The times complete history of the world
List the times complete history of the world
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complete in four volumesa history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()it was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textschurchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlanticwith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumesthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplessee oxfam website for delivery information read morea collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchill) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own waycondition: goodvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltd condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are agedpages are bright and clean
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Covering every aspect of the tour from its beginnings and early heroes to its incredible feats of endurance and fierce rivalries, this is the complete history of one of the world's greatest sporting eventsoxfam bookshop cheltenham "tour de france: the complete history of the world's greatest cycle race" plots the evolution of this great event, covering every tour up to the milestone 100th running of the race init features legends such as jacques anquetil, eddie merckx, miguel indurain, seven-time winner lance armstrong and the new generation of riders such as alberto contador and british heroes bradley wiggins and mark cavendishsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Purnells history of the second world warcomplete set of all 24 volumes of this definitive history serieshoused in three bespoke upvc slip folders
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford boldly goes where no book has gone before! now for the first time the complete history of the star trek universe in comic books and newspaper strips all over the worldporter, author of the bestselling james bond: the history of the illustrated 007, star trek: a comic book history features nine information-packed chapters detailing the history of star trek in comic books and newspaper strips from the first gold key comic books and english newspaper strip, to marvel and dc's titles, and up to the present day includes creator interviews, unpublished artwork, and a detailed checklistsee oxfam website for delivery information read more published to coincide with the release of the new star trek movie this book is the perfect companion for all fans of star trek and its various incarnations written by pop-culture historian alan j exhaustively covers all publications of the entire star trek universe
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysjĂĽrgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsthis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planet
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See photos for a complete overview of the lot, everything is depictedstrap 2 is an overview of the history of the usa since the colonisation by the netherlands and england in with issues of grenada, norfolk, virgin, belize, antigua & barbuda and moreband 1 "usa": this section contains only usa postage stamps with patriotic and nationalist subjects issued between approxcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiin both albums, the stamps, with mounts, are attached to richly illustrated collection sheets with a lot of information in dutchplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteand , with obama's inauguration fdcin addition, an issue with the john fcollection "history of the united states in postage stamps" in 2 compilation albumsour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeregistered shippingkennedy family and all us presidents
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Oxfam bookshop preston the oxford companion to the book is a unique work of reference, covering the book, broadly conceived, throughout the world from ancient to modern timesit includes traditional subjects such as bibliography, palaeography, the history of printing, editorial theory and practice, textual criticism, book collecting, and libraries, but it also engages with newer disciplines such as the history of the book and the electronic book see oxfam website for delivery information read moreboth the books and the slipcase are in pristine conditionit pays particular attention to how different societies shape books and how books shape societiesthe work includes a substantial series of introductory essays alongside an a-z section of over entries, all linked by thorough cross-referencing and served by a classified index of entriestwo large hardback books quarter-bound in red leather, with gilt stamping and bookmark ribbon, presented in an attractively decorated cardboard slipcasetext is printed on high-quality gloss paper, with black-and-white illustrations
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Each fascinating chapter brings another piece of our past into perspective in the complete history of the worldthis book traces the long and eventful road that took our early ancestors from the african savanna to the far corners of the earth, from the first use of tools to the building of the pyramidsreaders digest illustrated hostory of the world, the dawn of civilisation prehistory to 900bc book in good condition
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Oxfam bookshop ealing a perfect introduction to history for young and old, this illustrated journey through our world's culture and events travels from the big bang to the ipod and into the futureit looks at wars and disasters; introduces artists, explorers and leaders; shows us living in castles, yurts and skyscraperseach scene puts global events in perspective, in space and timevery good condition: minor shelfwear see oxfam website for delivery information read morefor adults and older children, these detailed images reward a close study to test your own knowledge of political, cultural and historical eventsthis is a trip through time, past dinosaurs, vikings, aztecs and spaceshipsfor young children, each spread provides a slew of talking points, with the world's stories concisely representedand it does not neglect the imagination here too are dragons, mythical figures and tv characters, alongside world-changing inventions borne from the imaginations of scientists and explorers
