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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 noblemansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 daythey are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctoras adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revengethey will see prosperity and famine, plague and warone girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible loveken 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 nobleman'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 moreand always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood daythey are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctoras adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revengethey will see prosperity and famine, plague and warone girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible loveoxfam bookshop st albans on the day after halloween, in the year , four children slip away from the cathedral city of kingsbridgeken 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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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 relativityhe 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 endhe considers parallel universes, what forms extra-terrestrial life might take, and the likelihood of earth being hit by an asteroidthis in turn led cosmologists to posit features such as dark matter and dark energyin crystal-clear terms he explains the fundamentals of gravity, spacetime, relativity and quantum theory, and shows how they all relate to each othersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreeighty years ago the discovery that the universe is expanding led to the big bang theory of its originsmathematics, professor stewart shows, has been the driving force in astronomy and cosmology since the ancient babyloniansoxfam 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 universebut 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 cosmology
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Ideologically, this book is of exceptional importance, in that it is at the origin of european anti-colonialism, exploiting to the utmost a certain misguided awareness of the conquest of the americas, which, more than two centuries later, continues to permeate mentalities and influence behaviourguillaume-thomas raynal - histoire philosophique et politique des etablissements et du commerce des européens - - volumes iii & iv - pagescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitelovely period worksinsides in very good condition, lovely headbands, marbled endpapers, frontispiece engravings, geographic maps on fold-out platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibindings in good condition, works in their period brown full leather bindings, covers and spines in good condition, light friction from use, marbled edges, adorned spines, gilded titling on morocco labels, gilded volume numbersour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storedelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysthis is indeed how the "philosophers" understood this history, to which they reserved a flattering reception; this is how the parliaments and the clergy took it: the work was banned and the author was forced into exile in switzerland and prussia ( to )
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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 otheroxfam bookshop bath a hardback in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe pages are tightdust jacket shows some minor shelf wearit 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 changehere 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 perspectivewe 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 scalethe pages show some signs of use and a small 1-2cm stain on the first few pagesthe black cloth boards are in very good conditionour understanding of change will never be the same again, and the lessons we learn along the way are profound ones for us all
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The final touches to the pattern of oceans and continents came two-and-a-half centuries later with the voyages of james cookthey did so in search of spices, gold, silver and slaves, but with rudimentary technology, huge courage and boundless confidence in themselves and their calculationssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe exchange of flora, fauna, diet, disease and culture changed the world within a few generationsvoyages to africa, asia, the americas and the pacific and the legacies of those journeys and encounters are here dramatically described through an authoritative text and an original selection of imagesvoyages of discovery also contains 9 facsimile documents, including an extract from captain james cook's diary, and the title page of cortes's second dispatch to charles voxfam shop thornbury in the three decades between and , european merchants and explorers progressed from relative ignorance about the shape of the globe to knowledge of an atlas that was almost complete
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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 centurieslacking 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 landrunning time approximately 3 hoursit also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morein 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 answerthis 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 chronometerread by david rintoul
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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 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 societythe 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 worldssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreon 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 exploitinstead 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 somersetthe 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 todaysomerset provides good evidence of long-term monastic survival from the late post-roman world through to the great rebirth of the tenth centuryas new condition, appears unreadevidence of christianity in post-roman somerset is strongoxfam 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 periodin return the church prospered as a major economic and cultural force in the landscapethe 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 society
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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 centurieslacking 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 landoxfam 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 geniusexcellent condition for its age, with little signs of usetext block cleandust jacket unmarked see oxfam website for delivery information read moreno highlighting or other notesthe 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 solutionfull of heroism and chicanery, brilliance and the absurd, longitude is also a fascinating brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmakingthousands of lives, and the increasing fortunes of nations, hung on a resolution
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5 centuries of tileplease see the photos for an accurate impressionregistered shipping via cttmotifs i to xviwith stampeverything is on display
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Five centuries of versei accept paypalany questions, please feel free to contact mecan be posted by arrangementexcellent conditionthe essential book of poetry
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Through five centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read more published by the university, cream card covers illustrated in blue on the front cover with the datesoxfam books & music perth the university of glasgow
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In centuries of darkness, a group of archaeologists presents a controversial challenge to this claimin this intricate piece of scholarly detective work, the authors propose a pioneering theory" their discoveries lead to a questioning of the so-called dark age and the purposes which belief in it has servedsee 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 historyoxfam 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 miscalculatedthe dates for the near east and mediterranean are derived from the highly regarded chronology of ancient egyptas 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 £40 from gems in scarborough, many centuries old, prefer collection but will post for £3 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 £3 extra read more
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Baby budgies out every day more pictures laterbaby budgies all colours ready in two weeks will not sell till eating by them selves good healthy birds, only to good homes, you can reserve till ready, please no silly offers, email first
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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 basesand biscuits get dressed up for cocktails or tea with blue cheese and walnut biscuits and smoked salmon and dill biscuitsflavoured 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 sconedrop biscuits, heartier in texture and freeform, include cinnamon-pecan drop biscuits and parmesan-herb drop biscuitsonce the knack of turning them out is mastered, biscuits are as easy as can benowadays no bread is simpler, quicker, and more fun to make
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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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He was found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity on 1 october , and was executed more than two weeks later (source: wikipedia)catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehorizontal foldseyss-inquart, blank letterhead with print ‘der reichskommissar/ für die besetzten niederländischen gebiete/ der generalkommissar/ für verwaltung und justiz’please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihe initially belonged to the ‘moderate’ wing of the austrian nazis, but later, as reichskommissar of the occupied netherlands, he turned out to be an extremist hardlinerpaper with watermark ‘amstel-bank’ and printed k-numberour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storearthur seyss-inquart () was an austrian lawyer and nazi politicianseyss-inquart was among the 22 war criminals who were tried at the nuremberg trial
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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 ()catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store262 pages / colourit contains many files that have never seen the light, with their corresponding translation read more
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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 centuriesoxfam shop regent street bristol beautiful lambswool gloves see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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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 centuriessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreprofessor 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 worldedward o wilson, the pioneer of sociobiology and biodiversity, once again breaks out of the conventions of current thinkingoxfam 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 learninghe 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 cosmos
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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 heartin 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 bypassessuch 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 morethe time for such sizeable ideas had passed in the 's with the start of the work by wolfgang schaperalternatively, 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' energyit 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 falsificationoxfam 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 heartlike new with clean pages inside
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Oxfam bookshop hertford publishedsee oxfam website for delivery information read more spine colour faded
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9 g being two centuries old, having survived three or four wars and historic events, some traces of wear are visiblecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteseconds 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: 99are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiit has a power reserve of 36 hoursour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit will come with a coeval leather case (not original), nd will be packaged ad hoc to arrive safe and sound at its destinationancre 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 yearthe 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 moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham of all the civilisations existing in the year , that of western europe seemed the unlikeliest candidate for future greatnessthis 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 statebut 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 backward
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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 centuriesalthough 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 frenchthe book is in very good condition with just some light shelfwear and a little bumping to the top corners of the dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe binding is sound, the corners of the hard cover are good and the pages are all clean and unmarkedoxfam bookshop new milton used, very good condition, hard cover with dust jacket
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