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It is written with pace and is an all action account of the stories behind the various attempts to climb the "eiger nordwand" which was described by sherpa tensing (conqueror of everest with edmund hillary) as "too difficult and too dangerous"oxfam shop macclesfield this nook details in chronological order the attempts on the north face of the eiger, one of the most difficult climbing environments in the worldthe book chronicles the gallant failures, successes and tragedies that have happenedone is left in awe of the power of nature and the courage of the men and women who in many cases gave their all to tame itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit explains some of the "climbing jargon" in simple terms so you don't need to be a climbing expert to be gripped by the bookoverall it makes a brilliant job of portraying the people who dared to challenge the mountain and the characteristics of this most savage alpine wall
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The atlas of disease is the first book to tell these stories in a new an innovative way, interweaving new maps with contemporary illustrations to chart some of the world's most deadly pandemics and epidemics in the atlas of disease, sandra hempel reveals how maps have uncovered insightful information about the history of disease, from the seventeenth century plague maps that revealed the radical idea that diseases might be carried and spread by humans, to cholera maps in the s showing the disease was carried by water, right up to the aids epidemic in the s and the recent devastating ebola outbreakoxfam bookshop brighton behind every disease is a story, a complex narrative woven of multiple threads, from the natural history of the disease, to the tale of its discovery and its place in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless lives diseases covered: airborne: diphtheria; influenza; leprosy; measles; scarlet fever; sars; smallpox; tuberculosis (tb) waterborne: cholera; dysentery; typhoid insects and animals: malaria; plague; typhus; yellow fever; zika human to human: polio; ebola; hiv and aids; syphilis  crucially, the atlas of disease will also explore how cartographic techniques have been used to combat epidemics by revealing previously hidden patterns
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Oxfam shop macclesfield imagine a world where beatlemania was against the law-recordings scratched onto medical x-rays, merchant sailors bringing home contraband lps, spotty broadcasts taped from western am radio late in the night" see oxfam website for delivery information read moresoviet leaders had suppressed most western popular music since the days of jazz, but the beatles and the bands they inspired-both in the west and in russia-battered down the walls of state cultureby stealth, by way of whispers, through the illicit late night broadcasts on radio luxembourg, the soviet beatles kids tuned inthe music of john, paul, george, and ringo played a part in waking up an entire generation of soviet youth, opening their eyes to seventy years of bland official culture and rigid authoritarianismthis was no fantasy world populated by blue meanies but the ussr, where a vast nation of music fans risked repression to hear the defining band of the british invasion"bitles," they whispered, "yeah, yeah, yeahleslie woodhead's how the beatles rocked the kremlin tells the unforgettable-and endearingly odd-story of russians who discovered that all you need is beatles
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Timely and timeless, 'the planets' will engage and delight as it unravels the mysteries of the cosmosin lyrical prose interspersed with poems by tennyson, blake and others, 'the planets' gives a breathtaking, intimate view of those heavenly bodies that have captured the imagination since humanity's first glimpse of the glittering night skieswhether revealing what hides behind venus's cocoon of acid clouds, describing neptune's complex beauty, or capturing first-hand the excitement at the jet propulsion laboratory when the first pictures from cassini at saturn were recently beamed to earth, dava sobel's unique tour of the solar system is filled with fascination and beautyit is of infinite relevance to this age in which new planets are being discovered elsewhere in our galaxyoxfam bookshop cheltenham after the huge national and international success of 'longitude' and 'gallileo's daughter', dava sobel tells the human story of the nine planets of our solar systemsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis groundbreaking new work traces the 'lives' of each member of our solar family, from myth and history, astrology and science fiction, to the latest data from the modern era's robotic space probes
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It contains representative poems from his early collections the book of hours and the book of pictures; many selections from the revolutionary new poems, which drew inspiration from rodin and cezanne; the hitherto little-known "requiem for a friend"; and a generous selection of the late uncollected poems, which constitute some of his finest work"if rilke had written in english," denis donoghue wrote in the new york times book review, "he would have written in this englishoxfam shop colne road the reputation of rainer maria rilke has grown steadily since his death in ; today he is widely considered to be the greatest poet of the twentieth century"rilke's voice, with its extraordinary combination of formality, power, speed and lightness, can be heard in mr" see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis modern library edition presents stephen mitchell's acclaimed translations of rilke, which have won praise for their re-creation of the poet's rich formal music and depth of thoughtincluded too are passages from rilke's influential novel, the notebooks of malte laurids brigge, and nine of his brilliant uncollected prose piecesmitchell's versions more clearly than in any others," said wfinally, the book presents the poet's two greatest masterpieces in their entirety: the duino elegies and the sonnets to orpheus" ahead of all parting is an abundant selection of rilke's lifework"his work is masterful
