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Published by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatsoxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectiona definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthpianka and laurie jin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascarwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializeinternally clean and unmarkedpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurethis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the world
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He has been on the faculty of the princeton university school of architecture and the university of california, losangelesanthony vidler, dean of the irwin schanin school of architecture of the cooper union, is a historian and critic of modern and contemporary architecture
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Oxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesthrough five centuries
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Elvis presley in concert at the university of dayton arena, dayton, ohio, juneplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteoriginal vintage elvis presley concert ticket stubare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiticket stub in excellent conditionnumber 311 m 10the ticket has been laminated on both sides (see photos)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledimensions = 3,7 cm x 6,5 cm100 % vintage original (not a copie) read moreour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Publisher: university of california presscondition: goodlist price (msrp)authors: lanhambinding: paperbackproduct category: books
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Published university of californiaedited and introduction by felix klee
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Oxfam shop broughty ferry vintage university of virginia bicentennial plate by wedgwoodthis plate is part of a series commissioned in the s and is titled "pavilion ix"  the plate is a creamy white with a raised relief around the rim highlighting special architectural features of the pavilion, a bust of thomas jefferson (the founder of the university), and the university sealthe centre of the plate offers a classic view of the pavilion in shades of blue ringed by a deep blue swirl pattern that serves as a frame for the buildingthe back is marked "university of virginia pavilion ix", a cartouche of thomas jefferson's signature"bicentennial edition ", the wedgwood makers mark, the jones, the mcduffie & stratton seal as official importers of wedgwood commemorative plates, and the impressed seal of wedgwood see oxfam website for delivery information read more this is an export reject and is marked as suchit has two small brown blemishes on the front (as seen in picture), but has no visible chips or cracks
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Subject: military history -roman empire weight: 553g country/region of manufacture:united kingdom language:english author: lawrence keppie publisher:university of oklahoma press publication year: place of publication: oklahoma read morecondition: good: a book that has been read, but is in good conditionminimal damage to the book cover eg
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury weihong bao fiery cinema: the emergence of an affective medium in china, Â Â Â university of minnesota press see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury hannah murphy university of pittsburgh press (2 april )a verty good copy see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop canterbury  stephen case university of pittsburgh press (30 may ) a very good copy in very good dustjacket see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a very good copy of this reproduction of the work by california most distinguished early botanistas the original was produced prior to , there are occasional visual imperfections due to the state of the original artifact and the later scanning processsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are in pristine condition and there is only minor wear to the cover
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Dickie, george - professor of botany in the university of aberdeen the botanist's guide to the countries of aberdeen, banff, and kincardinein he was appointed professor of natural history at queens college belfast and later as professor of botany in the university of aberdeenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt title on spinethe author was born in aberdeenfirst editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegreen buckram hardbackthomson) page - xxxii pp with fold-out plate - 344pp 17 x 11 cm, condition; fair, despite loosened dedication page and some spotting on first end pages, a further tight and clean copyembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to acomes with non adhesive transparent dust jacketour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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Dickie, george - professor of botany in the university of aberdeen the botanist's guide to the countries of aberdeen, banff, and kincardinein he was appointed professor of natural history at queens college belfast and later as professor of botany in the university of aberdeenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigilt title on spinethe author was born in aberdeenfirst editionthomson) page - xxxii pp with fold-out plate - 344pp 17 x 11 cm, condition; good, tight and clean copycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegreen buckram hardbackembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to aour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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An account of the history of cambridge university from its foundation to the late 19th centuryin excellent condition considering its year of publicationoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardbacklongmans, green and cofront end paper slightly detached from spinevery minor wear and bruising to coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The university of michigan symphony orchestra conducted by kenneth kiesler cd and case are in excellent condition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes dorian sono luminus dsl evan chambers: the old burying ground
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Simultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarait is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first centurybut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-american
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectivelydom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's workskarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centuryvery occasional spots of foxing noted  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between pp our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacket  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownin he was appointed master of st benet's hall in oxford, where he remained for 27 years, and was able to spend much time in translating texts such as 'the spirit of catholicism'oxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegethe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownthe yellow cloth covers are rather grubby and darkened, particularly at edges & angles; there are two small punctures on the spine (see photo), and a 'catholic book-a-month club' stamp on the backtitle etc in black lettering on spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit has been widely translated, and remains in print todayclothed as a monk in , he devoted his life to the benedictine way, and, after completing a degree at oxford, spent 12 years teaching classics at ampleforth, and leading it as prior for the final 3 of those years
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The 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 contextan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationsome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographerssee 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 inoxfam 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 speakers
