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In this collection a team of international scholars offers an attempt to explore the poem's meaning, significance and receptionthis collection provides a significant approach to the study of the cataloguethe 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 godsindividual 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 women
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Luminous emptiness is a detailed guide to this classic work, elucidating its mysterious concepts, terms, and imageryaccording to the buddhist view, nothing is permanent or fixedhere, 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 livingfremantle 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 livingover the years, it has been studied and cherished by buddhists and non-buddhists alikethe entire world of our experience is constantly appearing and disappearing at every momentusing 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 enlightenedluminous 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 moreoxfam 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 buddhism
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It describes his multiple achievements as architect, founder of the royal incorporation of architects of scotland, and creator of the edinburgh college of artarguing that victorian design involved far more than the reproduction of historical styles, the author describes anderson's campaign against an over-emphasis on visual and picturesque values and his promotion of an authentic national stylesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is an account of his life and workoxfam books & music lichfield the late-victorian scottish architect, rowand anderson, was a pioneer of building restoration and a key influence upon the development of scottish architecture
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Alongside batman, wonder woman and supergirl, the man of steel must fight one final battle-seemingly against himselfyet while he does so, the world is greeted by new threats-a dangerous being alive with fire, who insists to lois lane and anyone else he meets that he is the one true superman, and a black-clad man whose appearance and powers mirror those of superman himselfoxfam books & music perth a prelude to dc universe: rebirth is here in superman: the final days of superman! with his final days upon him, the man of steel reaches out to his loved ones and most trusted allies to say his goodbyessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretomasi (superman) and illustrated by artists mikel janìn (batman), doug mahnke (superman), paul pelletier (aquaman), dale eaglesham (secret six), scot eaton (the new 52: futures end), ed benes (justice league of america) and jorge jiménez (earth 2: society)will superman die trying to save his adoptive world and those he loves most? the final days of superman marks the beginning of an era, written by peter jcollects superman , action comics , batman/superman and superman/wonder woman
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindoxfam 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 neurosciencethe 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 consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe 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 fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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He returned home by way of the dutch east indies and the indian oceanoxfam 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 safter 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 pacificfrance's concerns that britain might establish its superiority in the area, meant they welcomed louis de bougainville's voyage of exploration undertaken inhe 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 flowerhe 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 yearthe book is in very good condition with some fading to spine and minimal foxing to topsee oxfam website for delivery information read morereports on bougainville's reception there and on life in the island were to create wide interest and controversy in europealthough 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 translation
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Three months were spent in that most interesting country, mainly in the states of yucatan, chiapas and oaxacacomthis book is a reproduction of an important historical workarmour to accompany him in his steam yacht ituna on a voyage to mexicothe following report, issued for convenience in two parts, is the resultoxfam 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 mrbesides 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 chicagothe 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 journeysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefind more at wwwforgotten books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copyabout the publisherforgotten books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic booksin rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our editionwe do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works
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Oxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldresearch on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits 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 changeit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futurethe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive scienceinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generallythis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involved
