The national society of medicine and medical sciences
List the national society of medicine and medical sciences
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Oxfam books & music kentish town during the twentieth century, medicine has been radically transformed and powerfully transformativeour prospects seem increasingly dependent on the progress of bio-medical sciences and genetic technologies which promise to reshape future generationsthe editors of medicine in the twentieth century have commissioned over forty authoritative essays, written by historical specialists but intended for general audiencesin , western medicine was important to philanthropy and public health, but it was marginal to the state, the industrial economy and the welfare of most individualssome concentrate on the political economy of medicine and health as it changed from period to period and varied between countries, others focus on understandings of the body, and a third set of essays explores transformations in some of the theatres of medicine and the changing experiences of different categories of practitioners and patientsit is now central to these aspects of lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
35 €
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The selected writings of maurice o'connor drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicinewhether discussing philosophy, simone weil or the power of hypnosis, he makes fascinating excursions into the bearing of wittgenstein's thought on philosophy and the practice of medicine and psychiatrythrough notes on conversations with wittgenstein, letters to a student of philosophy and correspondence of almost 30 years with rush rhees, drury gives shape to what he had learned from wittgensteinthe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacheroxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inbeautifully written and carefully selected, each piece reveals the impact of wittgenstein's teachings, shedding light on the friendship and thinking of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecentral to the collection is the danger of words, the text described by ray monk as 'the most truly wittgensteinian book published by any of wittgenstein's students'alongside a foreword by monk and an introduction presenting a new biography of drury, analysing the relationship between him and wittgenstein, this collection features previously unpublished archival sources
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersplease note this item is located in glasgow but can be posted throughout the uk at costa fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etcmeasures in x 15a fine piece of graphic art in its own right tooin what i believe is it;s original period framethis really belongs in a museum
115 €
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Fantastic antique framed 50 years service print issued by amalgamated society of woodworkersa framed certificate issued to one william macdonald to mark 50 years membership in the amalgamated society of woodworkersin what i believe is it's original period framea fantastic gift for anyone into woodwork, masonic interest etca fine piece of graphic art in its own right toomeasures " x 15this really belongs in a museum
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125 €
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Sponsored/organised by the american society of agronomy, and the crop science society of americacharts and diagramsa good clean copyfull contents in photos attachedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop keswick the record of a symposium at the university of nebraska in
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham the collection of the national gallery of art in washington includes works by the greatest masters of western art from the twelfth century to the presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein terms of quality and scope the gallery ranks among the finest museums in the world, and its treasures are viewed by over six million visitors each year
3 €
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Petersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographycondition: binding copies with decent blocks2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitevolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgeslate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stthe full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennelldespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esqalso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol irivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out maps
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116 €
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Following the family from theodore's birth in to eleanor's death in the documentary covers theodore's and franklin's presidencies, the creation of the national parks of america and the digging of the panama canal, all events that the family helped to shapearchive footage with voiceovers from paul giamatti, edward herrmann and meryl streep shows how these three people helped change the view of american politicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop swanage seven-part documentary about three of the most prominent members of the famous roosevelt family: theodore, franklin d and eleanor by renowned historian ken burns
14 €
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He was vice-president of the geological society** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection serviceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia very good copy* horace bolingbroke woodward () was a british geologist who participated in the geological survey of england and wales from until his retirement inin text, 1 folded table, 1 mounted coloured map in pocketplease 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 storeif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read morecloth binding, blindstamped on front and back boardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablename on back of frontisp
32 €
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With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyrannylaw, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal ruleheroic rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirantsit looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clansee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, heroic rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the early iron age through to the hellenistic periodprobing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and law
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15 €
