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In the origins of english surnames, you will find the english people at a key moment in history, revealing the way they spoke, the jokes they made, and their memories of ancient cultures-all at a time when land-based feudalism was crumbling and people sought better livesthis book examines the origins of english surnames, looking at occupational names; locational names, or names that record places; nicknames and personal names; names from the continent; and symbolic nameswhere genealogists and etymologists focus on single names, this book takes groups of names and explores what these say about the society that created themuniquely, surnames describe medieval lives not captured by any other recordsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop victoria surnames carry the history of people in a very personal wayin england, surnames were mostly established by the end of the 14th century-by ordinary people, for ordinary peoplethey tell us what these people did, where they went, and what they noticed, and give clues about their culture and memories
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells romania revisited: on the trail of english travellers alan ogden good, former library book, dust jacket has protective plastic cover, boards dark green and in good condition, illustrated with b/w plates the author counterpoints the story of his journeys in the summer and winter of in romania with those of earlier travellers between and , not all of whom were english but all of whom have been published in englishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The title is the school of warfor example: idzbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for salethe item format is a book paperbackthe sleeve condition is newsleeve condition-new
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Enchanted folk & the school of wizardryfor nintendo ds 3ds 2ds complete with manual
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Piece puzzle depicting raphael the school of athens read more
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The school of life - who should i be with card gamedispatched with royal mail 2nd classcondition is used
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The best of english & celtic fiddles () cd like new conditioncondition is like new
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The kingdom of english wisdom volume onea pc cd-rom multireader book
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Alfred hiatt is a lecturer in old and middle english literature in the school of english at the university of leedsthis is a very useful compendium of ideas and information about historical geography and science
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Oxfam bookshop newport 'a dictionary of english plant names' is a comprehensive and informative record of the names of english plants (from trees to seaweed, plants from the wild, farm and garden) the scientific name of the species, date when the species was introduced into england, and where possible, an historical or etymological explanationno highlighting or other notesblack and white illustrations throughout (see images 2 for example)clipped dust jacket is clean and intact with only minor signs of weartext block is clean and bright, and spine is tight see oxfam website for delivery information read more good condition for its age
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Leon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic scienceoxfam bookshop victoria based on a three-year course prepared by leon maclaren for the school of economic science in london in the late s, this book reassesses the first principles of economicsin his view, science is a study of laws that exist in nature, while economics is a study of the humanities with the interaction between human nature and the natural universe at its heartit concludes with an examination of society's structure as a whole, the part economic activity plays in the bigger picture, and the social and cultural influences that shape the production and distribution of wealthwith original subject matter from his economic course and introducing more recent examples and statistics from australia, canada, new zealand, the uk, and the united states, the study examines the major characteristics of the modern economy-such as banking, taxation, and international trade-and considers the role of the government in economic affairssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Holden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlements" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedthe name of a previous owner is written on the fan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all presentsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamap + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inthe overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrations
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The invaluable series of 36 plates shows 56 examples of english handwriting from cblue cloth covered boards, some scuffs, marks and discolourationoxfam bookshop newport the chief object of this book is to moderate as far as possible the difficulties of reading presented by the hand written in england for administrative, legal or business purposes during the past eight or nine centuriespale blue endpaperstext block is clean and tight and free from annotation and marginaliasee oxfam website for delivery information read more700 to the middle of the nineteenth centuryvarious superficial scuffs and dents, discolouration to outer edges and spineglossy blue pictorial dust jacket
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In this unique new history of the world's most ubiquitous language, linguistics expert david crystal draws on words that best illustrate the huge variety of sources, influences and events that have helped to shape our vernacular since the first definitively english word was written down in the fifth century ('roe', in case you are wondering)oxfam shop colne road featuring latinate and celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), crystal takes us along the winding byways of language via the rude, the obscure and the downright surprisingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The school of wizards magici do my best to list as accurately as possible but if i make a mistake i will refund with no issueideal christmas gift dispatched with royal mail 2nd class please ensure though you read the description fully as i do not accept returns or refunds unless the error is mine uk bidders only despatched on saturdays due to work commitments
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This book contains the memoirs of david chipp's life in peking together with six essays that he wrote on the history of english journalism, and a miscellany of reflections on some of the diverse aspects of his lifedavid chipp had a distinguished career as a journalist which culminated in 17 years' service as editor in chief of the press association in fleet streetan excellent clean copyabsolutely minimal shelf wear to the dust coverhe was the first non-communist western correspondent to be granted residency by the communist government and he spent 30 months in pekingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beaconsfield one of a limited edition of 500 printed privately by the author's estatewith black and white and colour photographs
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The rear of the binding has some damp damage and page edges are slightly foxed but the main pages are tight and in good condition (dog-ear at pages )oxfam shop macclesfield a privately owned copy, with a dedication, of the reset edition of this wide-ranging work (people, places, battlessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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He was one of the foremost members of the english madrigal schooloxfam bookshop skipton number of discs: 1 thomas morley ( or - early october ) was an english composer, theorist, singer and organist of the renaissancereferring to the strong italian influence on the english madrigal, the new grove dictionary of music and musicians states that morley was "chiefly responsible for grafting the italian shoot on to the native stock and initiating the curiously brief but brilliant flowering of the madrigal that constitutes one of the most colourful episodes in the history of english musicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Old school tie: phenomenom of english public school by jonathan gathorne-hardy - hardcover **mint condition**
