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Official euro issues 10 euro germany the bauhaus in dessau sterling silver , weight 18 g, proof quality, 325 mm with warranty certificate 10 euro germany the wadden sea as a national park sterling silver , weight 18 g, proof quality, 325 euro france coronation of napoleon as emperor and the code civil silver , weight 22our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith warranty certificate5 mm with warranty certificate 1please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available2 g, proof quality, 32
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Lord of the rings arwen evenstar sterling silver necklace pendant - boxed
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the original leather binding, in very good condition with a masonic binding! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby george oliverthe star in the east, shewing the analogy which exists between the lectures of freemasonry the mechanism of initiation into its mysteries etclondon, spencer, pp
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Recollections and studio photographs of 31 of the most prominent artists of the twentieth century5 cms (sheet), 24 x 16 cms (image), with annotations in the white marginour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storerevised editionfirst published in , reprinted in an expanded edition, with a new introduction by the artist, inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableperhaps the very finest collection of artist photographs to date, including sections on bonnard, matise, van dongen, picasso, chagall, brancusi, arp, miro, dubuffet, giacometti astamped, both 25 x 18in good condition\t\t added: >> two portraits of georges rouault\t silver gelatin prints, calexander liberman - the artist in his studio - new york, random housethe portrait with raised hands was (partially) published on double-page in liberman's book the artist in his studio () in good condition, matted, with slight handling marks read morewhite cloth with embossed initials, with dustjacket, 31 x 24 cms, 293p, profusey illustrated in colour and bl/w, mostly full-page
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Arthur's investigations lead him to believe that the woman is a ghost, haunted by her inability to save her son from drowningsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good conditiononce there, arthur discovers that the locals live in such fear of a mysterious figure known as the 'woman in black' that they keep their children locked away indoors, afraid that contact with the woman would harm themwhen she turns her attention towards arthur's own son, the lawyer is forced to confront the spectre head onwhen arthur kipps (daniel radcliffe) leaves his son (misha handley) behind in london to head off on an assignment to a remote village, he has little idea of what lies in store for himoxfam bookshop carlisle supernatural drama, based on the novel by susan hill, in which a young lawyer finds himself battling to contain the ghost of a dead woman bent on destruction
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The woman warns him against an unnamed baronet and after they part he discovers that she may have escaped from an insane asylumthis folio edition is illustrated by alexy pendlehartright helps the woman to find her way back to londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhile the novel was a commercial success when first published it was harshly reviewed by critics of the agebook excellent, slipcase goxfam bookshop carlisle first published serially between and , "the woman in white" is wilkie collins's epistolary novel that tells the tale of walter hartright, who encounters a woman all dressed in white on a moonlit road in hampsteadsince that time it has come to be regarded as a groundbreaking work of the mystery genre, one of collins's besthartright travels to cumberland where he takes up a position as the art tutor of laura fairlie and her devoted half-sister, marian halcombe, who are somehow entangled with this mysterious "woman in white"wilkie collins's fifth published novel, "the woman in white" is considered one of the earliest examples of the mystery genre, an early work of detective fiction, and one of the finest examples of sensationalist literature
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'see oxfam website for delivery information read morewriting in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly formsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor'at the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexuals'the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize in
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Arthur's investigations lead him to believe that the woman is a ghost, haunted by her inability to save her son from drowningsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce there, arthur discovers that the locals live in such fear of a mysterious figure known as the 'woman in black' that they keep their children locked away indoors, afraid that contact with the woman would harm themwhen she turns her attention towards arthur's own son, the lawyer is forced to confront the spectre head onwhen arthur kipps (daniel radcliffe) leaves his son (misha handley) behind in london to head off on an assignment to a remote village, he has little idea of what lies in store for himoxfam shop dorchester supernatural drama, based on the novel by susan hill, in which a young lawyer finds himself battling to contain the ghost of a dead woman bent on destruction
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While previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, nadia valman argues that the figure of the jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford stories about jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century britain as debates about the place of the jews in the nation ragedreading a range of texts from popular romance to the realist novel, she investigates how the complex figure of the jewess brought the instabilities of nineteenth-century religious, racial and national identity into uniquely sharp focus tracing the narrative of the jewess from its beginnings in romantic and evangelical literature, and reading canonical writers including walter scott, george eliot and anthony trollope alongside more minor figures such as charlotte elizabeth tonna, grace aguilar and amy levy, valman demonstrates the remarkable persistence of this narrative and its myriad transformations across the century
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The book is also supported by full source notes and references the text is illustrated by over 150 manuscript illustrations, engravings, contemporary documents and photographs in both black-and-white and coloursee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop worcester this fully illustrated book explores the story of richard iii and the tales that have been woven around the historic events; discusses his life and reign and the disappearance of the princes in the tower; and assesses the original sources upon which much of the 'history' is basedin addition a number of 'picture essays'explore particular aspects of richard iii's life and reign: his birth sign of scorpio; the portraits of richard; the symbolism of pigs and boars; richard's saints; his books; the princes; historical pictures of the princes; cartoons and caricatures
