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"the genius of photography" examines the evolution of photography in its wider context: social, political, economic, technological and artisticthis is a major book for anyone who wants to know more about one of the most important art forms of the 21st centuryaccompanying the first major television history of this ever more influential artform, this landmark book explores the key events and the key images that have marked the development of photographythis book examines all the different genres of photography from landscape and portraiture to news and reportagethere is a very small tear (about 5 mm) at the bottom of the spineit begins with the earliest days of the photograph in the s and ends with an examination of the state of photography today and the effect that the 'digital revolution' will have, changing not only how we look at a photograph but what it is in a physical senseoxfam bookshop new milton used, fair condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe dust jacket has creasing to the top edge and bumping to all four corners and also the top and bottom of the spineall the pages are clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the heart of the book is a quest to understand what makes a truly great photographthis is a large book measuring 305 x 240 x 26 mm and weighing 1 7 kg, however, this is still within the limit to not affect the postage costthe inner edge of the back board is damaged down the length where it joins to the spine, however, the binding of the pages is still soundit brings a critical perspective and a strong aesthetic sense to the subject, but above all it is primarily a narrative historythe hard cover has a little bumping to the top and bottom of the spine but the corners are good
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In this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniusoriginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hwelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineoxfam books & music bury stedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleod
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However, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionwritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedover the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive wayoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the westthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundings
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Praise for harry sidebottom:'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boydrharry sidebottom is fellow of st benets hall, and lecturer at lincoln college, oxford - where he specializes in ancient warfare and classical artoxfam bookshop hertford warrior of rome: the wolves of the north by harry sidebottom marks the start of a new trilogy within the warrior of rome seriesas ballista and his retinue make their journey, someone - or something - is hunting them, picking them off one by one, and leaving a trail of terror and mutilated corpsesin the north, the tribes are increasingly bold in their raids on the imperium - their savagery unlike anything rome has known beforehe must face the heruli - the most bizarre and brutal of all the nomad tribes - the eaters of flesh, the wolves of the northsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreballista is in a strange land, among strange people, but is it possible that the greatest threat may come from within his own familia?dr harry sidebottom is a leading authority on ancient warfare - he applies his knowledge with a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening dramafans of bernard cornwell will love sidebottom's recreation of the ancient worldballista must undertake his most treacherous journey yet - a covert attempt to turn the barbarians of the steppe against each otherad263 - barbarian invasions and violent uprisings threaten to tear apart the imperium of rome
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Turning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashdrawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmafrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agooxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read morequadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchanted" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallyit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todaythis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programssome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the growth of industry in cornwall during the industrial revolution the book is in good condition with most signs of damage limited to the dust jacket (fraying on the edges, chipping and fading of the spine), internally the binding is strong and the pages cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read more present in this edition but absent in the first (published ) is a look at the religious and social changes also brought about by this period of technological development while primarily looking at the growth of the mining industry, covering copper mining, the growth of tin mining and the introduction of steam power, this book also looks at the changes in the local agriculture and fishing industries
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Frodo 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 overoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst 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-dûrthey 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 doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilgandalf 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 responsibilitieswhen 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 handsonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell 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 gandalfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtogether 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 mordormeanwhile 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 armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive years
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This comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furtherit draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaythe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timethe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentsnow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategistssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictmastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadership
