The fifties and sixties
List the fifties and sixties
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Laurence whistler is in a matchless position to record his life, having shared so many experiences with himoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe hard cover has a little bumping to all four corners and to the top and bottom of the spinehe was an artist in whose work the romantic and the humorous met in a unique waythe book contains 32 pages of black and white and colour imagesyet he remained an enigmatic figure, apparently successful and never deeply happyinternally the pages are a little tanned but there are no markingsrex whistler was one of the most gifted figures of the inter-war yearsin this beautifully written and carefully researched book laurence whistler recalls his elder brother with love but with detachment, intimately and often with humoursee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a man rex had charm and was outstandingly generous - liked by everyone and loved by manybut, even though he has always had an enthusiastic public, in his lifetime he was almost disregarded by the critics as one who had no part in 'modern' art the dust jacket is rather creased along the top edge and is discoloured in placeshe was still developing his own distinctive style when his career was tragically cut short - in he was killed leading his troop of tanks into action in normandy, aged 39
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Oxfam bookshop chiswick dr moore's enterprising book focuses on an apparent paradox: the failure of sri lanka's highly politicized smallholder electorate to place on the national political agenda issues relating to the public distribution of material resourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein exploring the features of sri lanka's history, geography, politics and economy which explain this paradox, the author looks in detail at some of the dominant features of contemporary sri lanka: the political consequences of the plantation experience; the persistence of elite political leadership; and the causes and consequences of ethnic conflictsri lanka has more than fifty years' history of pluralist democracy and such issues directly affect the interests of the smallholder populationyet successive sri lankan governments have pursued economic policies favouring food consumers and the state itself at the expense of agricultural producers
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The same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositormany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the playthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audiencesometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or charactersthese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operateoxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playersthe purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playsin at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatre
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Tissue guarded platesthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallythe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by woxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mgold edges to blockthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"in good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelle
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Things soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentoxfam bookshop cheltenham a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterythe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team
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The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse have been shared millions of times online - perhaps you've seen them? they've also been recreated by children in schools and hung on hospital wallsenter the world of charlie's four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most important life lessonsoxfam bookshop wanstead condition: as new a book of hope for uncertain timessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps you saw the boy and mole on the comic relief t-shirt, love wins? here, you will find them together in this book of charlie's most-loved drawings, adventuring into the wild and exploring the universal thoughts and feelings that unite us allthey sometimes even appear on lamp posts and on cafe and bookshop windows
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Naval battles and court eventsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablea large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spine18th-century rebackingthomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitea very good copyepisodi storici a corteestc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copylarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panel26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsbattaglie navalian impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)including: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etccomplete with cover page and 26 large platesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket, publisheded gorman and simon pearson paint a vivid picture of the men and their machines as the battle for air superiority over britain is played out across the skies of europe, from the west of ireland to the german capitalillustrated with contemporary photographs of the pilots and their aircraft, this is an enthralling and original account from both sides of a conflict that shaped the modern world, full of courage, endeavour and, above all, humanitythere is a small worn patch near the top of the spine of the dust jacket and slight bumping to the top of the spine and the corners of the front coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome will be new to many readers: the new zealander who "borrowed" a seaplane from the royal navy to set up a freelance air-sea rescue service that saved the lives of dozens of british and german pilots; the swiss baron who claimed to have destroyed six british fighters in a day; the vainglorious commander whose raf squadron was wiped out trying to disrupt nazi invasion plans; and the german bomber pilot who fought the first battle involving foreign troops on british soil since culloden - before repairing to a pub for a pint with soldiers who had taken him prisonerwe experience the battle chronologically through the remarkable stories of seventeen airmen from across the worldotherwise the book is in very good condition with sound binding and clean, unmarked pages
