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Oxfam emporium manchester this is a collection of 34 stampssome of the stamps are a little fadedthe other sporting events celebrated on the stamps are the international race of peace in poland and the pan american games inone of the stamps shows the logo of the london olympics ofa couple of the used stamps have a little of the envelope that they were attached to still on the back that can be seensome of the used stamps have a little of the printed postmark on themthe countries that the stamps were issued in are the grenada grenadines, great britain, united arab emirates, the former ussr, mongolia, poland, the former czechoslovakia, australia, rwanda and yementhe empire and commonwealth games in , and the commonwealth games in edinburgh inthe newest stamp in this collection was issued inthe decades the stamps were issued in are the s, s, s, and smany of the stamps in this collection have not been usedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe sports shown on the stamps are fencing, basketball, volleyball, ski-jumping, boxing, pole-vaulting, horse jumping, gymnastics, diving, sailing, running, canoeing, weight-lifting, and wrestlingthe oldest stamp in this collection was issued inthe olympic games and the commonwealth games that the stamps celebrate are the munich summer olympic games, the montreal summer olympic games, the rome olympic games, the rome olympic games of
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This includes such actions as the sinking of hms glowworm and hms glorious, the gladiators on the frozen lakes and maurice force, the sacrifice of the territorial battalions at tretten and the independent companies, to name but a fewindeed, the invasion on april 9th saw the first use of airborne troops in the war and was also one of the very few amphibious operations undertaken by the germans during the second world warvolume 1 focuses on the prelude to and early phases of the german invasion and allied responsethe author provides a detailed account of the german invasion and the allied reaction, including the land, sea and air battlesit is hoped that niall cherry's new two-volume work covering the allied intervention in norway will fill this significant gapsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop raeburn place condition as newas in niall's previous books, detailed research has been carried out using official reports, war diaries and veterans' accounts, supported by photographs and colour mapsbooks on the events of the early months of are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken by the british expeditionary force in northern france and belgium following the german invasion of may 10th and it is often overlooked that prior to this another british expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in norway
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Forced to leave school at 14 years old, with no hope of raising the funds to go again, william resorted to borrowing books from the small local library to continue his educationfascinated by science and electricity, but knowing little more about the technology, william decided to build his ownhe has since built more windmills for his school and his villageby the end of , after many lean and difficult years, there was no more cropsoon he was re-enrolled in college and travelling to america to visit wind farmsone day, browsing the titles, he picked up a book about energy, with a picture of a wind turbine on the front coveronly 2 per cent of malawi has electricity; william's windmill now powers the lightbulbs and radio for his compoundthis is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nationthey were totally reliant on the maize cropmalawi is a country battling aids, drought and famine, and in , a season of floods, followed by the most severe famine in fifty years, brought it to its kneesoxfam bookshop cheltenham now a major motion pictured directed by and starring chiwetel ejiofor - available on netflixwhen william kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm - they could no longer afford his feesridiculed by those around him, and exhausted from his work in the fields every day, and using nothing more than bits of scrap metal, old bicycle parts and wood from the blue gum tree, he slowly built his very own windmillwilliam's dream is that other african's will learn to help themselves - one windmill and one light bulb at a time - and that maybe one day they will be able to power their own computers, and use the internet, and see for themselves how his life has changed after picking up that book in the librarywhen news of william's invention spread, people from across the globe offered to help himsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey were running out of food - had nothing to sell - and had months until they would be able to harvest their crop againlike the majority of the population, william's family were farmersthis is his incredible storythis windmill has changed the world in which william and his family live
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As the united states became the national security state, california, which had a population of five million at the start of the cold war, grew to thirty million and, by the s provided one in every ten members of congress and two presidentsthe west continued to be alarmed by the prospect of defeat right up to the soviet empire's last breathnow that it is over, it is crucial to our future to understand how the cold war has shaped us and, especially, to recognize it as the economic and political dynamic that determined the structure of today's global economythe cold war was more of a global conflict than was either of this century's two major wars; far more than a confrontation between states or even empires, it was, as martin walker puts it, "a total war between economic and social systems, an industrial test to destructionusing newly opened kremlin archives and his own experiences in the field, martin walker has written a brilliant analysis of the conflict that has shaped the contemporary worldin the s the failure of détente and the west's economic crisis brought a new generation of dedicated anti-communists to prominencefrom the origins of the marshall plan, which revived europe after world war