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Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, architects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging from the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal itemstoday this art is generally termed early christian and byzantineworking from the surviving material this work explains how and why early christian and byzantine art was made and usedthe reader is taken on a journey of discovery as the ideas this art sought to express are consideredsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop ilkley in the 's ad the emperor constantine moved the capital of his empire from rome to byzantium, which was renamed conatantinople, and until its fall in remained a major artistic centre
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This book, therefore, should be of great interest, not only to harp players but to historians, to all musicians in the fields of traditional and early music, and to any reader who recognises the importance of these beautiful instruments, and their music, throughout a thousand years of scottish cultureit sets out to trace the development of the instrument from its earliest appearance on the pictish stones of the 8th century, to the present daythey vividly follow the decline of the wire-strung clarsach from its links with the hereditary bards of the highland chieftains to its disappearance in the 18th century, and the subsequent attempts at the revival of the small harp during the 19th and 20th centuriesthey also make suggestions, based on their research, about the development and dissemination of the early celtic harps and their musicoxfam shop rosemount viaduct this is the first history of the harp in scotland to be publishedthe music played on the harp, and its links with the great families of scotland are describeddescribing the different harps played in the highlands and the lowlands of scotland, the authors examine the literary and physical evidence for their use within the royal courts and "big houses" by professional harpers and aristocratic amateurssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors present, in this book, material which has never before been brought to light, from unpublished documents, family papers and original manuscripts
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Features in china's history, society, geography, and developments in technology, industry, demography and literature are scrutinised and provide insights into developments in china spanning a thousand yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop wallingford these essays are comparative studies of developments in china in the context of contemporaneous developments in europe
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Sweeping through the last thousand years of human development, human race is a treasure chest of the lunar leaps and lightbulb moments that, for better or worse, have sent humanity swerving down a path that no one could ever have predictedover the past millennium of plagues and exploration, revolution and scientific discovery, woman's rights and technological advances, human society has changed beyond recognitionoxfam shop evesham we are an astonishing speciesbut what's yours? see oxfam website for delivery information read morebut which of the last ten centuries saw the greatest changes in human history?history's greatest tour guide, ian mortimer, knows what answer he would give
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A splendid depiction of the great feast and the ride that the city of malines wanted to organize to celebrate the thousand years since the death of stare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitext partly in latinsmall restoration on a few folds, but overall a good copy– 38 (wrongly numbered 34)modern half parchment bindinghandwritten title on the spinemagnificent illustrated and prototype of the 18th century feast bookcrisp plates on heavy papermalines, vander elstbeautifully illustrated by 15 large and extraordinary etchings, almost all folded, illustrating the fabulous floats pulled by harnessed horses and animated by a multitude of male and female costumed charactersjubilé van mechelen den heyligen rumoldusplease 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 storesize: large 4to (28x22 cm), ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Kenneth whitehouse traces the history of hunting deer over the last thousand years, from the days before the norman conquest up to the presentthe book is in very good condition with sound binding and good corners and just a little bumping to the bottom end of the spinethere is a little foxing to the top edges of the pages but otherwise the pages are clean and unmarkedthe book contains 51 black and white photographsoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket and plastic coversee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author relates the earliest records of deer hunting, the interest of the kings and queens of england in the sport, and the history of the important deer hunting areas of england, scotland and irelandhe also looks at the history of the hunting of the chief deer species - red deer, fallow deer and roe deer, with a briefer mention of sika deer
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The significance of monuments studies the importance of monuments tracing their history from their first creation over six thousand years laterstarting in the mesolithic and carrying his analysis through to the late bronze age, richard bradley sheds light on this complex period and the changing consciousness of these prehistoric peoplesoxfam bookshop leeds 179ppother features of the prehistoric landscape - such as mounds and enclosures - across continental europe are also examinedin as new conditionthe neolithic period, when agriculture began and many monuments - including stonehenge - were constructed, is an era fraught with paradoxes and ambiguitiesit is also an enlightening read for professional archaeologists and all those interested in this fascinating periodthe significance of monuments is an indispensable text for all students of european prehistorysee oxfam website for delivery information read morepart two studies how such monuments were modified and reinterpreted to suit the changing needs of society through a series of detailed case studiespart one discusses how monuments first developed and their role in developing a new sense of time and space among the inhabitants of prehistoric europe
