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Description of the lordship of frisia read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebinding slightly scuffed along edgesleaves show some tanningcondition: good
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Wwii battle of arnhem paperback the world-wide no1 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 llthe story of one of the most fascinating yet terrible battles of all timesa bridge too far by cornelius ryani also have another account of the battle of arnhem for salea brilliant book in good conditiondiary of a red devil - which is a signed 1st edition (hardback & paperback)please contact me for further details
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There have been three different versions for the obverses of this coin releasedthis 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 medalthe second coin was released to mark the 75th anniversary of the battle of britainthe 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 individuallythis date signifies when the royal warrant for the creation of the medal was signed by queen victoria at buckingham palacethe date 29 jan is part of the design of the coin
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The whole opera is portrayed relating to memory and different interpretations of the same series of eventshas photos and relevant informed articles about the current production and the music and history of this contemporary birtwistle operathis production has an interesting glass cage japanese style cage, and the costumes are extravagant and extremely colourfulthe scan is an accurate electronic copy of the complete programme cover to cover, including all adverts etcthe studded skull was aztec in appearancethe photos above are from the original programme, which has been sold, although the scans are scanned from the programme in colourwill send by cd by post or email attachment as requestedpdf copy of the mask of orpheus english national opera programme london coliseum, elegant and stylish programme for autumn seasonboth the production and the music was a cacophony of colour, photo montage background, fabulous costumes and sound and electronic effectsfor 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 reviews
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All parts included, with origal instructions, dice and shakersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop great dunmow this is a rare opportunity to buy a vintage board game, in very good conditionto collect a badge of the revealed category, the player must answer a trivia question relating to the categorybonus badges can be won by landing on toadstool spaces and answering a general knowledge question"part of the fun of being in the brownie organization is trying to collect badges by achieving efficiency in a number of categorieswhen 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 roll a dice to move around the boardplayers have to collect interest badges by successfully answering questions on the subjects chosen"players try to collect five badges and be the first to collect the trefoil badgeif 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)designed in conjunction with the girl guides associationif it is answered incorrectly, the tile is turned face down againplayers can steal badges from brownies who trespass on another player's campsiteupon landing on an interest badge space, they must choose one of the tiles from a face down selectionbadges 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 homethe game can end prematurely if too many brown owl spaces are landed onmost of the tiles represent brownie badges in several categories, a few are hazardous events, and one shows the trefoil, crucial to winning the gamethe object of this game is just the same
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Oxfam 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 booklet is 24cm x 15cmthe four maps each unfold to 70cm x 90cmthe 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 conditionthe card covers have slight damage and some pages of have been annotated lightly in pencil
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate an academic study of the impact of planning, and provision for, cycling in urban areasthere 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 countriesdrawing 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 pages
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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 warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucewritten 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 eventsin 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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Simon 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 todayhe 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 geology
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe collection includes values of ordinary post, stamps for newspapers, postage due stamps for newspapers, postage due and telegraphic stampsunificato catalogue value: €the collection is in very good condition and there are many interesting cancellationsaustria - advanced collection form to , including values mostly used with some mintare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 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 tracking
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'depression is internal snowthe suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible againsee oxfam website for delivery information read more' 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 frivolousoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depressionfor 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 roundalongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnishpart 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 centurythe 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 placethe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifethis unique book offers itpractical 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 slang
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Abundant references, which could facilitate further research, are giventhe 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 engineeringpublished, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radarthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then considered
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Poetry book society recommended translationsee 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 formstranslation by keith bosely - a bilingual editionoxfam 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 poetsa brand new book from the bloodaxe "contemporary french poets" serieshis poetry has an epic and tragic dimension: spurred by an urge for transcendence, it refuses false paradises, arrivals and notions of reconciliationrome 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 experience
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available" 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[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()maw was a british civil engineer and astronomerplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepage 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)born 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 made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineers] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifethe title concludes:- "being a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionhe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazines
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Tables throughoutink mark to tail page edgeex-library copyashdown’ to head of title-pagespine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labeltitle-page repairedhowever, 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 tablesrebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditioncircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’small tears to some margins, affecting text on pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()overall, 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 scienceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepencil notes on the last pageitem is as picturedbabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepencil ownership inscription of ‘wcharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine no
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But 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 todayoxfam 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 italysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow 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 groupsin europe there are only sevenit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identitythe 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 jasminenews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldin 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 today
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It highlights the misleading images that have distorted people's view of the history of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morestephen jay gould gives a summary of his critique of conventional "progressive" pictures of evolutionary change, using trees, ladders and conesit 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 physicsit explores areas of darkness and forgetting in scientific research, and the use of inappropriate mechanistic metaphors in the understanding of biological systemsoxfam bookshop cheltenham this volume examines the ways in which science is influenced by cultureoliver sacks offers tour of scientific roads not taken, or taken too latejonathan 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 knowledgethe history of science, daniel kevles recounts the the strange story of resistance to the idea that viruses can cause cancer
