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This lithograph measure's approx 56x71cm and is nothing but amazingit really is a quality item and the chance's of obtaining this item in great condition like this one is quite rarethe lithograph is in ex condition and plate (printed) signed by the artist tony wright (designer of the cover), limited edition of , comes with a coayou will not be disappointed with this amazing piece of artvery rare and hard to get traffic lithograph for the "the low spark of high heeled boys albumplease notice the small spot (see extra photo) on the right hand side, easy to frame over, so in the end you will not see itit is an original museum edition lithograph which is very hard to find anymorethis is an authorized productour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe lithograph was produced on the finest quality paper stock, it really is a beautiful piece of art which is meant for framingthese limited edition lithographs do nothing but rise in value over time as for they are very collectible and very sort afterare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiif your a traffic fan, you will fall in love with this very limited lithographplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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The wonderful story of henry sugar and six more is a collection of seven short stories written by roald dahlthe stories were written at varying times throughout his life"the wonderful story of henry sugar and six more" by roald dahl jonathan cape, london - first uk edition first printing - 246p, 18cmx15cm - condition: good condition in first issue price clipped dust jacket with minor wear housed in mylar coverthe book was first published in london in by jonathan capeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethey are generally regarded as being aimed at a slightly older audience than many of his other children's bookstwo of the stories are autobiographical in nature; one describes how he first became a writer while the other describes some of dahl's experiences as a fighter pilot in the second world warare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikianother piece in the collection is a non-fiction account of a british farmer finding a legendary haul of ancient roman treasureplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Languages - english, spanish, french see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe day the sun danced is the inspiring true story of lucia, francisco and jacinta, whose great faith and courage brought the message of our lady of fatima to all the worldwhile herding a flock of sheep outside the tiny village of fatima, portugal, the blessed mother visited them, not once, but many timesfully animated - running time 30 minutestelling the children great and wondrous secrets that would affect all of creationwhen the children tried to share the joyous news of our lady of fatima, no-one believed them, until the day the sun seemed to dance in the skyoxfam bookshop hertford in children experienced a great miracleit soon became clear that they had been chosen by the blessed mother to share her message
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News of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldin europe there are only sevenin this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identityafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsbut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todaythe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminehow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and space
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This is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read morecontents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the bookoxfam shop ulverston originally published in
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The full title is: the geographical system of herodotus examined and explained, by a comparison with those of other ancient authors, and with modern geographyvolumes are two octavo (220mm x 146mm) hardcovers in brown half-leather with marbled boards and marbled edgeslate major of engineers, and surveyor-general in bengal; fellow of the royal societies of london and edinburgh; member of the royal institute of paris, and of the imperial academy of stall maps are present although some maps have minor faults, such as small closed tear near inner margin join, and reddish-brown offsetting or print transfer from panel to panel within folds [map of ancient egypt has much of this], and the last map has a few splits along foldspetersburgh; and fellow of the royal society of gottingenin the course of the work are introduced dissertations on the itinerary stade of the greeks, the expedition of darius hystaspes to scythia, the position and remains of ancient babylon, the alluvions of the nile, and canals of suez; the oasis and temple of jupiter ammon, the ancient circumnavigation of africa, and other subjects of history and geographyplease note: fully insured delivery in sturdy packaging that does actually protect the contentsrivington, and has the following page numbering: vol i pp: xxiv, pull-out maps; voll ii pp: vi, pull-out mapsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storealso there is a small number of foxing specks to front end-papers of vol icondition: binding copies with decent blocksscarce early 19th century two volume set on ancient or classical geography by james rennellhowever both volumes have neat and tidy blocks with complete text and crisp, clear leaves and maps with neat foldsvolume i binding just about holding with rear board wobbly with a partial split to outer hinge, while volume ii [see last photo] has a detached rear boardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe whole explained by eleven maps adapted to the different subjects, and accompanied with a complete index by james rennell, esq2kg [approx] with sturdy packagingdespite the detached board and the minor flaws mentioned above, this is still a wonderful two volume set with blocks and maps in an overall excellent condition - very much worthy of a rebind that will most certianly rewardthis is the revised 2nd edition printed in london by cplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Oxfam books & music winchester collection of documentary films featuring the work of legendary maritime explorer and film maker jacques cousteauas the divers explore their new habitat, cousteau boards his signature yellow submarine to chart the sealife of the deepest depthsmaking use of the latest technology, the film was the first to offer a window into the weird and wonderful world beneath the sea and kick-started a whole new movement in movie makingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe film follows a team of divers as they attempt to live for a month in a purpose-built environment at the bottom of the red seain search of new marine creatures and environments, cousteau becomes one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the frozen surface of the south pole'the world without sun' () also won an academy awardin 'voyage to the edge of the world' () cousteau and his team of divers set out in the research ship 'calypso' to explore the uncharted lands and wildlife of antartica'the silent world' () is an academy award-winning documentary co-directed by cousteau and celebrated auteur louis malle
