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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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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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Originally, those who bought this book would have been eligible for an accompanying tape of verda music from the university of washington pressbrown cloth boardsthe condition of the book is used: good, with slight creasing and tearing to dustjacket covershere he presents new research of the time into african music, especially among the verdahe looks into the concept of what constitutes 'art music' and 'folk music' and concludes that many, if not all, of music's essential properties may be found in the constitution of the human body and in patterns of interaction in society, whatever that society or culture may bean important study in ethnomusicology by a musician turned social anthropologist, comparing his experiences of music making in different cultures see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book includes extensive black and white photographs and music scoresclean throughout
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 diseasesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoriginally 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 hinsulin 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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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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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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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 pressnaval institute 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 carterharperflamingocanadacondition: 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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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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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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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presswhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientthe nature of clinical medicine takes its direction from a catalog of goals of medicine that range from the expected diagnosis and treatment of diseases to wider concerns for patients, for physicians, and for medicine itselfthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalscassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomsuch goals cover a wide range of topics centering on patients, the doctor-patient relationship, the acts of doctoring patients, and the goals involved in being a physician among other physicians working within the institutions of medicineclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but whya very clean and tidy copythe care of the dying, what thinking itself is, and finally, why would one want to do this exciting and rewarding but difficult work, come under discussion in this bookwhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mind
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The university of chicago press binding tight and pages cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read morea remarkable vision of both picasso and the entire artistic and intellectual milieu of wartime paris, a vision provided by the gifted photographer and prolific author who spent the early portion of the s photographing picasso's work "read this book if you want to understand mebrassaï carefully and affectionately records each of his meetings and appointments with the great artist, building along the way a work of remarkable depth, intimate perspective, and great importance to anyone who truly wishes to understand picasso and his worldoxfam books & music fareham conversations with picasso, by brassaivery good condition except for large sticky circle left on front cover, left by stickertranslated by jane marie todd
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Oxfam shop macclesfield the conquest of plague, by l fabian hirst, md, oxford university press, pp including indexthis covers vectors of plague ie rats, fleas, other rodents, human transmission of plague, finally dealing with methods of containment and controlthis is a study of the epidemiology of the plague, covering religious belief, plague in the ancient world, middle ages up to the 18th and 19th centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam books & music beeston university of chicago press, , paperback good condition, some wear nuclear astrophysics is, in essence, a science that attempts to understand and explain the physical universe beyond the earth by studying its smallest particlespagel, nature "written in an informal style that those uninitiated into the jargon of nuclear astrophysics and astronomy will find readable and illuminatingcauldrons in the cosmos, by claus efrom the major discoveries in the field to a discussion of the makeup of stars to an explanation of standard lab techniques, this text provides students and scientists alike a thorough and fascinating survey of the accomplishments, goals, and methods of nuclear astrophysicsa useful and long-awaited introduction to nuclear astrophysicsrolfs and william sa classic in its field, cauldrons in the cosmos will surely remain an important reference in nuclear astrophysics for years to comemathews, science see oxfam website for delivery information read more"one could not wish for a better account of the current state of knowledge (and uncertainty) about nuclear reactions in starsrodney, serves as a basic introduction to these endeavors
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