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Transactions of the linnean society of london, 2nd ser** this lot is part of an important collection that will be auctioned in the coming months through the catawiki collection serviceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki252 pp (numbered )all in all a very good copy* spencer le marchant moore () was an english botanistintern a clean, uncut copymap, 19 lithographswrappers, spine a bit crudely strengthened, back looseplease 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 storehe was as a botanist involved in the expedition to the brazilian province of matto grosso in and in an expedition to remote parts of western australia from december to octoberif you also need assistance to sell your collection at auction, ask for our terms directly at this seller's account! #bookspartnership read morehe worked at the royal botanic gardens, kew, from about to , wrote a number of botanical papers, and then worked in an unofficial capacity at the natural history museum from until his deathcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop swanage "the proceedings of a symposium held at the zoological society of london on 3 and 4th of may " edited by peter and azra meadows see oxfam website for delivery information read moresmall name on ffep otherwise immaculateoxford university press, hardcover very good condition
29 €
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Oxfam bookshop aberystwyth a guide to the tithe maps and apportionments of wales in the national library of walesthe collection has maps covering almost the whole of walessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These bear a close resemblance to a figurine with a blue coat in the national trust balston collection and on sale elsewhere dated as between andsadly, napoleon's horse is missing part of his foreleg, and napoleon has some areas of paint on his head and boot that have flaked off (see photos)oxfam shop hexham striking staffordshire figurines of napoleon 111 and the empress of france, about inches tallhowever, you should make your own assessment on all countsthis is reflected in the price see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe empress is in excellent condition
110 €
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Black & white photographyspeaks to the enormous power of the photographic image
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Beautiful bronze sculpture depicting the donkey of mary and joseph in bethlehemare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiancient bronze sculpture (patinated), "asinello di maria e giuseppe a betlemme", made in the second half of the 20th centurythe object comes from an ancient neapolitan family who had this particular sculpture custom-made for their personal nativity sceneit spins the millstones (see is ) and the wheels of the wells in egypta sculpture made by neapolitan craftsmen; the object is of the highest qualitythe donkey is an animal used for humble and arduous works, but in the bible it is mentioned in significant events, such as the entrance of the messiah into the holy city of jerusalem, and thus takes on particular importancewe recommend signing the parcel as “goods unchecked”, otherwise the insurance will not cover the damage and we won’t be able to refund the amount paidin the bible the donkey is a beast of burden, a symbol of hard work and helpfulness (gen ; dt ; gs ; gdc sam sam ; lk )shipping via dhl, ups or nexivedimensions: mm weight: g pro insured shipping we use high-quality packaging materialin this case, you must notify us of the damage within 24 hours from the receipt of the parcelthe bronze sculpture at auction, depicts the donkeyplease 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
173 €
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This issue has jvg mallet review the wedgwood museum at barlaston while elizabeth adams' article looks at the possible location of the chelsea porcelain factory that was demolished inthe journal is in good condition, with only some minor bowing and discolouration along the edges of the front coveroxfam bookshop lincoln this is the first issue of ceramics, designed to appeal to those with an interest in pottery, porcelain and glassterence lockett looks at the origin of melbourne creamware and maurice hillis looks at new evidence on the lives of william ball and william reid, two pottery makers based in liverpoolsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean interesting purchase for those who have an interest in pottery and porcelain and its historyinternally, condition is good, with clean pages, clear illustrations and strong bindingthe journal includes photographs and illustrations (some in black and white but mostly in full colour)
7 €
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
50 €
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More likely than not, the original idea was tphilip hobsbaum, in the oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry, says of the faber book of modern verse, 'it also encapsulates, as no other literary document quite does, the innovative quality of the soxfam bookshop cheltenham first published in february , just under a year from when the idea for it was first discussed, this is one of the most important and influential anthologies of the twentieth centurysince then three further editions by, in succession, anne ridler, donald hall and peter porter have been publishedthis faber finds reissue restores that pristine selectionyes, his purpose was tendentious' on the other hand, 'i have included only poems which seem to me to add to the resources of poetry, to be likely to influence the future development of poetry and language' from the very start (and could there be a more arresting one?) with gerard manley hopkins' the wreck of the deutschland michael roberts powerfully and consistently fulfils that aim' see oxfam website for delivery information read moremichael roberts was a poet himself, and a good one, but more important for this task was his acute awareness of the poetry scene, and his sense of the modern movement within itall took as their kernel the original selection by michael robertseliot's, the choice of editor was undoubtedly his, and it was an inspired onehe excludes some poets he admires such as edmund blunden and walter de la mare because (they) 'seem to me to have written good poems without having been compelled to make any notable development of poetic technique
3 €