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Edmunds the discovery of insulin at the university of toronto in was one of the most dramatic events in the history of the treatment of diseasewelch medal of the american association for the history of medicineinsulin was a wonder-drug with ability to bring patients back from the very brink of death, and it was no surprise that in the nobel prize for medicine was awarded to its discoverers, the canadian research team of banting, best, collip, and macleodin this engaging and award-winning account, historian michael bliss recounts the fascinating story behind the discovery of insulin - a story as much filled with fiery confrontation and intense competition as medical dedication and scientific geniusoxfam books & music bury storiginally published in and updated in , the discovery of insulin has won the city of toronto book award, the jason hannah medal of the royal society of canada, and the william hsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgethe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themhardback book with dustjacketthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeson the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe ffep has been torn out
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Putney is an art historian and head of the art museum practices program at the university of toledo and consulting curator of medieval art at the toledo museum of artsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvreabout the author laura dcorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museum
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Oxfam bookshop birmingham the character of christian-muslim encounter is a festschrift in honour of david thomas, professor of christianity and islam, and nadir dinshaw professor of inter religious relations, at the university of birmingham, ukthese are set in the context of a focussed theme - the character of christian-muslim encounters - and cast within a broad chronological frameworkcontributors, excluding the editors, are: clare amos, john azumah, mark beaumont, david cheetham, rifaat ebied, stanislaw grodz svd, alan guenther, damian howard sj, michael ipgrave, muammer iskenderoglu, risto jukko, alex mallett, juan pedro monferrer-sala, lucinda mosher, gordon nickel, jørgen nielsen, claire norton, emilio platti, luis bernabé pons, peniel rajkumar, peter riddell, umar ryad, andrew sharp, sigvard von sicard, richard sudworth, mark swanson, charles tieszen, john tolan, davide tacchini, herman teule, albert waltersrare book, difficult to sourcethe editors have put together a collection of over 30 contributions from colleagues of professor thomas that commences with a biographical sketch and representative tribute provided by a former doctoral student, and comprises a series of wide-ranging academic papers arranged to broadly reflect three dimensions of david thomas' academic and professional work - studies in and of islam; christian-muslim relations; the church and interreligious engagementin as new condition - still shrink-wrapped see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop ulverston 12 of john philip sousa's marches, performed by the band of the scots guards, director of music: captain james h howe, lram, arcm, psm includes nobles of the mystic shrine, the washington post, the university of nebraska march and high school cadets see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The important criticism of literature from the ancient greeks onwards, the death of tragedy originated as steiner's doctoral thesis at the university of oxford and became his second published book355pp + 12pp indexpublished by faberthe death of tragedy by george steinerbut tightly bound and clean throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: good - wear around spine, a copy that has been readsteiner writes with skill and wisdom about the profound effect the tragedies have had on him personally as a background to discussing their vital essence, and how deeply he would mourn their loss on a cultural level
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Ncr (3)-undated born in los angeles on october , john biggs received his masters degree in composition from the university of california at los angeles, doing further study at the university of southern california and the royal flemish conservatory in antwerp, belgiumoxfam shop darlington record in excellent condition, spindle markssleeve in very good condition, yellowedhis teachers include roy harris, lukas foss, ingolf dahl, flor peeters, halsey stevens, and leonard steintracklist side 1 1 stay sweet love by - john farmer 2 in darkness let me dwell by - john dowland soloist - salli terri 3 the messenger of the delightful spring by - francis pilkington 4 bon jour mon coeuby - roland de lassus 6 salve regina composed by - alfred desenclos 7 nicolette composed by - maurice ravel 8 requiem afternam by - juan pujol 9 wohlauf, ihr gaste gut by - erasmus widmann side 2 magnificat "o bone jesu"composed by - robert fayrfax three medieval dances 1 lamento di tristano 2 danse royale 3 english dance see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas an educator, he has taught at los angeles city college, ucla, and uc berkeleyas a performer, he founded the john biggs consort, which toured internationally under columbia artists management, specialising in medieval, renaissance, and 20th century musiche also served as composer-in-residence to six colleges in kansas under a grant from the department of health, education, & welfarealbum cover in excellent conditionas a composer, he has won numerous awards and honours including a rockefeller grant, fulbright grant, at water-kent award, asap "serious music award" every year since , and a number of "meet the composer" grants from diverse parts of the united states
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1st edition, university of california press/thames & hudsonby jeremy aynsleyit was the spectactular commercial boom that followed the franco-prussian war that was responsible for breathing new life into the field of advertising and fostering the aggressive, aesthetically adventurous and distinctive german graphic design style outlined in this book
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university of toronto pressnaval institute press5x16 cm) a frenchman in search of franklin: de bray's arctic journal, university of toronto pressplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesearching for the franklin expedition: the arctic journal of robert randolph cartercondition: finefatal passage: the untold story of john rae, the arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of franklindust jacket condition: fine (in protective cover)5 cm) iceblink – the tragic fate of sir john franklin’s lost polar expedition john wiley & sonscondition: fineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverland to starvation cove: with the inuit in search of franklinharperflamingocanadawith inscription of the previous owner on front paper
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Published by cambridge university pressthe growth of ideas from the early concepts to relativity and quanta - illustrated, mathematics, physics - quantity: 1 - first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' - book first printing of einstein's 'the evolution of physics' “the book traces the development of ideas in physics, and originally published in by cambridge university pressa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website5 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexdescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit was a popular successillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagramspublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablelettered in gilt on the spinethe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (iitem description first editionbook dimensions: 19our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quanta
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I have for sale a pair of california quail which are absolutely stunningi am only selling as now at university and cant look after themthey are kept in an outside shed converted to an aviary, but with a small heater to keep off the winter coldthey have shown signs of nest building and have laid eggsalthough they are not hand tame they are inquisitive and friendly
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