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'britannia bright's bewilderment in the wilderness of westminster' was first performed at the poetry international festival at the institute of contemporary arts on 18 june , with clive james as narrator and russell davies voicing all the charactersoxfam shop cowley road a political poem in rhyming couplets by clive james with illustrations by marcsoftcover published by jonathan cape, first edition this poem is a satire on the british parliamentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclive james () was an australian journalist and writer who moved to the uk inmany of the characters' names recall politicians of the day: harold wiles, ted tede, shirley whirleyin excellent condition with no notes or inscriptions
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It is recognised as the authoritative text for professional courses such as the chartered institute of marketing and is supported by the institute of practitioners in advertising published see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop fulwood road this seventh edition of marketing communications provides both a rich source of theory and an invaluable insight into how brands create communications and engage audiences in brand conversationswith contributions from brand owners and their advertising agencies from around the world, the book provides a unique blend of the theory and practice of brand communications
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Main features: dimensions 39x26x3 mm weight (each) grams: 26, total weight approxare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihallmarked on the edgeproof (mirror finish)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storewith small signs of ageing (the bars are approxplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelot of 8 bars, issued in the s by the pontificio istituto bibblico, vatican state, and depicting amazing biblical scenesdetails as shown by pictureson the back side, you can read the logo of the institute, and a reference to the bible verses related to the scenereturn are acceptedtracked and insured international shippingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This text will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners of local government, and more generally to those interested in what has been happening to british politics and governancethis book is the first to directly address this trend's impact upon the institution of local government, a crucial element in the democratic viability of a unitary statethe process of centralisation, and its corrosive effect on the status and responsibilities of local government, have been widely recognised and deplored among politicians and senior officers within local government, and by academics with an interest in this fieldoxfam bookshop holmfirth english local government is in a state of decline after 40 years of incremental but cumulative centralisation by central governmentno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, there has been no study exploring in detail its impact, and, equally important, suggesting ways in which the growing imbalance between the powers of central and local government should be rectifiedthis book fills this gap
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Great britain royal institute of chemistry centenary mnh ** sg am happy to ship with carrier of your choice read more
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This is required reading for practitioners of every stylea handbook of the classical chinese literature on which the art of t'ai chi is basedfirst english translation of the classic texts of t'ai chi ch'uan
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If yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind functionoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditioneddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacketyoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planetinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive ways
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Quebec and related silver at detroit institute of arts: [catalogue] - hardcover
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With sections on theoretical background, practice, contexts and professional issues, it is an invaluable resource for students and practitioners alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen featuring contributions from leading international figures in the person-centred world, this landmark volume provides a comprehensive, in-depth and cutting-edge overview of the fieldthe handbook of person-centred psychotherapy and counselling describes the underlying principles, theory and concepts of the approach in a coherent and clearly structured way, and closely relates these ideas to therapeutic practice and research
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Drawing upon a number of contributors, edited by hugh mcclintock, a lecturer in the institute of planning studies at the university of nottinghamin very good condition, with a few marks around the edge of the cover and a little bit of yellowing to the edge of the pageswith chapters on the theory and principles of planning for cycling, and detailed case studies of schemes across different countriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate an academic study of the impact of planning, and provision for, cycling in urban areasthere is a signature from a previous owner on the inside cover
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The parable of the pipeline: how anyone can build a pipeline of ongoing residual income in the new economy by international network training institute (int ships from us supplier related searches: parables of pipeline, parable of the pipeline books, parable of the pipeline format: paperback / softback dimensions: x 127 x centimeters weight: 0
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Oxfam bookshop thame volume 7 of the monographs on archaeology and fine arts sponsored by the archaeological institute of america and the college art association of americasee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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All pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe 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 indicatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvancouver, 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 canadaall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall 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 soundit covers the coast of north americait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvery small tear to spine on volume iithe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousoxfam 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 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 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 hawaii
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Once 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 gandalfmeanwhile 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 armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhen 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 handsfrodo 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 oversee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhilst 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-dûrtogether 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 mordorgandalf 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 responsibilitiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey 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 doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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It includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srreferences 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 “vive l´empereur”)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguecoldstream 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 “on campaign”)references andit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargefrench artillery, by king and countryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”regiment of the line, by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it consists of 11 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)all of them have been sold out and retiredit 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)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe 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 “scotland the brave”)it consists of close to 32 figuresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na111british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontgarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtrytomas picton by britains, referencethe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe 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 “scum of the earth”)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki’ registered shippingotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: 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 margincontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixsee pictures of the table of contents(total of 2 books) read morethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary) 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 experiencedcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storepart 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 contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo 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 parispart 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 contentscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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T 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 bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3the 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: £3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould 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 aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Furthermore, 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 cleanit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s 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 usagethis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe 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 consistently(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – 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 & cdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × 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 dell’unita d’italia, 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 mailcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Simultaneously, 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 contextas 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 guevarait 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 timebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó 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 century
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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 ofbut 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 eastoxfam 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 britainkarim 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 moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein 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 events
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His 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 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 museumsits 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 morejones'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 carvingsat 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 todaythe 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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Oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)on the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearit 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 authorthe 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 unmarked
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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 morehe 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 planetindispensable 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 developmentsjürgen 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 transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst 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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The book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillboreham 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 parishidlestre and borham 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 latersigned by stephen castlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrevery 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 44happily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newhere 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 blattner
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This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatspart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyinternally clean and unmarkedpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morepianka and laurie jin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascaroxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesa definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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The 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 itmakdisi 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 developmentoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis 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 groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi'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 worldthe 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 image
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Citizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its corethe first instalment in the bestselling emperor series
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