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Previous owner's name on half-titlecorners of cover slightly worn; front cover slightly creasedfor many species there are footnotes to aid identificationthis book describes and illustrates in detail the 760 species of mosses currently known to occur in the british isles and incorporates the most up-to-date information available on classification and nomenclature, together with recent synonymsin addition to the species descriptions there are descriptions of families and genera and also introductory information on conservation, collection, preservation and examination of material, together with advice on using the keysan artificial key to genera provides the only workable comprehensive key published in the english languageoxfam shop kendal paperback in very good condition with clean pagesthis second edition incorporates the very considerable advances in our knowledge of mosses made in the last quarter of the twentieth century and will provide a unique resource for all concerned with these fascinating organismssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe species descriptions provide information on frequency, ecology, geographical relationships and distribution, including information on protected species and those species at risk
19 €
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The cittamatrins accept the selflessness of both self and phenomena, but believe in the true existence of mindthe sautrantikas accept the selflessness of persons but not the selflessness of phenomena in excellent conditionthe various tenets of these four schools form the basis for understanding the entire scope of the buddha's teachingsoxfam bookshop kingsbridge the vaibhashikas believe that relative truth is that which can be broken down into parts, whereas ultimate truth is indivisiblethus, it is essential to gain an understanding of the fundamental schools of vaibhashika and sautrantika on the road to ultimate insightfinally, the madhyamikas claim that things appear to be real and substantial, but are actually without inherent, true existence volume 1 in the padma samye ling shedra seriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
9 €
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A very good copyoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , yalewhile the dissolution of the monasteries in the s resulted in the destruction of much of england's built fabric, it was also a time in which many new initiatives emergedin the following century, former monasteries were eventually adapted to a variety of uses: royal palaces and country houses, town halls and schools, almshouses and re-fashioned parish churchesin this beautiful and elegantly argued book, maurice howard reveals that changes of style in architecture emerged from the practical needs of construction and the self-image of major patrons in the revolutionary century between reformation and civil warsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
25 €
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Pivot to the future is for leaders who seek to turn the existential threats of today and tomorrow into sustainable growth, with the courage to understand that a wise pivot strategy is not a one-time event, but a commitment to a future of perpetual reinvention, where one pivot is followed by the next and the nextit's a strategy for perpetual reinvention across the old, now, and new elements of any businessbased on accenture's own experience of reinventing itself in the face of disruption, the company's real world client work, and a rigorous two-year study of thousands of businesses across 30 industries, pivot to the future reveals methodical and bold moves for finding and releasing new sources of trapped value-unlocked by bridging the gap between what is technologically possible and how technologies are being usedoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames excellent clean condition in dust jacket, not price clippedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morerapid recent advances in technology are forcing leaders in every business to rethink long-held beliefs about how to adapt to emerging technologies and new marketsthe freed value enables companies to simultaneously reinvent their legacy, and current and new businessesbut what is new is the "wise pivot," a replicable strategy for harnessing disruption to survive, grow, and be relevant to the futuredisruption by digital technologies? that's not a new storyxvi, 264 pages, including indexwhat has become abundantly clear: in the digital age, conventional wisdom about business transformation no longer works, if it ever did
10 €
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The writer takes you into every room, and you can smell the atmosphere as sweat will drip down youthe debut from stephen briggs, a unique collection of true ghost storiesfrom lincoln castle to the lonely marshes of suffolk, and tales from normal looking council houses
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The wrecking crew: the inside story of rock and roll's best-kept secret paperback – 21 mayif you were a fan of popular music in the s and early '70s, you were a fan of the wrecking crew-whether you knew it or not
16 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this dictionary relates in a succinct, readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of european art is basedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecross-references enable the reader to identify the subject of a picture simply from some characteristic object or figure in itthe "dictionary" also explores the "lost language" of symbol and attribute, thus opening up the whole field of allegoryhere in a single volume are combined religious and historical themes
5 €
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place "this book is based on a substantial amount of original research and it will appeal to readers with a particular interest in the local history of edinburgh and the life and ideas of patrick geddes " condition as newsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe potential audience also includes practitioners, professional bodies, and educational institutions in the fields of architecture, housing, town planning, urban regeneration and environmental conservation
(England)
60 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham this dictionary of numbers, arranged in order of magnitude, exposes the fascinating facts about certain numbers and number sequencessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe aim of the book is to entertain and enthral the reader, which it certainly does
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Oxfam bookshop st albans the text of this edition follows the texts of the first editions of elia, and the last essays of elia see oxfam website for delivery information read more
17 €
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Donaldson and woxfam shop shirley munro's tables of the -feet mountains of scotland and other tables of lesser heightsincludes unclipped dust jacket which appears to have been covered along top and bottom edges to offer extra protectionthe text is clean and unmarkedhardcover condition: used good, pp96coats (revisors)see oxfam website for delivery information read morename and location information of a previous owner is in red ink on inside front cover
12 €