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The rhythm of being the gifford lectures by raimon panikkar (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe 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 moreoxfam 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 themon 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 authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe 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 reality
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Oxfam books & music totnes this and its fellow volume is drawn from the gifford lectures given in the university of edinburgh by the very distinguished german theologianno other marks and the binding is goodnisbet hardback with clipped djsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredark blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spinethere is an owner’s name on the ffepthe dj is protected by a tissue outer cover
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Oxfam books & music totnes the second volume of the author’s gifford lectures delivered in edinburgh immediately prior to the warblue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreowner’s name on ffep but no other marksnisbet hardback with intact dj protected by transparent sheet
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The star in the east, shewing the analogy which exists between the lectures of freemasonry the mechanism of initiation into its mysteries etclondon, spencer, ppin the original leather binding, in very good condition with a masonic binding! read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeby george oliver
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the roots of romanticism is the long-awaited text of isaiah berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the mellon lectures, delivered in washington in and heard since by a much wider audience on bbc radiothey destroyed the traditional notion of objective truth in ethicsm with incalculable, all-pervasive resultssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor berli, the romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itselfin his unscripted tour de force berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define romanticism, distils its essence, traces its development, and shows how its legacy permeates our outlook today
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The sarum lectures in theology were established through a fund left by john bampton in the 18th centurypages are clean and brightthe book was previously in a convent library, but shows few signs of use internally except for the bookplate and note on the front endpapersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and gilt lettering on spinedavid knowles osb (born michael clive knowles, ) was an english benedictine monk who was regius professor of modern history at the university of cambridge from tothey ran from tofirst editionlettering on spine is fadedhardback, no dust jackethis specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th centurypublished by oxford university press
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From the author's preface "the ten lectures of which this volume is composed were delivered last spring, in st john's wood, to a large audience of children and their friends, and at their conclusion i was asked by many of those present to publish them for a children's reading bookthere is some rippling to these front pagesbound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapers" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepvery worn and faded in placeshinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the bindingoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxingblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingtitle on spine, just discernible
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4 new books for sale: forbidden jewel of india (mills & boon historical) louise allen paperback; english language; new the caged countess (mills & boon largeprint historical) joanna fulford paperback, english, new captive of the border lord (mills & boon historical) blythe gifford paperback, new some like to shock (mills & boon historical) carole mortimer paperback; english language; new collection in moiralook also at my other ads:-)
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectively our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transit has been widely translated, and remains in print todayin he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'title etc in black lettering on spineinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppvery occasional spots of foxing notedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centuryclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those years  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegethe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedown107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank loss  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedowndom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's works
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Now it is much more complexfor 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 nigerfrom 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 omnipresentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom 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-involvedpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agein 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 similaritiesoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturethe 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 politicsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombwe are all potential targetscover & spine in very good condition
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This book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered fromthe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the topsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate in , as regius professor, william stubbs founded oxford university's school of modern history, allowing postclassical history to be taught as a distinct subject for the first timethe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tannedthe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titles
