The problem of creation
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The spark of creationhow deep the father's lovewhistle down the windwe have a missionwade in the waterfortress of quietness
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How the world is made the story of creation according to sacred geometry by john michell (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is within 3 to 5 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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The chemistry of creation, new and revised edition, by robert ellispublished by society for promoting christian knowledge, londongood condition for its age
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The inside pages are all good and clean with no marksa good, tidy copyin this work, neal gillespie explores the fascinating relationship between charles darwin's theory of evolution and his ideas about science and godthe spine is faded, but otherwise the outer cover is good and cleanoxfam books & music wells this paperback copy is in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Schweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensionsthe world is gods creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present timeoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no marks or wear the fundamental book of eliezer schweid is a modern interpretation of the bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary jews with the bible, from which a dynamic jewish culture can continue to draw its inspirationthe approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of hermann cohen, the dialogical philosophy of buber, the religious phenomenology of heschel, and the insights of contemporary biblical scholars, including literary analysts of the biblesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Unmarked board cover and inside pages clean and brightoxfam bookshop ludlow signed first edition, lovely copy of the cult booko-ha's first mate was killed by fox hunters and her initial litter froze to deatha familiar scenario, perhaps, but here the devoted couple is a pair of foxes--o-ha, a vixen born in the british countryside, and her second mate, camio, who, after escaping from the zoo, becomes a streetwise scavenger in the suburbsthe author endows his anthropomorphized characters with complex emotions, clear thinking, reasoned judgment and a shared stock of ancient clan memoriesyet the most ominous threat is from sabre, a vengeful ridgeback hound bent on destroying them bothsee oxfam website for delivery information read morea true sense of peril, a wry observance of their other enemy, man, some quixotic digressions into the lives of their offspring and avoidance of sentimentality all combine to invite comparison to watership downthis novel by a booker prize nominee is an engaging saga of two lovers paired for life, bound by strong family ties and firmly united by their terror of a common enemyher life with camio in trinity wood is equally hazardous; daily survival is difficultcomplete with very tidy dust jacket, no tearstheir adventures and the misadventures of their pups are seen through a framework of their own mythology, a world governed by rituals and traditions that began at the time of creation: firstdark
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One or two underlinings in pen; one or two marginal annotations in pencil - otherwise clean/intactfirst published in ; this is the scarcer danube edition, with a new preface by the author), as special cases of "bisociation"it lays out koestler's attempt to develop an elaborate general theory of human creativityunclipped d/j is tatty with a number of tears around the edgesoxfam bookshop newport a study of the processes of discovery, invention, imagination and creativity in humour, science, and the artsfrom describing and comparing many different examples of invention and discovery, koestler concludes that they all share a common pattern which he terms "bisociation" - a blending of elements drawn from two previously unrelated matrices of thought into a new matrix of meaning by way of a process involving comparison, abstraction and categorisation, analogies and metaphorshence low price for this itemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe regards many different mental phenomena based on comparison (such as analogies, metaphors, parables, allegories, jokes, identification, role-playing, acting, personification, anthropomorphism etc
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Gombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matterblue boards with silver decorationdecorated endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigorousfirst published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importanceno inscriptionsoxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areas
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The problem of poor organisation is serious and costs trillions in waste, inefficiency and lowered productivityit is also a necessity for a flourishing familyron hubbard recognised that man was lacking in his understanding of how to organise, and a sizeable portion of his research was devoted to clarify the subject of organisation, a task he fully accomplishedon a more individual level, organisation is a key – and often missing – factor in personal successthis booklet contains only some of the most basic principles of the organising technology he developed, but these fundamentals are, by themselves, enough to greatly enhance the activity of any endeavour, whether that of a group or an individualattainment of one’s goals, no matter how small or how large, requires a knowledge of organisationchaos and confusion are not natural conditions of lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnthey only exist when natural laws are not understood and followedhere are some of the natural laws of organisation and organisinganybody recognizes that if things were better organised people would be better offhow do you most efficiently and productively manage your time, your activities and your resources? how do you minimise distractions? and how do you align your strengths in order to accomplish your purposes? lwe have all had experiences with bureaucratic red tape, impersonal government agencies or careless commercial enterprises
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Together, the papers provide an historical and philosophical analysis of the present state of assessment in art and design in our schools and colleges, and significantly, they map out some possible directions for reformoxfam bookshop raeburn place with its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education, from primary to post-compulsory
