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Frodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the rings' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesoxfam shop newquay peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordormeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive years
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Frodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overoxfam shop clitheroe director's extended cut of the famous fantasy adaptation of part one of the fantasy trilogy by jwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron, the dark lord of mordor, are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalffrodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordor
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They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesoxfam shop clitheroe the extended version (with 48 extra minutes) of the final film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - which won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlethe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leeset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)oxfam shop colne road the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogymeanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends
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Making their way through a mysterious portal into the real world, murderous butcher hilary briss (mark gatiss), embittered businessman geoff tipps (shearsmith) and sinister pederast herr lipp (steve pemberton) confront their creators in an effort to force them to continue writing about royston vaseythe town of royston vasey is populated by many strange and eccentric individuals'the league of gentlemen's apocalypse' () is the big screen version of the programme in which misanthropic vicar bernice (reece shearsmith) discovers a prophecy that warns of the destruction of royston vaseythe annual panto in royston vasey is at least as creepy and wacky as you'd expect'league of gentlemen at drury lane'() is the live stage adaptation of the popular tv seriesin 'the league of gentlemen are behind you' () the tradition of the great british panto is lampooned by the crackpot crewsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe locals then discover that they are in fact fictional creations of the 'league of gentlemen' comedy troupeoxfam shop edenbridge box set featuring the feature film and two specials from the cult tv programme
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Oxfam books & music perth 12 pictorial postcards from the palace of holyroodhouse & abbey the blue paper envelope that the cards are in is in poor condition but the cards are unused and in good conditionhm office of works, sold for ninepence• the palace of holyroodhouse - queen mary’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse – abbey, the nave • the palace of holyroodhouse – duchess of hamilton’s drawing room • the palace of holyroodhouse – the front of the palace • the palace of holyroodhouse – king edward memorial from the palace forecourt • the palace of holyroodhouse – lord darnley’s bedroom • the palace of holyroodhouse - lord darnley’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – panoramic view of the palace and abbey • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s audience chamber • the palace of holyroodhouse – the fountain • the palace of holyroodhouse – the main entrance • the palace of holyroodhouse – queen mary’s bath house see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Spine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoverall, 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 sciencepencil ownership inscription of ‘wpencil notes on the last pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagetitle-page repairedex-library copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihowever, 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 tableswe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’item is as picturedrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine no1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablesink mark to tail page edgeashdown’ to head of title-pagebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tablessmall tears to some margins, affecting text on prebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditiontables throughout
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Players enter the world of narnia, a land frozen in eternal winter by the evil powers of the malevolent and evil white witchthese four unlikely heroes must battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a vast variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars, cyclops, werewolves, wraiths, ankleslicers, wolves, satyrs, boggles and moreit will become the destiny of four young siblings from our world: peter, susan, edmund and lucy pevensie to work together and use their unique combat skills, weaponry and abilities to defeat the witch and her armies and save narniain order to end this frigid captivity and free his people, the mighty lion aslan, true ruler of narnia, invokes an ancient prophecysee oxfam website for delivery information read more• live the epic adventure while playing as one of four heroes (lucy, peter, edmond, susan) in a team-based action adventure • battle the evil forces of the white witch by waging war against a huge variety of creatures, including centaurs, minotaurs, minoboars and more • utilise the unique combat skills, weaponry and special moves of each character to fight and fend off hordes of dark mythical beasts, or solve intricate puzzles and progress through the adventure • two-player action featuring all four characters • seamless game play integration of film footage with music and voice talent plus unlockable secrets to open exclusive content and moreoxfam shop clitheroe the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch and the wardrobe is a definitive action adventure based on the walt disney pictures and walden media film capturing the renowned and beloved book series from author c
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Fellowship of the ring will be very much an adventure title, but features heavy elements of role-playing, such non-playable characters and extensive dialoguewe can hardly wait! see oxfam website for delivery information read morein a storyline faithful to the first part of tolkien's epic novel, players relive the experiences of frodo, aragorn and gandalf as they journey from the peaceful lands of the shire through the darkness of moria to the river anduinoxfam shop ulverston fellowship of the ring, in development by seattle-based surreal software, is one of 's hottest releases and is scheduled for release this fall for playstation 2an action adventure, the game features three members of the fellowship as playable characterson their quest to protect the one ring from the dark lord sauron, players will explore the massive environments of middle-earth while solving puzzles and fighting enemies such as orcs, black riders and an evil balrogmaking excellent use of the playstation 2 hardware, gamers can be sure of an immersive, involving and thoroughly addictive experience
