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Included here are the mughal emperor babur's first thoughts of india upon establishing his empire there, the chinese chronicler ma huan's report detailing chinese travel to the middle east during the fifteenth century, and an account of africa written by the man known as leo africanusunlike other collections, travel narratives from the age of discovery offers a global view of travel at a crucial stage in world, and human, history, with accounts written by non-european authors, including two new translationsin travel narratives from the age of discovery, historian peter cmancall has compiled some of the most important travel accounts of this erain addition to these travel narratives, this anthology features rare pictures from sixteenth-century printed books, including images of brazil, roanoke, guiana, and india, which, together with the accounts themselves, provide a detailed understanding of the many ways in which fifteenth and sixteenth century travelers and readers imagined other worlds see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries ushered in a new era of discovery as explorers traversed the globe, returning home with vivid tales of distant lands and exotic peopleswritten by authors from spain, france, italy, england, china, and north africa describing locations that range from brazil to canada, china to virginia, and angola to vietnam, these accounts provided crucial insight into unfamiliar cultures and environments, and also betrayed the prejudices of their own societies, revealing as much about the observers themselves as they did about faraway landsfrom christopher columbus to lesser-known figures such as the huguenot missionary jean de léry, this anthology brings together first-hand accounts of places connected by the atlantic, pacific, and indian oceansaided by the invention of the printing press in europe, travelers were able to spread their accounts to wider audiences than ever before
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Medieval culture offers an excellent chance to observe thisin very good condition but with bumps to the upper cornersbut at the same time they are always in danger of disguising or distorting what they are referring to, or of missing their target altogetheroxfam bookshop birmingham this book presents, for the first time, a coherent, tightly argued history of medieval mediality, which also casts a new light on modern thinking about the medialthey transported a presence of the divine, but also knowledge of its unattainabilitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreabundance and lack constitute the defining feature of all media formsin this culture, media forms were places of mediated immediacythis volume investigates the multi-layered and fascinating approaches of medieval authors to the word and writing, the body and materiality, and their experimentation with the possibilities of media before the concept was inventedthese forms always undertake to preserve, transmit, or give access to something that might otherwise be lost, or remain inaccessible or ineffective
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Oxfam books & music durham thomas williams' revision of arthur hyman and james jwalsh's classic compendium of writings in the christian, islamic, and jewish medieval philosophical traditions expands the breadth of coverage that helped make its predecessor the best known and most widely used collection of its kindthe third edition builds on the strengths of the second by preserving its essential shape while adding several important new texts--including works by augustine, boethius, pseudo-dionysius the areopagite, anselm, al-farabi, al-ghazali, ibn rushd, bonaventure, thomas aquinas, and john duns scotus--and featuring new translations of many otherssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume has also been redesigned and its bibliographies updated with the needs of a new generation of students in mind
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The stories presented here move from adolescence to middle age, sensitive always to the particular social, emotional, and intellectual challenges of the different phases of a lifea group of pub regulars in a sleepy seaside town observe the quiet disappointments of love and marriageoxfam bookshop st albans the dogs of inishere collects stories from across alannah hopkin's thirty-year career as a fiction and travel writeran adolescent girl bristles against the gendered assumptions and expectations o mid-sixties londonalong the way, hopkin's protagonists, often writers themselves, wrestle with the influence of literary figures from the past, including austen, byron, poe, wilde, lowry, and bsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea young writer struggles to commit fully to the artist's life
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Oxfam bookshop lymington the middle of the lower edge of the front hard cover is bumpedthey examine the role of full-size building tests in the development of structural design methods, and give recommendations on improved construction practice and safety of a building's occupants in the event of fire and explosionprojects are covered in the fields of construction, static loading, dynamic response and the effect of fire and explosion loadingthe contributions to this book derive from the second cardington conference held in march and are based on experimental work carried out on the first test structure at the lbtf, an eight-storeyed steel-framed buildingin addition, there are papers describing the future programme and other planned structuressee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Finally in 'the sittaford mystery', in a remote house in the middle of dartmoor, six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seanceis this black magic or simply a macabre joke? the only way to be certain is to locate captain trevelyanunfortunately, his home is six miles away and, with snow drifts blocking the roads, someone will have to make the journey on footin 'by the pricking of the thumbs', when tommy (anthony andrews) and tuppence (greta scacchi) visit an elderly aunt in sunny ridge nursing home, tuppence is concerned by one resident, mrs lancaster (june whitfield), who rambles about a dead child behind the lounge fireplacewhen tuppence is introduced to one resident's friend, miss marple, she finds herself joining forces with her to follow the clues which lead them to the norfolk village of farrell st edmund where there they find a community guarding a number of deadly secretstension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'captain trevelyanbetween them, they attempt to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years beforein 'the sleeping murder', soon after gwenda (sophia myles) moved into her new home, odd things started to happenworse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairstheir expectations of peace and quiet are quickly dashed when they discover a poison pen-writer is at large in the villagein 'the moving finger', after a serious motorcycle accident, the dashing jerry burton (james d'arcy) arrives in the sleepy village of lymstock with his sister joanna (emilia fox) to recuperatelittle do they know that they will ultimately unveil a murderertogether miss marple and jerry set out to stop the malicious messages before they result in another tragedydespite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein fear, gwenda turns to miss marple to exorcise her ghostsoxfam shop hebden bridge award-winning actress geraldine mcewan stars as miss marple in this set of murder mysteries
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, gerald of wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the middle ages and the journey through wales describes his eventful tour of the country as a missionary inwitty and gently humorous throughout, these works provide a unique view into the medieval worldthe landscape is evoked in further detail in the description, which chronicles the everyday lives of the welsh people with skill and affectionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein a style reminiscent of a diary, gerald records the day-to-day events of the mission, alongside lively accounts of local miracles, folklore and religious relics such as saint patrick's horn, and eloquent descriptions of natural scenery that includes the rugged promontory of st david's and the vast snow-covered panoramas of snowdonia
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Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for the rough guide to world music: africa europe & the middle east products!
