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From the nobel collectionhermione granger's wandofficial collectors wandare buying from outside of the ukuk mainland from ÂŁ3
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Pamuk would win the nobel in , the first turkish writer to do soprecedes the us edition and was pamuk's first book translated into englishnear fine in a near fine jacketour 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 availablepublished simultaneously with a paperback editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelibrary, not a book club, no remainder mark, dust jacket not price clippedhardcover true first edition (carcanet, ), first printing
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5 cms (sheet), 24 x 16 cms (image), with annotations in the white marginfirst published in , reprinted in an expanded edition, with a new introduction by the artist, inalexander liberman - the artist in his studio - new york, random houserecollections and studio photographs of 31 of the most prominent artists of the twentieth centuryin good condition\t\t added: >> two portraits of georges rouault\t silver gelatin prints, cstamped, both 25 x 18our 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 availableperhaps the very finest collection of artist photographs to date, including sections on bonnard, matise, van dongen, picasso, chagall, brancusi, arp, miro, dubuffet, giacometti arevised editionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe portrait with raised hands was (partially) published on double-page in liberman's book the artist in his studio () in good condition, matted, with slight handling marks read morewhite cloth with embossed initials, with dustjacket, 31 x 24 cms, 293p, profusey illustrated in colour and bl/w, mostly full-page
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Hartright travels to cumberland where he takes up a position as the art tutor of laura fairlie and her devoted half-sister, marian halcombe, who are somehow entangled with this mysterious "woman in white"oxfam bookshop carlisle first published serially between and , "the woman in white" is wilkie collins's epistolary novel that tells the tale of walter hartright, who encounters a woman all dressed in white on a moonlit road in hampsteadsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe woman warns him against an unnamed baronet and after they part he discovers that she may have escaped from an insane asylumwhile the novel was a commercial success when first published it was harshly reviewed by critics of the agethis folio edition is illustrated by alexy pendlesince that time it has come to be regarded as a groundbreaking work of the mystery genre, one of collins's bestbook excellent, slipcase gwilkie collins's fifth published novel, "the woman in white" is considered one of the earliest examples of the mystery genre, an early work of detective fiction, and one of the finest examples of sensationalist literaturehartright helps the woman to find her way back to london
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Writing in the sunday times, peter kemp said, 'in the climate of exhaustion and hysteria amid which the war is wearing to its close, pressures to fall into line become fierce and take ugly formsa sequel every bit as unwaveringly intense and intelligent as its predecessor''the eye in the door' was awarded the guardian fiction prize, while the final volume in the 'regeneration' trilogy, 'the ghost road', won the booker prize inat the forefront of her story, barker places figures especially menaced by this: pacifists, conscientious objectors and homosexualssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham set in london in , 'the eye in the door' is an intense and profoundly intelligent examination of the effects of war, continuing the interwoven stories of dr william rivers, billy prior, and siegfried sassoon begun in 'regeneration'
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Reading a range of texts from popular romance to the realist novel, she investigates how the complex figure of the jewess brought the instabilities of nineteenth-century religious, racial and national identity into uniquely sharp focuswhile previous scholarship has explored the prevalence of antisemitic stereotypes in this period, nadia valman argues that the figure of the jewess - virtuous, appealing and sacrificial - reveals how hostility towards jews was accompanied by pity, identification and desiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop knutsford stories about jewesses proliferated in nineteenth-century britain as debates about the place of the jews in the nation raged tracing the narrative of the jewess from its beginnings in romantic and evangelical literature, and reading canonical writers including walter scott, george eliot and anthony trollope alongside more minor figures such as charlotte elizabeth tonna, grace aguilar and amy levy, valman demonstrates the remarkable persistence of this narrative and its myriad transformations across the century
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Such a role and its function is fascinating, not only in its own right, but also in relation to how it might inform us about the nature and purpose of presented theatresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe same fascination exists in relation to roles of the narrator and the expositoroxfam books & music crouch end interest in the content of this book has developed out of an examination of the prompter who operated in full view of the audience and offered all the lines to the playersin at groningen a production of the towneley second shepherds' play focused on an examination of this conventionsometimes these roles are overt ones; sometimes they 'double up' with roles of actors, personages or charactersthe purpose of this book is to investigate the nature of these roles in order to identify their influence upon the performance of medieval playsmany of the audience responses then were concerned with the figure of the prompter as he was seen to operate simultaneously both 'inside' and 'outside' the action of the playthe ability of such a figure to move in and out of the action, and thus different realities, characterizes a relationship to the action and the audiencethese figures are of pivotal significance in the communication of those plays in which they operate
