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This expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in , first editionoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecology" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundsome dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very good
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Part two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiesthe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesin as new conditionit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorythe significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years latersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedstarting 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 peoplespart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europeoxfam bookshop leeds 179pp
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Published in the usa by the grolier societyshe gained literary and historical importance primarily through her correspondence, which is of cultural and historical value due to her sometimes very blunt descriptions of french court lifemarbled endpapershalf bound with red leather corners and spine with raised bands, and marbled boardsthe text block binding is tightgilt top page edges, fore edge and lower edge are untrimmedthe front board is detachedfour other black & white illustrationsundated, possibly late 19th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lymington limited edition of 500 copies, this being number 36no inscriptionsthe spine is discoloured and the top third is missing, the remaining part is decorated with giltsaid to be the correspondence of elizabeth-charlotte, duchesse d'orleans, mother of the regent philippe ii, duke of orléans, france's ruler during the regencycolour frontispiece photo-etching of madame de la valliere with protective tissue sheetoccasional light foxing spots
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The book stresses both the underlying unity and the rich variety of the age, and raises fundamental issues about a period of crucial change in british history - industrialisation, war, constitutional change and the attitudes of politicians towards it, political development, and, not least, society and culturewidely read and quoted it has had a unique influence on teaching and researchoxfam bookshop shaftesbury the age of improvement has long established itself as a classic of modern historical writingthe author also discusses perceptions of, and reactions to, changing circumstances, the influence of religion and science on national life, and changing styles in art and literature this second edition draws on the great volume of new research - produced by lord briggs amongst others, since its original publicationthe story ends, not with a full stop but with a question markcould improvement be maintained? could balance and progress continue to be reconciled? see oxfam website for delivery information read more in the background are the new economic powers based on the development of a coal and iron technology; in the foreground, new social and political problems and new ways of tackling them
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Originally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodoxfam books & music bury stin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicine
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Narrow sets of interests now dominate the agenda as society becomes more and more tribal - and, as murray shows, the casualties are mountingoxfam original liverpool the sunday times bestseller a times and sunday times book of the year 'douglas murray fights the good fight for freedom of speechpeterson in his devastating new book the madness of crowds, douglas murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and racewe are living through a postmodern era in which the grand narratives of religion and political ideology have collapsedhe ends with an impassioned call for free speech, shared common values and sanity in an age of mass hysteriasee oxfam website for delivery information read morein their place have emerged a crusading desire to right perceived wrongs and a weaponization of identity, both accelerated by the new forms of social and news mediaa truthful look at today's most divisive issues' - jordan bhe reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and 'intersectionality'readers of all political persuasions cannot afford to ignore murray's masterfully argued and fiercely provocative book, in which he seeks to inject some sense into the discussion around this generation's most complicated issues
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It provides accounts of all aspects of contemporary life, from the arts and entertainment, to politics and religionvoices from the world of samuel pepys captures the spirit of restoration london, as it grew to become a major centre of international commerce and culturethe book takes pepys' diary, which he kept almost daily from , as its central resource, but also includes 'voices' from all levels of society, taken from a wide variety of contemporaneous sourcesoxfam bookshop cheltenham though no king or great general, thanks to his diary samuel pepys is one of the most interesting characters in historyhis life encompassed happenings of huge historical and human impact - the execution of charles i and the great fire of london to name but twosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In 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 society 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 bookin a comparatively small area of land, eastwards from the cape, on territory demarcated by the great fish and the great kai rivershis starting point is the arrival of the first visitors to the cape, the portugeuse, ininternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedit 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 impasseexternally 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 coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 xhosa
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With 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 affairsit 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 wealthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 heartoxfam 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 economicsleon maclaren () was a barrister, politician, philosopher, and the founder of the school of economic science
