The great age of exploration
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8 books in the discovery & exploration series by reader's digestthe great age of exploration by duncan castlereagh beyond the horizon by malcolm ross macdonald charting the vast pacific by john gilbert bridging a continent by martin hillman the frozen world by thayer willis secrets of the sea by carl proujan jungle rivers and mountain peaks by marcia willis the challenge of africa by elspeth huxley carriage on books sent individually £3hardback books with cloth spine & no dust covers, as originally sold£4 each individually or all 8 for £2850 carriage on all 8 together £5reprinted issue in 'as new' condition, 1 has slight tear to paper on inside front cover
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8 books in the discovery & exploration series by reader's digestthe great age of exploration by duncan castlereagh beyond the horizon by malcolm ross macdonald charting the vast pacific by john gilbert bridging a continent by martin hillman the frozen world by thayer willis secrets of the sea by carl proujan jungle rivers and mountain peaks by marcia willis the challenge of africa by elspeth huxley carriage on books sent individually £3reprinted issue: in 'as new' condition, 1 has slight tear to paper on inside front coverhardback books with cloth spine & no dust covers, as originally sold£4 each individually or all 8 for £2850 carriage on all 8 together £5
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Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutiontext block cleandust jacket unmarkedno highlighting or other notesfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usethe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successful
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great synthpop! read morethomas dolby "the golden age of video" vhs tracks, 52mins
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The golden age of the american racing car emphasizes the human side of racing history, offering insight into the men who shaped the golden agecovering a period of time from the s through the s, the book describes the historical development of race car technology and presents fascinating information on race courses, designers, builders, drivers, and eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreracing pioneers covered include: fred duesenberg, louis chevrolet, harry miller, leo goossen, and fred offenhauseroxfam bookshop preston a best seller and winner of the antique automobile club of america's prestigious thomas mckean award
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The golden age of grotesque 4:05the title is the golden age of grotesquefor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casingthe item format is a cd
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The golden age of knowheretitle: the golden age of knowherecondition: goodweight: 100 gmsbinding: audio cdauthors: funeral party
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) - the golden age of chinese archaeology * celebrated discoveries from the people's republic of chinaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivarious authors - china archaeology and art digestour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableexhibition catalogue printed by the yale university press, pp1 january-march & volxiaoneng yang (awith 175 plates in color and numerous illustrations - stiff wrappers - 31x24x5 - weight 3please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebuying more lots from asiapl: mailing costs will be adjusted (depending on total weight) and restituted in euros ! read morenumerous contributions on all aspects of art & archaeology in china (illustrated with figures) - softcover - 26x18
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead return to the amalgam age of comics: the marvel collection by barbara kesel a collection of short graphic stories featuring characters from marvel comics, among them iron lantern, spider-boy, thorion and the magnetic mensee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition, with only minimal signs of wear
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Oxfam shop mutley plain a box set of 7 discs from the golden age of dance bands, released in the uk in , done in a style of pop classical with various artists contributing, if your a big band fan then this album is for yousee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The title is the golden age of ted heath vol onewhen playing surface noise may be evident, especially in the quiet soft passages and during intro and fade, but the surface noise will not overpower the soundsleeve condition-very good plusblues in the nightthe item format is a cd
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The golden age of steam the royal scot the cornish riviera the golden arrow the flying scotsman plates never been out of boxes or usedoriginal certificates & boxesouter boxes may be dusty from storage
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The golden age of science fiction, an anthologyhardback book in excellent condition
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The title is the golden age of black magickcd's are released in many editions and variations, such as standard edition, re-issue, demonstration demo, not for sale, promotional promo, special edition, limited edition, and many other editions and versions
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Release title �� great valuethe great legends of countrynumber of discs if the item is listed as used, your item will be previously owned but still in great conditionthe disc will play perfectly without interruption
