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From the popular tv series: the dukes of hazard dodge - chrysler - red ertl nonew price: €158 weight: 952 g without original packagingare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikivery good condition for me without visible defects, pictures are part of the descriptionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Separated by the winds of hazard, adventure will rule their future ? just as passion will forge their livescost price £ p & p - £2but each will have a crucial part to play in shaping the courtneys? destinyall are very different from each otherbut hal must also think about the fate of his four sonsmonsoon by wilbur smith large paperback it is the dawn of the eighteenth centuryat the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty east india trading company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seasa brilliant large paperback book in excellent, pristine condition, hardly openedafter four years away from service, master mariner sir hal courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage ? a death or glory mission in the name of empire and the crown
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Separated by the winds of hazard, adventure will rule their future, just as passion will forge their livesafter four years away from service, master mariner sir hal courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyagei have many wilbur smith books for salea brilliant thick paperback book in good conditionall are very different from each otherbut hal must also think about the fate of his four sonsplease browse more of my listingsat the farthest edges of the known world, the mighty east india trading company suffers catastrophic losses from pirates on the high seasmonsoon by wilbur smith thick paperback it is the dawn of the eighteenth centurya death or glory mission in the name of empire and the crownbut each will have a crucial part to play in shaping the courtneys destiny
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Book 4: temple of the winds wielding the sword of truth, richard rahl has battled death itself and come to the defense of the d'haran peopleoxfam bookshop glossop road some shelf wear to boxgood condition overallemperor of the d'haran empire, war wizard, the seeker of truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved kahlan amnell, mother confessor of the midlandsbook 5: soul of the fire richard rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guidenow a deadly power pours forth that threatens to turn the world into a lifeless wastesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis mass market boxed set is the second bundle in the bestselling the sword of truth series by terry goodkindbut now the power-mad emperor jagang confronts richard with a swift and inexorable foe: a mystical plague cutting a deadly swath across the land and slaying thousands of innocent victimsseparated and fighting for their lives, richard and kahlan will be tested to the utmostbut their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway countrybook covers creased, slight yellowing to pages, spines creased and bridgedit includes volumes 4-6: temple of the winds, soul of the fire, and faith of the fallenunwilling to heed an ancient prophecy, kahlan raises an army and goes into battle against forces threatening armed insurrection in the midlandsbook 6: faith of the fallen emperor jagang is rising once again in the old world and richard must face him, on his own turfthis is a boxed set of 3 booksrichard heads into the old world with cara, the mord-sith, while his beloved kahlan remains behind
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The interior pattern features the friendship of salem, which is a ship, with original copper engravings depicting a historical scene of chinese export to americaoriginal engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americait depicts an old world ship cruising along the ocean waters highly detailed in brown over a cream backgroundthe pattern is “friendship of salem” the vintage i believe is from the s to s, only because of the label on the back stating "dishwasher safe"dishwasher and detergent safepermanent coloursthe friendship of salemalfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterit was manufactured at a time period when meakin was influenced by earlier designsalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks this is a brown alfred meakin of staffordshire england fairwinds dinner plate
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Alfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemoriginal engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americacan sell separately - £9 each collect or add p&p read morealfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracksdishwasher and detergent safepermanent colours
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Alfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemoriginal engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americaalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracksdishwasher and detergent safepermanent colourscan sell separately - £9 each read more
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Alfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterthe friendship of salemoriginal engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to americaalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracksdishwasher and detergent safepermanent colours£6 each read more
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Spells disaster', 'the girl who dreamed tomorrow', 'the treasure of tardos', 'city at the edge of midnight', 'the traitor', 'day of the dungeon master', 'the last illusion', 'the dragon's graveyard', 'child of the stargazer', 'the dungeon at the heart of dawn', 'the time lost', 'odyssey of the twelfth talisman', 'citadel of shadow', 'the winds of darkness' and 'cave of the fairie dragons'see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place all 27 episodes of the 80s animated series based on the fantasy role-play gameepisodes are: 'the night of no tomorrow', 'the eye of the beholder', 'the hall of bones', 'valley of the unicorns', 'in search of the dungeon master', 'beauty and the bogbeast', 'the prison without walls', 'servant of evil', 'quest of the skeleton warrior', 'the garden of zinn', 'the box', 'the lost children', 'pvery good condition
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But as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforein mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controlsee oxfam website for delivery information read more uhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victoryuhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemiesfor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for landoxfam shop dumfries at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himin wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king
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But as the winds of change gather pace, the pressure on uhtred as father, as politician and as warrior grows as never beforein mercia, rebellion is in the air as king edward tries to seize controluhtred - a legendary warrior, admired and sought as an ally, feared as an adversary - finds himself once again torn between his two heritages: fighting on what he considers the wrong side, cursed by misfortune and tragedy and facing one of his most formidable enemiesuhtred of bebbanburg has won back his ancestral home but, threatened from all sides by enemies both old and new, he doesn't have long to enjoy the victorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop evesham at the fortress of the eagles, three kings will fightfor decades, uhtred has stood at the intersection between pagan and christian, between saxon and viking, between the old world he was born into and the new world being forged around himand across the country invading norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for landonly the most astute cunning, the greatest loyalty and the most spectacular courage can save himin wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king
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Omnivore's double-disc set buck em! may not have all the hits and it may take a few detours, but those detours are picturesque and necessary for fleshing out what winds up as a potent portrait of buck at the peak of his powers
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It was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsall pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaiiit covers the coast of north americaall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust covervolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication inthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoverythe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companyvolume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoveryit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedvery small tear to spine on volume iithe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksthe voyage to australia and tahitivancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadathese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundthey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survived
