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The brookings institution was established in with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies andto offer training of a super-graduate character to students of the social sciences"some bw maps and illustrationsaviation historyoxfam bookshop holmfirth america faces the air ageowners name on first page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreparker van zandt the director prepared the introductory volume to a promised series, and he limits himself to outlining the basic setting of the world air transport problemin pursuance of these objects, it initiated in a programme of economic research in aviation under the direction of drjacket torn and soiled as shown
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AbbĂ© jacques-joseph duguet - institution d'un prince ou traitĂ© des qualitez des vertus et des devoirs d'un souverain - pagescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteupon his return to paris, he had to lead a semi-clandestine life interspersed with periods of exiledelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysopposing the bull unigenitus, he withdrew to savoy and wrote a christian-inspired treatise on politics for the duke of savoy, heir to the duke who later became the king of sardiniaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethis posthumous work was published in under the title "institution d'un prince"bindings in good condition, works in their period brown full leather bindings, covers and spines in good condition, friction from use, lacks on the spine of the second volume, red edges, adorned ribbed spines, gilded titling and volume numbers on morocco labelsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis treatise on the education of a prince is the work of one of the most endearing characters of the jansenist party; saint-simon spoke at length about the conversations he had with jacques-joseph duguet at the abbey of la trappe: "we were also deprived of the graces of his conversation and at the same time appalled by the extent of his knowledgehe moved further and further away from the extremist jansenists, which included abbĂ© d'etemare, and died in" this edition is enriched with a long biographical introductioninside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands and ornamental initials, marbled endpapers
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Oxfam shop horsham why have continental european societies developed the idea of the abstract impersonal state as the fundamental institution of political rule? why, on the other hand, has this idea played a relatively insignificant part in the history of english-speaking countries? it is to such questions that this major study is addressedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith clarity and conciseness, kenneth dyson examines the fascinating tapestry of thought about public authority that the state tradition represents, and identifies the major individual contributions to that tapestrycover has some light shelfwear and a single line to the spineinternal pages are clean and unmarked with very slight foxing to some page edgesin addition to offering a clear conceptualisation of state, he deals with such key issues as the role of the intellectual, the social function of state theories, and the difficulties of accommodating state and democracy
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00 masonic â royal masonic institution for boysshop / masonic / masonic regalia masonic â royal masonic institution for boys * * ÂŁ83 in stock - masonic - royal masonic institution for boys quantity 1 + add to basket categories: collectables, masonic, masonic jewels, masonic regalia tags: charity, collectable, craigkiddltd, knottingley, masonic, mbi
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Shop / collectables masonic â royal masonic benevolent institution masonic â royal masonic benevolent institutionhallmarked solid silver, quite rare1 in stock 1 add to basket categories: collectables, masonic tags: charity, collectable, craigkiddltd, knottingley, masonic, mbi
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He was president of the civil and mechanical engineers' society, the institution of mechanical engineers and the institution of civil engineershe was made the head of the office and designed the first outside cylinder locomotive for use in indiabeing a short but complete description of the duties of the young engineer in preliminary and location surveys, and in constructionin he founded the journal engineering and remained an editor for the rest of his lifecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[with the signature on the front endpaper of william henry maw, ()] a rare book, and in remarkably good conditionthe title concludes:- "page 49 has been neatly annotated (see illustration)maw was a british civil engineer and astronomerour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeborn into a seafaring family and orphaned at age 16, maw was taken into the workshops of the eastern counties railway as an assistant before progressing to the design office as a draughtsmanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki" small thin octavo, pp (ii), 75, with the errata slip loosely attached after the title page, with blank pages at the rear for notes (unused), original green cloth, the corners very slightly worn, a very faint mark on the upper coverhe left the railway and became a consulting engineer; his many works include printing presses for several newspapers and magazines
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Argou - institution au droit françois - - second volumeinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, marbled endpaperscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few days"this book enjoyed an excellent reputation and gave rise to several reissuesbinding in good condition, book in its period brown full leather binding, visible lacks on the headcap, rubbed corners, lacks, marbled edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling and volume numberour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ (dezobry and bachelet, i, pargou sums up and clearly condenses the principles of french law, such as previous works did for the 18th century, and thus expresses the movement towards unity and the fusion of various elements of old france, that was becoming popular at the time