ii, and the strategic decision to rebuild a defeated japan into a bulwark against china to the collapse of the berlin wall, this authoritative work reveals how the west was built into an economic alliance that overpowered the soviet economy while also unleashing global economic forces that today challenge the traditional nation-stateoxfam bookshop cheltenham "the history of the cold war has been the history of the world sincesee oxfam website for delivery information read more" so begins this wide-ranging narrative by award-winning political commentator martin walker, which is the first major study of the cold warat the end of the s the fear was generated by communist expansion into eastern europe and china; in the s by the prospect of defeat in vietnamwe also come to understand how the arms race caused new alignments and shifts in domestic power"walker reminds us how easy it is to forget that there were many occasions for the late s on when victory seemed far from assured, and that lent a particular urgency to the efforts of postwar western leadersfor more than forty years, as this detailed analysis makes clear, the outcome of the cold war was in doubt
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Oxfam bookshop glossop road creasing to cover and spineits thirty chapters explore germany's complex relationship to democracy, ideologies of "reactionary modernism," the rise of the "new woman," bauhaus architecture, the impact of mass media, the literary life, the tradition of cabaret and urban entertainment, and the situation of jews, intellectuals, and workers before and during the emergence of fascismgood overall condition a laboratory for competing visions of modernity, the weimar republic () continues to haunt the imagination of the twentieth centurythe weimar republic sourcebook represents the most comprehensive documentation of weimar culture, history, and politics assembled in any languagethis will be a major resource and reference work for students and scholars in history; art; architecture; literature; social and political thought; and cultural, film, german, and women's studiesit invites a wide community of readers to discover the richness and complexity of the turbulent years in germany before hitler's rise to powersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreits political and cultural lessons retain uncanny relevance for all who seek to understand the tensions and possibilities of our agedrawing from such primary sources as magazines, newspapers, manifestoes, and official documents (many unknown even to specialists and most never before available in english), this book challenges the traditional boundaries between politics, culture, and social lifewhile devoting much attention to the republic's varied artistic and intellectual achievements (the frankfurt school, political theater, twelve-tone music, cultural criticism, photomontage, and urban planning), the book is unique for its inclusion of many lesser-known materials on popular culture, consumerism, body culture, drugs, criminality, and sexuality; it also contains a timetable of major political events, an extensive bibliography, and capsule biographies
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Oxfam bookshop beverley in , the pacific island village of matupit was partially destroyed by a volcanic eruptionthis study focuses on the subsequent reconstruction and contests over the morality of exchanges that are generative of new forms of social stratificationthrough detailed ethnography of the transactions that a displaced people entered into in seeking to rebuild their lives, this book analyses how people re-make sociality in an era of post-colonial neoliberalism without taking either the transformative power of globalization or the resilience of indigenous culture as its starting pointit also contributes to the understanding of the problems of post-disaster reconstruction and development projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moresuch new dynamics of stratification are central to contemporary processes of globalization in the pacific, and more widely
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He asks whether the language is actually changing as fast as we suppose, and, if so, whyhe discusses the effect the new technologies, from cable tv to photocomposition, are having on the mother tongue, and he examines the new dialects that are coming into usehoward argues that as far as we can, we should strive to direct and control the changes in english in ways that increase its powerand where we can't help it, he says, we should lie back and enjoy its immense richness, which is unrivaled by any other languagerather than have us wring our hands, philip howard entreats us, with his customary with and erudition, to use our tongues in concert with our brainsthe literary editor of the times of london, howard takes a robust, commonsensical view of the changes that are happening in englishhis is not the panglossian attitude that all is neccessarily for the best in the best of all possible languages, but he does feel that change is necessary--and healthy--in any living languagehoward here examines the language in its various branches and categories, such as grammar and pronunciation, spelling and punctuation, dialect and slanghe navigates the back streets of euphemism and the broad, boring boulevards of clichesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham is the english language in decline? many people seem to think so--but philip howard isn't one of them
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It 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 fairnessto 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 povertyoxfam 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 warsee 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 europenow, 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 ordered
