The theater of power
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford this is the first major study of the 'terukkuttu', the rich, powerful ritual theater tradition of tamilnadu, the tamil-speaking area of south india it focuses on the manifestation of 'terukkuttu' currently practriced in tontaimantalam, the north-eastern part of the regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Throughout the series, schama examines renowned images from the world of british art and looks at how they were used as statements of power, declarations of love and promotions of fameoxfam shop colne road historian simon schama presents this three-part bbc series in which he turns his focus to the history of british portraiturethe episodes are: 'the face of power', 'faces of the people' and 'the face of fame'see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Drawn from years of the history of power, this is the definitive guide to help readers achieve for themselves what queen elizabeth i, henry kissinger, louis xiv and machiavelli learnt the hard way
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop oxford ralph bakshi's animated version of the seminal fantasy trilogy by jset in the fictional world of middle earth, the lord of the rings tells the epic story of frodo, a hobbit who must defeat the evil figure sauron who holds the ring of power, which controls the fate of all middle earthtolkein, made by overlaying animation on live action actors (a unique pre-computer graphics technique)on the way he and his band of friends and cousins must do battle with black riders, a balrog and various other animated perils
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It seeks to answer the questions: "who are we?" and "why are we here, on this planet?" it is offered to those who are looking for something beyond the superficial values of our culture, who may be disillusioned with religious and secular belief systems as currently presented and who question political values which are deeply mired in the pursuit of powerit is written with two voices: one the voice of a personal quest and the other which explores the historical and psychological causes that have brought into being our present view see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music lichfield the dream of the cosmos is the story of a multi-layered quest to understand the causes of human suffering and to reconnect with a deeper reality than the one we inhabit in this physical dimension of experience
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Tolkien's masterwork, voted book of the century in major polls sauron, the dark lord, has gathered to him the rings of power - the means by which he will be able to rule the worldhe must leave his home and make a perilous journey across the realms of middle-earth to the crack of doom, deep inside the territories of the dark lordsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall he lacks in his plan for dominion is the ruling ring, which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit bilbo bagginsin a sleepy village in the shire, young frodo baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as the ring is entrusted to his carethere he must destroy the ring forever and foil the dark lord in his evil purposeoxfam shop syston exclusive new seven-volume edition of j
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I had to get the first volume from the library (that is the first part of the life of edward the vi and the protectorate of the duke of somerset)vol ii (this volume) has detailed accounts of protestants and the protestantism of the time i skipped a lot of it eventuallythe dominance of the duke of northumberland this is an ex library book and the second volume in the setthe minutia is excrutiating at times and in vol i i learned more about sheep than i think i ever needed to know500+ pages, hardback with typical library coverby the way if you are looking for the schemer who put his daughter in law on the throne and poisoned edward vi you won't find him in this booknot that much about edward and not that much about the duke of northumberlandthis man's research is so good that i find him quoted everywhere else when it comes to edward vi
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He vowed to give priority to social justice and equal opportunity for allalastair campbell's 'dodgy' dossiers about wmds sparked outrage, but did the contamination of new labour's spin stretch beyond the wars?so what went wrong?
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Oxfam bookshop skipton two albums on one cdprevious owner has written in the timings of tracks alongside their titles inside the sleevesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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What is unique and essential about theater?the art of theater, as paul woodruff says in this elegant and unique book, is as necessary - and as powerful - as language itselfwhat separates it from other arts?
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Oxfam shop billericay situated on the intersection of comparative literary criticism, political history and theory, and cultural analysis, terror and pity: aleksandr sumarokov and the theater of power in elizabethan russia offers an in-depth reading of early russian tragedy as a political genre" see oxfam website for delivery information read moreaddressing half-forgotten texts and events, this study engages with literary and cultural theory from walter benjamin to foucault and "new historicism" in order to contribute to a broader discussion of early modern "poetics of cultureimported to russia by aleksandr sumarokov around , tragedy reenacted and shaped the symbolic economy and the often disturbing historical experience of "absolutist" autocracy
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There's nothing remarkable about a movie theater today, but that wasn t always the casewith the advent of television, theater companies found it harder and harder to keep them openwhen the great american movie palaces opened in the early 20th century, they were some of the most lavish, stunning buildings anyone had ever seensome were demolished, some were converted, and some remain derelict to this day
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Xandria - theater of dimensions (cd )condition is very gooddispatched with royal mail 1st class large letter
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Oxfam shop walthamstow from the furniture of donald judd to the cinema of michelangelo antonioni and wim wenders, from the music of john cage to the buildings of mies van der rohe, luis barragan, and arne jacobsen, and on to the theater of samuel beckett and the fiction of ernest hemingway, less is more: minimalism in architecture and other arts is dedicated to the phenomenon of minimalismexhibition catalogue: hardback (no dust jacket) in good condition with some wear marks on covers/spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreperhaps the most compelling multidisciplinary aesthetic of the past century, minimalism continues to resonate and still points towards the future for art, design, and culturetext in english and catalonianb&w illustrations
