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Puzzle title: view from the shardcondition: pre-owned condition - 636 pieces counted (twice)this is āview from the shardā a good quality jigsaw puzzle from gibsonsof pieces (stated on box): 636of pieces counted (twice): 636
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Really pretty beaded fat face mother of pearl necklacebrand new with tags - would make ideal birthday/christmas present! am prepared to post if costs are covered
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[5] his release "the fat man" is widely regarded as the first million-selling rock and roll record[4] during his career, domino had 35 records in the uare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicovers are in good tot vg+-conditionantoine "fats" domino jrone has damage in the corner(february ā october ) was an american pianist and singer-songwriterin this collection you'll find the following titles: - the best of fats domino - play it again - fats on fire - here comes ā¦ fats domino - fats domino (lp-album) lpās are in vg+ to e-condition[2] between and , he had eleven top 10 hitsthis collection contains 6 lpās with a few special recordingstwo of his most famous songs are "ain't that a shame" and "blueberry hill"our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storebillboard top 40, and five of his pre- records sold more than a million copies, being certified goldplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitehe died octoberone of the pioneers of rock and roll music, domino sold more than 65 million records[3] his humility and shyness may be one reason his contribution to the genre has been overlooked[5] his musical style was based on traditional rhythm and blues, accompanied by saxophones, bass, piano, electric guitar, and drumscatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available
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All pages are very clean and crisp all solid bindingsthe volumes are nos in the hakluyt society second series, originally published in volume set hardbacksit has been possible to identify virtually all the host of islands, channels and inlets that vancouver encountered, and the provenance of most of the approximately 400 place names he bestowed, nine out of ten of which are still in use, is indicatedsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the first annotated edition of vancouver's journal as he revised it for publication involume i contains book 1 of this new and annotated edition of a voyage of discoveryvolume ii continue with book 2 and part of book 3 of the new edition, and contains the voyage to hawaii and the north american coastthe original manuscript has disappeared, but fortunately no fewer than 25 partial or complete logs or journals by other members of the expedition have survivedvancouver, by contrast, surveyed the enormous extent of coast from lower california to cook inlet, and his meticulous survey literally set out on the map of the world the intricacies of puget sound and the western coast of mainland canadaall dust covers present (unclipped) some rubbing wear to dust coverappendices include documents relating to the voyage and a list of the ships' companythese supplement vancouver's narrative at many pointsall four visited the northwest coast of north america, but weather and circumstances prevented cook from making more than what beaglehole calls ' a magnificent, an epoch-making reconnaissance'; la perouse only touched the coast in a significant way at yakutat bay and lituya bay, and malasina's memorable visits were to yakutat bay and nootka soundit covers the coast of north americait was an achievement that places him with his mentor, cook, in the first rank of marine surveyorsas a midshipman vancouver had been with cook when he discovered the sandwich (hawaiian) islands inthe final volume contains the remainder of book 5 of a voyage of discoveryvery small tear to spine on volume iithe voyage to australia and tahitithe main pagination of all four volumes is continuousoxfam bookshop skipton four of the greatest maritime exploring expeditions were crammed into two decades late in the 18th century - cook's third voyage, the french expedition commanded by la perouse, the malaspina expedition sent out by spain, and george vancouver's voyage of discoverythey attracted his interest, and the attention he devoted to the islands, their inhabitants and their political future when he twice later wintered there will surprise manythe third volume in the set includes the remainder of book 3, all book 4, part of book 5, covering the pacific coast of north america and return to hawaii
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Once they reach the elvish realm of rivendellĀ the hobbits form part of the anti-sauron fellowship, which includes aragorn (viggo mortensen), boromir (sean bean), legolas greenleaf (orlando bloom), gimli the dwarf and of course gandalfmeanwhile aragorn, legolas and gimli search for the hobbits merry and pippin in the kingdom of rohan, which is currently being attacked by saruman's orc armiesfinally, 'the return of the king' () won all 11 academy awards it was nominated for, including best picture, best director and best adapted screenplaygandalf returns as gandalf the white to remind aragorn of his destiny to unite the people of rohan with gondoroxfam shop syston extended versions of peter jackson's complete epic big screen adaptation of jwhen it turns out that his elderly relative bilbo (ian holm) is harbouring the ultimate ring of power and the evil nazgul riders of sauron are coming to find it, frodo is entrusted by wizard gandalf (ian mckellen) to deliver the ring out of the shire without it falling into their handsfrodo leaves the shire aided by his cousins