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Synopsis considering the cultural and political implications of the urban imaginary, donald explores the pleasures and challenges of modern living, contending that the imagined city remains the best lens for a future democratic community
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The shifting military and political alliances in the area and the presence of the modern indian navy are variables that will strongly affect future war in these troubled waters
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Crafted in ultra-light chassis with hair-brushed aluminum, combined with white keyboard illumination, the modern 14 is made portable and durable wherever you go! the 57mm thin bezel resulted in a high screen-to-body ratio in a 14
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Oxfam shop gosforth here we have a bang on trend shirt from river island in a size medium the shirt features two front pockets and epaulettes really nifty shirt for any night out! see oxfam website for delivery information read more it has single button cuffs and the modern, small and neat collar the shirt is in a classy shade of purple and comes in a fine stripe design
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The call of duty needs answering once again, as the blockbusting first person shooter series returns to the modern dayoxfam shop kendal box in excellent conditionboth disks in excellent conditionbooklet included and also in excellent conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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White 70inch window blind, frame, fittings etc the blind has 2inch slays and the modern designlike new read more
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Measures 10" all aroundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe other is made of plastic beads with no claspsmall beaded white bracelet measures 11" and closes with a lobster claspoxfam shop frodsham street pair of bracelets featuring the 'evil eye'
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I have a set of 8 modern encyclopedia illustrated books by odhams, editionsthey would be collection only because of the weightthey are all in very good condition and all have a faux leather cover
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Color charts for every eye color are provided as is helpful information about eyelashes and eyebrowsthis gorgeous guide to making anyone's eyes look even more beautiful is a must-have book for every woman's bookshelf or dressing table
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A white and black striped strap from fender, the modern strap tweed puts a fresh twist on a classic designguitar accessoriesguitar amplifiers
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Title: the modern deep left quartetpolite 1-4 cromagnon man 1-5 fiesta 1-6 children 1-7 chance 1-8 midnight sunartist: cobblestone jazzsub genre: techno1-1 chance dub 1-2 sun child 1-3 mr
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Artist: the modern jazz quartet12 django ( version)3 la ronde suite: a) piano; b) bass; c) vibes; d) drums
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The one thing absent from the weather forecast is the tranquil eye of the stormthat we never seeroll up, roll upyou are invited to step inside the oval office where trump called for loyalty from fbi director james comey, and experience life as a reporter in the briefing room, where the tense relationship between the media and the president is played outfour major stories can blow up and blow out before breakfast, and political weather systems are moving at warp speedit's raucous, noisy and full of clownsfrom kim jong-un and kavanaugh to merkel and the mueller inquiry - this is your insider guide to the washington circusguiding you through these rooms, jon reveals the inner workings of the trump white house and details the key moments and conversations that have unfolded within its wallsat the heart of washington, there is a circusreporting on it is a daily cacophonysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter starts inside a famous washington room, uncovering its history and its new resonance in the trump eraoxfam bookshop cheltenham welcome to the white housein a year at the circus: inside trump's white house, bbc north america editor, jon sopel, takes you inside trump's west wing and explores the impact this presidency has had on the most iconic of american institutions
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£27 anita roddick body and soul signed hard back few marks on back hard cover good for its age £10 the body shop mugs 1 against animal testing mug very good condition not used £5 1 animal in danger mug very good condition not used £5 millennium tribal wisdom and the modern world introduction by anita roddick published signed: by anita roddick to: mr & mrs rose a very happy christmas and best wishes for hard back with dust cover good condition £10 the body shop cap colour black white logo one size used £5the body shop mostley men washbag with contents 's unused washbag, flannel, brown handle shaving brush,black handle shaving brush, black round soap dish with soap, two toothbrushes 1 travel toothbrush, black nail brush, black combe, nail file, large round chrome soap dish with lid shaving mirror (folding lid part damaged) believe these products are discontinued collectables not used £5 the body shop animal nail brushes 1 gorilla 1 whale 1 dinosaur 1 elephant 1 turtle 's never used £5 the body shop environments in danger children's metal pencil case plastic ruler 1 pencil sharpener 2 pens (working) 2 pencils £5 the body shop t-shirts 's assorted printed events and colours sizes: from s/m/l several have not been worn, good condition for age
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' the novel that set the pattern for the modern western, riders of the purple sage was first published in , immediately selling over a million copiesabout the series: for over 100 years oxford world's classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globeeach affordable volume reflects oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham with searching eyes he studied the beautiful purple, barren waste of sagehere was the unknown and the perilousthe punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, lassiter, a gunman in black leather, who routs the persecutors and then gradually recounts his own history of an endless search for a woman abducted long ago by the mormonsin the remote border country of south utah, a man is about to be whipped by the mormons in order to pressure jane withersteen into marrying against her willsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresecrecy, seduction, captivity, and escape: out of these elements zane grey built his acclaimed story of the american west
