The life collection human planet life
List the life collection human planet life
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If you enjoyed the "blue planet " series on television, this book will add to your knowledge and enjoyment of the complex marine world
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The life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextsthe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuryin particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestock
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Oxfam books & music lichfield the dream of the cosmos is the story of a multi-layered quest to understand the causes of human suffering and to reconnect with a deeper reality than the one we inhabit in this physical dimension of experienceit seeks to answer the questions: "who are we?" and "why are we here, on this planet?" it is offered to those who are looking for something beyond the superficial values of our culture, who may be disillusioned with religious and secular belief systems as currently presented and who question political values which are deeply mired in the pursuit of powerit is written with two voices: one the voice of a personal quest and the other which explores the historical and psychological causes that have brought into being our present view see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book's varied and carefully selected contributions, written by experts from around 20 countries, seek to answer such questions as: - how have modernism and the avant-garde responded to historical circumstance in mapping the form of possible futures for humanity?- how have avant-garde and modernist works presented ideals of living as alternatives to the present?- how have avant-gardists acted with or against the state to remodel human life or to resist the instrumental reduction of life by administration and industrialisation? see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this hardback book is in very good conditionthe fourth volume of the eam series, european avant-garde and modernism studies, casts light on the history, theory and actuality of the utopian and dystopian strands which run through european modernism and the avant-garde from the late 19th to the 21st centuryutopian hope and dystopian despair are characteristic features of modernism and the avant-garde there is slight wear at the top of the spine, but otherwise this copy is nearly as new inside and outreadings of the avant-garde have frequently sought to identify utopian moments coded in its works and activities as optimistic signs of a possible future social life, or as the attempt to preserve hope against the closure of an emergent dystopian present
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Trying to hold on to the evaporating past, she begins to write down all that she can remember of her life as a girl in chinaruth decides to move in with her ailing mother, and while tending to her discovers the story luling wrote in chinese, of her tumultuous life growing up in a remote mountain village known as immortal heartlike layers of sediment being removed, each page unfolds into an even greater mystery: who was precious auntie, whose suicide changed the path of luling's life?set in contemporary san francisco and pre-war china, 'the bonesetter's daughter' is an excavation of the human spiritwith great warmth and humour, amy tan gives us a mesmerising story of a mother and daughter discovering together that what they share in their bones through history and heredity is priceless beyond measureluling young is in her eighties, and finally beginning to feel the effects of old agesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreluling tells of the secrets passed along by her mute nursemaid, precious auntie; of a cave where dragon bones are mined and where peking man was discovered; of the crumbling ravine known as the end of the world, where precious auntie's bones lie, and of the curse that luling believes she released through betrayalmeanwhile, her daughter ruth, a ghostwriter for authors of self-help books, is losing the ability to speak up for herself in front of the man she lives within turn, ruth has begun to suspect that something is wrong with her mother: she says so many confusing and contradictory thingsluling can only look on, helpless: her prickly relationship with her daughter does not make it easy to discuss such mattersoxfam bookshop cheltenham a major novel from the internationally bestselling author of 'the joy luck club', 'the kitchen god's wife' and 'the hundred secret senses'
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'since bob has appeared, i've made huge strides in my lifei was lost to the world and had forgotten what was important in lifein the continuing tale of their life together james shows the many ways in which bob has been his protector and guardian angel through times of illness, hardship, even life-threatening dangeralmost every day, bob provides moments of intelligence, bravery and humour, at the same time opening his human friend's eyes to important truths about friendship, loyalty, trust - and the meaning of happinessoxfam shop dumfries the incredible sequel to the bestselling a street cat named bob - the moving and uplifting true story of an unlikely friendship between a man on the streets and the ginger cat who adopts him, now a major motion picturein the years since their story ended in the bestselling a street cat named bob james, with bob's help, has begun to find his way back to the real worldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow i've got myself back on my two feet, but as i put the past behind me, i'm still stepping unsteadily into the futureas they high five together for their crowds of admirers, james knows that the tricks he's taught bob are nothing compared to the lessons he's learnt from his street-wise cat'james and his street cat bob have been on a remarkable journey togetheri still need help in the right directionfor more than a decade i was a homeless drug addictbob is always there to offer guidance and friendship