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They came from england and france, from ireland and chile, leaving behind their families and everything they owned in the hope of making their fortunes in the new worldpeople swarmed to california from as far as china and australiaoxfam shop colne road the discovery of gold by a team of mormon mill workers in sparked a frenzy that shook the worldthe age of gold is narrative history at its best -- the astonishing tale of one of the most extraordinary speculative frenzies in history, told by a master historianthey came by ship and overland, braving tierra del fuego and the pestilences of panama, lured by the promise of goldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a spellbinding narrative that spans several continents, brands brings the fervour and excitement of the gold rush vividly to life
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This book offers a visionary alternative to the confusions of contemporary lifeoxfam bookshop kingsbridge very good clean copyfor corbin, engaging the soul of the world through the mediating power of the imaginal is an act of love, a theme cheetham expands through his analysis of such concepts as mystical poverty, contemplative knowledge, the luminosity of the earth, the theophanic vision, the christ angel, incarnation, the divine sensorium, alchemical transformation, the spiritual humanism of ivan illich, western iconoclasm, and the centrality of gnosisit speaks to believers and non-believers alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book explores the status of religion in the post-prophetic age, especially as seen through the eyes of the french islamic scholar henry corbinin lucid and simple prose, cheetham explores the creative role of the imagination in the formative ground of the three great abrahamic religions: judaism, christianity, and islam
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To which is added an appendix”it is an ex-library book but with only limited evidence of this previous existencethe binding is goodpatterned end pagesthus there is a number on the spine cover, a handwritten note on the ffep and a stamp “st thomas seminary, kenmore, washington” and an owner’s namelight green cloth covered boards with black decoration and a gilt panel on the front with the title in green on itoriginally published in this is a reprint from the usaoxfam books & music totnes subtitled - “the wonders of god in the wildernesson the title page there is another stamp - (sodality library, st mary’s church, pendleton ore) there are some ink annotations on the contents page and a few ink annotations on the margins of some of the text pagesoblique cloth band with library ticket present on inside of rear coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback book with no dj
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On the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback book with dustjacketthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realityoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of god
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe life of boetius, recommended to the author of the life of juliangilded board edges, red block edges, embossed decoration around board extremities ex-lib sticker to front pastedown; the earl of ilchesterit was created in for stephen fox, 1st baron ilchester, who had previously represented shaftesbury in parliamenthe had already been created baron ilchester, of ilchester in the county of somerset in , and baron ilchester and stavordale, of redlynch, in the county of somerset, inpp description: rare book only found twice in oclc (universities of oxford and california)small hole to bottom of both hinges (5-8mm), not affecting integrity, otherwise very good bindingflebilis heu mestos cogor inire modossome rubbing marks to bookplease 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 won’t find in just any storedescription: full, speckled, calf leather bound bookex-lib: earl of ilchester is a title in the peerage of great britaincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegilded stripes to spine, oblong embossed title on red leather to spine
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quantapublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardlettered in gilt on the spinepublished by cambridge university press5 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexitem description first editionthe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (iillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagramsdescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsit was a popular successplease 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 won’t find in just any storethe growth of ideas from the early concepts to relativity and quanta - illustrated, mathematics, physics - quantity: 1 - first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' - book first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' “the book traces the development of ideas in physics, and originally published in by cambridge university pressa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”book dimensions: 19catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Des comores, guinée-bissau, france, brazil, magyar, russia, equatorial guinea, italy, laos, mauritania, maldives, sierra leone, nevis, mozambique, serbia, grenada, hungary, south africaare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album contains stamps from various countries, both participating and non-participating countries of the football world cupthe history of worldcup virtually new condition! collector's album with special issues stamps on the occasion of the football world cup issues vary between to , all referring to the football world cup both cancelled and mnh stamps, fdc covers and sheets or blocksthe album, in black ring binder (4 rings) is composed of 90 separate stock pages (4 holes): total number of stamps: stamp sheetlets 19 fdc covers 49 mnh separate stamps 81 cancelled separate stamps 1 postcard 1st day cancellation 29 text pages in 3 languages, german, french, dutchclear photos included of each album page, both the stamps and the text29 x 29 cm, 4 cm thick read morealbum has pages with expert explanation in 3 languages: german, french and dutch order of the pages can be rearranged to your likingseparate pages with protective film for the stamps, covers and sheets (blocks)please 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 won’t find in just any storethe photos show the order in which the album is currently arrangedall details are shown on the photos that were taken of each pagethe photos are part of the descriptionstamps from: palau, germany, liberia, the gambia, guyana, korea, commonwealth of dominica, mexico, republic of côte d'ivoire, libya, tunisia, rcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Wear to the title sticker on spine otherwise in very good conditionengravings are all 12x8cmoxfam bookshop woodbridge rare limited edition, 1 of 100 copies for englandwith dedication on flyleaf and including tate gallery insertin red and black the title page states the book is 'a new edition'please get in touch to enquire about postage cost if wanting postage to remote areas of the uk where postage costs are higher, before orderingplease ask if you require any more information of photoswill be sent with next day dhl tracked and insured (for the full value of the item) courier next day postage within the uk with twenty-two black and white etchingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaken from the original publication illustrated by blake of the book of job
