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This part concludes with surprising “huitième dialogue entre deux amis” in which certain things related to the marche autour of the spain, which can serve as a warning to those who want to see this kingdom are dealt with (ppthis is followed by political and moral statements that have been added in this third impression" (ppa large brown spot in the outer upper corner of the second part, located between pages 110 and 245 of the second part; does not prevent reading, but the aesthetic aspect is quite compromisedtraces of clear moisture stains; more or less pronounced foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe condition is poor: a prerforation in the back of the bindingrevised and increased edition), with very curious refrains and proverbs and their translation into italiana second part consists of “dialogues pacifiques” in spanish and their counterpart on the page opposite in italianare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecurious work including a spanish grammar with, in parallel, its counterpart in italian
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Just released my new children's christmas book latest illustrated children’s christmas book the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie anthony r stephenson amazon the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie is an illustrated christmas tale for childrenin the perfect wintertide, there is time for snow, a party, a visit from santa claus, and family christmas dinner—and the greatest gift of all: a new addition to the familyspanning the few days coming up to and including christmas day, it tells a heartwarming story of familial warmth and joy through the eyes of charlie, the family dogwith the charming, albeit sometimes chaotic, antics of a young boy and his dog, the exciting adventures of charlie the dog & alfie is a story of the magic of christmas where wishes come true
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Limited edition winnie the pooh hunny of a day music box by ardleigh elliott winnie the pooh and friends grace a "hunny of a day" ferris wheel collectible music box! a hundred acre wood exclusive first! - it's a hunny of a day whenever winnie the pooh and friends get together, and now you can join in with this first-of-a-kind musical ferris wheel collectible music box! pooh, piglet, tigger, eeyore, roo, rabbit and owl enjoy a special treat in the heart of the hundred acre wood, where every detail is sure to charm you! the "homemade" ferris wheel turns and everyone smiles as their barrel-style seats swing, while honeybees flit amongst the scenes of fun and friendship that grace the base! this exclusive, limited-edition winnie the pooh musical ferris wheel collectible music box from ardleigh elliott is crafted of triple-fired heirloom porcelain, richly accented in 22k gold, and plays the melody of "love makes the world go round" pooh fans everywhere are sure to be spinning with excitement over this very special "hunny" of a music boxin very good condition certificate of authenticity read more
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Also a little blue has transfered from the box faintly onto the rim of pages (nothing which is going to effect the reading of it) and the same has also happened on the edges of the cardsshambhala: the sacred path of the warrior: book and card set rrp ÂŁ149 the set is practically like new apart from small tear along 2 side of lid on the crease (which lifts away like a flap) - which could be glued and you probably wouldn't noticethrough these teachings, readers can start to gain personal freedom and power, overcome negative habitual patterns, find the sacred dimension of everyday life, and discover the basic goodness of human lifethe box includes: 53 four-color cards, with a shambhala warrior slogan on one side and commentary from the tibetan buddhist master chĂ·gyam trungpa on the reverse sidethe shambhala book and card set offers readers a unique and accessible way to put the principles of the sacred warrior to practice in daily life through a series of slogans or maxims that emphasize facing the world with openness and fearlessnessthere is a mark on the front of box too (see all pictures) rrp ÂŁ149 since ancient times, the path of the enlightened warrior has been a powerful and inspiring ideal, showing us how we can master the challenges of life and draw power not from violence or aggression but through the cultivation of gentleness, courage, and self-knowledgean 16-page booklet with instructions on how the slogans can be applied to one's own life throughout the day - a 256-page unabridged edition of trungpa's classic book shambhala: the sacred path of the warrior the majority of the slogans and commentary are drawn from shambhala: the sacred path of the warriorcan post extra ÂŁ3the remainder of the slogans, which have never before been available to a general audience, were composed by chogyam trungpa to be used in shambhala training, a program that he developed as a way to train people in the path and practice of warriorship
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Oxfam bookshop hertford in children experienced a great miraclewhen the children tried to share the joyous news of our lady of fatima, no-one believed them, until the day the sun seemed to dance in the skytelling the children great and wondrous secrets that would affect all of creationthe day the sun danced is the inspiring true story of lucia, francisco and jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of our lady of fatima to all the worldwhile herding a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of fatima, portugal, the blessed mother visited them, not once, but many timeslanguages - english, spanish, french see oxfam website for delivery information read morefully animated - running time 30 minutesit soon became clear that they had been chosen by the blessed mother to share her message
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In this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todaysykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminehow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identityafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsin europe there are only sevennews of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldbut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todaythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of eveoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italy
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This is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop ulverston originally published incontents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the book
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Despite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardpetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingen2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldshowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsthe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqplease 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 catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablein the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol ithis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by ccondition: binding copies with decent blocksthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storelate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edges
