The great railway revolution
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff "in the s, the united states underwent a second revolutionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresee the attached images of this copyno marks or inscriptions not ex-library" hardback book in as new condition in a similar condition unclipped dust jacketthe opening of the baltimore & ohio line, the first american railroad set in motion a process which would enmesh the vast country in a latticework of railroad lines
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The great western railway game - board gamesuitable for 2-6 players with references to all things g(god`s wonderful railway)complete with all tokens, playing cards and large map game boardsystem between the wars
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He was still in his teens when he began photographing the extension work to britain's last main line railway - the great central railwaysignificantly, in addition to photographing the railway and its associated features, he also recorded rural life in the villages along the course of the line
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great details and many images of this beautiful scenic railwaya wonderful book relating to the soon to be reopened portishead railwayreflections of the portishead railway branch line dated but in very good condition
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Oxfam books & music fareham this book was first published by the great western railway in to enhance the enjoyment of their passengers on the 305 mile journey from paddington to penzance1st thus paperback published by peninsula press insee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good used conditionmaps, line drawings and information about the towns and villages describe the glorious countryside of southern england that could be seen from the windows of the cornish riviera express
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All aboard! for glacier the great northern railway and glacier national park by c w guthrie (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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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham history of the great western railway volume 3: wartime and the final years see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Stamped 'the great railway exposition' liverpool road station, manchester, 12 march no insert excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop st albans colorano 'silk' cachet first day cover commemorating 150 years of liverpool and manchester railway
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Title: history of the great western railway – volumes 1 & 2 author: eplease do not hesitate to contact mei will consider selling separatelymacdermot book types: hard back both books are in very good conditionif you require any further details, information, etc
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This book is a celebration of the great western railwayreads like new book and is a souvenir editionillustrated throughout with good condition dust cover
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According to historian james cracraft, he led a cultural revolution that replaced the traditionalist and medieval social and political system with a modern, scientific, europe-oriented, and rationalist systemcountry niue island year \t face value \t5 dollars metal \tsilver6 mm thickness \t2this position changed when feodor died incoin story peter the great, peter i or pyotr alexeyevich (russian: ???? ??????´????, ???? i, pyotr i, or ???? ????´???, pyotr velikiy) (9 june [oas feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the naryshkin and miloslavsky families over who should inherit the thronein the subsequent conflict some of peter's relatives and friends were murdered, including matveev, and peter witnessed some of these acts of political violenceon 29 january , tsar alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly feodor iii999 weight \t2 oz (62this arrangement was brought before the people of moscow, as ancient tradition demanded, and was ratifiedsophia alekseyevna, one of alexis' daughters from his first marriage, led a rebellion of the streltsy (russia's elite military corps) in april–maypeter's other half-brother, ivan v, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mindare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefrom an early age, peter's education (commissioned by tsar alexis i) was put in the hands of several tutors, most notably nikita zotov, patrick gordon, and paul menesius27 april] until his death, jointly ruling before with his half-brotherconsequently, the boyar duma (a council of russian nobles) chose the 10-year-old peter to become tsar with his mother as regent90 mm quality \tproof mintage \t999 pcs read morein numerous successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a huge empire that became a major european power2g) diameter \t41our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store28 january] )[a] ruled the tsardom of russia and later the russian empire from 7 may [o30 may] february [othroughout this period, the government was largely run by artamon matveev, an enlightened friend of alexis, the political head of the naryshkin family and one of peter's greatest childhood benefactors
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While "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 scienceyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfquantum theory is weirdin this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centurytake 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 sciencebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debateas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand itoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonsee oxfam website for delivery information read more"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartin , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentswerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strangeand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its core'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 exist
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Above all, this is a story of the struggle to keep this impoverished and defiant little railway runningoxfam bookshop exeter surviving against all odds, with the barest minimum of men and original victory equipment, the talyllyn railway has a fascinating storyboards and pages in very good conditiondustjacket is very slightly yellowed at top edge, and with a few small dentsextensively illustrated with black and white photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This a souvenir copy of the great western railways achievementillustrated throughout, some markings on earlier pages hence reduced pricegood condition dust cover
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Its principal focus is the great demographic revolution which occurred during those years, especially the secular decline of fertility and the origins of the modern rise in life expectancybut robert woods also considers the variable quality of the victorian registration system; the changing role of what robert malthus termed the preventive check; variations in occupational mortality and the development of the twentieth-century class mortality gradient; and the effects of urbanisation associated with the significance of distinctive disease environmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areasoxfam bookshop chelmsford the demography of victorian england and wales uses the full range of nineteenth-century civil registration material to describe in detail for the first time the changing population history of england and wales between andthis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colour
