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Peterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and racein their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news mediahe reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'see oxfam website for delivery information read morea truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bwe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speechnarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountinghe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriareaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues
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Oxfam bookshop chelmsford in this investigation of virginia woolf's narrative strategies daniel ferrer shows how her writing insistently raises the question of its origins and its connection with madness and suicidethis book should be of interest to students and lecturers of twentieth century english literature, literary theory and women's studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is a timeless classic - a work by charles mackay now brought to you in a new edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop brighton as new paperback first edition from us
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Michael jackson the magic & the madness by jrandy taraborrelli paperback by the bestselling author of madonna: an intimate biography a brilliant book in very good condition p & p £2
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Oxfam shop mutley plain "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very goodthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practice" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecologyhe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftprinted in , first edition
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" when an alien capsule lands on horsell common, woking, crowds of astonished onlookers gathervery good condition: yellowing of pages see oxfam website for delivery information read morearmed with deadly heat rays, the aliens begin their conquest of earthconfronted by powers beyond our control, a technology far in advance of our own, and a race of alien invaders which regard us as no more than ants, humankind faces extinctionoxfam bookshop ealing the science fiction classic for a time i believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that i stood there alone, the last man left alivewhile the world crumbles under the shadow of the martian menace, one man sets out alone across the desolate wasteland to find his wifebut wonder soon turns to terror when the martians emerge
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Michael jackson the magic and the madness hard back new was £ quick sale £2 down seizing non smoking household see other adds
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Domestic crises included unrest in ireland, deep division in the royal family and the madness of the king, and a full-scale naval mutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe enjoyed huge success, yet died at the nadir of his fortunes, struggling to maintain a government beset by a thin majority at home and military disaster abroad; he worked, worried and drank himself to deathoxfam shop evesham a lively, authoritative biography of one of the towering figures in british history who became prime minister at the age of twenty-four, written by the youngest-ever leader of the tory party no british politician since has exercised such supremacy for so longpitt presided over dramatic changes in the country's finances and trade, brought about the union with ireland, and directed and was ultimately consumed by the years of debilitating war with francewilliam hague's biography is comparable to roy jenkins's recent bestselling life of churchill - an eminent politician writing an outstanding prime ministerial life - and announces the arrival of a brilliant new historical writerthe younger william pitt - known as the schoolboy' - began his days as prime minister in , deeply underestimated and completely beleagueredyet he annihilated his opponents in the general election the following year and dominated the governing of britain for twenty-two years nearly nineteen of them as prime minister
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Have the dead come back to life? or has susan plunged into the abyss of madness? with the help of her neurosurgeon, susan desperately clings to her sanity while fighting to uncover who or what could be stalking herand in the following four years, the four young men who participated in that grim fraternity rite also died violentlyapparently involved in a fatal accident, she is suffering from amnesiaplease check shipping costs before ordering synopsis in a cavern called the house of thunder, susan thorton watched in terror as her lover died a brutal death in a college hazingshe doesn't remember who she is or why she is thereall she knows is that her convalescence is unfolding into a fearful nightmare - and that the faces that surround her, pretending loving care, are those of the four men involved in that murder years beforeor did they? twelve years later susan wakes in a hospital bed
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Set in the early victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on all those around hersee oxfam website for delivery information read morecharming, handsome, son-of-the-local-lord, noahdespite being crippled by a childhood exposure to polio, she seems set to follow in her mother's footsteps, and become a 'dipper', escorting fragile female bathers into the seashe quickly develops a passion for him - a passion which consumes heras marnie's infatuation turns to fixation she starts to lose her grip on reality, and a harrowing and dangerous obsession develops that seems certain to end in tragedyoxfam bookshop cheltenham a thrilling victorian tale of dangerous obsession and betrayal sixteen-year-old marnie lives in the idyllic coastal village of clevedonbut then she meets noahher life is simple and safe
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But when his young student christine falls for the rich and dapper raoul (patrick wilson), the phantom descends into madnessthose who thought that smoke machines and cobwebbed candelabras were the stuff of halloween parties and dance clubs need to think again
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Bucky, satchel, and rob are back for more madness and mayhemand the world couldn't be happier! satchel pooch, the labrador-shar-pei mix who's sweet and lovable, makes a nice lackey for buckybucky knows he's smarter than everyone else; it's just a matter of convincing the rest of the world
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All pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthey 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 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 insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryoxfam 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 discoverythe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastvery small tear to spine on volume iithis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe 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 hawaiiit covers the coast of north americathese 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 soundvancouver, 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 canadathe 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 indicatedthe main pagination of all four volumes is continuous
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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 gandalfin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilfinally, '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 moregandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondortogether 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 mordorwhen 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 handsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthfrodo 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 overgandalf 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 armiestolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsthey 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 doomoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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It 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 na111the french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences 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”)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecharacteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe 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”)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargefrench artillery, by king and countryeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguegarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit consists of 11 figuresall of them have been sold out and retiredcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryit also includes srit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiregiment of the line, by king and countryit consists of close to 32 figuresfrench 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”)references andit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”coldstream 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”)tomas picton by britains, referencena112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the diorama
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Condition: 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 marginthe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidsee pictures of the table of contents) 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 experiencedcontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehe wrote extensively about morocco (please 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(total of 2 books) read more’ registered shippinghe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and language
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This edition is frompart 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 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 parisa 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 availablethe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printplease 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 storepart 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 contents
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Should 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 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 flowers70; 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: £3t 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 bainbridgeone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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However, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsit 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 purchasedfurthermore, 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 cleanwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlysome 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 beneficial(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwit 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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Iron 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 mailiron 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 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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Ó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 centurymorgan 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 timeas 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 guevarasimultaneously, 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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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 britainamong 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 eastkarim 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 moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucewritten 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 eventsin 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 war
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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 sourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat 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 todayjones 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 museumsthe 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 classicjones'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 carvingsits 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 color
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 specieson the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionit 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 authorinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
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He 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 developmentsfirst 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 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 moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysoxfam 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 erudition
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Happily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyeuntil 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 parishnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 picturessigned by stephen castlehere 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 centrevery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutcondition: as newidlestre 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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Part 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 cornersvitt 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 habitatspianka and laurie jpart 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 moreinternally clean and unmarkedaccessible, 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 biologya definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthwe 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 snakesin 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 madagascarthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldoxfam 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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Condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi 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 developmentsee 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 differencesoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countryhis 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 groupsthe 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 argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposes
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