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Birds have ever been the symbols of our highest aspirationswith 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 centuriesbirds appear again and again in mythology and folk tales, and in literature by writers as diverse as ovid, thomas hardy, kafka, thoreau and tgorgeously 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 soulwhether 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 earthas 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 skybirds 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 birdthe song of the bird had given him a taste of paradise, where an instant is as a hundred years of earthly timewas the same true of time in hell, stevenson asked himselfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey'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 birdsnor does gibson forget the fascination they hold for science, as the galapagos finches did for darwinhe 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 dust
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Some of them are concerned with issues and questions typical and distinctive of phenomenological philosophy, while others address questions familiar to analytic philosophers, but do so with arguments and ideas taken from phenomenologythe handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of phenomenology todayit includes discussions of such diverse topics as intentionality, embodiment, perception, naturalism, temporality, self-consciousness, language, knowledge, ethics, politics, art and religion, and will make it clear that phenomenology, far from being a tradition of the past, is alive and in a position to make valuable contributions to contemporary thoughtthe essays aim to articulate and develop original theoretical perspectivesoxfam bookshop preston the oxford handbook of contemporary phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenologysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the definitive guide to what is currently going on in phenomenologysome offer detailed analyses of concrete phenomena; others take a more comprehensive perspective and seek to outline and motivate the future direction of phenomenology
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45 caliber bullet) in diameter that has been drilled through the front board and the first 190 pages of text, which does not effect any of the printed text as it is placed in the lower margin of each pagethere is a circular hole 7/16" (the same as aoxfam bookshop cardiff the classic story of lost youth in the horror of the american civil war in black cloth with blindstamped american eagle on front cover, the lettering is giltthis hole along with splashes of red was deliberately produced to give the book a dramatic appearance see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As david gordon white demonstrates in this groundbreaking study, both of these assumptions are incorrecttracing the remarkable trajectory of this enigmatic work, white's exhaustively researched book also demonstrates why the yoga of india's past bears little resemblance to the yoga practiced todayvirtually forgotten in india for hundreds of years and maligned when it was first discovered in the west, the yoga sutra has been elevated to its present iconic status-and translated into more than forty languages-only in the course of the past forty yearswhite retraces the strange and circuitous journey of this confounding work from its ancient origins down through its heyday in the seventh through eleventh centuries, its gradual fall into obscurity, and its modern resurgence since the nineteenth centuryfirst introduced to the west by the british orientalist henry thomas colebrooke, the yoga sutra was revived largely in europe and america, and predominantly in englishoxfam bookshop cotham hill first edition grey boards and spine with gilt embossed title to spine light shelf-wear to corners and top and bottom of spine but otherwise clean small marks to dust cover which is not price-clipped light bumps to edges of cover rough-cut pages are clean and bright with no marks, creases, or tears book and spine are bright and tight previous owner's pencil commentary to front end flap ("far outshines any since") consisting of fewer than two hundred verses written in an obscure if not impenetrable language and style, patanjali's yoga sutra is today extolled by the yoga establishment as a perennial classic and guide to yoga practicesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhite brings to life the improbable cast of characters whose interpretations-and misappropriations-of the yoga sutra led to its revered place in popular culture today
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Printed cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrythese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnwhat they revealed stunned the worldbrown leather spine with gilt title to spineit is a miracle in itself that they survivedxxviii and 724 pages including indexcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredoxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egyptthe sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacosone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly femininethe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'
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Through notes on conversations with wittgenstein, letters to a student of philosophy and correspondence of almost 30 years with rush rhees, drury gives shape to what he had learned from wittgensteinthe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacherwhether discussing philosophy, simone weil or the power of hypnosis, he makes fascinating excursions into the bearing of wittgenstein's thought on philosophy and the practice of medicine and psychiatryoxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inbeautifully written and carefully selected, each piece reveals the impact of wittgenstein's teachings, shedding light on the friendship and thinking of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morecentral to the collection is the danger of words, the text described by ray monk as 'the most truly wittgensteinian book published by any of wittgenstein's students'alongside a foreword by monk and an introduction presenting a new biography of drury, analysing the relationship between him and wittgenstein, this collection features previously unpublished archival sourcesthe selected writings of maurice o'connor drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicine