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The second russian revolution by angus roxburgh has small tear on dust jacket and a part of the front end paper has been lopped off otherwise it is in excellent conditioncan post email for details read more
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Vintage guide book "towyn - home of the talyllyn railway" 95 page guide to towyn & attractions - plus advertising pages & map c's 12cm high x 185cm wide mix of information and photographs + advertising condition is very good for the age of the book - first two photos are front and back of guide free shipping uk mainland only read more
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The electric railwayvery good paperback bookan illustrated historical review of the
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Set of four liverpool landmarks photographed in a rare picture of the liver building and the overhead railway all framed and ready to be hung up read more
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The great black beartheir fur is very warm and one uses it to great benefit for sundry services"this great composition is made in pen, with many different lines used to make the textures of leaves, rocks and tree barkthere is a watermark c & i honig and the use of dutch quality paper"tamed, with nose ring and head strap in slightly bent position to the right before a boulder on a sloping ledgethe artist has much knowledge of the animal anatomy and motion"it is an original from the first edition of ridinger's ‘colored animal kingdom’, published creferences on later plates were removed by the sons as obsoletehis inhabitation is in the thickest wildernesses on mountainsthe bear belongs to the indigenous animals in europe and his fatherland ranges from poland up to the outmost northern bordersinscribed: vrsvs, maximvs nigersome text above is from the 'colored animal kingdom' by thienemann & schwarz and the website of luederhniemeyer, approval from mrhe produced mainly animal subjectsby his sons martin elias and johann jacobare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available/ l’ours grand et noir/ der große schwarze bärlayers of grey and brown suggest shade and distancecoloured etching with engraving by johann elias ridingerjohann elias ridinger, german (ulm – augsburg )our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeridinger was very productive, as a draftsman, engraver and publisher"in over drawings he depicted many representatives of the animal kingdom
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Yet behind the confusion are great simplicitiesoxfam bookshop cheltenham chinas great wall north of beijing is one of the worlds most famous sightshe covers two millennia of history, from the countrys first unification to the present day, when the great wall, built and rebuilt over centuries of war, has become a symbol of tranquillityfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonhe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliamutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundantbut we are wrongmyths surround itmany believe that the stone barrier marches across all china, that it has been in existence for over years, and that it is the only man-made structure visible from the mooneven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timeswe all feel we know the wallin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allestimates of its length vary from to milesthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-trip
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Oxfam bookshop deal this landmark book explores the great mother as a primordial image of the human psychefeaturing a new foreword by martin liebscher, this princeton classics edition of the great mother introduces a new generation of readers to this profound and enduring workneumann discerns a universal experience of the maternal as both nurturing and fearsome, an experience rooted in the dialectical relation of growing consciousness, symbolized by the child, to the unconscious and the unknown, symbolized by the great mothersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon, sun, vessel, and every animal from snakes to birdshere the renowned analytical psychologist erich neumann draws on ritual, mythology, art, and records of dreams and fantasies to examine how this archetype has been outwardly expressed in many cultures and periods since prehistory
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I have for sale a paperback version of this restoring the great britain book in very good condition following the story of commander joe blake mbe restoration of brunel’s great iron ship the sgreat britain published in author joe blake can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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The great legends of countryrelease title �� great valuenumber 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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The great outdoors light outdoor wall sconce from the wilshire parkthe great outdoors is the fashionable outdoor lighting solution by minka lavery and the minka groupsingle light outdoor wall sconce from the wilshire park collectionbulb type: incandescentportsmouth bronze
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Bust of frederick ii the great in 24 ct gilt bronze on a marble base - mid 20th centurygermany a beautiful gilt bronze figurine of a bust of the king of prussia () frederic ii the great ()2 cm weight: g estimated period: mid-20th century excellent condition - no noticeable damage or repairfigurine dimensions: height: 12 cm length: 7 cm dimensions of marble base cm total height: 18our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i by john mosiertitle: the myth of the great war: a new military history of world war i format: paperback / softback type: book publisher: profile books uk release date: language: english
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury a beautiful two lp vinyl set produced in (mono) of recordings made between and of some of sibelius' great worksfour different conductors (the great interpreters): robert kajanus conducting the london symphony orchestra (; georg schneevoigt conducting the finish national orchestra (); and serge koussevitzky conducting the bbc symphony orchestra ()see oxfam website for delivery information read morerecorded on the world records label these include: symphonies 3, 5, 6 and 7; the karelia suite; intermezzo; alla marcia and pohjola's daughterthe vinyls are in perfect condition as is the gatefold sleeve bar a little scuff in the top and bottom cornersphotos stock images
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The great outdoors light outdoor wall sconce from the edenshire collthe great outdoors is the fashionable outdoor lighting solution by minka lavery and the minka groupsingle light outdoor wall sconce from the edenshire collectionbulb type: incandescent
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