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There are two sections of colour illustrationsin centuries of change bestselling historian ian mortimer takes you on a whirlwind tour of the last ten centuries of western historycenturies of change is a journey into the past like no otherdust jacket shows some minor shelf wearthe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pageswe journey from a time when there was a fair chance of your village being burnt to the ground by invaders, and dried human dung was a recommended cure for cancer, to a world in which explorers sailed into the unknown and civilisations came into conflict with each other on an epic scalehere is a story of godly scientists, shrewd farmers, cold-hearted entrepreneurs and strong-minded women - a story of discovery, invention, revolution and cataclysmic shifts in perspectivethe black cloth boards are in very good conditionoxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us allit is a journey into a past vividly brought to life and bursting with ideas, that pits one century against another in his quest to measure which century saw the greatest changesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are tight
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The quest for a solution had occupied scientists, and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , england's parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom to anyone whose method or device proved successfuloxfam bookshop coventry anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that "the longitude problem" was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesread by david rintoulrunning time approximately 3 hoursin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solution - a clock that would keep precise time at sea, something no clock had been able to do on landthe scientific establishment throughout europe had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingthis work tells the story of this epic scientific quest, and of harrison's 40-year obsession with building his perfect timekeeper, known today as the chronometersee oxfam website for delivery information read morelacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land
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Although the detail of this society is difficult to recover, there is no doubt that it was successful in maintaining its independence for over two centuries before it was over-run by the anglo-saxons from the eastthe landscape still bears witness to the changes that took place in a highly ordered and stratified polity over the course of the eighth and ninth centuriesalthough profoundly rural and agricultural even somerset felt the impact of trade with the outside world, though a connection with distant parts of the mediterranean did not last longthe influence of the church on this society was profound, successfully replacing the gods of the romano-british world with the faith which now dominated the eastern empire and the barbarian successor states of the western empireit is at some of its church sites that we should look for the continuity between the post-roman and the anglo-saxon worldson the edge of the highland zone, with its diverse topography, newly conquered somerset provided the early anglo-saxon kings and aristocracy with a rich prize, which they were quick to exploitoxfam books & music salisbury the county of somerset cannot lay claim to have been an anglo-saxon kingdom like kent or sussex, but nevertheless it has a history as a distinct region which can be traced to the seventh century and there are hints of an earlier entity in the post-roman periodinstead the shire came to feel the influence of gaul and ireland through its ecclesiastical links and also through the vikings, who had a commercial side to their contacts with western britainthis book traces the way in which the king and his warrior followers shaped the countryside to meet the particular needs of a society which was still in the process of formation when it created somersetin return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapesomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centurythe westward expansion of the anglo-saxons of hampshire and wiltshire was a step in the formation of wessex, both as a kingdom and as a self-conscious societysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongthe book also examines the response to the challenge presented by the attacks of the vikings and traces the impact of the new technologies introduced into agriculture which underpinned a profound change in the structure of society at all levels and provided the economic impetus for a growth in population and the final shaping of the landscape we see todaythe enthusiastic acceptance of christianity by the anglo-saxons was closely bound up with the emergence of their petty kingdoms and the ideological support offered by the church underpinned much of the new structures of their societyas new condition, appears unread
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The quest for a solution had occupied scientists and their patrons for the better part of two centuries when, in , parliament upped the ante by offering a king's ransom (gbp) to anyone whose method or device proved successfulanyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuriesthe scientific establishment throughout europe - from galileo to sir isaac newton - had mapped the heavens in both hemispheres in its certain pursuit of a celestial answerin stark contrast, one man, john harrison, dared to imagine a mechanical solutionexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of useno highlighting or other notesdust jacket unmarkedtext block clean see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop newport the dramatic human story of an epic scientific quest: the search for the solution of how to calculate longitude, and the unlikely triumph of an english geniusthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolutionlacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of landfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking
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In the forest they see two men killednow world without end takes readers back to medieval kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical changeone boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt noblemanthey will see prosperity and famine, plague and warthey are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctorone girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible loveas adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revengeoxfam bookshop cheltenham on the day after halloween, in the year , four children slip away from the cathedral city of kingsbridgeand always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood daysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreken follett's masterful epic the pillars of the earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral
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In the forest they see two men killednow world without end takes readers back to medieval kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical changeone boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt noblemanoxfam bookshop st albans on the day after halloween, in the year , four children slip away from the cathedral city of kingsbridgethey will see prosperity and famine, plague and warthey are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctorone girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love'follett's storytelling skills keep you compulsively turning the pages to the satisfactory ending of good triumphant over evil' daily mail see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revengeand always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood dayken follett's masterful epic the pillars of the earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral
