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It was the house of medicibankers turned nobility and de facto rulers, the medici family defined upward mobilityit shaped all of europe and controlled politics, scientists, artists and even popes for three hundred yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham it was a dynasty with more wealth and power than the houses of windsor, kennedy, and rockefeller combinedin the house of medici, christopher hibbert, author of the days of the french revolution, explores the lives and misdeeds of this remarkable familypatrons of the arts who helped make florence one of the great cultural centers of the renaissance, they were also power-hungry and reckless, ultimately losing everythingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe lives with his family in henley-on-thames in oxfordshire, englandchristopher hibbert, an oxford graduate, has written more than fifty books, including wellington: a personal history, london: the biography of a city, redcoats and rebels, and the destruction of lord raglan
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Set during the wars of the roses, a dynastic struggle for power that dominated the latter part of the 15th century and threatened to tear england apart, the series follows the fortunes of three women who are determined to have their say in the politics of their age, elizabeth woodville (rebecca ferguson), margaret beaufort (amanda hale) and anne neville (faye marsay)oxfam shop colne road the complete series of the bbc drama based on the historical novels by philippa gregorywith even king edward iv (max irons) and his manipulative advisor lord warwick (james frain) subject to the ploys of the women, who will prevail in the struggle for power? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'a truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bwe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedreaders of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issuespeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and raceoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speechhe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morenarrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingin their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news media
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It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religionhis life encompassed happenings of huge historical and human impact - the execution of charles i and the great fire of london to name but twosee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham though no king or great general, thanks to his diary samuel pepys is one of the most interesting characters in historyvoices from the world of samuel pepys captures the spirit of restoration london, as it grew to become a major centre of international commerce and culturethe book takes pepys' diary, which he kept almost daily from , as its central resource, but also includes 'voices' from all levels of society, taken from a wide variety of contemporaneous sources
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Artists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanystorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardeby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warduring the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesthis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural historyregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unity
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Set during the wars of the roses, a dynastic struggle for power that dominated the latter part of the 15th century and threatened to tear england apart, the series follows the fortunes of three women who are determined to have their say in the politics of their age, elizabeth woodville (rebecca ferguson), margaret beaufort (amanda hale) and anne neville (faye marsay)oxfam shop dumfries the complete series of the bbc drama based on the historical novels by philippa gregorywith even king edward iv (max irons) and his manipulative advisor lord warwick (james frain) subject to the ploys of the women, who will prevail in the struggle for power? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Combining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governanceyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundthen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actionpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john fkennedy, ronald reagan, and george woxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionpolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographybush administrationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracyharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george was harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekbush have built their policies on some version of these noble valuesdemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanism
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Over a long career he has been involved in the field of environmental politics and policy making as an academic, politician, government adviser, nuclear company director and prominent environmental activistoxfam shop st giles street andrew blowers obe is emeritus professor of social sciences at the open universitysome writing on last page, as shown in photoas a member of the first committee on radioactive waste management he was directly responsible for some of the uk's policy on legacy wastesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe legacy of nuclear power brings together his varied experience and expertise and reflects his lifetime concern with the fate of nuclear communities now and in the future
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As he reveals his plans and decides what type of leader he wishes to become, pius must navigate the politics of the city while factions within the church work to discredit himthe archbishop of new york, lenny belardo (law), has been elected to the papacy as pope pius xiii, the first american pope in historyhe brings an unorthodox approach to the heart of catholicism, leading to many within the vatican trying to find a way to bring him downsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop billericay jude law stars in the title role of this ten-part drama written by paolo sorrentino
