The globalization of world politics an introduction
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Kurt wallinger - politicsworld party - the four ages of manthe cranberries - yeat's grave (featuring no second troy)nervous - he wishes for the cloths of heavenmike scott & sharon shannon - a song of the rosy-cross
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This richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienashe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianocasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalathe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfwearsuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadofirst edition publishedoxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next century
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Combining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governanceyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundthen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actionpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fkennedy, ronald reagan, and george woxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographybush administrationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracyharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george was harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekbush have built their policies on some version of these noble valuesdemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism
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An introduction to the foundation phasepublisher: bloomsbury publishing plcauthor: thomas, amanda (university of south wales, uk)publication date
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These notes and diary dictations, quoted throughout this book, provide a unique insight into the complexities of the modern presidency and the great issues of american policy and politicsthroughout his career richard nixon made extensive notes about his ideas, conversations, activities, meetingsduring his presidency, from november until april and again in june and july , he kept an almost daily diary of reflections, analyses, and perceptionsmemoirs, spanning nixons formative years through his presidency, reveals the personal side of richard nixonwith startling candor, nixon reveals his beliefs, doubts, and behind-the-scenes decisions, shedding new light on his landmark diplomatic and domestic initiatives, political campaigns, and historic decision to resign from the presidencywitness his youth, college years, and wartime experiences, events which would shape his outward philosophies and eventually his presidency-and shape our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollow his meteoric rise to national prominence and the great peaks and depths of his presidencyoxfam bookshop cheltenham former president richard nixon's bestselling autobiography is an intensely personal examination of his life, public career, and white house years
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Oxfam bookshop hove paradigms and fairy tales: an introduction to the science of meanings vol2 by julienne ford (, hardcover) see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this second edition of an introduction to stata programming, the author introduces concepts by providing the background and importance for the topic, presents common uses and examples, then concludes with larger, more applied examples referred to as "cookbook recipesfor those learning, the author assumes familiarity with stata and gradually introduces more advanced programming tools" this is a great reference for anyone who wants to learn stata programmingfor the more advanced stata programmer, the book introduces stata's mata programming language and optimization routinesoxfam bookshop raeburn place fine conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary statesoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldhydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimea chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemscattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesthe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equations
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop hebden bridge a fascinating look into the history of a ropostale, the world's first intercontinental airline, and the remarkable people, technology, politics, and tragedy surrounding its inception and untimely end
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Oxfam bookshop hexham the revised edition of this highly successful text provides a clear and accessible introduction to some of the most important questions of political philosophy a few pages at the back are slightly creased and the corners of the covers are very slightly bumpedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreorganized around major issues, wolff provides the structure that beginners need, while also introducing some distinctive ideas of his own
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He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'a truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bwe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedreaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issuespeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and raceoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speechhe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morenarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingin their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media
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Oxfam books & music totnes an introduction to the psychology of hearing emphasises the mechanisms underlying auditory perception and explains key conceptsintroductory chapters describe the basic physical concepts needed to understand the nature of auditory stimuli and the physiology of the auditory systemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecorners slightly bumped and pages very lightly tanned around the edgesowner's name in black marker pen on ffepthe books shows signs of shelf and reading wear, but is in good condition and a good reading copy
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Oxfam shop fulwood road an introduction to the four surviving works intended to set the poet and his works in their relevant historical and cultural context and develop lines of critical argument to bring out the best in the gawain-poet's workssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Society and health an introduction to social science for health professionalsideal for nursing students a concise introduction to the central issues concerning health and health care, society and health is written for all health professionals undergoing basic trainingeach chapter is short, focused on key learning pointsit explains social science concepts, theories and shows their relevance to work in health settings'concept boxes' highlight the main themes and facilitate revisionexercises and activities enable students to apply knowledge to practice buyer to collect or pay p&p £4
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sinceusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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A survivor's guide to r an introduction for the uninitiated and the unnerved by kurt taylor gaubatz (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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An introduction to the new testament the abridged edition by raymond ebrown (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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An introduction to the old testament second edition by tremper longman iii (hardback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Lines are drawn as love and loyalty are tested, even among the truest friends and family, in an increasingly divided wizarding worldoxfam shop worcester the wizarding world journey continues the powerful dark wizard gellert grindelwald was captured in new york with the help of newt scamanderset in , a few months after the events of fantastic beasts and where to find them, and moving from new york to london, paris and even back to hogwarts, this story of mystery and magic reveals an extraordinary new chapter in the wizarding worldbut, making good on his threat, grindelwald escapes custody and sets about gathering followers, most of whom are unsuspecting of his true agenda: to raise pure-blood wizards up to rule over all non-magical beingsfantastic beasts: the crimes of grindelwald is the second screenplay in a five-film series to be written by jrowling, author of the internationally bestselling harry potter booksillustrated with stunning line art from minalima with some surprising nods to the harry potter stories that will delight fans of both the books and filmsin an effort to thwart grindelwald's plans, albus dumbledore enlists newt, his former hogwarts student, who agrees to help once again, unaware of the dangers that lie aheadsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Francis bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this history of the reign of king henry vii a major work of english literature and an important document in the history of political thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the text described as 'the first modern classic of english history'the edition also includes other relevant writings by bacon, generous editorial footnotes explaining the historical and political issues of the period, and a substantial glossary
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"the next step in human evolution: eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their livesthrough meditations and simple techniques, eckhart shows us how to quiet our thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find a path to "a life of grace, ease, and lightnessthis is a prerequisite not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violence on our planetat the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolutionan essential aspect of this awakening involves transcending our ego-based state of consciousnessyour path to enlightenment: practicing the power of now extracts the essence from eckhart's teachings in his new york times bestseller, the power of now (translated into 33 languages)readers of other transformational self-help books such as the four agreements, the miracle morning, braving the wilderness, and the book of joy will want to read practicing the power of nowhis views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guruin the power of now and his subsequent book practicing the power of now, eckhart shares the enlightenment he himself experienced after a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life" the aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepracticing the power of now shows us how to free ourselves from "enslavement to the mindeckhart tolle: eckhart tolle, a spiritual teacher and author who was born in germany and educated at the universities of london and cambridge, is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most inspiring spiritual teachersoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york times bestselling author eckhart tolle - a key to happiness is living in the nowpractice the power of now: if you, like many others, have benefited from the transformative experience of reading the power of now, you will want to own and read practicing the power of now
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This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governanceoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentthis book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary stateno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldthis book fills this gaphowever, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectified
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It was the house of medicibankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityit shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedin the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familypatrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, englandchristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglan
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The 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 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 dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe 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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Book�1: an introduction & price guide to small oilersbook picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual cover or edition may varybook 1 paperback edition by david jgot a drop of oil?format: paperback
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Critical psychology: an introduction edited by dennis fox and isaac prilleltensky published by sage publications inc hardback, a book of readings on psychologycondition is excellentcan post email me for details
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An introduction to formal languages and automata by peter linz (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morejürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worlda definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologypart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futureoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatswe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarinternally clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepianka and laurie j
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And yet, even if the world is, in fact, coming to an end, as some assert, day-to-day life must go on' one morning, julia and her parents wake up in their suburban home in california to discover, along with the rest of the world, that the rotation of the earth is noticeably slowingthe enormity of this is almost beyond comprehensionoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'it is never what you worry over that comes to pass in the endjulia, facing the loneliness and despair of an awkward adolescence, witnesses the impact of this phenomenon on the world, on the community, on her family and on herselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe real catastrophies are always different - unimagined, unprepared for, unknown
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