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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 radiofor berli, the romantics set in train a vast, unparalleled revolution in humanity's view of itselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 results
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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 etcour 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 websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableby george oliverlondon, spencer, pp
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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 ofthe 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 realitythe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgesthe ffep has been torn outhardback book with dustjacketthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingoxfam 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 themsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 knowledgeon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of god
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The sarum lectures in theology were established through a fund left by john bampton in the 18th centurylettering on spine is fadedpages are clean and brightthey 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 endpaperhis specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublished by oxford university pressoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and gilt lettering on spinefirst editionhardback, no dust jacketdavid knowles osb (born michael clive knowles, ) was an english benedictine monk who was regius professor of modern history at the university of cambridge from to
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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 bookblack and white frontispiece ("glacier carrying down stones") back pages, which include the index, show marks at the edges of water-stainingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moretitle on spine, just discerniblethere is some rippling to these front pagesvery worn and faded in placeshinges are starting to crack but pages remain secure to the bindingfoxing and damp-staining at the front but the text is clean and unmarked with age-toning and a few sporadic spots of foxing" a very attractive little volume - price reflects the conditionoxfam shop shirley hardback without dust jacketbound in maroon leather binding with marbled edges and endpapersprize certificate from battersea grammar school pasted to fep
28 €
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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 ffepnisbet hardback with clipped djsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe dj is protected by a tissue outer coverdark blue cloth covered boards with silver lettering to spineno other marks and the binding is good
145 €
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Smashing pumpkins - mellon collie and the infinite sadness 3lp; unnew and unplayedposting or local collectionreissue;gatefold sleeve + booklet; read more
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelyit 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 pastedowntitle etc in black lettering on spineoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transthe 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 back dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth college107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossvery occasional spots of foxing noted  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclothed 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 yearsinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppin 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'dom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's works our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faithkarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th century
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturein this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombcover & spine in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom 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 omnipresentwe are all potential targetsin 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 similaritiesnow it is much more complexfrom 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-involvedfor 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 nigerpages 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 terrorism
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This book is a collection of 17 statutory lectures delivered fromthe book is bound in maroon cloth, with gilt titlessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is faded and bumped at top and bottom with a small tear at the topthe book has been inscribed by two previous owners, but otherwise pages are clean, lightly tannedoxfam 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 brightribbon marker in placesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames two uniform volumes bound in green leather with gilt titles to front and spine and gilt initials to frontribbon marker in place but shortenedcombined size 15combined weight 275gthe 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 bright
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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 academyoxfam bookshop wallingford hardback in good condition for its agewith a brief memoir of the author'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A collection of essays and lectures written by cage during the period toffep and inside of covers also lightly foxedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreback cover a little rubbedseveral light stains to spineinterior clean and brightoxfam bookshop shrewsbury paperback in very good minus condition, with tanning and spotting to front cover and spinepress paperback edition of augusttexblock edge tannedthis copy is the second printing (february ) of the first m
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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 previous owner's name to ffep dustjacket shelfworn with chipping and tears, some carefully repaired boards show minimal shelfwear, spine slightly faded page edges occasionally speckledoxfam bookshop st albans edited by kathleen coburn from coleridge's shorthand notes for the famous series of lectures, in conjunction with notebook fragments and marginaliaclean text, firmly bound in blue boards with titles in gilt to spine
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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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The item format is a cdthe label on the disk is likely to have minor wear and possibly writing on the labelvery light wear on cdvisually this disk may have light visible wear, marks, and or hairlines
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mellon curator of american art at the brooklyn museumcarbone is andrew wabout the author teresa alowe is an art historian and authorbonnie costello is professor of english at boston universitygriffey is curator of american art at the mead art museum, amherst college
