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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiexcellent early impression of the second state on four before the numbermartiryum appostolorum, martyrdom of st bartholomew, tied to a ladder set on a scaffold, with two executioners flaying him, and crowd attending the torture; in the upper part, a second representation of the saint, in gloryfrom a series of sixteen plates about the martyrdom of the apostlescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableenormously popular and much copiedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit is on this small scale etchings that callot could develop his genius at it's bestii / iv before the numberwith full plate border and tread margins mounted on a collection sheetguaranteed originaljacques callot () etcher and draughtsman, born nancyin rome; in florence, working for the medici; in returned to nancy, where he settled and marriedthe first state before the publishers address is described as extremely rare by lieuredied suddenly inmost of his plates were published by his friend israel henrietbibliography: jules lieure, 'jacques callot, catalogue de son oeuvre gravé', 3 vols, paris read morelieure describes this suite as very nice work, extremely delicate, and it is rare to find it complete in beautiful proofs rendering all the finesse and all the value of the etchingsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeetching reference: lieure
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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 overonce 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 gandalfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 handsfrodo (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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Oxfam shop clitheroe the extended version (with 48 extra minutes) of the final film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jgandalf 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 responsibilitiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - which won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaythey 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 doomsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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We can hardly wait! see oxfam website for delivery information read morefellowship of the ring will be very much an adventure title, but features heavy elements of role-playing, such non-playable characters and extensive dialogueon 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 balrogoxfam 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 2making excellent use of the playstation 2 hardware, gamers can be sure of an immersive, involving and thoroughly addictive experiencean action adventure, the game features three members of the fellowship as playable charactersin 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 anduin
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Oxfam bookshop hexham based on new line cinema and peter jackson's acclaimed film adaptations of jparties 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 deepthe 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 gameplayers battle on the side of the fellowship, but can unlock additional encounters where they fight on the side of sauron as they progresssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien'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 journeyin 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 forward
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Finally 'one sky above us' tells the story of the last days of the west, of the larger-than-life characters who could still be found there, and of how buffalo bill cody set about creating the mythic image of frontier life which has survived to this day'death runs riot' tells the story of the civil war, the californian gold rush, the birth of new cities such as san francisco, the battle against mexican attempts to reclaim texas, and the start of the military campaigns against the american indianusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventure'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansin 'empire upon the trails', since time immemorial the west had been the home of the indian, but with the advent of the modern era and the spread of european colonialism, that was all set to changesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromfirst came the spanish conquistadors, then the solitary explorers, the mountain men, the trappers, and others paving the way for the future settlement of these unknown lands
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Kay focuses especially on the implications of the election of barack obama and the changing role of the united states in global security sean kay assesses the impact of the global economic crisis on international security and considers how the range of thinking about power and peace has evolved in relation to major flashpoints including in the middle east, asia, and eurasiaoxfam bookshop raeburn place this thoroughly updated edition of global security in the twenty-first century offers a balanced introduction to contemporary security dilemmas in the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis edition goes even farther to incorporate traditional thinking about national security in the context of human rights, democracy, population, health, environment, energy, and especially education writing in an engaging style, kay integrates traditional and emerging challenges in one easily accessible study that gives readers the tools they need to develop a thoughtful and nuanced understanding of global security he builds on the first edition's emphasis on the role of trade and technology, the militarization of space, the privatization of security, the use of sanctions, ethnic conflict, and transnational crime
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It tells of parliament's opposition to the king under the skilful leadership of john pymmiss wedgewood has sought to convey the vivid day sequence of events as they flooded down on the men & women of the time, and to restore as far as possible the immediacy of their experiencethis volume tells the story of the four eventful years which immediately preceded the civil war, years which transformed the tranquil dominions of king charles into a land rent by mistrust and menaced by fire and swordsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop macclesfield some slight scuffing to cover and browning of pagesthe tragedy of strafford is linked with the terrible insurrection in irelandit tells of the rise of the covenanters in scotland with such leaders as the gallant montrose and the mysterious argyll
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The three central theses are the way in which war, politics and journalism have changed beyond all recognition in the past thirty yearsin through gates of fire, martin bell uses his personal experiences as a reporter of eleven wars, and independent mp, to write an impassioned, heartfelt and coruscating call to armsbut instead of bringing home the real human costs of war, the advent of 'live' conflict coverage has led to television being used as just another propaganda tooloxfam bookshop cheltenham what kind of a world do we live in when governments are able to pursue wars against not only the will of the people, but also the international institutions set up to promote peace? in the first world war 90% of casualties were soldiers; in recent wars 90% of casualties are civilianssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebell pleads with poetic conviction for a stark reappraisal of the world we're creating for ourselves, as politics becomes increasingly remote from ordinary lives and reports from the front line often seem more like scenes from a hollywood movie
