The ascent of man
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The ascent of nanda devi by hbinding is firm with light corner bumping and scuffing around the edges of the boardsblue pictorial boards and contains black and white pictorial platespages are slightly yellowed with moderate foxing to frontispiece and the endpapersspine is tanned with edge weartilman (hardback) publisher: cambridge university press for readers union year published: condition is fair to good for 80 years old pictures are of of actual book description: pages
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the revolt of man () reads like an anti-suffragette novel and the critique of the new woman ideology which emerged in england in the ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome foxing on some pages and a few pencil lines on some page bordersas a result, men must change their rough nature and adjust to new gender rolesmodern art reflects change in new stereotypical forms of masculinity and femininity leather bound boards are in fair condition with edges and corners that are worn downthey gradually become less manly, and many adopt the submissive look of earlier victorian women, whereas women become assertive and domineeringpen inscription and stamp mark on title pagethe novel comically reverses victorian gender rolespages are in fair condition for its agewomen gradually take over the traditional men's occupations and privileges, having become judges, doctors, lawyers, businesswomen and artists, whereas effeminate men are allowed to live and perform simple work in complete passivity, submission and obedience to the triumphant femalesit presents a dystopian vision of a female-dominated society of the 22nd century, where women keep men in complete subordination after the historic transfer of powertraditional masculine qualities and behaviour have become unacceptable in the new societywomen prove to be more effective in the public sphere; they are stronger, more intelligent, and better educated
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The title is the family of manthe item format is a book paperbackthe sleeve condition is newbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idz
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle a study into the impact of man on climate changehardback in good conditionsome minor foxing to page edgesnot price clipped see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop brighton in jacob bronowski was commisioned by david attenborough, then controller of bbc2, to write and present this 13-part documentary series that examines in great depth and with great erudition the intellectual and technological history of the human race from prehistoric times to the present day broadcast in and designed to complement kenneth clarke's earlier bbc documentary series 'civilisation', bronowski concentrates on the growing development of human science and technology, of the ways in which humanity seeks to harness and dominate its environment, and the ways in which scientific and intellectual theory across the ages, from galileo to einstein, have broadened our horizonssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop lytham first day edition stamps from isle of man 's x52 in album cover king olav v to the isle of man 2-7 aug - stamped 13 jun the kermodes of tasmania - stamped 29 sept colonel mark wilks - stamped 22 may new issue of stamp booklets - stamped 29 sept wildlife conservation christmas - stamped 29 sept votes for women - stamped 22 may fishermen's year centenary of the fishermen's mission - stamped 24 feb europa '81 folklore - stamped 22 may the marriage of hh the prince of wales to lady diana spencer - stamped 29 july royal british legion diamond jubilee - stamped 29 sept definitive issue new high value - stamped 29 sept christmas greetings - stamped 29 sept scouting - stamped 23 feb europa '82 - stamped 1 june tt races 75 anniversary - stamped 1 june isle of man steam packet company ltd mail contract - stamped 5 oct season's greetings christmas - stamped 5 oct special birthday greetings welcome to the royal baby - stamped 12 oct centenary salvation army movement in the isle of man the salvation army - stamped 15 march marine birds - stamped 15 feb marine birds - stamped 15 feb marine birds - stamped 14 sept king william's college - stamped 18 may europa '83 robert casement - stamped 18 may th anniversary - stamped 5 july christmas nollick ghennal erriu a cheerful christmas - stamped 14 sept the karran fleet - stamped 14 feb lady elizabeth of castletown / links with the falkland islands - stamped 14 feb europa '84 twenty fifth anniversary - stamped 27 april th anniversary of the first official airmail service - stamped 27 april commonwealth - stamped 21 sept william cain-manx pioneer mayor of melbourne - stamped 21 sept christmas - stamped 21 sept guiding - stamped 31 jan isle of man post office - stamped 31 jan europa music '85 - stamped 24 april century of motoring - stamped 25 may centenary of ssafa - stamped 4 sept india sir mark cubbon - stamped 2 oct christmas - stamped 2 oct t manx museum - stamped 5 feb xiii commonwealth games edinburgh - stamped 5 feb isle of man heritage '86 - stamped 10 april europa '86 - stamped 10 april myles standish of the mayflower - stamped 22 may royal wedding andrew & sarah - stamped 23 july the royal birthdays - stamped 28 august peace at christmas - stamped 25 sept victorian scenes jubilee clock - stamped 21 jan john miller nicholson - stamped 18 feb europa '87 - stamped 29 april tt - stamped 27 may   see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Fascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of mancontents are clean and binding is tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistfield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishpublished by peter daviesthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the uhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldillustrated with 28 b/w photographshis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselfthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityoxfam shop darlington hardbackgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spinered top page endsthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifeffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptiongovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workdj has some minor chips