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Argou - institution au droit françois - - first volumea lovely edition of this book which enjoyed an excellent reputation and gave rise to several reissuescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebinding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, friction from use, pigmented red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titlingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiâ (dezobry and bachelet, iargou sums up and clearly condenses the principles of french law, such as previous works did for the 18th century, and thus expresses the movement towards unity and the fusion of various elements of old france, that was becoming popular at the timeinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands and culs-de-lampe, charming initials, handwritten additions on one page, in lovely overall condition
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âlooking at earthâ by priscilla strain and national air & space museum smithsonian institutionâfrom the unique and dramatic perspective of space, the new book, published in conjunction with the smithsonian institution / national air & space museum, reveals as never before the patterns and symmetry of earthly landscapesa large book with over 300 pages290 photos, many in full colourin good condition, no torn pagessatellite images, dynamic colour photographs and photo mosaics show the magnificent diversity of human-created features and natural processes that have shaped our planetthis is a fantastic book !! stunning visual images collected by spacecraft and remote-sensing equipment
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âlooking at earthâ by priscilla strain and national air & space museum smithsonian institutionâfrom the unique and dramatic perspective of space, the new book, published in conjunction with the smithsonian institution / national air & space museum, reveals as never before the patterns and symmetry of earthly landscapesa large book with over 300 pagessatellite images, dynamic colour photographs and photo mosaics show the magnificent diversity of human-created features and natural processes that have shaped our planetcan post if requireda fantastic book !! stunning visual images collected by spacecraft and remote-sensing equipmentgreat condition, no torn pages
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's not long, however, before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building, along with the deranged serial killer known as bloody face (zachary quinto), begin to make their presence feltat the briarcliff mental institution, run by the catholic church and its founder monsignor timothy howard (joseph fiennes), journalist lana winters (sarah paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatmentthe episodes are: 'welcome to briarcliff', 'tricks and treats', 'nor'easter', 'i am anne frank: part 1', 'i am anne frank: part 2', 'the origins of monstrosity', 'dark cousin', 'unholy night', 'the coat hanger', 'the name game', 'spilt milk', 'continuum' and 'madness ends'oxfam shop colne road all 13 episodes from the second season of the american horror anthology that follows the past and present events at a massachusetts asylum for the criminally insane
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit's not long, however, before she finds herself confronting untold horrors as the evil that permeates the building, along with the deranged serial killer known as bloody face (zachary quinto), begin to make their presence feltdiscs and case in very good conditionat the briarcliff mental institution, run by the catholic church and its founder monsignor timothy howard (joseph fiennes), journalist lana winters (sarah paulson) arrives to investigate claims of patient mistreatmentthe episodes are: 'welcome to briarcliff', 'tricks and treats', 'nor'easter', 'i am anne frank: part 1', 'i am anne frank: part 2', 'the origins of monstrosity', 'dark cousin', 'unholy night', 'the coat hanger', 'the name game', 'spilt milk', 'continuum' and 'madness ends'oxfam bookshop carlisle the second season of american horror story (-present), that follows the past and present events at a massachusetts asylum for the criminally insane
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Hannah roberts offers new insights into a previously little studied british military institution, which celebrates its centenary inusing 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 warssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 membersshe 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 womenoxfam shop nether edge the women's royal naval service (wrns) was created in , re-formed in and maintained afterfrom onward the wrns spread internationally and subverted the combat taboo by adopting semi-combatant rolesalthough 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 origins
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Seeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundmodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read morecontaining illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacy
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Fbi agent olivia dunham (torv) suspects a sinister presence behind the bizarre and unexplained goings on which have been occurring and enlists the help of a scientist who has been in a mental institution for the last 17 years, walter bishop (noble), along with his son peter (jackson)jones', 'the equation', 'the dreamscape', 'safe', 'bound', 'the no-brainer', 'the transformation', 'ability', 'inner child', 'unleashed', 'bad dreams', 'midnight', 'the road not taken' and 'there's more than one of everything'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreepisodes comprise: 'pilot', 'the same old story', 'the ghost network', 'the arrival', 'power hungry', 'the cure', 'in which we meet mrtogether the team investigates various cases which go beyond the realms of normal police work and soon begins to uncover a trail leading to a global corporation called massive dynamicoxfam bookshop ipswich sci-fi television series, co-created by jj abrams and starring anna torv, joshua jackson and john noble, about a team which investigates cases of strange phenomena that exist on the fringes of science
