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A powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events, and set in the american deep south in the nineteenth century, the invention of wings evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of otherwise respectable people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognise; and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the oddsoxfam bookshop royal exchange square sarah grimké is the middle daughtershe also knows that she cannot accept another person as a presenton sarah's eleventh birthday, hetty 'handful' grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to sarah as a giftand so, indeed, the trouble beginssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreher mother says she's difficult and her father says she's remarkablesarah knows that what she does next will unleash a world of trouble
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La invencion de hugo cabret / the invention of hugo cabretauthor:selznick, brianwe all like the idea of saving a bit of cash, so when we found out how many good quality used books are out there - we just had to let you know!product details we appreciate the impact a good book can have
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Bakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lthis and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coveralthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believersclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pagesin very good conditionthis book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsthis book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary world
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Aided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever beforeunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter coxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peoplesfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansin addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreincluded here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanus
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln this book looks at the development of transatlantic flight and the numerous attempts made since the invention of flight it then looks at the first non-stop crossing by john alcock and arthur brown in and the first airship crossings the book is in a fair condition, there is notable wear on the exterior cover especially at the edges and spine, where the gilded lettering has also fadedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more it begins by looking at the first attempts made by balloon and airship at the start of the 20th century, and then the first attempts by plane in the aftermath of world war one, including that by harry hawker at the end of the book is an appendix that lists successful and unsuccessful atlantic crossings from to , and black and white photos are dotted throughout the book the pages are generally clean and the binding, while not strong, is secure the illustrations are all clear  this book was presented as a prize in at ryhope secondary school, as shown by the sticker on the second page and the gilded crest on the front cover an interesting read for those interested in aviation history internally there are a number of partially loose pages (plate between ) but none that are completely looser hinchliffe in , the crossing by amelia earhart in and the italian seaplane crossings in and further on it looks at the crossings of the south atlantic, the first crossings via greenland, the first solo crossing by charles lindbergh in , the disappearance of a flight by captain w
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A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop lytham orphan, clock keeper, and thief, twelve-year-old hugo lives in the walls of a busy paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymitybut when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy
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The mothers of invention (frank zappa) 1the mothers of invention ?– my guitar / dog breath (reprise records ?– ra ) made in germany original 45 w/ps | vinyl: vg++ (excellent) | cover: vg+ (excellent) see scans read moremothers of invention ?– why don't you do me right / big leg emma (verve records ?– vk ) made in sweden original 45 w/ps | vinyl: vg++ (excellent) | cover: vg++ (excellent) clean | see scans 2catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare 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 store
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The stamps in this collection celebrate the world tin conference, the making of gold, deep level mining, the discovery of the pin cushion star, the centenary of the 1st telephone transmission, the invention of the television, the western european submarine cable system, construction work, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb, the opening of the mwenga satellite earth station, the microwave tower in tanzania, the nuclear-powered advanced gas-cooled reactor, telecommunications, satellite communications, automatic sorting of post, the evkom escom in south africa, the centenary of antiseptic in surgery and lister, the anniversary of alexander bell, the keyboard, industry in south africa, geothermal power, the invention of radar, the centenary of geothermal electricity, the antarctic geology research project, the aviator wilbur wright who flew the flyer in , the invention of heart surgery, the discovery of penicillin, the making of manganese, the national giro, and coastline erosion prevention programmesthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe stamps in this collection were issued in the s, s, s, s, s, s and ssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the stamps are a little faded and a little creasedoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 41 stampsall of the stamps in this collection are in adequate conditionthe countries that the stamps were issued in in this collection are great britain, zimbabwee, south africa, malaysia, malawi, singapore, tanzania, grenada grenadines, new zealand, hong kong, and rwandasome of the stamps in this collection have been used and have a postmark printed a little on themsome of the stamps in this collection have been unused
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From describing and comparing many different examples of invention and discovery, koestler concludes that they all share a common pattern which he terms "bisociation" - a blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated matrices of thought into a new matrix of meaning by way of a process involving comparison, abstraction and categorisation, analogies and metaphorsit lays out koestler's attempt to develop an elaborate general theory of human creativity), as special cases of "bisociation"unclipped d/j is tatty with a number of tears around the edgeshence low price for this itemsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreone or two underlinings in pen; one or two marginal annotations in pencil - otherwise clean/intactoxfam bookshop newport a study of the processes of discovery, invention, imagination and creativity in humour, science, and the artsfirst published in ; this is the scarcer danube edition, with a new preface by the authorhe regards many different mental phenomena based on comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, parables, allegories, jokes, identification, role-playing, acting, personification, anthropomorphism etc
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead norval morrisseau: travels to the house of invention a colorful collection of four essays and full-color reproductions captures the life and work of this famous shaman and native canadian artist, while also celebrating his works via detailed descriptions and stories from the artist himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a protective clear cover on the dust jacketthe inside is clean and unmarkedthis book is in very good condition, with only minimal edge wear to the bottom boards
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Frank zappa the mothers of invention* ?– uncle meat label: bizarre records ?– ms , reprise records ?– ms format: 2 × vinyl, lp, album, stereo country: germany released: read morecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare 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 store
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Artist: the mothers of invention,frank zproduct detailsnumber of discs: 1format: audio cdtitle: vancouver workout (2cd)