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Pictorial dust jacketoxfam bookshop newport this is the story of the most sensational scientific discovery in natural history of the twentieth century, told by the scientist who is the central figure throughoutsmall chips and closed tearswear to edges, various other scuffs and marksit details the discovery of a type of prehistoric fish, known only from fossils and believed to have become extinct at least fifty million years agolight shelfwear to edgestear to top of spine, which is discolouredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresporadic foxing within text block which is otherwise clean and tight and lightly but evenly tannedvarious superficial scuffs and marks, discolouration to spine and outer edges of boardsendpapers discolouredturquoise cloth covered boards with gilt text within dark blue panel to spinealone in his view that this coelacanth must have been a stray, professor smith and his wife carried out a series of arduous expeditions covering most of the wildest parts of the tropical western indian ocean, until, after fourteen years, the home of this living fossil was found
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Queen caroline's story is one of a fight by an individual to see justice done to her in the face of a powerful authoritybarred from the regent's court, caroline travelled through europe with a small court of her ownat her divorce trial, the dignity and honour of the british crown was in shreds and britain on the brink of revolutionthe prince regent, later george iv, separated privately from caroline of brunswick, princess of wales, later queen caroline, within a year of their marriage insee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey remained separated until her death in , but the mockery of their marriage resisted the public efforts to dissolve itoxfam bookshop cheltenham at the heart of the regency period - nine years from to - lies the mismatch between the prince and princess of wales
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Bourne develops this account and shows how it is consonant with aspects of the work of a range of contemporary theologians including stanley hauerwas, john milbank, karl barth, and dietrich bonhoefferthe book concludes by developing an account of the impact such a theological realism and practice of critique might have on contemporary political theory--with explorations of the doxological nature of social change, the changing shape of the state, governmentality and political sovereignty, and the status and role of religious communities in civil societyin developing this theological realism, the book furnishes an account of christian criticism capable of addressing key debates in contemporary theology and political theoryhe demonstrates that only a vigorous theological realism, grounded in the universal lordship of christ, is capable of providing a foundation for local, particular, and ad hoc practices of critiqueoxfam books & music lancaster seek the peace of the city provides a robust engagement with the theological foundations and practices of christian social and political criticismbourne begins by arguing for the public status of theological political claimssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis realism bases social and political criticism in the purposes of a nonviolent, patient, and reconciling godrichard bourne identifies a theological realism found in the work of john howard yoder
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With her links to melusina, and to the founder of the house of luxembourg, together with her reputation for making magic, she is the most haunting of heroinesof all the little-known but important women of the period, her dramatic story is the most neglectedwidowed at the age of nineteen she took the extraordinary risk of marrying a gentleman of her household for love, and then carved out a life for herself as queen margaret of anjou's close friend and a lancaster supporter - until the day that her daughter elizabeth woodville fell in love and married the rival king edward ivsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop colne road jacquetta, daughter of the count of luxembourg and kinswoman to half the royalty of europe, was married to the great englishman john, duke of bedford, uncle to henry vi
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The album produced the singles "run to the hills" and "the number of the beast", the former of which became the band's first top-ten uk singleare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe album was also controversial, particularly in the united states, due to the religious references in its artwork and the title track's lyricsstunning riaa gold record award for iron maiden's "the number of the beast" presented to the band! the number of the beast is the third studio album by english heavy metal band iron maidenpostage is insured and tracked read moreit was released on 22 march in the united kingdom by emi records and in the united states by harvest and capitol recordsplease 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 storethe album was their first to feature vocalist bruce dickinson and their last with drummer clive burrcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesince the release of the number of the beast and its subsequent tour the beast on the road, "the beast" has become an alternate name for iron maiden and was later used in the titles of some of their compilations and live releases, including best of the beast and visions of the beastthe number of the beast was met with critical and commercial success, and became the band's first album to top the uk albums chart and reach the top 40 of the us billboard 200
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Winner of impossible victories, cannon fodder for the western front, thin khaki line against hitler - wherever and whenever, the british soldier has done his duty - and morein a comprehensive series of first-hand accounts, this anthology offers a huge variety of views on the experience of war: from a letter written by oliver cromwell to the speaker of parliament, to a first world war's soldier's last letter home to his son, and a powerful description of what it was like to be on the sir galahad when it was hit by a missile in the falklands conflict of the 80s, right up to life as a soldier on the ground in basraoxfam bookshop cheltenham from agincourt to waterloo, from dunkirk to the gulf war, and everywhere in between, one man has served in all these battlesthis is the story of britain at war from the perspective of that manthis is his storysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is the autobiography of the british soldier