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Translated from german the sanctuary of eleusis, near athens, was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two thousand years and whose initiates came from all parts of the civilized worldkerenyi holds that the yearly autumnal "mysteries" were based on the ancient myth of demeter's search for her ravished daughter persephone--a search that he equates not only with woman's quest for completion but also with every person's pursuit of identitykerenyi examines the mysteries of eleusis from the standpoint not only of greek myth but also of human natureas he explores what the content of the mysteries may have been for those who experienced them, he draws on the study of archaeology, objects of art, and religious history, and suggests rich parallels from other mythologieslooking at the tendency to "see visions," cin as new conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop leeds 257pp
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The letters that follow are filled with the stories of wang's previous lives-from escaping a marriage to a spirit bride, to being a slave on the run from genghis khan, to living as a fisherman during the opium wars, and being a teenager on the red guard during the cultural revolution-bound to his mysterious "soulmate," spanning one thousand years of betrayal and intrigueoxfam bookshop st albans so begins the first letter that falls into wang's lap as he flips down the visor in his taxisee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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How do they measure the heat of distant stars? how do they measure the ozone layer? and how do they know there's going to be another ice age in two thousand years? the answers await withinoxfam bookshop cheltenham have you ever wondered: - how do they know how much an aircraft carrier weighs?- how do they get music onto a cd?- how does an electric eel generate electricity?- how do they know how long a second is?- how do penguins stay warm in antarctica?- how do they teach guide dogs to cross at a green light?the answers to these and many other everyday wonders are explainedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehow exactly does a thief break into your car and drive off with it in less than a minute? and how do they get hostess twinkies to stay fresh for so long?more how do they do that? also reveals aspects of modern science and the natural world that are often taken for grantedhere, in simple and easy-to-understand terms, are solutions to the riddles of everyday life
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Ten thousand years ago, morpheus condemned a woman who loved him to hellnow the other members of his immortal family, the endless, have convinced the dream king that this was an injusticeto make it right, morpheus must return to hell to rescue his banished love and hells ruler, the fallen angel lucifer, has already sworn to destroy himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam homeware arnold volume four of new york times best selling author neil gaimans acclaimed creation, with updated colouring and new trade dress
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Edmunds nine hundred thousand years ago, something wiped out the amarantinfor the human colonists now settling the amarantin homeworld resurgam, it's of little more than academic interest, even after the discovery of a long-hidden, almost perfect amarantin city and a colossal statue of a winged amarantinoxfam books & music bury stbut the amarantin were wiped out for a reason, and that danger is closer and greater than even syveste imaginessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeven if the truth costs him everythingfor brilliant but ruthless scientist dan sylveste, it's more than merelty intellectual curiosity - and he will stop at nothing to get at the truth
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Gold ducato created for the commemoration of king frederick ix and thousand years of the kingdom of denmark, minted in vienna inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisplendid coin, never circulated, in the original box/certificate, bearing numberweight grams of 21diameter 32 mm effigy of the king of denmark engraved by wenisch and coufal-hartinsured shipping with anti-theft seal6 kt gold = grams of pure gold = 1/2 troy ounceplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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By flickering firelight, they drew bison, deer, and mammoths on cavern walls - vibrant images that seize our imaginations after thirty thousand yearsthey are known to archaeologists as the cro-magnons - but who were they? simply put, these people were among the first anatomically modern humansoxfam shop magdelen street this is a first edition, hardback book with a slip-coverthey survived by their wits in a snow-bound world - hunting, and sometimes being hunted by, animals many times their sizefor millennia, their hunter-gatherer culture flourished in small pockets across ice age europe, the distant forerunner to the civilisation we live in nowsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebestselling author brian fagan brings these early humans out of the deep freeze with his trademark mix of erudition, cutting-edge science, and vivid storytellingcro-magnon reveals human society in its infancy, facing enormous environmental challenges from glaciers, predators, and a rival species of the humans - the neanderthalscro-magnons were us
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop magdelen street robert charroux, leading pioneer in the realms of primohistory, presents revolutionary new information about man's mysterious ancestors from the long forgotten pastthese epoch-making discoveries include: the recent discovered people of glozal who knew how to write and made glass in the stone age astounding new evidence of a venusian settlement at tiahunaco in the andes proof positive of an atomic war in india before the dawn of time the real facts behind the legend of prometheus the extraordinary history of agartha and the secrets guarded by the maha chohan - the supreme regent of agartha all these and many more revelations throw new light on the history of civilisation as it developed in the past - and develops in the future
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Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of greece and rome for roughly a thousand yearssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis book is neither a history nor a survey but a comparative phenomenology, concentrating on five major cultsoxfam books & music beaconsfield the foremost historian of greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices minimal shelf wear to the soft cover, otherwise a very good clean copy
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Antiquarian booksproduct details orders will only be sent once funds have cleared in our bankeverything elsecondition – good