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Oxfam shop purley the mothers of invention 'weasels ripped my flesh' cd see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Total of 8 wings and 2 fillers4 sets of wings and a set of fillers for sale 1x set of pink wings 1x set of orange wings 1x set of purple wings 1x set of white wings 1x set of orange and yellow fillersthey have had minimal usage only for sale as no longer need collection tonbridge read more
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford wings (2)Â ?-Â wings at the speed of soundlabel:mpl (2)Â ?- pas format:vinyl, lp, album, stereocountry:ukreleased:26 mar genre:rockstyle:pop rock see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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wings at the speed of soundin excellent condition plus the cover & sleeve read more
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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 ofkarim 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 citybut 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 britain
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The book extensively discusses the content of the sutra and also describes the invention of paper in china and the origins of far eastern printingit reveals how the sutra was originally made and the conservation work that the british library employs to preserve itmade in 868 ad and written in chinese, the text contains a significant dialogue on perception, and is one of the most important sacred works of the buddhist faiththe diamond sutra was hidden for centuries in a cave in northwest china, and it was created from seven strips of yellow-stained paper that were printed from carved wooden blocks and pasted together to form a scroll over five meters longsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop burleigh street the buddhist text known as the diamond sutra is believed to be the oldest surviving printed book in the worldthe diamond sutra is a stunning book for anyone curious about the earliest origins of printing and the sacred foundations of buddhismthis beautifully designed book, the first to focus solely on the diamond sutra, features a full-color reproduction of the work, along with an account of the discovery of the sutra by sir aurel stein in may in a hidden cave on the edge of the gobi desertthe oldest dated example of wood block printing, produced some six hundred years before gutenberg's movable type printing in europe, it is clearly the product of a mature printing industry in china
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Historicized by the new testament as a centre of decadence and corruption, babylon and its surrounding region was in fact a rich and complex civilization, responsible for the invention of the dictionary and laying the foundations of modern sciencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more this book explores all key aspects of the development of this ancient culture, including the ecology of the region and its famously productive agriculture, its political and economic standing, its religious practices, and the achievements of its intelligentsiapaperback in excellent condition except for some water-ruffling to bottom of pages'the babylonian world' presents an extensive, up-to-date and lavishly illustrated history of the ancient state babylonia and its 'holy city', babylonoxfam shop cowley road softcover published by routledge,  (first published )the book is free of notes and inscriptions, and remains a clean, bright and good condition copy, which shows no signs of having been readcomprehensive and accessible, this book will be an indispensable resource for anyone studying the period
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He paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: e" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a timegombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educatesrather than focusing on dry facts and dates, e
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It stands on a plateau with wings spreadwhen i was sizing it up, i noticed that the top of the swan’s head and the top of the wings are equal in heightlarge bronze sculpture with lovely patina depicting a swancatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis means one could put a 9glass) plate on top, creating a great side-tablethe plateau has a 35 cm diameterthe lot will be adequately packaged and shipped with registrationplease see the many photos, they are part of the descriptionare 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 storethe piece is 42 cm tall and has a wingspan of 48 cmthis concerns a heavy bronze sculpture of a swan with bicoloured patina, brown and green
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I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands' it is and, after five years imprisonment and exile far from his homeland, francis crawford of lymond - scholar, soldier, rebel, nobleman, outlaw - has at last come back to edinburgh' the times literary supplement 'i despised men who accepted their fatelymond is wanted for treason and murder, and he is accompanied by a band of killers and ruffians who will only bring further violence and strifeoxfam bookshop brigg voted one of britain's favourite historical novels before george rperfect for fans of a game of thrones'a storyteller who could teach scheherazade a thing or two about pace, suspense and imaginative invention'new york times'melodrama of the most magnificent kind' the guardian see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut for many in an already divided scotland, where conspiracies swarm around the infant queen mary like clouds of midges, he is not welcome'she is a brilliant story teller, the lymond chronicles will keep you reading late into the night, desperate to know the fate of the characters you have come to care deeply aboutis he back to foment rebellion? does he seek revenge on those who banished him? or has he returned to clear his name? no one but the enigmatic lymond himself knows the truth - and no one will discover it until he is readymartin there was dorothy dunnett
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Beginning with karl benz and gottlieb daimler's parallel invention of the car in , this book charts how the rival marques grew separately for 40 years before merging insee oxfam website for delivery information read morelarge hardback with black cloth covers, silver titles on the spinethe author is a brand expert who then traces the development of mercedes-benz through the 20th century and into the 21stthe dust jacket has some light sunning on the spine and adjacent front coverinternally the book is 'as new'richly illustrated this is an enthralling read for anyone interested in the history of the motor industry and the legend and legacy of mercedes-benzoxfam bookshop lymington scarce book
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Binding: paperbackthe picture may not reflect the books condition or specific editioncondition: used; goodused book conditionwe take pride in serving youauthors: gwendolyn leick
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They can be traced back to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, before the invention of printing, when text was handwritten and pictures paintedlittle books served very practical purposes: holding information in easily portable and compact spaces
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As the invention of jumpdrive spreads through the galaxy, new factions ariseambition is the first expansion to roll for the galaxyroll for the galaxy - ambition expansion sw (mint/new)rio grande gipf zertz ( ed) vg
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield minor wear to the soft cover, otherwise a very good clean copy
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Three sets of wings - black, green and red2 x black and white poles 1 x green and white polecollection only solihulli have red and white fillers that are warped but will include if buyer wants them2 x red and white poles
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The wings can be unfoldedvery fine crystal pepper & salt cellar with a silver swancatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitein good condition (small chip see photos)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithese serve as a cover for the cellarour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesilver marked 835 abthe lot will be packaged with care prior to registered shipmentmarked with the logo of the rotterdam lloyd on the bottom
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