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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 diseaseoriginally 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 moreinsulin 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 stwelch medal of the american association for the history of medicine
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Oxfam books & music perth the university of glasgow published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesthrough five centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Elvis presley in concert at the university of dayton arena, dayton, ohio, juneare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidimensions = 3,7 cm x 6,5 cmticket stub in excellent conditionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe ticket has been laminated on both sides (see photos)original vintage elvis presley concert ticket stubplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website100 % vintage original (not a copie) read morenumber 311 m 10catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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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 back is marked "university of virginia pavilion ix", a cartouche of thomas jefferson's signature this is an export reject and is marked as suchthe 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 buildingit has two small brown blemishes on the front (as seen in picture), but has no visible chips or cracks see oxfam website for delivery information read more"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
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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 aberdeenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst editiongilt title on spinecomes with non adhesive transparent dust jacketembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to athe author was born in aberdeenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegreen 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 copycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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He has been on the faculty of the princeton university school of architecture and the university of california, losangeleschanin school of architecture of the cooper union, is a historian and critic of modern and contemporary architectureanthony vidler, dean of the irwin s
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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 aberdeenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifirst editiongilt title on spineembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to athe author was born in aberdeenour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegreen buckram hardbackcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethomson) page - xxxii pp with fold-out plate - 344pp 17 x 11 cm, condition; good, tight and clean copy
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An account of the history of cambridge university from its foundation to the late 19th centuryfront end paper slightly detached from spinelongmans, green and cosee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery minor wear and bruising to coversoxfam bookshop chipping norton hardbackin excellent condition considering its year of publication
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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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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 godon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 themthe ffep has been torn outthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgeshardback 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 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 knowledge
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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 contextoxfam 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 centurysee 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 empireas 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 guevaraó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanit 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 time
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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 cornerspianka and laurie jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreaccessible, 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 biologythis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldvitt 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 habitatsin 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 madagascaroxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurewe 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 snakesa definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earthinternally clean and unmarkedpart 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 socialize
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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 artbruce guenther is chief curator and robert and mercedes eichholz curator of modern and contemporary art at the portland art museumguillaume fonkenell is curator of sculpture and museum historian at the musee du louvrecorey is consulting curator at the high museum of artpaula deitz is editor of the hudson reviewsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, dabout the author laura d
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It contains the texts of 11 lectures delivered at the university of tubingen in , with two additional lectures from and respectively  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the 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 backthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faith  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownsee oxfam website for delivery information read more dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth collegeclothed 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 yearsit has been widely translated, and remains in print todaytitle etc in black lettering on spinein 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' our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between pp107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank lossdom 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 notedoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, trans
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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 contextsee oxfam website for delivery information read morean overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulationothers 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 lexicographersoxfam 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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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, ukrare book, difficult to sourcethese 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 waltersthe 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 bookthe death of tragedy by george steiner355pp + 12pp indexbut tightly bound and clean throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresteiner 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 levelpublished by faberbook condition: good - wear around spine, a copy that has been read
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university of toronto press5x16 cm) a frenchman in search of franklin: de bray's arctic journal, university of toronto press5 cm) iceblink – the tragic fate of sir john franklin’s lost polar expedition john wiley & sonsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith inscription of the previous owner on front papersearching for the franklin expedition: the arctic journal of robert randolph carterharperflamingocanadanaval institute presscondition: fineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecondition: fineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedust jacket condition: fine (in protective cover)fatal passage: the untold story of john rae, the arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of franklincatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoverland to starvation cove: with the inuit in search of franklin