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'the inheritance' has young isadora ask robert for his help when she and her father agrivaine, guardians of a priceless treasure, fall prey to a pair of pillagersin 'cromm cruac' much falls seriously ill after being caught in a forester's trapoxfam bookshop skipton 2 discs episodes 1 to 6 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlawfinally, in 'the cross of st ciricus', robert discovers a hidden connection between himself and the victim of a recent robbery'rutterkin' sees little john's planned elopement with meg of wickham frustrated by the mad pig ladywith him he brings roger de carnac, who hatches a plan to catch robin (jason connery) once and for allepisodes 7 to 13 from the third series of the popular tv show based on the legendary outlaw'the betrayal' sees the king arriving in nottingham to collect his taxes personally'the pretender' finds robin wondering whether the young man he has just rescued from the earl of gloucester's soldiers is in fact prince arthur of brittany, pretender to the throne of england'the time of the wolf (parts 1 and 2)' has robin attempt to help the villagers when king john orders them to surrender all their food to the army he is raising against the welsh'adam bell' has the sheriff bargain with the captured much's life when his own nephew, martin, is kidnapped by ageing outlaw adam bellsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'herne's son (parts 1 and 2)' the merry men have disbanded following the death of the original robin of loxley; however, when he learns that marion has been abducted by lord owen of clun, young robert of huntingdon (jason connery) dons the late robin's trademark hood and, with the encouragement of herne the hunter, sets about regrouping robin's band'the sheriff of nottingham' finds the sheriff's position filled by philip mark (lewis collins), the infamous butcher of lincoln, who immediately sets about capturing robin and his men'the power of albion' sees robert call upon marion's medical skills when he is wounded during a raidthe outlaws take him to the village of cromm cruac, unaware that the evil gulner (richard o'brien) is not far away
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'simply stunningmy heart went out to both these two women as they faced such difficult personal decisions that would change their lives forever'rosanna ley'i really enjoyed this book the love child is an absolutely beautiful book' dinah jefferies 'this tender account, spanning two generations, reveals how the loss affects mother and child across the yearsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the unmissable brand new novel from rachel hore, sunday times bestselling author of last letter home, a richard and judy book club pick'a gorgeous and deeply absorbing story' tracy reesa young mother's sacrifice irene grows up knowing that she is different from other children, but no one will tell her the full truthmeanwhile, irene struggles to define her own life, eventually leaving her suffolk home to find work in londonthis is a wonderfully moving tale of love and loss, hope and eventual reconciliation, and i very much enjoyed it' barbara erskine 'i found her writing warm, compassionate in this story about one girl's search for her true identity amidst the secrets and dynamics of her adopted familyher women are brave and good and you desperately want them to win' daily mail 'a novel that stirs the deepest emotions' woman'rachel's stories are always absorbing and  intricately woven and the love child is no exceptionit had a realism about the poignancy of illegitimacy in this pre-war setting' leah fleming'the love child is a hugely compelling, poignant and moving read but all alice can think about is the small, kitten-like child she gave away, and she mourns the father, a young soldier, so beloved, who will never have the chance to know his daughtera child's desperate search for the truth putting hopes of marriage and children behind her, alice embarks upon a pioneering medical career, striving to make her way in a male-dominated worlda story that stirs the deepest emotions' woman & home'a poignant story, rich in period detail' sunday mirror 'an emotive and thought-provoking read rachel has great skill as a storyteller and readers are sure to be engrossed and swept away by her clever double-stranded tale' jane johnson see oxfam website for delivery information read more she simply cannot be allowed to bring shame upon her familyhore tackles difficult subjects with a clever, light touch and a sunny positivity as two extraordinary stories intertwine across two decades, will secrets long-buried at last come to light?  brilliantly evoking the changing attitudes of the time, the love child is a novel about love, family, separation, despair and hope, full of tenderness and deep feelinglondon, when nineteen-year-old alice copeman becomes pregnant, she is forced by her father and stepmother to give up the baby edith and philip burns, a childless couple, yearn for a child of their ownwhen they secretly adopt a baby girl, irene, their life together must surely be completei savoured every moment of this moving story of love, loss and, ultimately, forgiveness
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Praise for harry sidebottom: 'sidebottom's prose blazes with searing scholarship' the times 'the best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' andrew taylor, author of the american boy see oxfam website for delivery information read morealone, ballista is called to muster the forces and the courage to stand first and to stand hard against the greatest enemy ever to confront the imperiumthere the isolated roman citadel of arete awaits inevitable invasionthe greatest threat lies in persia to the east, where the massing forces of the sassanid empire loom with fiery menaceone man is sent to marshal the defences and shore up crumbling wallswith a spectacular flair for sheer explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama, fans of bernard cornwell will love this recreation of the ancient worlda man whose name itself means war: a man called ballistathe year is ad 255 - the roman imperium is stretched to breaking point, its authority and might challenged along every borderoxfam bookshop cheltenham warrior of rome is an epic of empire, heroes, treachery, courage, and most of all, a story of brutal bloody warfare