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells vestiges of the natural history of creation robert chambers the victorian library edition the paper dust jacket has shelf wear at the corners, including tearson the front cover there is 24mm closed tear at the bottom right-hand corner and a 7mm closed tear at the top right-hand cornerthere are 2 names written on the first blank page, one has been crossed through with blue ink first published in , this is an attempt to explain the observable universe in mechanical terms which made the book notorious upon its publicationthe back cover has a 14mm closed tear along the spine edge and a very small open tear in the opposite cornersee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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When there is a trickle on the local airstrip, and soon a river, the obsessed mallory claims it as his own creationmallory watches as his clinic fails and dreams of discovering a third nile that will make the sahara bloomat port-la-nouvelle, on the parched terrain of central africa, dr
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Artist the house of love title : the creation recordings release date label: emi records number of discs blind1 19 on the hill1 7 love in a car1 15 the hedonist
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Shop / collectables masonic past masters collar jewel 47th problem of euclid* * £ masonic past masters collar jewel 47th problem of euclid6 in stock - masonic past masters collar jewel 47th problem of euclidsome are engraved on the back with various lodge & number onused but in great conditionquantity 1 + add to basket categories: collectables, masonic tags: collarjewel, collectable, jewel, masonic, pmjewel
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A chapter is devoted to entanglement, quantum computation, density operators and their role in thermodynamics, and the measurement problemdirac notation is used from the outset and students are trained to move easily from one representation to another, choosing whichever representation is best suited to a particular problemit stresses that stationary states are unphysical mathematical abstractions that enable us to solve the theory's governing equation, the time-dependent schroedinger equationthe text stresses the continuity between the quantum world and the classical world, which is merely an approximation to the quantum worldhydrogen and helium are discussed in some detail and it is shown that quantum mechanics enables us to understand the structure of the periodic table without engaging with the complexities of many-electron atomsoxfam bookshop knutsford the physics of quantum mechanics aims to give students a good understanding of how quantum mechanics describes the material worldscattering phenomena, including the origin of radioactivity, are handled early on in the accessible context of one dimension, and at the end of the book with some rigour in three dimensionsthe connections between observables, operators and transformations are clearly explained and the standard commutation rules derived from the properties of spacetimethe mathematical prerequisites are no more than simple vector algebra, taylor series expansion and the use of integrating factors to solve linear first order differential equationsit shows that the theory follows naturally from the use of probability amplitudes to derive probabilitiesrigorous algebraic methods are preferred to the solution of partial differential equationsname written on inside facing page see oxfam website for delivery information read moreevery opportunity is taken to illustrate the emergence of the familiar classical, dynamical world through the quantum interference of stationary states
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These are his reactions to the problems of the day, the pressing problem that beset malaysiahe believes this is necessary not only to encourage malays to know themselves, but also so that the non-malays can all better understand the malay's reactions to the problem of the daythis is how a politically-inclined malay understands the past, explains the behaviour of his own people and the behaviour of "immigrants",and the foresees the futurethis is not an objective bookin the past, it has often been difficult to know just what a malay thinkshe has revealed allnevertheless it is published because this is what an educated, modern, progressive malay thinks and believes some signs of previous use (enot ex-library and no notes or highlightingthis is certain to be a controversial book, and assuredly the author will be called upon to defend many of his statements and claims, indeed even perhaps the accuracy of his historical and biological dataoxfam bookshop newport not all historians will agree with drhere, for the first time, a malays has produced a book-lenght argument told with stark franknessas tun has explained, malays tend to shield friends-enemies-from embarrassment, and as a result, often conceal their true thoughtsscuffs, minor blemishes on the cover), but overall no significant flawsmahathir's interpretation of events, historic and recent, in malaysia and singaporesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretun has examined and analysed the make-up of malay, his heredity, his way of life, his religion
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Pride in the creation of exceptional garmentspride in a knitting style known throughout the worldthroughout these wonderful colors and glowing patterns, the art of fair isle knitting conveys an unending sense of pricepride in the dedication of shetland knittersoxfam shop rosemount viaduct from the first small items sold to fishermen and tourists in the nineteenth century, to the highly fashionable androgynous sweaters of the s, to the large starry norwegian patterns popular after world war ii, to the hand- and machine-made yoke sweaters of the s and s, ann feitelson applies ardent dedication to her researchsee oxfam website for delivery information read morepride in the work of womena chapter on knitting math is both easy to follow and invaluable for planning sizes and patterns, while a glossary of shetland knitting terms links a way of life that is largely gone with the knowledge and skills that the art of fair isle knittinghelps to preservean accomplished knitter herself, feitelson presents twenty-three original fair isle designs, and encourages readers to create their ownshe leads readers through the history of fair isle knitting to an examination of the style's techniques, explicating not only the unique colorways and pattern, but such valuable details as ways to hold the yarn
