredited panacea of hypnotism could have helped to reveal a non-freudian view of the unconscious - an unconscious that is not simply the dark underside of the mind, but a powerfully enabling form of knowledge
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Oxfam shop cotham hill 4 issues of pathescope gazette magazines fromaug/sept pages) - 2 copies of this issuethe other copy of this issue is in excellent conditionotherwise, inside, the pages are clean and the magazines are intact and overall in excellent conditionone of the copies of the aug/sept issue is slightly soiled along the top and spine edges of the front cover and on the back coverthe other copy of this issues is in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe issues are: - june/july pages) - 2 copies of this issueone of the copies of the june/july issue is very lightly soiled on the front and back cover and the back cover is lightly wrinkledoct/nov pages) - dec /jan pages) all the magazines show slight signs of rubbing along their edges
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Speke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiilaurence oliphant: a journey to katmandubrowne: a year amongst the persiansdu chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicaptain sir richard fpeary: the north poleburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumesthe fifteen books are reprints made incatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition cour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storegeorge barrington: an account of a voyage to new south waleslayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylonfrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africacarl bock: the head-hunters of borneohenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yeardavid livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)all authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1the texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressuniformly bound in full calf leatherare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spinetake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispiecepaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)all engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe paper of the text blocks is very freshour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall volumes have a frontispiece as illustration of and reference to a poem, printed outside the texta total of fourteen volumes (complete) from the series ‘bell's edition of the poets of great britain complete from chaucer to churchill’, with the collection title 'the poetical works ofthe engravings were printed in londona marvellously preserved setthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationmost ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The novel is notable for its mixture of mysticism, adventure, morality, and camaraderie, and celebrated for its evocation of the nature of the thames valley the novel was in its 31st printing when playwright ain , the first film adaptation was produced by walt disney as one of two segments in the package film the adventures of ichabod and mrbox is slightly damaged see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey live in a pastoral version of edwardian englandmilne adapted part of it for the stage as toad of toad hall inalternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: mole, rat (a european water vole), toad, and badgeroxfam shop redruth 's vintage puzzle which has 25 piece set with 4 toy shape pieces to look for in this puzzle the wind in the willows is a children's novel by scottish novelist kenneth grahame, first published in
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The regeneration trilogy:regenerationthe eye in the doorthe ghost road see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ghost road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the first world wara triumph' sunday times'harrowing, original, unforgettable' independent, the closing months of the wararmy psychiatrist william rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly billy prior, who is about to return to combat in france with young poet wilfred owenas rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, prior and owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generationone of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century british fiction' jonathan coe'powerful, deeply movingoxfam bookshop brigg the booker prize-winning final novel in pat barker's classic 'regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of the silence of the girls'an extraordinary tour de force
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His status as one of football's greatest stars is undisputed, but what of the challenges beyond the pitch? how did he succeed in coming to terms with life as a former manchester united and ireland leader and champion, reinventing himself as a manager and then a broadcaster, and cope with the psychological struggles this entailed? in a stunning collaboration with booker prize-winning author roddy doyle, the second half blends anecdote and reflection in roy keane's inimitable voicesince retiring as a player, keane has managed sunderland and ipswich and has become a highly respected television punditas part of a tiny elite of football players, roy keane has had a life like no otheraggressive and highly competitive, his attitude helped him to excel as captain of manchester united from until his departure inin an eighteen-year playing career for cobh ramblers, nottingham forest (under brian clough), manchester united (under sir alex ferguson) and celtic, roy keane dominated every midfield he led to glorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreplaying at an international level for nearly all his career, he represented the republic of ireland for over fourteen years, mainly as team captain, until an incident with national coach mick mccarthy resulted in keane's walk-out from the world cupthe result is an unforgettable personal odyssey which fearlessly challenges the meaning of successoxfam shop dumfries memoir by one of the greatest of modern footballers, and former captain of manchester united and ireland, roy keane - co-written in a unique collaboration with man booker prize-winner roddy doyle
