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Weaving a world includes seventy rugs from the celebrated collection of the laboratory of anthropology in santa fe, new mexico, and documentary photographs of today's weaving culture on the navajo reservationpatterns may portray a vision of the world animated by spirits and holy people, recounting the creation of the heavens, the earth, and the loom itselfa weaver may pray her way into the center of the rug, where the most intricate work and color will appearthis book explores the patterns and irregularities often overlooked or considered "flaws" in these beautiful textiles, and it seeks to identify the mythic symbols and historic and personal stories they containthe inclusion of objects and the use of color, pattern, and weave variations are found to be significant symbols of the way a weaver thinks about the worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music durham navajo weavings, long regarded for their remarkable aesthetics, have never before been investigated from the standpoint of the weaver's process and intent
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Sensing the world an anthropology of the senses by david le breton (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Science in the laboratory kit features science in the laboratory kit includes uk science museum approvedthink of all the possibilities and how much you could learn simply by running a few tests
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A little stain on a few pages, a little tear at the back of djthis book goes to where much of the commentary has stopped short: to the lived experiences of citizens who inhabit some of britain's most stigmatized urban neighborhoods, namely its council estates that were once built to house the working classesstarting with dominant theories that have seen these developments as indicative of a rise in 'penal populism' or 'popular authoritarianism', personalizing the state revisits one of the central paradoxes of our times: the illiberal turn that liberal democracy has takenotherwise clean textabove all, the book exposes the state's disavowal of its political and moral responsibilities at a time when mechanisms for collectivizing redistributive demands have been silencedpersonalizing the state challenges dominant narratives of exceptionalism that have portrayed the people as a threat to the democratic ordersee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the rise of 'law and order' and ever tougher forms of means-testing under 'austerity politics' to the outcome of britain's referendum on leaving the eu, commentators have rushed to explain the current conjunctureliberal democracy appears in crisisdrawing on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, it moves the question from 'why' liberal democracy has taken a punitive turn to the 'how' and the 'what': to how citizens experience democracy in the first place and what grassroots understandings of politics and care they bring to their encounters with the statethese popular forms of engagement reflect, in turn, a longer history of state control exercised against working-class peopleit reveals the murky, sometimes contradictory desires for a personalized state that cannot easily be collapsed with popular support for authoritarian interventionsoxfam bookshop leeds 274pp
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These papers bring an interdisciplinary approach to bear on what is arguably the central question in the study of human social evolution: how did the simple hunting and foraging bands of the upper palaeolithic evolve into the institutionally complex societies of the so-called neolithic revolution? the contributors to this volume are leading experts from the fields of archaeology, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and game theory, all of whom share a common evolutionary perspectiveoxfam bookshop leeds 259ppthe ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behavioursee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Joining disciplinary worlds, this book aims to explore this ambitious claim, invoking viewpoints as diverse as evolutionary culture theory, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cognitive psychology, ethology, and philosophythe contributors provide major evidence in favor of girard's hypothesis" this major claim has, however, remained underscrutinized by scholars working on girard's theory, and it is mostly overlooked within the natural and social sciencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster from his groundbreaking violence and the sacred and things hidden since the foundation of the world, rené girard's mimetic theory is presented as elucidating "the origins of culture" french philosopher of science michel serres states that girard's theory provides a darwinian theory of culture because it "proposes a dynamic, shows an evolution and gives a universal explanation" he posits that archaic religion (or "the sacred"), particularly in its dynamics of sacrifice and ritual, is a neglected and major key to unlocking the enigma of "how we became humanequally, girard's theory is presented as having the potential to become for the human and social sciences something akin to the integrating framework that present-day biological science owes to darwin-something compatible with it and complementary to it in accounting for the still remarkably little understood phenomenon of human emergence
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Along with a motley collection of streetwise strays, the pair find themselves caught and transferred to a secret space laboratory where after some intensive training they learn they've been selected for a space flight missionin 'space dogs' (), after escaping from the local dog pound, homeless stray strelka teams up with belka, canine canonball of the local state circus, when her trajectory takes an unexpected pathbut the soldier also has a few problems of his own as he has fallen in love with a toy ballerinaby using these newfound powers of his, he must work together with his new friends and save the forest realmoxfam shop lytham collection of four family filmsleaving his friends, he embarks on a journey throughout a mystical wilderness where a range of obstacles stand in the way of a better lifein 'the adventures of chris fable' (), chris (solomon ray), a young thief and runaway, learns that his father is in needin 'max magician and the legend of the rings' (), max (timothy stultz) is interested in magic, isn't very popular and gets picked on by bulliesin 'the tin soldier' (), when a young boy begins hanging out with the wrong crowd the gift of a tin soldier changes his perspective; the soldier comes to life and uses his army training and principles to set the boy back on the straight and narrowsealed, as good as new! see oxfam website for delivery information read moretim (paul danaceau), gives him a book of spells, the book opens a gate to another world in which max is enlisted to help local elves battle their enemies, the unseeliesbut when his neighbour, mr
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Carmen art laboratoryexhibitions and outstanding awards: : “danzas del metal”cannes, francia“international prix luigi xv ville de nice”– “palma d´oro per l´ arte”– “world art collection”graduated in building engineeringmontecarlo, monacohow tense! it is played with the idea of balance between the 3 completely hollow pieces, the emptiness, the representation of nothingness accompanied by the solitude that as time progresses becomes smaller and more fragilejosé soler art murcia“creativity award in the world”– “premio biennale leone dei dogi”stand artexpo gallery“art prize in french riviera”catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimaking the balance in our lives more and more complicatedour 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 websitegalería de arte babeldiploma in technical architecturemaster in 3d design, catiav5 program
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Neuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratorymany now believe that the brain is what makes us human, and it seems that neuroscientists are poised to become the new experts in the management of human conduct excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop morpeth the brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaestheticsuncreased spine and pristine pages
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Academy award(r) winner for best picture in a hidden, high-security government laboratory at the height of the cold war, a mute, lonely cleaning woman (sally hawkins, in an oscar(r)-nominated performance) discovers a classified experiment and falls in loveacclaimed director guillermo del toro masterfully combines adventure, drama, romance, horror, and thrills in a film that
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The original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe voyage to australia and tahitiit 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 indicatedit was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthe 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 hawaiivolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvancouver, 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 canadavolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundvery small tear to spine on volume iithe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthey 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 manyit covers the coast of north americaoxfam 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 discoverythis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust cover