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There is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinemoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing populationthere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinityin good conditionno one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexthe inside pages are clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justice
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It is also accompanied by a series of dazzling colour illustrations by arthur rackham ()this text contains an introduction by asee oxfam website for delivery information read morealternately slow moving and fast paced, it focuses on four anthropomorphised animal characters in a traditional bucolic version of the english thames valley - a novel notable for its adventure, mysticism, morality and unceasing camaraderiepresented alongside the text, his illustrations further refine grahame's masterful storytellingone of the most celebrated painters of the british golden age of illustration, which encompassed the years from until the start of the first world war, rackham's artistry still delights both young and old over a century laterthis book forms part of our 'pook press' imprint, celebrating the golden age of illustration in children's literature'the wind in the willows' is a true classic of children's literature, penned by kenneth grahame and first published inmilne, the famed author of 'whinnie the pooh' and various other children's poems
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Complete in itself, the story is a sequel to the same author's the diamond in the windowoxfam bookshop sevenoaks this is the first uk edition of the swing in the summer house by the american author jane langtonpublished by hamish hamilton in , it has illustrations by erik blegvad the volume is in near fine condition, with a fine and unclipped dust jacket protected by a mylar cover see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe novel is a fantasy featuring the adventures of eleanor, edward and their friend oliver as they disappear through the magic doorway of the summerhouse
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by lbound in blue cloth with gold lettering, the boards are very worn and show marks from dampthe cloth of the spine has split at the rear hinge and head and tail of spine and corners are bumped, and corners exposedspine cracked internally and foxing to edges of blockwoolf, published by edward arnold in , third impressionwritten by leonard woolf, husband of virginia woolf, the novel the village in the jungle was based on his experiences in the colonial service in ceylon before the first world wara rare copy in fair condition
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is devoted to ireland, to its soft speech and its frequently ugly deeds, and he combines them in a sort of elegy''the silence in the garden' won the yorkshire post book of the year awardwriting in the spectator, anita brookner said, 'trevor is a specialist in brooding regret and a discoverer of past crimeshelplessly, sarah watches her cousins lead increasingly isolated and empty lives as if punishing themselves for a past crimeand somewhere in the tranquil garden of carriglas there are secrets waiting to be discoveredoxfam bookshop cheltenham carriglas is the island estate off county cork where sarah pollexfen goes to live as governess to her wealthy cousins on the eve of the first world war
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Winner of the royal society of literature ondaatje award and the spirit of scotland award and shortlisted for the guardian first book award, the john llewellyn rhys memorial prize and the scottish book of the year prizesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the places in between, rory stewart's moving account of his walk across afghanistan in january was immediately hailed as a classiccaught between hostile nations, warring factions and competing ideologies, at the time afghanistan was in turmoil following the us invasiontravelling entirely on foot and following the inaccessible mountainous route once taken by the mogul emperor, babur the great, stewart was nearly defeated by the extreme, hostile conditionsonly with the help of an unexpected companion and the generosity of the people he met on the way did he survive to report back with unique insight on a region closed to the world by twenty-four years of war
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Along the way, we are led to understand the nature of minds and conscious states of mind in a way that avoids both reductionism (the idea that mental is reducible to the non-mental) and dualism (the idea that mental substances or properties differ dramatically from physical substances and properties)martin, an original and influential exponent of 'ontologically serious' metaphysics, echoes locke's dictum that 'all things that exist are only particulars', and argues that properties are powerful qualitiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe slide from representational use to consciousness involves a change in the material of use, but not the form of representationa concluding chapter provides an argument for the view that an ontology of particular substances and properties leads ineluctably to monism: the bus we board with locke takes us directly to the world of spinoza and einsteinmartin emphasizes the importance of non-conscious 'vegetative' systems, which provide clear examples of intentionality in the form of representational useoxfam bookshop preston what are the most fundamental features of the world? do minds stand outside the natural order? is a unified picture of mental and physical reality possible? the mind in nature provides a staunchly realist account of the world as a unified system incorporating both the mental and the physicalhe also spells out the implications of this view for philosophical conceptions of causation, intentionality, consciousness, and the mind-body problem
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Moreover, the romance and drama of the duel has made it an enduring fixture in films, literature, and the theatresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop clitheroe for centuries, duelling played an integral role in the preservation of the aristocratic order in europe, defying attempts by both church and state to ban the practicein the duel in european history, renowned historian victor kiernan writes with his characteristic wit and insight of duelling's evolution from its medieval origins - when it was regarded as a badge of rank - to the early twentieth century, by which time it was seen as an irrational anachronismdrawing on a vast range of historical and cultural sources, this is the definitive account of a violent ritual that continues to fascinate even todayin doing so, he shows how the duelling tradition was something unique to europe and its colonies, and, in its contribution to the development of the officer corps, played a key part in shaping european military power