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More likely than not, the original idea was tphilip hobsbaum, in the oxford companion to twentieth-century poetry, says of the faber book of modern verse, 'it also encapsulates, as no other literary document quite does, the innovative quality of the soxfam bookshop cheltenham first published in february , just under a year from when the idea for it was first discussed, this is one of the most important and influential anthologies of the twentieth centurysince then three further editions by, in succession, anne ridler, donald hall and peter porter have been publishedthis faber finds reissue restores that pristine selectionyes, his purpose was tendentious' on the other hand, 'i have included only poems which seem to me to add to the resources of poetry, to be likely to influence the future development of poetry and language' from the very start (and could there be a more arresting one?) with gerard manley hopkins' the wreck of the deutschland michael roberts powerfully and consistently fulfils that aim' see oxfam website for delivery information read moremichael roberts was a poet himself, and a good one, but more important for this task was his acute awareness of the poetry scene, and his sense of the modern movement within itall took as their kernel the original selection by michael robertseliot's, the choice of editor was undoubtedly his, and it was an inspired onehe excludes some poets he admires such as edmund blunden and walter de la mare because (they) 'seem to me to have written good poems without having been compelled to make any notable development of poetic technique
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham westminster, london, 22 juneangry and humiliated he cuts caroline off, as was his right under the law, refuses to let her see their three sons, seizes her manuscripts and letters, her clothes and jewels, and leaves her destituteten years older, he is a dull, violent and controlling lawyer but caroline is determined not to be a traditional wifenorton is a laughing stockpickwick' inthe pickwick papersin westminster hall that day is a young charles dickens, who would, just a few months later, fictionalise the event as 'bardell vby her early twenties, caroline has become a respected poet and songwriter, clever mimic and outrageous flirtit is a fine, fresh morning that will become hot as the day progressesthe criminal conversation of mrs nortonis the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for the rights of women everywherefor the next thirty years caroline campaigned for women and battled male-dominated victorian society, helping to write the infant custody act (), and influenced the matrimonial causes (divorce) act () and the married women's property act (), which gave women a separate legal identity for the first timeher beauty and wit attract many male admirers, including the prime minister, lord melbourneafter a trial lasting twelve hours, the jury's not guilty verdict is immediate, unanimous and sensationalsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon trial is caroline sheridan, a beautiful and clever young woman who had been manoeuvred into marrying the honourable george norton when she was just nineteencrowds are gathering at the court of common pleasafter years of simmering jealousy, norton accuses caroline and the prime minister of a 'criminal conversation' (adultery) precipitating 'the scandal of the century'
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With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges orthodox views of ruling in the ancient world and breaks down traditional ideas about the relationship between so-called hereditary rule and tyrannylaw, personified as 'king' (nomos basileus), came to be seen as the ultimate source of sovereignty especially as expressed through the constitutional machinery of the city, and became an important balance and constraint for personal ruleheroic rulers examines reasons why both personal and clan-based rule was particularly unstable and its core tension with the competitive nature of greek society, so that the question of who had the most arete was an issue of debate both from within the ruling family and from other heroic aspirantsit looks at how a common heroic ideology among rulers was based upon excellence, or arete, and also surveys dynastic ruling, where rule was in some sense shared within the family or clansee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, heroic rulers demonstrates that monarchy, which is generally thought to have disappeared before the end of the archaic period, remained a valid political option from the early iron age through to the hellenistic periodprobing into ancient perspectives on the legitimacy and legality of rule, the title also explores the relationship between ruling and law
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Most of its occupants were taken there as boys and for years have endured the brutal regime of the lord redeemers whose cruelty and violence have one singular purpose - to serve in the name of the one true faithhe is perhaps fourteen or fifteen years old - he is not sure and neither is anyone elsethe sanctuary of the redeemers on shotover scarp is named after a damned lie for there is no redemption that goes on there and less sanctuary"the sanctuary of the redeemers is a vast and desolate place - a place without joy or hopebut the redeemers want cale back at any pricenot because of the secret he now knows but because of a much more terrifying secret he does nothe is strange and secretive, witty and charming, violent and profoundly bloody-mindedit is the first instalment in a gripping trilogy by paul hoffmanimagine if phillip pullman's his dark materials met umberto eco's name of the rosepraise for paul hoffman:'this book gripped me from the first chapter and then dropped me days later, dazed and grinning to myself' conn iggulden'tremendous momentum' daily telegraph'a cult classicoxfam shop colne road the left hand of god by paul hoffman is the gripping first instalment in a remarkable trilogy' daily express see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe is so used to the cruelty that he seems immune, but soon he will open the wrong door at the wrong time and witness an act so terrible that he will have to leave this place, or diefans of epic heroic fiction will love this seriesin one of the sanctuary's vast and twisting maze of corridors stands a boyhe has long-forgotten his real name, but now they call him thomas calehis only hope of survival is to escape across the arid scablands to memphis, a city the opposite of the sanctuary in every way: breathtakingly beautiful, infinitely godless, and deeply corruptthe left hand of god is a must read