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Issued on behalf of the isle of man treasuryisle of man - tutankhamun: canopic coffinette - bronze pyramid shaped coin in a packobverse shows queen elizabeth ii and displays the date "" and the words ankh amun
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For millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalitybut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionswith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifehere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfcredit and debit cards acceptedby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againhubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lectureswith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifehow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timesand so it remained until lron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understood
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For thousands of years man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true “meaning of life(click to reveal full phone number)all credit and debit cards acceptedbased on precision axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers—answers you’ve been looking for, answers that workbecause this is scientology—the knowledge of you” but, in scientology, that search has culminated—for the secret has now been discoveredhere, then, is the basic book on the theory and practice of scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life, including: the cycle-of-action, revealing what underlies the continuous cycle of creation, survival and destruction—a cycle that seems inevitable in life, but which is only an apparency the conditions-of-existence that comprise all life and livingness—and by which one can truly be the eight dynamics upon which all life is compartmented and by which one can resolve the puzzle of their own existence the affinity, reality and communication triangle, revealing and explaining the underlying principles of true human relations the parts of man, the comprehensive explanation of spirit, mind and body, their anatomy and interrelationship in every being the reason why, answering the questions of “what it’s all about” and giving the very elements of survival, happiness and life itself scientology processes that unlock the life force that is you and, with this book, you won’t just “learn”—you’ll discover these principles for yourselforder your copy from 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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Miss isle of man collector doll in traditional dressit is commemorative doll made for the carnival, made on the isle of man itselfdoll height 19 cm in excellent condition complete with original packaging plastic tube read more
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Will only accept offers from buyers living on the isle of manselling this good as new liv 2 women's rove city bike for ÂŁ250 or best offer from isle of man residents onlyhas been cleaned down and is immaculateis ideal as a first bike and very comfortableno defects, only 2 years old and in perfect conditioncan deliver to buyer
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Black isle of man tt cap the isle of man symbol has flashing lights which is not possible to show herevery good condition (i am advertising this item on another site) read more
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Photos a bit "hazy" because of plastic covering but these have never been out of the presentation casedetails in the photographthey belonged to my late fatherpostage is additional at about ÂŁ35 crowns in a plastic presentation case highlighting some of the important vessels and historic personalities if the isle of man's links with the sea and ships
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Oxfam shop poole a collectable conductors badge from the isle of manthe badge is is good condition with only one minor dent on the left hand side near the bottom see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The coin fron jersey is in good condition as is the coin from the isle of manoxfam shop heathfield two old style large circulated 10 pence coins with attractive designssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop cottingham a delightful fine bone china thimble by watsons featuring the isle of man crestin very good conditionideal for collectors or as a memento for those who love this part of the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From the isle of man: for sale - a rare 50 pence piece depicting a ram, from the year , in very good condition; postage extra
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From the isle of man: "christmas" 50 pence coin, very rare, in excellent condition; postage extra read more
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An american edition was published in and numerous foreign translations were printedthe origin of species - by charles darwin sixth edition!! - this was the first edition in which he used the word evolution - this was the last edition published during darwin's lifetime this edition has been climbing in value year after year already a scientific star upon his return to england, charles darwin published an exciting travel memoir and important works on geology and fossils, while continuing to develop his ideas on evolution in secretfinally appearing in , the origin of species was aimed at the general public rather than scientistsit was an immediate success, with the entire first printing oversubscribed and a second edition planned immediatelydarwin expanded on his theories in later works, such as the descent of man, his first book to argue explicitly that humans were animals shaped by evolutionin total, six editions were published during darwin’s lifetime, each with important revisions, including the first use of the term “evolution” in the sixth edition
