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The ghost road is a vivid and unforgettable account of the devastating final months of the first world warthe regeneration trilogy:regenerationthe eye in the doorthe ghost road see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg the booker prize-winning final novel in pat barker's classic 'regeneration' trilogy - from the acclaimed author of the silence of the girls'an extraordinary tour de forcea triumph' sunday times'harrowing, original, unforgettable' independent, the closing months of the waras rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, prior and owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generationarmy psychiatrist william rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care - particularly billy prior, who is about to return to combat in france with young poet wilfred owenone of the few real masterpieces of late twentieth-century british fiction' jonathan coe'powerful, deeply moving
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In this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new right "a forceful, encyclopedic studysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophy"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsfine unclipped dust-wrapperoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits
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With funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's worknearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placesee oxfam website for delivery information read morealso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographywinston link photographsoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of o
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The intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involvedbook condition: minor shelf wearthis volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearthis rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economygood governance is analysed, as is corporate governance see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problemthe assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continent
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Oxfam shop colne road the second book in philippa's stunning new series, the cousins war, brings to life the story of margaret beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - the white queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of the war of the rosessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough collaboration with the dowager queen elizabeth woodville, margaret agrees a betrothal between henry and elizabeth's daughter, thereby uniting the families and resolving the cousins war once and for all by founding of the tudor dynastythe red queen tells the story of the child-bride of edmund tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of york under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for richard iii and ultimately ensure that her only son, henry tudor, triumphs as king of england
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edthe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areaswith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologythese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contexts) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencein philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfpoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theory
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The binding on the lower part of the spine has worn away resulting in slight loosing of the pages; the upper part is in better condition on the inside front cover there are two bits of writing and there is foxing throughout the book the front and back of the binding has discoloured and the corners have buffed  this work includes an essay on the life and genius of dr johnson this is vol 1 of x11 volumesthe front cover has a librarian's  sticker on it the pages themselves are intact including the frontispiecesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop aylesbury published in , this book is in fair condition
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The seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of marsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comefor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsthe "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominance
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And finds himself in the crosshairs of the teen titans! plus, out of the depths of the san francisco bay rises king shark, backed by an army of mutant shark-people! outnumbered and outoxfam books & music perth the new adventures of the teen titans continue, with damian wayne at the helm! as the teen titans adjust to their new lives at titans tower, damian investigates a series of strange disappearances in san franciscomeanwhile, aqualad, jackson hyde, heads west to fulfill his destiny2! written by benjamin percy (green arrow) with stunning art by khoi pham see oxfam website for delivery information read moreteethed, can damian, the teen titans and their new ally jackson hyde defend their city from the jaws of disaster? the newest era of one of dc's greatest super-teams continues in teen titans vol
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Birgitte nyborg christensen (sidse babett knudsen) is elected to power on the back of her winning combination of idealism and determinationthe episodes comprise: 'decency in the middle', 'count to 90', 'the art of possible', '100 days', 'men who love women', 'state visit', 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil', 'the silly season', 'divide and rule' and 'the first tuesday in october'oxfam shop south woodford the first season of the danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as prime minister alters her behaviourhowever, once in place as denmark's first female leader, will she find that the demands of power force her to compromise or alter her perspective? her chief source of guidance is spin doctor kasper juul (johan philip asbæk), who has to contend with the likes of pushy news anchor katrine fønsmark (birgitte hjort sorensen), emblem of the controversy-hungry media birgitte must alternatively court and hold at baysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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From the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldenas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by oneand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himi loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moretasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian seaoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottompraise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking talea remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkablebut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must domore twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the startno man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out alive
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Oxfam books & music durham the victors is a breathtaking new work from bestselling historian stephen eit follows the momentous events of the war from d-day, 6 june , through to the final days when the allied soldiers pushed the german troops out of france, chased them across germany, and, on 7 may , destroyed the nazi regimeat the centre of this epic drama are the citizen soldiers, the boys who became men as they fought, proving eventually unbeatabledrawing from his extensive research for his previous bestselling books on the conflict, ambrose creates one of the most exciting single-volume histories of the second world war ever writtenthe victors is a compelling celebration of military genius and heroism, and of camaraderie and couragesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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What they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarywhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicinethe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientcassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdoma very clean and tidy copy
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Controversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessmentoxfam books & music durham what happened to the allied armies in normandy in the months after d-day, ? why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? why did the british take so long to capture caen? why did the us infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of omaha beach? who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - eisenhower or montgomery? how did the germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive allied force for more than two months? and if enigma was allowing the allies to read german battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?the battle of normandy re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sides(oral history forms a large part of the book) it also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: eisenhower, bradley, patton, montgomery, crerar and, of course, rommelsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienashe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianocasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalathe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwearsuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadofirst edition publishedoxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next century
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square in this comprehensive history, john keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all timein knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of crete, the carrier battle of midway, the tank battle of falaise, the city battle of berlin, and the amphibious battle of okinawa, keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a wholehe focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfaresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmoninternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearthe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edgesthis book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishhe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativefor those interested in marine lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needs
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It sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present daythey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuriesthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicoxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedthe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are describedthis book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish culturedescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscripts