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” but, in scientology, that search has culminated—for the secret has now been discoveredbecause this is scientology—the knowledge of youorder your copy from 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dn(click to reveal full phone number)here, then, is the basic book on the theory and practice of scientology, with discoveries embracing every aspect of life, including: the cycle-of-action, revealing what underlies the continuous cycle of creation, survival and destruction—a cycle that seems inevitable in life, but which is only an apparency the conditions-of-existence that comprise all life and livingness—and by which one can truly be the eight dynamics upon which all life is compartmented and by which one can resolve the puzzle of their own existence the affinity, reality and communication triangle, revealing and explaining the underlying principles of true human relations the parts of man, the comprehensive explanation of spirit, mind and body, their anatomy and interrelationship in every being the reason why, answering the questions of “what it’s all about” and giving the very elements of survival, happiness and life itself scientology processes that unlock the life force that is you and, with this book, you won’t just “learn”—you’ll discover these principles for yourselfall credit and debit cards acceptedfor thousands of years man has searched, pondered and speculated about the true “meaning of lifebased on precision axioms (self-evident truths), these are the answers—answers you’ve been looking for, answers that work
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The title means, approximately, 'the first five books (pentateuch) of the creation (cosmogony)'please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’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 storeparticularly remarkable is the combinatorial ideographic script created by woodroffe and used throughout the artworkare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipatrick woodroffe / dave greenslade ?– the pentateuch of the cosmogony label:emi ?– emsp 332 format:2 × vinyl, lp, album, book country:uk released: genre:electronic, rock style:new age, prog rock media condition: ex sleeve condition: ex a hardback book and double vinyl album released in , conceived, written and illustrated by patrick woodroffe, with music written and performed by dave greenslademost of the book is a retelling of the document, in much the same way as a modern translator might retell the contents of a babylonian tablet or egyptian papyrus scrollthe story and artwork within 'pentateuch' concerns the discovery of an abandoned spacecraft in orbit around jupiter, and the project to decipher the ideograms in the pentateuch 'document' discovered within
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Oxfam shop shirley in 'israel's history and the history of israel' one of the world's foremost experts on antiquity addresses the birth of israel and its historic realitymany stories have been told of the founding of ancient israel, all rely on the biblical story in its narrative scheme, despite its historic unreliabilitydavis see oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by chiara peri and philip rthe study traces the textual material to the times of its creation, reconstructs the evolution of political and religious ideologies, and firmly inserts the history of israel into its ancient-oriental contextdrawing on the literary and archaeological record, this book completely rewrites the history of israel
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1 to mechanise the creation of mathematical tablespencil ownership inscription of ‘wink mark to tail page edgespine with raised bands, gilt fillets, and gilt lettering to green leather title labeltitle-page repairedplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecharles babbage (), the english polymath considered to be the father of computing, designed his difference engine noex-library copysmall tears to some margins, affecting text on pashdown’ to head of title-pageitem is as picturedpencil notes on the last pagerebound quarter brown leather binding over green marbled boards, in excellent conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverall, this book is a collectable work by the babbage, the originator of the concept of the digital programmable computer, a fascinating artefact in the history of mathematics and sciencehowever, he did not have a working portion until , several years after his first table was published, and that was insufficient computing power to produce the mathematical tablescircular stamp to title-page and last page, ink accession note to verso title-pagecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebabbage therefore did not attempt to compute new tableswe are delighted to present a fourth impression copy of this book of logarithms by charles babbage, the inventor of the first mechanical ‘computer’are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitables throughoutrather, the proofs were checked against his previous tables, finding only 9 errors which were then corrected in the second edition ()
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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterthe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorypart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiesoxfam bookshop leeds 179ppother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedin as new conditionit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodpart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europestarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This development has generally been welcomed, but also raises a number of questions: what are the implications in policy and practice? who are the most influential voices in promoting a global agenda for culture and development, and to what extent has the creation of new international policy instruments reflected a consensus? more fundamentally, what is meant by "culture" in these discussions and who has the power to give particular definitions political and legal authority? the politics of cultural development seeks to provide a theoretically and historically informed response to such questions, illustrated by reference to case studies (including the european union, the caribbean and china)note: has dedication to inner leaf, otherwise as newoxfam shop nether edge there is a growing recognition of the role that culture can play in sustainable development strategiesthe book goes on to explore some of the practical implications that this international treaty is beginning to have for the ways that culture is (and is not) being integrated into contemporary development policy and practiceparticular attention is paid to the formation of the unesco convention on the protection and the promotion of the diversity of cultural expressions, a landmark instrument in debates about culture and developmentthis book will be useful for students, academics and policymakers in the fields of international development, international relations, international political economy, cultural policy and cultural theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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At this point getting a man in space became a national imperative, leading to the creation of the national aeronautics and space administration, otherwise known as nasaoxfam bookshop swanage the incredible story of