The past thirty years
List the past thirty years
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That i have amassed over the past 30 yearschoose what you want for want for ÂŁ1 eacha collection of badges etc
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Over the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abusehe lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible povertyit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnessand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united statesoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world warnow, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be ordered
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Jackson examines the significant roles played by international development workers-"the globalizers"-operating in honduras over the past thirty years, particularly in the troubled construction of the el cajĂłn hydroelectric dam, the creation of maquiladoras, and the multinational relief, recovery, and reconstruction efforts following hurricane mitchin doing so he makes a persuasive connection between nation building and global governance-raising important questions about whose nations are being built and whysee oxfam website for delivery information read morejust one light smudge on page edgesusing honduras as a case study, jeffrey tin the process, he draws a provocative connection between the efforts of international development workers and the emergence of global governancehe finds in the international development community a close-knit coalition of policy makers who have inserted themselves into the local political process and pushed the honduran nation-state to conform to international norms and integrate into a transnational structure of governancejackson illuminates the processes by which wealthy western countries target countries in latin america, asia, africa, and the middle east for political economic construction, or nation buildingoxfam bookshop skipton very good conditionjackson examines the mechanisms of power at the disposal of these development organizations, the expertise of those administering development aid, the agency of development workers, and the benefits that accrue to donor countries
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While walking in the forest, a boy named agito comes across a machine which has been keeping a girl named toola in suspended animation for the past 300 yearswhen she finally awakens, she discovers that earth has been radically changed by the experiments that her father was conducting all those years ago, resulting in the forest taking on a sentient life all of its ownoxfam bookshop newark big screen anime featureplease note there is not a region code listed for this itemnow, with the help of agito, she fights to protect the world in its present state, and tries to create a balance between humanity and naturealong with a friend from the past, shunack, she sets about using old technology to try and return the earth to the way it was, but soon realises this is a wrong move see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas this is a used item it does not have any of the inserts it may have came with
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The three central theses are the way in which war, politics and journalism have changed beyond all recognition in the past thirty yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham what kind of a world do we live in when governments are able to pursue wars against not only the will of the people, but also the international institutions set up to promote peace? in the first world war 90% of casualties were soldiers; in recent wars 90% of casualties are civilianssee oxfam website for delivery information read morebell pleads with poetic conviction for a stark reappraisal of the world we're creating for ourselves, as politics becomes increasingly remote from ordinary lives and reports from the front line often seem more like scenes from a hollywood moviein through gates of fire, martin bell uses his personal experiences as a reporter of eleven wars, and independent mp, to write an impassioned, heartfelt and coruscating call to armsbut instead of bringing home the real human costs of war, the advent of 'live' conflict coverage has led to television being used as just another propaganda tool
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Oxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying resultssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible price book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleanpeter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancesall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murder
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Oxfam shop st giles street a deadly continental struggle, the thirty years war devastated seventeenth-century europe, killing nearly a quarter of all germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alikesome scuff on the hard cover and edges of the pagespeter wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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My collection of scouting memorabilia from thirty years of scoutingsad to see them go but the time has comeincludes my cub scout leaders cap badge, my queen's scout pin badge, my tie clip from usa national jamboree in valley forge, my gilwell scout centre tie clip and various others
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Ten years older, he is a dull, violent and controlling lawyer but caroline is determined not to be a traditional wifeafter years of simmering jealousy, norton accuses caroline and the prime minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) precipitating 'the scandal of the century'for the next thirty years caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated victorian society, helping to write the infant custody act (), and influenced the matrimonial causes (divorce) act () and the married women's property act (), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first timeafter a trial lasting twelve hours, the jury's not guilty verdict is immediate, unanimous and sensationalangry and humiliated he cuts caroline off, as was his right under the law, refuses to let her see their three sons, seizes her manuscripts and letters, her clothes and jewels, and leaves her destitutesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein westminster hall that day is a young charles dickens, who would, just a few months later, fictionalise the event as 'bardell vcrowds are gathering at the court of common pleasoxfam bookshop cheltenham westminster, london, 22 juneon trial is caroline sheridan, a beautiful and clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the honourable george norton when she was just nineteenher beauty and wit attract many male admirers, including the prime minister, lord melbournepickwick' inthe pickwick papersit is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progressesnorton is a laughing stockthe criminal conversation of mrs nortonis the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for the rights of women everywhereby her early twenties, caroline has become a respected poet and songwriter, clever mimic and outrageous flirt