merry (dominic monaghan), pippin (billy boyd) and trusty friend sam gamgee (sean astin), but they soon realise that the agents of mordor are everywhere and that their trip is far from oversee oxfam website for delivery information read moretolkien's 'lord of the rings' trilogy - filmed back-to-back and released over 3 consecutive yearswhilst the fellowship are not travelling together they must unite against the powerful forces coming from the two towers: orthanc tower in isengard where saruman has bred a deadly army of , and sauron's fortress at barad-dĆ»rtogether they must battle across middle earth to destroy the ring by casting it into the cracks of doom, the fiery chasm in the centre of mordorgandalf manages to rally gondor's fallen army with the help of king theoden of rohan for the biggest battle in the history of middle-earth; and aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilitiesin 'the fellowship of the ring' () frodo (elijah wood) is a hobbit living in the shire, a quiet, peaceful part of middle earthin 'the two towers' () the fellowship of the ring has now divided and sam and frodo are lost in the hills of emyn muilthey are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep sauron distracted in order to enable frodo to complete his quest to destroy the ring by throwing it into the fires of the mountain of doomthey are also being followed by gollum, a creature who promises to help them find the mountain of doom
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The making of the movie trilogythe lord of the ringsvisual companioncollector's hardback editionjude fisher, foreword by voggo mortenseenofficial movie guidethe fellowship of the ringforeword by sir ian mckellen 2
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I am offering to the market this the best of the wombles vinyl lp record for salecheck out our other productswe have 100's of vinyls / lp's currently in stock!!! special features: * the loveable wombles * 2 sided vinyl * excellent condition * original play list: side 1: remember you're a womble wombling white tie & tails the wombling song invitation to the ping pong ball the orinoco kid wombling in the rain miss adelaide hall of the mountain womble the womble shuffle minuetto allegretto side 2: let's womble to the party tonight womble merry xmas wipe them womble tears from your eyes down at the barber shop tobermory's music machine wellington goes to waterloo non-stop womling summer party banna rock womble of the universe superwomble go on, add a little piece of history to your home
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Alfred meakin plates, approx 270 mm diameterpermanent coloursthe friendship of salemthe interior pattern features the friendship of salem, which is a ship, with original copper engravings depicting a historical scene of chinese export to americait depicts an old world ship cruising along the ocean waters highly detailed in brown over a cream backgroundit was manufactured at a time period when meakin was influenced by earlier designsalfred meakin staffordshire england" on reverse great condition no cracks this is a brown alfred meakin of staffordshire england fairwinds dinner platedishwasher and detergent safethe pattern is āfriendship of salemā the vintage i believe is from the s to s, only because of the label on the back stating "dishwasher safe"original engravings depicting historical scenes of chinese export to america
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I have for sale a hardback version of this the lives of the kings and queens of england book the outer cover is a little tatty on some of the edges but inside is like new the book covers almost years of englandās history told through the lives and deeds of her sovereigns published in can be posted if required please enquire about the cost read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morerubbing to spine and head and foot of spineoxfam bookshop swanage the book of common prayer and an administration of the sacraments and other rites and ceremonies of the united church of england and ireland together with their proper lessons for sundays and other holy days and the new version of the psalms of david28 pages loose but intactleather bound with metal claspinscription on front fly sheet
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It is also a necessity for a flourishing familyron hubbard recognised that man was lacking in his understanding of how to organise, and a sizeable portion of his research was devoted to clarify the subject of organisation, a task he fully accomplishedthe problem of poor organisation is serious and costs trillions in waste, inefficiency and lowered productivityorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnthey only exist when natural laws are not understood and followedon a more individual level, organisation is a key ā and often missing ā factor in personal successchaos and confusion are not natural conditions of lifewe have all had experiences with bureaucratic red tape, impersonal government agencies or careless commercial enterprisesanybody recognizes that if things were better organised people would be better offhow do you most efficiently and productively manage your time, your activities and your resources? how do you minimise distractions? and how do you align your strengths in order to accomplish your purposes? lhere are some of the natural laws of organisation and organisingthis booklet contains only some of the most basic principles of the organising technology he developed, but these fundamentals are, by themselves, enough to greatly enhance the activity of any endeavour, whether that of a group or an individualattainment of oneās goals, no matter how small or how large, requires a knowledge of organisation
