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In very good conditionit therefore must govern by principles of justice that do not presuppose any particular vision of the good lifesandel locates modern liberalism in the tradition of kant, and focuses on its most influential recent expression in the work of john rawlsin the most important challenge yet to rawls' theory of justice, sandel traces the limits of liberalism to the conception of the person that underlies it, and argues for a deeper understanding of community than liberalism allowsbut can any such principles be found? and if not, what are the consequences for justice as a moral and political ideal? these are the questions michael sandel takes up in this penetrating critique of contemporary liberalismoxfam bookshop hampstead liberalism and the limits of justice by michael sandel a liberal society seeks not to impose a single way of life, but to leave its citizens as free as possible to choose their own values and endssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Some dirt marks to the page edges, otherwise very good" book in good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundthis expansive collection ranges over, amongst others, bookchin's account of his teenage years as a young communist during the great depression, his experiences of the s and reflections on that decade's lessons, his vision of a libertarian communist society, libertarian politics, the future of anarchism, and the unity of theory and practicehe goes on to assess the crisis of radicalism today and defends the need for a revolutionary leftfinally, he states what is to be valued in both anarchism and marxism in building such a left and offers guidelines for forming a new revolutionary social movementsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprinted in , first editionoxfam shop mutley plain  "murray bookchin has been a dynamic revolutionary propagandist since the s when, as a teenager, he orated before socialist crowds in new york city and engaged in support work for those fighting franco in the spanish civil warnow, for the first time in book form, this volume presents a series of exciting and engaged interviews with, and essays from, the founder of social ecology
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Binding good and tight" this small book is in good condition for ageoxfam bookshop sevenoaksred edges to blockas relates to her domestic history, & to the eventful period of the reign of charles the firstbound in leather with blind tooling, five bands to spine and neat title label with gold letteringthird edition note "to the readergold tooling to edges of boardsmarbled endpaperssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreimprinted for longman, brown, green, & longmans, paternoster row over against warwick lane in the city of londonthe style of printing and general appearance of this volume have been adopted by the publishers merely to be in accordance with the design of the author, who in this work personates a lady of the seventeenth centuryfull page crest, book plate for alice courtney, plus two previous owners' names, leather is scuffed and marked as expected with age, and very rubbed at edges of boards and to spine, small split to leather at top edge of rear board
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Internally; is almost goodoverall; good, and tight used copy (please see pictures)some pencil writing on front free endpapercondition wear at extremitiesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coverspublished by john murray, londonplates are brightitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regionnot really sure of page(s) cut within the (appendix) between pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablerubbing and bumping to head and foot of spine, with wear to edges of spineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea scarce and an original first edition copy for collectors of austen henry layard, 19th century travel books, and for those interested in nineveh, mesopotamia, iraq, babylonia, babylonians, medes, chaldeans, persians, scythians, cimmerians the middle east, travel and explorationare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipages are tight and almost clean with some spots, light marks, or foxingsome rubbing to front inner hingeslight tears or creases to edges of the fold-out plans and map, but still in nice clean condition5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & index + 2 pages of publishers’ workssecurely bound with hinges fully intact with no loose or detached pagesdiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum this volume details layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactsrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece ‘ north-eastern façade and grand entrance of sennacherib’s palace (kouyunjik)’, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, over 20 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps ‘map of assyria, and map of mesopotamia’ at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countrybook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4the expedition yielded further important trophies and discoveries, including the cuneiform library of sennacherib's grandson ashurbanipal, on which most modern knowledge of assyrian culture is foundedtitles in gilt to spinethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work
