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The case study of vanitas, volthe order of the evening may be small talk and hobnobbing with fellow guests, but the mystery of the curse-bearers is never too far behind2 format: paperback
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The case study of vanitas 6, isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free p&p in the uk
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Title: the shankill butchers: a case study of mass murderauthor(s): martin dillonbinding: paperback
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Why have strategies to combat hunger, especially in india, failed so badly? how did a nation that prides itself on booming economic growth come to have half of its preschool population undernourished? using the case study of a world bank nutrition project in india, this book takes on these questions and probes the issues surrounding development assistance, strategies to eliminate undernutrition, and how hunger should be fundamentally understood and addressedbook description;Â very slight wear at the head and tail of the spine, otherwise as newoxfam bookshop beverley we live in an increasingly prosperous world, yet the estimated number of undernourished people has risen, and will continue to rise with the doubling of food pricesin this process, the source of nutrition policy in the world bank is traced to those affected by the policies in indiathroughout the book, the underlying tension between choice and circumstance is exploredthis book is not just about nutritiona large majority of those affected are living in indiasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is an attempt to uncover the workings of power through a close look at the structures, discourses, and agencies through which nutrition policy operateshow much are individuals able to determine their life choices? how much should policy-makers take underlying social forces into account when designing policy? this book examines the possibilities, and obstacles, to eliminating child hunger
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The applied study of naturally fractured reservoirs seeks to constrain this uncertainty by developing new understanding, and is necessarily a broad, integrated, interdisciplinary topicoxfam bookshop lymington new book, still in shrink-wrapgeological society special publication 374their complex behaviour during production has traditionally proved difficult to predict, causing a large degree of uncertainty in reservoir developmentthis book addresses some of the challenges and advances in knowledge, approaches, concepts, and methods used to characterize the interplay of rock matrix and fracture networks, relevant to fluid flow and hydrocarbon recoverysee oxfam website for delivery information read morenaturally fractured reservoirs constitute a substantial percentage of remaining hydrocarbon resources; they create exploration targets in otherwise impermeable rocks, including under-explored crystalline basement; and they can be used as geological stores for anthropogenic carbon dioxide
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The british government's approach to policy-making in the field of islamic governance from the first world war through to the early cold war is the case study for this book, both because of the extensive documentation that exists on the period and because of its relevance to the current geo-political worldoxfam bookshop victoria the caliphate question combines the disciplines of theology, history, and international relations in order to approach the complex and sensitive issue of how western governments in this case the british have historically engaged with foreign policy issues that have centered around questions of theology or faithwhile the book is not a critique of current british foreign policy, it does seek to furnish policy-makers and commentators with a framework within which such increasingly necessary policy-making can be created see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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146 organisations were included for the database sample and 29 in the case studyoxfam books & music totnes a report published by the department for education and skills of a research project assessing the involvement of children and young people in the making of the decisions which affect themdoes paper backpertinent and contemporaneous see oxfam website for delivery information read morea little edge and corner wear to the covers but no marks and good bindingthe survey aims to capture the intentions, actions and efficacy of the various different organisations sampled
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The essays collected in this book untangle these difficulties in new and exciting ways through revealing case study material and sophisticated theoretical expositionsthe book contains a wide-ranging review of the literature on subjectivity across the social and human sciences
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Oxfam shop worcester an archaeological study of the bayeux tapestry provides a unique re-examination of this famous piece of work through the historical geography and archaeology of the tapestryby comparing illustrated extracts from the tapestry to historical and contemporary illustrations, maps and reconstructions rowley is able to provide the reader with a unique visual setting against which they are able to place the events on the tapestrytrevor rowley is the first author to have analysed the tapestry through the landscapes, buildings and structures shown, such as towns and castles, while comparing them to the landscapes, buildings, ruins and earthworks which can be seen todayfinally, rowley tackles the missing end of the tapestry, suggesting the places and events which would have been depicted on this portion of william?s journey to westminstersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis approach allows rowley to challenge a number of generally accepted assumptions regarding the location of several scenes in the tapestry, most controversially suggesting that william may never have gone to hastings at all
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Golden age of flemish harpsicord making: a study of mim's ruckers instruments, paperback by vandervellan, pascale (edt), isbn , isbn-13 , like new used, free p&p in the uk offers fascinating research and sheds new light on the heritage of 16 harpisicords in the collection of the musical instruments museum, brussels
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A somewhat controversial study here as a signed first editionoxfam books & music totnes subtitle “the definitive study of a great literary figure and the cycles of opinion amount his critics”the edges of the text block are slightly grubby but there are no marks other than the dedication and the binding is goodhoughton mifflin hardback with intact djthere is a full page dedication on the title page to ben and ethel, dated september 63the dj is protected with a transparent jacketthis is a “revaluation of the entire body of henry james’s writing” and takes issue with the status which james holds with american intellectualssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards covered in grey cloth with black lettering to front and spine
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Nice study of the classic ceres 25 centimes with duplications for shades and cancellationscleanly presented in hawid pouches on cardstock with typescript annotations of the shades and cancellationsall conditions, but vg/f overall, shades to look at, collector's materialthree non-catalogued varietiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewith a new ' reprint' specimen, a 'red grille' cancellation specimen and a proofa very interesting setcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith a pair alone and one pair on a letter
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The empress and the heavenly masters a study of the
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Belgium - leopold ii fine beard - study of print, varieties and nuances - obp / cob read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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A historical study of women in jamaica, (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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study of pueblo pottery, paperback by cushing, frank hamilton, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free shipping in the us
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A study of denman"a truly beautiful item for any horse racing fan 24 inches x 20 inches number absolutely beautiful picturedue to size & weight, local collection only from mk42 kempstonsigned paul nicholls & sam thomas (jockey)large framed limited edition printby caroline cook