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1 grey boy 1 tabby boy and 1 black boy and 1 tabby girl can be seen with mum will be wormed litter trained and ready middle of october looking for there forever homes raised with children mum has a beautiful temperament no time wasters deposit can be made read more
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Piggy in the middle game by orchard toysfun learning game
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Slot the tardis with its own light and sound effect into the middle of the unique electronic revolving game board and you're ready to start your journey through timethere are many alien life forms roaming the stars, plotting and scheming to alter and control the course of timewhenever this happens the board will rotate and the enemies you are trying to overcome will move and reappear in new dimensionsin this fast paced and exciting board game, be the first to locate and defeat for of the doctor's most deadly foesoxfam shop colne road doctor who: the time travelling action game with revolving electronic game boarda must for any doctor who fans! see oxfam website for delivery information read moreyou are the doctor travelling through time and space in your quest to defeat these forces of evil and save the universe from harmtime however is unstable and there are regular shifts in the continuum
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18 x medium glass jars with hessian ribbon around the middle of the jar 11 x small glass jars decorated with hessian ribbon 41 jars in total which can be used for flowers, candles etcÂŁ10 for the lot and also have some left over rolls of the hessian which you can have should you need to make anymorei have other items for sale and there are some photos of the set up i used so you can judge the size of them12 x large glass jars with hessian ribbon attached to the neck
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They were originally written in middle french and were originally published in the kingdom of france[these three volumes were translated by charles cotton and edited by w carew hazlitt see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop whitchurch road he essays (french: essais, pronounced [es?]) of michel de montaigne are contained in three books and 107 chapters of varying length" the essays were first published in and cover a wide range of topicsmontaigne's stated design in writing, publishing and revising the essays over the period from approximately to was to record "some traits of my character and of my humours
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The netherlands, complete proof year pack/ year collection , series coins king willem-alexander 1 cent through 2 euro, with an extra, partially gold plated 2 euro in the middle of the packare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomes in a coloured case with outer boxregistered shipping read moresecond part of the series of dutch citiesincluding the original information leaflet / numbered certificateplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storemintage: only piecescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe photos provide a good impression
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Bruno has just moved with his family into a new house in the middle of nowhere, and feels imprisoned by his mother (vera farmiga)'s persistent warnings never to venture beyond the garden's high wallsfrom what he can make of the view from his bedroom window, he thinks he must be living on a strange sort of farm where the workers seem to get straight out of bed and go to work on the fieldsdisc and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle haunting world war ii drama told from the perspective of bruno (asa butterfield), the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp (david thewlis)see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen his curiosity leads him through an open door and up to a vast electric fence, he meets a boy there of exactly his own age - but with a very different story to tell
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This is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriesthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and controloxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the amazon forestwill they return alive? the book and cd tell an abridged version of the lost world by sir arthur conan doyle new and sealed in original shrinkwraplevel 2 with 700 headwordsand he sends his young reporter, malone, on a strange journey into south america with the famous professor challengersee oxfam website for delivery information read more'you said that you wanted danger, didn't you?' says mcardle, the editor of the daily gazetteoxfam shop cowley road paperback book plus cd audio recording of the complete textbut this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for thempublished by oxford university press in their dominoes series for english language teaching
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Oxfam bookshop tavistock sir john hawkwood was the english soldier of fortune who commanded the florentine army at the age of 70 and earned a formidable reputation as one of the foremost mercenaries of the late middle agesbook is in excellent condition, clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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There is one book in the set (comedies) which has a small mark on the front cover in the middle of the design slight colour fade on the front edge of one of the slip casestwo sets of four volumes in slip cases making the 8 volume setoxfam shop stony stratford folio societyother than that they are in very good condition third printingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe front covers have designs by richard shirley smiththe text is from the oxford shakespeare edition edited by stanley wells and gary taylor and includes an introduction to each volume by jonathan bate