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The ambulance of the psychiatric institution tintin and cigars of the pharaohtintin and the land of black gold the jeep of tintin and the land of black goldthe berline of mitsuhiratopackaging missing (though a box)catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitestill sealed in foiltintin in tibetall cars are in very good condition, packaging can be damagedthe blue lotustintin in americathe taxi of new delhitintin and cigars of the pharaohthe red racing carour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store8 tintin cars scale 1:43 herge - moulinsartthe castafiore emerald the 2cv citroĂ«n crashedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilincoln torpedowill be packaged with care and shipped quickly with registered track & trace
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24 - the deterioration institution - st edition - sc - reading fold no43 - tomato paste - st edition - sc - no41 - urbanus' daughter - st edition - sc - noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website38 - urbanio and oktaviĂ«tta - st edition - sc - no03 - the daddy school genius - - reprint - sc - no11 - the tenor of tollembeek - st edition - sc - black / white - name sticker on the front page48 - the tyranny of eufrazie - st edition - sc - no26 - de spellekeszot - st edition - sc - no119 - it's clean again - st edition - sc - no34 - the flying gold ring - st edition - sc - reading fold and damage, name on inner cover no04 - urbanus on uranus - ? - reprint - sc - black / white no21 - de sponskes race - st edition - sc - no35 - the forced urbanus - st edition - sc - no22 - the closed case - st edition - sc - no45 - the greasy vampires - st edition - sc - no76 - the know-it-all - st edition - sc - no47 - the harem of urbanus - - reprint - sc - no16 - the slum cop - st edition - sc - no07 - against the thick decks - st edition - sc - black / white no19 - dieselman - st edition - sc - no42 - the depression of urbanus - - reprint - sc - no05 - the failed mirakel - st edition - stapled - black and white no32 - urbanus advertises - st edition - sc - noour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store01 - the chip shop mystery - - reprint - sc - no27 - the jef patatten invasion - st edition - sc - no10 - ambras in the class - st edition - sc - black / white no13 - radio salami - st edition - sc - no29 - the slave of tollembeek - - reprint - sc - sticker print on back cover no30 - thirty flops - st edition - sc - no51 - farewell, eufrazie - st edition - sc - no55 - the ghost in the coffee pot - st edition - sc - no122 - the pepper bulb cure - st edition - sc - no33 - the oeuvre of hors d'oeuvre - st edition - sc - no12 - must get married! - ? - reprint - sc - name stamp on front page120 - rachidje is flat - st edition - sc - no160 - juul crapuul - st edition - sc - no18 - the merry little cap - st edition - sc - no06 - the amusement park squirters - st edition - stapled - black / white no25 - the seven plagues - st edition - sc - z20 - the artificial orphan - st edition - sc - without single no31 - the six turves - st edition - sc - noare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki09 - the fooling with the bag - st edition - sc - black / white no08 - the guinea pigs - st edition - sc - black / white no50 - the hot urbanus - - reprint - sc - no46 - urbanus stretching his snippelepipke - st edition - sc - no53 - game over! - st edition - sc - no44 - a handsome black is also not wrong - st edition - sc - no161 - the milked pigeons - st edition - sc - read more23 - urbanellalala - st edition - sc - nocatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available02 - the hittentitten are not in favor - - reprint - sc - no15 - the flea circus - st edition - sc - no36 - aroffnogneu - st edition - sc - no40 - the sewers of tollembeek - - reprint - sc - r52 - urbanus' stepmother - st edition - sc - no136 - the killer cook - st edition - sc - no39 - leute for the mob - st edition - sc - no54 - the last days of urbanus - st edition - sc - no61 - candy depoo - - reprint - sc - no17 - the little tyrant - st edition - sc - no14 - the birth of urbanus - st edition - sc - no37 - thirty regions of the pig - st edition - sc - noand you can comb your hair with it - st edition - sc - no49 - nabuko donosor gets in the way - st edition - sc - no
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With increasing doubts about the institution of slavery"a powerful ending that explains how the experience with the barbary states compelled many americans to look inwardallison's study provides a context for understanding more recent developments, such as america's tendency to demonize figures like iran's khumaini, libya's qaddafi, and iraq's saddamoxfam bookshop knutsford from the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the middle east, encounters with the muslim world have helped americans define national identity and purposebulliet, journal of interdisciplinary history"this book should be widely readlesch, middle east journal"allison's incisive and informative account of the fledgling republic's encounter with the muslim world is a revelation with a special pertinence to today's international sceneeaton, eighteenth century studies see oxfam website for delivery information read morefocusing on america's encounter with the barbary states of north africa from to , robert allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of islam in the american mind as the new nation constructed its ideology and system of government
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Together they cover the institution in manifold ways: the history, architecture, the poetics, prominent pupils, cultural traditions etcthe editorial note is done by margrit pernau