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The recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary onethe 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 meaningspecial 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 moreapart 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 deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsoxfam 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 timeif 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 orlan
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place as new conditionmore specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of sciencehimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of life"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 yearsunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichmentthe global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first time
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This book describes the statistical concepts and techniques for evaluating the accuracy of medical testsa variety of worked examples are providedadditional topics include: meta-analysis for summarizing the results of multiple studies of a test; the evaluation of markers for predicting event time data; and procedures for combining the results of multiple tests to improve classification'the statistical evaluation of medical tests for classification and prediction' will be of interest to quantitative researchers and to practicing statisticiansinternal pages are clean and free of marksmain topics include: estimation and comparison of measures of accuracy, including receiver operating characteristic curves; regression frame-works for assessing factors that influence test accuracy and for comparing tests while adjusting for such factors; and sample size calculations and other issues pertinent to study designsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook cover contains a few marks but item is in generally good conditionoxfam books & music norwich the use of clinical and laboratory information to detect conditions and predict patient outcomes is a mainstay of medical practiceproblems relating to missing and imperfect reference data are discussed in detailthe book also covers the theoretical foundations for statistical inference and will be of interest to academic statisticians
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) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencethese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contextsin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfpoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfwith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologyin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theorythe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areas
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American disruptor is the untold story of leland stanford - from his birth in a backwoods bar to the founding of the world-class university that became and remains the nucleus of silicon valleyoxfam bookshop clifton very good condition; some shelf wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe rags to riches story of the tumultuous tycoon who built silicon valleyscandal and intrigue would follow stanford through his life, and even after his death, when his widow was murdered in a honolulu hotel - a crime quickly covered up by the almost stillborn university she had savedit is also the saga of how stanford, once a serial failure, overcame all obstacles to become one of america's most powerful and wealthiest men, using his high elective office to enrich himself before losing the one thing that mattered most to him - his only child and son richly detailed and deeply researched, american disruptor restores leland stanford's rightful place as a revolutionary force and architect of modern america the life of this robber baron, politician, and historic influencer is the astonishing tale of how one supremely ambitious man became this country's original "disruptor" - reshaping industry and engineering one of the greatest raids on the public treasury for america's transcontinental railroad, all while living more opulently than maharajas, kings, and emperors
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The imperial gazetteer of england and wales; six volumesdouble page plan of london, metropolitan burghs and southern and eastern environs and a double page plan of the town & burgh of liverpool with birkenheaddouble-page colour maps and black and white engravings in the six volumesarranged in double columnsthe volume covers are a little fragile but volumes are considered as a reading copy generally in a fair conditionthe 6 volumes dated contain about printed pages in each volumedioceses, parishes, and boroughs: general statistics: postal arrangements: these dated and published 6 volumes were carefully updated with new revised information at the timevolume 2 plan of hull for the frontispiece an engraved view of liverpool coloured maps of the channel islands, and a double page plan of leedspacked with interesting information on the many towns and villages throughout england and wales25 pages of maps and also engraved viewsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevolume 1 coloured chart of the bristol channel for the frontispiecevolumes 3-6 other volumes similar layouteach volume has maps & engraved views protected by tissue guardsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecomprehensive gazette all towns and villages and communities without a church called hamlets throughout england and wales showing details of eachall in alphabetical order the history topography industry and situation of each