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Dj has some minor chipsthe inscription includes " with greeting henry field" and is dated but cannot verify its authenticityfascinated by the shaded past of the cultural hub of our civilization there, field dug, dusted and studied to piece together his track of manillustrated with 28 b/w photographshenry field (december – january ) was an american anthropologist and archaeologistthough his work took him to the caves of altamira and the pyrenees with the abbe breuil, to america where he worked for years in the field museum and saw the construction of its marvellous hall of primitive man, into planning for the developmental exhibit at the chicago world's fair, and into wartime studies for the uhis essays on the babylonian findings have their tribute in the scientific worldthere his heart remained for most of the rest of his lifeoxfam shop darlington hardbackgreen cloth boards protected by unclipped maroon pictorial dust jacketcontents are clean and binding is tightsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreffep has a small section (4cm x 1cm) removed to take out surname of inscriptiongovernment- it was at kish that he did his main body of workhis autobiography is a spirited account of the adventure of science itselffield went eagerly as a young student on his first trip to the excavation grounds at kishboards clean with very slight fading around the titles on the spineborn in chicago he spent his childhood in england and was educated at eton and oxfordred top page endspublished by peter davies
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Oxfam bookshop bath a paperback in very good conditiondrawing on research in four continents and dozens of archives, and bringing to life a global network of nationalists, humanitarians, international bureaucrats, and imperial statesmen, the guardians offers an entirely new interpretation of the importance of international organizations in the emergence of the modern world orderbritain, france, belgium, japan, and the british dominions wanted to keep the new states, but woodrow wilson and the millions converted to the ideal of self-determination thought otherwiseat the paris peace conference of , the allies agreed reluctantly to govern their new conquests according to international and humanitarian norms and under 'mandate' from the league of nationsas imperial politicians wearied of continual scandals and crises - revolts in south west africa, syria, samoa, and palestine; famine in rwanda; labour abuses in new guinea; extortionate oil contracts in iraq - they began to question whether independent states might be easier to deal with than territories subject to international scrutinyas the guardians shows, this decision had enormous consequencesthe first world war threw the imperial order into crisisthe allies sought to use the league to safeguard imperial authority, but that authority was undermined by the mechanisms for international oversight they had themselves createdminor signs of shelf wearnew states emerged from the great european land empires, while germany's african and pacific colonies, and the ottoman provinces in the middle east fell into allied handscolonial nationalists and humanitarians exploited new rights of petition or opportunities for publicity to expose abuses or scandals; germans resentful of the loss of their colonies and italians eager to found a new empire arrived in geneva to demand a repartition of the spoilssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are clean and tight and appear unread
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The condition of the stamps in this collection are goodthe stamps were all issued in the decades of the s, s, s, s, s, and sthese places are london, the who building, athens, cairo and copenhagenall the stamps in this collection have been used and many of them have the postmark showing the date when they were used on themthe stamps that show the sights of other countries in the eyes of hungariansoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 41 stamps that were all issued in hungary and romaniathe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of the stamps have the envelope that they were attached to on the back when they had originally been useda couple of the stamps are a little torn and a little foldedkepsoes iparmuvesete szakkozepiskola, mavaut kozponti palyaudar, kassai szekesegyhaz, i bor vilagerseny the wine industry areas, veszprem, vegrehajto canacs ulese budapest, the statue of miklos jurisics, martonvasar brunszvik kastely, keszthely festetics kastely, dunaujvaros, the hungarian parliament buildings in budapest, sumegi var, kaposvar, nagyvazsony, ajkacsngervolgyi vajar tanulo, and rakosi matyas kulturhaz in budapest and pestthe sights the stamps show of the places in hungary and romania are the crissan hotel in lebada in romania, and in hungary are budapest, lake balaton at badacsony, dunakanyar visegrad, dunakanyar szentedre, saros patak, holloko, istalyi teglagyar, in homine sce et individue andreas trinitais, kisvarda, magyar optikai movek kulturhaza, sztallinvarosi sporthaz, somlo, szigliget, lehel utilakohazak lehel street