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham superbly edited and annotated, this collection of the writings of john wilkes booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on abraham lincoln, the civil war, and nineteenth-century theater historythe nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of , when booth was conspiring against lincoln, explicit statements of booth's political convictions, and the diary he kept during his futile twelve-day flight after the assassinationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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With personal reflections on her own experiences of the sexism and gendered aggression she has endured online, mary asks: if women aren't perceived to be within the structures of power, isn't it power that we need to redefine? from the author of international bestseller spqr: a history of ancient romesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeard explores the cultural underpinnings of misogyny, considering the public voice of women, our cultural assumptions about women's relationship with power, and how powerful women resist being packaged into a male templatewith wry wit, she revisits the gender agenda and shows how history has treated powerful womenher examples range from the classical world to the modern day, from medusa and athena to theresa may and hillary clintonbritain's best-known classicist mary beard, is also a committed and vocal feministoxfam books & music durham the number 1 sunday times bestseller 24 consecutive weeks in the sunday times top 10 why the popular resonance of 'mansplaining' (despite the intense dislike of the term felt by many men)? it hits home for us because it points straight to what it feels like not to be taken seriously: a bit like when i get lectured on roman history on twitter
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Do not connect both a dc power plug and powered usb at the same time or damage mbe sure to orient the module correctly on the breadboard so that power lines up with the red stripesthere is a green led to indicate the presence of power, and an on / off latching switch to control the power to the boardnote: 12v is the voltage limitinclude: 6x breadboard ppower supply modulefeature: fluctuation two road independent control, can switch over to 0 v, 3short circuit protection3v, 5v dc output plug pinexternal lead use: on-board two groups of 3fit: for solderless mb102 breadboardif you use an ad-dc adapter, you\\\\\\\'re recommended to use 9v in case of unsteady voltage which may burn the boardit is easy to mount it on the wrong end
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The fear is created by tyranny and by furtive, invisible power, the power of the quasi-state, and terrorismin this extraordinary book, developed from the bbc radio 4 reith lectures, soyinka explores the changing face of fear: the conflict between power and freedom; the complex motives behind unthinkable acts of violence; the meaning of human dignity; while comparing the fanaticism of powerful terrorists with the attitude of world leaders - discovering terrifying similaritieswe are all potential targetsoxfam bookshop carlisle wole soyinka was the first african to be awarded the nobel prize for literaturefrom niger to manhattan, and now to madrid, this climate of fear has stretched to engulf the globe, warning its inhabitants that there is now no distinction between the involved or non-involvedfrom the fear of a terrorist with a bomb in his bag to the threat of a virus sent by a computer hacker with a lust for destruction, fear of the invisible threat is now omnipresentsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor soyinka, 11th september did not instigate the development of the climate of fear that has enveloped the world, it was in when, a few months before the lockerbie disaster, a passenger plane was brought down by terrorists over the republic of nigerin this year's prestigious series of reith lectures, soyinka considers fear as a predominant theme in world politicsa few decades ago the existence of collective fear had an immediately identifiable face - the nuclear bombcover & spine in very good conditionnow it is much more complexpages are slightly dog-eared and shows signs of age
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Oxfam books & music islington published in , and subtitled 'a new social analysis', this book considers the question of power - who wields it, how it should be used, where the desire for it originates, its relationship with morality, with economies, with religions - the author presents an exhaustive collection of thoughts and opinions which, although presented at a time of extreme political upheaval, remain relevant to this day while considering himself a liberal, a socialist and a pacifist, he also sometimes suggested that his scepticism had led him to feel that he had "never been any of these things, in any profound sense" he is considered one of the founders of analytic philosophy in , russell was awarded the nobel prize in literature "in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought"our book is in very nice condition for its age, its illustrated paper-covered boards remarkably unworn apart from a little rubbing of edges, angles, and top & tail of the spine inside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages lightly tanned throughout, but clean  see oxfam website for delivery information read more some small pencil marks on the front endpaper, and a few spots of foxing on endpapers & adjacent leaves, and on the leading edge, but not within the body of the book bertrand arthur william russell, 3rd earl russell om frs () was a british polymath, philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic, political activist, and nobel laureate
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Birgitte nyborg christensen (sidse babett knudsen) is elected to power on the back of her winning combination of idealism and determinationoxfam shop south woodford the first season of the danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as prime minister alters her behaviourhowever, once in place as denmark's first female leader, will she find that the demands of power force her to compromise or alter her perspective? her chief source of guidance is spin doctor kasper juul (johan philip asbæk), who has to contend with the likes of pushy news anchor katrine fønsmark (birgitte hjort sorensen), emblem of the controversy-hungry media birgitte must alternatively court and hold at baysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe episodes comprise: 'decency in the middle', 'count to 90', 'the art of possible', '100 days', 'men who love women', 'state visit', 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil', 'the silly season', 'divide and rule' and 'the first tuesday in october'
