The 20th and 21st centuries
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Featuring work by some of the most prolific playwrights of the 20th and 21st centuries, and together in one volume, the anthology offers young performers between the ages of 13 and 19 an engaging selection of plays to perform, read or studyeach play has been specifically commissioned by the national theatre's literary department over the years, with the young performer in mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop holmfirth drawing together the work of 12 leading playwrights, this national theatre connections anthology celebrates highlights from 21 years of the connections festival with a retrospective selection of playsthis year's anniversary anthology includes plays by snoo wilson, gary kemp and guy pratt; simon armitage; jackie kay; patrick marber; mark ravenhill; bryony lavery & frantic assembly; davey anderson; james graham; katori hall; carl grose; stacey gregg; and lucinda coxonin , these plays were then performed by approximately 500 schools and youth theatre companies across the uk and ireland, in partnership with multiple professional partner regional theatres at which the works were showcasedthe anthology contains all 12 of the play scripts; notes from the writer and director of each play, addressing the themes and ideas behind the play; and production notes and exercises for the drama groups
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Born 20th and 21st may9 unsexed ducklings availablewill not split adultsexcellent for keeping down slugs and snailsparents and another female duck (thinks she is the mother too!) are available with ducklingsadults ÂŁ25 eachwill need heat for the next few weeks, if separated from motheradvice on rearing happily given
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Poetry and lyrics from the most innovative and influential writers, artists and musicians of the 20th and 21st centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop truro hardback book with red boards in a very good condition  illustrated dust jacket in a good condition, slight fading to spine, minor scuffing to edges pages very good
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriescovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemypresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
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The title is the 20th century fox years volnew - alice faye - the 20th century fox years vol - cd2 cdfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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The wildhearts - 21st century love songs (graphite) cd album
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Book title: stemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patternsstemware of the 20th century, the top 200 patterns by: harry lauthor: harry lyou won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us!
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The 20th century inventions that changed the worldread about the inventions from the eventful century - the 20th centurya little battered on the bottom corner
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Title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)title: italian art in the 20th century (art & design)binding: hardcoverlist price (msrp)condition: goodproduct category: books
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreafter him calvin, with his remorseless logic, may seem an unsympathetic figure; but here he is shown in his proper light as the great statesman and doctrinarian of the young churchhe speaks with conviction and vigour about issues including religious tolerance and intolerance and the conflict between church and state; he closes with a plea for unity the churchoxfam bookshop carlisle first published in , this book was intended to offer a new interpretation of early protestantism and, against this background, a searching treatment of modern religious issuessome page edge and board wear, jacket is cutthe protestant tradition stems mainly from luther, calvin, and the sectariansthe sectarian movement was steadily gaining strength in england in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; dr whale examines its teachings and tells of its later developmentluther was the revolutionary genius; because of his acute sense of paradox his teaching is difficult to understand, but dr whale's summing-up makes it a good deal easier
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this fascinating new book explores what life was like during the templars' stay in somerset during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author has found compelling evidence to suggest the church was not only built on templar land, but had a connection with the grand master of the order himselfit reveals the struggles over land ownership in the county, and introduces the reader to little known historical characters including william de marisco, revealing his struggle with the templars, and claim to the throne of englandrichly illustrated and compiled using original research, this book is sure to appeal to everyone interested in medieval historythe final chapter explores the controversy surrounding a carved wooden man's head discovered in a somerset church
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The mahabharata was probably compiled between the 3rd century bce and the 3rd century ce, the original events related by the epic probably fall between the 9th and 8th centuries bcethis is the early edition of english translation in these volumesganguli) an indian translator first complete translation of the sanskrit epic mahabharata in englishref:wikipedia kisari mohan ganguli (also kour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition volumes included i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi (vii not included) viii, ix, x, xi, xiihis translation published as the mahabharata of krishna-dwaipayana vyasa translated into english prose between and , by protap chandra rai (), a calcutta bookseller who owned a printing press and raised funds for the project it narrates the struggle between two groups of cousins in the kurukshetra war and the fates of the kaurava and the pa??ava princes and their successorsthese volumes are an important translation which gives westerners a glimpse of this ancient indian civilisationgenerally good conditionapprox 500 pages each volumewith original red cloth covers, slight bumped cornersthe mahabharata - mahabharata is one of the two major sanskrit epic of ancient india, the other being the ramaya?aprinted calcutta - kolkata indiacatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethese 11 volumes have been translated from the original sanskrit languagebinding slightly-loose in volume iii & iv4th century ce) this vast storehouse of indian knowledge is normally hiddentraditionally, the authorship of the mahabharata is attributed to vyasathe text probably reached its final form by the early gupta period (cplease 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 catawiki
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this eraaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforein travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translations
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English history of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries often overlooks the contribution of ireland, scotland and wales to the formation of the british stateprominent historians respond to the issues raised by the volumethis collection opened up a different kind of literary history and has pressing relevance for discussions of 'britishness' see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford though british history and identity in the early modern period are intensively researched areas, the role of literature in the construction of 'britishness' is under-examinedhistorians describe 'britain' as a multiple kingdom, with a long history of conflictin this volume, a team of leading renaissance literary critics read a broad range of texts from the period, including plays of shakespeare, in light of british history