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"john keegan's history of the 2nd world warit's a 50th anniversary historypart 7 is a reprint of the daily telegraph announcement of war - 4th sept7 newspaper histories (part 6 is missing, sorry)" (delivery quite possible but needs costing first)
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Part of a generation who were admonished as children to ""remember the starving armenians,"" peterson went to armenia in as a peace corps volunteer and became fascinated by the country's troubled historyoxfam bookshop knutsford the persecution and suffering of the armenian people, a religious and cultural minority in the ottoman empire, reached a peak in the era of world war i at the hands of the turksas the new york times carried stories about the ""slow massacre of a race,"" public outrage over this tragedy led to an unprecedented philanthropic crusade spearheaded by near east relief, an organization rooted in protestant missionary endeavors in the near east and dedicated to saving the survivors of the first genocide of the twentieth centuryin ""starving armenians,"" merrill peterson explores the american response to these atrocities, beginning with the initial reports to president wilson from his ambassador to the ottoman empire, henry morgenthau, who described turkey as ""a place of horror5 million armenian men, women, and children died in ottoman turkey, victims of execution, starvation, and death marches to the syrian desert"" the west gradually began to take noticebetween and as many as 1the extensive research he embarked upon afterwards revealed not only the scope of the people's hardship and amazing resilience; it located in the american effort to help the armenians a unique perspective on our own nation's experience of the twentieth centurythe book also addresses the armenian aspirations for an independent republic under american auspices; these hopes went unfulfilled in the peacemaking after the war and ended altogether when armenia was absorbed into the soviet unionfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more""starving armenians"" is an eloquent narrative of an all but forgotten part of that experience
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Oxfam 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 history 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 outbreakthese discoveries have changed the course of history, affected human evolution, stimulated advances in medicine and saved countless livesthe 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 epidemicssee oxfam website for delivery information read more 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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Organized thematically, these essays ponder the intellectual underpinnings of the field, examine the major topics in the history of mathematics, and recount the bizarre history of pseudomaththose in the next part address the history of mathematics education and its importance to current modes of teachingthe essays in the first part of the book discuss the history of mathematics as a field and its central philosophical issuessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music bury stin the last section grattan-guinness investigates various understudied aspects of math, including numerology, masonic symbols in classical music, and the links between mathematics and christianitythis collection includes several essays that are difficult to find anywhere elsecondition: covers and spine very good, pages clean and tightedmunds this seminal collection gathers together many general writings of one of the world's leading historians of mathematics
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The history of the tides is in part the history of a broad area of science and the subject provides insight into the progress of science as a whole: this book will therefore appeal to all those interested in how scientific ideas developoxfam shop haverfordwest this book, first published in , provides a history of the study of the tides over two millennia, from the primitive ideas of the ancient greeks to present sophisticated space-age techniquesit will particularly interest specialists in oceanography, hydrography, geophysics, geodesy, astronomy and navigation the book is a good readable copy but does have some water damage to base of spine and several pages but this does not impact on the reading areasee oxfam website for delivery information read morelamb, have all contributed to our understanding of tidestidal physics has puzzled some of the world's greatest scientists and mathematicians: amongst many others, galileo, descartes, bacon, kepler, newton, bernoulli, euler, laplace, young, whewell, airy, kelvin, gthe volume is amply illustrated with diagrams from historical scientific papers, photographs of artefacts, and portraits of some of the subject's leading protagonists
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For the first time ever in a videogame compete in a full and authentic online world cup tournamentfor fans of nations that failed to qualify for south africa this is the chance to replay and re-write historyeverything fans love about the world cup will come to life in spectacular detail, including confetti rain, streamers, & fireworks-just like the official tournamentcarry the hopes and dreams of a nation into battle against fans from rival countries, from the group stage through the knockout rounds to the chance to be crowned fifa world cup south africa championgamers will be able to play as their home nation from qualification right through to a virtual reproduction of the fifa world cup final and feel what it is like to score the goal that lifts a nationoxfam shop rosemount viaduct ea sports fifa world cup south africa will feature all the emotion and passion of the fiercest national rivalries battling on the world's biggest stage, with all 199 national teams that took part in qualification, all 10 official stadiums to be used in south africa and stadiums from each qualifying regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreplus, gameplay innovations capture the journey from qualification to the final tournament with home and away strategies for every nation, situational tactics in-game, and altitude effects that fatigue players faster and even impact the flight of the ball