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The volumes: a joy for ever (and its price in the market), being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art delivered at manchester, july 10th and 13th the two paths, being lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture delivered in a joy for ever: corners slightly rubbed, spine faded (the title lettering remains bright), binding sound with hinges secure, contents clean and brightthe two paths: corners and edges (including gilt top edge) a little rubbed, spines faded (the title lettering remains bright), front hinge cracked, contents clean and brightoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombined weight 275gribbon marker in place but shortenedcombined size 15ribbon marker in place
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Five lectures on psycho-analysis, leonardo da vinci and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:five lectures on psycho-analysis ()leonardo da vinci and a memory of his childhood ()the future prospects of psycho-analytic therapy ()the antithetical meaning of primal words ()a special type of choice of object made by men ()on the universal tendecy to debasement in the sphere of love ()the taboo of virginity ()the psycho-analytic view of psychogenic disturbance of vision ()'wild' psycho-analysis ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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lectures 'as delivered by him before the president and members of the royal academywith a brief memoir of the author'oxfam bookshop wallingford hardback in good condition for its agesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A collection of essays and lectures written by cage during the period topress paperback edition of augustseveral light stains to spineback cover a little rubbedinterior clean and brightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreffep and inside of covers also lightly foxedthis copy is the second printing (february ) of the first moxfam bookshop shrewsbury paperback in very good minus condition, with tanning and spotting to front cover and spinetexblock edge tanned
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lectures on differential geometry, isbn , isbn-13 , acceptable condition, free p&p in the uk
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Page edges occasionally speckled dustjacket shelfworn with chipping and tears, some carefully repaired previous owner's name to ffep boards show minimal shelfwear, spine slightly fadedoxfam bookshop st albans edited by kathleen coburn from coleridge's shorthand notes for the famous series of lectures, in conjunction with notebook fragments and marginalia see oxfam website for delivery information read moreclean text, firmly bound in blue boards with titles in gilt to spine
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Shakespearean tragedy: lectures on hamlet, othello, king lear and macbeth, by amacmillan and co, limited st martins street, london, see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Authors: clive giffordso you think you know the
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road photographs, illustrations, and commentary record the championship bouts of every champion in every division from the early-eighteenth-century englishman, james figg, to the present, with particular emphasis on heavyweight championsthis is in good condition with it's dust jacket also in good conditionthere is some discolouration and the dust jacket is unclippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakerssome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null in
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One must understand what the mind's job is and how this task can be performed by a physical system - the nervous systemcombined with an evolutionary account of sensory representation, the result is a completely naturalistic account of phenomenal consciousnessoxfam bookshop preston how can the baffling problems of phenomenal experience be accounted for? in this discourse fred dretske argues that to achieve an understanding of the mind it is not enough to understand the biological machinery by means of which the mind does its jobthe theory establishes a framework within which subjectivity can be studied objectively, explains the peculiar authority we enjoy about our own mental states, and provides a biologically plausible answer to questions about the function or purpose of consciousnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read more"naturalizing the mind" skilfully a representational theory of the qualitative, the phenomenal, the what-it-is-like aspects of the mind that have defied traditional forms of naturalismin the first four chapters (the original jean nicod lectures), dretske focuses on what naturalistic representationalism reveals about introspective knowledge, intentionality, qualia, inverted spectra, the biological function of conscious experience, and the possibility of knowing what alien experiences are likechapter five addresses anticipated philosophical objections to the theoryit distinguishes, in wholly naturalistic terms, between what we experience (reality) and how we experience it (appearance)dretske's theory of naturalistic representationalism is an approach to the study of consciousness that can pin down the slippery first-person aspect of our sensory and affective lifecentral to dretske's approach is the claim that the phenomenal aspects of perceptual experiences are one and the same as external, real world properties that experience represents objects as having