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These notes and diary dictations, quoted throughout this book, provide a unique insight into the complexities of the modern presidency and the great issues of american policy and politicsthroughout his career richard nixon made extensive notes about his ideas, conversations, activities, meetingsduring his presidency, from november until april and again in june and july , he kept an almost daily diary of reflections, analyses, and perceptionsmemoirs, spanning nixons formative years through his presidency, reveals the personal side of richard nixonwith startling candor, nixon reveals his beliefs, doubts, and behind-the-scenes decisions, shedding new light on his landmark diplomatic and domestic initiatives, political campaigns, and historic decision to resign from the presidencywitness his youth, college years, and wartime experiences, events which would shape his outward philosophies and eventually his presidency-and shape our livessee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollow his meteoric rise to national prominence and the great peaks and depths of his presidencyoxfam bookshop cheltenham former president richard nixon's bestselling autobiography is an intensely personal examination of his life, public career, and white house years
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He explains how the popularizers changed darwin's thought in subtle ways and how these changes colored their perceptions of darwinismoxfam books & music crouch end in germany, more than anywhere else, darwinism was a sensational successsetting his analysis against the background of popular science, kelly follows popular darwinism as it permeated education, religion, politics, and social thought in germanyamong the first purveyors of mass culture, the germans provide valuable clues as to how seminal ideas move through a societysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kurt wallinger - politicsthe cranberries - yeat's grave (featuring no second troy)world party - the four ages of mannervous - he wishes for the cloths of heavenmike scott & sharon shannon - a song of the rosy-cross
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Since that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on sun tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday lifethe art of war is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alikesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham twenty-five hundred years ago, sun tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on chinese warfare and military thought
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Oxfam bookshop victoria twenty-five hundred years ago, sun tzu wrote this classic book of military strategy based on chinese warfare and military thoughtthe art of war is a book which should be used to gain advantage of opponents in the boardroom and battlefield alikesince that time, all levels of military have used the teaching on sun tzu to warfare and civilization have adapted these teachings for use in politics, business and everyday lifesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Children's music & audio storiesaction & adventurejacket, cover and booklet may have just slight signs of usage but are not marked or annotatedsecond hand – acceptablewe try to assess the exact condition of the goods as objectively as possible
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop hebden bridge a fascinating look into the history of a ropostale, the world's first intercontinental airline, and the remarkable people, technology, politics, and tragedy surrounding its inception and untimely end
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Mobutu sese seko, who ruled zaire (now the democratic republic congo) from until , was fond of saying
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Title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)title: distant victory: the battle of jutland and the allied triumph in the first world war (praeger security international)
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Oxfam shop bishop's stortford the campaign to abolish capital punishment in britain see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Xiv, 313 pages, including notes, bibliography, and indexoxfam bookshop henley-on-thames a creased spine and some light spotting to page edges but the text is unmarked throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moredue to a printing error, the cover is not aligned along the spine, but the book is otherwise in perfect conditionoxfam shop moortown the universal adversary: security, capital and 'the enemies of all' by mark neocleous () used paperback book in like new condition
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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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Drawing on extensive primary research, quadagno shows, for instance, how roosevelt, in need of support from southern congressmen, excluded african americans from the core programs of the social security actturning to lyndon johnson's "unconditional war on poverty," she contends that though anti-poverty programs for job training, community action, health care, housing, and education have accomplished much, they have not been fully realized because they became inextricably intertwined with the civil rights movement of the s, which triggered a white backlashthe "american creed" of liberty, justice, and equality clashed with a history of active racial discrimination, says quadagnoin the s, the united states embarked on a journey to resolve the "american dilemmafrom reconstruction to lyndon johnson and beyond, quadagno reveals how american social policy has continually foundered on issues of raceat the same time, affirmative action clashed openly with organized labor, and equal housing raised protests from the white suburban middle-class, who didn't want their neighborhoods integratedhe realized that his grand plan for welfare reform, the family assistance plan, threatened to undermine wages in the south and alienate the republican party's new constituency-white, southern democrats-and therefore dropped itin the color of welfare, jill quadagno takes exception to these claims, placing race at the centre of the "american dilemma," as swedish economist gunnar myrdal did half a century agooxfam bookshop hove thirty years after lyndon johnson declared a war on poverty, the united states still lags behind most western democracies in national welfare systems, lacking such basic programs as national health insurance and child care supportthe color of welfare