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Prisoner of azkaban sees you assume the roles of not just harry but also those of his chief sidekicks ron weasley and hermione grangerfor example, harry's grappling spell serves as a means to reach those hidden ledges and, at one particular point, harry and ron have to work together when battling malfoy on a trainoxfam bookshop ipswich "the third instalment in jk rowling's phenomenally successful series of children's books is about to take over the world's cinema screens and, faithfully at heel as always, is the cross-platform release of the accompanying video game from eathroughout the game you have the ability to switch between the three characters, thus making best use of their key skills and attributes in order to overcome the various challenges and enemies that you come up againstthe gameplay itself treads pretty much the same territory as the previous two hp games, in that it's generally a case of exploring a host of jk rowling's fantasy locales, interacting with the residents, solving puzzles, and defeating enemiesthis time around, however, the aforementioned three-way gameplay element means that you need to take advantage of all three characters in order to progress through the gamebeing the third episode, it's therefore the third year at hogwarts for master potter and his two young friendskind of like a tamagotchi, the owl care kit allows you to take care of an owl by feeding, cleaning, exercising and teaching it, before you upload it back to your gamecube and enter it into owl racesthe gamecube version of prisoner of azkaban supports nintendo's much-touted gba connectivity, which means that - if you own both systems and both versions of the game - you can wire the two consoles up and transfer what's known as an owl care kit to your game boyobviously nothing is about to run smoothly for the young trainee spell-caster, and stirring things up this time is the arrival of one sirius black, escapee of the wizard prison azkaban" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif you're a fan of the books you'll know that prisoner of azkaban brings a change in direction for the series and, subsequently, the game is a little darker and slightly more complexalong with the dementors, the sinister guards of azkaban, sirius is about to cause more than a few problems for the three young friends
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Oxfam shop wetherby the temple of elemental evil: a classic greyhawk adventure is a literal computer translation of one of the world's most beloved campaign settings, the realm of greyhawkthe improved, easy-to-use turn-based combat system speeds up gameplaythere are also dozens of skills and class abilities, over 50 feats and hundreds of spells from which to choosein addition, multiple quest solutions lead to different paths for different partiesthe game has options for creating up to five characters per party, in a reactive world filled with nonplayable characters (npcs) that react differently to the unique attributes of the adventuring partygamers will also be able to explore over 50 side quests and battle more than 100 monsterssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first and only pc game to utilize the newly released dungeons and dragons 3the product is used however the casing, manual and disks are in good conditionplayers assemble a party of adventurers to uncover the source of evil and ominous activity in the land of flanaess
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The lord the rings, the third age, is being developed by ea's redwood shores studio, the same studio that developed the hit the lord of the rings; the return of the king gamein the game, players will interact with the characters of the fellowship in a unique structure, taking on individual quests while intersecting the major events of the film trilogy that drive the story forwardtolkien's classic the lord of the rings trilogy, the lord of the rings, the third age videogame allows players to adventure through middle-earth, building a party of heroes as they journeyparties will traverse through both familiar and seldom-glimpsed locations, using an innovative turn-based battle system as they fight, encountering the demonic balrog in the mines of moria, defending the fallen city of osgiliath, or trying to destroy helm's deepoxfam bookshop hexham based on new line cinema and peter jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreplayers battle on the side of the fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of sauron as they progress
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107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossvery occasional spots of foxing notedinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppit contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelytitle etc in black lettering on spinein he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'the yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those yearsthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketdom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's workssee oxfam website for delivery information read more dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeit has been widely translated, and remains in print todaykarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th century  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedown  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans
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These discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless livesthe atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemicsoxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis  crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patterns in the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreak
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Finally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignorebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at allunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessthis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologythe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timein the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionalthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'
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But, making good on his threat, grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most of whom are unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beingsfantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald is the second screenplay in a five-film series to be written by joxfam shop worcester the wizarding world journey continues the powerful dark wizard gellert grindelwald was captured in new york with the help of newt scamanderrowling, author of the internationally bestselling harry potter booksillustrated with stunning line art from minalima with some surprising nods to the harry potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and filmsin an effort to thwart grindelwald's plans, albus dumbledore enlists newt, his former hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie aheadlines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset in , a few months after the events of fantastic beasts and where to find them, and moving from new york to london, paris and even back to hogwarts, this story of mystery and magic reveals an extraordinary new chapter in the wizarding world
