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The art of looking sideways is the ultimate guide to visual awareness, a magical compilation that will entertain and inspire all those who enjoy the interplay between word and image, and who relish the odd and the unexpectedit is an inexhaustible mine of anecdotes, quotations, images, curious facts and useless information, oddities, serious science, jokes and memories, all concerned with the interplay between the verbal and the visual, and the limitless resources of the human mindloosely arranged in 72 chapters, all this material is presented in a wonderfully inventive series of pages that are themselves masterly demonstrations of the expressive use of type, space, colour and imageryoxfam books & music lancaster the art of looking sideways is a primer in visual intelligence, an exploration of the workings of the eye, the hand, the brain and the imaginationthis book does not set out to teach lessons, but it is full of wisdom and insight collected from all over the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredescribing himself as a visual jackdaw, master designer alan fletcher has distilled a lifetime of experience and reflection into a brilliantly witty and inimitable exploration of such subjects as perception, colour, pattern, proportion, paradox, illusion, language, alphabets, words, letters, ideas, creativity, culture, style, aesthetics and value
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From the big bang until todaythe social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspectvery good conditionthe focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of historyit contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early statesoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the structure of big historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morea few traces of erased pencil markings to first pagethis thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankind
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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 coverr hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and 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 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 hawkeroxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flight the illustrations are all clear an interesting read for those interested in aviation history it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossings internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely loosesee oxfam website for delivery information read more the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure 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 faded
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The overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrationsoxfam 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 gama" 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 three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentan 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 settlementssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe name of a previous owner is written on the fthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the f
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In this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountainoxfam shop okehampton the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogyset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)when they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford in the decades following europe's first total war, millions of british men and women looked to the league of nations as the symbol and guardian of a new world order based on international co-operationembodied in the hugely popular league of nations union, this pro-league movement touched britain in profound waysforemost amongst the league societies, the union became one of britain's largest voluntary associations and a powerful advocate of democratic accountability and popular engagement in the making of foreign policysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebased on extensive archival research, the british people and the league of nations offers a vivid account of this popular league consciousness and in so doing reveals the vibrant character of associational life between the warsfounded in to preserve peace between its member-states, the league inspired a rich, participatory culture of political protest, popular education and civic ritual which found expression through the establishment of voluntary societies in dozens of countries across europe and beyond
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For lale - a dandy, a jack-the-lad, a bit of a chancer - it was love at first sightoxfam bookshop hertford the five million copy bestseller and one of the bestselling books of the 21st centuryshe tattooed her name on my heartand he was determined not only to survive himself, but to ensure this woman, gita, did, toocoming septemberi recommend it unreservedly' greame simsion 'a moving and ultimately uplifting story of love, loyalties and friendship amidst the horrors of wari tattooed a number on her arm'extraordinary - moving, confronting and upliftingwaiting in line to be tattooed, terrified and shaking, was a young girlin , lale sokolov arrived in auschwitz-birkenaudon't miss heather morris's next book, stories of hope' jill mansell see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe was given the job of tattooing the prisoners marked for survival - scratching numbers into his fellow victims' arms in indelible ink to create what would become one of the most potent symbols of the holocaustso begins one of the most life-affirming, courageous, unforgettable and human stories of the holocaust: the love story of the tattooist of auschwitz
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Prothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastsummarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologyin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald roxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planet
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Once they reach the elvish realm of rivendell, the hobbits form part of the fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), elf legolas (orlando bloom), dwarf gimli (john rhys-davies) and gandalf, tasked with destroying the ring by casting it into the fiery chasm of mount doomwhen hobbit frodo (elijah wood) learns that his elderly uncle bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power, he is entrusted by wizard gandalf the grey (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into the hands of the nazgulsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrodo leaves the shire aided by merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overoxfam shop herne hill extended cut of the first instalment of the epic fantasy trilogy based on the novels by j
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This comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furtherit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaythe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timethe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsnow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictmastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership
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Externally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back covershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, innoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosaoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionin an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african society the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai riversit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impasse
