The past two decades
List the past two decades
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham a glorious celebration of the very best of the art of the fantastic over the past two decades, this glorious full-colour collection features over 300 illustrationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
20 €
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This compelling book investigates the problem of poverty and inequality in and among chinese ethnic minorities, focusing in particular on two important questions: have the minorities shared the fruits of spectacular economic growth in china during the past two decades? is their backwardness due to ethnic and cultural factors or to extremely low incomes? the authors examine the different factors explaining poverty, the relationship between poverty and ethnicity, poverty indicators that permit a comparison between minorities and non-minorities (or the han majority), economic and demographic characteristics of minorities and their educational, occupational and gender profilesbook condition: very good, small indentation/tear on back hinge, errata can be found inside explaining a few printing errors see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey consider whether special measures in favour of minorities introduced by the chinese government have contributed to an improvement in their standard of livingpoverty and inequality among chinese minorities gives original research findings and new thinking on a highly topical issue in chinese development economics, and fills a gap in the existing economic literaturethe minorities in china constitute less than ten per cent of the entire population, yet they represent forty to fifty per cent of the absolute pooroxfam bookshop beverley the number of poor people in china is huge, despite recent economic advances
24 €
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham in this long-awaited book (already a major bestseller in italy) ginsborg has created a fascinating, sophisticated and definitive account of how italy has coped, or failed to cope, with the past two decadesginsborg sees this difference as most fundamentally clear in the role of the family and it is the family which is at the heart of italian politics and businesscontemporary italy strongly mirrors britain - the countries have roughly the same extent, population size and gnp - and yet they are fantastically differentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone wishing to understand contemporary italy will find it essential to have this enormously attractive and intelligent book
3 €
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In china's emerging middle class, noted scholar cheng li and a team of experts focus on the sociopolitical ramifications of the birth and growth of the chinese middle class over the past two decadesthe contributors, from diverse disciplines and different regions, examine the development and evolution of china's middle class from a variety of analytical perspectivesoxfam bookshop beverley the rapid emergence and explosive growth of china's middle class have enormous consequences for that nation's domestic future, for the global economy, and for the whole world see oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat is its educational and occupational makeup? are its members united by a common identity by a shared political vision and worldview? how does the chinese middle class compare with its counterparts in other countries? the contributors shed light on these and many other issues pertaining to the rapid rise of the middle class in the middle kingdom book condition: minor shelf wear and minor denting to front wrapper
9 €
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For the past two decades he has documented wildlife and our relationship with nature in environments from the amazon to antarcticaexhibits of his photographs have been shown at major museums in paris, milan, tokyo, new york, madrid, and amsterdamthe editor: christine eckstrom is a writer and editor specializing in natural historyshe collaborates with lanting on fieldwork, books, and other publishing projects from their home base in californiathe photographer: dutch-born frans lanting has been hailed as one of the great nature photographers of our timethe resulting volume is a glorious picture book of planet earth depicting the amazing biodiversity that surrounds us alllanting's previous taschen titles include eye to eye, jungles, and penguinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelanting's true gift lies beyond his technical mastery: it is his eye for geometry in the beautiful chaos of nature that allows him to show us the world as it has never been seen beforehe made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a remote lagoon in western australia, spent time in research collections photographing forms of microscopic life, and even found ways to create visual parallels between the growth of organs in the human body and the patterns seen on the surface of the earthoxfam shop fulwood road planet earth, home sweet home in the year , world-renowned wildlife photographer frans lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earthfrom crabs to jellyfish, diatoms to vast geological formations, jungles to flowers, monkeys to human embryos, life is a testament to the magical beauty of life in all its forms and is lanting's most remarkable achievement to date
19 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first ffep is slightly chipped and bent in partsoriginal blue cloth boards with lettering in white, as per the djprice unclippedpredominantly in english but there are three final chapters in hindithis was probably a library copy but the only residual evidence is a single date stamp for on one of the front end pages and the dj being glued into positionoxfam books & music totnes proceedings of a national seminar held in dhaka, 29 january - 4 february organised by bangladesh unnayan parishad (bup)otherwise this copy has no internal markings and good bindingtop and bottom of spine slightly chipped and dj shows shelf and/or reading wear
29 €
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Andy park has been a prolific artist in the entertainment industry for the past two decadescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepencil drawing at andy parkin the first part of his career, he made a name for himself as a comic book artist illustrating top-selling comic book titles such as tomb raidersigned by andy park (see photos) dimensions: 40x27 cm read morethe pencil drawing is signed by andy park
43 €
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And yet, huge advances in molecular biology over the past few decades have served only to deepen the mysterysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat 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 universeweaving 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 itselfso 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 intersectfrom 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 itoxfam bookshop preston for generations, scientists have struggled to make sense of this fundamental question
13 €
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Oxfam bookshop byres road both critically and commercially successful filmmakers, the coen brothers have written, produced, and directed numerous acclaimed films over the past three decadesin those works, they discover insightful engagements with such ideas as questions of human freedom, the relationship of reason to religion, and the nature of liberal democracy in the american regimesara macdonald and barry craig demonstrate that their comedies, in particular, which are often dismissed as mere entertainments, actually present substantial philosophic and political argumentsthey examine five of the coen brothers' comedies: raising arizona, fargo, the big lebowski, o brother, where art thou, and hail caesar!see oxfam website for delivery information read morethey demonstrate how sometimes explicitly, but generally implicitly, the coens draw on thinkers such as homer, plato, dante, and hegel, while simultaneously presenting popular entertainment