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the highland revivalthe lady of the lake is a narrative poem by sir walter scott, first published inset in the trossachs region of scotland, it is composed of six cantos, each of which concerns the action of a single day"the lady of the lake: a poem" by sir walter scott longman hurst, london - fifth edition (rare early edition) - 432p, 18cmx15cm - condition: very good, in leather binding with minor rubbing to spine, with name to title pageplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe poem has three main plots: the contest among three men, roderick dhu, james fitz-james, and malcolm graeme, to win the love of ellen douglas; the feud and reconciliation of king james v of scotland and james douglas; and a war between the lowland scots (led by james v) and the highland clans (led by roderick dhu of clan alpine)[1] there are voluminous antiquarian notescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Whilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrdiscs are in excellent conditiongandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoroxfam shop oadby the extended edition (over 40 extra minutes) of the second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jthe fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogymeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armies
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For lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toooxfam shop pershore the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryi recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of wari tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girl' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaustso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitz
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At the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsdrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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Oxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingno inscriptionsblue boards with silver decorationdecorated endpapersin applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigorousit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areassee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importancegombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matter
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Oxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 34 stampssome of the stamps are a little fadedthe other sporting events celebrated on the stamps are the international race of peace in poland and the pan american games inone of the stamps shows the logo of the london olympics ofa couple of the used stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back that can be seensome of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themthe countries that the stamps were issued in are the grenada grenadines, great britain, united arab emirates, the former ussr, mongolia, poland, the former czechoslovakia, australia, rwanda and yementhe empire and commonwealth games in , and the commonwealth games in edinburgh inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, and smany of the stamps in this collection have not been usedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sports shown on the stamps are fencing, basketball, volleyball, ski-jumping, boxing, pole-vaulting, horse jumping, gymnastics, diving, sailing, running, canoeing, weight-lifting, and wrestlingthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe olympic games and the commonwealth games that the stamps celebrate are the munich summer olympic games, the montreal summer olympic games, the rome olympic games, the rome olympic games of
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The sights the stamps show of the places in hungary and romania are the crissan hotel in lebada in romania, and in hungary are budapest, lake balaton at badacsony, dunakanyar visegrad, dunakanyar szentedre, saros patak, holloko, istalyi teglagyar, in homine sce et individue andreas trinitais, kisvarda, magyar optikai movek kulturhaza, sztallinvarosi sporthaz, somlo, szigliget, lehel utilakohazak lehel streetkepsoes iparmuvesete szakkozepiskola, mavaut kozponti palyaudar, kassai szekesegyhaz, i bor vilagerseny the wine industry areas, veszprem, vegrehajto canacs ulese budapest, the statue of miklos jurisics, martonvasar brunszvik kastely, keszthely festetics kastely, dunaujvaros, the hungarian parliament buildings in budapest, sumegi var, kaposvar, nagyvazsony, ajkacsngervolgyi vajar tanulo, and rakosi matyas kulturhaz in budapest and pestoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 41 stamps that were all issued in hungary and romaniathe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe condition of the stamps in this collection are goodmany of the stamps have the envelope that they were attached to on the back when they had originally been usedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese places are london, the who building, athens, cairo and copenhagenthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued ina couple of the stamps are a little torn and a little foldedall the stamps in this collection have been used and many of them have the postmark showing the date when they were used on themthe stamps that show the sights of other countries in the eyes of hungariansthe stamps were all issued in the decades of the s, s, s, s, s, and s
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This will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this workdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished by john murray, londonsecurely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagesplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)condition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countrytitles in gilt to spineno writing or inscriptionspages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsinternally; is almost goodbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4item description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the region5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indextop of spine cover missing
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In this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right "a forceful, encyclopedic studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsfine unclipped dust-wrapperoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits
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With funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's worknearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placesee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographywinston link photographsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of o
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Oxfam bookshop brigg the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryfor lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, too in , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenau so begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitzi tattooed a number on her arm waiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaust
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Isidore compiled the work between cit contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the seven liberal arts, including rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of god, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (cthis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's timesee oxfam website for delivery information read more615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matterisidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaning
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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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Oxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationthrough detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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