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At the core of these intuitions, there is the idea that human psychic life is predominantly determined by what we imagine others perceive of usbased on empirical observations, this is a book of ideas, tapping into both developmental and anthropological phenomena and guided by strong existential intuitions regarding the human conditionoxfam bookshop skipton in this book, philippe rochat explores self-consciousness, how it originates and how it shapes our lives, arguably the most important and revealing of all psychological problemsno inscriptionsappears unread see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhy are we so prone to guilt and embarrassment? why do we care so much about how others see us, about our reputation? what are the origins of such afflictions? rochat argues that it is because we are members of a species that evolved the unique propensity to reflect upon themselves as an object of thoughts; an object of thoughts that is potentially evaluated by others
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What do human rights mean in an age of counter-terrorism? how does globalization affect the protection of human rights? can human rights contribute to the eradication of hunger and the promotion of education for all? this book presents a wide-ranging survey of the scope and significance of international human rights lawthroughout, the aim is to invite reflection on human rights in a way that avoids idealizationfor the authors, international human rights law is a process or tool, which is neither inherently beneficent nor essentially problematic, but always potentially boththis book provides the reader with the necessary background to understand, evaluate and, above all, deploy human rights as a strategy for change in the contemporary worldarranged thematically in alphabetical format, it side-steps the traditional categories of human rights law, to investigate rights in the specific contexts in which they are invoked, debated, and consideredoxfam bookshop thame very good conditionentries are included on traditional topics such as children, the death penalty, and housing, along with newer issues such as culture, sexuality, and terrorismsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach entry introduces key concepts, norms and debates, and additionally contains suggestions for further reading
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford a collection of superman films old and newin 'superman - the movie' (), a baby from the planet krypton develops superhuman powers under earth's yellow sunupon his return, he finds a metropolis that doesn't need him anymorewhen he arrives he finds nothing but remnants and returns to earththis special-effects laden adaptation of the dc comics series also features marlon brando in a highly-paid cameo and gene hackman as evil mastermind criminal lex luthordirector richard lester provides a slightly tongue-in-cheek sequel with 'superman ), in which our hero continues to outstrip speeding bullets and leap tall buildings in a single bound, this time while preventing three arch-enemies from space from achieving world dominationafter eliminating general zod and the other kryptonian arch-villains, ursa and non, superman (brandon routh) leaves earth to search for his former home planet, kryptonas an adult (christopher reeve) he dons red cape and pants, and flies across the world doing good deeds, whilst also hiding behind the alias of mild-mannered reporter clark kentfinally, 'superman returns' () is a sequel set after the events of 'superman 2'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'superman 4: the quest for peace' (), superman, moved by a schoolboy's request, determines to rid the world of nuclear weaponshowever, his arch enemy lex luthor, now a nuclear arms entrepreneur, clones nuclear man (mark pillow) from a strand of the hero's hair and the two mighty men battle it out in spacein 'superman ), synthetic kryptonite turns the normally upstanding superman into a low-grade supersleaze, clearing the path for a megalomaniac tycoon (robert vaughn) and a computer whiz (richard pryor) to take over the worldsuperman must again race against time to stop the psychopathic luthor before it's too latefellow journalist lois lane (margot kidder) falls for the muscleman in tights without realising he and her bumbling colleague are one and the samelois lane (kate bosworth) is engaged to a relative of his boss (james marsden), and to make matters worse, his arch-nemesis lex luthor (kevin spacey) has contrived a plot to build a continent using the crystals of krypton that will wipe out most of north america
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'star stuff' explores the question of the origin of human life'are we alone?' weighs the possibilities regarding life elsewhere in the universeand 'boldly go' considers future developments in space travel technology'staying alive' looks at comets and asteriodssee oxfam website for delivery information read more'new worlds' wonders what will happen when we begin colonizing other planets'black holes' examines what happens when stars dieoxfam shop billericay all six parts of the bbc series which uses state-of-the-art computer graphics to investigate the mysteries of the universepresented by sam neill
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00 each lonely planet cambodia rough guide thailand lonely planet venice lonely planet iceland, greenland and the faroe islands lonely planet tanzania rough guide nepal good condition - pen or highlighted comments in books £150 each lonely planet new zealand dk top 10 berlin dk warsawvarious travel books very good condition - no markings - £2
