The importance of elsewhere philip larkins
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The importance of elsewhere: philip larkin's photographsauthor:bradford, richard3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill siteseach month we recycle over 2
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Front cover price one shilling and sixpence the importance of being earnest: bound using staples, the cover is detached from the block, but intactcopyright october on title page, otherwise undatedlady windermere's fan: bound using staples, cover intact and attached, but faded and marked, undatednumbers 1 and 2 in "the dramatic works of oscar wilde"see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe cover is faded and marked and shows wear with minor tears to spine and creasesoxfam bookshop sevenoaks two playscripts published by samuel frenchthe text has pencil markings throughout
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He 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 moreosterhammel 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 planetjĂĽrgen 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 eruditionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis 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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Drawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisissee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinythe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwisethe pages are clean and tight and appear unread
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The book demonstrates the importance of courtship to studies of marriage, relationships, and emotions in history, and how we write histories of emotions using objectsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearlove emerges as something that we do in practice, enacted by couples through particular socially and historically determined ritualssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also charts the increasing modernization of romantic customs over the georgian era - most notably with the arrival of the printed valentine's card - revealing how love developed into a commercial industrythis volume brings to life the emotional experience of courtship using the words and objects selected by men and women to navigate this potentially fraught processcourtship in georgian england was a decisive moment in the life cycle, imagined as a tactical game, an invigorating sport, and a perilous journey across a turbulent seait provides new insights into the making and breaking of relationships, beginning with the formation of courtships using the language of love, the development of intimacy through the exchange of love letters, and sensory engagement with love tokens such as flowers, portrait miniatures, and locks of hairthe game of love in georgian england brings together love letters, diaries, valentines, and proposals of marriage from sixty courtships sourced from thirty archives and museum collections, alongside an extensive range of sources including ballads, conduct literature, court cases, material objects, newspaper reports, novels, periodicals, philosophical discourses, plays, poems, and prints, to create a vivid social and cultural history of romantic emotionsthe book concludes with the rituals of disintegration when engagements went awry, and pursuit of damages for breach of promise in the civil courts
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmenthis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to it
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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedin as new conditionpart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europethe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morestarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplespart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiesthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistoryit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodoxfam bookshop leeds 179pp
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Opposed to this belief in spontaneity and the importance of form over finicky detail was the new yorker's insistence that a given piece of writing be as nearly perfect as humanly possible, down to the last semicolon and commahalfway through their correspondence, in , the tables are turnedin fair conditionsome light stains to dust jacket and fore-edge and former owner's name written to title pagethe excitement of cutting this and restoring that, of correcting correctionsi don't give a hoot what the writing's like"see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the professional relationship turns into a profound friendship, domestic details of their respective households begin to creep into the correspondence and are both vivid and amusingmaxwell finds himself in despair over the novel he has been working on for eight years, and it is o'connor who comes to the rescue by reading the various drafts, alternative versions, false starts, dead ends, and by his enthusiasm and concern restores maxwell's confidencethough in fact he didin this book there are intimate telegrams, delighted letters of acceptance, announcements of checks sent to o'connor's literary agent (like robert louis stevenson, o'connor suffered from the delusion that he was being overpaid)a good reading copyoxfam bookshop birmingham in an interview in the paris review, o'connor was asked the question "how do you start a story?" and his answer was "get black on white, used to be maupassant's advice - that's what i always doproblems of clarity arise - of what will fly in ireland but not in americasitting at a table in maxwell's office with pages of manuscript scattered before them or galleys with dozens of queries - some helpful, some exasperating - from the proofreader, the two men would work their way deeper and deeper into the material
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A story to explain the importance of wooden shoes in the lives and customs of the dutch people stated first printing - red cloth spine - glazed pictorial boards - wooden shoe patterned paste-down end papers - fresh, unmarked copy - wonderful color lithos throughout - "senefelder" printing coare 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 availableamsterdam read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Children as readers in children's literature the power of texts and the importance of reading by evelyn arizpe (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stoxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplineswhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreandrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david nross (loyola university, chicago)it examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbalpower (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (stvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan a
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainshe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichethe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usehis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languageand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slangsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerhe asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, why