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Using twenty-one new oral histories and a multitude of archived personal documents, this book demonstrates the pivotal importance of the women's royal naval service in both the world warsoxfam shop nether edge the women's royal naval service (wrns) was created in , re-formed in and maintained afterfrom onward the wrns spread internationally and subverted the combat taboo by adopting semi-combatant rolessee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough it shared a similar pattern in its formation to the auxiliary territorial service (ats) and had a similar ethos to its air force counterpart, the waaf, the wrns took on a wider-ranging role in the war, in part due to the latitude afforded to the service because of its uniquely independent originsthis book determines for the first time the reasons for the expansion and contraction of the service and the impact key individuals had on it and in turn the influence it had on its membersshe shows how political and military decision-making within the fluctuating national security situation, coupled with a growing cultural acceptability of women taking on military roles, allowed for the growth of the service in world war ii into realms never expected of womenhannah roberts offers new insights into a previously little studied british military institution, which celebrates its centenary in
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It is the sequel to the first five volumes and covers the events during the rule of king johnduring that period the jewish minority of sicily continued to flourish economically and sociallyafter years of incitement by the members of the mendicant orders, anti-jewish riots broke out in various parts of the sicilynearly a thousand documents, many of them published here for the first time, record the fortunes of the jews and their relationships with the authorities and their christian neighbourstherefore, again, many documents had to be reported in summary formthe worst of them was the massacre in modica insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hampstead the jews in sicily, volume ) by shlomo simonsohn this volume in the series documentary history of the jews in italy illustrates the history of the jews in sicily from tomuch new information has come to light, and many facets of jewish life in sicily have been uncoveredthe inside pages are clean and brightthe volume is provided with additional bibliography and indexes, while the introduction has been relegated to the end of the series on the jews of the islandit is new in appearance and has a protective cellophane coveralthough john continued the policies of his father alphonso towards the jews of the island, there is a distinct deterioration in their position during his timesthe abundance of historical records in the archives of the crown and of local authorities compares favourably with the relative scarcity of surviving documentation in earlier centuries
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From life's murky origins to the microscopic engines that run the cells of our bodies, the demon in the machine is a breath-taking journey across the landscape of physics, biology, logic and computinglife really does look like magic: even a humble bacterium accomplishes things so dazzling that no human engineer can match itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreso can life be explained by known physics and chemistry, or do we need something fundamentally new?in this penetrating and wide-ranging new analysis, world-renowned physicist and science communicator paul davies searches for answers in a field so new and fast-moving that it lacks a name, a domain where computing, chemistry, quantum physics and nanotechnology intersectand yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysteryoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental questionweaving together cancer and consciousness, two-headed worms and bird navigation, davies reveals how biological organisms garner and process information to conjure order out of chaos, opening a window on the secret of life itselfat the heart of these diverse fields, davies explains, is the concept of information: a quantity with the power to unify biology with physics, transform technology and medicine, and even to illuminate the age-old question of whether we are alone in the universe
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The approach of the volume is dominantly christian reviewing the representations of the body through outstanding figures of christianity (crucifixion of jesus christ, body of virgin mary)see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lancaster the volume the spectacle of the body in late medieval england represents a study on the human body representation in medieval england by approaching the concept of the spectacle as a space of manifestationthe author clarifies the ways of understanding the body as a physical and metaphorical reality, but also the medieval conceptualization of violenceon top of that, the author is making an investigation on the violent character of spectacles -Â representation in pursuit of picturing this subject more clearly and more relevant