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Oxfam books & music islington there has been an increasing interest over the past 40 years in providing new interpretations of the baroque and the fruit of this interest has been the revelation of intersecting baroque aesthetics in the art and culture of our timethe problems of passage between visual forms and composition of the images are analysed in terms of simulation, rationality, space, the wildness of artistic intentionality and the folding of matter and meaningit deals with the broken continuity in time from the historical baroque to the contemporary oneapart from the hypotheses of walter benjamin and the epistemology of michel foucault, the book introduces and expands the most important theories about the actual baroque as they have been devised and developed by mario perniola, christine buci-glucksmann and gilles deleuzethe text follows a comparative method of study based upon recent research in the fields of art theory and aestheticsspecial attention is paid to visual artists in denmark dealing with "baroque universals" from the s up to the present day see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe recurrent actuality of the baroque is a book about visual artif the text is discreetly haunted by leibniz, ancient rome and the poetry of baudelaire, its direction of thinking is totally devoted to the understanding of visual art from bernini and velázquez to louise bourgeois, mona hatoum and orlan
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The decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are s, s, s, s, and sthe countries that the stamps were issued in are tanzania, south africa, uganda, kenya, and south arabiaoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 28 stampsthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe stamps in this collection celebrate the 25th anniversary of the economic commission for africa, the millennium, the international conference on social welfare, the year of health in , the 50th anniversary of interpol, the centenary of the universal postal union, the 10th anniversary of kenyan independence, the highway conference in kenya, the 20th anniversary of unesco, the world conference on religion and peace, the importance of water, the centenary of the international red cross, the nursing association of south africa, who - world health organisation, the international year of world communications, world food day, the 100th anniversary of the discovery of tb bacillus and the international union against tuberculosis, the papu plenipotentiary conference and the imf annual meetings in the sthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inall the stamps in this collection are in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of the used stamps have a little of the postmark print on themsome of the stamps in this collection are unused
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Fine unclipped dust-wrapperin the aftermath of the civil rights movement and the vietnam war, rawls's a theory of justice made a particular kind of liberalism essential to political philosophyshe traces the roots of contemporary theories of justice and inequality, civil disobedience, just war, global and intergenerational justice, and population ethics in the s and '70s and beyondin this first-ever history of contemporary liberal theory, katrina forrester shows how liberal egalitarianism-a set of ideas about justice, equality, obligation, and the state-became dominant, and traces its emergence from the political and ideological context of the postwar united states and britainusing archival sources, forrester explores the ascent and legacy of this form of liberalism by examining its origins in midcentury debates among american antistatists and british egalitariansthese thinkers remade political philosophy in ways that influenced not only their own trajectory but also that of their critics"-michael eric dyson, new york times a history of how political philosophy was recast by the rise of postwar liberalism and irrevocably changed by john rawls's a theory of justicein the shadow of justice tells the story of how liberal political philosophy was transformed in the second half of the twentieth century under the influence of john rawlsoxfam bookshop cotham hill black boards with gold-embossed spine which is unbrokenpages are clean and tight with no tears, bumps, or nicksin these years, political philosophers extended, developed, and reshaped this liberalism as they responded to challenges and alternatives on the left and right-from the new international economic order to the rise of the new rightrecasting the history of late twentieth-century political thought and providing novel interpretations and fresh perspectives on major political philosophers, in the shadow of justice offers a rigorous look at liberalism's ambitions and limitssee oxfam website for delivery information read more "a forceful, encyclopedic study
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Nearly one hundred images edited from this body of work form the core of the railroad and the art of place, along with a selection of earlier pennsylvania railroad steam-era photographs that reflect kahler's interest in the railroad landscape from an early age" armed with a used leica m6 and gritty tri-x film, he and his wife made six week-long trips in the dead of winter to photograph trains along the pocahontas division of the norfolk southern railwayhe soon began making annual trips to the west virginia and eastern kentucky coalfields, destinations that strongly resonated with his own aesthetic of "placewinston link photographswith funding for printing provided by the kahler family charitable fund, all sales will go to support the center's workalso included are three essays by kahler, scott lothes, and jeff brouws, discussing the personal motivations, historical context, and aesthetic development behind the photographyoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear in the late s, david kahler was deeply inspired by seeing an exhibition of osee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The intention is to learn from