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The world treasury of physics, astronomy and mathematics contains over 800 pages, consisting of works from richard feynman, george gamow, albert einstein, max planck, isaac asimov and many morebuyer collects, or delivery can be arrangedthis book is a first edition, and is in good conditionthere is, as can be seen in the photo, some writing on the inside cover
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Full title: the world atlas of wine number of pages (including the index at the back): 352 dust cover: yes collection onlyi am selling this hardback book, which is still in a good conditionfrom whitley bay read more
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Oxfam bookshop hexham there are few books that have had such a monumental impact in their field as the world atlas of winethis hardback edition is complete with its unclipped dustjacket and an additional protective plastic coverworld-renowned authors hugh johnson and jancis robinson teamed up to combine their unrivalled talents and created the fifth edition of this masterpiece, making it the most thorough and expansive revision ever of the workin keeping with the atlas's reputation for cartographic excellence, all 148 maps from the fourth edition have been completely revised and modernised, with an additional 30 mapsotherwise, the book is in a good, used conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe jacket shows a few signs of wear in that it is rubbed along the edges and the inside front flap has been creased
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Educa puzzle pieces around the worldlength of the finished puzzle, cm 157width of the finished puzzle, cm 749puzzle orientation - horizontalpuzzle shape - panorama
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A -piece puzzle bursting with detail and information, with a massive collection of flags from around the worldhouse of puzzlespiece jigsaw puzzle
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Collection preferred (due to weight) or may deliver localreader's digest 'discover the world' series of books, 12 in total all in v good condition
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Oxfam shop evesham the fred dibnah collection - 6 great episodes: the industrial landscape, back street mechanic, the machines that changed the world, men of iron, the victorian gentleman, preserving our past - combines extensive, unseen footage with highlights from fred's programmes over the last sever years, this series looks at the many sides of fred - engineer, steeplejack, artist, craftsman, steam enthusiast, inventor, storyteller and celebrates his contribution to our knowledge and appreciation of britain's architectural, industrial and engineering heritagesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The world premier of "a hard days night" was attended by the beatles with guest of honor princess margaret and lord snowden, the dress made from linen was given to the twelve programme sellers the lucky girls were also invited to the after premier party at the dorchester hotel london read morethe beatles; a beatles dress worn by a programme seller at the world premier of the film "a hard days night" london pavilion 6th july this is a fantastic chance to own a brilliant piece of beatles memorabiliamost of these dresses were black & white pink & white or blue & whiteno stains or colour lossthis design is repeated on the backsuperb conditionoriginal beatles dress the beatles dress (amazing original official dutch smock style sleeveless dress with hanging straps in white linen with black polka dot design & large beatles portraits & a guitar with facsimile signatures in blackwith the original tag, been in a wardrobe for the last 55 years
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This feature is a first for world atlases and will dramatically illustrate the rapidly changing world we live inoxfam shop tunbridge wells the perfect world atlas for readers who want the authority and accuracy of a times atlas at an affordable pricea completely new edition of a world atlas in the most prestigious atlas collection in the world, this comprehensive book showcases 170 pages of mapping to provide an amazingly detailed view of the worldthe reference mapping, produced in the beautifully clear and distinctive times style, has been completely updated with thousands of changes reflecting recent geopolitical and geographical change around the worldupdated plans of 32 of the world's great cities are also included; a geographical reference section with flags, statistics, and facts for all the world's countries; and a comprehensive index to more than place names top off this crowning achievement in world atlas presentationthis is the second edition, published inspecific geographical information beside each map gives the reader a greater understanding of each areathe latest satellite images are showcased in the imagery section with 32 pages of stunning imagesas with all atlases in the times series it offers great authority, outstanding quality, and attention to detailsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition, in slip casea unique collection of maps from the last 150 years of times atlases is also included in a historical mapping section
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The introductory section presents an extensive states and territories guide along with thematic maps and statistics on major world themes giving an accurate picture of today's world'the times world atlas' is a complete world reference atlas in a convenient and easy-to use format, retaining the authority, style and detail of the larger times atlasesdetailed reference maps in the distinctive and respected times style provide balanced, systematic coverage of all parts of the worldall the mapping and information in this new edition has been brought fully up-to-date to give an accurate picture of today's worldcarrying the authority of the times and its unrivalled reputation for accurate and current information, these two books are an authoritative guide to the world - past and present'the times compact history of the world' is the most comprehensive small-format single-volume illustrated history of the world, richly enhanced with striking maps and photographs and featuring an accessible text by leading academicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop wolverhampton a lavish pack incorporating two of the times' finest atlases and history booksall place names on the maps are fully indexedit is fully up-to-date with the indian ocean tsunami and the overthrow of saddam husseinthis set is the ideal geography and history reference
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysindispensable 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 developmentshe 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 planethe 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 morejĂĽrgen 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 eruditionthis 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 frenchfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Brought to you by number one bestselling author, david walliams, with every story illustrated in glorious colour by artistic genius, tony ross watch out for the ghastly miss seethethink your teachers are bad? wait till you meet this lotfrom the phenomenally bestselling david walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, tony rossmillions of young readers have loved the world's worst children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: the world's worst teachersand as for phobe, he's a teacher with a real differencehe is bone-shakingly terrified ofdr dread teaches science and is half man, half monstersee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates children!millions of children have loved the world's worst children - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever, the world's worst teachersshe is always furious - and she's on a detention rampage