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Oxfam shop shirley the great songs of ana hato and deane waretini - new zealand parlophone releasecondition: sleeve - g, some delamination of frontltd) catalogue number pmcmreleased on new zealand parlophone (his master's voice nvinyl - vg++ slight sleeve imprint marksmade in new zealandmatrix numbers: side 1: xenx-, side 2: xenx- sleeve lithoed in new zealand, black label with light grey printwe recommend the vinyl is properly cleaned before playingtracklist a1 home, little maori, home a2 waiata poi a3 ka mate a4 karo a5 (a) te taniwha (b) matangi a6 may i not love? b1 hine e hine! b2 akoako o te rangi b3 haere tonu b4 in fairyland b5 (a) hoea ra (b) taki nei taru kino b6 po atarau further info: these songs were transferred from 78 rpm records this recording has been released as a lasting tribute to the late ana hato and to deane waretini, both worthy representatives of the maori peopleflip over sleevecover photo reproduced by permission of the board of trustees of the national art gallery and dominion museum, new zealand see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The great book of tin toys van david presslandbeautiful book with beautiful pictures! read morethis is number 902 of totalare 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 storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesigned by david presslandthe sleeve has some shelfwarethe book is in very nice conditionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe book has 335 pages
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Oxfam bookshop lymington the great songs of aznavouressex music international ltdcontents sound and bright with no annotations to the musicthe cover has some wear and there is light foxing to the outer page edges and title pageincludes a number of black and white photos of charles aznavoursee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The royal mint - the 350th anniversary of the great fire of london uk £2 brilliant uncirculated (inner: cupro-nickel, outer: nickel-brass) coin in presentation pack in cellophane wrappingavailable to collect locally in surrey, or can post at extra cost (first or second signed for, or special delivery by 1pm next day options) and payment through paypalfor viewings/collections a facemask is still required pleasei will be wearing one and will have sanitised my handsunfortunately no mask = no sale
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The royal mint - the 350th anniversary of the great fire of london uk £2 brilliant uncirculated (inner: cupro-nickel, outer: nickel-brass) coin in presentation pack in cellophane wrappingavailable to collect locally, or can post at extra cost (first or second signed for, or special delivery by 1pm next day options) and payment through paypalfor viewings/collections a facemask is still required pleasei will be wearing one and will have sanitised my handsunfortunately no mask = no sale
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This is a edition of the great book of humour in it's original box and in excellent condition
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I was there-the human story of the great war of , by sir john hammerton,volumes 1-4 feel free to get in touch if interestedpick up from keston (se london) only
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The great lion of judahwhite mountain puzzles # piece
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Mapping the silk road and beyond traces the history of the european age of exploration and its lasting effects on these regions through an extensive series of beautifully rendered and imaginative maps drawn by explorers, merchants, and colonial administrators of the timeoxfam bookshop brighton today the world is focusing unprecedented attention on asia and the middle east - rediscovering a cultural, political, and geographical landscape that has fascinated and frustrated westerners since the time of alexander the greatthe maps provide detailed visual keys to the fascinating history of asia and the middle east: altogether they illuminate a cast of historical figures ranging from great leaders (the queen of sheba, mohammed the prophet, king charles v) to legendary explorers (marco polo, columbus, magellan, sir francis drake, captthe book focuses on both maritime exploration and overland discovery via the ancient silk road: a network of trading posts that encompassed china, tibet, pakistan, india, kurdistan, iraq, ethiopia, eritrea, and dozens of other places known in ancient times by fabled names, including abyssinia, malacca, macassar, siam, and cathaymapping the silk road and beyond depicts over eighty maps organized in clear chronology - from alexander the great's map of the world, first created in 323 bc and reproduced in a sixteenth-century atlas, to maps from the nineteenth century by french and dutch explorers that detail the growing interaction between europeans and eastern culturesthese maps represent the finest examples in existence in museums, libraries, and archives around the world, chosen because they depict the most important milestones in the mapping of asiasee oxfam website for delivery information read morejames cook) and influential cartographers