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The text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary oneapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artspecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our time
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More specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of sciencethe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first time" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of lifeunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichmentoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new condition"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 yearshimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period
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Main topics include: estimation and comparison of measures of accuracy, including receiver operating characteristic curves; regression frame-works for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors; and sample size calculations and other issues pertinent to study designbook cover contains a few marks but item is in generally good condition'the statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction' will be of interest to quantitative researchers and to practicing statisticiansthe book also covers the theoretical foundations for statistical inference and will be of interest to academic statisticiansoxfam books & music norwich the use of clinical and laboratory information to detect conditions and predict patient outcomes is a mainstay of medical practiceadditional topics include: meta-analysis for summarizing the results of multiple studies of a test; the evaluation of markers for predicting event time data; and procedures for combining the results of multiple tests to improve classificationa variety of worked examples are providedproblems relating to missing and imperfect reference data are discussed in detailinternal pages are clean and free of markssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book describes the statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating the accuracy of medical tests
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This collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguethe catalogue of women, ascribed to hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the godsthe wider influence of the catalogue is considered in chapters on pindar and the lyric tradition, on hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at romeindividual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to womenin this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and receptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Here, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingfremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the livingaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikeusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightenedluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imagerythe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhism
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Oxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldoxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morean outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mind
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As david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrectwhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture todaytracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced todaywhite retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishvirtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearsoxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practice
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The 90 page introduction is masterly, and any reader must be the wiser for this study of the development of devotional spirituality in the west; besides his appreciation colledge does not hesitate to point out the failings of some of the more popular devotional writers and the abuses which rose from misunderstood passages in their writingshe also explores the extent of christianity's borrowings from other faiths and philosophies, with many quotations and opens up a larger perspective for the texts which make up the body of the bookoxfam bookshop new milton the writings of the english mystics have now largely been recovered from historical obscurity and are gradually being edited and printedthis edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledge this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianity the dust jacket has a little fraying on the bottom edge but is otherwise in very good condition for its agesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pages
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Oxfam bookshop victoria the oxford handbook of early christian apocrypha addresses issues and themes that arise in the study of early christian apocryphal literaturethe volume also considers questions such as which ancient readers read early christian apocrypha, their place in christian spirituality, and their place in contemporary popular culture and contemporary theological discoursethese include their contribution to our understanding of developing theological understandings of jesus, the apostles and other important figures such as maryit discusses key texts including the gospel of thomas, the gospel of mary, the gospel of peter, letters attributed to paul, peter, and jesus, and acts and apocalypses written about or attributed to different apostlesit also addresses the value of these texts as potential sources for knowledge of the historical jesus, and for debates about jewish-christian relations, the practice of christian worship, and developing understandings of asceticism, gender and sexuality, etcsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one consists of authoritative surveys of the main branches of apocryphal literature (gospels, acts, epistles, apocalypses, and related literature) and part two considers key issues that they raise
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Oxfam bookshop kingsbridge in this third year of our continuing investigation of buddhist philosophy, we begin our study of madhyamaka, the middle way schoolvolume 3 in the padma samye ling shedra seriesin this book, the venerable khenpo rinpoches use shantarakshita's famous madhyamakalankara (the ornament of the middle way) and commentaries by longchenpa and mipham rinpoche to explore yogachara madhyamakathe commentarial tradition is characterized by prasangika and svatantrika madhyamaka, and svatantrika itself includes the sautrantika and yogachara madhyamaka schoolsin excellent conditionmadhyamaka is a direct teaching on the essential nature, free from all extremessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit can be divided into two categories: true reality madhyamaka and word madhyamakathe practice of true reality madhyamaka is divided into ground, path and fruit, whereas word madhyamaka is divided into teachings and commentariestrue reality madhyamaka is the absolute, inexpressible nature the mother of all the victorious ones; word madhyamaka describes this absolute naturethis tradition is generally associated with the "three great masters of the east": jnanagarbha, shantarakshita, and kamalashila
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Oxfam bookshop preston this volume contains thirty-one state-of-the-art contributions from leading figures in the study of emotion todayit will be a vital resource not only for scholars and graduate students but also for undergraduates who are finding their way into this fascinating topicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone interested in the philosophy of emotion, and its wide-ranging implications in other related fields such as morality and aesthetics, will want to consult this bookthe volume addresses all the central philosophical issues in current emotion research, including: the nature of emotion and of emotional life; the history of emotion from plato to sartre; emotion and practical reason; emotion and the self; emotion, value, and morality; and emotion, art and aesthetics
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But can they find the hill killer before he strikes again? 'a gripping whodunnit and a subtle study of the mind of a psychopath' daily maildiscover the first edge-of-your seat novel in the bestselling simon serrailler series that over one million readers have devouredthey all disappear on the hillthen a young girl, an old man and even a dog disappear in quick succession in exactly the same placeonly one thing links their casesa woman vanishes in the fog up on the hill in laffertonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe police have one lead - a pair of expensive cuff-links found in her flat, with a mysterious note attached to themoxfam shop colne road people are going missingyoung policewoman freya graffham and chief inspector simon serrailler are given the task of unravelling the mystery
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