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis stunning box comes with 4x lp (180 gr), a booklet with the lyrics and a booklet with notes, beautiful drawings, photo's and so onplease 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 available
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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 contextoxfam 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 speakersothers 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 insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulation
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Dretske'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 lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read morecombined with an evolutionary account of sensory representation, the result is a completely naturalistic account of phenomenal consciousnessoxfam 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 jobone must understand what the mind's job is and how this task can be performed by a physical system - the nervous systemit distinguishes, in wholly naturalistic terms, between what we experience (reality) and how we experience it (appearance)chapter five addresses anticipated philosophical objections to the theorythe 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 consciousnessin 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 like"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 naturalismcentral 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 lecturesplus, thrown in for free, a large collection of leaflets from the guild of pastoral psychologysoul and psychedonald kalschedjung: word and imageanalytical psychology: its theory and practicethe great motherthe inner world of choiceintroduction to a science of mythologydying and creatingthe symbolic questchildren as individualspower in the helping professionsthe old fool and the corruption of mythanalytical psychology: a modern sciencealchemy: an introduction to the symbolism and the psychologythe self in early childhoodaniela jaffe, edin the wake of junglonging for paradisethe way of individuationarchetypal explorationsadolf guggenbühl-craigmichael fordhamthe inner world of traumaarchetype: a natural history of the selfthe i and the not-iwolfgang hochheimermarie-louise von franzjung, edited by read, fordham and adlerthe making of malenessall except volumes 1,2, 3 and 13 volumes and 14 paperback editions, the rest original hardback with coversjoel ryce-menuhina dictionary of symbolsshame and the origins of self-esteemjung and the post-jungianszeus and hera: archetypal image of father, husband and wifeseeing through the visible worldedward whitmontthe unfolding self: separation and individuationrosemary gordonindividuation & narcissismgerhard adler studies in analytical psychologycurrent trends in analytical psychologythe psychotherapy of calistair & hauke, edsanthony stevensgerhard adler psyche and deathego and archetype: edward edingerthe parental imagethe collected works of ccontemporary jungian analysisboundaries of the soul: the practice of jung’s psychologydialogue in the analytic settingarchetype, attachment, analysisthe creation of consciousnessman and his symbolsthe origins and history of consciousnessthe pregnant virginall in good conditionthe analytic encounter: transference and human relationship
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The complete course of -minute lectures on 32 audio cds, and the guidebook (no video pictures) condition:   brand new, sealed1beethoven- piano concerto nohaydn- symphony nobrahms - symphony nomahler- symphony norichard strauss- thus spoke zarathustra23vivaldi-the four seasons 3rimsky-korsakov- scheherazade22schumann- symphony norachmaninoff- symphony notchaikovsky -symphony nodvorák- concerto for 'cello21the ones that got away see oxfam website for delivery information read morebrahms- violin concerto16 debussy- la mer26oxfam shop kendal professor robert greenberg at the top of his gamebach- brandenburg concerto noschubert- symphony noholst- the planets29game plan and preliminaries 2dvorák- symphony nocopland- appalachian spring30mozart- piano concerto nobeethoven- symphony nosaint-saëns - symphony nobach-violin concerto in e major5mendelssohn - "italian" symphony13tchaikovsky- violin concerto18 bedrich smetana- má vlast19mozart- symphony in c major, "jupiter"8shostakovich- symphony nostravinsky- the rite of spring27
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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 againfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifehow 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 timesorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldand 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 liferon 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 understoodbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionswith 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 rationalitycredit and debit cards acceptedhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itself
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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 thoughtsalso reference label on fep, library stamp on ffep and stamp on publication details pagethe dj is in very good condition as are the boardseliot's paper "what is a classic?" kermode, in his tbeige dj with title in blue and author in brownpublished by faber and fabersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreex reference library (college of librarianship wales) with reference tabs on spine of book and djthe reflections in this book had their origin in tblack cloth covers with gilt titles on spinefor a library book it is in very good condition with clean contents and tight bindingoxfam shop darlington hardback
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Being six lectures to working men, delivered at the museum of practical geology overall, in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefront hinge is exposed to the webbing with 228 pages have been marked with pencil, either underlining or with brackets/lines down the side of the textgreen embossed cloth boards are in very good condition except for small mark at bottom of spine (possible sticker has been removed)oxfam bookshop raeburn place on our knowledge of the causes of organic natureby professor huxley published by robert hardwicke, first edition, 156pp, there are no adverts in this edition unlike other copies5" separated at the bottom
(England)
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Frontispiece photograph of the artist at work on a wood blockdrawn 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 brettsome 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 moreillustrated with over 30 of clare leighton's wood engravings chosen on the basis that they are mentioned in the text "a selection of clare leighton's talks and memoirs, illustrated by over 30 of her wood-engraved images
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This book is complied from the author's publications and some extracts from his lecturesthe green hardback is worn at corners and spine edgepages held firm and text is clearoxfam books & music wells new edition, dated , but could be a more modern reprintsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoccasional smudges to pagesfrom 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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