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And in order to defeat this powerful enemy, the princess of peace must become the hero she was meant to beand lose everything in the processshe must become wonder woman! with gorgeous art, a period setting and contemporary flair, writer/artist renae de liz (the last unicorn), with help from artist ray dillon (noble causes), stunningly retells the origin of the greatest superheroine the world has ever known! collects the legend of wonder woman 1-9in order to get back home, diana and her new friends steve trevor and etta candy must head into the war zone and find the nazi agent known as the duke of deception, who wields a powerful artifact that belongs to hippolytabut the balance is upset when hippolyta is granted what no immortal may have: a child, given life from the clay of the islandbut when a man from the outside world is brought to themyscira as part of a conspiracy to overthrow its queen, diana will risk everything to save his innocent lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read moresoon, the amazon princess finds herself in a world she never knew existed-america, a land of untold wonders that also finds itself threatened by a great war abroadoxfam books & music perth the beginning of a legend! on the hidden island of themyscira, the amazons, led by queen hippolyta, live in a kingdom of peace, protected by the godsshe is the princess diana, who alone can sense the evil that is infesting the amazon's home
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Oxfam books & music aberdeen martin luther king jr was the most powerful and eloquent champion of the poor and oppressed in us history, and at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new and radical beginning for liberal politics in the usaan act of state lays out the extraordinary facts of the king story of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism, of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government and the military, of the disinformation and media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truththe conviction of james earl ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe, and when william pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justiceat a civil trial in , supported by the king family, seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy pepper had unearthed: the jury took just one hour to find that ray was not responsible for the assassination, that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed, and that government agents were involvedas shocking as it is tragic, an act of state remains the most compelling and authoritative account of how king's challenge to the us establishment led inexorably to his murderpublished in first edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morein , he was assassinated; the movement for social and economic change has never recovered
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Oxfam bookshop victoria based on a three-year course prepared by leon maclaren for the school of economic science in london in the late s, this book reassesses the first principles of economicsit concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealthin his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heartwith original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from australia, canada, new zealand, the uk, and the united states, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairsleon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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), with flanking satellite diagrams, and four "maps of the sidereal heavens showing the position of the stars throughout the year" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music belper some shelf wear and slight damage to top and bottom edge of spine), a diagram of the "phases and movements of the moon (2 ppearly-ish scientific overview ("the present volume is intended to furnish a very general view of the leading appearances of physical nature - the economy of the heavens and the earth-- with incidental notices of the progress of discovery, and pictorial representations of remakrble phenomena and interesting localiltiesincludes "phases and movements of the moon round the earth", beer and madler's "selenographic map of the whole visible hemisphere of the moon" (2 pp
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Courtship 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 seathe book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsit 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 industrythe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courtsthe 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 emotionslove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualsthis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processit 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 hairsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear
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This book offers a visionary alternative to the confusions of contemporary lifeoxfam bookshop kingsbridge very good clean copyfor corbin, engaging the soul of the world through the mediating power of the imaginal is an act of love, a theme cheetham expands through his analysis of such concepts as mystical poverty, contemplative knowledge, the luminosity of the earth, the theophanic vision, the christ angel, incarnation, the divine sensorium, alchemical transformation, the spiritual humanism of ivan illich, western iconoclasm, and the centrality of gnosisit speaks to believers and non-believers alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book explores the status of religion in the post-prophetic age, especially as seen through the eyes of the french islamic scholar henry corbinin lucid and simple prose, cheetham explores the creative role of the imagination in the formative ground of the three great abrahamic religions: judaism, christianity, and islam
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Pages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agenow it is much more complexthe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom 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 omnipresentin 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 conditionfor 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 morea few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombfrom 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-involvedoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturewe are all potential targets
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlethe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leeset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)meanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainoxfam books & music durham the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogyin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends
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In this film, while gandalf heads south on his own, bilbo, thorin and the dwarves enter the treacherous mirkwood forest on their way to the mountainset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)when they reach lake-town bilbo will have to perform the role he was assigned at the start of the quest - to find a secret door that will lead him to the lair of the dragonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music durham the second of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's blockbuster prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogy
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There is a little bumping and rubbing to the outer sleeve with a small tear to the bottom edge, however, it is intactsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cotham hill tracks: side one part i - the adoration of the earth - introduction - harbingers of spring - dance of the adolescents - abduction - spring rounds - games of the rival tribes - procession of the sage - adoration of the earth (the sage) - dance of the earth side two part ii - the sacrifice - introduction - mystical circles of the adolescents - glorification of the chosen one - evocation of the ancestors - ritual of the ancestors - sacrificial dance of the chosen one released the lp and inner sleeve are both in excellent condition