spaceflight before the establishment of nasabut america's space agency wasn't created in a vacuumone of the key figures in this period was wernher von braun, an engineer who designed the rockets that became the devastating v-2breaking the chains of gravity tells the story of america's nascent space program, its scientific advances, its personalities and the rivalries it caused between the various arms of the us militaryas the war came to its chaotic conclusion, von braun escaped from the ruins of nazi germany, and was taken to america where he began developing missiles for the us armyit was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-soviet world had to offernasa's history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with neil armstrong taking his small step on the moon inin the s, rockets were all the rage in germany, the focus both of scientists hoping to fly into space and of the german armed forces, looking to circumvent the restrictions of the treaty of versaillessee oxfam website for delivery information read moremeanwhile, the us air force was looking ahead to a time when men would fly in space, and test pilots like neil armstrong were flying cutting-edge, rocket-powered aircraft in the thin upper atmosphere
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Internally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedexternally the bottom right corner of the front cover has been creased and the is some slight signs of edge wear on the front and back coversit was here that the crucial frontier was variously to be found - the volatile border where colonial expansion met local intransigence and brutal warfare proved the only solution to the impassein an epilogue he observes that the end of the wars did not mean the end of the agony, but rather a legacy of pain and anger that to this day shapes south african societyin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivers the story of the nine 'kaffir' wars, fought in the 18th and 19th centuries between the whites and the xhosa nation, form the heart of this astonishing bookoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionnoel mostert vivdly recounts this momentous story and its appalling aftermath - the self-immolation of the xhosahis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsdolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europeconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annethe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgraviahowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, inthe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off infrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forcesthe successful bidder was fred foxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentswhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentfrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villagedolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book reveals how the powerful coalition between evangelicals and the republican party is not merely a creation of political elites who have framed conservative issues in religious language, but is anchored in the lives of local congregationsborder with canada-two in buffalo, new york, and two in hamilton, ontario-lydia bean compares how american and canadian evangelicals talk about politics in congregational settingsbean shows how subtle partisan cues emerge in small group interactions as members define how "we christians" should relate to others in the broader civic arena, while liberals are cast in the role of adversariesoxfam bookshop witney a comparative look at evangelical churches across the udrawing on her groundbreaking research at evangelical churches near the uthe politics of evangelical identity demonstrates how deep the ties remain between political conservatism and evangelical christianity in americacanada border that reveals deep political differencesit is now a common refrain among liberals that christian right pastors and television pundits have hijacked evangelical christianity for partisan gainwhile canadian evangelicals share the same theology and conservative moral attitudes as their american counterparts, their politics are quite differentshe explains how the most explicit partisan cues come not from clergy but rather from lay opinion leaders who help their less politically engaged peers to link evangelical identity to conservative politics the politics of evangelical identity challenges this notion, arguing that the hijacking metaphor paints a fundamentally distorted picture of how evangelical churches have become politicizedside of the border, political conservatism is woven into the very fabric of everyday religious practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop victoria road in this revised edition of science speaks professor stoner examines the findings of science and the genesis account of creationthe previous owner has written their name on the front cover, there are no other markings in the bookslight discolouration around the cover book is in good condition, crease mark on front cover see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It is a philosophy of "both-and" rather than "either-or", a practice of mix-and-match rather than creation from scratch, an ethic of inclusion rather than exclusionkurokawa feels that we will recognize each other's differing personalities while competing and will co-operate while we oppose and criticize each otheras such, it is thought to be one of the most essential statements of post-modern culture to dateoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street symbiosis, as defined by kisho kurokawa, one of japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read morea philosophy which takes its name from ecological and biological concepts, it puts forward ideals developed from traditional japanese philosophy and culture, while continually acknowledging the presence of the multivalent, contemporary world
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Packed with other colour illustrations from sketches to screen, this is the most comprehensive look at the creation of a major videogame ever published, and an essential companion to the smash-hit shootersee oxfam website for delivery information read more" book in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundthis informative and fascinating new book goes behind the scenes at the development company, rebellion, and examines the making of the game in minute detail, with features on everything from the brand-new asura graphic novel renderer to the most notable villains of judge dredd's worldsome light scuff marks to the coversoxfam shop mutley plain from back cover: - " over two years in the making, the smash-hit new video game judge dredd: dredd vs death, published by vivendi universal, is the most fully realised version of the popular ad character's world ever to hit the small screenprinted in , first edition
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