The development of parliament
List the development of parliament
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This is a pictorial guide to the houses of parliament (also known as 'the palace of westminster)this item is available for cash on collection or p&p ÂŁ250 overseas box 7 read more
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Three pictures of the houses of parliament in matching framesmeasures approx 25 x 30 cm read more
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Paddington bear 50p coin at the house of parliament
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The development of personalityroutledge & kegan paulnice copy with good dustcoverpostage ÂŁ7 (uk) read more
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Some rubbing on the top and bottom of the spine and minor marks on coveroxfam bookshop knutsford 1st edition longman green and cosee oxfam website for delivery information read more inscriptions in ink on one page in front of book pages show some tanning, but otherwise they are free of marks and annotations
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle framed print of houses of parliament westminster vintage print by hmoss looking towards the houses of parliament from across the river thames with the westminster bridge in view and the westminster cathedraloverall size of picture: 46 x 40 cm print size: 34 x 26 cm mount size: sides - 5 cm base and top - 6 cm condition: very good see oxfam website for delivery information read moreframe is pale blue with gilt edging
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Wedgwood blue jasperware plate - christmas - the houses of parliament 21cm diameter please note: small area of damage to surface to the right of image (scrape mark) free shipping (uk only) read more
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While the correspondence provides valuable evidence of the development of britten's works, more significant is the insight into his relationship with pears and their day-to-day life togetherentertaining to read, domestic and intimate, the letters provide glimpses of cultural and artistic life in the twentieth century, including pacifism and conscientious objection, critical assessments of music and other artists, transport and communications development in the twentieth century, the 'aldeburgh corpses', art collecting, gossip, everyday life in an english country house, the development of the aldeburgh festival, performance practice in early music, looking after dachshunds, travel, and a host of other topicsthis volume comprises the complete surviving correspondence between benjamin britten and peter pearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabove all, when read together, britten and pears's letters allow the clearest possible look 'behind the scenes' of one of the most productive creative partnerships of the twentieth century' from the foreword by fiona shawoxfam shop magdelen street 'to read these letters is to climb up a wall and peer into the secret garden of two giantsthe 365 letters written throughout their 39-year relationship are here brought together and published, as pears intended, for the first timestroeher is professor of music history at marshall university where she is also coordinator of the music history & literature area nicholas clark is the librarian at the britten-pears foundation at the red house, britten and pears's home in aldeburgh, suffolk jude brimmer is an archivist at the britten-pears foundation
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton a leading psychologist explres what the development of extraordinary figures (mozart, freud, woolf and ghandi) can tell us of human capabilties and the development of our own mindsgardner weaves together recent research in cognitive science, child development and psychology, in a book that is both intellectually interesting and provocative, but also makes the reader consider his own life and mind, in an effective and attractive crossover of serious and popular psychologypicture is a stock picture see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The letters also highlight a lot of aspects about darwin and his biography: the development of is ideas, an insight in his character and health, personal opinions about controversial mattersscientific historian janet browne has argued that darwin’s ability to correspond on a daily basis played a crucial role in the development of his theory and his ability to find the support of colleaguesspecial anniversary set in eight volumes¶ british nature researcher charles darwin corresponded with an exceptionally large group of people all over the worldthe letters offer a lot of insight in matters from the origin of important scientific concepts to religious and philosophical discussions, that are still relevant todayhis letters to harvard botanist asa gray for instance show his changing opinions regarding slavery and the american civil warour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedarwin also relied on correspondence for a lot of his scientific work and used letters to find support for his ideas among friends an colleaguesa wrinkle at the top of the spine of volume 1letters in eight volumescondition: minimal signs of storageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby frederich burkhardt and the editors of the darwin correspondence project
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Oxfam books & music beeston the origins of bowing and the development of bowed instruments up to the thirteenth century by werner bachmann oup english translation illustrated "the development of the technique of bowing stringed instruments was to prove one of the greatest advances in the history of musicfoxing to inside front cover and first pagepages are tightly bound, clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more" unclipped dust jacket has wear and tear to edges both front and backsmall green label on first page identifying previous ownerfoxing to cover front and backhardback is blue cloth covered board with gold lettering to spine and front, title set in black band on front with motif
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In the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themthe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literaturethe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturecould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writingthe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question mark this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationwidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research
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Winner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is his storyit is the autobiography of the british soldierthis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles
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Issues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictionthe book offers descriptions of the postmodern from both the marxist critical tradition and from the perspective of postmarxismoxfam bookshop hexham the fiction of postmodernity is a significant and accessible new study of the relation of postmodern fiction to theories of the postmodernthomas pynchon, salman rushdie, don delillo)*introduces influential theories of the postmodern (fredric jameson, jean-francois lyotard, jean baudrillard)*analysis of the relationships of modernism and the avant-garde to postmodernism*focuses on the critical potential of postmodernism and postmodern fiction see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedcontemporary works of fiction by novelists such as don delillo, toni morrison, salman rushdie, thomas pynchon and martin amis are viewed in relation to critiques of the 'culture industry', analyses of the 'postmodern condition' and theories of simulacrakey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fictionkey features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (e
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An overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakerssome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null in
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Accompanying 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 photographyit 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 book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historythis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centurythe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spineoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketthere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spinethe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are goodthe 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 soundall the pages are clean and unmarkedat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis 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 cost
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Holden 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 presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe name of a previous owner is written on the foxfam 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 gamathe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingan 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, &c" 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 illustrations