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit is a rock opera that explores pink, a jaded rockstar whose eventual self-imposed isolation from society is symbolized by a wall2) quality: vinyl: vg ++ cover: vg ++ pink floyd ?– the wall label: harvest ?– 1a , harvest ?– 1a format: 2 × vinyl, lp, album, reissue country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: prog rock the wall is the 11th studio album by english rock band pink floyd, released 30 november on harvest and columbia recordsoriginally issued in the netherlands in as harvest 5c "the dark side of the moon" is the eighth studio lp to be released by pink floydit stands as one of the most successful commercial recordings of all time, and has been released in just about every known country on the entire planetrecorded at abbey road studios, london between june and januaryit was recorded at abbey road studios in london england and released inplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storein the us, dsotm has spent more time in the "billboard 200" charts for best selling lp's, than any other release in modern historythe pictures are part and supplement to the description and condition of the offered objectthe album was a commercial success, topping the us charts for 15 weeks, and reaching number three in the uknow offered these iconic and legendary pink floyd albums the albums 1) quality: vinyl: vg ++ cover: vg ++ pink floyd ?– the dark side of the moon label: emi ?– 1a , harvest ?– 1a format: vinyl, lp, album, repress, gatefold sleeve country: netherlands released: genre: rock style: psychedelic rock, prog rock notes "made in holland" on labels gatefold sleeve with lyricsit initially received mixed reviews from critics, many of whom found it overblown and pretentious, but later came to be considered one of the greatest albums of all timecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee pictures for details
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* think and act with his authority* reveal royal qualities for future generations* promote honor and humility--with confidencenote: the cover of this book has been designed with a matt finishoxfam shop dumfries supernatural ways of royalty reveals your true identity as a child of the king of kings--royal heir to the eternal kingdom of god* cultivate his love for one anotherthe authors' personal, supernatural experiences will convince you of your own royal status and inspire you to claim your personal inheritance gift from your father--the king of kingsbill johnson and kris vallotton denounce the pauper mentality many christians have and present your royal inheritance through christ's ultimate act of redemptionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a member of god's royal family, you can: * share the king's power of grace and mercy
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Having withstood the test of time, it is still considered one of the most dynamic and brilliant maps of inner reality available todayoxfam bookshop preston one of the most powerful of the seth books, this essential guide to conscious living clearly and powerfully articulates the furthest reaches of human potential, and the concept that we all create our own reality according to our individual beliefssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe spine is creased and bent, but the book is otherwise in good condition
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They feature in every major culture from the stone age onwards'there is something about owlsoxfam shop colne road the perfect gift for nature lovers'dusk is filling the valleyhuman-like, in other wordsin the secret life of the owl, john lewis-stempel explores the legends and history of the owlthey are creatures of the night, and thus of magicout in the wood, the resident tawny has started calling, hoo-hoo-hoo-h-o-o-obut owls - with the sapient flatness of their faces, their big, round eyes, their paternal expressions - are also reassuringly familiarno other species has so captivated us'john lewis-stempel is one of the best nature writers of his generation' country life see oxfam website for delivery information read morewe see them as wise, like athena's owl, and loyal, like harry potter's hedwigit is the time of the gloaming, the owl-lightthey are the birds of ill-tidings, the avian messengers from the other sideand in vivid, lyrical prose, he celebrates all the realities of this magnificent creature, whose natural powers are as fantastic as any myth
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The pages of the rest of the book are in a very good condition win no evident faults, markings, underlining, or annotationsgilt-edged page blockslightly browned by aging but still a good readable copyoxfam shop shirley title: the poetical works of percy bysshe shelley author: percy bysshe shelley, edited by edward dowden publisher: macmillan and cothe top of the spine has material missing so that it's flush to the page block and the silk page marker is present but detached the bottom of the spine is intact with minimal bumping a school prize label is fixed to the front pastedownsize: 182mm tall by 130mm wide, 708 pages including index of first linessee oxfam website for delivery information read morelondon publication date: reprint binding: hardcover book condition: good dust jacket condition: no dust jacket hard-cover with gilt titles and decoration, sun-faded, and rubbed on the spine internally the hinge of the back cover is cracked with intact webbing showing through front cover gilt titles are in a good condition but the gilt crest is rubbed and fading on one sidethe text of poetry is set at a double column of text per pageshelf wear showing at all four corners which are rubbed and slightly turned
