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615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matteroxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (cisidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaningit contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the seven liberal arts, including rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of god, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilsisidore compiled the work between csee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's time
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Using newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic powerat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominenceas the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidents" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold waroxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincefor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubtfrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-statesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economy"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersthe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destruction
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Oxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthrough detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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It records and analyses the densely articulated, if provincial, english debate with respect to the aesthetic challenge posed by the increasing popularity of concrete from around onwards" kenneth frampton: '"concrete" remains a valuable historical text that in many respects has never been given its due307pp + 104 photographic plates at the rear"collins provides a thorough history of the new nineteenth century material and goes on to examine the theories on its architectural expression, focusing on determining role of the reinforced concrete frame" - from the foreword of a later editionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe argues that perret provides the first rational and effective expression of classical principles in modern constructionit is an unmatched pioneering history of the development of reinforced concrete up tofinally, until very recently it was the only readily available monograph on auguste perret in englishoxfam bookshop raeburn place in good condition - the dust jacket is in poor condition (tears to the front top and around the top of the spine and price-clipped), the book itself is in very good condition (very bright pages, no markings
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyrather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainsand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichehe 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 usesee oxfam website for delivery information read morehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerhis 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 languageoxfam 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 english
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It details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agoalone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was foundwear to edges, various other scuffs and marksvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinesporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedlight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredoxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutsmall chips and closed tearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepictorial dust jacketendpapers discoloured
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This realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoderin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimsthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societybourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoeffersee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critique
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Widowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivwith her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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Now the official battle lines have been drawnten years ago, the twentieth century and the bronze age were tossed together by a mysterious eventin the decade since, the republic of nantucket has worked hard to create a new future for itself, using the technological know-how retained from modern times to explore and improve conditions for the inhabitants of the pastoxfam bookshop cheltenham harry turtledove hailed island in the sea of time as "one of the best time travel/alternative history stories i've ever read," and jane lindskold called against the tide of years "another exciting and explosive taleand only one side can emerge the victorand for ten years, the two sides have tested each other, feinting and parrying, to decide who will be the ones to lead this brave new world into the futuresome have turned instead to the renegade coast guard officer william walkersee oxfam website for delivery information read more" now the adventures of the nantucket islanders lost in the time of the bronze age continues with on the oceans of eternitysome of these peoples have become allies
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But the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read morefor generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsthe seven t'ang, the ruling dictatorship of the solar system, is weakened by the birth of a special child, and the forces of rebellion and change are spreading from the mega-cities of earth to a secretive, planet-wide conspiracy on marsrevolution may finally free the long-shackled masses, or it may spread unimaginable destruction sufficient to level a world--and the hopes of all worlds to comenow, as a mad, blood-thirsty ruler plots a coup from within the t'ang, hans ebert, his famous face obscured forever behind a mask, begins a new fight for power and love on the red soil of marsthe "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominanceoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the year