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesmeanwhile 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 armiesthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhen 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 handswhilst 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-dûronce 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 gandalffinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether 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 mordorfrodo 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 overin '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 doom
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Characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxregiment of the line, by king and countryfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontit also includes srcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryit 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)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)french artillery, by king and countrycoldstream 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”)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)references 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”)the british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)it includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squareseach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguereferences andthe 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”)na112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)garde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit consists of 11 figurescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referenceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramaour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7ththe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)the french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteit consists of close to 32 figuresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresall of them have been sold out and retiredreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”references na111
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) 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 experiencedthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist(total of 2 books) read morecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcondition: 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 margin’ registered shippinghe wrote extensively about morocco (otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagesee pictures of the table of contentsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Part 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 contentstwo 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 parisplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis edition is fromare 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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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 bainbridgeshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe 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 tape70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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Working together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsthis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyit 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 purchased(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationfurthermore, 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 has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcesome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usage
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Please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron 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 & cdcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableiron 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 mailare 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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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireit 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 timeó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas 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 guevaraoxfam 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 centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansimultaneously, 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 context
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Karim 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 cityamong 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 ofsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut 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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Written 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 eventssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagesoxfam 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 luce
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Jones 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 colorthe 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 classicat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todayhis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcessee 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 carvings
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On the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe 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 speciesit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the author
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjürgen 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 eruditionindispensable 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 developmentsfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read 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 planetosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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 frenchhe 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 more
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Until recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44boreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishthe book of 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 hillhappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyehere 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 blattnerthe 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 centrecondition: as newvery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresigned by stephen castleidlestre 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 later
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Vitt 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 habitatsinternally clean and unmarkedpublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersin 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 madagascarwe 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 snakesaccessible, 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 biologythis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart 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 socializepart 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 morea definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthpianka and laurie joxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selection
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Makdisi 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 developmentmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe 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 differenceshis 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 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 country condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagethe 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'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 world
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Oxfam 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 caesarthe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriescitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its core
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The lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendthose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodestranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the cityhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergea woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germany
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99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tothe author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofoxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of noin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketthe book has been signed by the author with an inscription
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