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Ewelme cottage in parnell, the abel tasman national park, the hauraki gulf maritime park, the twin bridges, the fox glacier in westland national park, the university of auckland celebrating the centenary of the university, egmont national park, the new zealand oak tree, the citrus fruit, the manuka plant, the cresset rose, the josephine bruce rose, the superstar rose, otago university celebrating the centenary of the university, the queen elizabeth rose, the kauri tree, the nectarine, the kiwi fruit, the iceberg rose, the lilli marlene rose, the black scree cotula alpine plant, grapes, the sterling silver rose, the diamond jubilee rose, the maori meeting house, arrowtwon, the queen elizabeth rose, the pikiarero flower, the willow leaf hebe plant, the karaka plant, the matua-tikumu flower, the kowhai flower, the kowhai ngutu kaka flower, the citrus fruit, the kauri tree, the puarangi flower, the titoki plant, the michele meilland rose, the koromiko flower, the rata flower, and a stamp celebrating tasman's discovery of new zealandoxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 45 stampsthe stamps were all issued in new zealandthe newest stamp in this collection was issued insee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themthe decades that the stamps in this collection were issued in are the s, s, s, s, s, and soverall the stamps in this collection are in good conditiona couple of the stamps are a little fadedthe pictures on the stamps show the tongariro national park and chateaua couple of the stamps are unusedthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued in
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Selling my cambridge university scarfwool scarf with university crest embroidered on one endthis is the official scarf for the university of cambridge, and was bought for me as a gift from the official university outfitter ryder&amiesonly worn a few timesapprox 6ft (180cm) longperfect condition! ÂŁ30 new but selling for ÂŁ20
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Nussbaum is ernst freund distinguished service professor of law and ethics at the university of chicagojayal, professor in the center for the study of law and governance, jawaharlal nehru university) about the author wendy doniger is mircea eliade distinguished service professor of the history of religions at the university of chicagoreview this is a timely conversation about the resilience of india's pluralist democracy in a variety of spheres, from education and the media to electoral politics, public institutions and the diasporathe essays point to how challenges to a democratic public culture can be resisted by drawing upon india's long historical tradition of critical thinking, argument and dissent
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Power (catholic university of america), sven-erik brodd (uppsala), peter bouteneff (standrews and cambridge), ann loades (durham), david nsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat has happened to sacramentality in an age which is on the one hand visual and on the other culturally cast adrift from the traditional symbolic universe in which sacramental theology was naturally at home? this book is not just confined to a discussion of eucharistic theologyvladimir's seminary, new york) and susan athe vital importance of the subject of this book is confirmed by the distinction of the contributors-david brown (professor of theology at durham university), timothy jenkins (cambridge), bishop geoffrey rowell (oxford), jeremy begbie (stoxfam shop fulwood road this important new collection of essays on a topic of vital importance is by a group of scholars from ten countries, from a wide range of christian traditions, east and west, and from various academic disciplinesross (loyola university, chicago)it examines both the historical roots of sacramentality, the concept of a sacral person, ways in which sacramentality may be re-envisioned and the flourishing roday of churches of a largely non-sacramental style in an age which is increasingly visual rather than verbal
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The crisis in university education has been the subject of vigorous debate in recent yearsin this eloquent and deeply personal book, a distinguished scholar reflects on the character and aims of the university, assessing its guiding principles, its practical functions, and its role in society
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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 pressare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardbook dimensions: 195 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit was a popular successthe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quantathe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (ilettered in gilt on the spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagramsa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”item description first editioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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From the personal library of the late emeritus professor peter townsend of bristol university and the london school of economics, founding professor of the university of essex and founder of the child poverty action groupin very good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moredust jacket is in near-perfect condition but for minor shelf wearoxfam bookshop hampstead st john's college,cambridge: register of twentieth-century johnians: volume )Â by fiona colbert a biographical record of all members of st john's college cambridge who entered between and , set out in alphabetical order
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Release from the school of music at the university of wisconsin-madisonmarc fink (oboe); dmitri novgorodsky (piano); john aley (trumpet); university of wisconsin russian folk orchestra; victor gorodinsky (music director) concerto for oboe and chamber orchestra () - german okunev  poem for oboe and piano () - marina dranishnikova see oxfam website for delivery information read more the broad steppe (traditional russian folk song) single cd in jewel case with colour booklet including programme notes flight of the bumblebee - rimsky-korsakov disc vg: one small scratch near outer rim the quail (traditional belarussian folk song) case vg: very little sign of wear and tearbarcode: track listing: 1 sonatina for oboe and piano () - boris asafyev  ride of the cossacks (traditional march)  romance (from the snowstorm suite) - georgi sviridov
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Published by oxford university pressdavid knowles osb (born michael clive knowles, ) was an english benedictine monk who was regius professor of modern history at the university of cambridge from tohis specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback, no dust jacketfirst editionoxfam shop cowley road hardback with blue boards and gilt lettering on spinethe sarum lectures in theology were established through a fund left by john bampton in the 18th centurypages are clean and brightthey ran from tolettering on spine is fadedthe book was previously in a convent library, but shows few signs of use internally except for the bookplate and note on the front endpaper
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" the authors are academics at, respectively, the university of southern denmark and the university of aarhussee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cardiff "the creation and destruction of social capitala softback book in as new/very good conditionno marks or inscriptions" subtitled "entrepreneurship, co-operative movements and institutions
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Edited by patrizia piacentini, this is a heavily illustrated record and study of the extraordinary archival material, photographs, drawings, ancient and rare books held by the university of milan on the subject of ancient egyptpublished by skira for the university, and is in very good unread conditionoxfam bookshop sevenoaks subtitled pharaonic egypt in the archives and libraries of the universita degli studi di milanosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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