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And finds himself in the crosshairs of the teen titans! plus, out of the depths of the san francisco bay rises king shark, backed by an army of mutant shark-people! outnumbered and out see oxfam website for delivery information read more2! written by benjamin percy (green arrow) with stunning art by khoi phammeanwhile, aqualad, jackson hyde, heads west to fulfill his destinyteethed, can damian, the teen titans and their new ally jackson hyde defend their city from the jaws of disaster? the newest era of one of dc's greatest super-teams continues in teen titans voloxfam books & music perth the new adventures of the teen titans continue, with damian wayne at the helm! as the teen titans adjust to their new lives at titans tower, damian investigates a series of strange disappearances in san francisco
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The album was their first to feature vocalist bruce dickinson and their last with drummer clive burrare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album was also controversial, particularly in the united states, due to the religious references in its artwork and the title track's lyricscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepostage is insured and tracked read moresince the release of the number of the beast and its subsequent tour the beast on the road, "the beast" has become an alternate name for iron maiden and was later used in the titles of some of their compilations and live releases, including best of the beast and visions of the beastplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe album produced the singles "run to the hills" and "the number of the beast", the former of which became the band's first top-ten uk singlestunning riaa gold record award for iron maiden's "the number of the beast" presented to the band! the number of the beast is the third studio album by english heavy metal band iron maidenit was released on 22 march in the united kingdom by emi records and in the united states by harvest and capitol recordsthe number of the beast was met with critical and commercial success, and became the band's first album to top the uk albums chart and reach the top 40 of the us billboard 200our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Oxfam bookshop swanage the complete tv mini-series that dramatises the life of the bronte sisters, authors of some of the most memorable novels in the literary canonthe episodes are: 'the little king', 'home and abroad', 'delusion's song', 'rewarding destiny' and 'silent is the house'written by christopher fry, the series explores the everyday lives of the sisters in their home in the small yorkshire village of haworthsee oxfam website for delivery information read morecharlotte (vickery turner), the author of 'jane eyre', is the most ambitious of the girls, with emily (rosemary mchale), the writer of 'wuthering heights', the most poetic and intense
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Oxfam shop ringwood puffin booksforever? see oxfam website for delivery information read morecan the kanes destroy apophis before he swallows the sun and plunges the earth into darknessbecause first they must search the world for the three sections of the book of ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spellsdust jacket condition: finecondition: finenow the gods of egypt are waking in the modern worldif carter and sadie don't destroy him, the world will end in five days' timeprice un-clippedever since the gods of ancient egypt were unleashed on the modern world, carter kane and his sister, sadie, have been in big troublethe book is signed by the author on the title pageas descendants of the magical house of life, they command certain powersbut now a terrifying enemy - apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is risingfirst uk edition-first printing()and in order to battle the forces of chaos, they must revive the sun god ra - a feat no magician has ever achievedpercy jackson fought greek godsblack hardback (gilt lettering to the spine) with dust jacket in fine condition
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Such goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicinecassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomthe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookthe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfa very clean and tidy copythe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarywhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presswhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mind
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) it also analyses in detail the plans and performance of the commanders involved: eisenhower, bradley, patton, montgomery, crerar and, of course, rommelcontroversial and at times catastrophic, the battle of normandy was the last great set-piece battle in history and is long overdue for reassessmentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more(oral history forms a large part of the bookoxfam books & music durham what happened to the allied armies in normandy in the months after d-day, ? why, after the initial success of the landings, did their advance stall a few miles inland from the beaches? why did the british take so long to capture caen? why did the us infantry struggle so much in the bocage south of omaha beach? who was right about the conduct of the land campaign - eisenhower or montgomery? how did the germans, deprived of air support, manage to hold off such a massive allied force for more than two months? and if enigma was allowing the allies to read german battleplans, why did things go wrong as often as they did?the battle of normandy re-examines the demands and difficulties of the campaign and sheds new light on both with the aid of accounts from veterans on both sides
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read more"writing with passion and flair, hitchens targets the pernicious effects of tv culture, the "corruption and decay" of the english language, the loss of politeness, and the "syrupy confessional mood" brought on by the death of diana, which hitchens contrasts with the somber national response to the death of winston churchillthe new britain is government by focus group in which people are told what to feel as a way of preventing them from asking how they want to be governedone english critic called the abolition of britain "an elegant jeremiad" in which peter hitchens identifies everything that has gone wrong with britain since world war ii and makes the case for "those many millions who feel that they have become foreigners in their own land and wish with each succeeding day that they could turn the clock backlooking at the changed face of his country, hitchens finds a "politically correct zeal for the new" whose impact on daily life has been "as devastating in effect, if not in violence, as mao tse tung's cultural revolution in chinaoxfam bookshop cheltenham a surprise best seller in england, the abolition of britain is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what "the idea of england" has always meant to the west and to the world at largeif there is a term that summarizes everything that has gone wrong in britain, it is "tony blairism," which hitchens sees as having rewritten england's history, trivialized its journalism, subverted its educational system and cultural standards, and overthrown accepted notions of patriotism, faith, and morality