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Whether it was swept away by a force ten gale on the welsh coast or suffering copious amounts of food poisoning on a brave trip to the south of france, family holidays alwaysleft them battered and bruisedemma's memoir,the tent, the bucket and me,is a painfully funny reminder of just what it was like to spend your summer holidays cold, damp but with sand between your toesfor emma kennedy, and her mum and dad, disaster always came along for the ride no matter where they wentwith just a tent for a home and a bucket for the necessities, we would set off on new adventures each year stoically resolving to enjoy ourselvesfor the seventies child, summer holidays didn't mean the joy of centreparcs or the sophistication of a tuscan villabut despite a brave new world of casio hand-held calculators and digital watches, one thing remained the same: the family holidaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham growing up in the seventies, we were on the brink of the modern agebut they never gave upthey meant being crammed into a car with grandma and heading to the coast
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop witney the first biography of peter mcleavey, the charismatic, pioneering art dealer who since the s has shaped new zealand artauthor jill trevelyan is a curator and award-winning writer specialising in twentieth century new zealand artthe book is in very good, unmarked, clean condition and unclippedmcleavey's personal story is remarkable, but his contemporaries will recognise common themes: the religious upbringing, the struggle to be bohemian in repressive mid-century small town, the challenges of marriage and fatherhood, the dilemma of whether to stay or leave new zealand, and the need to make a markthrough exclusive access to mcleavey's extensive and hitherto untapped archive of letters, diaries, exhibition files and more, this book offers insights into artists represented by mcleavey including: colin mccahon, toss woollaston, len lye, milan mrkusich, bill hammond, gordon walters, michael illingworth, robin white, richard killeen, john reynolds, yvonne todd and many morefar more than a simple biography, this examines the growth and development of contemporary new zealand art
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The enduring appeal of west germany's social market economythe bravery of the protestorsthere is no spine creasing, the binding is tight and there are no loose pages see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bridport this new book investigates communist rule in east germany from its establishment as a sphere of soviet influence after world war ii to its rapid collapse after the fall of the berlin wallthe subsequent stabilisation of the gdr and the establishment of an uneasy compromise between the ruling elites and the population in the later s and s are explained with reference to a range of internal social, economic and political factorsthis book has some shelf wear which includes bumping to the corners and creasing to the back coverthere is some slight foxing to the insidethe disintegration of the regime in is explained in the light of: the chronic weakness of gorbachev's soviet unionthis clear and comprehensive survey marshals secondary and original primary sources in order to give a unique insight into the gdr's struggles and achievementspolitical pluralismusing newly available archive material, the early chapters trace the emergence of the gdr out of the soviet zone of occupationlater chapters cover the dramatic episodes of the uprising against soviet dominance and the building of the berlin wall in
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Internally, front endpaper loose, title and subsequent few leaves loose at gutter - previous strengthening to margin, resulting in marking and tape residueare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikian essay on the treatment and conversion of african slaves in the british sugar colonies by reverend james ramsay published: london, james phillips size: 22cm x 13cm (8catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease see our images for further descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe books comprises of chapter i: of the various ranks in social life, ii: the advancement of slaves would augment their social importance, iii: the advancement of slaves must accompany their religious importance, iv: natural capacity of african slaves vindicated and v: plan for the improvement and conversion of african slavesthere is wear and scuffing to the remaining calf, spine cracked, but main block holdingcondition: the book is bound in full calf, with both boards loose but presentgeneral toning and spotting, stained to margin towards rear of book - see imagesrare first editionan important eighteenth century work5 inches x 5 inches) selling here is an incredibly scarce copy of ramsay's, 'essay on the treatment and conversion of african slavesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin good conditionnimmo & bain, ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe binding has wear on the spine extremitiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebound in the original linen hardcoverthe attachment of the book block is loose at the rear coveroriginal and complete with the eight illustrationsthe old shekarry - the forest and the field - london, jhardcover - 19 x 14 cmgood book block and decent, bright pagesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableeach volume is illustrated by copious engravingscoeval full havana-coloured binding with embossing and gold edging on the plates; spine redone with inadequate leather; marbled edges and endpapersbookplate of thomas fitz gerald on the front counter-platecover page; 722 numbered pages, inside, 16 tipped-in engraved plates, depicting french views except for one, depicting mont blanc seen from chamouniplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe last two narratives concern the mountains: horace-bénédict de saussure’s story "an account of the attempts that have been made to