The ecology of information bernardo a huberman
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells  the laws of the web: patterns in the ecology of information bernardo asee oxfam website for delivery information read morehuberman, good conditionthe first couple of chapters have underlining and annotations in pencilan accessible explanation of the hidden patterns found within the seemingly chaotic world wide webprevious owner's name in pencil on title page
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Animals of the arctic: the ecology of the far north by bernard stonehouse published: condition is very good for an older bookreason for sale: our daughter used this book to find out about the animals and ecology of animals that live in the arctic as part of her animal care course which she has now completedlovely photos of the animals read more
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The ecology of trees in the tropical rainforestcollection preferred but will post if needed, buyer to cover postage £12geography bsc/ma bookused – very good condition
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 consideroxfam 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 debatesir 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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%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsthe psychology of global citizenship a review of theory and research by stephen reysen (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 11 to 13 working days
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The encyclopedia of scrapbooking techniques: a step-by-step guide to creating beautiful scrapbook pages
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The world of sherlock holmes: a jigsaw puzzlehas been built oncebrilliant conditionamazing jigsaw to buildcomplete and from smoke/pet free home
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe front inside flap is creased, all edges are rubbed and the corners are a little bumpedthis hardback first edition is in a good, used condition overalltheir encounters were charged with hatred and suspicionann atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fightin an amazing set of transformations, however, each of them came to see how the other had been exploited by the south's rigid power structure, and they forged a friendship that flourished against a backdrop of unrelenting bigotryoxfam bookshop hexham cthe blue and black cloth boards are gilt-stamped on the spineby placing this very personal story into broader context, osha gray davidson demonstrates that race is intimately tied to issues of class, and that cooperation is possible--even in the most divisive situations--when people begin to listen to one anotherduring the s, as the country struggled with the explosive issue of race, atwater and ellis met on opposite sides of the public school integration issuerich with details about the rhythms of daily life in the mid-twentieth-century south, the best of enemies offers a vivid portrait of a relationship that defied all oddsthe page block is yellowing and the edges are slightly marked but otherwise appears to be free from annotationsthe dustjacket is unpriceclipped but shows some signs of shelf-wearellis grew up in the poor white section of durham, north carolina, and as a young man joined the ku klux klan
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, in a lucid and eloquent epilogue, the author speculates on the philosophical implications of his theory: does free will exist? is time travel possible? how did the universe begin? where is heaven? does the denial of time make life meaningless? written with exceptional clarity and elegance, this profound and original work presents a dazzlingly powerful argument that all will be able to follow, but no-one with an interest in the workings of the universe will be able to ignoreunifying thinking that has never been brought together before in a book for the general reader, barbour reveals the true architecture of the universe and demonstrates how physics is coming up sharp against the extraordinary possibility that the sense of time passing emerges from a universe that is timelessthe heart of the book is the author's lucid description of how a world of stillness can appear to be teeming with motion: in this timeless world where all possible instants coexist, complex mathematical rules of quantum mechanics bind together a special selection of these instants in a coherent order that consciousness perceives as the flow of timebarbour believes that only the most radical of ideas can resolve the conflict between these two theories: that there is, quite literally, no time at alloxfam bookshop cheltenham time is an illusionin the end of time, the british theoretical physicist julian barbour describes the coming revolution in our understanding of the world: a quantum theory of the universe that brings together einstein's general theory of relativity, which denies the existence of a unique time, and quantum mechanics, which demands onethis is the first full-length account of the crisis in our understanding that has enveloped quantum cosmologyalthough the laws of physics create a powerful impression that time is flowing, in fact there are only timeless 'nows'
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morefine 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 beyondin 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 britainusing 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 critics"-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 rawlsoxfam 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 rightrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limits "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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And yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read morefor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionthe "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominancethe seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comenow, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of mars
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewinner 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 moreit is the autobiography of the british soldierin 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 basrathis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manthis is his storyoxfam 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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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be aliveoxfam shop pershore a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecothen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devila page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his finddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivethen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the deviloxfam bookshop cheltenham a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecoa page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his finddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practicethis development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)this book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theoryoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesnote: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as newparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and development
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devila page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindoxfam shop evesham hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of printdaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning in
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir adventures and the misadventures of their pups are seen through a framework of their own mythology, a world governed by rituals and traditions that began at the time of creation: firstdarka true sense of peril, a wry observance of their other enemy, man, some quixotic digressions into the lives of their offspring and avoidance of sentimentality all combine to invite comparison to watership downa familiar scenario, perhaps, but here the devoted couple is a pair of foxes--o-ha, a vixen born in the british countryside, and her second mate, camio, who, after escaping from the zoo, becomes a streetwise scavenger in the suburbscomplete with very tidy dust jacket, no tearsoxfam bookshop ludlow signed first edition, lovely copy of the cult bookher life with camio in trinity wood is equally hazardous; daily survival is difficulto-ha's first mate was killed by fox hunters and her initial litter froze to deaththis novel by a booker prize nominee is an engaging saga of two lovers paired for life, bound by strong family ties and firmly united by their terror of a common enemyyet the most ominous threat is from sabre, a vengeful ridgeback hound bent on destroying them boththe author endows his anthropomorphized characters with complex emotions, clear thinking, reasoned judgment and a shared stock of ancient clan memoriesunmarked board cover and inside pages clean and bright