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The film follows a team of divers as they attempt to live for a month in a purpose-built environment at the bottom of the red seaoxfam books & music winchester collection of documentary films featuring the work of legendary maritime explorer and film maker jacques cousteauin 'voyage to the edge of the world' () cousteau and his team of divers set out in the research ship 'calypso' to explore the uncharted lands and wildlife of antarticasee oxfam website for delivery information read more'the silent world' () is an academy award-winning documentary co-directed by cousteau and celebrated auteur louis malle'the world without sun' () also won an academy awardin search of new marine creatures and environments, cousteau becomes one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the frozen surface of the south poleas the divers explore their new habitat, cousteau boards his signature yellow submarine to chart the sealife of the deepest depthsmaking use of the latest technology, the film was the first to offer a window into the weird and wonderful world beneath the sea and kick-started a whole new movement in movie making
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Special attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary oneapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsthe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artthe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningoxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timeif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlan
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Unexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichmentmore specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of sciencehimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 years" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of lifeoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new conditionthe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first time
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Oxfam books & music norwich the use of clinical and laboratory information to detect conditions and predict patient outcomes is a mainstay of medical practicethis book describes the statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating the accuracy of medical testsa variety of worked examples are provided'the statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction' will be of interest to quantitative researchers and to practicing statisticianssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book also covers the theoretical foundations for statistical inference and will be of interest to academic statisticiansinternal pages are clean and free of marksproblems relating to missing and imperfect reference data are discussed in detailmain topics include: estimation and comparison of measures of accuracy, including receiver operating characteristic curves; regression frame-works for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors; and sample size calculations and other issues pertinent to study designbook cover contains a few marks but item is in generally good conditionadditional topics include: meta-analysis for summarizing the results of multiple studies of a test; the evaluation of markers for predicting event time data; and procedures for combining the results of multiple tests to improve classification
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In philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of self) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencein addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencepoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theorythese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextswith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologythe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areas
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Richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern americascandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had savedthe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valleysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreamerican disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleyit is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and son the life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperorsoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wear
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Arranged in double columnsvolume 1 coloured chart of the bristol channel for the frontispiecevolumes 3-6 other volumes similar layoutour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumeeach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardsthe imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesdioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the time25 pages of maps and also engraved viewscomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eachpacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and walesthe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair conditionvolume 2 plan of hull for the frontispiece an engraved view of liverpool coloured maps of the channel islands, and a double page plan of leedsall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of eachare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheaddouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumes
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The first part describes the background of american constitutionalismbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesin this first volume, julius goebel jrin the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtoxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrthese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesdetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencegoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rightsthe book is organised into three parts
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This country house in the buckinghamshire countryside was home to britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like alan turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology  indeed, the birth of modern computingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham bletchley park was where one of the war's most famous  and crucial  achievements was made: the cracking of germany's enigma code in which its most important military communications were couchedthe military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the battle of the atlantic and the war in north africabut, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction  from robert harris and ian mcewan to andrew hodges' biography of turing what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? what was life like for them an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? sinclair mckay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at bletchley park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed angus wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) of a youthful roy jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's work
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John francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable city" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firmin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forceswilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainits story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights region"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodbanias' story starts in canaanite timeswith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianity