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Makdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differences condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countryhis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups
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As a motionless walrus lies in its plastic antarctic locale and the beady eye of a fossilised bird catches your glance, what glares back at you from the depths of the swamp is not the thing itself, but the image, of an image, of an imageare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifor borges, displays such as dioramas serve as the ultimate form of representation, where objects have the virtuous task of representing “themselves” – a type, genre or group that is inherently bound to language through layers of history and meaningwinner mack first photobook "reality as mud as dense as air” reads the spine of sofia borge’s book the swamp, and equally, the series of photographs that she presents is as leaden as it is impenetrableplease 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 storespanning a seven-year period, it largely records borges’ countless visits to natural history museums, zoos, aquariums and research centres where the artifice of reality became her point of focuscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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About the author sarah schleuning is a curator at the wolfsonian-florida international universityshe has curated several exhibitions relating to twentieth-century art, decorative arts, and designjeremy aynsley heads the department of design history at the royal college of art in londonsince , he has been director of the arts and humanities research council centre for the study of the domestic interior
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublished by the ‘modern art society’ in london and printed in englandjohn webb, author of ‘the insect fairies’ and ‘ the pond fairies’very collectablea few minor foxing marks inside but extremely rare to find one of these books in such good conditionmargaret tarrant illustrations of house fairies with verses by marion stplease 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 storesix beautiful tipped plates all in good condition, all signed margaret winifred tarrant: for sale, the fairy under the doormat, cheese rind, looking- glass fairies, round the corner, the picture on the wallcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablescarce copy of this charming little book
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Pappano's tosca now becomes the modern version to haveif roberto alagna's portrayal of cavaradossi does not quite scale the dizzying heights of gheorghiu's tosca, he is nevertheless capable of much subtletythe chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden give their all for himthere are, indeed, two distinct stars: the outstanding soprano angela gheorghiu in an assumption of the title role which is awe-inspiring in its breadth of emotion and dramatic range; and the conductor, antonio pappano, whose intimate knowledge of puccini's score illuminates page after page and detail after detailoxfam shop clitheroe the complete opera tosca by giacomo puccini, with libretto by giuseppe giacosa and luigi illica the original motion picture soundtrack to the film directed by benoit jacquot starring angela gheorghiu, roberto alagna, ruggero raimondi, maurizio muraro, enrico fissore and david cangelosi with the tiffin boys' choir, and the chorus and orchestra of the royal opera house, covent garden, conducted by antonio pappano looked at from virtually any angle, this tosca is a triumphsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepappano possesses a complete grasp of the operatic situation, faultlessly pacing the whole opera to bring about a spine-tingling climaxit is lavishly presented (billed as the original motion picture soundtrack of benoit jacquot's film), superbly engineered and boasts a first-rate castruggero raimondi's scarpia is all the more evil for his multi-layered approach to this character
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In 'empire upon the trails', since time immemorial the west had been the home of the indian, but with the advent of the modern era and the spread of european colonialism, that was all set to change'fight no more forever' tells the story of the building of the transcontinental railroad and the war against the indiansoxfam shop oxford the entire series by ken burns which charts the conquest of the american frontier fromusing photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the western adventurefinally 'one sky above us' tells the story of the last days of the west, of the larger-than-life characters who could still be found there, and of how buffalo bill cody set about creating the mythic image of frontier life which has survived to this daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more'death runs riot' tells the story of the civil war, the californian gold rush, the birth of new cities such as san francisco, the battle against mexican attempts to reclaim texas, and the start of the military campaigns against the american indianfirst came the spanish conquistadors, then the solitary explorers, the mountain men, the trappers, and others paving the way for the future settlement of these unknown lands
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Only by understanding the interrelated nature of the modern world can we hope to identify complex patterns of change and direct the process of innovation to the common goodburke explains how the internet is responsible for bringing these connections to light and claims this new awareness of our interdependence, with each other and with the past, will change our livestaking burke's webbed approach to knowledge is one way that we can manage our information overload as we approach the ever-more-complex world that awaits us in the twenty-first centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham what do the hubble telescope, buffalo bill, and the spanish inquisition have in common, and how is the answer found in a certain fast food chain? how do margarine's strange origins tie in to plankton shells, receding stars, hot chocolate, and the first solo atlantic flight? continuing the fascinating journey he began in the pinball effect, james burke shows how seemingly unrelated ideas and innovations bounce off each other, spinning a vast web of knowledge
