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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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Published, as volume 6 in the 'iee history of technology series'this book is the first general history of radar to be published, and one which covers the independent but more or less simultaneous emergence of radar in several countries in the ssome of the earliest proposals for the use of radio waves to detect objects at a distance are first dealt withthe narrative ranges from the concepts of nikola tesla in and the experiments of christian hulsmeyer in right through, in chronological order, to the commercially sponsored experiments of the prewar daysthe book also sets out to explain the basic principles of radar and, where applicable, historical aspects of the evolution of these principles are dealt withthe historical events and the military influences, which shaped the ultimate development of radar in each country, are then consideredsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe study, while underlining the significance of the cavity magnetron, purposely restricts itself to the pre-cavity magnetron era of radaroxfam shop fulwood road radar has become an essential factor in air and sea travel, has affected all areas of military science and, most important of all perhaps, has considerably influenced the progress of electronic engineeringabundant references, which could facilitate further research, are given
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Recasting 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 limitsin 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 britain"-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-wrapperin 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 philosophyshe 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 beyondusing 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 egalitariansthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their criticsoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin 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 rightsee oxfam website for delivery information read more "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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Oxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamaan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe name of a previous owner is written on the f" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the f
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate the story of britain is a significant book published at a significant moment, for there can rarely have been a time when public concern about history and the teaching of history has created so much controversy and debateit is a tremendous story, and roy strong, with his passion, enthusiasm and wide-ranging knowledge, is the ideal person to tell itfeaturing illustrated double-page spreads arranged by subject, he tells the story as a continuous narrative in chapters which give meaning and purpose to the periods they considersee oxfam website for delivery information read moresir roy strong, author, broadcaster, former director of the national portrait gallery and the victoria and albert museum, tells the story of britain from the very earliest recorded celtic times to the era of margaret thatcher
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Antiquities of the jews recounts the history of the world from a jewish perspective for an ostensibly greek and roman audiencethese works provide valuable insight into first century judaism and the background of early christianity, and are the chief source next to the bible for the history and antiquity of ancient palestineneatly inked name on flyleaf of volumes 1, 3 and 4oxfam bookshop newport a record of jewish history, with special emphasis on the first century ce and the first jewish–roman war ( ce) comprising the jewish war (cthe jewish war recounts the jewish revolt against roman occupation75) and antiquities of the jews (csporadic foxing and and generally evenly tanned throughoutneatly pencilled name on front endpaper of volume 1speckled edge to text blockssee oxfam website for delivery information read morerebound in in mottled glossy brown paper covered boards
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As a contribution to the social history of wartime britain, it also reveals the strengths and weaknesses of a liberal democracythis book is likely to interest those studying or teaching social history, jewish history or race relations in sociology, politics and cultural studiesoxfam bookshop hexham the persistence of prejudice examines attitudes to jews at all levels of society during a war that many saw as a fight against fascismthe blue cloth boards are gilt stamped on the spine and are a little spotted and stainedthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overallit is complete with its dustjacket which has a small sticker mark on the inside front flaphe probes attitudes to anglo-jewry, from left to right of the political spectrumthe jewish image in society, the response of the state to jews at home and abroad, and the effect of antisemitism on the jewish community itself receive particular attentionthe text block is yellowing slightly but appears to be free from inscriptions or annotationsthere are a few minor marks here and there on the dustjacket but otherwise it is free from chips or tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretony kushner examines the impact of evacuation, the blitz, the black market and other aspects of the war on relations between gentile and jewthis book suggests that, rather than being confined to extremists, antisemitism was part of the mainstream culturethe binding is sound
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The whole story of life mankind, covering periods from: the first living things, natural selection and changes of species, changes in the world's climate, reptiles, mammals, man, human language(s), history, of egypt, greece, judea, india, the roman empire, etcoxfam shop macclesfield the outline of history, by h g wells, cassell and company, london, pp including indexmany good quality black and white illustrations throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefoxing of inside cover and page yellowing consistent with the age of the book
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Linking armenian-islamic history is one way of dealing with the problemthe author has composed and arranged the larger subjects and their sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity to armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically appealing, and close to lived experiencesthis extensive work captures the multidimensional nature of the armenian experience in the medieval islamic worldthe author holds that every piece of literature, including historical writing, is an artifactbeing an armenian, dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic armenian habitatit is a composition of many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion, detail, intensity, etcsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredadoyan studies the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world and takes the reader through hitherto undiscovered paradigmatic cases of interaction with other populations in the regiondadoyan's concern is also to outline revolutionary elements in the making of armenian ideologies and politicsoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in this first of a massive three-volume work, seta bcontradictory trends went into the making of armenian history, yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texture
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E miller - scripture history - t kelly - hardbacks - cm x 10 cm vol 1 - 74 pages of text each with a full page illustration accompanying it vol paginated continuously from volume 1 + index to volume 1 and 2 to rear of this volume both volumes are in v ery good condition both have firm tight bindings clean bright contents diamond patterned tooling to front and rear of boards gilt decorated edges to boards spine in 5 blocks decorated gilt - fine set occasional small flaw or blemish - very collectable beautiful illustrated edition of the scripture history with the lives of the most celebrated apostlesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe work is made up of two books all complete with beautiful engravings showing biblical scenes with figurated title page in each volumecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivolume i contains a large hand coloured folding plate representing what appears to be a scene from noahs ark - together with 44 more hand coloured plates to volume 1, the other plates being black and white -- volume 2 has all black and white plates - this is an exceptional and rare work coloured plates make this an exceptional set read more
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These operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human intervention
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This book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societythey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unityby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germany
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The never-before-seen history of westeros and the lands beyondand linda antonsson, has written a comprehensive history of the seven kingdoms, featuring the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead up to the events in the bestselling a song of ice and fire seriescollected within this volume is the accumulated knowledge, scholarly speculation, and inherited folk tales of maesters and septons, maegi and singers, including over 170 full-colour illustrations and maps, family trees for the houses stark, lannister and targaryen, and in-depth explanations of the history and culture of westerosthis is the definitive companion volume to george rif the past is prologue, then george rat long last, it has arrived with the world of ice and firemartin, in collaboration with elio mwith hundreds of pages of all-new material from george rsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremartin's dazzlingly conceived universe; the world of ice and fire is indeed proof that the pen is mightier than a storm of swordsmartin's masterwork-the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time-warrants one hell of an introduction