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5 centuries of tileregistered shipping via ctteverything is on displayplease see the photos for an accurate impressionmotifs i to xviwith stamp
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Five centuries of versecan be posted by arrangementi accept paypalexcellent conditionthe essential book of poetryany questions, please feel free to contact me
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Through five centuries published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgowsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptoxfam shop lytham the old world has confronted archaeologists with many riddles, perhaps the most tantalizing of which is the dark age, an economic and cultural recession so devastating that it is supposed to have lasted for 400 years, from to 800 bcpeter james and his team ask whether those dates might have been miscalculated" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has servedin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theorysee oxfam website for delivery information read moredeciphering the clues from papyri and pottery, they search layer by layer through the excavated treasures of a vast area from spain to france and from denmark to the sudan, until they reach egypt - where they unearth 250 years of "ghost historyas a result, our notions about the trojan war, the foundation of rome, the origins of the greek alphabet, and the golden age of solomon all have to be reexamined, revolutionizing our view of the ancient world
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Oxfam bookshop truro this book is the first to tell the full story of killigarth's most colourful three centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Bought many years ago for ÂŁ40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for ÂŁ3 extra, very unusual item read more
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Very old ring, many centuries old, bought from gems in scarborough ago, just been in a drawer ever since i can remember, prefer collection but will post for ÂŁ3 extra read more
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Plain raised biscuits are everyday classics that have been popular for two centuries, such as cloud biscuits, buttermilk biscuits, and indian cornmeal biscuitsthe chapters here cover all the basesonce the knack of turning them out is mastered, biscuits are as easy as can bedrop biscuits, heartier in texture and freeform, include cinnamon-pecan drop biscuits and parmesan-herb drop biscuitsnowadays no bread is simpler, quicker, and more fun to makeflavoured biscuits feature many regional classics, including maine clam biscuits and southern sweet potato biscuitsthere's even a chapter on what villas calls 'the biscuit's cousin', the sconeand biscuits get dressed up for cocktails or tea with blue cheese and walnut biscuits and smoked salmon and dill biscuits
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two centuries of authentic true crime,presented in a year by year formatlarge hardback book
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This book surveys two centuries of russian history through a succession of ambitious architectural projects designed for a single construction site in central moscowvlad zubok, temple university
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This book study´s objective is to get a glimpse of the details of the publishing success of miguel de cervantes, it gives us a brief history of the early press runs of don quixote, the known copies, the biography of the writer, from soldier and collector between two centuries and the written life of miguel de cervantes saavedra ()please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available262 pages / colourour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit contains many files that have never seen the light, with their corresponding translation read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki
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Made by johnstones of elgin, a unique company from scotland who have been manufacturers of luxury cashmere and fine woolens for over two centuries see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop regent street bristol beautiful lambswool gloves
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It is a vision that found its apogee in the age of enlightenment, then gradually was lost in the increasing fragmentation and specialisation of knowledge in the last two centuriesprofessor wilson shows why the goals of the original enlightenment are surging back to life, why they are reappearing on the very frontiers of science and human scholarship, and how they are beginning to sketch themselves as the blueprint of our worldhe shows how our explosive rise in intellectual mastery of the truths of our universe has its roots in the ancient greek concept of an intrinsic orderliness that governs our cosmosoxfam bookshop cheltenham in this groundbreaking new book, one of the world's greatest living scientists argues for the fundamental unity of all knowledge and the need to search for what he calls consilience, the composition of the principles governing every branch of learningsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreedward o wilson, the pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, once again breaks out of the conventions of current thinking
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This can be exemplified by the historic view of angina pectoris, which used to be simplified as being always fatal, thus obscuring for nearly two centuries the view of a 'self-healing' mechanism such as the collateral circulation of the heartthe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schaperlike new with clean pages insidein that context and bluntly, my primary interest in the field of the collateral circulation was not initiated with a vision of eradicating the consequences of coronary artery disease (cad) by promoting the growth of natural bypassesit would be naive, to assume the present work to be free of erroneous oversimplification, because the very nature of scientific work is related to generating (simple) hypotheses with their subsequent falsificationsuch a process of reducing disarray in a system with the aim of grasping it better is related to simplification, which carries the risk of introducing errorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealternatively, it could be 'sold' as the result of my intention to reduce entropy of 18 years of scientific work on the topic of the coronary circulation, which was itself meant to diminish the amount of 'useless' energyoxfam bookshop hampstead collateral circulation of the heart by christian seiler the sober explanation for this book is a call by the springer-verlag, london, to edit a publication on 'the functional relevance of the collateral circulation' of the heart
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Spine colour fadedoxfam bookshop hertford publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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9 g being two centuries old, having survived three or four wars and historic events, some traces of wear are visibleit has a power reserve of 36 hoursplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableit will come with a coeval leather case (not original), nd will be packaged ad hoc to arrive safe and sound at its destinationseconds sub-dial at 6 o'clock perfect dial with original gold hands dimensions including crown: 55 x 75 mm thickness: 14 mm total weight including mechanism: 99our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiancre pocket watch, late s, in 18k gold, chronometer, quarterly repition, triple case, all in 18k gold the watch keeps time and is in working order