reveals the root cause of this failure-the inability to address racial inequalityjob training programs, for instance, became affirmative action programs, programs to improve housing became programs to integrate housing, programs that began as community action to upgrade the quality of life in the cities were taken over by local civil rights groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read morequadagno shows that nixon, who initially supported many of johnson's programs, eventually caught on that the white middle class was disenchanted" yet instead of finally instituting full democratic rights for all its citizens, the policies enacted in that turbulent decade failed dismallyit is racism that has undermined the war on poverty, and america must come to terms with this history if there is to be any hope of addressing welfare reform todaythis shift of emphasis eventually alienated white, working-class americans, who had some of the same needs-for health care, subsidized housing, and job training opportunities-but who got very little from these programssome critics have explained the failure of social programs by citing our tradition of individual freedom and libertarian values, while others point to weaknesses within the working class
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This 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 sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copyoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis 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 interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relates
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An examination of new areas of technology and their implications for personal security and the state of democracy in the beginning of the 21st centuryoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells earth rising ii, the betrayal of science, society and the soul dr nick begich, james roderick a paperback book in very good condition that appears to be unreadsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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For sale a pair of security gates both gates, 6 foot 9 inches high, 3 foot 35 wide, they do need new cat eye bolts and there's no posts collection only read more
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Set two years after the end of the fourth season, carrie has finally left behind the world of the cia and is now working as the head of security for german philanthropist otto düring (sebastian koch)'s charitable organisation in berlinthe episodes are: 'separation anxiety', 'the tradition of hospitality', 'super powers', 'why is this night different?', 'better call saul', 'parabiosis', 'oriole', 'all about allison', 'the litvinov ruse', 'new normal', 'our man in damascus' and 'a false glimmer'oxfam shop ulverston all 12 episodes from the fifth season of the critically acclaimed us drama centred around the life of cia agent carrie mathison (claire danes)carrie is beginning to get her life back to a form of normality as a mother to franny (luna and lotta pfitzer) and girlfriend to jonas (alexander fehling) when two anti-jihadist hackers accidentally access the server of the cia and download classified documents revealing secrets of germany's intelligence agenciessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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80 royal mail standard your album will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read morecalifornia dreamin 2monday monday 2the best of mamas & the papas - 3 record set - mfp (rare) spr - california dreamin + spr monday monday + mfp people like us it seems that this is a fairly rare collection - none on to date and very little information elsewhere on the web artist: mamas & the papas label: mfp title: as in title cat no: mfp format: vinyl lp country: uk released: condition: absolutely excellent - absolutely excellent california dreamin - side 1 1twist and shout 3dancin in the street california dreamin - side 2 1i wanna be a star 5safe in my garden 5lady genevieve people like us - side 2 1the stumble and the fall 4dream a little dream of me people like us - side 1 (red label) 1creeque alley 3it's gettin better 6spanish harlem 5snow queen of texas 4california earthquake 5look through my window monday monday - side 1 1words of love 3dedicated to the one i love 2glad to be unhappy 4move in a little closer baby 6for the love of ivy 6shooting star 5i saw her again last night 2i call your name 4do you wanna dance 3people like us 2european blue boy 3sing for your supper 6blueberries for breakfast condition lp vinyl record - absolutely excellent condition the sleeve - absolutely excellent condition postage to uk only - £3go where you wanna go 4pacific coast highway 3my girl monday monday - side 2 1
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80 royal mail standard your album will be shipped in a defendapak corrugated cardboard mailer for added security read moreray conniff and the singers 'you are the sunshine of my life' - cbs stereo lp vinyl record cbs record label catalogue number released in side 1 1the right thing to do 10killing me softly with his song/there was a girl 9the twelfth of never 3peaceful side 2 7neither one of us 5you are the sunshine of my life 2dueling voices (dueling banjos) 4tie a yellow ribbon round the ole oak tree 8charlotte's web condition lp vinyl record - excellent condition the sleeve - very good - small area at opening a bit grubby, otherwise protected by plastic sleeve postage to uk only - £3the night the lights went out in georgia 11
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The economy collapsed and young men left the city in search of work and securityoxfam bookshop st albans when the taliban took control of kabul, kamila sidiqi and all the women of kabul saw their lives transformedovernight, they were banned from schools and offices and even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their ownsee oxfam website for delivery information read morelittle did she know that the tailoring business she started to help her siblings would be the beginning of a dressmaking business that would create jobs and hope for one hundred neighbourhood women and would come to mean the difference between starvation and survival for hundreds of families like her owndesperate to help her family and support her five brothers and sisters at home, kamila began sewing cothes in her living room
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