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The source of one of the maps is the philip briet edition, published in , while the other belongs to the cluverio edition ofthe overall dimensions of the larger map are: 36x32 cm the overall dimensions of the smaller map are: 40x32 cm read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikione of the maps shows a small, expertly-performed slight restoration at the top-left part, which does not affect the engraved partour 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 availablelot of 2 maps, original copper engravings, respectively from andbeautiful maps published in france and germany, with excellent watercolours and wide marginsthe maps are in good condition as shown in pictures, with some slight browning, marginal stains and small holes caused by paper-eating insectsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Music by philip glass from the film candyman, and the sequel candyman: farewell to the fleshcase g-: functional, but several marks and scratches plus sticker residuesee oxfam website for delivery information read morereleased on orange mountain musictrack listing: 1 music box 1:05 candyman suite: 2 cabrini green helen's theme face to razor floating candyman return to cabrini it was always you, helen 3:07 from candyman ii: 8 daniel's flashback the slave quarters annie's theme all falls apart the demise of candyman reverend's walk 1:09 disc g: several light surface scratches, should not affect playing
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The book of dust, volume one: la belle sauvage by philip pullman, paperbacksecond hand, good condition but the spine is cracked and some staining of the pages, as shown in pictures
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The stamps in this collection celebrate the 25th anniversary of the economic commission for africa, the millennium, the international conference on social welfare, the year of health in , the 50th anniversary of interpol, the centenary of the universal postal union, the 10th anniversary of kenyan independence, the highway conference in kenya, the 20th anniversary of unesco, the world conference on religion and peace, the importance of water, the centenary of the international red cross, the nursing association of south africa, who - world health organisation, the international year of world communications, world food day, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb bacillus and the international union against tuberculosis, the papu plenipotentiary conference and the imf annual meetings in the sthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are s, s, s, s, and soxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 28 stampssome of the stamps in this collection are unusedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionsome of the used stamps have a little of the postmark print on themthe countries that the stamps were issued in are tanzania, south africa, uganda, kenya, and south arabiathe newest stamp in this collection was issued in
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This rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economythe intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involvedthe assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsthis volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continentgood governance is analysed, as is corporate governanceformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearthe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejithere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problem see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: minor shelf wear
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The survey outlines the importance of the archaeological evidence and the way it has been collected in the past, and brings together for the first time the results of aerial survey and field work over the last 50 yearssome minor wear to the cover, otherwise in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop woodbridge the gravel deposits of the upper thames valley bear extensive evidence of man's settlement over a period of yearsthis is being destroyed at an alarming rate
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Condition is gooddispatched with royal mail 1st classthe sas: the official history, warner, philip, used; good book
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He traces shifts in power, and he examines the importance of narratives and rhetoric in constituting social honour, collective bio-graphy, and shared memory/forgettingpossibily signed by authoroften regarded as backward and feudal, in reality this area was controlled primarily by groups with important roles in government and business in beiruthis lively account shows how changes in hierarchy were expressed in ironic commentary regarding idealised masculinity and violence, how subversive laughter and humour counterpointed the heroic ethic of challenge and revenge, and how peasant narratives both countered and reproduced the values of hierarchygilsenan uses material from his stay in akkar and a variety of historical sources to analyse the practices that guaranteed the rule of the large landownersfading to hinge, otherwise very good condition, see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe most "feudal" land-owners had often done most to introduce capitalist methods to their estates, and "backwardness" was a condition produced by this form of political and social controloxfam shop macclesfield michael gilsenan looks at the relations between different forms of power, violence, and hierarchy in akkar, the northernmost province of lebanon, during the sslight boxing of cover edges
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As such it emphasises the importance of prayer and of trust in god and his son throughout our lives, particularly in the face of life's sufferings and one's own painhowever, this challenge is presented in the context of the ready acknowledgement of god's reality by a demon who is fully aware of it but strives to distort the real nature of god and the fact of his love for humanitythe encounter demonstrates the existence of the demonic sphere and reveals some of the methods and temptations used to lead people, even those committed to jesus christ, away from him and their own salvationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hertford this is the story of a dramatic encounter and debate between a minister and a demon, where the truths of christianity and the catholic church are challenged in a most intimidating and powerful way, with a plausibility that reflects the questioning, attitudes and opinions of the modern secular and materialistic western worldthe story is intended for everyone who genuinely wants to know the true meaning of life, and to strengthen those who already believe and trust in jesus christ
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First published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importancegombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward mattersee oxfam website for delivery information read morein applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigorousno inscriptionsit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areasoxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingdecorated endpapersblue boards with silver decoration