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Millennium is a stunning panoramic account of the two centuries on either side of the apocalyptic yearoxfam bookshop cheltenham of all the civilisations existing in the year , that of western europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatnessbut the anarchy of these years proved to be, not the portents of the end of the world, as many christians had dreaded, but rather the birthpangs of a radically new ordercompared to the glittering empires of byzantium or islam, the splintered kingdoms on the edge of the atlantic appeared impoverished, fearful and backwardthe story of how the distinctive culture of europe - restless, creative and dynamic - was forged from out of the convulsions of these extraordinary times is as fascinating and as momentous as any in historysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis was the age of canute, william the conqueror and pope gregory vii, of vikings, monks and serfs, of the earliest castles and the invention of knighthood, and of the primal conflict between church and state
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It brings together the latest work on a subject which is central to an understanding not just of the french revolution but of much french political controversy over the past two centuriesoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacketthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketthe binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morealthough the framework of this book is a narrative, the main themes of the counter-revolution are also covered in order to set the events in their wider context of europe, much of which at some time was occupied by the french
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Meadfragments of a faith forgotten: some short sketches among the gnostics mainly of the first two centuries - a contribution to the study of christian origins based on the most recently recovered materialslondon and benares theosophicallv, 633 + ads, thick octavo format in green cloth with gilt titlesoxfam bookshop hove g8vo  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism book plate owner name, rear board old stains else good  see oxfam website for delivery information read moresecond ed, stated green cloth boards with gilt lettering 2nd ed after first printing  selected contents: some rough outlines of the background of the gnosis - greece; egypt; philo on the contemplative life; jewry; alexandria; general gnostic christianity - the evolution of catholic chrisitianity; the ebionites; the essenes; the tendencies of gnosticism; the literature and sources of gnosticism
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Barrie, and thomas carlyle, to such ground-breaking modern writers as david lindsay and alasdair gray, manlove demonstrates that for nearly two centuries this literature "may represent scotland's only dialogue with its more barbaric and dark emotions"manlove's final chapter, discussing a wealth of minor writers, provides numerous lines of inquiry for the reader interested in learning more about this genrefrom the early nineteenth century and james hogg's justified sinner to the amazing riches of the victorian period, with robert louis stevenson, george macdonald, andrew lang, jsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop byres road just a glance at some of the writers included here convinces one that scotland has had a truly incredible and vibrant tradition of fantasy and supernatural literature which deserves close scrutiny
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Oxfam bookshop st albans in relating the cases heard in the courts of the county assize in gloucestershire nearly two centuries ago this book offers a variety of examples of the sins and sinners of those days, together with a fascinating insight into the consequences of those wrongdoingsthe punishments awarded varied considerably, from time spent in gloucester gaol or a house of correction, where hard labour or floggings could be expected, to deportation or, the ultimate penalty, hangingthey introduce the reader to all of the characters in each case: the eloquent counsel, the equally eloquent judges, the many witnesses and the condemned themselvesthe reports reproduced in this book come from the gloucester journal, the local newspaper of the daysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Covering the past two centuries, during which the industrial revolution drastically altered textile manufacture, textile designs presents a dazzling, comprehensive selection of the colourful patterned fabrics used for clothing and interior decorationoxfam shop magdelen street never before has a volume of such lavishness and magnitude been devoted to printed textiles see oxfam website for delivery information read moretextile designs will not only be indispensable to professionals in the fashion and decoration fields everywhere, but will also be an inspiration to designers in the graphic and visual arts, a reference book for quiltmakers and collectors, and a delight for lovers of the beautiful
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This book challenges this dominant view by revealing the wide transnational repertoires of protest and resistance that the unemployed have deployed from the early nineteenth century to the presentoxfam bookshop kingston upon thames the unemployed are usually depicted as passive and politically apathetic individuals who are traumatized by their experience and broken in body and spiritthe seminal study of marienthal's unemployed in the s, based on pioneering methodology and rich empirical findings, helped to entrench this image as cross-disciplinary common sensesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey have contested their situation in a discontinuous but recurrent battle for recognition, for rights to work or welfare, and for dignitythe case studies in this volume deal with contentious actions of the unemployed across different european countries, the united states, new zealand, and palestine
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He describes how kepler's work on planetary orbits led newton to formulate his theory of gravity, and how two centuries later irregularities in the motion of mars inspired einstein's theory of general relativitymathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babyloniansthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyoxfam shop macclesfield as new copy of ian stewart's up-to-the-minute guide to the cosmos which moves from the formation of the earth and its moon to the planets and asteroids of the solar system and from there out into the galaxy and the universeeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originsbut does dark matter exist? could another scientific revolution be on the way to challenge current scientific orthodoxy? these are among the questions ian stewart raises in his quest through the realms of astronomy and cosmologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morehe describes the architecture of space and time, dark matter and dark energy, how galaxies form, why stars implode, how everything began, and how it will endin crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each otherhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroid
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