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This book explores these films and looks at how these films dealt with the fundamental question of portraying an individual thought to have either divine status or a very special and unique status among human beingsslight indentation on front cover and light scratches on back coveroxfam bookshop hampstead the challenge of the silver screen: an analysis of the cinematic portraits of jesus, rama, buddha and muhammad by freek lalthough religious leaders did not always approve of these films, they did find a ready audience among believersthis book will thus benefit not only students of religious film but also those studying the portrayal of central religious figures in the contemporary worldthis and other films about jesus became examples for and an inspiration for films on other important religious figures like rama, buddha and muhammadin very good conditionbakker in - only two years after the invention of film - the first feature film about jesus appearedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclean, crisp pages with slight damage on the bottom corner of a couple of pages
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The second volume is "the danube by william beattie, moxfam bookshop sevenoaks two volumes bound as a set, published for the proprietors by george virtue, 26 ivy lane, undatedgold embossed designs front and back and gold design and lettering to spineillustrated in a series of views taken expressly for this work by wthe first volume consists of "the beauties of the bosphorus by miss pardoe, illustrated in a series of views of constantinople and its environs from original drawings by wblocks are tight, some foxing to pagestissue guarded platesin good used condition for age, bound in blue cloth with embossed design, and blind dentelleboards show shelfwear commensurate with age, corners are bumped and scuffedthe volume on the danube has a loose tissue guard at the frontispiece, and hinges cracking at end papers internallysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe volume on the bosphorus has internal cracking of the hinge at the endpapers at the front and a cracked hinge at the back of the book, after the final page, and prior to the four pages of advertisementsthe spines are labelled "the bosphorus and danube"gold edges to block
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Marcus and his men must penetrate the heart of the enemy's strength, ghosting through a deadly wilderness patrolled by vicious huntresses before breaching the walls of the fang, an all-but-impregnable fort, if they are to rescue the legion's venerated standardprotected by an impassable swamp and hidden in a fortress atop a high mountain, the eagle of the sixth legion must be recovered if the legion is to survivesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreif successful their escape will be twice as perilous, with the might of a barbarian tribe at their heelsthe legions are overstretched, struggling to man the forts of the northern frontier in the face of increasing barbarian resistanceoxfam shop dumfries the tungrian auxiliary cohorts return to hadrian's wall after their successful dacian campaign, only to find britannia in chaosthe tungrians are the only soldiers who can be sent into the northern wastes, far beyond the long abandoned wall built by antoninus, where a lost symbol of imperial power of the sixth victorious legion is reputed to await them
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In a handpainted/guilded passe-partoutare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikolfin, 'tot uitpersing van tranen, de verbeelding van de hartstochten', in 'romeyn de hooghe, de verbeelding van de late gouden eeuw' (hthan returned to haarlem where he stayed the rest of his life), zwolle/amsterdam, , ppworked in paris with van der meulen and enjoyed great successfrom a series of wrestling scenes invented by the famous wrestler and wine merchant nicolaes petter who had great interest in classical greece and began to give wrestling lessons to other merchants in his wine shop on the prinsengracht in amsterdamright wrestlerl lying on the ground and kicking the left of the other wrestler with his right leg, while pulling the latter towards the ground by his hairthis series: ' klare onderrichte der voortreffelijcke worstel-konst, published in , is considered one of the most important books about the unarmed struggle of the periodreceived patent of nobility from the king of polen inmost known for his graphic workhe itood for a renewal of print art and rejected the somewhat dull french style from the periodplease 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 storeromeyn de hooghe () painter, engraver and sculptor of amsterdamreference: hollstein landwehr litexcellent good black inked impression on laid paper with no folds or tears; a few small stainsetching by romeyn d'hooghe, important innovator of dutch printmakingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablevan nierop et al
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With a so-called “coin of authenticity” and the number of the figurine at the bottomare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicomplete set of mickey figurinesthere is also a mickey collection of the early years and it also consists of 4 figurinesthese are limited editionsa rotating plateau of a film reel with 4 figurinesthis is the “collection of the later years”please 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 storefor the entire set, this is number of a total ofi am also offering that itemthe diameter of the plateau is 22 cmthe figurines are in mint condition and are a bit dusty at mostcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablesee photos for a proper impression, the photos are part of the descriptionthe dimensions have been made visible in the pictures