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planet funk - chase the sunchase the sun 7:58 planet funkchase the sun (radio edit) 3:45 planet funkchase the sun (extended club mix) 8:00 planet funkgood (a few scratches) / excellentcondition of cd1 cd 2 or more cds
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton a leading psychologist explres what the development of extraordinary figures (mozart, freud, woolf and ghandi) can tell us of human capabilties and the development of our own mindsgardner weaves together recent research in cognitive science, child development and psychology, in a book that is both intellectually interesting and provocative, but also makes the reader consider his own life and mind, in an effective and attractive crossover of serious and popular psychologypicture is a stock picture see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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I have a large collection of the early learning centre planet protectors action figuresincluding the play mat that doubles up as a storage box
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Illustrated portfolio of human anatomy and pathology: the definitive collection of 30 anatomical charts of the human bodycondition is like new
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In 'conquest of the planet of the apes', the year is nowfollowing a plague which wiped out all cats and dogs, apes have been adopted as pets by humans, but when zira and cornelius' son caesar (roddy mcdowall) sees them being treated as slaves, he leads his brother simians in rebellion against their overlords
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It's time to make the world more humanthis book is a manifesto and call to action for a more local, more accountable and more human way of living that will make us more productive, more fulfilled and ultimately happierhe shows us how change is possible, offering the latest research, compelling stories and case studies from all over the world across industry, politics, education, design and social action to show us what can happen when we make our world more humansteve hilton, visiting professor at stanford university and former senior adviser to prime minister david cameron, believes that the frustrations people have with government, politics, their economic circumstances and their daily lives are caused by deep structural problems in the systems that dominate our modern world - systems that are broken because they've grown too far from the human scalesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road government, business, the lives we lead, the food we eat, the way our children are brought up, the way we relate to the natural world around us - it's all become too big and distant and industrialisedit's time to do something about itit's time to put people first
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It discusses the plant's biology and life cycle, offers tips on harvesting and planting and describes lore about this ancient woodit is in good conditionbamboo is the oldest, most remarkable resource on the planet, used for thousands of years to make a vast array of items - from basic necessities such as clothing and housing to more exotic and luxurious objects like acupuncture needles, sedan chairs and musical instrumentssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit argues that bamboo is an abundant resource that could replace many of the less sustainable materials now commonly used in our daily livesoxfam shop worthing softback with card coversthis practical and historical guide to the versatile and plentiful wood contains a series of chapters covering subjects as diverse as shelter, architecture, cultivation and things made of bamboo
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Having a declutter selling our original vintage collection of planet of the apes comics in great condition for their age see pics as they form part of the description can post for a small fee or buyer collects from tw107qjselling all 37 together all by marvel comics from scan post for a small fee or buyer collects read more
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This thought-provoking study presents a single straightforward structure which unites the latest scientific views on the history of the universe, the solar system, the planet, life and humankindthe focus on the formation, differentiation and transformation of configurations, regimes, and on the ever-changing reactions and interactions between them produces a simple, dynamic and reality-congruent structure with which to view the whole of historya few traces of erased pencil markings to first pageoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the structure of big historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the big bang until todaythe social and natural sciences have more in common than most of us may suspectvery good conditionit contributes to a better understanding of some long-standing academic controversies such as the root causes behind the origins of humankind, the rise of agriculture and the emergence of early states
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What young woman can be safe from the dangers of wilderness when its shadowy thickets spring up so easily in the soil of human hearts? much will oppose charis' longings for renewal and peace; she must pursue and discover the hero's path to a larger, more vivid lifeand even if she survives the wilds, it is no simple matter to discover and nest among her own kind-the godly, those called puritans by othersoxfam bookshop victoria "when i swung over that windowsill, everything changed for mesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe may be tugged by her desires for companionship, may even stumble into an intense love for a man, and may be made to try the strength of female heroism in ways no longer familiar to women in our centurystreams of darkness run through the seventeenth-century villages of the massachusetts bay colony" clambering into the branches of a tree, a young woman flees flaming arrows and massacreoccult fears have a way of creeping into the mindwe are meant to go in and out of doors in civilized style, but my mother bade me climb into woodsy wildness and a darkness flushed with crimson light and torchesnewly published paperbackshe will need to struggle for survival: to scour the wilderness for shelter, to strive and seek for a new family and a setting where she can belongher unmarked way is costly and hardfor charis, the world outside the window of home is a maze of hazards
