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Oxfam bookshop newport a study of the processes of discovery, invention, imagination and creativity in humour, science, and the artsone or two underlinings in pen; one or two marginal annotations in pencil - otherwise clean/intactit lays out koestler's attempt to develop an elaborate general theory of human creativityunclipped d/j is tatty with a number of tears around the edgesfrom describing and comparing many different examples of invention and discovery, koestler concludes that they all share a common pattern which he terms "bisociation" - a blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated matrices of thought into a new matrix of meaning by way of a process involving comparison, abstraction and categorisation, analogies and metaphorssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe regards many different mental phenomena based on comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, parables, allegories, jokes, identification, role-playing, acting, personification, anthropomorphism etcfirst published in ; this is the scarcer danube edition, with a new preface by the author), as special cases of "bisociation"hence low price for this item
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His observations paint a picture of irish social, cultural, and political life in the aftermath of the and rebellions, and the act of unionhis itinerary included most of the key sites on the ?home tour', such as llangollen, the lakes of killarney, and the wicklow mountains, but also less- visited sites such as the blasket islands, cobest known later in life as an astronomer, antiquary, liberal campaigner for women's suffrage, and generous philanthropist, lee's lifelong interest in mineralogy, antiquities, industry, and popular culture, and his concern for the poor, are evident throughout these early diariesshortly after graduating from cambridge university, lee set out on a seven-month walking tour through england, wales, and ireland on 31 julylee also paid much attention to the physical remains of irish history (earthen forts, early-christian religious sites) and to the endurance of gaelic culture (the irish language, gaelic games, ?pattern' days) that made ireland exotic to the english visitorit makes lee's detailed observations available to researchers for the first time, a valuable resource for irish social, cultural, and political history, local history, and the histories of travel and antiquarianismthe volume includes an annotated transcription of lee's five diaries and notes from his three sketchbooks, reproductions of some of his sketches, and a critical introduction setting lee's diaries within their historical, cultural, and intellectual contextsa scientific, antiquarian and picturesque tour hardback edition by angela byrne see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop arnold brand new, hardback copy, was donated with original receipt which shows the price paid for this book was over £100the memory of looms large in the diaries, as lee recorded conversations with witnesses and participants on both sidesmost of the content relates to ireland, where lee arrived on 29 august and remained until 6 marchthese observations are laid against the backdrop of lee's assessments of the irish landscape, evaluated verbally and pictorially within the frameworks of the sublime and picturesquea scientific, antiquarian, and picturesque tour: john lee in england, wales and ireland, , is a critical edition of the travel diaries and sketchbooks of dr john lee frs (né fiott, ), published for the first time
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Coin: an act for the abolition of the slave tradein , the act for the abolition of the slave trade received royal assent and became a law throughout the british empirethe act did not abolish slavery itself but was a major step towards recognising its damaging effects and led toward its complete abolition across the empire inedge inscription: am i not a man and a brother from a pet and smoke-free homeit was a result of a long parliamentary campaign by an alliance of evangelical anglicans and quakers led by william wilberforcecollection from newchurch, romney marsh or happy to postgood, circulated condition
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As shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderan act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truthoxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usapublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedin , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recoveredthe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the sequel to an act of treachery from bestselling author ann widdecombe, a moving tale of families broken apart by war, and one boy's quest to come to terms with his historycared for by his german family, klaus-pierre is loved and happy - but as he grows up in a europe where old enemies are learning to cooperate, he tries to make his own 'act of peace' with his french relativesthe result is a horrifying confrontation between the two families when they meet accidentally in provenceklaus-pierre is the love-child of a young frenchwoman and a senior, married german officermeanwhile, klaus-pierre is struggling with another quest to come to terms with his roots, as he tries to find out just what kind of man his father really wasklaus-pierre never knew his father, who was killed before he was born, and his mother was rejected by her family of patriots and resistance workerswiddecombe skilfully and often movingly uses the boy's struggle with his own painful history to throw light on the troubled years between and the fall ofthe berlin wall in ' sunday times see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The last act of love: the story of my brother and his sistertitle: the last act of love: the story of my brother and his sisterauthor(s): rentzenbrink, cathy
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Catherine halsey (jen taylor) on their journey to halo iorethe episodes are: 'act 1', 'act 2' and 'act 3'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road all three episodes of the animated sci-fi xbox originals seriesbased on the novel by eric nylund, the series discovers the origin of the spartan program that set master chief (voice of steve downes) and dr