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Friend of elvis and the beatles, the iconic figure of dewey cox bestrides the decades, churning out the hits in a career that has taken him from hick balladeer to national institutionalthough he's tried every drug known to man, and bedded more than his fair share of beautiful women, the time has come for dewey to face his greatest test - trying to win the heart of his beautiful backing singer darlene (jenna fischer)reilly plays it strictly for laughs in this irreverent spoof biopic of fictional rock and roll legend dewey coxoxfam shop colne road john cbut with his popularity showing no signs of abating, will the rock and roll maverick finally be able to put his hell-raising life behind him and settle down to a life of domestic bliss? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This london institution is steeped in history and tradition, and its origins can be traced back to when edward iii granted london's citizens a charter concerning the market rights of the city of londonjackson's invaluable advice on selecting fish, sustainability, techniques for fish preparation and over 80 delicious recipesthis unique and exciting book celebrates the market's fascinating history and explores market life todayoxfam bookshop royal exchange square billingsgate is the uk's largest and most famous inland fish market, offering buyers the opportunity to see the widest selection of fish in the united kingdomsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreevery monday to saturday, a bell is tolled and london's "free and open market for all sorts of fish whatsoever" opens for businessthis is essential reading for anyone with a love of cooking and an interest in the history of one of london's greatest marketstoday billingsgate market is based in london's docklands where, at 5 aamusing stories from the floor and facts and trivia about the market are combined with c
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It is intended to inform fellows and students of the founding and evolution of the institutionboth book and dust jacket are in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop mutley plain the book marks the 20th year of the council of the college of optometrists
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This book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary stateoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentthis text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governancehowever, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedthis book fills this gapthe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Grant hayter-menzies chronicles not only the lives and eventual rescue of these noble creatures, who after years of deprivation and suffering found respite in the old war horse memorial hospital established by dorothy, but also the story of the challenges of founding and maintaining an animal-rescue institution on this scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe legacy of the old war horse memorial hospital and its founder endures today in the dozens of international brooke animal-welfare facilities dedicated to improving the lives of working horses, donkeys and mules across africa, asia and latin americabrought to the middle east by british forces during the great war, these ex-cavalry horses had been left behind at the war's end, abandoned as used equipment too costly to send homeoxfam shop arnold in wealthy scottish socialite dorothy brooke followed her new husband to cairo, where she discovered thousands of suffering former british war horses leading lives of toil and misery
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However, this institution is today coming to an end, not in the sense that states are disappearing, but in the sense that they are increasingly failing to protect us from our own violenceyet it is the states that essentially commit major forms of violence, such as genocides, ethnic cleansings, and large-scale massacres, against their own citizenssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif they cannot-if we cannot-find enemies outside the state, they will find them insidethat is why the violent sacrifices that they ask from us, in wars and even in times of peace, have now become barrenin this book paul dumouchel argues that this paradoxical reversal of the state's primary function into violence against its own members is not a mere accident but an ever-present possibility that is inscribed in the structure of the modern stateoxfam books & music lancaster according to political theory, the primary function of the modern state is to protect its citizens-both from each other and from external enemiesmodern states need enemies to exist and to persist, not because they are essentially evil but because modern politics constitutes a violent means of protecting us against our own violence
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His work explores forms related to nigerian folklore, myths, and legendscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteonobrakpeya is not only the grandfather of modern nigerian art, but is also widely regarded as a national herohe was trained in the western tradition of figurative artand at the malmö konsthall in malmö, swedenbruce onobrakpeya ame evie erlme, size: 106 x 78 cm media: lithography (plastograph) signed by the artist very good condition, some foxing bruce obomeyoma onobrakpeya (born august ) is a nigerian engraver, painter, and sculptora large part of his work uses stylistic elements and compositions derived from traditional african sculpture and decorative artsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehe has exhibited at the tate modern in london, at the smithsonian institution's national museum of african art in washington, dvery rare lithograph of one of africa's greatest artistsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs"the evolution of civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morequigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion"
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Oxfam bookshop truro "a stunning, comprehensive volume prepared in cooperation with the smithsonian institution"book is in very good condition, with some slight wear including a small crease on the top right hand corner of the coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontains all of jelly roll morton's piano music, alongside photos and essays about the composer and his music
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