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In at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audiencethe same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the playsuch a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatreoxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playersthe purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playssometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or charactersthese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operate
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No one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexthere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing populationthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinein good conditionthe inside pages are clean and unmarked' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justicemoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimes
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This text contains an introduction by asee oxfam website for delivery information read morealternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderiethis book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literaturepresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingmilne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poemsone of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century later'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published init is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()
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The novel is a fantasy featuring the adventures of eleanor, edward and their friend oliver as they disappear through the magic doorway of the summerhouseoxfam bookshop sevenoaks this is the first uk edition of the swing in the summer house by the american author jane langtoncomplete in itself, the story is a sequel to the same author's the diamond in the windowpublished by hamish hamilton in , it has illustrations by erik blegvad the volume is in near fine condition, with a fine and unclipped dust jacket protected by a mylar cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Spine cracked internally and foxing to edges of blockoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by lthe cloth of the spine has split at the rear hinge and head and tail of spine and corners are bumped, and corners exposedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea rare copy in fair conditionwoolf, published by edward arnold in , third impressionbound in blue cloth with gold lettering, the boards are very worn and show marks from dampwritten by leonard woolf, husband of virginia woolf, the novel the village in the jungle was based on his experiences in the colonial service in ceylon before the first world war
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe war in western europe part ii december to may ppalso contains an overview of the bomb tonnage and targetseleven appendices, of which three maps and one diagram + fifteen fold-out mapsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemade for the us military during ww ii with later adaptations, additions and improvementsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontains a 3d overview of the assault technique used at the normandy landingsseven appendices + sixteen fold-out mapscondition: the spines have minor loss of papershipping with registrationotherwise greatconsists of: the war in western europe part i june to december, ppa total of 2 books
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Through his direct first-person narrative emerges one of the most touching, funny and nuanced portrayals of the confusions and frustrations of youth that exists in the literature of the english language, and a sparky and colloquial style that influenced generations of writers afterwardsinnovative and revolutionary for its time, the catcher in the rye is as much a testament to and reflection of that time and its frustrations as it is a timeless and universal reflection on life, disillusionment, and growing upsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham holden caulfield is a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school, in s new yorkprecocious, sensitive and confused, he blunders through a haze of teenage failures, disappointments and anti-climaxes and delivers to the reader a bitter-sweet, biting commentary on all the 'phony' aspects of society and the 'phonies' themselves
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham carriglas is the island estate off county cork where sarah pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the first world war'the silence in the garden' won the yorkshire post book of the year awardhe is devoted to ireland, to its soft speech and its frequently ugly deeds, and he combines them in a sort of elegy'and somewhere in the tranquil garden of carriglas there are secrets waiting to be discoveredwriting in the spectator, anita brookner said, 'trevor is a specialist in brooding regret and a discoverer of past crimessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehelplessly, sarah watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crime
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Only with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classiccaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasiontravelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the mogul emperor, babur the great, stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditionswinner of the royal society of literature ondaatje award and the spirit of scotland award and shortlisted for the guardian first book award, the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize and the scottish book of the year prize
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Martin, an original and influential exponent of 'ontologically serious' metaphysics, echoes locke's dictum that 'all things that exist are only particulars', and argues that properties are powerful qualitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston what are the most fundamental features of the world? do minds stand outside the natural order? is a unified picture of mental and physical reality possible? the mind in nature provides a staunchly realist account of the world as a unified system incorporating both the mental and the physicalthe slide from representational use to consciousness involves a change in the material of use, but not the form of representationmartin emphasizes the importance of non-conscious 'vegetative' systems, which provide clear examples of intentionality in the form of representational usealong the way, we are led to understand the nature of minds and conscious states of mind in a way that avoids both reductionism (the idea that mental is reducible to the non-mental) and dualism (the idea that mental substances or properties differ dramatically from physical substances and properties)he also spells out the implications of this view for philosophical conceptions of causation, intentionality, consciousness, and the mind-body problema concluding chapter provides an argument for the view that an ontology of particular substances and properties leads ineluctably to monism: the bus we board with locke takes us directly to the world of spinoza and einstein
