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Part of the cambridge collectionshade/glass type: clear water glassfinish: brushed nickel(3) 60w candelabra base bulbs
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Part of the cambridge collectionfinish: antique brassshade/glass type: clear water glassmade of hand crafted solid brass
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recovered book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstanceswilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultsall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murderwhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricethe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stop
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It traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestlerhe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingexcellent pages, some edge and board wearnot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is concerned both with the history of language and the language of historythe chapters include studies of societies in germany, china, usa and india, pre-revolutionary france and 19th-century britain and americawords such as "liberty" and "equality" have to be understood in a limited sense in the french and american revolutions, but it would be impossible to understand these events without recourse to these resonant conceptsthe author examines how political declarations and manifestos relate to the societies from which they emanated and for which they aimed to legislateoxfam bookshop carlisle this book is an investigation of how societies have understood and described themselvesthe essays in this book explore the difficulties and the possibilities in understanding language as historical evidence softcover in excellent conditionpages clean and unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Entry into world war ii in to the present, economic constraints rarely limited what the united states did in the worldnow that will changeduring the seven decades from the u
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Chris mcnab has written extensively on military history, martial arts, weapons technology and the practices and history of special forceschrister jorgensen is an expert on military history and has contributed to fighting techniques of the early modern world and battles that changed warfare
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13 history (tony moran's history lesson)title: blood on the dance floor: history in the mixmissing information?8 2 bad (refugee camp mix)1 blood on the dance floor
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Pre-owned thirty-nine page a4 booklet fromthe pursuit of plentypostage included in pricehow and why china invaded india in and the consequences which are relevant todayin good condition and written by the seasoned broadcaster and lecturer on asian affairs, brian crozier
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Illustrated history of the first world war on land sea and in the air some extraordinary photographs of events - nice set of books read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimumby - the great world war - a history: 6 volume set - the gresham publishing company - hardback - cm x 20 cmgeneral editor - frank avolume pages - volume pages - volume pages - (undated) volume pages - (undated) volume pages - volume pages - (undated) these books are all in very good condition - all have firm bindings and clean bright contents - no inscriptions - numerous coloured fold-out maps depicting the various areas of conflict during the warplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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In doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfjohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable cityunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights regionin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesbanias' story starts in canaanite timeswilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near east" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianityoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firm
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Dadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesdadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldthis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and artsdadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol periodthe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literature
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Techniques & technology are examined within the context of the societies that created & utilized themthis is from a multivolume work produced under the auspices of unescoafter an introduction which summarizes briefly the main historical events of the period, the authors deal with such fundamental questions as the formation of the greek & latin tongues, the evolution of the indo-aryan & indo-chinese languagesthe philosophers who laid the basis of all thinking are studied in detailfinally the authors analyze the emergence of literature & artsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit gives a lively, readable global history, illustrated with 80 plates, 14 figures & 17 mapscontents in three parts: from ca bc to ca 500 bc, from 500 bc to the christian era & from the beginning of the christian era to ca ad 500the concept of the greek polis, the formulation of the roman res publica (including the gradual evolution of roman law), the constitution of chinese public administration, are noted in detail as so many important contributions to the conduct of affairsspecial chapters are devoted to the development of religion, which both in the east & in the west was to shape spiritual life for millenniathey describe classical science, which in greece & india created a new relationship between humans & nature
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Oxfam 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 tonearly 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 neighboursmuch 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 coverthe 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 centuriesalthough john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timesthe 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 islandduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallyit 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 formafter years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicilythe worst of them was the massacre in modica insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inside pages are clean and bright
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This book retells and updates this history of a dark age sometimes receiving christian light using new archaeological discovery and interpretationit recounts the development of our nationhood, culture and religious foundationthe first millennium was a struggle for survival and equally a struggle in beliefoxfam books & music lichfield how did a new belief move from the backwaters of oppressed galilee to centres around the mediterranean, across europe and to britain? why did the brutal romans turn christianity into a state religion? did the heathen saxons accept the faith earlier than is thought? how did the native celts assimilate the roman church? what happened to the church with the interference of kings and the invasion of vikings? acceptance of christ's resurrection changed the lives of emperors, kings, bishops, abbots and people, sometimes for good and occasionally with dreadful consequencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprogression of christianity was never inevitable
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It has a unique perspective to manchester united's colourful history, seen through the eyes of some of the nations leading sports reporters of the timesthis book commemorates those manchester united footballing moments dated from , to up to near present daythe measurements of the book are:- 38 cms x 31cms x 2cms local pickup only (if the advert shows the item is still for sale) read morethe book contains original headlines, pictures and articles from newspapers of the times
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Ranging from the extent to which nationalism can be a component of left-wing politics to the difference between bourgeois and socialist revolutions, the book concludes with an extended discussion of the different meanings history has for conservatives, radicals and marxiststhese essays focus on the two great themes of nation and revolution, and the third which links them: the state
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With over 600 maps and charts and internet links throughout, it's pages bring history to lifethe ultimate work of historical referenceit is in immaculate condition with slipcaseseventh edition by richard overyit covers the origins of mankind right through to the turmoil of the 21st centuryrrp ÂŁ75 read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport it traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtontext-block is clean/intact - no highlighting or noteshe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingnot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoverex-library with usual markings and stampsfirst published ; this is the scarcer danube edition of nd impressionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Wells' famous, serialised account of the history of the world, from the beginnings of mankind to the first world warone or two have loose covers each volume shows some wearoxfam bookshop exeter h part 24 has a particularly worn and grubby rear cover with some water damage internallystaples are rusted see oxfam website for delivery information read more used magazines (fortnightly publication) in fair conditionsome have water stains internallypublished by newnes between and volume set, complete
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Peter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern worldsome scuff on the hard cover and edges of the pages see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop st giles street a deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated seventeenth-century europe, killing nearly a quarter of all germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike
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The short & bloody history ofthese books are in good used condition, showing the usual signs of use all spines are in order
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The title is history of western philosophythe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idz
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The title is history 5-11: a guide for teachersbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale condition newthe sleeve condition is newthe item format is a book paperbacksleeve condition-new
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The title is history of filmlocation id 245zthe sleeve condition is newthe item format is a book paperbackbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale for example: idz
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Oxfam shop stourport-on-severn encyclopaedic collection of trains throughout locomotive historysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent condition
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford this book provides a panoramic history of the ancient celtic-speaking peoples form 800bc to adsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spread of celtic power, its expansion, contraction and large-scale extinction is described in detail
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Any hard arsenal fan interested in some arsenal stuff a new scarf not worn two mugs and a book of the arsenals football history through the years read more
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