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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 causationas 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 goingsin 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 worldbecause 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 personshe 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-abodeoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street the lankavatara sutra draws upon the concepts and doctrines of yogacara and buddha-naturevijñana) and the teaching of consciousness as the only realitythe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktas 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 more
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How do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilledgary klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experiencedsince , klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situationseach chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vividin addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult tasksthe professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masterssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresources of power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditionsit documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignoredoxfam bookshop swanage anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victims
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For those interested in marine lifeoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgesthis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearhistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needshe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populations
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The period saw the first revival of the art of sculpture since roman times, and many of the churches such as moissac, autun, vezelay and chauvigny contain outstanding sculptureit will also be invaluable as a reference book for all those with a general interest in the history of french architecture and sculptureit was the age of pilgrimages and a number of the churches were built along the four great pilgrim routes through france to santiago de compostela in north-west spaincopyright/first publishedthis book is an ideal companion for travellers, with its many maps and its regional arrangement, and will be a stimulus for the exploration of remote and beautiful areas that are less familiar, such as auvergne and the pyrenees"romanesque churches of france", which covers a hundred or so churches in ten geographical sections from normandy and burgundy in the north to provence, roussillon and languedoc in the south, is the first comprehensive book to be published on the subjectsome, like st-savin-sur-gartempe and tavant, have superb frescoes, and a few like ganagobie have fine mosaicsthey were built between about and and were contemporary with english norman architecturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is in good condition with a little shelfwear, sound binding and unmarked pagesoxfam books & music beaconsfield the romanesque churches to be found in every corner of france are one of the wonders of europemany have links to romanesque churches in italy, england and germany, since romanesque was a style that was admired throughout europetheir architectural style varies from region to region, as do their size, shape and layout
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In this book, he outlines and explains the actual stages of this process, tackling questions such as: how will it affect my life? where does it lead us spiritually? what obstacles will i encounter along the way? why is it necessary? how does it work?;the third book, "intimacy with god", offers practical advice on the way that centring prayer can deepen our intimacy with godnote: a three-inch tear on the cover spine has been repaired with clear tape"invitation to love: the way of christian contemplation" is the natural next steporiginal price sticker on back coverin "open mind, open heart", father keating presents the beginning of a process of spiritual growthkeating gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the christian tradition, and step-by-step guidance in the method of centring prayerspecial attention is paid to the role of the sacred word, christian growth and transformation, and active prayersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chelmsford this volume contains three works by thomas keating on centring prayercover has rubbed edges and slight surface markscontents clean and unmarked"open mind, open heart" aims to lead the reader into a deep, living relationship with god
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Oxfam books & music hereford skilfully interwoven with each other, theo aronson's accounts of the reigns of european royalty, abdications and exiles capture the scope and variety of what victoria used to call the royal mob owing to a production fault, the book has not been trimmed square so that top & bottom of pages are not parallel to lines of printamong his many widely read books are napoleon and josephine: a love story; crowns in conflict: the triumph and the tragedy of european monarchy and the king in love: edward vii's mistressessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreever since the instant success of his first book the golden bees: the story of the bonapartes, theo aronson has steadily built up his reputation as an historical biographer specializing in the royal houses of europe
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Though the dazzling displays of the exterior of the body in renaissance literature and art have long been a subject of enquiry, the body emblazoned considers the interior of the body, and what it meant to men and women in early modern culture an outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, the body emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the english renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in europe for nearly two hundred yearsoxfam books & music olneylight wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morea richly interdisciplinary work, the body emblazoned re-assesses modern understanding of the literature and culture of the renaissance and its conceptualisation of the body within the domains of the medical and moral, the cultural and politicalin this outstanding work, jonathan sawday explores the dark, morbid eroticism of the renaissance anatomy theatre, and relates it to not only the great monuments of renaissance art, but to the very foundation of the modern idea of knowledge
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