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morewe are meant to go in and out of doors in civilized style, but my mother bade me climb into woodsy wildness and a darkness flushed with crimson light and torchesnewly published paperbackher unmarked way is costly and hard" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindshe may be tugged by her desires for companionship, may even stumble into an intense love for a man, and may be made to try the strength of female heroism in ways no longer familiar to women in our centuryshe will need to struggle for survival: to scour the wilderness for shelter, to strive and seek for a new family and a setting where she can belongand even if she survives the wilds, it is no simple matter to discover and nest among her own kind-the godly, those called puritans by othersstreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colonyoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for mewhat young woman can be safe from the dangers of wilderness when its shadowy thickets spring up so easily in the soil of human hearts? much will oppose charis' longings for renewal and peace; she must pursue and discover the hero's path to a larger, more vivid lifefor charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazards
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivethen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devila page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themoxfam bookshop st albans a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecowhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his finddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morebut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devila page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themwhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behinddaniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inoxfam shop bridgnorth hidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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Combined operations prepared for the combined operations command by the ministry of information published by hmso (his majesty's stationery office first published (extract from the foreword) this record contains some account of the combined operations in general and the exploits of the command being that name(printing works), london stext (letterpress and photogravure) printed by the amalgamated press ltdcover torn on spine but all in all in reasonable condition for age, this paperback includes maps and photos showing extraordinary real images of combined ops actions, plus informative textprefer collection but would consider posting at cost read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morehis 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 museumsthe 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 classicat 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 todayjones'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 carvingsits 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 color
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moredisc and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle drama starring will smithtogether, father and son struggle through homelessness, jail time, tax seizure and the overall punishing despair in a quest that would make gardner a respected millionaireset in early '80s san francisco, the film charts the hard times and eventual comeback of chris gardner (smith), a suddenly single salesman who has custody of his son, but finds that providing for the two of them is a challenge in the increasingly unstable economic climatein the face of this difficult life, chris has the desperate inspiration to try for a stockbroker internship where one in twenty has a chance of a lucrative full time career
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morea powerful romantic novel set in the tumultuous world of post-war americasara and jack find they are subject to forces beyond their control and that their destinies are formed by more than just circumstanceas the party gets into full swing, in walks jack malone, a us army journalist back from a defeated germany and a man unlike any sara has ever met before - one who is destined to change sara's future foreverbut finding love isn't the same as finding happiness - as sara and jack soon find outin post-war america chance meetings aren't always as they seem, and people's choices can often have profound repercussionsin this mesmerising tale of longing and betrayal, the pursuit of happiness is a great tragic love story; a tale of divided loyalties, decisive moral choices, and the random workings of destinyoxfam bookshop cheltenham the critically acclaimed bestseller from the number one bestselling author of the moment and a special relationshipin this world of intrigue and emotional conflict, sara must fight to survive - against jack, as much as for himnew york, - sara smythe, a young, beautiful and intelligent woman, ready to make her own way in the big city, attends her brother's thanksgiving eve party
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly to have them discovered 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of londonoxfam bookshop cheltenham the book of dave is based around the rants of dave rudman, a disgruntled east end taxi driver, who writes his woes down and buries themit is at once a profound meditation upon the nature of received religion; a love story; a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far futurewill self's big bold book dares to take on the grand themes in the grand manner
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Thomas 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 morecontemporary 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 simulacrathe 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 postmodernissues relating to the postmodern representation of history and the development of a postmodern politics are also addressed in relation to works of contemporary fictionkey features*substantial readings of fiction by major contemporary authors (ethe work of influential theorists of the postmodern - such as theodor adorno, jean-francois lyotard, fredric jameson and jean baudrillard - is explained and comparedkey features in both these definitions are explained in relation to modernist and postmodern works of fiction
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe improved, easy-to-use turn-based combat system speeds up gameplaythis is the first and only pc game to utilize the newly released dungeons and dragons 3there are also dozens of skills and class abilities, over 50 feats and hundreds of spells from which to choosethe product is used however the casing, manual and disks are in good conditionoxfam shop wetherby the temple of elemental evil: a classic greyhawk adventure is a literal computer translation of one of the world's most beloved campaign settings, the realm of greyhawkin addition, multiple quest solutions lead to different paths for different partiesthe game has options for creating up to five characters per party, in a reactive world filled with nonplayable characters (npcs) that react differently to the unique attributes of the adventuring partyplayers assemble a party of adventurers to uncover the source of evil and ominous activity in the land of flanaessgamers will also be able to explore over 50 side quests and battle more than 100 monsters
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But farrell manages just this here: his imaginative insight and technical virtuosity combine to produce a novel of quite outstanding quality' the times' see oxfam website for delivery information read morethen the sepoys at the nearest military cantonment rise in revolt and the british community retreats with shock into the residencyoxfam bookshop cheltenham in the spring of , with india on the brink of a violent and bloody mutiny, krishnapur is a remote town on the vast north indian plainthey prepare to fight for their lives with what weapons they can muster'suspense and subtlety, humour and horror, the near-neighbourliness of heroism and insanity: it is rare to find such divergent elements being controlled in one hand and being raced, as it were, in one yokethe siege of krishnapur is a modern classic of narrative excitement that also digs deep to explore some fundamental questions of civilisation and lifefor the british there, life is orderly and genteelas food and ammunition grow short, the residency, its defences battered by shot and shell and eroded by the rains, becomes ever more vulnerable
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Translated from the original by lucia graves see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alive what begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindand allows him to choose one book from the shelves; he pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian carax but as daniel grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son danieloxfam bookshop st albans a literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecohidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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