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Title: the qur'an and the prophet in the writings of shaykh ahmad al-alawipublisher: the islamic texts societyauthor(s): al-alawi, ahmad
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham superbly edited and annotated, this collection of the writings of john wilkes booth constitutes a major new primary source that contributes to scholarship on abraham lincoln, the civil war, and nineteenth-century theater historythe nearly seventy documents--more than half published here for the first time--include love letters written during the summer of , when booth was conspiring against lincoln, explicit statements of booth's political convictions, and the diary he kept during his futile twelve-day flight after the assassinationsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Pentecost & sanctification in the writings of john wesley and charles wesley with a proposal for tod by laurence w wood (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 7 to 9 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam bookshop new milton the writings of the english mystics have now largely been recovered from historical obscurity and are gradually being edited and printedthe 90 page introduction is masterly, and any reader must be the wiser for this study of the development of devotional spirituality in the west; besides his appreciation colledge does not hesitate to point out the failings of some of the more popular devotional writers and the abuses which rose from misunderstood passages in their writingsthis edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledgesee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket has a little fraying on the bottom edge but is otherwise in very good condition for its agehe also explores the extent of christianity's borrowings from other faiths and philosophies, with many quotations and opens up a larger perspective for the texts which make up the body of the bookthis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pages this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianity
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Oxfam bookshop hove nichiren daishoninthe writings of nichiren daishonin volume 1soka gakkai, tokyo japan, pagessize: 5 7/8 x 9Â - reprint edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is volume one onlythe gosho translation committee editor - translator
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' overall in good condition, signed by the authorsee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome minor rips on the book cover and slight rubbing to the cornerstimely yet now new, these also are subjects addressed by john wesley in the eighteenth centurya travelling preacher in great britain at the time of the founding of america, widely renowned today as the founder of methodism, wesley was an immensely influential cleric in his timeoxfam bookshop hexham 'the natural sinfulness of man, moral dissipation, spreading the gospel, and salvation by faith are all important topics preached from modern day pulpits
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Oxfam shop horsham the vested interests and the common man ("the modern point of view and the new order") - from the writings of thorstein bsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreveblen, the author of the theory of the leisure class (), is considered by some to be the founding father of the institutional economics schoolsome marks to front cover and name written inside front coverthis is a reprint of the book first published in mayveblen in the reprints of economic classics
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Almost years later, using the writings of john moschos as his guide, william dalrymple set off to retrace their footstepstaking in a civil war in turkey, the ruins of beirut, the tensions of the west bank and a fundamentalist uprising in egypt, william dalrymple's account is a stirring elegy to the dying civilisation of eastern christianitysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretheir aim: to collect the wisdom of the sages and mystics of the byzantine east before their fragile world shattered under the eruption of islamin ad 587, two monks, john moschos and sophronius the sophist, embarked on an extraordinary journey across the byzantine world, from the shores of the bosphorus to the sand dunes of egyptoxfam bookshop cheltenham a rich blend of history and spirituality, adventure and politics, laced with the thread of black comedy familiar to readers of william dalrymple's previous work
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Oxfam bookshop ashbourne an anthology taken from the writings of george eliot, both from her own perspective and quoted from the characters in her novels spotting to the deckle page edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read more  owner's name and date handwritten in ink facing front cover   attractively bound, intended as a gift book  small mark on the front cover  rubbing to the corners of the cover and head and tail of spine  green cloth, decoratively blocked  gilded at headcondition: good
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The edition's general editor is alexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson and editor of the twelve-volume personal writings sequencealexander waugh, evelyn waugh's grandson, is editing a twelve-volume personal writings sequence for the series, intercalating over letters with the complete, unexpurgated diariesoxfam bookshop victoria the complete works of evelyn waugh offers the first scholarly edition of waugh's work, bringing together all of his extant writings and graphic art: novels, biographies, travel writing, short fiction, essays, articles, reportage, reviews, poems, juvenilia, parerga, drawings, and designsthis volume is part of the complete works of evelyn waugh critical edition, which brings together all waugh's published and previously unpublished writings for the first time with comprehensive introductions and annotation, and a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationlong interred in fashion magazines, popular newspapers, sober journals, undergraduate reviews, and bbc archives, 110 of the 170 pieces in the volume have never before been reprintedthe volume embraces university journalism; essays from waugh's years of drift after oxford; forcefully emphatic articles and contrasting sophisticated reviews written for the metropolitan press from to (the most active and enterprising years of waugh's career); reports for three newspapers of a coronation in abyssinia and essays for the times on the condition of ethiopia and on british policy in arabiafiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsthis first volume of evelyn waugh's articles, essays, and reviews contains every traceable piece of journalism that research could uncover written by waugh between january , when he first went up to oxford, and december , when he had recently returned from british guiana and was enjoying the runaway success of a handful of dustfinally, in early waugh travelled for three months in remote british guiana, resulting in nine travel articles and a handful of dust, acclaimed as one of the most distinguished novels of the centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallythis is a young writer's book, and the always lucid articles and reviews it presents read as fresh and lively, as challenging and opinionated, as the day they first appearedno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scaleseveral typescripts of articles and reviews are published here for the first time, as are a larger number of unsigned pieces never before identified as waugh'swaughs works are placed in their rich literary and historical context, enabling readers to appreciate for the first time the range and complexity of his thinking and artistic practice, and linking this to the work of his contemporaries in britain, america and europewaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review ofthe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern reader