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There is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinethe inside pages are clean and unmarked' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justicein good conditionno one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinitythere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing population
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Written in convenient narrative form, it contains full cross-referencing to the relevant cases, statutory provision and policy circularsit both simplifies what can be simplified and explains with clarity the difficult areasthe practical structure, style and indexing ensures that the relevant statutory provisions and cases to the matters in issue are easy to findoxfam bookshop hampstead the law of compulsory purchase by guy roots being spread across several statutes of varying antiquity and many judicial decisions, the law relating to compulsory purchase and compensation can appear dauntingthis is a first edition in a very good conditionthe law of compulsory purchase sets out the practice, procedure, policy and valuation of a compulsory purchasethere is some little shelf wear and a few marks to the page edge on the bottomit also includes a full explanation of the scope of powers to acquire land compulsorily and the exercise of the powers and principles of compensationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit provides a summarised statement of the law, complete with footnotes to enable you to access further informationthis book should be on the desk of every practitioner who has to advise upon this branch of law and every advocate who has to present a case in which it arisesthis authoritative new book is your single accessible volume to this complex and wide-ranging area of the lawfind the answers you need quickly and easily
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Readers of other transformational self-help books such as the four agreements, the miracle morning, braving the wilderness, and the book of joy will want to read practicing the power of nowpracticing the power of now shows us how to free ourselves from "enslavement to the mindoxfam bookshop cheltenham new york times bestselling author eckhart tolle - a key to happiness is living in the nowpractice the power of now: if you, like many others, have benefited from the transformative experience of reading the power of now, you will want to own and read practicing the power of nowin the power of now and his subsequent book practicing the power of now, eckhart shares the enlightenment he himself experienced after a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life"the next step in human evolution: eckhart's profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their liveseckhart tolle: eckhart tolle, a spiritual teacher and author who was born in germany and educated at the universities of london and cambridge, is rapidly emerging as one of the world's most inspiring spiritual teachershis views go beyond any particular religion, doctrine, or guruthis is a prerequisite not only for personal happiness but also for the ending of violence on our planetyour path to enlightenment: practicing the power of now extracts the essence from eckhart's teachings in his new york times bestseller, the power of now (translated into 33 languages)" the aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday lifean essential aspect of this awakening involves transcending our ego-based state of consciousnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreat the core of the teachings lies the transformation of consciousness, a spiritual awakening that he sees as the next step in human evolutionthrough meditations and simple techniques, eckhart shows us how to quiet our thoughts, see the world in the present moment, and find a path to "a life of grace, ease, and lightness
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In particular it challenges one to re-examine and take seriously the intimate connection between scientific development and the practical goals of managing and improving - perhaps even recreating - the living world to serve human endswithout close attention to this zone it is not possible to understand the emergence of new disciplines and transformation of old disciplines, to evaluate the role and impact of such major figures of science as humboldt and mendel, or to appreciate how much of the history of modern biology has been driven by national ambitions and imperialist expansion in competition with rival nationsoxfam books & music crouch end this volume explores problems in the history of science at the intersection of life sciences and agriculture, from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centurythe book shows that the investigation of the border zone of life sciences and agriculture raises many interesting questions about how science developstaking a comparative national perspective, the book examines agricultural practices in a broad sense, including the practices and disciplines devoted to land management, forestry, soil science, and the improvement and management of crops and livestockthe life sciences considered include genetics, microbiology, ecology, entomology, forestry, and deal with us, european, russian, japanese, indonesian, chinese contextssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Sandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of john rawlsin the most important challenge yet to rawls' theory of justice, sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allowsit therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good lifebut can any such principles be found? and if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? these are the questions michael sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalismoxfam bookshop hampstead liberalism and the limits of justice by michael sandel a liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and endssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition