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Oxfam shop wimbledon broadway enter an intense 360-degree world into one thousand years into the future features: 3 levels of play many different enemies including giant sand worms, man-sized wasps and lethal flying battleships see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop barnard castle a lucid and eloquent chronicle of a disease humans have feared, lived with, and died from for more than five thousand years by an award-winning cancer physician and researcher dust jacket has some marks and edge wear; blue board covers, with title etc text, clean, bright and unmarked throughout  winner of the pulitzer prize for general non-fiction and described by the jury as "an elegant inquiry, at once clinical and personal"see oxfam website for delivery information read morein gilt on spine, in very good condition eight pages of monochrome photographs
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Two thousand years since the birth of augustusare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinumbers (sassone): + a registered shippingkingdom of italycomplete set, mnh** very good qualityplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Oxfam bookshop victoria spanning a thousand years of music from gregorian chant to works by contemporary composers such as judith weir and wolfgang rihm, the rough guide to classical music forms an indispensable guide to composers and key-recordingslively articles on such topics as sonata form, the concerto, atonality, and film music are also includedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book combines informative summaries of the major compositions in all genres, with incisive reviews of hundreds of cds, selecting the best of the latest recordings and the pick of the re-issues
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Oxfam shop budleigh salterton for almost a thousand years, rome held sway as the spiritual and artistic centre of the world hughes' rome is a vibrant, contradictory, spectacular and secretive place; a monument both to human glory and human error5 cm) see oxfam website for delivery information read more5" x 1" (14 x 14 x 2in very good condition with minimal signs of wear dimensions: 5in equal parts loving, iconoclastic, enraged and wise, peopled with colourful figures and rich in unexpected details, rome is an exhilarating journey through the story of one of the world's most glorious citiesread by david timson running time 11 hours 37 minutes on 9 cdshughes brilliantly analyses the defining works of caravaggio, velasquez, rubens and berniniin the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when rome's cultural predominance was assured, artists and tourists from all over europe converged on the cityhughes vividly recreates the ancient rome of julius caesar, marcus aurelius, nero, caligula, cicero, martial and virgilwith the artistic blossoming of the renaissance, he casts his unwavering critical eye over the great works of raphael, michelangelo and brunelleschi, shedding new light on the old masters
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He becomes embroiled in a corrupt presidential campaign and breaks into the american prison system before being propelled ten thousand years into the past, where he encounters the other gatekeepers and witnesses the creation of raven's gate - and the first fateful battle against the old onesfourteen-year-old twins jamie and scott tyler are performing a mind-reading act in a dingy theatreminor shelf wearoxfam bookshop harrogate nevada, usasee oxfam website for delivery information read morebut when a sinister multinational corporation, nightrise, kidnaps scott, jamie is left alone - and wanted for murdercondition-Â good
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Rumoured to be buried in the crypt of china's first emperor, it has been safely hidden for more than two thousand yearsoxfam bookshop carlisle from the crocodile-infested waters in ceylon to the bustling streets of hong kong, perennial action hero indiana jones' wits, agility, whip lashing and hand-to-hand combat skills will be put to the test as never before in the third person action-adventure indiana jones and the emperor's tombhowever, in order to retrieve the heart, indy must first traverse the world to find and assemble the three scattered pieces of the dragon seal, the key to unlocking the cryptnow, with this unwelcome coalition in desperate pursuit of one of the most powerful artefacts known to man, it's up to indy to prevent the heart of the dragon from falling into the wrong handsdiscs ex case ex see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas the game begins, a powerful underground asian society, the black dragon triad, and a german mercenary, albrecht von beck, have formed an unholy alliance in the hopes of acquiring the heart of the dragon, a black pearl that gives its possessor the power to mould mindsjones is aided in his search by k'ai's stunningly beautiful assistant, mei ying, who helps him throughout this epic conflictindy's whirlwind adventure, set in the far east in , plunges him into an international crisis of terrifying magnitudethe game will offer 10 levels, all set in unique locales such as a 15th century castle that looms over prague, an underwater palace in istanbul, and a mountaintop fortress in chinaindy enters the race for the heart at the behest of marshal k'ai, an asian businessman who asks him to retrieve the pearl and return it to the government of china
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A thousand yearswonderful world / over the rainbowyou'll never walk alonemusic of the nightfor once in my lifewhen you wish upon a star
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An account of britain's national history, hastings, agincourt, flodden, waterloo, the somme, passchendaele, el alamein the greatest battles of british history are collected in this concise study of 35 of their most important conflicts of the last thousand yearsgood condition only ÂŁ1strong on incident and personal experience rather than technical detail, famous british battles is an engrossing, thoroughly accessible surveycontains all the tension, excitement and horror encountered
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An account of britain's national history, hastings, agincourt, flodden, waterloo, the somme, passchendaele, el alamein the greatest battles of british history are collected in this concise study of 35 of their most important conflicts of the last thousand yearsstrong on incident and personal experience rather than technical detail, famous british battles is an engrossing, thoroughly accessible surveycontains all the tension, excitement and horror encountered
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Bronze thousand hands golden statue guan yin kuan yin
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