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On the origin of species or, more completely,Ā on the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life was published on 24 november , is a work ofĀ scientific literatureĀ byĀ charles darwinĀ which is considered to be the foundation ofĀ evolutionary biologybrown cloth boards with decorative motif and titles on spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreĀ published in the world classics series, third impression, by grant richards, januarybumping on spine endsoxfam shop darlington hardbackthe book presented a body of evidence thatĀ the diversity of lifeĀ arose byĀ common descentĀ through aĀ branching pattern of evolutionĀ darwin's book introduced theĀ scientific theoryĀ that populationsĀ evolveĀ over the course of generations through a process ofĀ natural selectionlight tanning but no foxing and contents very clean with tight binding
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It records the dicverse and globe-encompassing activities of the united nations and its enduring efforts to deal witht eh world;s pressing concerns, particualrly matters of international peace and security, disarmament, human rights, th settlement of regional conflicts, economic and social development, the preservation of the environment, control of drugs and narcotic substance abuse, crime prevention, adequate shelter, youth and the aging and humanitarian assistance for refugees as wel as disaster reliefsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume of the "yearbook" details the activities of the united nations, its many organs, agencies and programmes, working together to rekindle a ne form of multilaeral cooepration for a better worldoxfam shop mutley plain fully indexed, the edition of the "yearbook" is the most comprhensive and authoritative reference about the work of the united nations, other international organizations and related bodiesthe book is designed not just for use by diplomats, officias and shcoalrs but also by other researchers, writers, journalists, teachers and studentssome light foxing to top edge of pages, otherwise very goodbook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely bound
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The spines have been professionally restored with the preservation of the original spine stripour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storein good conditionoutside of europe, the delays can be quite significantall 23 are picturedcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availablethe text blocks are discoloured and have some foxing here and there and/or a few blemishesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith a three-double gilded edge, consisting of and outside flower edge and two inside filet edges with gilded floral ornaments at the top and at the bottom a richly embossed central flower ornamentcontains 23 (of which 17 engraved) fold-out tablesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteuniform, richly gilded green calf leather bindingspaper remnants at the top of the flyleaf in volume 2a tiny hole in one table, two have heavy foxing, a few have wrinkles along the foldsfully re-writing of a part (botanographie eĀ“leĀ“mentaire) of his fatherās (franƧois-joseph lestiboudois) worklestiboudois - paris/ lille, roret/ vanackere, - two volumes in three bindings - (4) (x) ) (xxxiv) ppblind stamped bindings with gilded covers, ribbed spine, golden page edges - 21 x 13 cmtitle of volume 1: botanographie eĀ“leĀ“mentaire, ou, principes de botanique, d'anatomie et de physiologie veĀ“geĀ“table: contenant la description des organes des plantes; la deĀ“finition des termes usiteĀ“s en botanique; une theĀ“orie nouvelle sur l'anatomie et la physiologie veĀ“geĀ“tale; l'art de deĀ“crire les plantes; l'exposeĀ“ des meĀ“thodes les plus employeĀ“es en botanique et la description des familles naturelleswill be shipped with registration - for bidders: due to the corona virus, shipping within europe can suffer delayslabel on the first cover page in volume 1titles of volumes 2 and 3: botanographie belgique, ou flore du nord de la france, et de la belgique proprement dite; ouvrage disposeĀ“ selon la meĀ“thode naturelle, contenant les tableaux analytiques de francĀøois-joseph lestiboudois, la description des plantes qui croissent spontaneĀ“ment ou qu'on cultive geĀ“neĀ“ralement dans l'ancienne province belgique, leurs localiteĀ“s, leurs proprieĀ“teĀ“s, l'indication du temps de leur floraison, la citation de leurs figures, etc
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Oxfam 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 practicedrawing on a vast range of historical and cultural sources, this is the definitive account of a violent ritual that continues to fascinate even todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 powermoreover, the romance and drama of the duel has made it an enduring fixture in films, literature, and the theatrein 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 anachronism
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availabletracked shipment via poste italianeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease examine these carefully to fully appreciate the nature of the lot on offermint series with full gumplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteall items are in a very good state of preservation, no hidden flaws, only what can be seen in the photoscentenary of the introduction of medals of military valour, ordinary mail + airmail + express mail complete series of 20 values
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We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop hexham this is a pre- historical reproduction that was curated for qualitythis text refers to the bibliobazaar editionquality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitisation processthough we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience
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It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyit covers the coast of north americavery small tear to spine on volume iithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands invancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoverythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiithe voyage to australia and tahitiall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication in
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They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomtolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearstogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dĆ»ronce they reach the elvish realm of rivendellĀ the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitieswhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondorfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay
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References na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series āvive lĀ“empereurā)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxall of them have been sold out and retiredthe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the ācharge of the greysāfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series āon campaignā)it also includes srit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series ābold chevaliers)british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontfrench artillery, by king and countrythese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo lĀ“iber, valencia, spain)it contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)it consists of 11 figuresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramacatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it consists of close to 32 figuresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikieach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargeit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squarestomas picton by britains, referenceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series Ā”āvive lĀ“emperatrice!ā) - 7ththe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series āscotland the braveā)the kingĀ“s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole āto take the kingĀ“s shilling series)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe french army commanded by napoleĆ³n - the french 3rdna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series ācuirassiersā)references na111garde impĆ©riale (dragons de lĀ“emperatrice), by king and coubtrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresreferences andreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)regiment of the line, by king and countrythe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series āscum of the earthā)