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Added: invitation for the opening of the exhibition act of naturesigned with a small dedicationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe name of the recipient was left outcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe signature is from another copy as dedication and signature are mixed-upwonderful work by lachappelleplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Told with boundless warmth and affection, the last act of love by cathy rentzenbrink is a heartbreaking yet uplifting testament to a family's survival and the price we pay for lovein the summer of , cathy's brother matty was knocked down by a car on the way home from a night outthis is the story of what happened to cathy and her brother, and the unimaginable decision that she and her parents had to make eight years after the night that changed everythingit's a story for anyone who has ever watched someone suffer or lost someone they loved or lived through a painful time that left them forever changedoxfam bookshop cheltenham a richard and judy book club selectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was two weeks before his gcse results, which turned out to be the best in his schoolthey did not know then that there are many and various fates worse than deathsitting by his unconscious body in hospital, holding his hand and watching his heartbeat on the monitors, cathy and her parents willed him to survive
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Foremost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policyoxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyondsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound ways
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An act of the abolition of the slave tradelimited edition £2 coin
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‘the wedding of luke and mara 3 of 4’ - series: star wars unionmixed media on cardboard for the coversigned and dated x 28original plate of the cover of the comic book ‘star wars union’, part 3 of 4 titled ‘the wedding of luke and mara’are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe comic book is not part of this lotcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepencil on paper for the pages layoutplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledinky toys maserati 23 n, speed of the wind, auto union, all original vintage items, in fair conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The title is caught in the actwarehouse reference number ihav-phd-ff02cdthe item format is a cd dcdbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale the sleeve condition is new
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Oxfam shop hebden bridge the electrification of the soviet union see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Caught in the act - richard todd's autobiographydispatched with royal mail 1st class free postage read morecondition is very good
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Details the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencein the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtgoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightsthe book is organised into three partssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first part describes the background of american constitutionalismbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinethese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesoxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrin this first volume, julius goebel jr antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united states
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When physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondaryoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressa very clean and tidy copycassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicinethe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whythe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalswhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientthe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itself
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Drawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security acthe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agothis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programsoxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groups" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallythe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todayquadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchantedin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnosome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working classfrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlash
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For corbin, engaging the soul of the world through the mediating power of the imaginal is an act of love, a theme cheetham expands through his analysis of such concepts as mystical poverty, contemplative knowledge, the luminosity of the earth, the theophanic vision, the christ angel, incarnation, the divine sensorium, alchemical transformation, the spiritual humanism of ivan illich, western iconoclasm, and the centrality of gnosisin lucid and simple prose, cheetham explores the creative role of the imagination in the formative ground of the three great abrahamic religions: judaism, christianity, and islamthis book explores the status of religion in the post-prophetic age, especially as seen through the eyes of the french islamic scholar henry corbinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers a visionary alternative to the confusions of contemporary lifeoxfam bookshop kingsbridge very good clean copyit speaks to believers and non-believers alike
