The crutch of memory
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice copy of one of british author john brunner's early novels, centered around a troubled young man on holiday to greece and his relationship with a hitch hiker, and the journey of personal discovery this leads tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, with some discolouration to the edges of the pages from dust
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The art of memory by frances ayates (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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Yambo, a sixty-ish rare book dealer who lives in milan has suffered a loss of memory; not the kind of memory neurologists call 'semantic' (yambo remembers all about julius caesar and can recite every poem he has ever read), but rather his 'autobiographical' memory: he no longer knows his own name, doesn't recognize his wife or his daughters, doesn't remember anything about his parents or his childhoodthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadas he recovers his memory, two voids remain shrouded in fog: a terrible event he experienced during the resistance, and the vague image of a girl whom he loved at sixteen, then lostbut a relapse occursyambo promptly retreats to the sprawling attic, cluttered with boxes of newspapers, comics, records, photo albums and adolescent diariesthere, he relives the story of his generation: mussolini, catholic education and guilt, josephine baker, flash gordon, cyrano de bergeracyambo struggles through the frames to find at last the face of the girl he loves: she descends the stairs of their high school and morphs into a dante-esque promise (or threat) of the afterlife, as he struggles harder to capture her simple, innocent, real-life image - the schoolgirl he never forgotsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in very good conditionthe dustjacket shows very minor shelf wear onlynow in a coma, his memories run wild, and life racing before his eyes takes the form of a graphic novelmultiple colour illustrationshis wife, who is at his side as he slowly begins to recover, convinces him to return to his family home in the hills somewhere between milan and turincopiously illustrated throughout with images from comics, book jackets, record sleeves and other printed ephemera, the mysterious flame is a fascinating and hugely entertaining new novel from the incomparable umberto ecosigned by author on title pagethe red cloth boards with gold illustration and text are in very good condition
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitapestry representing "persistence of memory" by salvador daliour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe tapestry is lined, as shown in the photosthe tapestry is fromperfect condition (see photos)this series consisted of 500 copiesthe numbered certificate of authenticity is absent (it had to be removed during the lining of the tapestry)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Sticks of memory for computer 512mb and some other sticks of memory no longer needed read more
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Three days later she comes round, but her memory is damagedsomeone hidden, watching her every move, with their own agenda and their own twisted version of realitymore disturbingly, there's no evidence that she ever lived there, forcing the police to question whether evie's having some kind of breakdownshe knows her name - evie - but no more, until she remembers another nameoxfam shop dumfries the death of her is a haunting psychological thriller from debbie howells, author of the bestselling richard and judy book club success the bones of youa woman's body is discovered on a cornish farm, battered and left for dead in a maize fieldangel - her three-year-old daughteras the police circulate evie's photo, someone recognizes herhaunting, compelling' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read morecharlotte knew her years ago, at school, when another child went missingleah danning, who vanished whilst in evie's carepraise for the bones of you'a dazzling debutwhen the police search evie's home, there's no sign of angelbut even from the darkest place she's ever known, evie believes her daughter is alivethe police remain unconvinced - unaware that on the fringes of evie's life, there's someone elseairlifted to hospital, her life hanging in the balance, no one's sure who she is
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2 pair of memory foam sketchers for sale bnib size 5 £20 each or 2 for £30
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Refracted through the haze of memory and retelling, roseanne's story becomes an alternative, secret history of ireland's changing character and the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love and passion and hopesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham nearing her one-hundredth birthday, roseanne mcnulty faces an uncertain future, as the roscommon regional mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closureover the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist dr grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicatestold through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocking and deeply beautiful
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Refracted through the haze of memory and retelling, roseanne's story becomes an alternative, secret history of ireland's changing character and the story of a life blighted by terrible mistreatment and ignorance, and yet marked still by love and passion and hopesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brigg nearing her one-hundredth birthday, roseanne mcnulty faces an uncertain future, as the roscommon regional mental hospital where she's spent the best part of her adult life prepares for closureover the weeks leading up to this upheaval, she talks often with her psychiatrist dr grene, and their relationship intensifies and complicatestold through their respective journals, the story that emerges is at once shocking and deeply beautiful
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the missing of the somme has become a classic meditation upon war and remembrancesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit weaves a network of myth and memory, photos and films, poetry and sculptures, graveyards and ceremonies that illuminate our understanding of, and relationship to, the great war
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle something has caused the tardis console to explore in mid-fight, plunging the ship into darkness and rendering the crew unconscioussee oxfam website for delivery information read morehas the ship been possessed in some way, or is something more dangerous happening to the time travellers? disc in great condition, comes with info bookletas they slowly recover, they find themselves suffering from loss of memory, and headachesthe tardis behaves oddly, as the doors open and close of their own accord
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You ll also learn good programming practices, memory management, and helpful debugging strategies general skills that will be relevant to programming in any language all of the book s programs work with one general-purpose test robot that you ll build early onoxfam bookshop hertford with its colorful, block-based interface, the lego mindstorms ev3 programming language is designed to allow anyone to program intelligent robots, but its powerful features can be intimidating at first inside, you ll discover how to combine core ev3 elements like blocks, data wires, files, and variables to create sophisticated programsas you follow along, you ll program your robot to: react to different environments and respond to commands - follow a wall to navigate a maze - display drawings that you input with dials, sensors, and data wires on the ev3 screen - play a simon says style game that uses arrays to save your high score - follow a line using a pid-type controller like the ones in real industrial systemssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe art of lego mindstorms ev3 programming is a full-color, beginner-friendly guide designed to bridge that gap
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Ravensburger the gruffalo mini memory fun gamebrand new in original packaging
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Excellent trip down memory lane! very good conditionthe best of jackie nostalgic book about the scan deliver if localcost £ sell for £3
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Books will be free of page markingsbinding: hardcover language: englishedition: - list price
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Bound in red leather with gold and blind tooling, gold dentelle work to square and marbled end paperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecrack internally to hinge after free end paperoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by samuel rogers, esqbensley, bolt-court, fleet street inin good used condition for agedavies, in the strand by tgold edges to blockspine very faded with gold tooling and small areas of damagescrapes to boards, scuffing to edges and bumps to corners as expected with agebook plate for john lamprey inside front cover
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Part of the fine art collection. 49 x 68 cm.
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All pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadaall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundit covers the coast of north americait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvery small tear to spine on volume iithe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaii
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Once they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from oversee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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It includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguecoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)references andit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargefrench artillery, by king and countryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”regiment of the line, by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it consists of 11 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)all of them have been sold out and retiredit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)it consists of close to 32 figuresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na111british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontgarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtrytomas picton by britains, referencethe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki’ registered shippingotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margincontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixsee pictures of the table of contents(total of 2 books) read morethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parispart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Furthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistently(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Simultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarait is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofbut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic events
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classic
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Oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)on the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
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