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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the roots of romanticism is the long-awaited text of isaiah berlin's most celebrated set of lectures, the mellon lectures, delivered in washington in and heard since by a much wider audience on bbc radioin his unscripted tour de force berlin surveys the myriad attempts to define romanticism, distils its essence, traces its development, and shows how its legacy permeates our outlook todaythey destroyed the traditional notion of objective truth in ethicsm with incalculable, all-pervasive resultssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor berli, the romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itself
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The rhythm of being the gifford lectures by raimon panikkar (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 10 to 12 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The star in the east, shewing the analogy which exists between the lectures of freemasonry the mechanism of initiation into its mysteries etclondon, spencer, ppare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby george oliverour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the original leather binding, in very good condition with a masonic binding! read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realityon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe ffep has been torn outhardback book with dustjacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edges
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The sarum lectures in theology were established through a fund left by john bampton in the 18th centurypublished by oxford university presslettering on spine is fadedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are clean and brightdavid knowles osb (born michael clive knowles, ) was an english benedictine monk who was regius professor of modern history at the university of cambridge from tothey ran from tothe book was previously in a convent library, but shows few signs of use internally except for the bookplate and note on the front endpaperfirst editionoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and gilt lettering on spinehardback, no dust jackethis specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th century
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From the author's preface "the ten lectures of which this volume is composed were delivered last spring, in st john's wood, to a large audience of children and their friends, and at their conclusion i was asked by many of those present to publish them for a children's reading bookvery worn and faded in placeshinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the binding" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fepfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxingtitle on spine, just discerniblesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingthere is some rippling to these front pagesoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacket
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Oxfam books & music totnes this and its fellow volume is drawn from the gifford lectures given in the university of edinburgh by the very distinguished german theologianthere is an owner’s name on the ffepdark blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spinethe dj is protected by a tissue outer coverno other marks and the binding is goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morenisbet hardback with clipped dj
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Smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness 3lp; unposting or local collectionreissue;gatefold sleeve + booklet; read morenew and unplayed
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelydom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's worksin he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppthe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backtitle etc in black lettering on spine107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fepkarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th century  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery occasional spots of foxing notedthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those years our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketit has been widely translated, and remains in print today  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedown
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsfrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morepages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of agethe fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismnow it is much more complexfor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigercover & spine in very good conditiona few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombwe are all potential targets
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This book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered fromthe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tannedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the topthe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titlesoxfam bookshop lower petergate in , as regius professor, william stubbs founded oxford university's school of modern history, allowing postclassical history to be taught as a distinct subject for the first time
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The volumes: a joy for ever (and its price in the market), being the substance (with additions) of two lectures on the political economy of art delivered at manchester, july 10th and 13th the two paths, being lectures on art and its application to decoration and manufacture delivered in a joy for ever: corners slightly rubbed, spine faded (the title lettering remains bright), binding sound with hinges secure, contents clean and brightoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontcombined weight 275gribbon marker in place but shortenedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe two paths: corners and edges (including gilt top edge) a little rubbed, spines faded (the title lettering remains bright), front hinge cracked, contents clean and brightcombined size 15ribbon marker in place
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Five lectures on psycho-analysis, leonardo da vinci and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:five lectures on psycho-analysis ()leonardo da vinci and a memory of his childhood ()the future prospects of psycho-analytic therapy ()the antithetical meaning of primal words ()a special type of choice of object made by men ()on the universal tendecy to debasement in the sphere of love ()the taboo of virginity ()the psycho-analytic view of psychogenic disturbance of vision ()'wild' psycho-analysis ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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lectures 'as delivered by him before the president and members of the royal academywith a brief memoir of the author'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford hardback in good condition for its age
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A collection of essays and lectures written by cage during the period totexblock edge tannedffep and inside of covers also lightly foxedoxfam bookshop shrewsbury paperback in very good minus condition, with tanning and spotting to front cover and spineseveral light stains to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterior clean and brightthis copy is the second printing (february ) of the first mback cover a little rubbedpress paperback edition of august
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lectures on differential geometry, isbn , isbn-13 , acceptable condition, free p&p in the uk
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more page edges occasionally speckled boards show minimal shelfwear, spine slightly faded previous owner's name to ffepclean text, firmly bound in blue boards with titles in gilt to spineoxfam bookshop st albans edited by kathleen coburn from coleridge's shorthand notes for the famous series of lectures, in conjunction with notebook fragments and marginalia dustjacket shelfworn with chipping and tears, some carefully repaired
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Shakespearean tragedy: lectures on hamlet, othello, king lear and macbeth, by amacmillan and co, limited st martins street, london, see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Very light wear on cdvisually this disk may have light visible wear, marks, and or hairlinesthe item format is a cdthe label on the disk is likely to have minor wear and possibly writing on the label