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead history of the supreme court of the united states: volume 1 by julius goebel jrbook is in good condition, few white marks on the spinethese three parts are divided into seventeen chapters, together with a statistical analysis of the business of the supreme court from to and substantial notes on manuscript sourcesthe first part describes the background of american constitutionalismsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the final part of the book, he explains how early legislation affected the judiciary and the initial experience of the circuit courts and of the supreme courtdetails the creation of a national judiciary in the united states under the act of and traces the supreme court's development through its first decade of existencethe book is organised into three parts antecedents and beginnings to is the first of twelve volumes in the oliver wendell holmes devise history of the supreme court of the united statesin this first volume, julius goebel jrgoebel then goes on to depict the constitutional convention, the ensuing debate over ratification, and the framing of the bill of rights
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham bletchley park was where one of the war's most famous  and crucial  achievements was made: the cracking of germany's enigma code in which its most important military communications were couchedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis country house in the buckinghamshire countryside was home to britain's most brilliant mathematical brains, like alan turing, and the scene of immense advances in technology  indeed, the birth of modern computingbut, though plenty has been written about the boffins, and the codebreaking, fictional and non-fiction  from robert harris and ian mcewan to andrew hodges' biography of turing what of the thousands of men and women who lived and worked there during the war? what was life like for them an odd, secret territory between the civilian and the military? sinclair mckay's book is the first history for the general reader of life at bletchley park, and an amazing compendium of memories from people now in their eighties of skating on the frozen lake in the grounds (a depressed angus wilson, the novelist, once threw himself in) of a youthful roy jenkins, useless at codebreaking, of the high jinks at nearby accommodation hostels and of the implacable secrecy that meant girlfriend and boyfriend working in adjacent huts knew nothing about each other's workthe military codes deciphered there were instrumental in turning both the battle of the atlantic and the war in north africa
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It takes the reader on an adventure through the vast expanses of space, time and spirit from the paradise-like glade in the siberian taiga to the rough urban depths of russia's capital city, from the ancient mysteries of our forebears to a vision of humanity's radiant futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ringing cedars of russia," the second book of the ringing cedars series, in addition to providing a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the story of how "anastasia" came to be published, offers a deeper exploration of the universal concepts so dramatically revealed in book 1oxfam books & music wells this soft cover book is in very good condition with no markings or damage
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" the tyranny is epitomized by big brother, the quasi-divine party leader who enjoys an intense cult of personality, but who may not even existbook in very good conditionthe novel is set in airstrip one (formerly known as great britain), a province of the superstate oceania in a world of perpetual war, omnipresent government surveillance and public manipulation dictated by a political system in the government's invented language, newspeak, called ingsoc under the control of a privileged inner party elite that persecutes all individualism and independent thinking as "thoughtcrimesoxfam bookshop hampstead the complete works of george orwell: volume 9: nineteen eighty-four nineteen eighty-four, sometimes published as , is a dystopian novel by george orwellnineteen eighty-four popularized the adjective orwellian, which describes official deception, secret surveillance, and manipulation of the past by a totalitarian or authoritarian state see oxfam website for delivery information read more little bit of wear on the dust jacket
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Its story will make fascinating reading to historians, general readers and those interested in the archaeology and narrative of the near eastwilson reminds us that cities without people are desolate: interspersed amongst the invasions and religious conflicts are the people whose lives touched the life of this city: herod the great and his sons, jesus of nazareth, the emperors vespasian and titus, saladin and even samuel clemens, otherwise known as mark twainunder herod phillip(died ad 34)it became caesarea philippi and was a focal point for the cult of the god pan throughout the roman periodin doing so he brings to life a city whose history is a microcosm of that of the middle east itselfjohn francis wilson brings us the story of banias, or ancient caesarea philippi, the city that sat at the source of the jordan river in what are now known as the golan heights region" see oxfam website for delivery information read morejohn francis wilson has had complete access to the site, and has drawn upon a wealth of sources in order to provide the first comprehensive history of this remarkable cityoxfam bookshop stirling vg gloss illustrated wrapper, few slight scratches to rear, vg/nf black boards, block clean and binding firm"sometime in the ancient city of banias passed its th anniversary, yet there was no celebrationwith the accession of the christian emperor constantine its pagan heritage brought it into conflict with emerging christianityin the following centuries came arab conquest, the crusades, neglect and decay, rediscovery in the 19th century by european travellers and finally its destruction in the six days war after being occupied by israeli forcesbanias' story starts in canaanite times