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the distinctive features of joseph voght's approach to ancient slavery are his social awareness and sympathetic commitment, and his refusal either to ignore or be dominated by the dogmas of the left and the structures of sociologyhis systematic investigation of ancient slave wars, which is the centre of this collection, is not merely the most important contribution to the study of ancient slavery in the present generation; it is also a reasoned refutation of more extreme marxist interpretations, and a brilliant demonstration that a pragmatic approach to the analysis of a general phenomenon can lead to conclusions as far-reaching as any a priori system see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book of job, which deals with deep-seated conflict between the integrity of god and the integrity of man and belongs to a group of writings known as wisdom literature, surpasses any of its known babylonian or egyptian forerunners in the beauty of its poetic discourses and in its insightoxfam shop kendal hardback in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside of dust jacket at front fold is clipped
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight fading to spineburgundy cloth covered boards with silver text to spinetext block is otherwise tight and clean, and lightly but evenly tannedsuperficial scuffs, marks and dentsoxfam bookshop newport first published in , a few months before the horrors of the somme battles, this is an interesting mix of poems and prose with some unusual choices in the selectionsmall crack at front hinge where free endpaper has been torn out
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Oxfam bookshop st albans 1the fields of athenry, 2farewell to nova scotia3galtee mountain boy 4farewell to the rhonda 5john o'dreams 6scorn not his simplicity 7the crack was ninety in the isle of man 8dancing at whitsun 9mulligan and me jim larkin 11a bunch of thyme see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop folkestone clean tight copy in slip-case see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the context for suzannah dunn's wonderful new novel, which is about - and told by - two women: anne boleyn, king's mistress and fated queen; and lucy cornwallis, the king's confectioner, an employee of the very highest status, who made the centrepiece of each of the feasts to mark the important occasions in anne's ascenteveryone knows the story of anne boleynhenry viii divorced his longstanding, long-suffering, older, spanish wife for a young, black-eyed english beauty, and, in doing so, severed england from rome and indeed from the rest of the western worldthere's another link between them, though: the lovely mark smeaton, wunderkind musician, the innocent on whom, ultimately, anne's downfall hingedthe queen of subtleties adds to that mix a wonderfully balanced, strong story and the result is sensationalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethen, when henry had what he wanted, he managed a mere three years of marriage before beheading his wife for alleged adultery with several men, among them his own best friend and her own brothersuzannah dunn has wit, a mastery of dialogue, brilliant characterization, lack of pretence, and good humouroxfam bookshop cheltenham a tremendously vivid, page-turning and plausible novel that depicts the rise and fall of anne boleyn, the most spirited, independent and courageous of henry's queens, as viewed from both the bedrooms and the kitchens of the tudor court
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Using 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 egalitariansshe 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 beyondin 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 rawlsoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin 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 britainin 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 rightthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticssee oxfam website for delivery information read morerecasting 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 limitsfine unclipped dust-wrapper "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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Set up in the first months of adolf hitler's rule, dachau was a bastion of the nazi 'revolution' and a key springboard for the ascent of heinrich himmler and the ss to control of the third reich's terror and policing apparatusthroughout the pre-war era of nazi germany, dachau functioned as an academy of violence where concentration camp personnel were schooled in steely resolution and the techniques of terroran international symbol of nazi depredation, dachau was the cradle of a new and terrible spirit of destructioncombining extensive new research into the pre-war history of dachau with theoretical insights from studies of perpetrator violence, this book offers the first systematic study of the 'dachau school'christopher dillon analyses recruitment to the dachau ss and evaluates the contribution of ideology, training, social psychology and masculine ideals to the conduct and subsequent careers of concentration camp guardsdachau and the ss makes an original contribution to scholarship on the pre-history of the holocaust and the institutional organisation of violencethis copy has slight damage to the back dust jacket (see photograph) see oxfam website for delivery information read moregraduates of the dachau school would go on to play a central role in the wartime criminality of the third reich, particularly at auschwitzoxfam books & music islington dachau and the ss studies the concentration camp guards at dachau, the first ss concentration camp and a national 'school' of violence for its concentration camp personnelit explores the backgrounds and socialization of thousands of often very young ss men in the camp and critiques the assumption that violence was an outcome of personal or ideological pathologies
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This sudden ascent from a decade of darkness into the glory of light was not brought about by a holy healerand you can't discount barty's profound desire to make his mother proud of him before she dieda rollercoaster had something to do with his recovery, as did a seagullno celestial trumpets announced the restoration of his vision, just as none had announced his birththe first time she died was the day barty was bornjanuary read moreplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis bartholomew lampion was blinded at the age of three, when surgeons reluctantly removed his eyes to save him from a fast-spreading cancerbut although eyeless, barty regained his sight when he was thirteen
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