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Otherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginsee pictures of the table of contentsājames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalist) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available(total of 2 books) read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageā registered shippingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pphe wrote extensively about morocco (the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary
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Two specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhis edition is fromthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availablepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowers
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The award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseās stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedworking together, itās a win-win situation for everyone involvedthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistently(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwwhatās more, the smartbunker allows each horseās feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usageit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcethis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleansmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animals
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storecatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally availableiron maiden ?ā the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?ā format: 2 Ć cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dellāunita dāitalia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?ā the number of the beast label: parlophone ?ā series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered ā format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empirebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even Ć²un-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timeas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraĆ³ how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gsimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextoxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big citybut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the east
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic events
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museums
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedon the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorĀ this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)the flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciesoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good condition
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Indispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentshe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĆ¼rgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionhe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much moreosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Happily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newhere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnernotĀ long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hilloxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book of elstreeĀ &Ā boreham woodĀ brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishsigned by stephen castlethe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, andĀ the romans chose elstree hill as aĀ major tile-manufacturing centrevery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationidlestreĀ andĀ borhamĀ were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and later
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Published by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morewe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatspianka and laurie jpart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializeoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectioninternally clean and unmarkedin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascara definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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Makdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to ithis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreĀ condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagethe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular country
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In the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its corecitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriesoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesar
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Elisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filma woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodestranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanyhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergethose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timethe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriend
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a very nice signed copy of this work charting the history of noin good condition, there is one medium tear to the top of the dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read more99 squadron of the royal air force, from 197 tothe book has been signed by the author with an inscriptionwritten with the support of squadron association members, the author has collected individual stories to capture the flavour of past eras and events, such as the early days of the air force during the first world war, the bomber attacks of and the berlin airlift ofthe author was recruited into the squadron at the outset of the second world war, and continued a distinguished career in the years after the war
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In topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedin these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem newrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturethe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experienceamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertyoxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredboard of educationcom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvement
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Mounting a ragtag army of female and native victims of colonial brutality, she sets out on an epic march through the desert to take on the might of the german reichwhen the drunken excesses of a visiting army detachment threaten her only companion, hanna revoltsthis apocalyptic journey through the darker regions of the soul will also reveal to her the hidden meanings of suffering, revenge, companionship, love and compassionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreseeing her chance to escape from years of abuse in an orphanage and in service, hanna joins one of the shiploads of young women transported in the early years of the twentieth century to the colony of german south-west africa to assuage the needs of the male settlersfollowing atrocious punishment for daring to resist the advances of an army officer, she arrives in a phantasmagoric refuge in the african desert - 'prison, nunnery, brothel, shithouse, frauenstein'oxfam bookshop cheltenham as a small child in a wintry bremen, hanna dreams about the other side of silence, the place where the wind comes from and palm trees wave in the sun
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And slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketvolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, servicesthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and francethe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schooners
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