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The professionals studied include firefighters, critical care nurses, pilots, nuclear power plant operators, battle planners, and chess masterssources of power is based on observations of humans acting under such real-life constraints as time pressure, high stakes, personal responsibility, and shifting conditionsgary klein is one of the developers of the naturalistic decision making approach, which views people as inherently skilled and experiencedit documents human strengths and capabilities that so far have been downplayed or ignoredsince , klein has conducted fieldwork to find out how people tackle challenges in difficult, nonroutine situationsin addition to providing information that can be used by professionals in management, psychology, engineering, and other fields, the book presents an overview of the research approach of naturalistic decision making and expands our knowledge of the strengths people bring to difficult taskssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeach chapter builds on key incidents and examples to make the description of the methodology and phenomena more vividoxfam bookshop swanage anyone who watches the television news has seen images of firefighters rescuing people from burning buildings and paramedics treating bombing victimshow do these individuals make the split-second decisions that save lives? most studies of decision making, based on artificial tasks assigned in laboratory settings, view people as biased and unskilled
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Where did such great, monstrous power come from? the first of three volumes, the product of a decade of intrepid research, this landmark book offers the most convincing explanation yet of stalin's powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moremillions would die, and many more would sufferhe was about to begin uprooting and collectivization of agriculture and industry across the entire soviet unionoxfam books & music lichfield in january stalin, the ruler of the largest country in the world, boarded a train bound for siberia where he would embark upon the greatest gamble of his political life
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Birgitte nyborg christensen (sidse babett knudsen) is elected to power on the back of her winning combination of idealism and determinationoxfam bookshop cheltenham the first season of the danish drama following a female politician's rise to power and the way in which her role as prime minister alters her behaviourhowever, once in place as denmark's first female leader, will she find that the demands of power force her to compromise or alter her perspective? her chief source of guidance is spin doctor kasper juul (johan philip asbæk), who has to contend with the likes of pushy news anchor katrine fønsmark (birgitte hjort sorensen), emblem of the controversy-hungry media birgitte must alternatively court and hold at baysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe episodes comprise: 'decency in the middle', 'count to 90', 'the art of possible', '100 days', 'men who love women', 'state visit', 'see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil', 'the silly season', 'divide and rule' and 'the first tuesday in october'
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The album features cover versions of "the power of love" and "when i fall in love"singles released from the album include the us number one "the power of love", the uk number one "think twice", and the japanese chart topper "to love you more", which was included on the re-release of the colour of my love in japanare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibeautiful stunning columbia award presented to celine dion to commemorate the sale of more than copies of the columbia records album "the colour of my love" the colour of my love is the third english-language studio album by canadian singer celine dionafter its release, the colour of my love received generally mixed reviews from music critics but became a commercial success, topping the charts in canada, australia, the united kingdom and a few other european countries, and reaching the top ten elsewhere, including number four in the united statesthis a very rare opportunity to buy this official sales awardour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store5 million in canada and over one million units in japanit remains one of the best-selling albums of all time with worldwide sales of twenty million copies8 million copies in the united kingdom, 1it was released by columbia records/550 music on 9 novemberthe colour of my love has shipped six million units in the united states and has sold over 1please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe songs were produced mainly by david foster, ric wake, guy roche, walter afanasieff and christopher neil, and four of them were written by diane warrenpostage is insured and tracked read moreeach of these singles sold over one million copies in these countriescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 morecitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionthe first instalment in the bestselling emperor series
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This first novel of germany's most celebrated contemporary playwright is written in prose of tremendous power and precisionoxfam bookshop cheltenham "a highly original and often hypnotic workelisabeth and micha run away through the snow from their home village, crossing the wolf's tracks on their way to the citythose who catch sight of the wolf see their own lives reflected, and find themselves searching for a different path in a cold timetranslated from the german by jamie bulloch see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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 filmon an icy motorway eighty kilometres outside the city, a fuel tanker jack-knifes and explodesthe lone wolf is glimpsed on the hard shoulder and photographed by tomasz, a polish construction worker who cannot survive in germany without his girlfriendexactly 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 germanya woman burns her mother's diaries on a berlin balconyhis trail leads all the way to berlin, connecting the lives of disparate individuals whose paths intersect and diverge
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'mongol: the rise to power of genghis khan', tells the epic story of the young boy born temudgin, who later became the legendary warrior genghis khan (tadanobu asano - 'zaitochi'oxfam bookshop carlisle academy award nominee for best foreign language filmdirected by award-wining russian film maker sergei bodrov, 'mongol' is an awe-inspiring take of survival set against a visually stunning backdrop, transporting you to a distant land of blood-thirsty battles and enthralling mongol culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreatness comes to those who take itbonus features the making of 'mongol' -- 'mongol' trailer) following the brutal murder of his father, he embarks on a nomadic existence in the vast mongolian steppehis thoughts are never far from his spirited wife borte (khulan chuluun), who live to support the young genghis khan in his battle to unite the warring mongol tribesculminating in an epic battle with his dearest friend and deadliest enemy, mongol chieftain jamukha (honglei sun), genghis khan's fate is sealed as the supreme mongol leader
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