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Mackenzie's document explores numerous controversies and reveals dozens of previously undisclosed episodes from britain's secret war against the axisoxfam shop poole at the end of world war ii, the cabinet office commissioned an eminent academic, professor william mackenzie, to undertake a comprehensive secret history of special operations executivethe book is in very good condition with no marks or foxing see oxfam website for delivery information read morenow, this highly classified account has been made availablegiven access to both personnel and the surviving wartime files, mackenzie's report was a reference document to be used by intelligence agencies in a future conflict, its audience the very elite of whitehall insidersnever before have soe's operations across the world been described in such detail and with total authoritywho were the agents parachuted in germany? what became of schemes designed to protect gibraltar from a spanish invasion? why did so many circuits suffer enemy penetration? when did soe decide to collaborate with the nkvd and infiltrate soviet spies into eastern europe? these and other wartime mysteries are packed into one of the most controversial documents of our time
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A successful travel journalist, bridget has ambitions to turn her quirky relationship blog about the missing pieces of her heart into a book'you'll laugh, you'll cry and be hooked from page onenicole dupré died leaving behind a bestselling novel and an incomplete sequela beautifully written, heart-wrenching journey of love and loss' ok!  'poignant and lovely, warm and wise' milly johnson  'paige's writing is brilliant' mhairi mcfarlane 'i loved it' lindsey kelk 'interrupting my weekend away from twitter to say i've just finished the last piece of my heartbut after a spate of rejections from publishers, she accepts an alternative propositionoxfam shop colne road 'wonderfully heartfelther best book yet!' heat, five star review 'a gorgeous, warm novel' adele parkswhen life feels like a puzzle, sometimes it's the small pieces that make up the bigger picturebravo' owlsandstags '5 of 5 stars to the last piece of my heart by paige toon' overflowingklc 'i just finished the last piece of my heart and it was amazing!!! i love it so much!'livsescape praise for the one we fell in love with: 'you'll love it, cry buckets and be uplifted' marian keyes 'i blubbed, i laughed and i fell in lovetasked with finishing the book, bridget is thankful to have her foot in the publishing door, even if it means relocating to cornwall for the summer and answering to nicole's grieving husband, charlieutterly heart-wrenching' giovanna fletcher see oxfam website for delivery information read morejoin bridget on a journey to put her world back together
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Most known for his graphic workthan returned to haarlem where he stayed the rest of his lifein a handpainted/guilded passe-partoutreference: hollstein landwehr litromeyn de hooghe () painter, engraver and sculptor of amsterdamvan nierop et alfrom a series of wrestling scenes invented by the famous wrestler and wine merchant nicolaes petter who had great interest in classical greece and began to give wrestling lessons to other merchants in his wine shop on the prinsengracht in amsterdamexcellent good black inked impression on laid paper with no folds or tears; a few small stainshe itood for a renewal of print art and rejected the somewhat dull french style from the periodworked in paris with van der meulen and enjoyed great successright wrestlerl lying on the ground and kicking the left of the other wrestler with his right leg, while pulling the latter towards the ground by his haircatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethis series: ' klare onderrichte der voortreffelijcke worstel-konst, published in , is considered one of the most important books about the unarmed struggle of the period), zwolle/amsterdam, , ppreceived patent of nobility from the king of polen inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikolfin, 'tot uitpersing van tranen, de verbeelding van de hartstochten', in 'romeyn de hooghe, de verbeelding van de late gouden eeuw' (hplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteetching by romeyn d'hooghe, important innovator of dutch printmaking
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But kungfu is just one of the three treasures of shaolin, the other two being chi kung and zenprofound concepts and difficult techniques are explained systematically with many illustrationsmaintaining one's health and vitality and the healing of so-called incurable diseasesform and combat applicationsfor the first time ever, this inspiring book, written by an internationally acclaimed shaolin grandmaster, brings to you the crystallization of shaolin wisdom and practice spanning many centuriessecrets of the mastersoxfam bookshop holmfirth shaolin kungfu has been considered by many as the best martial art in the worldthe book includes: - the background and scope of kungfutraditional chinese weaponsinteresting stories and legends of shaolinzen and spiritual developmentno inscriptions see oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet it is written in a language easy to understandits scope and depth is amazing, touching on, among many other things, poetry and enlightenmentprinciples and methods of force trainingenergy training and mind training
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Among his many widely read books are napoleon and josephine: a love story; crowns in conflict: the triumph and the tragedy of european monarchy and the king in love: edward vii's mistressessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford skilfully interwoven with each other, theo aronson's accounts of the reigns of european royalty, abdications and exiles capture the scope and variety of what victoria used to call the royal mobever since the instant success of his first book the golden bees: the story of the bonapartes, theo aronson has steadily built up his reputation as an historical biographer specializing in the royal houses of europe owing to a production fault, the book has not been trimmed square so that top & bottom of pages are not parallel to lines of print
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Individual chapters examine the organization and structure of the poem, its social and political context, its relation to other early epic and hesiodic poetry, its place in the development of a pan-hellenic consciousness, and attitudes to womenthe wider influence of the catalogue is considered in chapters on pindar and the lyric tradition, on hellenistic poetry, and on the poem's reception at romesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe catalogue of women, ascribed to hesiod, one of the greatest figures of early hexameter poetry, maps the greek world, its evolution and its heroic myths through the mortal women who bore children to the godsthis collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguein this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and reception
