The great railway revolution
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Oxfam bookshop cardiff "in the s, the united states underwent a second revolutionthe 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" hardback book in as new condition in a similar condition unclipped dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno marks or inscriptions not ex-librarysee the attached images of this copy
9 €
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The great western railway game - board gamecomplete with all tokens, playing cards and large map game boardsuitable for 2-6 players with references to all things gsystem between the wars(god`s wonderful railway)
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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 penzancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more1st thus paperback published by peninsula press inmaps, 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 expressin very good used condition
24 €
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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
12 €
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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
3 €
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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
6 €
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Title: history of the great western railway – volumes 1 & 2 author: eplease do not hesitate to contact memacdermot book types: hard back both books are in very good conditionif you require any further details, information, etci will consider selling separately
25 €
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This book is a celebration of the great western railwayillustrated throughout with good condition dust coverreads like new book and is a souvenir edition
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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 systemthis position changed when feodor died inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesophia alekseyevna, one of alexis' daughters from his first marriage, led a rebellion of the streltsy (russia's elite military corps) in april–may90 mm quality \tproof mintage \t999 pcs read morecoin story peter the great, peter i or pyotr alexeyevich (russian: ???? ??????´????, ???? i, pyotr i, or ???? ????´???, pyotr velikiy) (9 june [opeter's other half-brother, ivan v, was next in line for the throne, but he was chronically ill and of infirm mindcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethroughout 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 benefactorsthis arrangement was brought before the people of moscow, as ancient tradition demanded, and was ratified27 april] until his death, jointly ruling before with his half-brother28 january] )[a] ruled the tsardom of russia and later the russian empire from 7 may [oour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store30 may] february [o999 weight \t2 oz (62as feodor did not leave any children, a dispute arose between the naryshkin and miloslavsky families over who should inherit the throne6 mm thickness \t2are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiconsequently, the boyar duma (a council of russian nobles) chose the 10-year-old peter to become tsar with his mother as regent2g) diameter \t41in numerous successful wars he expanded the tsardom into a huge empire that became a major european powerfrom 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 menesiuscountry niue island year \t face value \t5 dollars metal \tsilveron 29 january , tsar alexis died, leaving the sovereignty to peter's elder half-brother, the weak and sickly feodor iiiin the subsequent conflict some of peter's relatives and friends were murdered, including matveev, and peter witnessed some of these acts of political violence
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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 sciencein this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corequantum theory is weirdin , 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 strangebut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debatetake 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 scienceoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reason'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand it"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heart
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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 storyextensively illustrated with black and white photographssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredustjacket is very slightly yellowed at top edge, and with a few small dentsboards and pages in very good condition
40 €
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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
15 €
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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 expectancysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 andthe volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areasthis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colourbut 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 environments
30 €
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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 railwayan illustrated historical review of thevery good paperback book
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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 paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelayers of grey and brown suggest shade and distanceridinger was very productive, as a draftsman, engraver and publisher"tamed, with nose ring and head strap in slightly bent position to the right before a boulder on a sloping ledgecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"in over drawings he depicted many representatives of the animal kingdominscribed: vrsvs, maximvs nigerreferences on later plates were removed by the sons as obsoleteby his sons martin elias and johann jacobthe bear belongs to the indigenous animals in europe and his fatherland ranges from poland up to the outmost northern bordersit is an original from the first edition of ridinger's ‘colored animal kingdom’, published che produced mainly animal subjectsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storejohann elias ridinger, german (ulm – augsburg )some text above is from the 'colored animal kingdom' by thienemann & schwarz and the website of luederhniemeyer, approval from mrhis inhabitation is in the thickest wildernesses on mountainsthe artist has much knowledge of the animal anatomy and motion"/ l’ours grand et noircoloured etching with engraving by johann elias ridinger/ der große schwarze bärare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
75 €
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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 tranquillityit cannot even be seen from earth orbit, let alone the moonestimates of its length vary from to milesfor this riveting account, john man travelled the wall from the far western deserts to the pacific, exploring the grandest sections and many wild onesthe many walls are united by two ideas self-protection and unity which go back to the first emperor, who founded the nation in 221 bcmany 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 moonin fact, most of it is made of earth, and much of it is not there at allit is too big, too varied, too complex to be captured by a few images or a day-triphe is the first writer to describe two unknown walls in mongoliabut we are wrongsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeven its name is deceptive it is not an it, a single entity, but many walls (hence the uncertain length), built at different timesfor years, the wall marked the border between china and nomadic peoples to the north and westwe all feel we know the wallmutual hostility inspired centuries of attacks, counter-attacks and wall-building, until the northward spread of china in the 20th century made the wall redundantmillions every year climb the line of stone snaking over mountainsmyths surround it
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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 motherhe shows how the feminine has been represented as goddess, monster, gate, pillar, tree, moon, sun, vessel, and every animal from snakes to birdssee oxfam website for delivery information read morehere 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 groupbulb type: incandescentsingle light outdoor wall sconce from the wilshire park collectionportsmouth 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 ()figurine 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 website2 cm weight: g estimated period: mid-20th century excellent condition - no noticeable damage or repaircatawiki’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 morephotos stock imagesrecorded 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 corners
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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 groupbulb type: incandescentsingle light outdoor wall sconce from the edenshire collection
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