the past in order to chart viable new policy directions for the future, including critically assessing the prospects for nepad measuring up to the challenges involvedthis rich collection of essays examines a wide range of economic issues such as the importance of planning, the continuing reality of the debt crisis, and the new parameters for regional integration in the context of the global economy see oxfam website for delivery information read moreformer executive secretary for the economic commission on africa and under secretary general of the united nations,scholar, and author of numerous books and papers, adebayo adedeji is perhaps best known for his pioneering work developing the african alternative framework to structural adjustment at a time when the damage being caused by the latter policies being imposed on africa was only just beginning to become clearthe assumption is that the continent's decades of experience since independence embody lessons and reflect alternative policy approaches which, if properly understood, could be of real value in charting a viable future for its people -- provided african countries are set free to chart their own courses of action that address their particular circumstances and meet the social and economic needs of their own populationsbook condition: minor shelf wearthis volume brings together some of africa's best economists and social scientists to reflect on africa's previous experiences with alternative paradigms to structural adjustment and related problemsoxfam bookshop beverley nepad -- the new partnership for africa's development -- is the latest attempt to chart a new course of good governance combined with an effective development strategy for the african continentthe occasion for these essays was the 70th birthday of one of africa's most eminent economists and a leading public servant -- professor adebayo adedejigood governance is analysed, as is corporate governancethere is a special emphasis on issues of human development, including poverty, hiv/aids, and the refugee problem
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The red queen tells the story of the child-bride of edmund tudor, who, although widowed in her early teens, uses her determination of character and wily plotting to infiltrate the house of york under the guise of loyal friend and servant, undermine the support for richard iii and ultimately ensure that her only son, henry tudor, triumphs as king of englandthrough collaboration with the dowager queen elizabeth woodville, margaret agrees a betrothal between henry and elizabeth's daughter, thereby uniting the families and resolving the cousins war once and for all by founding of the tudor dynastyoxfam shop colne road the second book in philippa's stunning new series, the cousins war, brings to life the story of margaret beaufort, a shadowy and mysterious character in the first book of the series - the white queen - but who now takes centre stage in the bitter struggle of the war of the rosessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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These and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contexts) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neuroscienceoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfthe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areassee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychologypoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theoryin addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experience
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For generations the t'ang have controlled with mind manipulation and teams of black-clad assassinsoxfam bookshop cheltenham the spellbinding saga of the future continues in the yearbut the human urge for freedom cannot be stilled by murder or seductionthe "chung kuo" series brings future centuries to life, portraying men and women caught between great powers fighting for dominancethe 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 marsand yearning for ageless passions for all that life holds dear see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Meanwhile, aqualad, jackson hyde, heads west to fulfill his destinyoxfam 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 francisco2! written by benjamin percy (green arrow) with stunning art by khoi phamteethed, 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 vol see oxfam website for delivery information read moreand 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
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Praise for harry sidebottom 'relentless, brutal, brilliant, this is jack reacher in ancient rome' - ben kane 'a cracking talebut this is exactly what roman officer marcus aelius valens must domore twists and turns than the tiber itself' - rory clements 'absorbing, rich in detail and brilliant' - the times 'grabbed me from the startand with the rescue fast becoming a suicide mission, valens must marshal this disparate group of men - or suffer the same fate as all those who have made the journey before himas they journey deeper into enemy territory, the ten begin to die or disappear, one by oneno man who enters the castle of silence ever walks out alivei loved it' - donna leon *** get ready for the return in - harry sidebottom's breakout historical thriller is now available to pre-order in hardback, ebook & audiobook *** see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop royal exchange square a ragtag group of elite roman soldiers are sent on a suicide mission in this epic historical thriller from sunday times bestseller and leading ancient rome expert, harry sidebottoma remote fortress prison set high in the mountains, escape is impossible - and to break someone out, unthinkablefrom the bestselling author of the last hour, the lost ten is a breathless historical thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat - for fans of bernard cornwell, ben kane, simon scarrow and conn igguldentasked with rescuing the young prince sasan, valens leads a small, elite squad of soldiers across mesopotamia and into the mountains south of the caspian sea