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The creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestinesir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreagainst the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would rulelawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastoxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themthrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews inusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revengeterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontier
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Virtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearstracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced todaywhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture todayfirst introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishoxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrectwhite retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth century
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Maurice - the past recalled 'a feature of this exhibition was an an extensive collection of photographs covering the last hundred years which had been lent by local peoplethe covers have creases near the spine and some scuff marksoxfam shop mutley plain " in may the plympton stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe centre pages are loose but all others are securely bound" book in good overall condition with clean pages throughoutmaurice civic association staged a very successful exhibition entitled ' plympton stprinted around , first editionpublic interest was such that the association decided to make a selection of the photographs and publish them in book form as a record of life in what was, until , a town in its own right
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Neither does conor, the little boy she's befriended for the past five yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith the help of conor's foster mum, bernadette must face her own past, her husband's secrets and a future she never dared imagine in order to find them allalso missing is his lifebook, the only thing that holds the answersexquisitely written, the mountain in my shoe is both a gripping psychological thriller and a powerful and emotive examination of familyoxfam bookshop brigg on the night bernadette finally has the courage to tell her domineering husband that she's leaving, he doesn't come home
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Oxfam shop frodsham street rolling stones through the past darkly big hits volsongs included are as follows: -honky tonk woman -ruby tuesday -jumpin'jack flash -street fighting man -let's spend the night together - light years from home -mother's little helper -sittin' on a fence -she's a rainbow -we love you -dandelion see oxfam website for delivery information read morein good used condition2 sheet music bookcover is fairly faded, but pages are good
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She is about 4 years oldfor the past 2 years, after being rescued from the woodsif you would like to transform the life of this sweet cat please contact world animal friendsthis no place for her to spend her life- she needs a proper home soon
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He has been a trail riding horse for the past few years, he excels at this and being out in the hills is something he really lovesif you have any further queries about jackson, please do not hesitate to get in touch:-) read morehe's 100% in all types of traffic, he regularly hacks along a busy main road and encounters heavy farm machinery frequentlyjackson has no known viceshe is very calm when riding out with other horses, he will happily step out in front and lead the way, or settle nicely at the back of the groupjackson is a lovely calm, sensible but forward going and responsive ridehe is excellent with the farrier, loads and travels brilliantly
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He has been a trail riding horse for the past six years, he excels at this and being out in the hills is something he really lovesif you have any further queries about jackson, please do not hesitate to get in touch:-) read moretoffee has no known vicestoffee is a lovely calm, sensible but forward going and responsive ridehe's 100% in all types of traffic, he regularly hacks along a busy main road and he encounters heavy farm machinery frequentlyhe is very calm when riding out with other horses, he will happily step out in front and lead the way, or settle nicely at the back of the grouphe is excellent with the farrier, loads and travels brilliantly
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Their photographs display the artistic inventiveness and technical achievement made possible by polaroid film and present an overview of the past 50 years in photographythe works in innovation/imagination are all selected from the polaroid collectionoxfam bookshop victoria road condition: used, very gooda chronology provides more information on important polaroid achievementsincluded here are more than 80 colorplates of polaroids by such diverse artists as ansel adams, robert frank, nancy burson, robert mapplethorpe, chuck close, lucas samaras, and william wegmanthe photographs are accompanied by an essay placing polaroid in historical context, and comments by the photographers themselves offer insights into how polaroid has affected their art see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe condition of the book is used and very good, with little to no signs of wear
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Hello i'm mark thank you for checking out my ad i've been breeding guinea pigs as a hobby for the past 3 years it always amazes me all the colour and coat verifications you get ! if you're interested in coming to look at the babies/ youngsters i have for sale you will always be made welcome i encourage holding them to make sure your happy with your choice i will always health check them first i would never let any of mine go if i wasn't 100% happy with the health of my babies/ youngsters