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Oxfam bookshop preston man ray: writings on art fills a conspicuous gap in scholarship on the artist and his periodsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis volume offers a long overdue vision of man ray as someone who used words both as a creative medium and as a means of articulating ideas about the nature and value of artthese occasionally quixotic texts, which include artist books, essays, interviews, letters, and visual poems, reveal the incredible scale of the artist's output and the remarkable continuity of his aesthetic and political beliefswith richly reproduced illustrations, it provides powerful insight not only to scholars of art history and academics, but also to working artists and those who count themselves as man ray fansit brings together his most significant writings, many of them published here for the first time
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Oxfam bookshop harrogate from nobel prize-winning economist amartya sen, the argumentative indian: writings on indian culture, history and identity brings together an illuminating selection of writings on contemporary indiathis is a book that needed to have been writtenit would be no surprise if it were to become as defining and as influential as work as edward said's orientalism'Â Â soumya bhattacharya, observer 'the winner of the nobel prize in economics is a star in indiahis books have been translated into thirty languagesindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsthe product of a great mind at the peak of its power'Â Â william dalrymple, sunday times 'one of the most influential public thinkers of our timessee oxfam website for delivery information read more'profound and stimulatinghe won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridgeshows that the argumentative gene is not just a part of india's make-up that can easily be wished away'Â Â the economist amartya sen is lamont university professor at harvardhe deserves the recognitionhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedomout of these conflicting views spring a rich tradition of skeptical argument and cultural achievement which is critically important, argues amartya sen, for the success of india's democracy, the defence of its secular politics, the removal of inequalities related to class, caste, gender and community, and the pursuit of sub-continental peace
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Introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriesoxfam shop bishop's stortford this book introduces students to the best recent writings on the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuriespresents work by scholars who have been at the forefront of reinterpreting the scientific revolution great condition copy of a excellent book for students and historians of the period see oxfam website for delivery information read morecovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemyrepresents a broad range of approaches from the seminal to the innovative
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The sacred writings of the nag hammadi library, the berlin gnostic codex and the codex tchacosprinted cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrybrown leather spine with gilt title to spinethese were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnit is a miracle in itself that they survivedone text tells the story of the garden of eden from the serpent's point of view, while another casts god as partly feminineover years of neglect, however, was nothing compared to what happened to them upon discovery: the books were burned in an oven, confiscated and sold on the black market, before they were eventually decipheredcontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read morexxviii and 724 pages including indexoxfam books & music lancaster in , thirteen papyrus books that had lain buried since the 4th century were discovered in an earthenware jar near nag hammadi, in upper egyptthe gospel of thomas records sayings of jesus unlike any we have ever heard; that of philip describes mary magdalene as christ's companion 'whom he loved more than all the disciples'what they revealed stunned the world
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The selected writings of maurice o'connor drury brings together the best of his lectures, conversations, and letters on philosophy, religion and medicinewhether discussing philosophy, simone weil or the power of hypnosis, he makes fascinating excursions into the bearing of wittgenstein's thought on philosophy and the practice of medicine and psychiatrysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacherthrough notes on conversations with wittgenstein, letters to a student of philosophy and correspondence of almost 30 years with rush rhees, drury gives shape to what he had learned from wittgensteincentral to the collection is the danger of words, the text described by ray monk as 'the most truly wittgensteinian book published by any of wittgenstein's students'alongside a foreword by monk and an introduction presenting a new biography of drury, analysing the relationship between him and wittgenstein, this collection features previously unpublished archival sourcesoxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inbeautifully written and carefully selected, each piece reveals the impact of wittgenstein's teachings, shedding light on the friendship and thinking of one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century
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The complete astrological writings of the last and final prophet[peace be upon his name] the great beast, aleister crowley read more
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Oxfam books & music berkhamsted these writings present the rationale behind lupukhov's attempt to develop a "symphonic" ballet that would integrate the formal and expressive elements of dance and musicthey also show his finely detailed knowledge of the classical heritage and his creative efforts to transmit major works to future generations edited and with an introduction by stephanie jordan see oxfam website for delivery information read moretranslations by dorinda offord paperback book in very good condition, slight shelf wear, with a small amount of scratching to the covers
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Robert browning selected writings by richard cronin (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Henry james's style of retrospect late personal writings, by oliver herford (hardback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 8 to 10 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Roots music in america collected writings of joe wilson by fred bartenstein (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Title: the essential writings of christian mysticismcatalogue number