attain the summit of mont blanc"; and louis-fransois ramond's "journey to the summit of mont perdu" dates back tofourth volume of a collection of the most renowned and interesting travels in all parts of the world, consisting of 17 volumes written by the scottish historian and poet john pinkerton, published for the first time in britain ina six-volume american edition of pinkerton's travel collection was published in philadelphia inmartin lister, an english naturalist and physician; travels during the years and followed, with a focus on the agricultural resources of france described by the agronomist arthur youngcopy in good condition, except for the redone spine and sporadic mildew or yellowinghere we describe the fourth volume of the original london edition, which tells of the trips to francethe first story is "a journey to paris in the year " by drour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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The monarchies treated are achaemenid and sassanian persia, the empire of alexander, rome under both the early and later caesars, the han rulers of china and egypt's eighteenth dynastyoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear and scuffing to dust covers, good overall condition monarchy was widespread as a political system in the ancient worldthis volume offers a substantial discussion of ancient monarchies from the viewpoint of the ruler's courtthis approach is broadly inspired by work on courts in later periods of history, especially early-modern francethe case studies confirm that ancient monarchies created the conditions for the emergence of a court and court societythe culturally specific conditions in which these monarchies functioned meant variety in the character of the ruler's court from one society to anothersee oxfam website for delivery information read morea comparative approach is adopted to major aspects of ancient courts, including their organisation and physical setting, their role as a vehicle for display, and their place in monarchial structures of power and control
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Oxfam shop colne road a swedish crime writer as thrilling as mankell, a detective as compelling as wallanderthings soon take a sinister turn, however, when a young girl's body is discovered in the woods, raped and strangled; and yellineck himself disappearsyet even in the face of these new horrors, the remaining members of the sect refuse to co-operate with van veeteren, remaining largely silentchief inspector van veeteren is recruited to help solve the mysteryhĂĄkan nesser's the inspector and silence is the fifth gripping crime novel in the van veeteren seriesbut van veeteren's investigations at the pure life go nowhere fastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe tells him that a girl has gone missing from the summer camp of the mysterious the pure life, a religious sect buried deep in the woodsfinally van veeteren realizes that to solve this disturbing case, faced with silence and with few clues to follow, he has only his intuition to rely onthe inspector and silence is followed by the sixth book in the series, the unlucky lotterythe strange priest-like figure who leads the sect - oscar yellineck - refuses even to admit anyone is missingin the beautiful forested lake-town of sorbinowo, sergeant merwin kluuge's tranquil existence is shattered when he receives a phone call from an anonymous womanin the heart of summer, the country swelters in a fug of heatas the body count rises, a media frenzy descends upon the town and the pressure to find the monster behind the murders weighs heavily on the investigative team
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How far will these women go to get that place?follow kate hunter into the depths of her impeccably honed life, as she struggles to maintain the façade of perfectiona snip at only £6on prendergast road, deep in nappy valley, among olive trees in terracotta, lower fuel emissions, lithuanian prostitutes, teenage drug dealers, stalkers and soaring house prices, five desperate women waitoxfam shop dumfries the queen of the black-hearted soap opera is back!welcome to the upwardly mobile prendergast roadin a society that always strives to be more organic, less carbon-polluting, more virtuous than any other, 'the rise and fall of the domestic diva' is a breath of fresh air (imported from the mountains of nepal and filtered organically for purity, of course?sarah may is an intimate observer of society (aka curtain-twitcher of the highest order) and her novel is an hilariously dark-hearted soap opera of our everyday livesthe progeny of the ivf generation is ready to start school and only one of them is destined to get a place in nappy valley's most oversubscribed cradle of learningsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen exactly did life become a life class? is happiness overrated? is it just possible that beneath the flawless sheen of her friends' and neighbours' amazingly trouble-free lives, beneath the freshly-ironed shirts and home-grown veg, lie the same half-truths, the same uncertainties and the same desperation to keep up with the joneses
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Their first year at the star and sixpence won't be easy, though nothing worth doing ever isfor new novellas from holly, check out her picture house by the sea series and her castle court series ++ see oxfam website for delivery information read more when sisters nessie and sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives and start afreshbut when they arrive at the star and sixpence, it's not quite what they imagined - it's pretty much derelict, ruined by debts, and it's going to be a huge job to get it up and running againi want to read more!' miranda dickinson 'warm, witty and laced with intriguing secrets! i want to pull up a bar stool, order a large g&t and soak up all the gossip at the star and sixpence!' cathy bramley ++ a year at the star and sixpence is the collected star and sixpence novellasbut when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them, they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed curl up with a year at the star and sixpence - the perfect novel to welcome springa year at the star and sixpence is holly hepburn's four star and sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first timefilled to the brim with captivating characters and fantastic storylines in a gorgeous settingsimply wonderfulbut they are determined to make the best of this new life and they set about making the pub the heart of the village once againoxfam shop colne road the perfect escapist read, for all fans of cathy bramley and jenny colganif you have already enjoyed the novellas, then you have already enjoyed a year at the star and sixpence'a fresh new voice, brings wit and warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' rowan coleman 'you'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction, holly hepburn