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Oxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jsee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplayonce they reach the elvish realm of rivendell the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doomwhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dûrwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from overin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorgandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondortolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearsin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities
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It includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)the 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series “scum of the earth”)it includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series “bold chevaliers)each king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguethe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series “scotland the brave”)references andna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series “cuirassiers”)these figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo l´iber, valencia, spain)all of them have been sold out and retiredour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeregiment of the line, by king and countrytomas picton by britains, referencereferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit also includes srreferences na111it contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe french army commanded by napoleón - the french 3rdcharacteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxthe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthey are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramacoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series “on campaign”)the scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the “charge of the greys”please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitereferences na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series ¡“vive l´emperatrice!”) - 7thcuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countrythe king´s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countrybritish coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontit consists of 11 figuresit consists of close to 32 figuresreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole “to take the king´s shilling series)references na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series “vive l´empereur”)it consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargefrench artillery, by king and countrygarde impériale (dragons de l´emperatrice), by king and coubtrycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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’ registered shipping) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedcondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the marginotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solid‘james edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementaryhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagesee pictures of the table of contentshe wrote extensively about morocco (contents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendix(total of 2 books) read moretwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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This edition is frompart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsa study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentstwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in paristhe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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The yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by ait was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersthe video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3should it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: £3t video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge
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This second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsfurthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and clean(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horse’s stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagesmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionworking together, it’s a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialwhat’s more, the smartbunker allows each horse’s feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little forcein fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistentlythe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluids
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Iron maiden ?– the number of the beast label: parlophone ?– series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered – format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?– the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?– format: 2 × cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dell’unita d’italia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Morgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empiresee 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 timeoxfam 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 centurysimultaneously, 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 contextbut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even òun-americanó how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james g
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But his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city
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In good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pagessee oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don luceoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warwritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic events
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At once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classicjones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingshis aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museums
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It marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read more this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)on the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearoxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditioninternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarkedthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable species
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and frenchjürgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionhe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, and the romans chose elstree hill as a major tile-manufacturing centrehappily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyehere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattnerthe book of elstree & boreham wood brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturessigned by stephen castleuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44very minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutidlestre and borham were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and latercondition: as newnot long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parish
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We 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 snakespublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morepianka and laurie ja 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 unmarkedin 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 selectionthis book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldpart 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 socializepart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futurevitt 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 habitatsaccessible, 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 biology
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Makdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesthe religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposessee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupsoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern world condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital image
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In the city of rome, a titanic power struggle is about to shake the republic to its coresee oxfam website for delivery information read morecitizen will fight citizen in a bloody conflict - and julius caesar, cutting his teeth in battle, will be in the thick of the actionthe first instalment in the bestselling emperor seriesoxfam bookshop cheltenham the ultimate rome storyfrom the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the senate, from the foreign wars that secure the power of the empire to the betrayals that threaten to tear it apart, this is the remarkable story of the man who would become the greatest roman of them all: julius caesar
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