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Original animation cel of batman () original and unique pieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe new adventures of batman the works belongs to the process of creating one the sequences of one episode of the famous cartoon seriegood condition with the signs and normal wear of a drawing used in animation productionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour 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 available
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The new edition of this successful title now includes the proportions in both metric and imperial measurements to make the orders more accessible and to provide a valuable reference for designerspublished in nd edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe inclusion of both 100-part and 96-part systems of proportion is underpinned by an essay on james gibbs - one of the 18th century authors of standardized proportioning systems - and his influence in americaoxfam books & music aberdeen this is the only publication that presents a modern interpretation of the classical ordersalong with additional plates, this book gives aclear introduction to those not familiar with the classical genre and is an easy to follow guide which assists architects, interior designers and conservators with the quality of their design
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Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landno highlighting or other notesin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutiondust jacket unmarkedoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionthe quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answer see oxfam website for delivery information read moreanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usetext block clean
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Professor of mathematics in the university of cambridge, a new edition, now first revised and improved by the revthomas smith, in two volumes see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cardiff a beautifully written and illustrated 2 volume set the jewish historian, containing twenty books of the jewish antiquities, seven books of the jewish war, and the life of josephus, written by himself, translated from the original greek, according to havercamp's accurate edition, together with explanatory notes and observations, parallel texts of scripture, the true chronology of the several histories, an account of the jewish coins, weights and measures, and a complete index by the late william whiston am
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Green cloth-covered boards with gilt text to spinetheir travels throughout the english countryside by coach provide the chief subject matter of the noveloxfam bookshop newport volume ii onlyfoxing to edges of text block, first and last few leaves, and sporadically withinhe suggests that he and three other "pickwickians" should make journeys to places remote from london and report on their findings to the other members of the clubwear to top and bottom edges of spinealso known as the pickwick papers, dicken's first published novel is a sequence of loosely-related adventures written for serialization in a periodicalsee oxfam website for delivery information read morevarious scuffs, marks and discolouration the novel's main character samuel pickwick, esquire is a kind and wealthy old gentleman, the founder and perpetual president of the pickwick clubtext block is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedlombard street edition
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Cover slightly dog-eared but otherwise as newin addition to a thorough discussion of its date and place of origin, the collection of essays discusses many aspects of the acts of andrew, such as its interest in magic, martyrdom and the place of the devil, its preoccupation with scatology, and its interest in eroticismoxfam bookshop preston the apocryphal acts of andrew' is the first modern collection of studies on the most important aspects of the acts of andrew, an early christian kind of novel, which has only partially been preserved in greek, latin and copticsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, it analyses the armenian translation, which is shown to be an important witness to the original textit looks at its relationship with poimandres, with the pagan novels and with other christian writings, in particular the acts of john and the acts of andrew and mathiasmuch attention is paid to spiritual climate of the acts of andrew and its connections with platonism and gnosticism
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The sixth edition offers the work of 242 writers-30 newly included-representing the extraordinary wealth and diversity of american literatureamong the many major works included in their entirety are hawthorne's the scarlet letter, thoreau's walden, douglass's narrative of the life of frederick douglass, an american slave, clemens's huckleberry finn, chopin's the awakening, faulkner's as i lay dying, williams's a streetcar named desire, larsen's quicksand, ginsberg's "howl," mamet's glengarry glen ross, and parks's the america playpackage to the present," contains three slipcased volumes: '', 'between the wars ' and 'literature since 'oxfam shop bishop's stortford the norton anthology of american literature is the classic survey of american literature from its sixteenth-century origins to its flourishing presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinformative introductions, headnotes, footnotes, and bibliographies accompany the texts
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