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Internally; is almost goodplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal brown cloth by edmonds & remnants, with impressive elaborate blind stamping design of great winged bull to front and rear coversno writing or inscriptionspublished by john murray, londonlacks 2 pages from the appendix between pages 672 and 673 (see picture 54), a couple of maps are taped but still completeitem description first edition of this authoritative study on the assyrian cities of nineveh and babylon based on layard's second expedition to the regiondiscoveries in the ruins of nineveh and babylon; with travels in armenia, kurdistan and the desert: being the result of a second expedition undertaken for the trustees of the british museum illustrated with folding frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 13 full-page plates, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravings an account of layard’s important second british museum expedition in , describing in detail the discoveries that were made, especially focusing on the momentous assyrian artefactscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepages are tight and clean with occasional, spots, light marks, or foxingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki5cm & number of pages: 686 including appendix & indexrichly illustrated with fold-out frontispiece, 4 folding plates and plans, 8 tinted lithographic plates, 13 full-page plates, 1 plate of inscriptions, 2 large folding maps at rear, and 232 wood-cut engravingsapart from his great archaeological accomplishment in identifying kouyunjik as the site of the ancient city nineveh, layard provides an extensive analysis of the ancient assyrian world and its history, as revealed by the discoveries, and also writes about the daily life and customs of the countryplates are clean and bright (please see pictures)securely bound with hinges fully intact, some instances of internal separation but text block sound with no loose or detached pagestop of spine cover missingbook dimensions: 23 x 15 x 4condition wear at extremities with rubbing and bumping to cornerstitles in gilt to spinethis will be of interest for the archaeology and early travel enthusiast as the number and quality of illustrations, maps and diagrams really elevate this work
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no real marks or wear this work is a complete english translation of the latin etymologies of isidore, bishop of seville (c615 and the early 630s and it takes the form of an encyclopedia, arranged by subject matterisidore provides etymologies for most of the terms he explains, finding in the causes of words the underlying key to their meaningit contains much lore of the late classical world beginning with the seven liberal arts, including rhetoric, and touches on thousands of topics ranging from the names of god, the terminology of the law, the technologies of fabrics, ships and agriculture to the names of cities and rivers, the theatrical arts, and cooking utensilsisidore compiled the work between csee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book offers a highly readable translation of the twenty books of the etymologies, one of the most widely known texts for a thousand years from isidore's time
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no marks or wear the fundamental book of eliezer schweid is a modern interpretation of the bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary jews with the bible, from which a dynamic jewish culture can continue to draw its inspirationthe approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of hermann cohen, the dialogical philosophy of buber, the religious phenomenology of heschel, and the insights of contemporary biblical scholars, including literary analysts of the biblesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreschweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensionsthe world is gods creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present time
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Very good condition, apparently unread£ time's mysteries seem to resist comprehension and what remains, once the familiar metaphors are stripped away, can stretch even the most profound philosopherfor most of us, time is composed of mornings, afternoons and evenings and expressed in hurry, hope, longing, waiting, enduring, planning, joyful expectation and griefthinking about it is to meditate on our own mortalityquestions about "the stuff" of time  such as instants and intervals  about time and change, and the relationship between objective and subjective time, open on to wider discussions about time and causation, the irruption of subjectivity and intentionality into a material universe, and the relationship between time and freedomthe passage of time, the direction of time and time travel are critically examined and the relationship between mathematics and reality, and the nature of the observer, are exploredfor anyone who has puzzled over the nature of becoming, wondered whether time is inseparable from change, whether time is punctuate or continuous, or even whether time, itself, is real, of time and lamentation will provoke and entertainyet, physics has little or nothing to say about this time, the time as it is livedthe first part of the book, "killing time" is a formidable critique of the spatialized and mathematized account of time arising from physical sciencein of time and lamentation, raymond tallis rises to this challenge and explores the nature and meaning of time and how best to understand itpart 2, "human time" examines tensed time, the reality of time as it is lived: what we mean by "now", how we make sense of past and future events, and the idea of eternityoxfam bookshop stratford upon avon of time and lamentation by raymond tallis agenda publishing pp hardbackthe story told by caesium clocks, quantum theory and lorentz coordinates, tallis argues, needs to be supplemented by one of moss on rocks, tears on faces and the long narratives of our human journeysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith characteristic fearlessness, tallis seeks to reclaim time from the jaws of physicsour temporal lives deserve a richer attention than is afforded by the equations of mathematical physicswith the scientistic reduction of time set aside and lived time reaffirmed, tallis digs deeper into the nature of time itself in the final part, "finding time"those, like tallis himself, who seek to find a place at which the scientific and humanistic views of humanity can be reconciled, will celebrate his placing of human consciousness at the heart of time, and his showing that we are "more than cogs in the universal clock, forced to collaborate with the very progress that pushes us towards our own midnight"the culmination of some twenty years of thinking, writing and wondering about (and within) time, it is a bold, original and thought-provoking work