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Roos argues that nightwood allegorizes the role of liberal newspapers - epitomised by the sensationalism of the world - in driving a us policy that hastened the arrival of warin djuna barnes's nightwood: 'the world' and the politics of peace, bonnie roos reads barnes's novel against the backdrop of herbert bayard swope's popular new york newspaper the world to demonstrate the ways in which the novel wrestles with such contemporaneous issues as the great depression and its political fallout, the failures of the league of nations and the collapse of peace between the two world warsno marks and good bindingbloosbury paperback in "as new"Â conditioneliot, this is a comprehensive exploration of the historical contexts of djuna barnes's masterpiece, nightwoodsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music totnes ranging over depression-era politics, the failures of the league of nations, popular journalism and the modernist culture exemplified by such writers as james joyce and t
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Brought to you by number one bestselling author, david walliams, with every story illustrated in glorious colour by artistic genius, tony rossoxfam shop colne road millions of young readers have loved the world's worst children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: the world's worst teachersthink your teachers are bad? wait till you meet this lotfrom the phenomenally bestselling david walliams and illustrated in glorious colour by the artistic genius, tony rosshe is bone-shakingly terrified of children!millions of children have loved the world's worst children - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever, the world's worst teachersdr dread teaches science and is half man, half monster watch out for the ghastly miss seethesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gatesand as for mr phobe, he's a teacher with a real differenceshe is always furious - and she's on a detention rampage
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Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peoplewhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benigninstead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, a history of the world in 100 objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the olduvai gorge in africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in todayseen through macgregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most of us have never imaginedoxfam bookshop ealing neil macgregor's a history of the world in 100 objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined theman intellectual and visual feast, this is one of the most engrossing and unusual history books published in yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morea stone pillar tells us about a great indian emperor preaching tolerance to his people; spanish pieces of eight tell us about the beginning of a global currency; and an early victorian tea-set speaks to us about the impact of empire
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Usborne atlas of the world picture book, hardcover by baer, sam; ragondet, nathalie (ilt), isbn , isbn-13 a fantastic atlas to help children learn about the countries of the world, the most famous and interesting sites, and also each country's flag and fascinating world recordsa brilliant introduction to geography, capital cities and world landmarks ranging from the statue of the little mermaid in copenhagen to the kennedy space center in florida
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News of the discovery of the ice man and his age, which was put at over years old, fascinated the worldafter plotting thousands of dna sequences from all over the world he found that they had clustered around a handful of distinct groupsoxfam bookshop cheltenham in professor brian sykes, a leading world authority on dna and human evolution, was called in to examine the frozen remains of a man trapped in glacial ice in northern italyit is a book that presents the story of our evolution, striking right at the heart of ourselves as individuals and of our sense of identityin europe there are only seventhe conclusions: amost everyone of native european descent, wherever they live in the world, can trace their ancestry back to one of seven women, the seven daughters of evesykes has named them ursula, xenia, helena, velda, tara, katrine and jasminesee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut what made the story particularly extraordinary was that professor sykes was also able to track down a living generic relative of the ice man, a woman living in britain todayhow was he able to locate a living relative of a man who died thousands of years ago?;in this work, sykes gives us a first hand account of his research into a remarkable gene which passes undiluted from generation to generation through the maternal line and shows how it is being used to track our genetic ancestors through time and spacein this scientific adventure story we learn exactly how our origins can be traced; how and where our ancient genetic ancestors lived; what their lives were like; and how we are each living proof of the almost miraculous strength of our dna which has survived and prospered over so many thousands of years to reach us today
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'the world without sun' () also won an academy awardmaking use of the latest technology, the film was the first to offer a window into the weird and wonderful world beneath the sea and kick-started a whole new movement in movie makingas the divers explore their new habitat, cousteau boards his signature yellow submarine to chart the sealife of the deepest depthsin search of new marine creatures and environments, cousteau becomes one of the first explorers ever to dive beneath the frozen surface of the south polethe film follows a team of divers as they attempt to live for a month in a purpose-built environment at the bottom of the red seasee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 'voyage to the edge of the world' () cousteau and his team of divers set out in the research ship 'calypso' to explore the uncharted lands and wildlife of antarticaoxfam books & music winchester collection of documentary films featuring the work of legendary maritime explorer and film maker jacques cousteau'the silent world' () is an academy award-winning documentary co-directed by cousteau and celebrated auteur louis malle
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Now, as the world realigns itself in the wake of the september 11th atrocities, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedoxfam bookshop cheltenham the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world warto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united stateshe lays bare modern america for what it is: a country of inequality in risk, opportunity and income, where 1% of the population owns 38% of the wealth, and 19% live in terrible povertyit is time for britain to stop vacillating between two cultures and make common cause with its continental partners - to reject the conservative orthodoxy in favour of the shared european beliefs of obligations, rights and fairnesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreover the past thirty years there, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuseand whilst american ideas dominated the latter part of the twentieth century, hutton argues that the underpinning of the twenty-first must come from europe