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The perfect pick-me-up, and a timely reminder of the importance of kindness in every part of life' phoebe morgan see oxfam website for delivery information read morewelcome to brew, a cafe where kindness is almost as important as coffee**your favourite authors love summer at the kindness cafe: 'a heart-warming read - cosy and comfortingoxfam shop colne road 'one of the genre's standout stars - there is so much heart in this book!' heat escape to the beautiful town of littlewood with this heart-warming read, perfect for fans of cathy bramley, holly hepburn and jo thomasthis is the complete story in one packagealmost!abbie has fled london and the humiliation of not being able to make rent after being made redundant her sister, louise, unlucky in love, has thrown herself into her career at the local hospitali loved every single page!' holly martin'a really lovely story - heart-warming and life affirming' jo thomas'warmth and kindness on every page' sheila o'flanagan'i adored summer at the kindness café - it's such a cosy, heart-warming read' jennifer joyce'summer at the kindness cafe ticks all the feel-good boxes' holly hepburn, author of a year at the star and sixpence'an entertaining and timely reminder that a random act of kindness can change not only someone's day, but also someone's life' penny parkes, author of best practice'such an uplifting, warm story, with characters i already feel like i knowand eszter, who has travelled from hungary with her daughter zoe, is hoping to fulfil her husband's dying wish: to reunite his familyi loved it!' heidi swain'utterly gorgeous, a totally heart-warming, beautiful storyi loved every minute of it!' cressida mclaughlin'victoria walters has such a wonderful, fresh voice and the characters really do leap off the pagethis summer, three very different women are inspired by the random acts of kindness written up on the kindness board at brew, and decide to make a pact to be kinder to others and to themselvescan a little bit of kindness really change your life? eszter, abbie and louise are about to find out!**summer at the kindness cafe was previously published as a four-part serial titled random acts of kindness
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This book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish cultureoxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicdescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present daythe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscriptsthe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are describedthey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuries
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The volume also illustrates the fundamental importance of geographical variations between urban and rural areasits 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 morethis invaluable reference tool is lavishly illustrated with numerous tables, figures and maps, many of which are reproduced in full colouroxfam 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 andbut 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
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This verdi biography is dealt with as a simple story to be read in one go - in which thoughts concerning personal and professional events in his life flow in simplicity, while continuing to respect the importance of chronological orderfor those who have not spent years with verdi literature or who may just be starting to explore some aspect of the giant's life and works, this foundation may seem daunting indeedits purpose is to index and describe some of the most significant studies about the composer and his music, presenting enough material - in a sort of stream of consciousness, using annotations that readers may survey the myriad directions verdi research has gone, ascertain the relevance of individual items to their individual interests, and easily pursue significant patterns and threads in which they are interestedit is not surprising that a figure such as verdi should have inspired an enormous amount of books, articles, essays, and critical evaluationtoday, verdi scholars build their work on a vast foundation of earlier researchoxfam bookshop wallingford the works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of giuseppe verdisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is primarily for these researchers that this volume is intended, although it is hoped that specialists will also find it to be usefulhis death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national hero
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Martin emphasizes the importance of non-conscious 'vegetative' systems, which provide clear examples of intentionality in the form of representational usemartin, an original and influential exponent of 'ontologically serious' metaphysics, echoes locke's dictum that 'all things that exist are only particulars', and argues that properties are powerful qualitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe also spells out the implications of this view for philosophical conceptions of causation, intentionality, consciousness, and the mind-body problemalong the way, we are led to understand the nature of minds and conscious states of mind in a way that avoids both reductionism (the idea that mental is reducible to the non-mental) and dualism (the idea that mental substances or properties differ dramatically from physical substances and properties)a concluding chapter provides an argument for the view that an ontology of particular substances and properties leads ineluctably to monism: the bus we board with locke takes us directly to the world of spinoza and einsteinthe slide from representational use to consciousness involves a change in the material of use, but not the form of representationoxfam bookshop preston what are the most fundamental features of the world? do minds stand outside the natural order? is a unified picture of mental and physical reality possible? the mind in nature provides a staunchly realist account of the world as a unified system incorporating both the mental and the physical
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The importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject matterthe rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewsee oxfam website for delivery information read more10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbonsedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallythe entire set is in pristine, unread conditionoxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many years
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She gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifeundated, possibly late 19th centurypublished in the usa by the grolier societyfour other black & white illustrationsthe front board is detachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno inscriptionsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencyhalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36gilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedoccasional light foxing spotsmarbled endpaperscolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetthe text block binding is tight
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It delivers a balanced account of the importance of theology at the time and the economic circumstances and change during the tudor periodthere is some foxing to the pages but the inside is otherwise in good conditionelton explores many areas including political events, military and naval accounts, sixteenth-century arts and literature and the nature of the state, with focus on the personalities involved in the management of these, particularly henry viisee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ecclesall road this hardback book is number four in a series of eight volumes covering a history of england, with founder editor being sir charles oman first published by methuen & coltd in , this edition was reprinted in by the camelot press ltd book is in good used condition, with slight scuffing to the dust jacket and small tears to the top and bottom at the binding (as can be seen in pictures)
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