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Oxfam books & music beeston peter lang, , paperback very good condition the contributions to this volume explore eleven key developments in the external history of the german language, that is, the combination of social, political and cultural circumstances which influenced the language and its speakersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreothers are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersthe essays, a number of which were originally delivered as lectures in the university of cambridge and all of which are by specialists in the field, combine to provide a history of the german language in its social context
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The overall condition of the print block is good enough to merit rebindingp + frontipsiece, and a few pages at the back, where a publicity leaflet about the book was bound inan appendix inserted while the book was being prepared for publication contains "a brief history of the orange-river sovereignty and of the various races inhabiting it, the great lake ngami, commandoes of the dutch boers, &cthe three maps and nineteen illustrations mentioned on the title page are all present" the cloth cover of the book is in poor condition: there are numerous water and other markings, and tears along the edges of the spine, though it is still attachedthe endpapers are cracked and the hinges loosening; however, the binding has remained firm except for the fsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop west hampstead first published in , this important history of natal begins with a description of the country and an account of its discovery by vasco da gamaholden proceeds to describe the arrival of english and dutch settlers, the establishment of an english government, and the development of sugar and coffee plantations, trade and settlementsthe name of a previous owner is written on the fthe pages have suffered some water damage, but the marks are faint, and they in no way obscure the text or illustrations
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Paperback book in good condition, although a little scuffed and marked in places, the binding is good and there are no internal markingsoxfam books & music totnes a book of essays written to subvert from the story of the author's lifeit has a section at the back of the book entirely in chinesesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book has been translated by ngai-lai cheng
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No marks and good bindingbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â conditionin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and troos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of war
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You see being brilliant, successful and happy isn't about dramatic change, it's about finding out what really works for you and doing more of it! the authors lay down their six common-sense principles that will ensure you focus on what you're good at and become super brilliant both at work and at homeoxfam bookshop st albans a pep talk in your pocket, this short, small, highly illustrated book will fill you to the brim with happiness, positivity, wellbeing and, most importantly, success! andy cope and andy whittaker are experts in the art of happiness and positive psychology and the art of being brilliant is crammed full of good advice, instructive case studies, inspiring quotes, some funny stuff and important questions to make you think about your work, relationships and lifea richly illustrated, 2 colour, small book full of humour, inspiring quotes and solid advice a great read with a serious underlying message - how to foster positivity and bring about success in every aspect of your life outlines six common-sense principles that will help you ensure you are the best you can besee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagestranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luceoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic events
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Oxfam furniture shop southampton overall in very good condition with only very slight bumping to the bottom edge of front dust jacketcontemporary images illustrate a text that takes in the development of the new york schooner to the yacht america and beyond, blockade runners from virginia, ice in the st lawrence seaway, the powerful schooners of liverpool, the mysterious but lovely shallops of swansea and many more besidessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis first volume of pilots concentrates on the stories of american and british schooners
