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Oxfam books & music islington teslasonic ?- the spark of prometheus in a 12" vinyl 45 rpm format released in italy in october style: electro tracklist a1 the devastating spark of prometheus a2 the thundering bolt of jove b1 infinitesimal whirls b2 death ray in generic black sleeve in good to very good condition with playing surfaces also in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The spark of creationfortress of quietnesswe have a missionwhistle down the windhow deep the father's lovewade in the water
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These epoch-making discoveries include: the recent discovered people of glozal who knew how to write and made glass in the stone age astounding new evidence of a venusian settlement at tiahunaco in the andes proof positive of an atomic war in india before the dawn of time the real facts behind the legend of prometheus the extraordinary history of agartha and the secrets guarded by the maha chohan - the supreme regent of agartha all these and many more revelations throw new light on the history of civilisation as it developed in the past - and develops in the futureoxfam shop magdelen street robert charroux, leading pioneer in the realms of primohistory, presents revolutionary new information about man's mysterious ancestors from the long forgotten past see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Very rare and hard to get traffic lithograph for the "the low spark of high heeled boys albumplease notice the small spot (see extra photo) on the right hand side, easy to frame over, so in the end you will not see itthe lithograph was produced on the finest quality paper stock, it really is a beautiful piece of art which is meant for framingthis lithograph measure's approx 56x71cm and is nothing but amazingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit really is a quality item and the chance's of obtaining this item in great condition like this one is quite rareyou will not be disappointed with this amazing piece of artthese limited edition lithographs do nothing but rise in value over time as for they are very collectible and very sort afterplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe lithograph is in ex condition and plate (printed) signed by the artist tony wright (designer of the cover), limited edition of , comes with a coathis is an authorized productare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit is an original museum edition lithograph which is very hard to find anymoreif your a traffic fan, you will fall in love with this very limited lithograph
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Traffic ?– the low spark of high-heeled boys (island records it) made in germany original first pressing lp | vinyl: nm (mint-) | cover: nm (mint-) original die cut 'gimmick' cover with original printed inner sleeve / "pink rim island" labelstraffic ?– shoot out at the fantasy factory (island records ) made in france original first pressing lp | vinyl: nm (mint-) | cover: nm (mint-) original die cut 'gimmick' cover with original inner sleeve / "pink rim island" labelsour 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 websitetraffic (folk rock, psychedelic rock, prog rock, classic rock) 1are 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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Title: spark in the dark: the best of alice cooperlabel: sony music cmgformat: audio cd
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Oxfam shop wellington feature-length episode from the cgi-animated series set in the 'star wars' universe between the events of 'revenge of the sith' () and 'a new hope' ()with the rebellion against the empire in its infancy, the story follows ezra (voice of taylor gray), a young orphan who finds himself caught up in the adventures of the fledgling rebelsalong with his new friends, ezra is pursued through space by the imperial agent kallus (david oyelowo)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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As the tension ratchets up, it may only take a single spark to trigger an explosive war that will pit the humans against the apes in an all-out battle for survivalwith caesar (serkis), the hyper-intelligent ape produced by human experimentation, now the leader of a growing band of cognisant simians, a fragile truce prevails between the apes and humanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop okehampton matt reeves directs this big budget action sequel to 'rise of the planet of the apes' () starring andy serkis, gary oldman, jason clarke, kodi smit-mcphee and keri russellmany consider the outbreak of war to only be a matter of time, however, since the human population has been vastly reduced by a devastating virus and their role as the dominant species on earth is in question
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham feature-length episode from the cgi-animated series set in the 'star wars' universe between the events of 'revenge of the sith' () and 'a new hope' ()with the rebellion against the empire in its infancy, the story follows ezra (voice of taylor gray), a young orphan who finds himself caught up in the adventures of the fledgling rebelsalong with his new friends, ezra is pursued through space by the imperial agent kallus (david oyelowo)see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This fourth edition of life the science of biology volume ii evolution, diversity, and ecology by purves, orians and heller features: - intriguing chapter openers that combine arresting photos and text to spark interest at the outset, setting the stage for the material that follows - consistent icons and colour-coding to clarify illustrationsimportant concepts are encapsulated in clearly written summary sentences, with references back to key illustrations - self quizzes to test your knowledge and understanding of the topics in each chapter this book is paperbacked and measures 27these are flagged with marginal arrows so the student is able to refer to them readily - stunning photos capture the excitement of life, illustrating concepts and enlivening the book's appearance - boxes describe fascinating biological phenomena, highlighting special interest topics and expanding the discussion of many issues - new chapter summaries synthesize information in the text and the art5(d) cm condition: this book has not been read and has just been sitting on a shelf5(l) x 22(w) x 1colour is used consistently throughout the text - dynamic visual paragraphs that dramatize important concepts in a way that the text alone cannotit is subsequently in very good condition with no marked or torn pages read moreicons are used to represent biologically important molecules, active forms of enzymes, and the activation and inhibition of pathways
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Product description when you ignite the spark of originality early in life, children go on to do magnificent things!my first crayola provides parents unique, worry-free solutions with developmentally appropriate creative play experiences for children 12m - 36mplus the ink rinses off skin, clothes etc, so no need for soap or scrubbing! for ages 1 year and overthe nib has been designed to allow your child to achieve bold strokes of colour at every angle and is safely secured to stop small hands trying to remove itfirst markers have been especially developed for children of 1
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The original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands involume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythe voyage to australia and tahitithis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manyit covers the coast of north americait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadavery small tear to spine on volume iiall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiiall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka sound
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They are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earththey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moregandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondortogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muiltolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfoxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûr
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It also includes srtomas picton by britains, referenceit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargethe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)references andthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)the king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countrythey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiall of them have been sold out and retiredreferences na111each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original catalogueit includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)it consists of 11 figuresour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”the royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)regiment of the line, by king and countryna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)coldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryreferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7threferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)french artillery, by king and countrythe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdfrench light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresgarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtryit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)references na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablebritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of close to 32 figuresreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)
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See pictures of the table of contentshe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languageotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe wrote extensively about morocco (our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store(total of 2 books) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedtwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 pp’ registered shippingcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margin‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix
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A study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itour 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 websitetwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is frompart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentspart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsare 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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Should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3it was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by athe yeomen of the guard vhs video tape70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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This second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedswhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forceit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlyfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialsmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animals(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidsits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infection
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Our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeiron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailare 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 just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevaraó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurymorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empiresee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timesimultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical context
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But his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read morekarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big cityamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britain
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Written by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventsoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagestranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luce
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Its inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingshis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesthe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditioninternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authoron the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wear
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He examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much more
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Until recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationthe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesvery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutthe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrehappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44here are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnersigned by stephen castleidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and laterboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parish
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Part one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializewe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakespart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futureinternally clean and unmarkeda definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologypublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornerspianka and laurie jthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selection
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrythe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencessee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national development condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital imagemakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groups
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In the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its coreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriescitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the action
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Exactly the type of book that readers in search of striking european voices should embrace" john boyne, author of the boy in the striped pyjamasa contemporary berlin fairy tale that bristles with urban truths - the first novel of germany's best-known contemporary playwright one clear, ice-cold january morning shortly after dawn, a wolf crosses the border between poland and germanyand elisabeth's father, a famous sculptor, observes the vast skeleton of a whale in his studio and asks: what am i doing here? and why? experiences and encounters flicker past with a raw, visual power, like frames in a black and white filmthis first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisiona woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconythe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodestranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read morethose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timeoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and divergeelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the city
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