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Oxfam bookshop skipton number of discs:Â 1 "this cd is a one hour, beautiful rendition of the original, where purcell combines styles from lyrical ballads of the 16th and 17th centuries with masque traditions in english music, absorbing italian and french influences from such as the early opera composer, monteverdi, to produce a masterpiece of early opera (even though it was an unfinished piece)the intriguing and complex plot involves a peruvian (inca) princess, orazia; a mexican queen, zempoalla; and the mexican heir to the throne, montezumabased on a play by sir robert howard with a libretto written by poet/playwright john dryden, purcell's romance is not the sentimental kind, but his music seems soar into the heavens, or maybe it's coming from heaven!" (amazon review) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It was later used by royal courts during the renaissance, and contributed to the increasingly brutal prosecution of witchcraft during the 16th and 17th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop horsham an english translation of the best known treatise on witchcraftgrey marbled paper covered slipcase, a little wear to open corner tipsit was written by the catholic clergyman heinrich kramer and first published in the german city of speyer inbook bound in black cloth with metallic red and silver design on the front, title and silver design on the spine which is barely fadedinternal pages are clean and unmarked
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Included in this ministry were homilies on the old testament by john chrysostom and written commentaries by his mentor diodore and his fellow student theodore, and later by theodoretin the course of this survey, readers will gain an insight also into antioch's worldview and its approach to the person of jesus, to soteriology, morality and spiritualitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morestudents and exegetes of the old testament and its individual authors and books will be introduced here to antioch's distinctive approach and interpretation by commentators reading their local form of the greek biblethough the biblical text was admittedly jewish in origin, "the text and the meaning are ours," claimed chrysostom; and the great bulk of extant remains reveals the pastoral priority given to this often obscure materialoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the period between the councils of nicea and chalcedon in the fourth and fifth centuries, the faithful in the churches of the ecclesiastical district of antioch were the beneficiaries of the ministry of the word from distinguished pastors
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The story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing booksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionin an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impassehis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, innoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosainternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covers
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Beautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10he was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faiththe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismsikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurus by om books international the sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning in
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The story is seen through the eyes of uhtred, a dispossessed nobleman, who is captured as a child by the danes and then raised by them so that, by the time the northmen begin their assault on wessex (alfred’s kingdom and the last territory in english hands) uhtred almost thinks of himself as a danepaperback - good condition - 333 pages this is the story of the making of england in the 9th and 10th centuries, the years in which king alfred the great, his son and grandson defeated the danish vikings who had invaded and occupied three of england’s four kingdomshe certainly has no love for alfred, whom he considers a pious weakling and no match for viking savagery, yet when alfred unexpectedly defeats the danes and the danes themselves turn on uhtred, he is finally forced to choose sidesthis thrilling adventure—based on existing records of bernard cornwell’s ancestors—depicts a time when law and order were ripped violently apart by a pagan assault on christian england, an assault that came very close to destroying englandby now he is a young man, in love, trained to fight and ready to take his place in the dreaded shield wallabove all, though, he wishes to recover his father’s land, the enchanting fort of bebbanburg by the wild northern sea
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Sikh gurus the life and times of the ten sikh gurusthe year marks the birth of guru nanak the founder of sikhismthe sikh gurus are the spiritual masters of sikhi who established this religion over the course of about two and a half centuries, beginning inhe was succeeded by nine other gurus until, in , the guruship was finally passed on by the tenth guru to the holy sikh scripture, guru granth sahib which is now considered the living guru by the followers of the sikh faithbeautifully illustrated, rare book bargain only ÂŁ10 read more
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and controloxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries witnessed the transformation of the old rural order to the modern class societywhile historians have studied this transition as it occurred in individual countries, jerome blum offers the first view of it as a european experience that transcended political frontierssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is in very good condition for its age, with clean, white pages throughout
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Oxfam shop clitheroe the only book of its kind in any language, travel in the ancient world offers a lively, comprehensive history of ancient travel, from the first egyptian voyages recorded in old kingdom inscriptions through greek and roman times to the christian pilgrimages of the fourth and sixth centuriesrich in anecdote and colorful detail, it now returns to print in paperback with a new preface by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth this book is about the homes of the rural poor during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and in particular the materials, techniques and processes used to build themit is based on evidence derived from the buildings themselves,documents and contemporary descriptionssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriestopics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and moreboards and dust wrapper in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university press
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock twenty-four italian songs and arias of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries arranged for the medium high voice and pianosee oxfam website for delivery information read morecover and pages clean and tightly boundschirmer's library of musical classics volumeslight damage from label at top right corner of cover and very slight marking on back cover very good condition
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Oxfam bookshop west bridgford great pianists of the 20th century, performed by zoltan kocsis showcasing the works of bartok, debussy, dohnanyi, grieg, liszt and rachmaninoffdouble disc case in 'as new' condition, and is still sealed disc 1: 24 tracks disc 2: 22 tracks see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton joven, hermosa y triste -- surfing -- liberating the american people -- tutu tango -- musik -- re-arranging the 20th century -- lili marleen -- and she is happy cd and case in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The title is trumpet music of the 20th centfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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