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\t this work consists of six main parts with their own separate pagination, three of which have their own title-page with the dateotherwise leaves are clean and clear with generous marginsthe last section includes a proposition for the advancement of experimental philosophy, a discourse by way of vision, concerning the government of oliver cromwell, and several discourses by way of essays in verse and prose\t\t\t condition: binding copy - front board detached yet present and both boards show bumps to fore-corners and moderate wear\t a folio sized (304mm x 192mm) volume in contemporary full leather that is partially disbound with the front board detached, yet presentleaves show light age-goldening, the occasional isolated spot here and there, and there are some 25 leaves with what appears to be a printing flaw [in the same position], which is a central patch of diluted ink[?] of varying intensity throughout [see photos] - from these a small number of words are affected with varying degrees of obliterationplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available\t as the block is very decent, this copy should prove highly rewarding after the attention of a competent binder who could easily perform the board re-attachmentengraved frontis portrait, head-pieces, and ornate initial lettersspine a little more worn with wear to spine-ends, remnants of spine label, and rear outer hinge is split - despite this the rear board is still firmly attached and block is very sturdyboards have tooled border and corner pieces, five raised bands, and red spine label with gilt letteringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor henry herringman, pp: [xviii]the works of mrour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeweight (with sturdy packaging): g approxthis copy includes the 24pp life of crowley by thomas sprat and thereare errata notes on last page in volumeconsisting of those which were formerly printed: and those which he design'd for the press, now published out of the authors original copies \t\t first edition published in london and printed by jend-papers appear to have been replaced more recentlythe remaining five main parts with sepatate pagination are: miscellanies, the mistress (with t-p), pindarique odes (with t-p), davideis (with t-p), and verses written on several occasions
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Oxfam books & music totnes the contents of this book were written before the discovery of the dead sea scrolls and are, therefore something of a foreword to the author’s the gospel of the essenesc w daniel paperbackof this book he wrote “we have decided to publish the pure, original words of jesus, translated directly from the aramaic tongue spoken by jesus and his beloved disciple john, who alone among jesus' disciples noted with perfect accuracy, his master's personal teachings”the teachings of the essenes from enoch to the dead sea scrolls is the vital key to guide the reader and interpret the communions with angels of earth and heavensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe front cover is slightly grubbythe binding is good and there are no marks apart from the owner’s name on the top left hand corner of the inside of the cover
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On the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realityoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of god
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The successful bidder was fred fthe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsfrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villageoxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentshowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, inconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annethe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementfrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceswhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentdolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgravia
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Artists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processlater 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 germanystorm 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-gardeby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismoxfam 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 warduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesthis 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 historyregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unity
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Bilbo and his friends must fight for their survival as five armies meet in battlethe rest of the cast includes luke evans, cate blanchett, orlando bloom, evangeline lilly and christopher leeset in middle-earth 60 years before events in 'the lord of the rings', the story follows the adventures of hobbit bilbo baggins (martin freeman), who, at the instigation of the wizard gandalf (ian mckellen), suddenly finds himself co-opted into joining a company of 13 dwarves led by thorin oakenshield (richard armitage) to help reclaim the lost kingdom of the lonely mountain from the clutches of smaug the dragon (voice of benedict cumberbatch)meanwhile, gandalf discovers that the evil sauron has returned, commanding a horde of orcs to attack the lonely mountainin this film, bilbo, thorin and the other dwarves have unintentionally released smaug from the lonely mountain and endangered the residents of lake-townsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries the last of three epic instalments in director peter jackson's prequel to 'the lord of the rings' trilogybilbo has to make a difficult decision when thorin puts his desire to find the royal jewel arkenstone before his loyalty to his friends
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quantapublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardlettered in gilt on the spinepublished by cambridge university press5 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexitem description first editionthe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (iillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagramsdescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsit was a popular successplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 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 pressa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”book dimensions: 19catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Des comores, guinée-bissau, france, brazil, magyar, russia, equatorial guinea, italy, laos, mauritania, maldives, sierra leone, nevis, mozambique, serbia, grenada, hungary, south africaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album contains stamps from various countries, both participating and non-participating countries of the football world cupthe history of worldcup virtually new condition! collector's album with special issues stamps on the occasion of the football world cup issues vary between to , all referring to the football world cup both cancelled and mnh stamps, fdc covers and sheets or blocksthe album, in black ring binder (4 rings) is composed of 90 separate stock pages (4 holes): total number of stamps: stamp sheetlets 19 fdc covers 49 mnh separate stamps 81 cancelled separate stamps 1 postcard 1st day cancellation 29 text pages in 3 languages, german, french, dutchclear photos included of each album page, both the stamps and the text29 x 29 cm, 4 cm thick read morealbum has pages with expert explanation in 3 languages: german, french and dutch order of the pages can be rearranged to your likingseparate pages with protective film for the stamps, covers and sheets (blocks)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe photos show the order in which the album is currently arrangedall details are shown on the photos that were taken of each pagethe photos are part of the descriptionstamps from: palau, germany, liberia, the gambia, guyana, korea, commonwealth of dominica, mexico, republic of côte d'ivoire, libya, tunisia, rcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The back is marked "university of virginia pavilion ix", a cartouche of thomas jefferson's signaturethe centre of the plate offers a classic view of the pavilion in shades of blue ringed by a deep blue swirl pattern that serves as a frame for the building this is an export reject and is marked as suchthis plate is part of a series commissioned in the s and is titled "pavilion ix"  the plate is a creamy white with a raised relief around the rim highlighting special architectural features of the pavilion, a bust of thomas jefferson (the founder of the university), and the university seal see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop broughty ferry vintage university of virginia bicentennial plate by wedgwoodit has two small brown blemishes on the front (as seen in picture), but has no visible chips or cracks"bicentennial edition ", the wedgwood makers mark, the jones, the mcduffie & stratton seal as official importers of wedgwood commemorative plates, and the impressed seal of wedgwood
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