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Here, fremantle, who worked closely with chögyam trungpa on the translation of the tibetan book of the dead (shambhala), brings the expertise of a lifetime of study to rendering this intriguing classic more accessible and meaningful to the livingluminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryoxfam books & music beeston shambhala, , paperback good condition, some stains to front cover the tibetan book of the dead, a best-seller for three decades, is one of the most widely read texts of tibetan buddhismaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedfremantle relates the symbolic world of the tibetan book of the dead to the experiences of everyday life, presenting the text not as a scripture for the dying, but as a guide for the livingthe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikeluminous emptiness features in-depth explanations of: the tibetan buddhist notions of death and rebirth the meaning of the five energies and the five elements in tibetan buddhism the mental and physical experience of dying, according to the tibetan buddhist tradition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing vivid and dramatic imagery, the tibetan book of the dead presents the notion that most of us are living in a dream that will continue from lifetime to lifetime until we truly awaken by becoming enlightened
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An outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neuroscienceoxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldthe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousness
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After handing over the colony he had established in the falkland islands to spain, he sailed through the still relatively unknown straits of magellan into the poorly charted south pacificalthough bougainville published an account of his voyage in , his original journal was published only in ; the present volume makes the latter text available for the first time in english translationthe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken insee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe made a number of discoveries in the south west, but was too late to discover tahiti, where samuel wallis had preceded him by less than a yearreports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europehe then sailed to the samoan islands and on to vanuatu, as far as the great barrier reef, and north towards new guinea and the samoan islands making a number of discoveries and all the while leaving his name to a number of features, the best known of which are the island of bougainville and the bougainvillea floweroxfam shop haverfordwest the french entered the pacific in the late 17th century, but the ocean remained largely a spanish preserve until british navigators began to cross its vast expanse in the mid she returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian ocean
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Besides this a short paper treating of the geology, and particularly of the cenotes or natural wells of yucatan, will appear in the journal of geology of the university of chicagooxfam bookshop wallingford excerpt from archaeological studies among the ancient cities of mexicoin december, , a number of gentlemen, representing different branches of scientific research, were invited by mrthe following report, issued for convenience in two parts, is the resultwe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical workssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefind more at wwwarmour to accompany him in his steam yacht ituna on a voyage to mexicoabout the publisherforgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic booksthree months were spent in that most interesting country, mainly in the states of yucatan, chiapas and oaxacain rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copythe writer was a member of the party and, as curator of anthropology in the field colum bian museum, was expected to examine and describe such archaeologic remains as happened to be encountered during the journeycomthis book is a reproduction of an important historical work
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This book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involvedoxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallythe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futureits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changeresearch on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decades
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Gorgeously illustrated, woven from centuries of human response to the delights of the feathered tribes, the bedside book of birds is for anyone who is aware of birds, and for everyone who is intrigued by the artistic forms that humanity has created to represent its soulas divine messengers, symbols of our yearning for the heavens, or avatars of glorious song and colour, they have stirred our imaginations from the moment we first looked into the skywith the passion of a birdwatcher and hoarder of words, gibson has spent fifteen years collecting the literary and artistic forms our affinity for birds has taken over the centurieswhether as the christian dove, or quetzalcoatl the aztec plumed serpent or in plato s vision of the human soul growing wings and feathers, religion and philosophy have looked to birds as representatives of our better selves that part of us not bound to the earthnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebirds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfbirds figure charmingly and tellingly in the work of such nature writers as gilbert white, peter matthiessen, farley mowat and barry lopezfrom the book: "stevenson remembered the story of a monk who had been distracted from his copy-work by the song of a birdbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and the went into the garden to listen more closely, and when he returned, after what he thought were only a few minutes, he discovered that a century had gone by, that his fellow monks were dead and his ink had turned to dustthey've been omens, allegories, disguises and guides; they've been worshipped, eaten, feared and lovedoxfam bookshop knutsford in this stunning assemblage of words and images, novelist and avid birdwatcher graeme gibson has crafted an extraordinary tribute to the venerable relationship between humans and birdsthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly time
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