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Forming part of a series, along with the gwr handbook, the lms handbook and the southern railway handbook, this new edition provides an authoritative and highly detailed reference of information about the lnerrenowned for its express locomotive mallard setting a world speed record (126mph) for steam locomotives that endures to this day, the london & north eastern railway was the second largest of the big four rail way companies to emerge from the grouping and also the most diverse, with its prestigious high-speed trains from kings cross balanced by an intensive suburban and commuter service from liverpool street and a high dependence on freightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop scarborough the book is in very good condition, the only defects are small creases and dirt on the front and back cover, inside the book the pages are clean and readablenoted for its cautious board and thrifty management, the lner gained a reputation for being poor but honest
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The horse, the wheel, and language solves a puzzle that has vexed scholars for two centuries--the source of the indo-european languages and english--and recovers a magnificent and influential civilization from the pastlinking prehistoric archaeological remains with the development of language, david anthony identifies the prehistoric peoples of central eurasia's steppe grasslands as the original speakers of proto-indo-european, and shows how their innovative use of the ox wagon, horseback riding, and the warrior's chariot turned the eurasian steppes into a thriving transcontinental corridor of communication, commerce, and cultural exchangeanthony also describes his fascinating discovery of how the wear from bits on ancient horse teeth reveals the origins of horseback ridingthe horse, the wheel, and language lifts the veil that has long shrouded these original indo-european speakers, and reveals how their domestication of horses and use of the wheel spread language and transformed civilizationhe explains how they spread their traditions and gave rise to important advances in copper mining, warfare, and patron-client political institutions, thereby ushering in an era of vibrant social changeoxfam books & music lichfield roughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as proto-indo-europeansee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut who were the early speakers of this ancient mother tongue, and how did they manage to spread it around the globe? until now their identity has remained a tantalizing mystery to linguists, archaeologists, and even nazis seeking the roots of the aryan race
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin original gilt-decorated hardcovercatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablejust like his father, he showed himself very friendly towards livingstonelivingstone left upstream on the zambezi in januaryafter a journey of km through largely unknown territory, livingstone reached luanda where the he was warmly received by the portuguesehere he arrived in portuguese territory (angola) and came into contact with the slave trade for the first timeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit filled him with disgustbookblock slightly loose after first quireafter following the zambezi almost as far as the source, he headed west towards the coastin september livingstone retraced the journey back, but it took almost a year before he reached linyanti againcomplete with frontispiece, engraving on title page, 4 engravings and map wikipedia: david livingstone (blantyre near glasgow, 19 march - chitambo on lake bangweulum, 1 may ) was a scottish missionary and one of the most famous explorers in livingstone headed north from cape town towards the makololo settlement of linyanti (now in northern botswana)david livingstone - the life and explorations of david livingstone - london, adam & company, not dated ( pp - cm condition: goodthere he met the new king, sekeletu, son of sebituanehe gave him a group of 27 makololos to accompany him on his journeyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Drawing of winnie the pooh winnie the pooh and the honey tree original and unique pieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegood condition with the signs and normal wear of a drawing used in animation productionthe works belongs to the process of creating one the sequences of one episode of the famous cartoon serieour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Few know the true and surprising history of this infamous place, nor how it fitted into the nazis' overall plan for the mass extermination of the jews - what they called the 'final solution'the destructive dynamism of auschwitz became both a microcosm of the nazi state and the logical consequence of hitler's warped worldviewsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombining rare archive footage, cgi illustrations of the camp never before seen on television and dramatic reconstructions of the key decision-making moments, this series tells the story of auschwitz and the horrific ideology behind itoxfam bookshop swanage this bbc documentary series tells the chilling story behind auschwitz - the site of the largest mass murder in the history of the world
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This is a reprint of the reissuethe slipcases have light shelfwear (one of them has a closed tear to the paper covering at the junction of the top and rear faces)oxfam bookshop kingsbridge gibbon's classic historical masterpiece, in 8 volumes, housed in 2 slipcasessome volumes have light foxing to the upper page edges (from the inside of the slipcase)the books appear to be unreadoriginally published by folio between and , the set was reissued insee oxfam website for delivery information read morevols i and ii have mild staining and wear to the boards, and vol ii has a few small dog-eared lower corners