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Oct/nov pages) - dec /jan pages) all the magazines show slight signs of rubbing along their edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 june/july issue is very lightly soiled on the front and back cover and the back cover is lightly wrinkledone 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 coveroxfam shop cotham hill 4 issues of pathescope gazette magazines fromthe issues are: - june/july pages) - 2 copies of this issueaug/sept pages) - 2 copies of this issuethe other copy of this issues is in excellent condition
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Du chaillu: explorations & adventures in equatorial africacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableburton: first footsteps in east africa or an exploration of harar two volumesfrederick courteney selous: travel and adventure in south-east africaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelayard: discoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylonbrowne: a year amongst the persianshenry savage landor: in the forbidden land an account of a journey in tibetare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilaurence oliphant: a journey to katmanduour 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 walesdavid livingstone: missionary travels and researches in south africacarl bock: the head-hunters of borneoedward whymper: amongst the alps in the yearpeary: the north polecaptain sir richard fthe fifteen books are reprints made inspeke: journal of the discovery of the source of the nile mdccclxiisir ernest shackleton: south the story of shackleton's last exprdition c
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletake note: the four milton volumes all have the same portrait and the same frontispieceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe engravings were printed in londonuniformly bound in full calf leatherthe front and back cover are blind stamped with an edge decorationpaper: minor signs of acidification, especially on the edges of the, printed on heavier paper, engravings (see photos)most ribbon markers have been preserved, though are often frayed and sometimes loose from the spinea marvellously preserved setare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe texts were in edinburgh on an apollo pressour 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 textthe book blocks are firmly affixed to the spinethe poetry by john milton (four volumes), thomas parnell (two volumes), alexander pope (four volumes), and edward young (four volumes)all engravings with the mention of the designer and engraver, and with the date it was madethe paper of the text blocks is very freshthe bindings have minor signs of use (the corners of the covers have light dents, see photos)a 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 ofall authors have an engraved portrait (printed outside the text) and a life description in volume 1
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In , the first film adaptation was produced by walt disney as one of two segments in the package film the adventures of ichabod and mralternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animals: mole, rat (a european water vole), toad, and badgerbox is slightly damaged see oxfam website for delivery information read moremilne adapted part of it for the stage as toad of toad hall inthey live in a pastoral version of edwardian englandthe 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 aoxfam 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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A triumph' sunday times'harrowing, original, unforgettable' independent, the closing months of the warthe ghost road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the first world 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 generationthe regeneration trilogy:regenerationthe eye in the doorthe ghost road see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 forceone of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century british fiction' jonathan coe'powerful, deeply moving
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 gloryaggressive and highly competitive, his attitude helped him to excel as captain of manchester united from until his departure inthe result is an unforgettable personal odyssey which fearlessly challenges the meaning of successsince retiring as a player, keane has managed sunderland and ipswich and has become a highly respected television pundithis 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 voiceas part of a tiny elite of football players, roy keane has had a life like no otherplaying 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 cupoxfam 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 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 moreas 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 causationbecause 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-abodein the sutra, the buddha asserts that all the objects of the world, and the names and forms of experience, are merely manifestations of the mind: on the contrary my teaching is based upon the recognition that the objective world, like a vision, is a manifestation of the mind itself; it teaches the cessation of ignorance, desire, deed and causality; it teaches the cessation of suffering that arises from the discrimination of the triple worldas to the first; he must recognise and be fully convinced that this triple world is nothing but a complex manifestation of one's mental activities; that it is devoid of selfness and its belongings; that there are no strivings, no comings, no goingsthe most important doctrine issuing from the lankavatara sutra is that of the primacy of consciousness (sktoxfam 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 reality
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It documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignoredsee 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 conditionseach chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vividthe professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess mastersoxfam bookshop swanage anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victimssince , klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situationshow 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 unskilledin 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 tasksgary klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experienced
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativethe 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 fishhistory 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 needsfor those interested in marine lifeoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populations
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Copyright/first publishedit will also be invaluable as a reference book for all those with a general interest in the history of french architecture and sculpturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 spainmany have links to romanesque churches in italy, england and germany, since romanesque was a style that was admired throughout europethey were built between about and and were contemporary with english norman architecturethe 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 sculptureoxfam books & music beaconsfield the romanesque churches to be found in every corner of france are one of the wonders of europe"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 subjectthis 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 pyreneessome, like st-savin-sur-gartempe and tavant, have superb frescoes, and a few like ganagobie have fine mosaicsthe book is in good condition with a little shelfwear, sound binding and unmarked pagestheir architectural style varies from region to region, as do their size, shape and layout
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Contents clean and unmarked"open mind, open heart" aims to lead the reader into a deep, living relationship with godkeating gives an overview of the history of contemplative prayer in the christian tradition, and step-by-step guidance in the method of centring prayersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chelmsford this volume contains three works by thomas keating on centring prayerspecial attention is paid to the role of the sacred word, christian growth and transformation, and active prayerin "open mind, open heart", father keating presents the beginning of a process of spiritual growth"invitation to love: the way of christian contemplation" is the natural next stepnote: a three-inch tear on the cover spine has been repaired with clear tapecover has rubbed edges and slight surface marksin 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 godoriginal price sticker on back cover
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Ever 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 owing to a production fault, the book has not been trimmed square so that top & bottom of pages are not parallel to lines of printsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong 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 mistressesoxfam 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
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Light wear on the cover edges, but a very clean unmarked booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 knowledgethough 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 yearsa 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 politicaloxfam books & music olney
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