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Oxfam furniture shop southampton overall very good condition with only a tear to bottom left hand corner of the front dust jacketthe first volume of pilots concentrated on the stories of american and british schoonersand slight bumping to the inside back fly leaf of dust jacketthe schooners in this volume range from the hiates of portugal to the beautiful station boats of the north sea ports of germany, the netherlands, belgium and francesee oxfam website for delivery information read morevolume 2 enters what for many will be a less familiar world, that of the european pilot schooners, the remarkable pilot brigs of the hooghly and the small, undecked craft of many of the less famous but equally important, services
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This copy is in good conditiontranslated by charles fullmanoxfam bookshop hexham the story of the sprotected with a removable cellophane coverthe book jacket is worn at edges and corners, with some loss to the top of the spineofficer who daily risked his life to alert the pope and the neutral countries to hitler's extermination drivethere are small mould marks on the bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Influences by pink floyd and king crimson,but also parts of tangerine dream goes in the extraordinary music design,without neglecting your own direction! the big breakthrough is lacking in management,the necessary small change and the courage of the radio stations! probably the most ambitious work is "ortoflorovivaistica",which is a harmonious image of this underestimated italian formation,and generally received good reviewsmichele marinò (vocals,guitar) nicola cionini (guitar) matteo sciocchetto (bass) matteo d'ignazi (drums) tracklist a1\tmars behind our eyes\t a2\tjohn on the moon\t a3\tthe ghost in your room\t a4\ta telescope in reverse\t a5\tthe spider in the clock\t b1\tmy garden\t b2\tstrange girl\t mint for collectors of extraordinary bands of psychedelic rock! read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitebrilliant! (concreteweb, belgium) strange flowers profile: italian neo-psychedelic band from pisa formed in and active tillstrange flowers?–ortoflorovivaistica /in limited of 100 "red vinyl" how can you classify a band that is difficult to classify into a style! strange flower are comfortable and stirring,soulful psychedelic,haunting and hard*also appeared in a limited red special edition (quantity 100 in red) paul gerald(new music express) ortoflorovivaistica is full of beautiful and powerful masterpieces that are performed with so much feeling and passion you wonder what was going around the time of writing and recording…the boys from pisa should definitely be proud of themselves with this oneour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Covers are in good tot vg+-condition[3] his humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlookedare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available[5] his musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drumsthis collection contains 6 lp’s with a few special recordingsin this collection you'll find the following titles: - the best of fats domino - play it again - fats on fire - here comes … fats domino - fats domino (lp-album) lp’s are in vg+ to e-condition[4] during his career, domino had 35 records in the uplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[2] between and , he had eleven top 10 hitsone has damage in the corner(february – october ) was an american pianist and singer-songwriterantoine "fats" domino jrone of the pioneers of rock and roll music, domino sold more than 65 million recordsbillboard top 40, and five of his pre- records sold more than a million copies, being certified goldtwo of his most famous songs are "ain't that a shame" and "blueberry hill"[5] his release "the fat man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll recordour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehe died october
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In good conditionthere is sight edge wear to the jacket top spinethe inside pages are clean and unmarked' by studying original trial documents and other manuscript sources netta murray goldsmith has discovered hitherto unsuspected facts about some cases, including one important instance in which a prosecutor, aided by members of the judiciary, was able to pervert the course of justiceno one dared to say publicly that it should be tolerated, yet the reactions of men and women to the homosexuals in their midst were varied and complexsee oxfam website for delivery information read moremoving from the old bailey to the court of king's bench, the author discusses the anomalies, inconsistencies and miscarriages of justice that arose as our ancestors decided what to do with defendants accused of the so-called 'worst of crimesshe also shows a how reactivated sodomy law put all eighteenth-century male homosexuals in fear and suggests it led to a distorted concept of masculinitythere are a slight dust marks to the jacket and marks to the cover boardsoxfam bookshop hampstead the worst of crimes: homosexuality and the law in eighteenth century london in the eighteenth century homosexuality became an issue, especially in london with its fast growing population
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See the attached images for a good impression of this book   see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cardiff following the end of world war two there were millions of displaced persons in europe and in the far east toohardback book in as new condition in an unclipped dust jacketno marks or inscriptionsthe book is based on official records and the words of the survivors and their childrenthis book concentrates on displaced poles and balts (from lithuania, estonia and latvia) who chose to settle in britain rather than return to their home countries