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Selling these two old history books of englandÂŁ25 the story of the british race by munro, john the history of england from the accession of james the second vol i lord macaulay
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The tragedy of liberation: a history of the chinese revolution, bytitle: the tragedy of liberation: a history of the chinese revolution, format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: bloomsbury uk release date: language: english
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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With observations on their natural history and usesdescribed, with observations on their natural history and uses, by charles johnsonnot only the history of plants but also their uses, medicines, edible plants, healing etcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteimportant english herbarium with 144 colour plates by john ethe pages are complete with 144 colour plates by john ea beautiful bright copyrobert hardwickecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe grasses of great britain by charles johnson illustrated by john every clean pages and colour plates on bright paperhalf leather binding with marbled plates and gold title on the spinepp: [2], xxxii, 192pp, 144 colour platesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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It traces the history of western cosmology from ancient mesopotamia to isaac newtonoxfam bookshop carlisle the sleepwalkers: a history of man's changing vision of the universe is a book by arthur koestlernot that they arise by chance, but rather that scientists are neither fully aware of what guides their research, nor are they fully aware of the implications of what they discoverhe suggests that discoveries in science arise through a process akin to sleepwalkingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent pages, some edge and board wear
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate in , as regius professor, william stubbs founded oxford university's school of modern history, allowing postclassical history to be taught as a distinct subject for the first timethe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the topsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered fromthe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titlesthe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tanned
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Receipts of direct contribution (extraordinary and ordinary) for the payment of taxes at the department of montenotte (liguria) during the napoleonic empireplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe documents show the dates from to and are confirmed with punctures that formalized the paymentour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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By tracking the diverse manifestations of american anti-imperialism, this book highlights the different ways in which historians can approach it in their research and teachingencounters in the middle east, and the transnational nature of anti-imperialist public sentiment during the cold war and beyondwith the revolution, and again in , the nation stood against the most powerful empire in the world and declared itself independentthe contributors cover a wide range of subjects, including the discourse of anti-imperialism in the early republic and civil war, anti-imperialist actions in the uduring the mexican revolution, the anti-imperial dimensions of early uthe declaration of independence, after all, is an anti-imperial document, cataloguing the sins of the metropolitan government against the colonies" empire's twin broadens our conception of anti-imperialist actors, ideas, and actions; it charts this story across the range of american history, from the revolution to our own era; and it opens up the transnational and global dimensions of american anti-imperialismas noted by ian tyrrell and jay sexton, however, american "anti-imperialism was clearly selective, geographically, racially, and constitutionallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford across the course of american history, imperialism and anti-imperialism have been awkwardly paired as influences on the politics, culture, and diplomacy of the united states
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Early history of religionimagine holding history in your handsfrom the beginning of recorded history we have looked to the heavens for inspiration and guidancewe also get insights into a clergy that was growing ever more powerful as a political force
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary world"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breath
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It is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up to"collins provides a thorough history of the new nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focusing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frameoxfam bookshop raeburn place in good condition - the dust jacket is in poor condition (tears to the front top and around the top of the spine and price-clipped), the book itself is in very good condition (very bright pages, no markingshe argues that perret provides the first rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern constructionit records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, english debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around onwards307pp + 104 photographic plates at the rear" kenneth frampton: '"concrete" remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its duesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" - from the foreword of a later editionfinally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on auguste perret in english
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(oral history forms a large part of the bookcontroversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessment) 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 moreoxfam 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
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"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienainstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religiontext block is clean and binding solidhe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religionvery good black cloth" see oxfam website for delivery information read moregerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningsoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edge
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It brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historyaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographyoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketthis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportageall the pages are clean and unmarkedthe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical sensethis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st century"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spinethis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spine
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The book remains his only completed work of historyrare important historic work on the life of king henry the seventh by bacon history of the reign of king henry vii is a work by the english writer francis baconat the request of charles, prince of wales he began work on a follow-up account of the reign of henry viii, but only completed a brief introductionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteat the time of writing bacon had recently fallen from political power, and completed the work in late and sent a copy to james iit was published the following yearlondon - edition - 241p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original leather boards, with rubbing and wear to boards, rebacked with cloth spine with title label, renewed endpapers, engraved title page loosening, but present, w/o francis bacon frontispiece as is usually missingbacon's portrayal of henry was extremely influential for the following three centuriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit charts the reign of the first tudor monarch henry vii who took the throne from his rival richard iii inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store"the historie of the reigne of king henry the seventh" by francis bacon rare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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This is an academic text, originally commissioned by the department of health from university college london and university of surrey, using a variety of research methodsthere is a previous owner's name on the first blank page but no other markings or annotationsthis is a systematic review on how innovations in health service practice and organisation can be disseminated and implementedthe hard cover is good condition with damage or marksthe results of the review are discussed in detail in separate chapters covering particular innovations and the relevant contextsoxfam books & music wells this hard cover book (no d/j) is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is intended as a resource for health care researchers and academics
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