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It provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hairthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionsthe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectscourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent sealove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear
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For soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedwe are all potential targetsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiescover & spine in very good conditionnow it is much more complexoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of age
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Contemporary images illustrate a text that takes in the development of the new york schooner to the yacht america and beyond, blockade runners from virginia, ice in the st lawrence seaway, the powerful schooners of liverpool, the mysterious but lovely shallops of swansea and many more besidesoxfam furniture shop southampton overall in very good condition with only very slight bumping to the bottom edge of front dust jacketthis first volume of pilots concentrates on the stories of american and british schoonerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up to307pp + 104 photographic plates at the rearhe argues that perret provides the first rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern construction"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 markingsfinally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on auguste perret in englishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more" kenneth frampton: '"concrete" remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its dueit 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 onwards" - from the foreword of a later edition
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But robert woods also considers the variable quality of the victorian registration system; the changing role of what robert malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environmentsits principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areasoxfam bookshop chelmsford the demography of victorian england and wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of england and wales between andthis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colour
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The brookings institution was established in with the twin objects of "aiding constructively in the development of sound national policies andoxfam bookshop holmfirth america faces the air ageto offer training of a super-graduate character to students of the social sciences" the director prepared the introductory volume to a promised series, and he limits himself to outlining the basic setting of the world air transport problemparker van zandtowners name on first page see oxfam website for delivery information read morejacket torn and soiled as shownsome bw maps and illustrationsin pursuance of these objects, it initiated in a programme of economic research in aviation under the direction of draviation history
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As it chronicles the development of modern science it opens a new window on our understanding of science at the most fundamental level of knowledgeoxfam bookshop thame this book is a must read for everyone interested in the future role and direction of sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book then discusses the fundamental constants of nature and how they inter-relate and how they may have come to be what they arethis second book compliments and adds a vast new tranche of knowledge to book i of the series, but is at the same time entirely readable in its own rightit begins with the description of the new discoveries made at the turn of the previous century, which have culminated in the scientific knowledge we have todaythis paperback is in very good condition with all pages clean and intact
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flight further on it looks at the crossings of the south atlantic, the first crossings via greenland, the first solo crossing by charles lindbergh in , the disappearance of a flight by captain w an interesting read for those interested in aviation historysee oxfam website for delivery information read more internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely loose the illustrations are all clear the book is in a fair condition, there is notable wear on the exterior cover especially at the edges and spine, where the gilded lettering has also fadedr hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossings it begins by looking at the first attempts made by balloon and airship at the start of the 20th century, and then the first attempts by plane in the aftermath of world war one, including that by harry hawker at the end of the book is an appendix that lists successful and unsuccessful atlantic crossings from to , and black and white photos are dotted throughout the book  this book was presented as a prize in at ryhope secondary school, as shown by the sticker on the second page and the gilded crest on the front cover
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Oxfam bookshop newport revealing the whole of the plant kingdom in this lavish selection of beautifully reproduced plates and offering an accessible account of the development of botany as a science, 'the art of botanical illustration' has its main theme as the intimate relationship between exploration and illustration in botany good condition beautiful black and white and colour illustrations include those of living artists and the best from previous centuries (see image 2 for example) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notesthis publication will appeal to the amateur naturalist, botanical student, and plant lovergreen boards have minor rubbing to edgesdust jacket shows some signs of wear and scuffing with tears to the top and bottom of spine and page edgesinside the text block and images are clean and bright
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She argues that those atrocities prompted the development of international norms of legitimate state behaviour that increasingly define sovereignty as conditionalrae concludes by examining two 'threshold' cases - the czech republic and macedonia - to identify the factors that may inhibit pathological homogenisation as a method of state-buildingoxfam bookshop cotham hill why are forced displacement, ethnic cleansing and genocide an enduring feature of state systems? in this book, heather rae locates these practices of 'pathological homogenisation' in the processes of state buildingcover shows minor wear and tear - slightly scratched and corners a little bumpedtext in very good condition, fore edge a little grubbyfirst editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshowing that these practices predate the age of nationalism, rae examines cases from both pre-nationalist and nationalist eras: the expulsion of the jews from fifteenth century spain, the persecution of the huguenots under louis xiv, and in the twentieth century, the armenian genocide, and ethnic cleansing in former yugoslaviapolitical elites have repeatedly used cultural resources to redefine bounded political communities as exclusive moral communities, from which outsiders must be expelled
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The growth of ideas from the early concepts to relativity and quanta - illustrated, mathematics, physics - quantity: 1 - first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' - book first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' “the book traces the development of ideas in physics, and originally published in by cambridge university pressit was a popular successa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”item description first editionillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagramspublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardbook dimensions: 19our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsthe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (ipublished by cambridge university press5 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexthe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quantaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelettered in gilt on the spine
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The development of birmingham is traced through descriptions of the economic and social effects of the great war and a fascinating survey of the inter-war years, covering many aspects of social lifeoxfam bookshop truro this is the history of the city in its formative yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Showcases nineteenth-century botanical illustrations by top contributors, tracing the development of the genre, the contributing trends of the victorian era, and reproducing excerpts from some of the periodicals and publications of the timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a tear on the bottom edge of the dust jacket at the spine approx 2cmoxfam books & music olney otherwise the book is as new
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