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Title: the qur'an and the prophet in the writings of shaykh ahmad al-alawiauthor(s): al-alawi, ahmadpublisher: the islamic texts society
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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 historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe 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 assassination
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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 writingshe 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 book this is the first volume in a new series devoted to exploring the riches of christianitysee 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 agethis hardback edition is in very good condition, tightly bound with clean cream pagesthis edition is edited and with an introduction by eric colledge
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Oxfam bookshop hove nichiren daishoninthe writings of nichiren daishonin volume 1soka gakkai, tokyo japan, pagesthe gosho translation committee editor - translatorthis is volume one onlysize: 5 7/8 x 9Â - reprint edition see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Some minor rips on the book cover and slight rubbing to the cornerssee oxfam website for delivery information read more' overall in good condition, signed by the authora 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 timetimely yet now new, these also are subjects addressed by john wesley in the eighteenth centuryoxfam 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 bthis is a reprint of the book first published in maysome marks to front cover and name written inside front coverveblen in the reprints of economic classicssee 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 school
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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 moreoxfam 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 worktheir 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 egypt
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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 novelscondition: good  green cloth, decoratively blocked  rubbing to the corners of the cover and head and tail of spine  small mark on the front cover  gilded at headsee oxfam website for delivery information read more   attractively bound, intended as a gift book spotting to the deckle page edges  owner's name and date handwritten in ink facing front cover
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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 variantsseveral 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'sonly 15% of waugh's letters have previously been publishedthe origins of the works are explored, and annotations to each piece seek to assist the modern readerthe complete works will revolutionize waugh studies, and offer new insights for twentieth-century literary and cultural studies generallysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno other edition of a british novelist has been undertaken on this scalelong 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 reprintedwaugh was 19 when his first oxford review appeared, 31 when the spectator printed his last review offiction and non-fiction volumes will also contain a full account of each text's manuscript development and textual variantsthe 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 arabiaoriginal texts, so easily distorted in the production process, have been established as far as possible using manuscript and other controlsthis 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 appearedthis 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 dustwaughs 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 europeall volumes will be beautifully produced, and have comprehensive introductions and detailed annotationfinally, 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 century
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Oxfam bookshop preston man ray: writings on art fills a conspicuous gap in scholarship on the artist and his periodthese 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 beliefsthis 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 artwith 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 fanssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit 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 indiathe 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 timeshe deserves the recognitionindia is an immensely diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs and a veritable feast of viewpointsit 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 indiaout 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 peacehe won the nobel prize in economics in and was master of trinity college, cambridge'profound and stimulatingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is a book that needed to have been writtenhis books have been translated into thirty languagesshows 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 harvardhis most recent books are the idea of justice, identity and violence and development as freedom
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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 periodcovers a wide range of topics including astronomy, science and religion, natural philosophy, technology, medicine and alchemy see oxfam website for delivery information read morerepresents 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 tchacoscontained in brown slipcase see oxfam website for delivery information read moreone 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 decipheredoxfam 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 egyptit is a miracle in itself that they survivedxxviii and 724 pages including indexprinted cloth boardslyrical and powerful, there is no doubting the passion and devotion that created this poetrythe 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'these were the gnostic gospels, alternative christian texts - poems, myths, philosophy and gospels - which challenge those of the new testament at every turnbrown leather spine with gilt title to spinewhat 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 medicinecentral 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'through 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 wittgensteinalongside 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 sourcessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston maurice o'connor drury was among wittgenstein's first students after his return to cambridge inthe subsequent course of drury's life and thought was to be enormously influenced by his teacherbeautifully 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 centurywhether 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 psychiatry
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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 musictranslations by dorinda offord edited and with an introduction by stephanie jordan paperback book in very good condition, slight shelf wear, with a small amount of scratching to the coversthey also show his finely detailed knowledge of the classical heritage and his creative efforts to transmit major works to future generations see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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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%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for detailshenry 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
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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 slangthe flakes whirl around like motes in the water around your personal shipwreck' 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 suffering depressive needs help from outside his or her own consciousness, a radical new perspective that makes life possible again'depression is internal snowoxfam bookshop cheltenham 101 ways to climb out of the slough of despond - a literary guide (part memoir, part companion) to coming through depressionpart 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 centurythis unique book offers itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe quicker you dive down to see your sorry state, the better for you in lifealongside a paragraph about the proper relationship between the ego, the mind and the emotions nestles a passage on the therapeutic value of nail varnishfor it will have two voices, one calling from the valley of despair, the other from a safer, calmer new placefor 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 round
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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 discourseyaqzan or tayr, the bird of the spiritas unamuno would later say, the important thing is not to die completely, without which human destiny would be meaninglesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreavicenna leaves to the reader's perspicacity the last and personal sense of what he has narrated in an esoteric wayas 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 b
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To 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 faithin the end we find ourselves in what the taoist sage chuang tzu called the palace of nowhere, where all the many things are onenow 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 selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethomas merton, trappist monk, author, and student of zen, remains one of the most important and beloved figures in the modern christian contemplative movementit is in this spirit that james finley invites us to follow thomas merton's path to the palace of nowhereoxfam bookshop newark this is not a bookhis writings, which bridge eastern and western spiritual thought, continue to inspire us with their real possibilities for immediate and direct experience of the divinethere is an eastern teaching called transmission of mind, in which the enlightened mind embodied in the master is manifest in the student's awakeningthe cd's cardboard holder is a little worn around the edges
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Two composers have been central to his writings on music, gustav mahler and benjamin brittenfrom 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 compositionshe 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 yorksee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 inhis 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 literaturethe conflicts which came to mark mahler's music and personality had their beginnings in his childhood and youthrevised 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 studiesdonald mitchell was born inwithout 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 years
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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 candidateexcellent 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 officesharding appointed taft to be chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his deathin , 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 paulno work currently existing on this subject can compete with this book's historical survey and exegetical analysis, reading jeremiah and paul contextually on the issuepastors and virtually all christians interested in reading or researching paul and the subject of gospel/law controversy in biblical studies will benefit from itsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and christian religious departments of universities worldwide
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Hubbard expanded upon these principles in many other writings and lecturesbut this booklet represents the essence of the subject and a practical approach to living successfully, used by millionsfor millennia, man has attempted to assess his place in this material worldwith them, one can align the various factors of existence, the right decisions when faced with choices and achieve a new perspective on the directions available in his lifeorder your copy today from church of scientology 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dncredit and debit cards acceptedhere are the eight urges toward survival or “dynamics” which make up life itselfhow should he relate to the rest of life, and to his fellows? what are his true responsibilities, and to whom? there were no definitive answers—not from the ancient greeks, nor from the materialist thinkers of recent timeswith the information contained in this booklet you will learn how to balance your personal goals with your family, work and every other part of your lifeby understanding these, the tangles of life unravel and you can gain control once againfrom this came a flood of discoveries that cast new light on the nature of man and lifeand so it remained until lron hubbard realized his long sought-after goal: the discovery of a unifying principle that applied to all life, a common denominator by which all men and, indeed, all life, might be understoodthe principles in this booklet help one solve the ancient moral dilemma of right and wrong and bring about a new level of rationality
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