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It is small wonder that the act of work is a source of stress and anxiety for millionstheir resolution would bring about not only greater security but greater satisfactionwork not only can be both rewarding and fulfilling, but as the major activity in most of our lives, it should beplummeting productivity, massive layoffs, sour relations between management and labour executive incompetence and dishonest business dealings all plague the workplacehow to increase job efficiency and productivity, how to handle upsets and confusion in the workplace and how to overcome exhaustion are all matters that concern both the labourer and the managerthis booklet contains some of the wide array of principles and techniques lutilization of this information will help you make it just thatron hubbard developed for application in the workplaceorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Jung saw every act of speech as a psychic eventoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells at home in the language of the soul exploring jungian discourse and psyche's grammar of transformation language has a primary importance in jungian psychology and its practiceeven the "worker" words in language, like prepositions or conjunctions, carry particular archetypal energies, working dynamically and daimonically in the conduct of transformational narrative and realizing both personal and collective purposesthis book aims to deepen our consciousness of psyche's speech as it occurs in our professional discourses, in the psychoanalytic encounter, in dreams, fairy tales, myths, and poetrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morevividly exploring the grammar of the psyche, we are urged to constantly kindle and rekindle our engagement with language
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifaile (pronounced "fail") is a brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between patrick mcneil (bsize of the fight show print - new edition: nocatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableminneapolis, mn)2 of 100 five color silkscreen 60 x 45 cm (24 x 18 inches) 260gsm french paper signed, embossed and numbered faile this image was made to mark the occasion of their show at library street collective and their first solo show in detroitsince its inception in , faile is known for their pioneering use of wheatpasting and stenciling in the increasingly established arena of street art, and for their explorations of duality through a fragmented style of appropriation and collagethis edition features a shimmering silver fist along with a semi-gloss pattern that creates a nice depth as you move around the printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeduring this time, faile adapted its signature mass culture-driven iconography to a wide array of media, from wooden boxes and window pallets to more traditional canvas, prints, sculptures, stencils, multimedia installation, and prayer wheelswhile faile's work is constructed from found visual imagery, and blurs the line between “high” and “low” culture, recent exhibitions demonstrate an emphasis on audience participation, a critique of consumerism, and the incorporation of religious media and architecture into their workedmonton, ca) and patrick miller (bplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This will be a wonderfully stimulating read and act as an invaluable guide as to what is truly important in living life, whether facing success, failure, justice, wrong, love, loss or any of the other profound experience life throws outoxfam bookshop cheltenham a refreshing distillation of insights into the human condition, by one of the best-known and most popular philosophers in the ukgrayling's 'the last word' column in the guardianthis book is an accessible, lively and thought-provoking series of linked commentaries, based on asee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits aim is not to persuade readers to accept one particular philosophical point of view or theory, but to help us consider the wonderful range of insights which can be drawn from an immeasurably rich history of philosophical thoughtconcepts covered include courage, love, betrayal, ambition, cruelty, wisdom, passion, beauty and deatha life truly worth living is one that is informed and considered so a degree of philosophical insight into the inevitabilities of the human condition is inherently important and such an approach will help us to deal with real personal dilemmasthinking about life, what it means and what it holds in store does not have to be a despondent experience, but rather can be enlightening and uplifting
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This updated edition includes an account of the contracts (rights of third parties) act and important recent case law, particularly in the fields of implied terms and damagesthis text expounds the fundamental principles of the law clearly, concisely and, where appropriate, criticallythe law of contract (sweet & maxwell - a thomson company) fourth edition j
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The sets were very period style with heavy oak doors and pannelling and a swinging chandelior that starts to smoke in the last actthe orchestral playing by the royal opera house orchestra, conducted by antonio pappano, was excellent, along with the singing with aleksandrs antonenko as gherman, alexander kravets as chekalinsky, vladimir stoyanov as tchaikovsky/prince yeletskythe queen of spades royal opera house programme, elegant and stylish maroon red glossy programme with royal arms for spring seasonthis performance received excellent reviewshas photos and relevant informed articles about the recent production and the music and history of this second of tchaikovsky's operas and the most serious in contentin addition, as with alfred hitchock, in this stefan herheim co-production with dutch national opera, tchaikovsky makes an appearance as prince yeletsky
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Abraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightthe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedboard of educationin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown voxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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