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the french revolution marks the foundation of the modern political worldbut the terror was, as much as anything else, a civil war, and such wars are always both brutal and complexthe guillotine in paris claimed some official victims, but executions of captured counter-revolutionary rebels ran into the tens of thousands, and deaths in the areas of greatest conflict probably ran into six figures, with indiscriminate massacres being perpetrated by both sidessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit was in the crucible of the revolution that the political forces of conservatism, liberalism and socialism began to find their modern form, and it was the revolution that first asserted the claims of universal individual rights, on which our current understandings of citizenship are basedthe story of the terror is a story of grand political pronouncements, uprisings and insurrections, but also a story of survival against hunger, persecution and bewildering ideological demands, a story of how a state, even with the noblest of intentions, can turn on its people and almost crush them
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgesall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenlate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stcondition: binding copies with decent blocksour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol iin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by chowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat folds2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennelldespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly reward
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There were 71 engravings in the exhibition27 pages + platesthere were 111 items in the exhibition, including some sculpturesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetentoonstelling grafisch werk - softbacksome transference of woodcutscatalogue of an exhibition at the museum voor nieuwe religieuze kunst in utrecht, from december to januarycovers and pages slightly darkenedcovers darkenedgreshoff - jozef cantré, houtsnijder - de spieghel, amsterdam / het kompas, mechelen softbackcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebelgian avant-garde illustrators jozef cantré and his elder brother jan-frans were part of de vijf ("the five"); the main artists in the development of the flemish expressionism stylethe exhibition took place from october 22 to novemberotherwise in a good conditionevidence throughout of neat notes about the exhibitsthere were 213 engravings in the exhibitiongerard walschap - dit is schrift 3 van jaargang 9 der vrije bladenjan frans cantré - de spieghelour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatalogue of an exhibition at the koninklijke bibliotheek van belgie, from february 6 to marchare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatalogue of an exhibition at arti et amicitiae of work contributed by madame mfairly good condition, but the fragile front cover is detached, and the tail of the spine is missingkoninklijke bibliotheek van belgie - het grafisch werk van jozef cantré - softbackevidence of previous ex-libris to frontmuseum voor schone kunsten van latem en leiestreek deinze - retrospectieve jan-frans en jozef cantrécontains 14 woodcuts and 3 lino cutscomplete with the 14 woodcuts, 1 of which is partially colouredmuseum voor nieuwe religieuze kunst te utrecht - jozef cantrétentoonstelling breda - leiden - groningencatalogue of an exhibition that toured the three cities intentoonstelling grafisch werk 'arti et amicitiae' - softbackthere were 131 engravings in the exhibition
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[1] there are voluminous antiquarian notesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe lady of the lake is a narrative poem by sir walter scott, first published inthe 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)set 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 pageour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe poem was tremendously influential in the nineteenth century, and inspired the highland revival
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikispines are firm and intactcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome wear to the front and back boardsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevol 1: from the roma invasion to the war of the roses 612 pages vol 2: from the war of the roses to the great rebellion 611 pages vol 3: from the great rebellion to the fall of marlborough 612 pages vol 4: from the fall of marlborough to the peninsular war 612 pages vol 5: from the peninsular war to the death of sir robert peel 612 pages vol 6: from the death of sir robert peel to the illness of the prince of wales 611 pages vol 7: from the illness of the prince of wales to the british occupation of egypt 611 pages vol 8: from the british occupation of egypt to the opening of parliament pages gilt lettering to the front and spinesplease view the photos for further details! shipped tracked and insured*buyer please pay within 3 days* read morerubbed corners and spine endsundated, circaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeall 8 volumes are in good condition
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In good conditiontitle of volume 1: botanographie e´le´mentaire, ou, principes de botanique, d'anatomie et de physiologie ve´ge´table: contenant la description des organes des plantes; la de´finition des termes usite´s en botanique; une the´orie nouvelle sur l'anatomie et la physiologie ve´ge´tale; l'art de de´crire les plantes; l'expose´ des me´thodes les plus employe´es en botanique et la description des familles naturellesthe spines have been professionally restored with the preservation of the original spine stripplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteuniform, richly gilded green calf leather bindingscontains 23 (of which 17 engraved) fold-out tableslabel on the first cover page in volume 1lestiboudois - paris/ lille, roret/ vanackere, - two volumes in three bindings - (4) (x) ) (xxxiv) ppwill be shipped with registration - for bidders: due to the corona virus, shipping within europe can suffer delaysfully re-writing of a part (botanographie e´le´mentaire) of his father’s (françois-joseph lestiboudois) workcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe text blocks are discoloured and have some foxing here and there and/or a few blemishestitles of volumes 2 and 3: botanographie belgique, ou flore du nord de la france, et de la belgique proprement dite; ouvrage dispose´ selon la me´thode naturelle, contenant les tableaux analytiques de franc¸ois-joseph lestiboudois, la description des plantes qui croissent spontane´ment ou qu'on cultive ge´ne´ralement dans l'ancienne province belgique, leurs localite´s, leurs proprie´te´s, l'indication du temps de leur floraison, la citation de leurs figures, etcoutside of europe, the delays can be quite significantour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall 23 are picturedpaper remnants at the top of the flyleaf in volume 2with a three-double gilded edge, consisting of and outside flower edge and two inside filet edges with gilded floral ornaments at the top and at the bottom a richly embossed central flower ornamenta tiny hole in one table, two have heavy foxing, a few have wrinkles along the foldsblind stamped bindings with gilded covers, ribbed spine, golden page edges - 21 x 13 cm
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The fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doommeanwhile 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 armiesoxfam shop oadby the extended edition (over 40 extra minutes) of the second film in peter jackson's epic big screen adaptation of jgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst 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 conditiontolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy
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It would have taken any other artist decades of reflection and formulation51 colour reproductions - oils, gouaches, pastel; 20 pen & pencil drawings in two tones show the full range of the artist's styleart series which offers a series of monographs on the great masters of modern artthe work of the blue and rose periods was produced by a very young man in a span of hardly more than four yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe four years were full of travel and abrupt changes of location, passion, poverty, depression and inspirationvery good condition with just some light tanning to the white parts of the dust jacket and some light edge wear to the jacketoxfam bookshop lymington this book traces the life and work of a painter twenty years old at the beginning of the twentieth century