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Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn themoxfam shop pershore a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecowhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behinda page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadthe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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Against the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries britain and france would rulelawrence, winston churchill and charles de gaulle, a line in the sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when britain and france ruled the middle eastthe creation of britain's 'mandates' of palestine, transjordan and iraq, and france's in lebanon and syria, made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty yearsoxfam books & music marlborough in , in the middle of the first world war, two men secretly agreed to divide the middle east between themin , after many years of intrigue and espionage, britain finally succeeded in ousting france from lebanon and syria, and hoped that, having done so, it would be able to cling on to palestinesir mark sykes was a visionary politician; françois georges-picot a diplomat with a grudgeterritory north of that stark line would go to france; land south of it, to britainsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethrough a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including tthe deal they struck, which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the entente cordiale, drew a line in the sand from the mediterranean to the persian frontierusing newly declassified papers from the british and french archives, james barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life, and reveals, for the first time, the stunning way in which the french finally got their revengeit explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the arabs and the jews, and ultimately led to war between the british and the french in and between the arabs and the jews in
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford the reformation of the subject is a study of the cultural contradictions that gave birth to the english protestant epictracing the transformation of the epic poem into an instrument for the reformation of the political subject, gregerson thus provides an illuminating contribution to our understanding of the ways in which subjectivities are historically producedin lucid and theoretically sophisticated language, linda gregerson examines the fraught ideological, political and gender conflicts that are woven into the texture of the faerie queene and paradise lostshe reminds us that reformation iconoclasts viewed verbal images with the same aversion as visual images, because they too were capable of waylaying the human imaginationthrough a series of detailed readings, gregerson examines the different strategies adopted by spenser and milton as they sought to distinguish their poems from idols yet preserve the shaping power that iconoclasts have long attributed to iconssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A very useful, practical, honest good looking pieceeach draw has a brass handle & lockthere are bits of wood missing to the feet & knocks here & therei'm not sure if the shelf is originalthe draws are all graduated & each draw locks with a single keythe wear makes me think it may have been used in a small shop at some timeit's not been restored or messed with, just used, loved & enjoyedwhat's nice is where the wood is showing through from wear & uselambs of manchester were a renowned cabinet making firm, founded by james lambconditions is as expected for an item of this agethe wear of the lacquer is particularly nice where hands have been in constant contactthe locks are stamped lamb & some of the draws are also stamped lamb manchester, a sign of qualitya lovely small petite dresser in the condition you would hope to find itthere are numerous holes for dowels so the shelf height may be adjustedhe was a manchester cabinetmaker who started in the mid victorian eraplease study the images, as they also form part of the description & please do your own researchthere is some historical discolouration to the work surface & bits of varnish or wax missinga loverly antique dresser by the renowned cabinet maker lambs of manchesterit still has its ebonised black lacquerhowever it does make the piece far more useful**collection only** read more
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The approach draws at the same time from the philosophical modernism of hermann cohen, the dialogical philosophy of buber, the religious phenomenology of heschel, and the insights of contemporary biblical scholars, including literary analysts of the bibleoxfam bookshop glossop road very good condition, no marks or wear the fundamental book of eliezer schweid is a modern interpretation of the bible as narrative and law which can reopen the dialogue of contemporary jews with the bible, from which a dynamic jewish culture can continue to draw its inspirationsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreschweid helps us to appreciate the broader message of the narrative of creation and settlement of the land in its ecumenical and planetary dimensionsthe world is gods creation, and its resources are to be deployed as necessary for the sustenance and need-fulfillment of all peoples and all creatures equally a message very much relevant to the ecological crisis facing us all at the present time
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'whenever i smell salt water, i know that i am not far from one of the works of my ancestors,' wrote robert louis stevenson inthe lighthouse stevensons is a story of high endeavour, beautifully told; indeed, this is one of the most celebrated works of historical biography in recent memoryoxfam shop colne road an exciting new edition of bella bathurst's epic story of robert louis stevenson's ancestors and the building of the scottish coastal lighthouses against impossible oddsthe lighthouse stevensons, all four generations of them, built every lighthouse round scotland, were responsible for a slew of inventions in both construction and optics, and achieved feats of engineering in conditions that would be forbidding even today'when the lights come out at sundown along the shores of scotland, i am proud to think they burn more brightly for the genius of my father!'robert louis stevenson was the most famous of the stevensons, but not by any means the most productivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe same driven energy which robert louis stevenson put into writing, his ancestors put into lighting the darkness of the seas