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle warhammer: age of sigmar - mighty battles in an age of unending wars was the first book of the warhammer: age of sigmar series and introduced the mortal realms settinginside you will find tales of the age of myths and the creation of the realms, along with sigmar's pantheon, and their great and godly deeds during this time of legendsstorm clouds roll out across the realms heralding the beginning of a new era - the age of chaos is coming to an end, for this is the age of sigmar! warhammer age of sigmar provides a wealth of background on the mortal realms, its many races and its long history of war and conflictdiscover new battles as the age of sigmar dawns, and the stormcast eternals arrive to push back the forces of chaosthis book continues on the warhammer: age of sigmar (starterset book) and begins the story of the age of sigmar in the realm of fire, but also the start of the campaigns in the realm of life and in the realm of metalalongside these exciting histories you will also find warscrolls, battleplans and rules, so that you can forge your own legends in the age of sigmarlearn of the age of chaos, the coming of the dark gods and the wars that saw seven of the eight realms reduced to flame and ruin - azyr, sigmar's own realm, alone surviving behind its mighty gatesnow the time has come to strike back, for at last sigmar's stormcast eternals are ready for warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a campaign book containing battleplans, warscrolls and time of war rulesfrom the burning plains of aqshy and the glimmering steel mountains of chamon to the putrefied forests of ghyran and the beast dens of ghur, the thunder of the marching forces of chaos drowns out the piteous cries of tormented tribes and broken peoplesyet, the dark gods' triumph remains incomplete - the realm of heavens resists their armies, its ruler, the god-king sigmar, holding back the hellforged tidefor centuries uncounted the mortal realms have languished under the yoke of chaosbook comes inside original box, in very good condition
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The author surveys the blue-water ships of the egyptians, syro-canaanites, cypriots, early bronze age aegeans, minoans, mycenaeans, and sea peoples, and discusses known bronze age shipwrecksthis book brings together for the first time the entire corpus of evidence pertaining to bronze age seafaring and will be of special value to archaeologists, maritime historians, philologists, and bronze age textual scholarsoxfam bookshop hampstead seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant by shelley wachsmann during the bronze age, the ancient societies that ringed the mediterranean, once mostly separate and isolate, began to reach across the great expanse of sea to conduct trade, marking an age of immense cultural growth and technological developmentin seagoing ships and seamanship in the bronze age levant shelley wachsmann presents a one-of-a-kind comprehensive examination of how the early eastern mediterranean cultures took to the sea--and how they evolved as a resultand, as a potential superhighway, the mediterranean demanded much in the way of seafaring knowledge and innovative ship design if it were to be successfully navigatedlenz delves into the homeric greek lexicon to search out possible references to the birdlike shapes that adorned early ships' stem and sternin very good conditionthere is minimal edge wearvan soldt offer new and illuminating translations of ugaritic and akkadian documents that refer to seafaringthe inside is very clean and unmarkedhocker provides a useful appendix and glossary of nautical terms, and george fhoftijzer and wbass's foreword frames the study's scholarly significance and discusses its place in the nautical archaeological canonrelying on archaeological, ethnological, iconographic, and textual evidence, wachsmann delivers a fascinating and intricate rendering of virtually every aspect of early sea travel--from ship construction and propulsion to war on the open water, piracy, and laws pertaining to conduct at seait is new in appearanceoffering an abundance of line drawings and photographs and written in a style that makes the material easily accessible to the layperson, wachsmann's study is certain to become a standard reference for anyone interested in the dawn of sea travelthis broad study is further enhanced by contributions from other renowned scholarsthese intersocietal lines of communication and paths for commerce relied on rigorous open-water travelthere are a few faint scuffs to the back cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurywhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of scienceas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its coretake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencequantum theory is weirdwerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strange"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesbut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentsyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itself'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reason
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writing this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationthe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literaturethe book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culture in the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling themcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question markwidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and research
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Set of three limited edition ceramic plates featuring the great age of steam includes tractors and busses in good condition can be wall hung a beautifull set
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