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mellon curator of american art at the brooklyn museumbonnie costello is professor of english at boston universitygriffey is curator of american art at the mead art museum, amherst collegecarbone is andrew wlowe is an art historian and authorabout the author teresa a
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This stunning box comes with 4x lp (180 gr), a booklet with the lyrics and a booklet with notes, beautiful drawings, photo's and so onare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social contextan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersoxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakers
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It distinguishes, in wholly naturalistic terms, between what we experience (reality) and how we experience it (appearance)"naturalizing the mind" skilfully a representational theory of the qualitative, the phenomenal, the what-it-is-like aspects of the mind that have defied traditional forms of naturalismdretske's theory of naturalistic representationalism is an approach to the study of consciousness that can pin down the slippery first-person aspect of our sensory and affective lifecombined with an evolutionary account of sensory representation, the result is a completely naturalistic account of phenomenal consciousnesschapter five addresses anticipated philosophical objections to the theoryone must understand what the mind's job is and how this task can be performed by a physical system - the nervous systemthe theory establishes a framework within which subjectivity can be studied objectively, explains the peculiar authority we enjoy about our own mental states, and provides a biologically plausible answer to questions about the function or purpose of consciousnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston how can the baffling problems of phenomenal experience be accounted for? in this discourse fred dretske argues that to achieve an understanding of the mind it is not enough to understand the biological machinery by means of which the mind does its jobin the first four chapters (the original jean nicod lectures), dretske focuses on what naturalistic representationalism reveals about introspective knowledge, intentionality, qualia, inverted spectra, the biological function of conscious experience, and the possibility of knowing what alien experiences are likecentral to dretske's approach is the claim that the phenomenal aspects of perceptual experiences are one and the same as external, real world properties that experience represents objects as having
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– the tavistock lecturesthe pregnant virginanalytical psychology: its theory and practicea dictionary of symbolsthe creation of consciousnessjung: word and imagethe old fool and the corruption of mythego and archetype: edward edingermarie-louise von franzthe inner world of choicethe symbolic questmichael fordhamarchetypal explorationsthe great motherthe self in early childhoodintroduction to a science of mythologywolfgang hochheimersoul and psychethe collected works of cseeing through the visible worldedward whitmontlonging for paradiseall except volumes 1,2, 3 and 13 volumes and 14 paperback editions, the rest original hardback with coversalistair & hauke, edsjoel ryce-menuhinshame and the origins of self-esteemgerhard adler psyche and deathgerhard adler studies in analytical psychologyadolf guggenbühl-craigdying and creatingthe analytic encounter: transference and human relationshipthe unfolding self: separation and individuationthe parental imagealchemy: an introduction to the symbolism and the psychologythe making of malenessarchetype, attachment, analysischildren as individualsindividuation & narcissismthe psychotherapy of canthony stevensjung, edited by read, fordham and adlerarchetype: a natural history of the selfzeus and hera: archetypal image of father, husband and wifeanalytical psychology: a modern scienceboundaries of the soul: the practice of jung’s psychologydonald kalschedthe i and the not-ipower in the helping professionsrosemary gordonthe inner world of traumain the wake of jungthe way of individuationcurrent trends in analytical psychologythe origins and history of consciousnessdialogue in the analytic settingman and his symbolsaniela jaffe, edjung and the post-jungiansplus, thrown in for free, a large collection of leaflets from the guild of pastoral psychologycontemporary jungian analysisall in good condition
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The complete course of -minute lectures on 32 audio cds, and the guidebook (no video pictures) condition:   brand new, sealed1brahms - symphony noschumann- symphony norichard strauss- thus spoke zarathustra23tchaikovsky -symphony nosaint-saëns - symphony norachmaninoff- symphony nomahler- symphony no debussy- la mer26the ones that got away see oxfam website for delivery information read morebeethoven- symphony nodvorák- symphony nostravinsky- the rite of spring27schubert- symphony notchaikovsky- violin concerto18 bedrich smetana- má vlast19copland- appalachian spring30brahms- violin concerto16dvorák- concerto for 'cello21rimsky-korsakov- scheherazade22bach-violin concerto in e major5haydn- symphony nomendelssohn - "italian" symphony13game plan and preliminaries 2mozart- symphony in c major, "jupiter"8vivaldi-the four seasons 3shostakovich- symphony nooxfam shop kendal professor robert greenberg at the top of his gamemozart- piano concerto nobach- brandenburg concerto noholst- the planets29beethoven- piano concerto no
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Hubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againcredit and debit cards acceptedron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understoodhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timeswith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifethe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationalityfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifeand so it remained until lwith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn
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Eliot memorial lectures at the university of kent, explores systematically the implications of eliot's position and attempts to reconcile them with his own thoughtspublished by faber and faberfor a library book it is in very good condition with clean contents and tight bindingthe reflections in this book had their origin in tthe dj is in very good condition as are the boardsblack cloth covers with gilt titles on spinealso reference label on fep, library stamp on ffep and stamp on publication details pagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeige dj with title in blue and author in brownex reference library (college of librarianship wales) with reference tabs on spine of book and djeliot's paper "what is a classic?" kermode, in his toxfam shop darlington hardback
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Being six lectures to working men, delivered at the museum of practical geologyfront hinge is exposed to the webbing with 25" separated at the bottom overall, in good conditionby professor huxley published by robert hardwicke, first edition, 156pp, there are no adverts in this edition unlike other copiesoxfam bookshop raeburn place on our knowledge of the causes of organic nature28 pages have been marked with pencil, either underlining or with brackets/lines down the side of the textsee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreen embossed cloth boards are in very good condition except for small mark at bottom of spine (possible sticker has been removed)
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Drawn from clare leighton's diaries, lectures, reminiscences, essays and memoirs this assemblage is the next best thing to an autobiography; touching on art, education, gardening, life and happiness  edited by david leighton (the artist's nephew), with a foreword by simon brettfrontispiece photograph of the artist at work on a wood block "a selection of clare leighton's talks and memoirs, illustrated by over 30 of her wood-engraved imagesillustrated with over 30 of clare leighton's wood engravings chosen on the basis that they are mentioned in the textsome of them are reproduced here for the first timeoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street some very light shelf-wear to corners but overall in great condition" see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book is complied from the author's publications and some extracts from his lecturesoxfam books & music wells new edition, dated , but could be a more modern reprintthe green hardback is worn at corners and spine edgeoccasional smudges to pagespages held firm and text is clearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom the preface: 'the remarkable genius of mr beecher as a pulpit orator has won him a renowned place among the celebrated men of the present age'
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