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Title: basic writings of kantmissing information?catalogue number
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Oxfam books & music totnes selected writings on vernacular furniture see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Practical hints on how to get better (diet, read hello!, helpful pieces of music) are alongside striking quotations, ranging from sentences on crisp packets, to prayers, from russian orthodox writings on silence to collections of slangfor above you, if only you can reach it without getting the bends, are sunshine, laughter on a yacht, the clink of plates as a lunch of steaming fish is handed roundoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depressionthe flakes whirl around like motes in the water around your personal shipwrecksee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart memoir - drawing on her own experiences, both adverse and encouraging, as a depressive and an alcoholic - and part guide or companion, this book brings burton's anatomy of melancholy into the twenty-first centuryfor it will have two voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a safer, calmer new placealongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnish'depression is internal snow' whilst the overall structure of sunbathing in the rain moves from dark to light, telling the story of lewis's recovery, its different strands allow a variety of tones and subjects to be explored, from the profound to the frivolousthe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifethis unique book offers itthe suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible again
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Oxfam bookshop wallingford avicenna is the author of a gigantic philosophical encyclopedia entitled al-sifa, of many other philosophical works, authentic manuals beside the peripatetic systematization of his great encyclopedias and of the avicenian manuals, in the writings collected here the other face of the great thinker appears irani: the search for a sense of man's destiny, what is the fundamental condition of the human being, where we come from and where we are going, that there is beyond the strictly rational discoursesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the explanation is not simple or accessible to all and can be conflicting, avicenna has chosen the esoteric style and has sought symbolic and visionary stories, such as those related by the wise old man hayy bas unamuno would later say, the important thing is not to die completely, without which human destiny would be meaninglessyaqzan or tayr, the bird of the spiritavicenna leaves to the reader's perspicacity the last and personal sense of what he has narrated in an esoteric way
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Thomas merton, trappist monk, author, and student of zen, remains one of the most important and beloved figures in the modern christian contemplative movementoxfam bookshop newark this is not a booksee oxfam website for delivery information read morenow james finley, who for six years lived, prayed, and studied with brother louis, as merton was known at the abbey of gethsemani, shares with us the gifts passed on to him by this towering figure on thomas merton's path to the palace of nowherefirst presented at a series of popular retreats, this full eight-cd program takes a participatory approach to merton's most useful teachings, helping us to discover our true selfin the end we find ourselves in what the taoist sage chuang tzu called the palace of nowhere, where all the many things are onehis writings, which bridge eastern and western spiritual thought, continue to inspire us with their real possibilities for immediate and direct experience of the divinethe cd's cardboard holder is a little worn around the edgesthere is an eastern teaching called transmission of mind, in which the enlightened mind embodied in the master is manifest in the student's awakeningit is in this spirit that james finley invites us to follow thomas merton's path to the palace of nowhereto disappear into god; to be submerged into his peace; to be lost in the secret of his face, as merton said, through daily practices including contemplation, prayer, and faith
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Two composers have been central to his writings on music, gustav mahler and benjamin brittendonald mitchell was born inrevised and updated in the early s, this paperback edition includes a new introduction by the author to bring this classic work once again to the forefront of mahler studiessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe conflicts which came to mark mahler's music and personality had their beginnings in his childhood and youthwithout understanding the territorial, social and familial conflicts of this time one cannot truly appreciate the impulses behind the major symphonies and song cycles of his later yearsoxfam books & music lichfield available again for a new generation of mahlerians, donald mitchell's famous study of the composer's early life and music was greeted as a major advance on its first appearance infrom his birth in bohemia, then part of the mighty austro-hungarian empire, to a survey of his early works, many now lost, gustav mahler: the early years forms an indispensable prelude to the period of the great compositionshis three studies of mahler, the early years (), the wunderhorn years (), and songs and symphonies of life and death (), are among the enduring monuments of postwar mahler literaturehe was founder professor of music at the university of sussex (), was visiting professor at king's college, london, and is currently a visiting professor at the universities of sussex and york
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This book is a first edition of his writings on the league of nationssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaft was elected president in , the chosen successor of theodore roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by woodrow wilson in  after roosevelt split the republican vote by running as a third-party candidateharding appointed taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his deathexcellent pages for its age, a little edge and board wearoxfam bookshop carlisle william howard taft (september - march ) was the 27th president of the united states () and the tenth chief justice of the united states (), the only person to have held both officesin , president warren g
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The book's investigative study of the history of interpretation of the church's teaching on the subject from the early church to modern theological era, and second temple judaism's writings on the topic, is unsurpassedoxfam shop colne road this book deals with the identity of the torah that yahweh promised he would write on the hearts of new covenant participants, as prophesied in jeremiah and understood later in new testament times by paulthis theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and christian religious departments of universities worldwidesee oxfam website for delivery information read morepastors and virtually all christians interested in reading or researching paul and the subject of gospel/law controversy in biblical studies will benefit from itno work currently existing on this subject can compete with this book's historical survey and exegetical analysis, reading jeremiah and paul contextually on the issue
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