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– the tavistock lecturesall except volumes 1,2, 3 and 13 volumes and 14 paperback editions, the rest original hardback with coversshame and the origins of self-esteemmarie-louise von franzsoul and psychejoel ryce-menuhinthe making of malenessboundaries of the soul: the practice of jung’s psychologyarchetypal explorationsthe origins and history of consciousnessthe psychotherapy of ccurrent trends in analytical psychologythe creation of consciousnesschildren as individualsthe pregnant virginintroduction to a science of mythologydying and creatinganthony stevensindividuation & narcissismdonald kalschedthe great motherman and his symbolswolfgang hochheimeranalytical psychology: a modern sciencealistair & hauke, edsthe unfolding self: separation and individuationthe collected works of cthe way of individuationthe analytic encounter: transference and human relationshipego and archetype: edward edingerseeing through the visible worldadolf guggenbühl-craigall in good conditionthe i and the not-ithe self in early childhoodcontemporary jungian analysisthe inner world of traumathe old fool and the corruption of mythanalytical psychology: its theory and practiceedward whitmontjung: word and imagemichael fordhamjung and the post-jungianspower in the helping professionsplus, thrown in for free, a large collection of leaflets from the guild of pastoral psychologyzeus and hera: archetypal image of father, husband and wifejung, edited by read, fordham and adleralchemy: an introduction to the symbolism and the psychologyarchetype, attachment, analysisthe symbolic questthe inner world of choicelonging for paradisea dictionary of symbolsarchetype: a natural history of the selfrosemary gordondialogue in the analytic settingin the wake of jungthe parental imagegerhard adler studies in analytical psychologygerhard adler psyche and deathaniela jaffe, ed
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The complete course of -minute lectures on 32 audio cds, and the guidebook (no video pictures) condition:   brand new, sealed1schumann- symphony noshostakovich- symphony nomahler- symphony nobrahms - symphony norachmaninoff- symphony nobeethoven- piano concerto nobeethoven- symphony norichard strauss- thus spoke zarathustra23dvorák- symphony nocopland- appalachian spring30mozart- piano concerto nothe ones that got away see oxfam website for delivery information read moretchaikovsky -symphony nogame plan and preliminaries 2schubert- symphony nomozart- symphony in c major, "jupiter"8rimsky-korsakov- scheherazade22bach-violin concerto in e major5bach- brandenburg concerto nohaydn- symphony no debussy- la mer26holst- the planets29brahms- violin concerto16oxfam shop kendal professor robert greenberg at the top of his gamesaint-saëns - symphony nostravinsky- the rite of spring27mendelssohn - "italian" symphony13tchaikovsky- violin concerto18 bedrich smetana- má vlast19vivaldi-the four seasons 3dvorák- concerto for 'cello21
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Hubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalityfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnand so it remained until lwith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifehere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselffrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifewith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifecredit and debit cards acceptedhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timesron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understood
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Eliot memorial lectures at the university of kent, explores systematically the implications of eliot's position and attempts to reconcile them with his own thoughtspublished by faber and faberex reference library (college of librarianship wales) with reference tabs on spine of book and djsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dj is in very good condition as are the boardsalso reference label on fep, library stamp on ffep and stamp on publication details pageeliot's paper "what is a classic?" kermode, in his tblack cloth covers with gilt titles on spineoxfam shop darlington hardbackbeige dj with title in blue and author in brownthe reflections in this book had their origin in tfor a library book it is in very good condition with clean contents and tight binding
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Being six lectures to working men, delivered at the museum of practical geology28 pages have been marked with pencil, either underlining or with brackets/lines down the side of the textoxfam bookshop raeburn place on our knowledge of the causes of organic naturegreen embossed cloth boards are in very good condition except for small mark at bottom of spine (possible sticker has been removed)Â overall, in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefront hinge is exposed to the webbing with 25" separated at the bottomby professor huxley published by robert hardwicke, first edition, 156pp, there are no adverts in this edition unlike other copies
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Frontispiece photograph of the artist at work on a wood block" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawn from clare leighton's diaries, lectures, reminiscences, essays and memoirs this assemblage is the next best thing to an autobiography; touching on art, education, gardening, life and happinessoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some very light shelf-wear to corners but overall in great conditionsome of them are reproduced here for the first time  edited by david leighton (the artist's nephew), with a foreword by simon brett "a selection of clare leighton's talks and memoirs, illustrated by over 30 of her wood-engraved imagesillustrated with over 30 of clare leighton's wood engravings chosen on the basis that they are mentioned in the text
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This book is complied from the author's publications and some extracts from his lecturessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages held firm and text is clearoccasional smudges to pagesoxfam books & music wells new edition, dated , but could be a more modern reprintfrom the preface: 'the remarkable genius of mr beecher as a pulpit orator has won him a renowned place among the celebrated men of the present age'the green hardback is worn at corners and spine edge
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