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The middle sea is colourful, character-driven history at its most enjoyable and is the culmination of john julius norwich's distinguished career as one of the greatest enthusiasts for anecdotal historythis wonderfully riveting history reveals our favourite holiday destination in all its glorious, epic depth' sunday telegraph see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam original liverpool an electrifying narrative history of the mediterranean from ancient egypt to , from the bestselling author of the popes and sicily: a short historythe mediterranean has nurtured three of the most dazzling civilisations of antiquity, witnessed the growth of three of our greatest religions and links three of the world's six continentsjohn julius norwich has visited every country around its shores; now he tells the story of the middle sea - a tale that begins with the pharaohs and ends with the treaty of versailles - in a dramatic account of the remarkable civilisations that rose and fell on the lands of the mediterraneanexpertly researched and ingeniously executed, norwich takes us through the arab conquests of syria and north africa; the holy roman empire and the crusades; ferdinand and isabella and the spanish inquisition; the great sieges of rhodes and malta by the sultan sĂĽleyman the magnificent; the pirates of the barbary coast and the battle of lepanto; nelson and napoleon; the greek war of independence and the italian risorgimentoa splendid achievement for its memorable scope and vitality'an expertly paced, exhilarating reada landmark in popular history-telling
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history of the second world war from orbis publishingcomplete 170 issue part work series99 upwards on internetvolumes 1-10 describe wwii, volume 11 uniforms etc, volume 12 post war conflicts and general indexplease note that the front cover for each individual issue removed to ensure continuous narrative within foldercurrently single issues can retail ÂŁ4running to pages12 volumes housed in bespoke red covers
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Oxfam shop ulverston an in-depth look at the history of the nation's football team featuring the highs and lows (the obvious highs including the world cup and an impressive run in - the lows including defeat at the hands of the usa, demolition by pushkas and the hungarians in the s, nearly the whole of the s and the failure to reach the world cup finals)there are plenty of moments to make an england fan proud, including their remarkable form in the euro 96 tournamentsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The fruit of over thirty years in the world of classical scholarship, confronting the classics captures the world of antiquity and its modern significance with wit, verve and scholarly expertiseshe invites you into the places where greeks and romans lived and died, from the palace at knossos to cleopatra's alexandria - and reveals the often hidden world of slavesin a series of sparkling essays, she explores our rich classical heritage - from greek drama to roman jokes, introducing some larger-than-life characters of classical history, such as alexander the great, nero and boudiccasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreshe takes a fresh look at both scholarly controversies and popular interpretations of the ancient world, from the golden bough to asterixmary beard is one of the world's best-known classicists - a brilliant academic, with a rare gift for communicating with a wide audience both though her tv presenting and her books
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This book celebrates the art and history of the globethe art and history of globes - sylvia sumira - london, the british library, pp - hardback with dust jacket with dust-jacket - 29 x 23 cmcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki(total: 1) read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitewritten from the unique perspective of the world's leading conservator of globesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Purnell's 'history of the world wars' special - german secret weapons64 pages of history, description, photos and colour images explores the astonishing development of german secret weapons during the second world warking & john batchelorvery good condition - some edge wear but no tears/ripspublished by bpc inno notes, underlinings etc
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Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peopleinstead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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These operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincethis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copy
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Unlike most other texts, 'a history of the british isles' is not just a history of englandoxfam bookshop cheltenham jeremy black's vigorous and fascinating study tells the story of a group of islands, their peoples, and their remarkable impact on the rest of the worldfrom the earliest pre-history right up to the present day, this stirring account describes the astonishingly varied stages through which the british isles have passed to achieve their current identity see oxfam website for delivery information read moreproper weight is given to all four, often fractious, components of the british isles - england, ireland, scotland and wales - providing the reader with an admirably balanced and absorbing narrative of an extraordinary shared past