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Moreover, the romance and drama of the duel has made it an enduring fixture in films, literature, and the theatresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe for centuries, duelling played an integral role in the preservation of the aristocratic order in europe, defying attempts by both church and state to ban the practicein the duel in european history, renowned historian victor kiernan writes with his characteristic wit and insight of duelling's evolution from its medieval origins - when it was regarded as a badge of rank - to the early twentieth century, by which time it was seen as an irrational anachronismdrawing on a vast range of historical and cultural sources, this is the definitive account of a violent ritual that continues to fascinate even todayin doing so, he shows how the duelling tradition was something unique to europe and its colonies, and, in its contribution to the development of the officer corps, played a key part in shaping european military power
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This book determines for the first time the reasons for the expansion and contraction of the service and the impact key individuals had on it and in turn the influence it had on its membersusing twenty-one new oral histories and a multitude of archived personal documents, this book demonstrates the pivotal importance of the women's royal naval service in both the world warshannah roberts offers new insights into a previously little studied british military institution, which celebrates its centenary infrom onward the wrns spread internationally and subverted the combat taboo by adopting semi-combatant rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop nether edge the women's royal naval service (wrns) was created in , re-formed in and maintained afteralthough it shared a similar pattern in its formation to the auxiliary territorial service (ats) and had a similar ethos to its air force counterpart, the waaf, the wrns took on a wider-ranging role in the war, in part due to the latitude afforded to the service because of its uniquely independent originsshe shows how political and military decision-making within the fluctuating national security situation, coupled with a growing cultural acceptability of women taking on military roles, allowed for the growth of the service in world war ii into realms never expected of women
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After years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicilyduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallyalthough john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead the jews in sicily, volume ) by shlomo simonsohn this volume in the series documentary history of the jews in italy illustrates the history of the jews in sicily from tothe volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the jews of the islandthe inside pages are clean and brightthe worst of them was the massacre in modica inthe abundance of historical records in the archives of the crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuriesnearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the jews and their relationships with the authorities and their christian neighboursit is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of king johntherefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary formmuch new information has come to light, and many facets of jewish life in sicily have been uncoveredit is new in appearance and has a protective cellophane cover
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So can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionfrom life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computingand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysterylife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universeweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itself
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It brings together the latest work on a subject which is central to an understanding not just of the french revolution but of much french political controversy over the past two centuriesthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketthe binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedalthough the framework of this book is a narrative, the main themes of the counter-revolution are also covered in order to set the events in their wider context of europe, much of which at some time was occupied by the frenchsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket
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Arthur's investigations lead him to believe that the woman is a ghost, haunted by her inability to save her son from drowningoxfam shop kingsthorpe supernatural drama, based on the novel by susan hill, in which a young lawyer finds himself battling to contain the ghost of a dead woman bent on destructionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonce there, arthur discovers that the locals live in such fear of a mysterious figure known as the 'woman in black' that they keep their children locked away indoors, afraid that contact with the woman would harm themwhen she turns her attention towards arthur's own son, the lawyer is forced to confront the spectre head onwhen arthur kipps (daniel radcliffe) leaves his son (misha handley) behind in london to head off on an assignment to a remote village, he has little idea of what lies in store for him
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It is a tale with profound moral and social consequences, rich in drama, intrigue, treason, scandal and violencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the story of the death, in sinister circumstances, of the boy-king edward v and his younger brother richard, duke of york, is one of the most fascinating murder mysteries in english historyshe brilliantly reconstructs the whole chain of events leading to their murder and reveals how, why and by whose order they diedin this gripping book alison weir re-examines all the evidence - including that against the princes' uncle, richard iii
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The author clarifies the ways of understanding the body as a physical and metaphorical reality, but also the medieval conceptualization of violenceoxfam books & music lancaster the volume the spectacle of the body in late medieval england represents a study on the human body representation in medieval england by approaching the concept of the spectacle as a space of manifestationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe approach of the volume is dominantly christian reviewing the representations of the body through outstanding figures of christianity (crucifixion of jesus christ, body of virgin mary)on top of that, the author is making an investigation on the violent character of spectacles -Â representation in pursuit of picturing this subject more clearly and more relevant
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Summarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologyeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald rprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planet
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This book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generallypublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the scrossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideas
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