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university pressthe 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 bookclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whythe 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 chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalscassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomwhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientsuch 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 medicineaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patient
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(oral history forms a large part of the book) 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 moreoxfam 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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Oxfam books & music beaconsfield celebrating the virgin mary as both an object of religious affection and a focus of civic pride, artists of fourteenth-century siena established for their city a vibrant tradition that continued into the early decades of the next centuryshe analyzes similarly important commissions in the contado towns of massa marittima, montalcino, and montepulcianosuch celebratory portraits of the virgin were also common in siena's extensive subject territories, the contadocasting new light on such topics as the original site for the reliquary tomb of saint cerbone, patron saint of massa marittima, and the identity of the patrons of the marian frescoes in the rural hermitage of san leonardo al lago, the author deepens our insight into the origins and meanings of sienese art production of the late medieval periodthis richly illustrated book explores late medieval sienese art-how it was created, commissioned, and understood by the citizens of sienathe book is in as new condition in a slip case which has a little shelfweardrawing on extensive unpublished archives, norman reconstructs the circumstances surrounding the commission of marian art in the three most prestigious locations of fourteenth-century siena: the cathedral, the palazzo pubblico, and the hospital of santa maria della scalaexamining political, economic, and cultural relations between siena and the contado, diana norman offers a new understanding of marian art and its political function as an expression of civic ideologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst edition published
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He focuses on five crucial battles and offers new insights into the distinctive methods and motivations of modern warfareoxfam bookshop royal exchange square in this comprehensive history, john keegan explores both the technical and the human impact of the greatest war of all timesee oxfam website for delivery information read morein knowledgable, perceptive analysis of the airborne battle of crete, the carrier battle of midway, the tank battle of falaise, the city battle of berlin, and the amphibious battle of okinawa, keegan illuminates the strategic dilemmas faced by the leaders and the consequences of their decisions on the fighting men and the course of the war as a whole
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This book explores the natural history of this mysterious fishhistory suggests it is the pressure of human development which has narrowed down the survival zone of the salmon, and the author questions whether we can go on altering natural systems and freshwater rivers in order to make space for human populations, and do so in sync with fish needshe also addresses the matter of conservation issues and human management, which in the past has led to fast decreasing populationsthe author explores the life cycle of the salmon, using his own experiences and stories of salmon fishing and spotting to create an enticing narrativeinternally the pages are clean, the binding strong and the colour photographs are clearoxfam bookshop lincoln a fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmonsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefor those interested in marine lifethe book is in good condition, with only some minor damage done to the top and bottom of the spine of the dust jacket and along the very edges
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Oxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedit sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present daythe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are describedthey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuriesthe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscriptsthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicthis book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish culturesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurs
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"  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreif you can't get to the french laundry, you can now re-create at home the very experience wine spectator described as "as close to dining perfection as it getsoxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the french laundry cookbook thomas keller good, price not clipped, slight wear to the dust jacket and boardsiacp award winner marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the acclaimed french laundry restaurant in the napa valley-"the most exciting place to eat in the united states" (the new york times)and this, his first cookbook, is every bit as satisfying as a french laundry meal itself: a series of small, impeccable, highly refined, intensely focused coursesthe most transformative cookbook of the century celebrates this milestone by showcasing the genius of chef/proprietor thomas keller himself no signs of usefrom innovative soup techniques, to the proper way to cook green vegetables, to secrets of great fish cookery, to the creation of breathtaking desserts; from beurre monté to foie gras au torchon, to a wild and thoroughly unexpected take on coffee and doughnuts, the french laundry cookbook captures, through recipes, essays, profiles, and extraordinary photography, one of america's great restaurants, its great chef, and the food that makes both uniquemost dazzling is how simple keller's methods are: squeegeeing the moisture from the skin on fish so it sautées beautifully; poaching eggs in a deep pot of water for perfect shape; the initial steeping in the shell that makes cooking raw lobster out of the shell a cinch; using vinegar as a flavor enhancer; the repeated washing of bones for stock for the cleanest, clearest tastesone hundred and fifty superlative recipes are exact recipes from the french laundry kitchen-no shortcuts have been taken, no critical steps ignored, all have been thoroughly tested in home kitchenskeller is a wizard, a purist, a man obsessed with getting it right