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Chapters focus on political history and ideas of the state; the change in religion; britain's overseas role; the economy and society; and the renaissance in cultural life in this periodoxfam books & music beaconsfield this book surveys the transformation of the british isles in the sixteenth centuryin europe, england was a significant trading partner, but its language unknownat the start of the period, england was an effectively governed monarchy, its government regal but also consensualin this book, a team of leading scholars consider these important transformations in the english monarchical polity, ranging widely to consider relations between the various parts of the isles throughout the sixteenth centurythe book also includes a detailed chronology, maps, illustrations, and a guide to further reading to provide a full and dynamic picture of this significant era in british historya little shelf wear to the cover but otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the english bible and shakespeare, english had reached the maturity of a potential world language, while the british peoples stood poised on the edge of a global expansionby the early seventeenth century, the london-based english government had developed and extended its effective authority over the north and wales, ireland was subjugated and colonised, the english and scottish crowns unitedthe established churches of the british isles had broken away from the roman catholic europe and were now national, royal, and protestantyet its authority was not easily enforced beyond the more developed south-east and midlands and it was exercised indirectly in wales and ireland, while scotland was an independent monarchy
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The 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 ofthe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, and sa couple of the used stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back that can be seenone of the stamps shows the logo of the london olympics ofmany of the stamps in this collection have not been usedthe 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 inoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 34 stampsthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themthe other sporting events celebrated on the stamps are the international race of peace in poland and the pan american games insome of the stamps are a little fadedthe sports shown on the stamps are fencing, basketball, volleyball, ski-jumping, boxing, pole-vaulting, horse jumping, gymnastics, diving, sailing, running, canoeing, weight-lifting, and wrestling
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The author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlesindeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world waras in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norwayvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied response
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This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nationby the end of , after many lean and difficult years, there was no more cropone day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front coverhe has since built more windmills for his school and his villageoxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major motion pictured directed by and starring chiwetel ejiofor - available on netflixwhen william kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his feessoon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to america to visit wind farmslike the majority of the population, william's family were farmersridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmillmalawi is a country battling aids, drought and famine, and in , a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its kneesfascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his ownthis windmill has changed the world in which william and his family livewhen news of william's invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help himthey were running out of food - had nothing to sell - and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop againthey were totally reliant on the maize cropwilliam's dream is that other african's will learn to help themselves - one windmill and one light bulb at a time - and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the librarysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreforced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, william resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his educationonly 2 per cent of malawi has electricity; william's windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compoundthis is his incredible story
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Using 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 worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat 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 vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceas 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 presidents" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold waroxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtfrom 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-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 economy"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 leadersthe 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 destruction
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It invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powerthis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesgood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centuryits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismwhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifeits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agethe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languageoxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spine
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Oxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthrough 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 pointthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainsand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichehe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerhis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languageoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themthe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in english
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To understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united statesover the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuseand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europeit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnesshe lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible povertysee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world war
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It details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agoalone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was foundwear to edges, various other scuffs and marksvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinesporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedlight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredoxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutsmall chips and closed tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial dust jacketendpapers discoloured
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Queen caroline's story is one of a fight by an individual to see justice done to her in the face of a powerful authorityoxfam bookshop cheltenham at the heart of the regency period - nine years from to - lies the mismatch between the prince and princess of walesthey remained separated until her death in , but the mockery of their marriage resisted the public efforts to dissolve itthe prince regent, later george iv, separated privately from caroline of brunswick, princess of wales, later queen caroline, within a year of their marriage inat her divorce trial, the dignity and honour of the british crown was in shreds and britain on the brink of revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebarred from the regent's court, caroline travelled through europe with a small court of her own
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societybourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoeffersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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