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, only slight shelf wear to cover fear is ubiquitous but slipperyrather, by using a comparative, multidisciplinary framework, the book situates fear in more global terms, breaks new ground in the historical and cultural analysis of emotions, and sets out a new agenda for further researchin these times of institutionalized insecurity and global terror, facing fear sheds light on the meaning, diversity, and dynamism of fear in multiple world-historical contexts, and demonstrates how fear universally binds us to particular presents but also to a broad spectrum of memories, stories, and states in the pastthe volume contributes to the thriving literature on the history of emotions and destabilizes narratives that have often understood fear in very specific linguistic, cultural, and geographical settingsfrom the eighteenth-century peruvian highlands and the california borderlands to the urban cityscapes of contemporary russia and india, this book collectively explores the wide range of causes, experiences, and explanations of this protean emotionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein addition to the editors, the contributors are alexander etkind, lisbeth haas, andreas killen, david lederer, melani mcalister, ronald schechter, marla stone, ravi sundaram, and charles walkerit has been defined as a purely biological reality, derided as an excuse for cowardice, attacked as a force for social control, and even denigrated as an unnatural condition that has no place in the disenchanted world of enlightened modernity
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In very good "as new" conditionkoppenaal, published by academic press ina three volume set, edited by john coxfam bookshop sevenoaks the second edition of the encyclopedia of spectroscopy and spectrometry pulls key information into a single source for quick access to answers and/or in-depth examination of topicswith 30% new content, spec-2 maintains the "authoritative, balanced coverage" of the original work while also breaking new ground in spectroscopic research"spec-2" covers theory, methods, and applications for researchers, students, and professionals-combining proven techniques and new insights for comprehensive coverage of the fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno other work gives analytical and physical (bio)chemists such unprecedented access to the literaturelindon, george etranter and david wthis is a very heavy item and will be dispatched by courier
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road very sligth shelf wear, otherwise very good condition in the first comprehensive work to articulate a psychoanalytic metaphysics based on process thought, the author uses dialectical logic to show how the nature and structure of mental life is constituteda thought-provoking account of idealism, origins confronts the limitations of materialism and empiricism while salvaging the roles of agency and freedom that have been neglected by the biological sciencessee oxfam website for delivery information read morearguing that ego development is produced not only by consciousness but also evolves from unconscious genesis, he makes the controversial claim that an unconscious semiotics serves as the template for language and all meaning structures
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Internally the book is good, and the binding still feels good and tightoxfam books & music salisbury good condition considering the book's age, the boards have some wear and marks and the page edges are foxedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Overall condition very goodback board has newnes mark embossed black and white drawings, maps and photographs throughouta book bringing together some real geography and legends about the coast of england and wales, where land has been lost to the seawhite titling on front board, gold on spineink has soaked through to next pagethird fep has previous owner's name and date in inkthen comes the history of cardigan bay and the supposed causeways to irelandblue and black illustrated boardscorners bumped and some shelf wear top of spineoxfam shop buxton george newnes hardbackpage edges tanneda truly fascinating book in great condition, pocket sizedwillson, beckles library of useful stories seriesbinding tight and all illustrations are presenthilbre island and birkenhead are next, working clockwise around 'crackle glaze' endpapersmap of england and wales embossedthe durham coast has seen land loss too and then there's lots about norfolk, suffolk, dunwich of course, famously lost in medieval times see oxfam website for delivery information read morefirst chapter on lyonesse, the large area between land's end and the scillies, once a land of fairies and giants
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The book is in good condition with no inscriptionsalso in the volume are eight appendices dealing with such diverse and relevant topics as the effect of vitamin starvation on the medieval mind and the part played by carbon dioxide in producing auto-intoxication and the visionary state see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis edition was reprinted inthe colours of the dust jacket are somewhat faded particularly on the spine and there is some foxingthe dust jacket is chipped and worn along the edges and there is a small tear on the bottom edgethe pages are clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop new milton this volume contains aldous huxley's two essays on the effects and implications of drug taking
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