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For adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educates' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a time" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and oldgombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic agesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: egombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a timerather than focusing on dry facts and dates, ehe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wall
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The two, helped by the dextrous franky (angelina jolie) and technical whiz dex (giovanni ribisi), uncover a plot by mad scientist dr totenkopf (laurence olivier in archive footage) to create a 'world of tomorrow' - and destroy the world of todaydisc and case in very good conditionoxfam bookshop carlisle sci-fi action adventure romp, which pays homage to comics and serials such as flash gordon and supermanshe enlists the help of her former beau, heroic flying ace joe 'sky captain' sullivan (jude law)see oxfam website for delivery information read morea race against time begins as our heroes do all they can to save the planet before it is too lategwyneth paltrow stars as intrepid reporter polly perkins, who suspects a connection between the mysterious disappearance of many of the world's top scientists, and a recent attack on new york city by giant robots - and decides to investigate
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Now, as the world realigns itself in the wake of september 11, hutton turns his attention to the global picture, and the ways in which the new world should be orderedoxfam bookshop royal exchange square the state we're in, will hutton's explosive analysis of british society, was the biggest selling politico-economic work since the second world wareurope should not be afraid to stand up against the american version of globalisation, and champion the cause of a reinvigorated international society - taking over the mantle now abandoned by the usbut britain and europe are different: our attitudes towards property, equality, social solidarity and the public realm are strikingly distinct from amerrica's current conservative leaningssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe results have been dire: america is a weaker, fragmented society, and its economic strenths are oversold and misunderstoodto understand the global economy, hutton argues, one must first understand the united states where, over the past 30 years, the forces of conservatism have achieved such supremacy as to reduce liberalism to a term of abuse
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No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little fed up with the worldlovecraft: against the world, against life michel houellebecq, introduction by stephen king "those who love life do not readhouellebecq's insights into the craft of writing illuminate both lovecraft and houellebecq's own workoverall a good copyclean cover, pages and fore-edge display toning and some foxinglovecraft, the seminal, enigmatic horror writer of the early 20th century" in this prescient work, now with an introduction by stephen king, michel houellebecq, the author of the novels platform and atomised, focuses his considerable analytical skills on hsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreindispensable reading for anyone interested in lovecraft, houellebecq, or the past and future of horrornor do they go to the movies, actuallybut even as he outlines lovecraft's rejection of this loathsome world, it is houellebecq's adulation for the author that drives this work and makes it a love song, infusing the writing with an energy and passion that characterises houellebecq's new noveloxfam bookshop tunbridge wells hthe two are kindred spirits, sharing a uniquely dark worldview
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Brand new and sealed bnib tactic wonders of the world card board game age 8 upwards contains 200 cards,6 continent boards, world map and ruleshave a look at the other items i have for sale, i will reduce postage if more than one item is boughti always obtain proof of postage so you can make a claim in the event of loss or damagefor 2-6 players learn about the greatest wonders of the world, where they are and what they are for no returnsthanks for looking
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There are sections of satellite images of the worldthe times concise atlas of the world -8th edition -completely new atlas -expanded to have 260 pages -mapping and index to over place names -hardback 272pp illustrated 339x247mm -ideal for the office, school, university or home -comprises over 100 pages of collins bartholomew mapping, including political and physical maps of the world, the oceans and the continents -with an index of placeshas geographical information covering states and territories and physical featureshas a hard back cover -original price ÂŁhas historical maps from to the present day
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The times atlas of the world, 7th concise edition, hardback, 178 pages of of world reference maps,46 plans featuring the world's great cities etc plus more, as new
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The book has seven thematically arranged sections - earth and space, living world, human body, the way we live, science and technology, history, atlas of the worlda large format hardback edition of the illustrated encyclopaedia of the world, published by parragon and in excellent condition, with 256 lavishly illustrated full colour pagesformat size: 34 cmwill post or collection in person possible
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Oxfam shop colne road winter of the world is the second novel in ken follett's uniquely ambitious and deeply satisfying the century trilogybut nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human raceat cambridge, lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling american socialite daisy peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despiseinto this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former british mp, ethel leckwith, and her student son, lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of nazismbut daisy is more interested in aristocratic boy fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the british union of fascistson its own or read in sequence with fall of giants and edge of eternity, this is a magnificent, spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal dramaeleven-year-old carla von ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as hitler strengthens his grip on germanyhe also encounters a group of germans resolved to oppose hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? such people are closely watched by volodya, a russian with a bright future in red army intelligencethe international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from cable street in london's east end to pearl harbor in hawaii, from spain to stalingrad, from dresden to hiroshimasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreberlin in is in upheavalback in berlin, carla worships golden boy werner from afar
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This book examines a wide range of issues related to china and its relationship with the world economy, focusing on its successful development experiences and how its rise may affect the rest of the world in the coming decadesoxfam bookshop beverley the rising importance of china and its impact on the world economy has attracted massive interest worldwide see oxfam website for delivery information read morebook condition: as new
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