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Daniel is allowed to choose one book from the shelves and pulls out 'la sombra del viento' by julian caraxto this library, a man brings his 10-year-old son daniel one cold morning inbut as he grows up, several people seem inordinately interested in his findthis man is tracking down every last copy of carax's work in order to burn thema page-turning exploration of obsession in literature and love, and the places that obsession can leadoxfam bookshop cheltenham a stunning literary thriller in the tradition of umberto ecowhat begins as a case of literary curiosity turns into a race to find out the truth behind the life and death of julian carax and to save those he left behindthe discovery of a forgotten book leads to a hunt for an elusive author who may or may not still be alivesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethen, one night, as he is wandering the old streets once more, daniel is approached by a figure who reminds him of a character from la sombra del viento, a character who turns out to be the devilhidden in the heart of the old city of barcelona is the 'cemetery of lost books', a labyrinthine library of obscure and forgotten titles that have long gone out of print
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Others are studies of particular periods, places or groups which have not found their place in more narrative accounts: standardisation in the nineteenth century, the role of low german, the state of german at the stunde null insome of these 'landmarks' are individuals or groups of people who have exerted influence over the language: charlemagne, luther, the early modern grammarians and 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 manipulationoxfam 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 speakerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 context
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It was compiled around by jacobus de voragine, a scholarly friar and eventual archbishop of genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the churchjames the dismembered, who, with the chopping off of each body part by the roman executioner, joyfully proclaims yet another reason for loving godat the same time these stories draw abundantly on holy scripture to shed light on the mysteries of the christian faithin his new translation, the first in english of the complete text, william granger ryan captures the immediacy of this rich, image-filled work, and offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious cultureoxfam books & music beaconsfield depicting the lives of the saints in an array of both factual and fictional stories--some preposterous, some profound, and some shocking--the golden legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the bible, during the late middle agesthese stories have the effect of bringing the saints to life as real people, in the context of late thirteenth-century living, but in them the saints do things that ordinary people can only wonder atthe book is in good condition with only a little shelfwear, sound binding and unmarked pagesthe chapters devoted to christ and to the blessed virgin are particularly moving examples of the mingling of doctrine and narrative to give life to dogmasee oxfam website for delivery information read morejuliana, who, fed up with the propositions of a dull-witted demon, gives him a sound thrashing and tosses him in the sewer; stin the course of reading these stories, which are arranged according to the order of saints' feast days throughout the liturgical year, we happen upon many fascinating cultural and historical topics, such as the christianization of roman holidays, the symbolism behind the monk's tonsure, nero's "pregnancy," and the reason why chaste but hot-blooded women can grow beardsfifth printing and first paperback printinghilary, who challenges the authority of a corrupt pope and foresees the prelate's death; and st
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But they also skilfully managed enormous households, navigated choppy diplomatic waters and promoted their family's cause throughout europe - and had the courage to defy their royal fatherthe lives of these sisters - eleanora, joanna, margaret, mary and elizabeth - ran the full gamut of experiences open to royal women in the middle agesyet the reality was very different, as kelcey wilson-lee shows in this vibrant account of the five daughters of the great english king, edward i' hermione eyre, spectatorvirginal, chaste, humble, patiently waiting for rescue by brave knights and handsome princes: this idealized - and largely mythical - notion of the medieval noblewoman still lingersand ably manages to coax the few sparks of evidence into flames of personalitydrawing on a wide range of contemporary sources, daughters of chivalry offers a rich portrait of these spirited plantagenet womenwith their libraries of beautifully illustrated psalters and tales of romance, their rich silks and gleaming jewels, we follow these formidable women throughout their lives and see them - at long last - shine from out of the shadows, revealing what it was to be a princess in the age of chivalrythey might never wear the crown in their own right, but they were utterly confident of their crucial role in the spectacle of medieval kingshipliving as they did in a courtly culture founded on romantic longing and brilliant pageantry, they knew that a princess was to be chaste yet a mother to many children, preferably sons, meek yet able to influence a recalcitrant husband or even command a host of men-at-armssee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhoop, whoop! if anyone can find me another clutch of rebel princesses, let's get crowd-fundingoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'she imagines the experiences of the sisters with empathy and patienceedward's daughters were of course expected to cement alliances and secure lands and territory by making great dynastic marriages, or endow religious houses with royal favour
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Oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencythe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalityan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotion
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