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This updated edition of strong's exhaustive concordance takes james strong's monumental work and updates it to be even more useful to the modern readeroxfam shop kendal hardback in very good conditionsingle crease to spineinternally clean and bright extra-clear typesetting and page design make this edition readable and easy to navigate points the reader to the underlying hebrew and greek wordsupdated and improved hebrew and greek dictionaries tie each word to the greek or hebrew rootuses the strong's numbering system which is used in many of the new study tools of today and adds new features that make it even more useful: corrected, updated, and expanded using the latest computer technologyit maintains all of the features that have made strong's indispensable for over 100 years: allows the reader to easily find all biblical occurrences of a word in the king james version includes maps and additional bible study aids see oxfam website for delivery information read more clear edge-tab indexing for handier use
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This groundbreaking new work traces the 'lives' of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probesin lyrical prose interspersed with poems by tennyson, blake and others, 'the planets' gives a breathtaking, intimate view of those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination since humanity's first glimpse of the glittering night skieswhether revealing what hides behind venus's cocoon of acid clouds, describing neptune's complex beauty, or capturing first-hand the excitement at the jet propulsion laboratory when the first pictures from cassini at saturn were recently beamed to earth, dava sobel's unique tour of the solar system is filled with fascination and beautyit is of infinite relevance to this age in which new planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxytimely and timeless, 'the planets' will engage and delight as it unravels the mysteries of the cosmossee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham after the huge national and international success of 'longitude' and 'gallileo's daughter', dava sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar system
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Oxfam bookshop byres road the development of literary theory in the lifetime of coleridge was to a surprising extent the making of the modern critical mindthere were many important differences between, let us say, horace's art of poetry and the criticism of dr the primary concern of this book is with the english theory of poetry, and to a lesser extent of the other major arts, during the first four decades of the nineteenth centuryit stresses the common orientation which justifies us in identifying a specifically 'romantic' criticism; but not, i trust, at the cost of overlooking the many important diversities among the writers who concern themselves with the nature of poetry or art, its psychological genesis, its constitution and kinds, its major criteria, and its relation to other original and enduring critics of the time, rather than with the run-of-the-mill reviewers who often had more immediate, though shorter-lived influence on the general reading publicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis continuity was broken by the theories or romantic writers, english and german; and their innovations include many of the points of view and procedures which make the characteristic differences between traditional criticism and the criticism of our own time, including some criticism which professes to be anti-romanticjohnston, but there was also a discernible continuity in premises, aims and methods
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Produced under the watchful eye of creator george lucas, these seven episodes chronicle indy getting himself in all sorts of tight situations, and feature guest stars that include vanessa redgrave, max von sydow, anne heche, lukas haas, elizabeth hurley, and catherine zeta-jonesoxfam bookshop west bridgford six cd's contained in a card wallet which folds outsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom going on safari with teddy roosevelt to sharing philosophical theories with leo tolstoy, the series charts young indiana intersecting, often dangerously, with historical eventsfocusing on prepubescent (corey carrier) and teenage (sean patrick flanery) versions of the indiana jones character, the programmes follow the future archaeologist's adventures as he travels the world, rubbing shoulders with some of history's famed figuresseven feature length-episodes of the tv adventure series
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The cover shows handling and shelf wear and some sections have copious underscoring in pencil with the occasional ink margin note however this is adequate as a reading copythe book incorporates recent work on topics such as reformation settlements in both countries: the destruction of anne boleyn and mary queen of scots: the characters of mary tudor, elizabeth i and james vi: french intervention in scotland: and the defeat of the spanish armadaoxfam books & music beaconsfield this volume examines the development of two sovereign nations over seventy-four momentous years, from the downfall of cardinal wolsey in england and the majority of james v in scotland to the succession of james's grandson to the throne of england in binding is soundsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethroughout the narrative, the author reflects on the reliability of historical evidence, highlighting key interpretative issues for readers new to the periodthe author provides a narrative introduction to sixteenth-century english and scottish history, focusing on the political and religious developments in both countries while considering also economic, social, cultural and educational changecommon issues explored include the tensions between centre and periphery: the relationship between monarch and subject: the development of bureaucracies and 'reformed religion': and shifting attitudes towards ireland
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Drawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handsoxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditionthe pages are clean and tight and appear unreadminor signs of shelf wearcolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisis
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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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