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She describes how a brain is made from a single fertilized egg, and the fate of the brain is traced through life as we see how it constantly changes as a result of experience to provide the essence of a unique individualsusan greenfield begins by exploring the roles of different regions of the brain
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2 cob i live in leeds west yorkshire with my family as you can see when i first arrived i was in a sorry state but with lots of love i’ve blossomed i am the love of my girls life but sadly she grew big and i stayed 13but i don’t buck or rear i am more of a second pony cause novices would scare me but ideally my mum would love a small adult to buy me so that i get a chance at a forever home ?? i have a blue eye and a 1/4 blue eye and i am good to clip come to call in the field and i love everything horses and human if you think you would like me my mum says i’d be a super fun ride i hack jump school and mum said i’m so pretty i should compete she didn’t as she was too nervous not my fault hers ?? if you think you could love me half as much as my mum has for the last 4yrs please do get intouch mum said i’m worth more than anything and she said the right home is most important read more2 my mum says i’m not a plod that i’m really forward goingbob the cob lives in leeds hi i am bob i’m a super heavy 13
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The ideas presented here form a major addition to the widespread current interest in evolutionary theory as applied to human behaviourthese 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 259ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop morpeth the brain sciences are influencing our understanding of human behavior as never before, from neuropsychiatry and neuroeconomics to neurotheology and neuroaestheticsmany 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 conductuncreased spine and pristine pages see oxfam website for delivery information read more excellent conditionneuro describes the key developments--theoretical, technological, economic, and biopolitical--that have enabled the neurosciences to gain such traction outside the laboratory
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human female druid mint/newwizkids d&d miniatures - icons of the realms - premium miniatures 28mm human female druid (mint/new)product line: d&d miniatures - icons of the realms - premium miniatures 28mm
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human female warlock mint/newwizkids d&d miniatures - icons of the realms - premium miniatures 28mm human female warlock (mint/new)product line: d&d miniatures - icons of the realms - premium miniatures 28mm
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethis ambitious series, described as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet' was the first ever to be filmed entirely in high definitionwhile filming it, the crew caught several firsts - places and animals never before caught on camerathe fact that it was co-funded by discovery channel, bbc and japan's nhk, took 5 years to make and was shot in over 200 locations is apparent and the series is everything you'd expect from sir david attenborough and his team if they were unconstrained by budget or practicalityoxfam bookshop lymington the latest david attenborough nature documentary series, shot in hdevery episode but the first one looks at one of the earth's natural habitats and examines its local features, together with the breadth of fauna found there
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Oxfam shop kendal case good cd very good the latest david attenborough nature documentary series, shot in hdsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis ambitious series, described as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet' was the first ever to be filmed entirely in high definitionwhile filming it, the crew caught several firsts - places and animals never before caught on camerathe fact that it was co-funded by discovery channel, bbc and japan's nhk, took 5 years to make and was shot in over 200 locations is apparent and the series is everything you'd expect from sir david attenborough and his team if they were unconstrained by budget or practicalityevery episode but the first one looks at one of the earth's natural habitats and examines its local features, together with the breadth of fauna found there
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Oxfam shop kendal case good cd very goodthe fact that it was co-funded by discovery channel, bbc and japan's nhk, took 5 years to make and was shot in over 200 locations is apparent and the series is everything you'd expect from sir david attenborough and his team if they were unconstrained by budget or practicalitysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis ambitious series, described as 'the definitive look at the diversity of our planet' was the first ever to be filmed entirely in high definitionwhile filming it, the crew caught several firsts - places and animals never before caught on camerathe latest david attenborough nature documentary series, shot in hdevery episode but the first one looks at one of the earth's natural habitats and examines its local features, together with the breadth of fauna found there
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