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This is a book written not just by a professional transpersonal psychotherapist but by someone who has walked the heart-rending path and experienced the psychological trauma of loving someone in psychosis; psychosis which still remains the greatest taboo in society today, together with its implicit diagnosis of a lifelong sentence of medication and no cureoxfam books & music wells internally a very good clean copy of this paperback book the cover has a few marks and bows away from the bookit is often a tale of despair and frustration, yet also gives a compassionate voice there is also a mark on the front of the bottom edgetranspersonal and transgenerational psychotherapeutic insights back up the personal narrativeit is in the main a personal and moving narrative of a mother looking to help her son avoid such a lifelong sentence of medication whilst trying to research holistic resources and alternative approaches for treatment at the same time as negotiating the vagaries of the current mental health systemit includes an accessible inquiry into how unconscious forces influence our mind, our bodies and the entire family systemits hypothesis is that if we cannot understand our own unconscious responses how can we understand those of our loved ones in psychotic episodes? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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During the s painters began to apply the regionalist ideology by producing images of a presumably harmonious and authentic rural societyregional identities, like national identities, were created and sometimes even invented; and this was equally the case in france, germany and spainlater on regionalism was used at international exhibitions by widely differing regimes, such as the primo de rivera dictatorship in spain, the popular front government in france, and the hitler-regime in germanyartists, architects and international exhibitions played a highly influential role in this processstorm further illuminates how during the first decades of the twentieth century the culture of regionalism slowly lost the battle against its main rival: the avant-gardesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreby using a novel comparative perspective it gives a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalismoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames this pioneering book studies the rise, heyday and demise of regionalism from the belle aepoque until the eve of the second world warshortly afterwards they were followed by architects, who constructed villas and garden cities inspired by vernacular cottagesthey all appropriated, and in some cases perverted, the regionalist message showing that strong regional identities would ultimately reinforce national unitythis book offers new perspectives to specialists of regionalism and nationalism, but will also be of interest to students of the cultural history of france, germany and spain and to specialists from the fields of politics, ethnology, art history, cultural studies and architectural history
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Oxfam books & music perth an anthology of travellers' tales and essays from the records of the royal geographical society, is centred on a small area of central asia, a region of desert, mountains and riversfrom colonel jackson's brilliant essay on the literature of travel to the humour of o'donovan, pioneer and war correspondent; from arminius vambery, the most adventurous philologist in history to kazi syud ahmad, napier's turkoman guide, each author brings his own flavour to this book see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In his work, kobalt likes above all to emphasise the excesses of the consumer society by willingly using brandsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe only works with a few galleries and sellersfascinated by both pop art and the street art scene, whose birth he witnessed in the streets of pariscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesigned and numbered by the artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteedition number in mint condition, stored flat signed certificate of authenticity includedinsured shipment with track and traceoriginally from paris, kobalt started out in advertising before turning to photography, which a profession he’s been doing for the last fifteen yearskobalt wishes to remain anonymous so he has no website or social mediafor shipping, all works are protected with kraft paper, then bubble wrap and transported in extremely solid tubeskobalt waited until to create his first artworksfine art print on 300 gsm paper size: 70 x 50 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Trail - professor of botany aberdeen university published/printed for the perthshire society of natural science bybware you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiewing in right corner first title pageso this book belonged to himcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available() the flora of perthshire edited by james wplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitepeter ewing, author of mrsee pics for overall conditionedinburgh, th original edition original green buckram hardback with gilt titles on spinein a reduced size facsimile reprint was published of this 1st ed of condition; good/fair, some spotting/foxing on front and end pages, previous owner name (stamp) pblackwood & sonswhite, francis buchanan wwith tissue guarded frontispiece portrait of white and a double page coloured maplix + 407pp, 19,5 x 14 cm it appears that only 500 copies have been printedpeter ewing's glasgow catalogue, published inour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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His principal threat is despotic town leader carnegie (gary oldman), who will stop at nothing to get hold of the book and use its secrets to take control of societydisc and case in very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more30 years after an unspecified environmental disaster, a lone man, eli (denzel washington), fights his way across the desolate wasteland of a post-apocalyptic america guarding a sacred book called the book of eli, which holds the secrets that can bring civilisation back from the brink of destruction and save humankindoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action thriller
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Among the first purveyors of mass culture, the germans provide valuable clues as to how seminal ideas move through a societysetting his analysis against the background of popular science, kelly follows popular darwinism as it permeated education, religion, politics, and social thought in germanyoxfam books & music crouch end in germany, more than anywhere else, darwinism was a sensational successhe explains how the popularizers changed darwin's thought in subtle ways and how these changes colored their perceptions of darwinismsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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If yoga does accomplish all that-as many practitioners report-how exactly does yoga do it? how does yoga work? believe it or not, the answers lie in how the human body and mind functioneddie stern's one simple thing: a new look at the science of yoga and how it can transform your life explains from both a yogic and a scientific perspective how the human nervous system is wiredinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedyoga was created as a science for liberation, but in modern times it is used by many to improve physical and mental health, helping us become more productive at work, more caring in relationships, more responsible contributors to society, and better inhabitants of this planetsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionon the front cover and spine there is some signs of wear to the dust jacketit describes the mechanics taking place beneath the surface of our bodies and shows how we can consciously use yogic practices to direct and change our lives in positive ways