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This book deals with the history of the austrian empire and austria-hungarythis is a military history book which deals with the inside story of the world's most feared soldiersthe gurkhas by john parker published by headline2 paperback books: - the habsburg monarchy by ajp taylor published by penguinprice is ÂŁ1 for each bookboth books are in fair condition
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Parnell's history of the second world war in 8 volumes collected weekly inbeautifully illustrated
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The book has seven thematically arranged sections - earth and space, living world, human body, the way we live, science and technology, history, atlas of the worldformat size: 34 cmwill post or collection in person possiblea large format hardback edition of the illustrated encyclopaedia of the world, published by parragon and in excellent condition, with 256 lavishly illustrated full colour pages
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Title: : the history of the first world warpublication dateauthor(s): stevenson, davidbinding: paperback
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It details a brief history of the commonwealth games that took place in canadathe sports events that are celebrated in this collection of stamps are the empire games and the commonwealth games, the rugby world cup, the football world cup, the ryder golf cup tournament, the winter olympic games, the summer olympic games, and the international lightning class championships for sailingthere are photos in the book of vintage sports equipment, famous athletes who had taken part in the commonwealth games in previous years, the natural world of victoria, the beautiful sights of victoria, and photos of some of the sports that were taking place at the commonwealth gamessome of the stamps are unusedthe sports shown on the stamps in this collection of the 57 stamps are hang-gliding, fencing, football, fun running, kayaking and canoeing, skateboarding, netball, white water rafting, sailboarding, diving, dance, fishing, horse racing, cycling, golf, running over hurdles, tenpin bowling, bobsleigh, cross country skiing, ice hockey, downhill skiing, mountain biking, squash, beach cricket, tenpin bowling, ski boarding, life guard swimming, kite flying, skiing, shooting, rock climbing, snorkelling, and tennisthe book in a cellophane cover shows the full set of commonwealth games from canadathe book is written in both english and frenchthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insome of the stamps stills have a little of the envelope they were originally attached to still visibleon the inside of the back cover there are white and brown stamps that are neatly presents in a cellophane coveringoverall the stamps in this pack are in good condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreit briefly explains some of the cultural traditions of victoria in canadathe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe book describes the triumph of the personal achievements that the athletes gain while being able to participant in the commonwealth gamesthe pictures on the stamps in this book show the high jump, wheelchair racing, indoor cycling around a velodrome, bowling and divingsome of the stamps have a clearly shown printed postmark on themit is a book of 8 pagessome of the stamps are a little foldedthe book describes the city of victoria and its surrounding countrysidealong with the book included in this pack of sports there are 57 individual stampsa couple of the stamps are a little fadedone of the stamps shows the national stadium of jamaicathe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s and sthe countries that these 57 stamps were issued in are australia, ajman state, new zealand, north korea, great britain, finland, afghanistan, germany, antigua, hungary, guinea ecuatorial, ireland, jamaica, bulgaria and canadaoxfam emporium manchester in this collection there is a book about the commonwealth games stamps that were issued in canada in that took place in victoria in canadathere are two copies of each stampall the stamps in the book have been unused, although they are not neatly presented
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The rep is a project on an unparalleled scale: - over entries ranging from 500 to words in length - thematic, biographical and national - 10 volumes consisting of over 5 million words of text plus considerable bibliographic material - a chief editor and thirty specialist subject editors from across the world - over authors from all over the worldit covers: - the core of most anglo-american philosophy - the metaphysical, epistemological and logical questions - the usual menu of ethics, political philosophy and the history of philosophy - the philosophy of other cultures - from chinese, arabic and jewish philosophy to the philosophy of africa and latin america the most impressive range of authors have been gathered together on this unique project: william alston, roderick chisolm, fred dretske, joel feinberg, sandra harding, larry laudan, martha nussbaum, richard popkin, richard rorty, alan ryan, gyatri chakravorty spivak, stephen stich, patrick suppes and bernard williams, to name just a fewthe importance of the rep is not to be found just in the sheer size of the project but also in its breadth of subject mattersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe entire set is in pristine, unread conditionedited by edward craig and assisted by thirty specialist subject editors, the rep consists of ten volumes of the world's most eminent philosophers writing for the needs of students and teachers of philosophy internationallyoxfam bookshop preston the routledge encyclopedia of philosophy is the most ambitious international philosophy project in many years10 large volumes bound in blue cloth with red and silver stamping, with bookmark ribbons
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