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First english edition publishedoxfam books & music beaconsfield an english translation by humphrey william freeland of the work by the danish authorthis is an ex-school book having a gold school insignia imprinted on the front cover and a label to this effect on the inside front coverthere is damage to the spine but the back cover whilst showing signs of wear is firmly attachedthere is foxing to the inside cover pages but the pages of the text are only very slightly tannedthe pages are unmarked but one of the illustrations (which is blank on the reverse) has become detachedthe illustrations are designed by walter allen and engraved on wood by j d cooperthis is an antiquarian book, leather boundsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the binding requires repair, the front cover being detached from the body
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Dutch school of the 18th century the attack of a dutch boat by an english boat drawing, gouache on paper no signature drawing: 18 x 24 cm old oak frame: 32 x 39 cm good condition read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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But a small, self-punishing house-elf warns harry of mortal danger awaiting him at hogwarts schoolafter surviving his first year at hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry and then enduring a summer holiday with the dreadful dursleys, harry is ready and raring to get back to his school friendsbut something is trying to stop him, and after missing the hogwart's express he just about makes it to the school gates on time courtesy of a flying car and rather a lot of magicbut the eventful journey back to school is just the beginning and when rumours about the mysterious chamber of secrets start to spread harry realises that his second year is going to be just as eventful as the firstthe chief suspect - always in the wrong place - is harryoxfam shop dorchester harry can't wait for his holidays with the dire dursleys to endreview:harry potter and the chamber of secrets is the second book in the phenomenally successful harry potter series by jk rowling, and after listening to this fantastic reading of what is sure to become an absolute classic, there is little doubt that rowling's stories will continue to capture the imaginations of generations of young readers long into the futurereturning to the castle nevertheless, harry hears a rumour about a chamber of secrets, holding unknown horrors to wizards of muggle parentagesee oxfam website for delivery information read morematching stephen fry's endearingly snooty vocal chords with rowling's superb storytelling skills was a stroke of genius: fry manages to give further depth to an already complex and utterly absorbing plot by adding an irreverent wit and a deep-rooted touch of class to a compelling and magical talenow someone is casting spells that turn people to stone, and a terrible warning is found painted on the wallbut something much darker has yet to be unleashed
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Oxfam bookshop byres road in "the school at the chalet" madge bettany starts the school with her sister joey as the first pupilin "jo of the chalet school" jo begins to make her mark as the most influential pupil the school will ever havesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreslight browning to top of page edges but otherwise both book and dustcover are in perfect condition
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25 €
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Starting his first year at his new school, high school student kyon sits down beside the pretty and smart haruhi suzimiyakyon soon realises that life at his new school is going to be anything but dull when haruhi stands up and announces that she's not interested in normal people, only 'time-travellers, aliens, and esp-ers'forming her own club, the 'sos brigade', to check out 'unusual occurences', haruhi soon surrounds herself with an assortment of the school's most unusual studentsoxfam bookshop thame episodes 5-8 of the anime series about an out-of-the-ordinary schoolgirlsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Kyon soon realises that life at his new school is going to be anything but dull when haruhi stands up and announces that she's not interested in normal people, only 'time-travellers, aliens, and esp-ers'forming her own club, the 'sos brigade', to check out 'unusual occurences', haruhi soon surrounds herself with an assortment of the school's most unusual studentsoxfam bookshop thame episodes of the anime series about an out-of-the-ordinary schoolgirlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morestarting his first year at his new school, kyon sits down beside the pretty and smart haruhi suzumiya
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of themthe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehe asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyhe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into userather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brains
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Though she hated to do anything and fail, grizel didn't like the sound of the school motto - "school first, self last"slight browning to top edges of pages but otherwise both book and dustcover are in perfect conditionoxfam bookshop byres road it was a big experiment making grizel head girlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehowever, there are plenty of opportunities to test her when there is a kidnapping and a difficult new pupil
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30 €
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5cm very good condition the prints of andy warhol flammarion, st edition softcover, 128 pages, english 36x28cm very good condition portrait drawings jablonka galerie, st edition softcover, 104 pages, english 315x24cm new in seal duty free jablonka galerie, st edition softcover, 20 pages, english 30x24cm very good condition superstar lübbe, st edition hardcover, 352 pages, german 22his silkscreens of cultural and consumer icons—including marilyn monroe, elizabeth taylor, campbell’s soup cans, and brillo boxes—would make him one of the most famous artists of his generation“the best thing about a picture is that it never changes, even when the people in it do,” he once explainedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeandy warhol kunst als kommerz benedikt taschen verlag, st edition hardcover, 96 pages, german 30warhol was a leading figure in the pop art movementplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteyou're bidding on six books by andy warhol3x15cm very good condition mode, mode, mode weingarten, st edition hardcover, 52 pages, german 16x15cm very good condition read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelike his contemporaries roy lichtenstein and robert rauschenberg, warhol responded to mass-media culture of the s
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It describes the governance of england during the mid-fifteenth century, yet without claiming to study every aspect of english lifeit reassesses the character of this third lancastrian king and his place in english history, though it is not primarily a personal biographyoxfam bookshop preston this book, an invaluable and much-needed addition to english historiography, and unparalleled in its informative detail, is an examination of the exercise of the king's authority between the death of henry v in and the dethronement of henry vi insee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket slightly yellowed with age, but book otherwise in excellent condition
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René magritte (after) - le maître d'école (the school master) lithograph on bfk rives paper plate-signed and numbered from the edition of 275dry stamps of the magritte estate & adagp dimensions 60 x 45 cm (237' in) created after the oil on canvas, this lithograph was printed and published in in the art-lithographies studio in paris using thick pur chiffon bfk rives paperour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecharly herscovici, president of the magritte foundation and unique representative of the magritte estate100 % hand-made in france, from the production of the paper in arches, to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press runthe lithograph is numbered from the edition of 275, plate-signed by magritte, features the dry stamps of the magritte foundation & adagp and is countersigned in pencil by mrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableshipped with fedex along with a certificate of authenticity
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