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50 €
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Over the past few decades buddhism has deepened its presence in the west and as a result teachings and practices are becoming integrated with those of western psychology in a more productive waysee oxfam website for delivery information read morebuddhist traditions are often perceived as inaccessible and too firmly fixed to a cultural framework with some people, especially women, left feeling alienated and undervaluedhowever, by responding to this by attempting to synthesise buddhism with the values of contemporary culture can lead to doubts about authenticity and dilutionthe decline of mechanism and positivism offers new opportunities to bring together western buddhist views of the mind and its relationship to its surroundingswritten by psychologists and scholars, the essays discuss many of the difficult questions raised by buddhism's increased presenceexamining these issues and many more, the contributors seek to bring buddhism into a realistic and informed relationship with contemporary western thoughtin particular the issue of the balance between authenticity and accessibility is examinedoxfam bookshop brighton this collection of writings presents contemporary views on the integration of buddhism in the west
19 €
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Oxfam books & music totnes the majority of aestheticians have focused their attention during the past three decades on the identity, or essential nature, of art: can 'art' be defined? what makes an object a work of art? under what conditions can we characterize in a classificatory sense an object as an art work? the debate, and at times controversy, over these questions proved to be constructive, intellectually stimulating, and in many cases suggestive of new ideasowner's name on ffepexperience, and evaluate it'aesthetic experience' - which occupies a prominent place in the philosophy of artwe do not only create art; we also enjoy, ithe time is, however, ripe to direct our attention to another important, yet neglected, concept - vizi hope this debate continues in its momentum and creative outcomea good book here in very good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moregood binding and no other markshow can we theorize about the nature of art in general and the art work in particular, and about what makes an object a good work of art, if we do not experience it? nijhoff hardback with no dj
49 €
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Good condition no pages missing/tears compiled by colin marsden, this book is a graphic reminder of the illustrious career of the hst over the past three decadesillustrated throughout with a superb set of images, the book is a tribute to one of the iconic designs of the contemporary railway scene
10 €
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Play the monopoly you know and love on a revolutionary round board with funky new movers! as you are wheeling and dealing your way to a big win, hear sounds and music from the past five decadeswhen you go to jail you'll hear the door slam, and when you pass go you can celebrate with a party tune!
10 €
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthese operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesthis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionwith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copythis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
14 €
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The title is a prisoner of the pasta prisoner of the past radio edit 3:51a prisoner of the past album version 5:03for 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
7 €
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These girls have both produced twins each year for the past two years£200 each read morefully registered with the grey faced dartmoor societygood teeth, udders and feetbeautiful grey faced dartmoor ewesboth have weaned their lambs and are now looking for a new home since we lost our ram
200 €
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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 yearsnow, with the help of agito, she fights to protect the world in its present state, and tries to create a balance between humanity and nature see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newark big screen anime featureplease note there is not a region code listed for this itemas this is a used item it does not have any of the inserts it may have came withalong 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 movewhen 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 own
9 €
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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
7 €
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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
10 €
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Great mysteries of the pastgreat mysteries of the past,, beautiful, new hard back book
10 €
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Journeys in the pasthard cover new read morelife on the home frontjourneys to the past, life on the home front, hard cover beautiful illustrated book
10 €
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It brings together the latest work on a subject which is central to an understanding not just of the french revolution but of much french political controversy over the past two centuriesthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketthe binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketalthough the framework of this book is a narrative, the main themes of the counter-revolution are also covered in order to set the events in their wider context of europe, much of which at some time was occupied by the frenchsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
6 €
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International delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailswriting history at the ottoman court editing the past, fashioning the future by herdem cipa (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working days
13 €
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Maurice - the past recalled 'the covers have creases near the spine and some scuff marksthe centre pages are loose but all others are securely boundmaurice civic association staged a very successful exhibition entitled ' plympton stprinted around , first editiona feature of this exhibition was an an extensive collection of photographs covering the last hundred years which had been lent by local people" book in good overall condition with clean pages throughoutoxfam shop mutley plain " in may the plympton stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepublic 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
8 €
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The title is living in 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
7 €
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Hardback in perfect condition ad id: delivery service consumer creditreader's digest, journeys into the past: life on the home front
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Artifacts of the past - ancient mysteriesdiscover untold secrets and ancient relics! hidden objects gamesuitable for: windows xp/vista/7/8free postage within the ukitems will be dispatched within 24 hours of purchase
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Make a lovely christmas present from the past£10 each collection caterham valleyalways been kept in their original boxesvictorian carol singers christmas stocking flaming the pudding boxing day-opening gifts all excellent condition
10 €