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In england, surnames were mostly established by the end of the 14th century-by ordinary people, for ordinary peopleuniquely, surnames describe medieval lives not captured by any other recordthey tell us what these people did, where they went, and what they noticed, and give clues about their culture and memorieswhere genealogists and etymologists focus on single names, this book takes groups of names and explores what these say about the society that created themin the origins of english surnames, you will find the english people at a key moment in history, revealing the way they spoke, the jokes they made, and their memories of ancient cultures-all at a time when land-based feudalism was crumbling and people sought better livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book examines the origins of english surnames, looking at occupational names; locational names, or names that record places; nicknames and personal names; names from the continent; and symbolic namesoxfam bookshop victoria surnames carry the history of people in a very personal way
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This jerry can used in the battle of berlin in the last war of hitlers life and has been authenticated and has been in this battle it has got a big significance of the bunker due to still having some of the diesel used for burning it
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Contents include;- the discovery of europe;- the countries of europe;- the divisions of europe etcthis first edition book by john hale () is in good conditionto be collected in person offerall illustrations in black and white
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This is the best price in the ukthis is for the limited tomorrowland treasure case with includes the book of wisdom in english with all the inserts it has within the book which is quite alot, it also has all the other bits in the picture this is now a collectors item
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The result is an enthralling account of life during the second world war and in the years of recovery and recrimination that followed the liberation of paris inhow would you have survived?
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Oxfam books & music islington teslasonic ?- the spark of prometheus in a 12" vinyl 45 rpm format released in italy in october style: electro tracklist a1 the devastating spark of prometheus a2 the thundering bolt of jove b1 infinitesimal whirls b2 death ray in generic black sleeve in good to very good condition with playing surfaces also in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st century
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"lord macaulay's essays and the lays of rome" - longmans, london - edition read morethe works of lord macaulay, by lord macaulay - longmans green - uniformally bound in fine binding - condition: good, with some wear and rubbing to leather boards, scattered foxing"the life and letters of lord macaulay" - longmans, london - edition 2-3"the history of england" - longmans, london - edition 4 "the miscellaneous writings and speeches by lord macaulay' - longmans, london - edition 5please 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 won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk exploring the place of dance in modernity, mccaren (french, tulane udancing machines: choreographies of the age of mechanical reproduction, hardcover by mccarren, felicia mannotation (c) book news, incshe finds early the 20th-century versions of the double-edged image as american imported ideas and exiled american art in europe; and in dance forms that both incorporated and resisted american, african, and asian influences) looks at dancing machines epitomized by automobiles that are imagined dancing and dancers imagining themselves as automobilesportland, or ()
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki9 mm km#81 - in coin holder, with certificate of authenticity please view the photos to form your own impressionfrom the coin series - the smallest gold coins in the world - niue: 10 dollars - the statue of liberty in new york gold gradewill be sent as registered parcelplease 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 won’t find in just any storeweight: g (± 1/25 troy ounce), diameter ± 13catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam shop colne road featuring latinate and celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprisingin this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert david crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively english word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He explains how the popularizers changed darwin's thought in subtle ways and how these changes colored their perceptions of darwinismoxfam books & music crouch end in germany, more than anywhere else, darwinism was a sensational successsetting his analysis against the background of popular science, kelly follows popular darwinism as it permeated education, religion, politics, and social thought in germanyamong the first purveyors of mass culture, the germans provide valuable clues as to how seminal ideas move through a societysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is in good condition some stains on the sidealao argues that this unfortunate transition is intrinsically linked to the ways in which mugabe used the politics of domestic and external security to his own gain and how a freedom fighter transformed into an imprudent autocrat and international pariahin the newly independent and democratic zimbabwe was a beacon of hope in a troubled regionthree decades later zimbabwe became the focus of international attention for different reasons: acrimonious racial relations, controversial elections, economic hardship and military intervention in drc see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This updated version also encompasses greater integration of the information on evolution and crop originsthe first edition was published in by prentice-hall, and has now been fully revised to reflect recent advancessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford this unique volume combines discussion of plant evolution with that of crop originsa description of the process of evolution in native and cultivated populations of plants is incorporated, plus a review of when and where major crops were domesticated and discussions of the subsequent development of crops over time
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