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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 cornersin 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 madagascarinternally clean and unmarkedwe 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 snakespart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurepart 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 socializesee oxfam website for delivery information read morevitt 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 habitatspianka and laurie jaccessible, 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 worldoxfam 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 earth
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Oxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowthrough five centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the dates
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Elvis presley in concert at the university of dayton arena, dayton, ohio, junecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoriginal vintage elvis presley concert ticket stubplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe ticket has been laminated on both sides (see photos)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store100 % vintage original (not a copie) read moreticket stub in excellent conditiondimensions = 3,7 cm x 6,5 cmnumber 311 m 10
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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 pressan important study in ethnomusicology by a musician turned social anthropologist, comparing his experiences of music making in different culturesthe book includes extensive black and white photographs and music scoresthe condition of the book is used: good, with slight creasing and tearing to dustjacket covers see oxfam website for delivery information read morehe 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 beclean throughouthere he presents new research of the time into african music, especially among the verdabrown cloth boards
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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 museumpaula 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 artsarah kennel is curator of photographs at the national gallery of art, washington, 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 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 this is an export reject and is marked as suchthe 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
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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 moreminimal damage to the book cover egcondition: good: a book that has been read, but is in good condition
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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 aberdeencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst editionthe author was born in aberdeenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegreen buckram hardbackgilt title on spineembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to acomes with non adhesive transparent dust jacketare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethomson) 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 copy
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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 aberdeencatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablefirst editionthe author was born in aberdeenplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitegreen buckram hardbackgilt title on spineembossing folding map of aberdeen, banff & kincrdine shires - tilte page - dedication (to athomson) page - xxxii pp with fold-out plate - 344pp 17 x 11 cm, condition; good, tight and clean copyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store
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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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An account of the history of cambridge university from its foundation to the late 19th centurylongmans, green and covery minor wear and bruising to coverssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefront end paper slightly detached from spineoxfam 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 contextó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james gmorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empirebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanoxfam 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 moreas 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 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  previous sale price of 1/6, circled, at top of front pastedownthe author is presenting to the laity a straightforward narrative of the catholic faith and the catholic church as keeper of that faithit has been widely translated, and remains in print todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read more  the back cover may have sufferedsome water damage, as there is a stain both inside and out, with slight puckering of the pastedownclothed 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 yearstitle etc in black lettering on spineoxfam books & music islington the spirit of catholicism (karl adam, transinside, the binding is firm with no loose pages; pages clean apart from some annotations between ppdom justin mccann) -1st edition thusthis is the best known of the author's works dom philip justin mccann () was born in ireland and educated at ampleforth college107 is torn at the bottom, but with no frank loss our book is in good condition for its age, despite lacking a dust jacketkarl borromäus adam () was a german catholic theologian of the early 20th centuryvery occasional spots of foxing notedthe 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 backin 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'  previous owner's name neatly inscribed at the top of the front fep
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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 contextothers 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 insee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 speakerssome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and lexicographersan overarching theme is the role of deliberate intervention in the development of german, whether it took the form of education, prescriptivism, purism or political manipulation
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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 hoxfam books & music bury stinsulin 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 geniuswelch 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 ffep has been torn outthe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlingthe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehardback book with dustjacketon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped onthe 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 knowledgethe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godoxfam 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 them
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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, ukthe 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 engagementcontributors, 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 sourcethese are set in the context of a focussed theme - the character of christian-muslim encounters - and cast within a broad chronological framework see oxfam website for delivery information read morein as new condition - still shrink-wrapped
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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 booksteiner 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 levelbut tightly bound and clean throughoutsee oxfam website for delivery information read more355pp + 12pp indexbook condition: good - wear around spine, a copy that has been readthe death of tragedy by george steinerpublished by faber
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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 presscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablewith inscription of the previous owner on front paperplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: fineare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicondition: fineour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesearching for the franklin expedition: the arctic journal of robert randolph carterfatal passage: the untold story of john rae, the arctic adventurer who discovered the fate of franklin5 cm) iceblink – the tragic fate of sir john franklin’s lost polar expedition john wiley & sonsdust jacket condition: fine (in protective cover)harperflamingocanadaoverland 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 presscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelettered in gilt on the spinethe book has four chapters: the rise of the mechanical view; the decline of the mechanical view; field, relativity; and quantaa physical collection of forces), moving on to descriptions of electric and magnetic fields”book dimensions: 19are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikidescription albert einstein & leopold infeld - the evolution of physicsthe third chapter (field, relativity) examines lines of force starting with gravitational fields (iour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeitem description first editionpublishers’ original blue cloth boards with lettering and gilt design on upper boardit was a popular success5 cm & number of pages: 319 including indexillustrated with full-page black and white photographs, charts and diagrams
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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 tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey ran from tothe book was previously in a convent library, but shows few signs of use internally except for the bookplate and note on the front endpaperhis specialism was english monastic history from the 10th century to the dissolution of the monasteries in the 16th centurylettering on spine is fadedfirst editionpages are clean and brighthardback, no dust jacketoxfam 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 century
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, , oxford university presssuch 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 medicinethe 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 bookcassell takes on a variety of difficult issues, from thinking about values to developing wisdomusing many examples from real-life medical practice, each chapter examines the different kinds of thought involved in caring for the patientsee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat they actually do and how they go about it is in the service of their purposes and their goalsthe chapters are specific in teaching the kinds of knowledge that clinicians require in order to be able to achieve these goalsa very clean and tidy copythe 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 itselfwhen physicians act in medicine they have some purpose or goal in mindaccording to eric cassell, everything else, including the disease, is secondarythe central focus of the clinician and of this book is the patientclinical medicine, as a thinking discipline, is concerned not only with what clinicians do, but why
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The university of chicago pressoxfam books & music fareham conversations with picasso, by brassaisee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition except for large sticky circle left on front cover, left by stickera 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 worktranslated by jane marie toddbrassaï 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 world "read this book if you want to understand me binding tight and pages clean
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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 controlsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis 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 centuries
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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 illuminatinga classic in its field, cauldrons in the cosmos will surely remain an important reference in nuclear astrophysics for years to comerodney, serves as a basic introduction to these endeavorsrolfs and william s"one could not wish for a better account of the current state of knowledge (and uncertainty) about nuclear reactions in starsa useful and long-awaited introduction to nuclear astrophysicscauldrons in the cosmos, by claus emathews, science see oxfam website for delivery information read morefrom 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 astrophysics
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