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The wilderness profound: victorian life on the gulf of georgia by mackie, richard may have limited writing in cover pages~ thriftbooks: read more, spend lesspages are unmarked
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Description: detailed map of southeast asia, showing the gulf of siam, cambodia, brunei, mindoro in the philippines, lombok, bali, java and sumatra, borneo and the malaysian peninsulacatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe title cartouche is located in the bottom left corner8 cm - page approxmultiple folds as issuedtear in left part of the map was reinforced with acid-free tapenice hand-colouringjacques nicolas bellin is the cartographercondition: goodour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storeplease see the photosverso is not printedinsured shippingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome margins are foxedin the centre of the map is a compass rosepublished in 'l'histoire gĆ©nĆ©rale des voyages' by antoine franƧois prĆ©vost, issued in paris cadimensions: map 24
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Shows southeast asia, from hainan, tunquin and aracan in the north to the gulf of siam and malaca, with a small part of sumatracatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitemap; image size 28 x 28 cm; folds as issued, some paper imperfections (see pics), repairs to split in folds (see photo)some soiling; slightly cropped to top plate mark, soem soft creases; o/w vg condparis copper engrour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storefrom: prevost's l'histoire generale des voyagesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Recently widowed, english schoolteacher anna arrives in bangkok in to act as tutor to the son of king mongkut (chow yun fat) of siamsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea culture clash is inevitable, but anna impresses her new employer with her strength of character, and the two gradually develop a mutual respectoxfam books & music troon jodie foster stars in this big screen adaptation of anna leonowens' autobiographical novels, which provided the inspiration for 'anna and the king of siam' () and 'the king and i' ()when mongkut discovers a plot to overthrow him anna lends her loyal support, but their relationship is threatened by the king's seemingly barbaric treatment of his concubine, tuptim (bai ling)
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As ever, there is blood, brine and bedlam aplenty at the gulf bay lovely resortoxfam bookshop brigg on the gulf of thailand, the juree family are managing their run-down beach resort for the second year - still stalked by disastermeanwhile, jimm's new case is that of drsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredaughter jimm has a new love in her life, but finds herself pursued by another man with a markedly different agenda in mindsomluk, a champion of the rights of rural mothers, who is missing following a run-in with the marketeers of infant formula
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The desert rats in the gulfthe shield and the sabre
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battlesit is the autobiography of the british soldiersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manwinner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrathis is his story
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With a wonderful cast of characters and relentless action, this is classic cussler' mail online after an explosion in the gulf of mexico destroys three oil rigs trying to revive a dying field, kurt austin and the numa special projects team are tapped by the president of the united states to find out what's gone wrongnobody!' - stephen coonts see oxfam website for delivery information read moreher goal is the end of the oil age; her company has spent billions developing the worlds' most advanced fuel-cell systemsthe trail leads them to a brilliant billionaire in the alternative energy fieldor a rogue genetic engineer?the numa crew discovers that the oil fields are infected with a bacteria that is consuming the oil before it can be pumped out of the earth-a bacteria originally lost decades ago when two submarines vanished in the mediterraneana biological disaster is looming and the key to saving the future seems to be locating a submarine which has been missing for decades - can they crack it before it's too late?'sea of greed will have readers turning pagesbut is she an environmental heroexotic locations, ruthless villains, and many narrow escapes - cussler's fans come for swashbuckling and he delivers' - associated press'nobody does it betterwith hired killers on his trail, can kurt austin locate a submarine that's remained hidden for more than fifty years? and even if he can, can the biological terror that's been unleashed be stopped? praise for clive cussler'the adventure king' - sunday express'cussler is hard to beat' - daily mail'just about the best in the business' - new york post'oceanography's answer to indiana jonesoxfam bookshop brigg kurt austin and the numa crew are back in the latest action-packed adventure from sunday times bestselling author clive cussler
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When nineteenth century english schoolteacher anna leonowens (kerr) is employed by the king of siam (brynner) to educate his many children, she takes her son, louis (rex thompson), along to live with her in the royal palaceanna, a strong-willed woman, soon clashes with the king, who is used to having his every wish adhered to without questionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop kingsthorpe deborah kerr and yul brynner star in this classic musical by rodgers and hammersteinhowever, anna's refusal to bow to his will wins his respect and, eventually, his love
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Against a volatile political background, the gulf between ida and roger threatens to widen beyond crossing, especially when so many bridges have already been burnedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreida is deeply unhappy with the life she must live in his absence and grieves for her lossesoxfam shop clitheroe when roger bigod, heir to the powerful earldom of norfolk, arrives at court in to settle a bitter inheritance dispute with his half-brothers, he encounters ida de tosney, young mistress to king henry iia victim of henry's seduction and the mother of his son, ida is attracted to roger and sees in him a chance of lasting security beyond the fickle dazzle of her current liferoger's importance as a mainstay of the angevin government puts an increasing strain on their marriagebut her decision to marry roger carries an agonising price
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The words on the front read: "and yet across the gulf of space minds immeasurably superior to ours regarded this earth with envious eyes"Ā it is brand new and made of 100% pre-shrunk cottonoxfam shop fulwood road this t-shirt is from the war of the worlds alive on stage toursee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It covers the coast of north americathe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundvery small tear to spine on volume iivancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadasee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiithe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discovery
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armieswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dĆ»rsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendellĀ the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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It includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit consists of close to 32 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo lĀ“iber, valencia, spain)garde impĆ©riale (dragons de lĀ“emperatrice), by king and coubtryplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series ācuirassiersā)references na111the 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series āscum of the earthā)all of them have been sold out and retiredthe french army commanded by napoleĆ³n - the french 3rdreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)the kingĀ“s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole āto take the kingĀ“s shilling series)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series āvive lĀ“empereurā)the british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series āscotland the braveā)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the ācharge of the greysāit consists of 11 figuresbritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitomas picton by britains, referenceit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)the royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)catawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeregiment of the line, by king and countryreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series Ā”āvive lĀ“emperatrice!ā) - 7thcoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series āon campaignā)french artillery, by king and countryit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series ābold chevaliers)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxreferences andfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)
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See pictures of the table of contents) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedā registered shippingcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pphe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagehe wrote extensively about morocco (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary(total of 2 books) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginājames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix
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Catawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storepart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black print
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70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridgeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapethe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Smartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialwhatās more, the smartbunker allows each horseās feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forceit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseās stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedworking together, itās a win-win situation for everyone involved
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Catawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?ā the number of the beast label: parlophone ?ā series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered ā format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storeiron maiden ?ā the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?ā format: 2 Ć cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dellāunita dāitalia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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As the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarasimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even Ć²un-americanmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireĆ³ how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centuryit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first time
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainbut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventstranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luceoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam war
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Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayhis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classic
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)the flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author
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Osterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwayshe 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 moreindispensable 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 developmentsjĆ¼rgen 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 eruditionoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionhe 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 morethis 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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Condition: as newboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishthe book of elstreeĀ &Ā boreham woodĀ brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, andĀ the romans chose elstree hill as aĀ major tile-manufacturing centrehere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersigned by stephen castleidlestreĀ andĀ borhamĀ were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and latervery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44notĀ long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillhappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eye
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