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Summarizing a wealth of information in an entertaining, approachable style, the story of the earth in 25 rocks is essential reading for the armchair geologist, the rock hound, and all who are curious about the earth beneath their feetprothero recounts the scientific detective work that shaped our understanding of geology, from the unearthing of exemplary specimens to tectonic shifts in how we view the inner workings of our planetprothero follows in the footsteps of the scientists who asked-and answered-geology's biggest questions: how do we know how old the earth is? what happened to the supercontinent pangea? how did ocean rocks end up at the top of mount everest? what can we learn about our planet from meteorites and moon rocks? he answers these questions through expertly chosen case studies, such as pliny the younger's firsthand account of the eruption of vesuvius; the granite outcrops that led a scottish scientist to theorize that the landscapes he witnessed were far older than noah's flood; the salt and gypsum deposits under the mediterranean sea that indicate that it was once a desert; and how trying to date the age of meteorites revealed the dangers of lead poisoningthe story of the earth in 25 rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geologyoxfam bookshop brigg every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's pastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach of these breakthroughs filled in a piece of the greater puzzle that is the earth, with scientific discoveries dovetailing with each other to offer an increasingly coherent image of the geologic pastin twenty-five chapters-each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon-donald r
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This book examines the decline of politically radical biblical interpretation in parliamentary politics and the victory of (a modified form of) margaret thatcher's re-reading of the liberal bible tradition, following the normalisation of (a modified form of) thatcherism more generallyoxfam shop fulwood road harnessing chaos is an explanation of changes in dominant politicized assumptions about what the bible 'really means' in english culture since the ssee oxfam website for delivery information read morecrossley looks at how the social upheavals of the s, and the economic shift from the post-war dominance of keynesianism to the post-s dominance of neoliberalism, brought about certain emphases and nuances in the ways in which the bible is popularly understood, particularly in relation to dominant political ideaspublished , as number 2 in the series 'scriptural traces'
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But with winter drawing in, the terrain is barely passable through icy rain and snowstormswhen macro's patrols report that the natives in the vicinity of the garrison are thinning out, a terrible suspicion takes shape in the battle-scarred soldier's mindhas the acting governor, legate quintatus, underestimated the enemy? if there is a sophisticated and deadly plan afoot, it's cato and his men who will pay the pricesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut can they match the discipline and courage of the legionaries?wounded centurion macro remains behind in charge of the fort as prefect cato leads an invasion deep into the hillsoxfam bookshop knutsford first edition now a sunday times bestseller!simon scarrow's veteran roman soldier heroes face a cunning and relentless enemy in britannia, the unforgettable fourteenth novel in the bestselling eagles of the empire seriesincludes maps and chartsthe western tribes prepare to make a standcato's mission: to cement rome's triumph over the natives by crushing the druid strongholdroman britain, ad 52
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An intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empireoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined themencompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in todayseen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imagined
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254 pages to each bookthe full set of six volumes for world war ii: volume , volume , volume , volume , volume , volume the war in pictures published by odhams press inthey are in good conditionthis is a 6 volume set of books with photographs from world war 2these books are hardback with maroon buckram boards and a embossed pattern to front*buyer please pay within 3 days* read moreexpected wear to the exterior such as rounded corners and wear to the spine ends due to the ageshipped tracked and insuredpage is loose in volume 5our 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 availableall spines are still tightly boundthere is some foxing to the pages but text and pictures remain clear and brightvolume 4 has to cut outs (page 16 and 17)they are arranged by one volume for each year of the war starting at , telling the story in black and white picturesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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5 inc or cm high 16macking units in teak desk with a drop-down lid and display cabinet and drinks cuber etc the size as listed the desk in nice oared in teak it has 3 drawers under the drop-down desk the size desk in nice oared in teak it has 3 drawers under the drop-down desk the size 32 inc or cm wide 435 inc or cm deep selling asset so will not split the display cabinet and cortile cabinet this is all so it teak and matching unit in is all so in good order 635 inc or wide 68 inc or cm high 18 inc or cm deep read more
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Meanwhile a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask languishes in the bastille, where he has been for eighteen yearswhen the destinies of the king and the prisoner converge, d'artagnan and the three musketeers must face the ultimate conflict of loyaltiesin the final adventure of the musketeers, the man in the iron mask sees d'artagnan remain in the service of the corrupt king louis xiv after the three musketeers have gone their separate ways
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Aztec the curse in the heart of the city of gold pc game big boxedit is boxed and literally brand newcollection onlythis is the pc game aztec the curse in the heart of the city of gold pc game big boxed
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Made in the usa in the ’s lovely patina to the leatherthe rack is made by myselfvintage childs western saddle and rackalthough this was still in use until last year, it is a great decorative object due to its small size
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Aztec the curse in the heart of the city of gold pc game big boxed this is the pc game aztec the curse in the heart of the city of gold pc game big boxedit is boxed and literally brand newcollection onlysw16 1tu open to offers
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%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailsthe oxford history of the novel in english volume 12: the novel in australia, canada, new zealand, a by coral ann howells (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days
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