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The episodes are: 'it happened 'that night'', 'blood is the new black', 'kingdom of the blind', 'birds of a feather', 'that girl is poison', 'the remains of the 'a'', 'crazy', 'stolen kisses', 'the kahn game', 'what lies beneath', 'single fright female', 'the lady killer', 'this is 'a' dark ride', 'she's better now', 'mona mania', 'misery loves company', 'out of the frying pan, into the inferno', 'dead to me', 'what becomes of the broken hearted', 'hot water', 'out of sight, out of mind', 'will the circle be unbroken', 'i'm your puppet' and 'a dangerous game'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road all 24 episodes from the third season of the us drama based on the novels by sara shepardthe show follows four friends in the fictional town of rosewood, pennsylvania, who, after the leader of their group goes missing, start receiving mysterious messages which threaten to reveal their darkest secrets
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our liveswhat has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacityin the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathologythe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviourthis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centuryin reading other minds, the imagination plays a central rolewhat we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindshowever, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingin addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categorynone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanismssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingnichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreadingthey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mind
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The first three chapters of this volume are dedicated to the images of prophet muhammad in armenian literatureher objective is to suggest political readings of these themes and related texts by revealing hitherto unstudied and novel interactions in the cities of asia minor during the mongol perioddadoyan argues that the cosmopolitan urban environments were radically different from rural areas and close interactions took different and unexpected patternsin the last part of the volume, she presents the first and only polemical-apologetic armenian texts addressed to islam at the end of the fourteenth centurydadoyan focuses on social and cultural aspects, rather than the core political focus exhibited in her first two volumesdadoyan focuses on the armenian condition and role in the medieval islamic worldoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in the third volume of the trilogy, seta bshe argues that if the entire region was the habitat of most of the armenians, their history too is part of these locations and peoplessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is essential for all historians and middle east scholars and is the latest volume in transaction's armenian studies seriesdadoyan draws the outlines of a new philosophy of armenian history based on hitherto obscured patterns of interactiondadoyan shows that direct interactions and borrowings happened regularly from islamic sciences, reform projects, poetry, and arts
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Lady maud fitzherbert falls in love with walter von ulrich, a spy at the german embassy in londonthe williams, a welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine ownerspresident woodrow wilson and with two orphaned russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to america fall foul of war, conscription and revolutionin a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing complexity, fall of giants moves seamlessly from washington to st petersburg, from the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mightytheir destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to uoxfam shop pershore the first in ken follett's bestselling century trilogy, fall of giants is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the first world war, the russian revolution, and the struggle for votes for womensee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe coronation day of king george v
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Its purpose is to index and describe some of the most significant studies about the composer and his music, presenting enough material - in a sort of stream of consciousness, using annotations that readers may survey the myriad directions verdi research has gone, ascertain the relevance of individual items to their individual interests, and easily pursue significant patterns and threads in which they are interestedit is not surprising that a figure such as verdi should have inspired an enormous amount of books, articles, essays, and critical evaluationhis death brought a crowd of several hundred thousand people to mourn not only the passing of a great artist but also a beloved national herofor those who have not spent years with verdi literature or who may just be starting to explore some aspect of the giant's life and works, this foundation may seem daunting indeedit is primarily for these researchers that this volume is intended, although it is hoped that specialists will also find it to be usefulsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford the works of no great composer between the twentieth and the twenty-first centuries have undergone a more spectacular reassessment than those of giuseppe verditoday, verdi scholars build their work on a vast foundation of earlier researchthis verdi biography is dealt with as a simple story to be read in one go - in which thoughts concerning personal and professional events in his life flow in simplicity, while continuing to respect the importance of chronological order
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