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), zwolle/amsterdam, , ppexcellent good black inked impression on laid paper with no folds or tears; a few small stainsreceived patent of nobility from the king of polen inhe itood for a renewal of print art and rejected the somewhat dull french style from the periodthis series: ' klare onderrichte der voortreffelijcke worstel-konst, published in , is considered one of the most important books about the unarmed struggle of the periodthan returned to haarlem where he stayed the rest of his lifeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeetching by romeyn d'hooghe, important innovator of dutch printmakingworked in paris with van der meulen and enjoyed great successmost known for his graphic workreference: hollstein landwehr litvan nierop et alfrom a series of wrestling scenes invented by the famous wrestler and wine merchant nicolaes petter who had great interest in classical greece and began to give wrestling lessons to other merchants in his wine shop on the prinsengracht in amsterdamkolfin, 'tot uitpersing van tranen, de verbeelding van de hartstochten', in 'romeyn de hooghe, de verbeelding van de late gouden eeuw' (hright wrestlerl lying on the ground and kicking the left of the other wrestler with his right leg, while pulling the latter towards the ground by his hairin a handpainted/guilded passe-partoutromeyn de hooghe () painter, engraver and sculptor of amsterdamare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreever since the instant success of his first book the golden bees: the story of the bonapartes, theo aronson has steadily built up his reputation as an historical biographer specializing in the royal houses of europeoxfam books & music hereford skilfully interwoven with each other, theo aronson's accounts of the reigns of european royalty, abdications and exiles capture the scope and variety of what victoria used to call the royal mob owing to a production fault, the book has not been trimmed square so that top & bottom of pages are not parallel to lines of printamong his many widely read books are napoleon and josephine: a love story; crowns in conflict: the triumph and the tragedy of european monarchy and the king in love: edward vii's mistresses
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In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and receptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe wider influence of the catalogue is considered in chapters on pindar and the lyric tradition, on hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at romeindividual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to womenthis collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguethe catalogue of women, ascribed to hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the gods
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According to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imagerythe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhismluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehere, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikefremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the livingusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightened
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An outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindoxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldthe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other minds
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The book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid safter handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacifiche then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea floweralthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationhe returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceanreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europehe made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a year
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The following report, issued for convenience in two parts, is the resultwe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical worksin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionbesides this a short paper treating of the geology, and particularly of the cenotes or natural wells of yucatan, will appear in the journal of geology of the university of chicagosee oxfam website for delivery information read morearmour to accompany him in his steam yacht ituna on a voyage to mexicocomthis book is a reproduction of an important historical workthree months were spent in that most interesting country, mainly in the states of yucatan, chiapas and oaxacaabout the publisherforgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic booksfind more at wwwforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copythe writer was a member of the party and, as curator of anthropology in the field colum bian museum, was expected to examine and describe such archaeologic remains as happened to be encountered during the journeyoxfam bookshop wallingford excerpt from archaeological studies among the ancient cities of mexicoin december, , a number of gentlemen, representing different branches of scientific research, were invited by mr
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Interdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallyit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldthis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involvedits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changethe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceresearch on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades
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He went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezgorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulwas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfbirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skywith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timenor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinwhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earththey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and loved
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of phenomenology todaysome of them are concerned with issues and questions typical and distinctive of phenomenological philosophy, while others address questions familiar to analytic philosophers, but do so with arguments and ideas taken from phenomenologysome offer detailed analyses of concrete phenomena; others take a more comprehensive perspective and seek to outline and motivate the future direction of phenomenologythe essays aim to articulate and develop original theoretical perspectivesit includes discussions of such diverse topics as intentionality, embodiment, perception, naturalism, temporality, self-consciousness, language, knowledge, ethics, politics, art and religion, and will make it clear that phenomenology, far from being a tradition of the past, is alive and in a position to make valuable contributions to contemporary thoughtoxfam bookshop preston the oxford handbook of contemporary phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenologyit is the definitive guide to what is currently going on in phenomenology
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First introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishas david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrectwhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhite retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth centuryoxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practicevirtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearstracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced today
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Printed cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrybrown leather spine with gilt title to spinethe sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacosthese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnit is a miracle in itself that they survivedone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly feminineover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read morexxviii and 724 pages including indexoxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egyptthe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'what they revealed stunned the world
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