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Plate 4: lot and his daughters; lot embracing one of his daughters, the other standing behind them at right; the burning sodom in left background with lot's wife turned into a pillar of salt in middle distance; from a series of four engravingsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibibliographic references new hollstein (german) / the new hollstein: german engravings, etchings and woodcuts ) bartsch / le peintre graveur (viiiglue coming through the back of the print from top corners) (source: british museum) condition: finetrimmed inside the plate markbeautiful impression, on laid paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham vintage asterx!14 new stories including tales of:the day asterix and obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight);how obelix goes back to school;fashion in ancient gaul;how dogamatirx helps the village cockerel win a duel;and how he is adopted as a roman mascot;asterix as you've never seen him before;obelix's adventures under the mistletoe;the bid for the very first gaulish olympics;the birth of an idea - the story of the creation of asterix;and much, much moresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop royal exchange square sarah grimké is the middle daughtersarah knows that what she does next will unleash a world of troubleand so, indeed, the trouble beginsshe also knows that she cannot accept another person as a presenta powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events, and set in the american deep south in the nineteenth century, the invention of wings evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of otherwise respectable people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognise; and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the oddssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon sarah's eleventh birthday, hetty 'handful' grimké is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to sarah as a gifther mother says she's difficult and her father says she's remarkable
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Bruno has just moved with his family into a new house in the middle of nowhere, and feels imprisoned by his mother (vera farmiga)'s persistent warnings never to venture beyond the garden's high wallsfrom what he can make of the view from his bedroom window, he thinks he must be living on a strange sort of farm where the workers seem to get straight out of bed and go to work on the fieldscondition is used, goodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop carlisle haunting world war 2 drama told from the perspective of bruno (asa butterfield), the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp (david thewlis)when his curiosity leads him through an open door and up to a vast electric fence, he meets a boy there of exactly his own age - but with a very different story to tell
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Bruno has just moved with his family into a new house in the middle of nowhere, and feels imprisoned by his mother (vera farmiga)'s persistent warnings never to venture beyond the garden's high wallsfrom what he can make of the view from his bedroom window, he thinks he must be living on a strange sort of farm where the workers seem to get straight out of bed and go to work on the fieldsoxfam shop wolverhampton haunting world war 2 drama told from the perspective of bruno (asa butterfield), the eight-year-old son of the commandant at a concentration camp (david thewlis)see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen his curiosity leads him through an open door and up to a vast electric fence, he meets a boy there of exactly his own age - but with a very different story to tell
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Golden frames on the plates and gold coat of arms in the middle of the plateare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidecorated spinebrown john london, william mackenzie, circalarge folio volume, original full leather binding with embossing on the plates, golden title on the spine, golden edges, ppxiii-lxxxii-(575) with beautiful lithographic cover page and frontispiece in colour, numerous maps and large tipped-in chromo-lithographs in colour and b/w, which illustrate the various episodes of sacred historyimpressive full leather binding with gold impressionsfull title: the holy bible, with notes and observationsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storefirm binding, crisp interior with beautiful lithographic cover page and frontispiece in colour, numerous maps and large tipped-in chromo-lithographs in colour and b/w, which illustrate the various episodes of sacred historyself-interpreting family bible: containing the old and new testaments; to which are annexed an extensive introduction, marginal reference, and illustrations, an exact summary of the several books; a paraphrase on the most obscure or important parts; explanatory notes, evangelical reflections, &ccatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegold title and edges
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R&r games, monkey in the middle, rrg929, new, sbb000mds-001
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Oxfam shop richmond a lovely cross stitch kit from twilleys of stamford, depicting a bluebell glade in the middle of a forestthe border edge features a colour code for the yarnsfinished to a high standard on the completed partsthe printed canvas measures 40 cm wide x 30 cm longsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreskill level is shown as medium on the instructionsthe cross stitch is approximately 20% complete, but included in this sale are the original instructions, colour coded yarns and yarn organisers
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Enfield's speaker remained in print until the middle of the nineteenth century and inspired other anthologies, such as mary wollstonecraft's the female speakerare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikimiller, london - new edition - 404p, 14cmx12cm - condition, front board loose, owner's name on front endpaper, some wear to gutter, scattered foxingwilliam enfield (29 march november ) was a british unitarian minister who published a bestselling book on elocution entitled the speaker ()"the speaker; or, miscellaneous pieces, selected from the best english writers" by william enfield - aplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store[3] he published a sequel, exercises in elocution inhis most successful work, however, was the speaker (), an anthology of literary extracts intended to teach elocution, and produced first for his warrington pupilscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki"the marchioness of brinvilliers: the poisoner of the seventeenth century; a romance in old paris" by albert smith and illustrated by john leech london: richard bentley & son, - first thus uk edition - 313p, 20cmx15cm - condition: good, original binding with gilded figure on front board, some wear to boards and spine middle, some soiling on front endpapers, foxing, one plate loose, all 15 leech plates presentplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition but with bumps to the upper cornersoxfam bookshop birmingham this edited volume is a reappraisal of the legacy and historiographical impact of johan huizinga's masterwork for the centenary of its publication in the field of medieval history, art history, and cultural studies
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