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Keller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it rightiacp award winner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed french laundry restaurant in the napa valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the united states" (the new york times)and this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a french laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused coursesoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the french laundry cookbook thomas keller good, price not clipped, slight wear to the dust jacket and boardsif you can't get to the french laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience wine spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it getsone hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the french laundry kitchen-no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchens"  see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, the french laundry cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of america's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both uniquethe most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor thomas keller himself no signs of usemost dazzling is how simple keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastes
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The episodes are: 'it happened 'that night'', 'blood is the new black', 'kingdom of the blind', 'birds of a feather', 'that girl is poison', 'the remains of the 'a'', 'crazy', 'stolen kisses', 'the kahn game', 'what lies beneath', 'single fright female', 'the lady killer', 'this is 'a' dark ride', 'she's better now', 'mona mania', 'misery loves company', 'out of the frying pan, into the inferno', 'dead to me', 'what becomes of the broken hearted', 'hot water', 'out of sight, out of mind', 'will the circle be unbroken', 'i'm your puppet' and 'a dangerous game'the show follows four friends in the fictional town of rosewood, pennsylvania, who, after the leader of their group goes missing, start receiving mysterious messages which threaten to reveal their darkest secretssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road all 24 episodes from the third season of the us drama based on the novels by sara shepard
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiinusual art deco fireplace sculpture with two very stylized herons from the art deco perioddue to the size, weight and delicacy of the batch, it will have a customized packaging (wooden frame and protected inside)interestingly enough, the bodies are in technical think and are sustained on the legs, made in brass or bronzedue to its high price it will not be sent to cyprus, greece of maltathe front part of the marble is of a variegated brown colour, and in the centre there is an ornament made of steel and brassthey are sustained on a black marble basethe shipping price for spain is only for the peninsula, please ask for the prise to the islandsplease 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 storethe photos are part of the descriptioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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As the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative teambut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterythe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely on
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In the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathologyin addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categorywhat we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindsthey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownin some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingin reading other minds, the imagination plays a central roleas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mindhowever, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingthe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviournone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanismssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centurywhat has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacityoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our livesnichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreading
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Dadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplesoxfam 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 perioddadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactionthe first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literature
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President woodrow wilson and with two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionin a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, fall of giants moves seamlessly from washington to st petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mightytheir destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to uthe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morelady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonoxfam shop pershore the first in ken follett's bestselling century trilogy, fall of giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the first world war, the russian revolution, and the struggle for votes for womenthe coronation day of king george v
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It is not surprising that a figure such as verdi should have inspired an enormous amount of books, articles, essays, and critical evaluationfor those who have not spent years with verdi literature or who may just be starting to explore some aspect of the giant's life and works, this foundation may seem daunting indeedit is primarily for these researchers that this volume is intended, although it is hoped that specialists will also find it to be usefulthis verdi biography is dealt with as a simple story to be read in one go - in which thoughts concerning personal and professional events in his life flow in simplicity, while continuing to respect the importance of chronological ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read moretoday, verdi scholars build their work on a vast foundation of earlier researchhis death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national heroits purpose is to index and describe some of the most significant studies about the composer and his music, presenting enough material - in a sort of stream of consciousness, using annotations that readers may survey the myriad directions verdi research has gone, ascertain the relevance of individual items to their individual interests, and easily pursue significant patterns and threads in which they are interestedoxfam bookshop wallingford the works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of giuseppe verdi
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Oxfam shop balham the hidden mothertexts by massimiliano gioni, geoffrey batchen and a conversation between francesco zanot and linda fregni naglerthe iterations vary and in some cases the hidden mother is revealed by the detail of a single hand, or in some cases the parent literally hides, ensuring that the identity is; of the child is transposed onto his ownvery slight shelf wear to bottom edge of front coverfirst edition (first edition) a haunting and now very hard to find bookthese hiding mothers can be spotted in the background of each of these portraits - looming behind their children, wrapped in blankets, rugs and brocades as they support their ancestry which represents the central subjectby creating and defining a sub-genre of photography, fregni nagler has accumulated images that repeat a particular gesture: the denial of the parent in the interest of readability; of childsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreco-published with the nouveau musée national de monacothe hidden mother eegrave; composed of photographs (from daguerreotypes to business cards), all examples of a now redundant practice: masking or hiding a parent against the background of a child's portrait, a common procedure from the advent of photography until the s, when exposure times were relatively slow and a hiding parent had to hold the baby stillthe many bubbling themes beneath the surface of his collection are unified by the singular principle of erasing - as if this gesture spoke of the nature of serious parenting; itself, or the place of women in a serious society; patriarchal, where it is imagined without a serious identitycolor plates 4to
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Luminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedhere, 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 livingover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikethe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentusing 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 moreoxfam 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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The greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menacewith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worlda man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistaalone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumthe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasionpraise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallsoxfam shop colne road warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare
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A team of american agents with experience of dealing with shining dawn is brought in to the grid to assist section bamong them is a english woman and former washington agent, juliet shaw (anna chancellor), who knows more than a few sensitive secrets about harry's (peter firth) pastin this series, as the team members of section b are attending danny's funeral, the church is rocked by the shockwave of a percussive blastdemanding the release of their incarcerated leader, the terrorists threaten to detonate a bomb, each designed to cause the maximum number of casualties, in central london every ten hours until their demands are metepisodes are: 'the special (part 1)'; 'the special (part 2)'; 'divided they fall'; 'road trip'; 'the book'; 'the innocent'; 'syria'; 'the russian'; 'the sting'; and 'diana'oxfam shop queen's road all 10 episodes from the fourth series of the television espionage drama, following a team of officers in mi5see oxfam website for delivery information read morea bomb has exploded in a nearby market area and an american-based group calling itself shining dawn is claiming responsibility for the atrocity
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