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A prisoner of the past album version 5:03a prisoner of the past radio edit 3:51the title is a prisoner of the pastfor this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Oxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timespecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlanthe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artthe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzeit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary one
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The title is a prisoner of the pasta prisoner of the past album version 5:04for this specific sale the cds sleeve condition refers only to the inner paper insert sleeve, and does not refer to the outer digipak, jewel case or cardboard outer casing
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Journeys in the pastlife on the home frontjourneys to the past, life on the home front, hard cover beautiful illustrated book
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Great mysteries of the pastgreat mysteries of the past,, beautiful, new hard back book
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Journeys in the pastlife on the home frontjourneys to the past, life on the home front, hard cover beautiful illustrated bookhard cover new read more
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While a number of guides to historical research and writing and several historical methodology texts have appeared in the past several years, no single text accomplishes what doing history: an introduction to the historian's craft doesits lively and accessible writing style helps students grapple with sophisticated ideas while also avoiding the pitfalls that commonly entrap them as they learn to think and write as historiansthrough a unique two-part organization, authors wendy pojmann, barbara reeves-ellington, and karen ward mahar offer specific assignments to identify students' weaknesses and build their skillsthe text integrates the complexities of historical research and writing into a single, comprehensive narrative without compromising depth and breadththe book's intellectually engaging discussions of the discipline of history in part one: the historian's craft are enriched by solid examples of published scholarshipoxfam bookshop knutsford in this era of twitter and text-messaging, which calls into question previously accepted notions of literacy, today's students need a new and more pragmatic approach to developing writing and research skillsin addition, the integrated workbook in part two: doing history workbook exercises allows them to hone their skills with assessment exercises and skill-building assignmentssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey provide concrete examples of historical approaches and theories and detailed guidelines to help students complete their work within the constraints of the academic termstudents preparing research projects will benefit from straightforward guidelines for the research and writing process
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How was superman created? where did he come from? just what is his deal with kryptonite?created in full collaboration with dc comics and packed with original comic book art, join the most "super" hero of them all and see how he has developed over the past 70 yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is it a bird? is it a plane? no! it's superman the ultimate guide to the man of steelsuperman the ultimate guide to the man of steel takes you on a journey spanning worlds, ages and countless adventuresa timeline of events from his life follows the twists and turns of his career at the daily planet, his battles with lex luthor, darkseid and doomsday and his relationship with lois lanefollow superman's entire career, with full details of his powers, battles, loves, allies and of course, his enemiesfor the die-hard superman fan, or for those who are in the first stages of their journey to krypton, superman the ultimate guide to the man of steel is the complete package
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Whether a newcomer to the philosophy holmes founded or a veteran reader, you will find great power and practicality in the words that render holmes one of the most celebrated and beloved mystical teachers of the past hundred yearsoxfam bookshop hexham the inspiration of ernest holmes has reached hundreds of thousands of readers through his classic works, many of which are just now becoming available in paperbacksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoverall in good condition, some minor marks/'stains on the back cover and some slight rubbing to the cornersoriginally published in the first half of the twentieth century, these meditative, concise volumes have never previously appeared in paperback
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He shows how the questions and issues that have intrigued psychologists over the past hundred years or so relate to the child growing up in the 21st centurythis book is for everyone who lives with, works with or studies childrenoxfam bookshop cheltenham * how do we get from helpless baby to knowing, ironic teenager?* is cognition a question of learning and environment or heredity?* what impact do television and computers have on cognitive development?cognitive development - how we learn to think, perceive, remember, talk, reason and learn - is a central topic in the field of psychologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit will provide the professional, parent and student with an invaluable introduction to the development of the mindin this highly readable book, david cohen discusses the key theories, research and controversies that have shaped and informed our knowledge of how the child's mind developshow the child's mind develops provides an integrated and thought-provoking account of the central issues in cognitive developmentthe effects on cognitive development of social change and increased exposure to television and computers are also discussedissues such as learning to read and write, performance in the classroom, and measuring intelligence and ability are covered, as are child crime and the development of morality
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