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And on the english home front, men, women and children found themselves swept into a maelstrom of fear and uncertainty while events abroad led inexorably from the debacles of norway and dunkirk to the horror and glory of the battle of britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor the lovatt family - james, seconded on a hush-hush assignment to work with churchill, and his brother harry, a naval officer - for bess spofford, joanne schorner, graham smit and all the inhabitants of the history villages of the new forest, it was the beginning of the most bizarre, funny and tragic episode of their livesoxfam bookshop st albans in the spring of , the spectre of war turned into grim reality
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But economic inefficiency also created a pool of under-utilized resources that could potentially be mobilized in pursuit of political powerresource shortages prevented rulers from establishing a fiscal apparatus capable of appropriating such resources as were physically availablethis is followed by an analysis of the military and economic constraints on the political integration of space through the formation of geographically extensive political units, and the volume concludes with a section on the demographic and economic consequences of the investment of manpower and resources in warthe volume gives an innovative account of this potential - and why it was realized in the ancient world rather than the medieval west - together with a new analysis of the gunpowder revolution and the inability of rulers to meet the consequential costs within the confines of an organic economywrigley's concept of 'organic economies' and their reliance on the land for energy and raw materialsthe opening section considers the ensuing constraints on productivity, transportation, and the spatial organization of the economyexisting accounts of organic economies emphasize their restricted potential to support economic and political development, but this volume also considers why so much potential remained unrealizedendemic mass poverty curtailed demand, limiting incentives for investment and innovation, and keeping output growth below what was technologically possiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the field and the forge offers a new approach to the pre-industrial past in europe and the mediterranean basin from the roman republic to the fall of napoleonthe second section analyses the constraints imposed by muscle-powered military technology and by the organic economy on the tactical, operational, and strategic use of armed force, and the consequences of the spread of firearms in recorded history's first energy revolutionbased on an original synthesis of 'structural' economic and demographic history with traditionally 'event driven' political and military history, it takes as its starting point e
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Containing illuminating examinations of wyndham lewis, laura riding and henry miller, this study will be invaluable reading for those interested in modernism and its complicated legacyfor example, how does one create an original work when the 'new' has already been established, marketed and institutionalised? rod rosenquist's study focuses on the writers and poets who emerged after modernism's high-water mark year of , in which ulysses, the waste land and the early cantos were publishedoxfam bookshop canterbury rod rosenquist cambridge university press (30 augmodernism remains deeply connected to ideas of innovation, and this has created problems for successive generations of writersseeking to refine our own understanding of the high modernists through the frequent difficulties encountered by the generation that succeeded them, this study discusses issues of cultural value, the relationship of history to innovation, and the market for new works in an era already dominated by the likes of joyce, eliot and poundan as new unread copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The moon and the sun/ unholy light/ zither song/ you upset the grace of living when you lieoxfam shop herne hill in very good condition"the moon and the sun" is the definitive heidi berry performance -- bolstered by the exquisite fingerpicking of sibling christopher, swelling violin, and a lilting, waltz-like rhythm, berry delivers perhaps her most nuanced and graceful vocal, all resulting in the most lively song in her catalogsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis handsomely packaged 4ad single contains three additional tracks, highlighted by the self-explanatory "zither song," probably the most effective deployment of the little-used string instrument since anton karas' theme for the third manthe lovely if slight "unholy light" and a heartfelt reading of tim hardin's "you upset the grace of living when you lie" round out the set
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Many examples of such contributions are shown in the illustrations, which also present the tools and techniques used by the etcher and engraver see oxfam website for delivery information read morewalter chamberlain has set down here the methods, materials and principles involved in the twin arts of etching and engravingto these mr chamberlain has added many recent developments and innovations, for every creative engraver develops an individual approach making his own particular contribution to the artcondition- goodmost of the methods and materials described may be regarded as traditional- and are still the most practical, reliable and flexibleoxfam bookshop harrogate discusses the tools, techniques, and principles of etching and engraving and includes both historical and modern examples
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Bloosbury paperback in "as new"Â conditionin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsno marks and good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and troos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of war
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