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Winner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morethis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manin a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basrait is the autobiography of the british soldiersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is his storyoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battles
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablemel collins of "circus" appears by courtesy of transatlantic records, gordon haskell appears by courtesy of c? the first uk pressing of this a1/b1 matrix contains withdrawn version of 'in the wake of poseidon (including libra's theme)', which is longer than that of later pressings (8'26" vsbarcode and other identifiers matrix / runout (side a stamped): ilps a//1 matrix / runout (side b stamped): ilps b//1 read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteon the cover the tracks b2a to b2d appear as one segued track, on the label they have separate track numberssee pictures for details released on the pink i labels, in a textured gatefold coverthis longer version was reissued for the first time in cd as a part of 40th anniversary set from uk, us, and japan inking crimson - in the wake of poseidon, rare first press uk, releasetextured cover has some sticker damage on the backour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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This book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary worldin very good conditionthis book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsthis and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadoxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coversee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pagesbakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedalthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believers
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This handbook seeks to provide project managers and policy analysts with the tools needed for evaluating project impactbut for a specific program or project in a given country, is the intervention producing the intended benefits and what was the overall impact on the population? could the program or project be better designed to achieve the intended outcomes? are resources being spent efficiently? these are the types of questions that can only be answered through an impact evaluation, an approach which measures the outcomes of a program intervention in isolation of other possible factorsoxfam bookshop victoria despite the billions of dollars spent on development assistance each year, there is still very little known about the actual impact of projects on the poorchapter 3 illustrates various analytical techniques through a case studyfor some of the more in-depth statistical methods discussed, the reader is referred to the technical literature on the topicit is aimed at readers with a general knowledge of statisticsthere is broad evidence on the benefits of economic growth, investments in human capital, and the provision of safety nets for the poorchapter 4 includes a discussion of lessons learned from a rich set of "good practice" evaluations of poverty projects which have been reviewed for this handbooksee oxfam website for delivery information read morechapter 2 discusses key steps and related issues to consider in implementationchapter 1 presents an overview of concepts and methods
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Rather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastthe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperysee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkerit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity
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" see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe shows how the cult of this particular saint developed, firstly, as an expression of sienese civil religion; secondly, as a focus for italian civil religion; and finally into an expression of european civil religionoxfam bookshop stirling very good gloss illustrated dust jacket, crease along top edgegerald parsons argues that the cult of catherine of siena constitutes a remarkable example of the cult of a particular saint which, across more than six centuries, has been the vehicle for an evolving sequence of civil religious rituals and meaningstext block is clean and binding solidinstead of the predominantly devotional - and frequently essentially hagiographical - approach of much of the literature on catherine of siena, parsons examines the significance of her cult from the perspective of civil religion and the social history of religion"this book examines the origins, development and history of the cult of saint catherine of sienavery good black cloth
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Tissue guarded platesthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallythe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedblocks are tight, some foxing to pagesillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by woxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe second volume is "the danube by william beattie, mgold edges to blockthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"in good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelle
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He has not included remedies of which he has little experience or knowledgein good conditionit is the author's attempt to trace out these connections that distinguishes this work from other materia medicasthe inside pages are clean and unmarked and relatively bright considering the age of the bookthe material presented here has been observed and confirmed in drthe rubrics and physical symptoms cited are ones which he has repeatedly observed and often used to confirm the remedy prescribedsankaran's own practice, it is a material of which he is suresee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are several scuffs to the dust jacket especially on the backsankaran has attempted to convey the innermost feeling or the basic delusion of the remedy while connecting the situation, source, miasm and kingdomoxfam bookshop hampstead the soul of remedies by rajan sankaran the author's idea of understanding a remedy is to grasp the connection that ties together its myriad symptoms: the basic delusion, its source (kingdom), the miasm to which it belongs, its symptoms - all must be understood as aspects of a single whole if we are to even begin to truly understand a remedythe bottom jacket corners are bruised
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