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London, printing historical society xx+96pp; hardback with green cloth covers, spine blocked in black/gilt; text clean and unmarked; condition very good/near fineoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon the autobiography of luke hansard, printer to the house99 Â see oxfam website for delivery information read morean invaluable source for book-trade and parliamentary historians, giving unique insight into the activities of a small but resourceful provincial printer during the 's, and the organisation of the largest printing house in london of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries
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Oxfam bookshop lincoln 'essays in memory of sir hilary jenkinson' is a volume of essays written about the first president of the society of archivists by his friends and colleagueshollaender and black and white photos of reference such as of the seals from arundel castle pages are not discoloured at all but book cover is torn considerably they make a tribute to his career, including his trips to jamaica and italy other than that and minor marking the book is in excellent condition the book was intended as a celebration to be presented to him for his eightieth birthday but upon his death was continued as a memorial to the british archivist who had done great public servicesee oxfam website for delivery information read more includes a preface by editor albert e
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham for ten years louis theroux has been making programmes about off-beat characters on the fringes of us societyalong the way louis thinks about what drives him to spend so much time among weird people, and considers whether he's learned anything about himself in the course of ten years working with themattempting to understand a little about himself and the workings of his own mind, louis considers questions such as: what is the difference between pathology and 'normal' weirdness? is there something particularly weird about americans? what does it mean to be weird, or 'to be yourself'? and do we choose our beliefs or do our beliefs choose us? see oxfam website for delivery information read morehas he manipulated the people he's interviewed, or have they manipulated him? from his las vegas base, louis revisits the assorted dreamers and outlaws who have been his tv feeding groundnow he revisits america and the people who have most fascinated him to try to discover what motivates them, why they believe the things they believe, and to find out what has happened to them since he last saw them
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Oxfam books & music beeston this is a copy of the folio society edition of charles darwin's classic account of "the voyage of the h" the book is in very good condition, with minimal wear inside and outbeagle - round the world under captain fitz roy, rsee oxfam website for delivery information read more the black slipcase is present, and in very good condition, apart from slight wear marks and a little bumping at the lower front corner
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Quigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion"a civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs"the evolution of civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisationssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisheet of 100 pieces, due to the age of the sheet, somewhat open at the bottom without breakingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteestimated catalogue price: €650shipping via registered mailour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storenot available to find in sheets
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Geological society special publication 374the applied study of naturally fractured reservoirs seeks to constrain this uncertainty by developing new understanding, and is necessarily a broad, integrated, interdisciplinary topicsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book addresses some of the challenges and advances in knowledge, approaches, concepts, and methods used to characterize the interplay of rock matrix and fracture networks, relevant to fluid flow and hydrocarbon recoverynaturally fractured reservoirs constitute a substantial percentage of remaining hydrocarbon resources; they create exploration targets in otherwise impermeable rocks, including under-explored crystalline basement; and they can be used as geological stores for anthropogenic carbon dioxideoxfam bookshop lymington new book, still in shrink-wraptheir complex behaviour during production has traditionally proved difficult to predict, causing a large degree of uncertainty in reservoir development
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With stubborn integrity, laidlaw tracks a seam of corruption that runs from the top to the bottom of societyoxfam shop colne road eck adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons jack laidlaw to his deathbedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprobably the only policeman in glasgow who would bother to respond, laidlaw sees in eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student
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Very difficult stamps to find in complete sheetlet from the society of nations seriesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatalogue value shipment via registered postcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesome stamps in the central part of the last row slightly detached but not separated from the sheetplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitesheet of 100 specimens one part of the miniature sheet with good centringsee photographsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Keen began making films at the age of 37 when his art school film society needed things to showthis release contains over nine hours of work by the filmmaker, from his s beatnik movies to his multi-layered videos of the sand so began over 40 years of unique, imaginative, irrepressible filmmakingoxfam shop magdelen street a collection of films and videos from experimental filmmaker jeff keensee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Pretty franklin porcelain vintage floral plate from the royal horticultural society flowers of the year collectionfree collection or ÂŁ6 post and packagingmade by wedgewoodthe flowers of may
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An academic text looking at the contribution persia has made to the development of society over the centuriesit should be noted however the dust jacket is worn (but it has acquired a plastic cover to protect it) see oxfam website for delivery information read more the main body of the book has 421 pages the book is in good condition
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His new book presents an astonishing view of our society's past, present and future trajectory--one that is unmatched in its breadth and depththe changes that will follow the decline of world petroleum production are likely to be sweeping and global, greer concludes, but from the perspective of those who live through them these changes are much more likely to take gradual and local forms
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