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It includes close to 30 figures, references (published in the collection supplement)references na039, na042, na043, na044, na078, na079, na080, na081 (the whole series Ā”āvive lĀ“emperatrice!ā) - 7thit includes 16 figures, references na083, na084, na085, na086, na087, na088, na089, na090 (these references represent the whole series ābold chevaliers)they are in mint to very good condition, since they were used exclusively to be displayed in the dioramait also includes srreferences na013, na014, na015, na016, na017, na018, na019, na020, na021, na022, na023, na024, na028, na033, na034, na100, na101, na102, na103, na104, na105, na106, na107, na108, na109, na110 (the whole series āvive lĀ“empereurā)please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe kingĀ“s german legion (recruited mostly from the german state of hannover), by king and countryreferences na064, na065 and na066 (the whole series)cuirassiers (les gros freres), by king and countryreferences na067, na068, na069, na070, na071, na072, na073, na074, na075, na076 and na077 (the whole āto take the kingĀ“s shilling series)characteristics of the items the majority of these figures do not have the original boxeach king and country series is complete, retired and sold out and includes the original cataloguecoldstream guards (the 2nd regiment of the foot guards), integrating close to 60 soldiers 60 by king and country, references na125, na126, na126, na128, na 129, na 130, na 131, na 132, na 133, na 134, na 135, na 136 (these references represent the whole series āon campaignā)references andit consists of close to 45 figures recreating the defense from the scot greys chargefrench artillery, by king and countryour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storethe scots greys (the 2nd north british dragons), by king and country, representing the ācharge of the greysāregiment of the line, by king and countrythe royal horse artillery, by king and country, references na096, na097, na098 and na099 (the whole series)it consists of 11 figuresthese figures have been exclusively displayed in a toy soldier museum (museo lĀ“iber, valencia, spain)all of them have been sold out and retiredit contains 380 items, 318 by king and country (recreating the typical british squares defending themselves against the french cavalry charges) ang 62 by britains (recreating the defense of hougoumont)french light infantry, by britains, participating in the attack to hougoumontthe british and ally army commanded by wellington: - black watch (royal highland regiment), integrating close to 80 soldiers square by king and country, references na035, na036, na037, na 38, na047, na048, na049, na050, na051, na052, na053, na054, na055, na067, na068 and na077 (these references represent the whole series āscotland the braveā)it consists of close to 32 figuresare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences na111british coldstream guards light company, by britains, recreating the defense of hougoumontgarde impĆ©riale (dragons de lĀ“emperatrice), by king and coubtrytomas picton by britains, referencethe french army commanded by napoleĆ³n - the french 3rdna112, na113, na114, na115, na116, na117, na118, na120 and na121 (the whole series ācuirassiersā)it includes close to 31 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresit includes 16 cavalry soldiers attacking the british squaresthe 71th, integrating close to 35 soldiers square by king and country, references na001, na002, na003, na004, na05, na006, na007, na008, na009, na010, na011, na012, na030, na031, na032 (these references represent the whole series āscum of the earthā)catawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available
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ājames edward budgett meakin () was an english journalistare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiā registered shippingotherwise the books look good, bookblocks are solidhe adopted local clothes, gave himself a local name (tahar bel mikki) and learned the local customs and languagetwo uniformly bound books in the original bindings with original endpapers - xxxi, 464 + folding 'map of morocco' ( cm), xxii, 503 ppour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storehe wrote extensively about morocco (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecondition: both books from new college library oxford with features: embossed marking on the front cover, traces at the bottom of the spine, bookplate and coding inside front and back cover, map with a stamp in the margincontents (summary): land of the moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -natural and physical, political, experimental, appendixsee pictures of the table of contents(total of 2 books) read morethe moors: preface, spelling, parts i, ii, iii -social, ethical, supplementary) he was fascinated by the people and culture of morocco and soon after his arrival there he started to write about everything he saw and experiencedcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia study or reference literature for true lovers or specialists of french furniture or those who want to become itthe two parts are nicely bound in a red hard cover with gold and black printthis edition is fromour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storepart one describes: - "the period of the antiques, the middle ages and the renaissance" - 317 pages and contains 75 drawn images, followed by a table of contentsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitetwo specialist books on french furniture in two parts written in the french language by alfred champeaux curator of the library of the association of decorative arts in parispart two includes: - "the period of the seventeenth (xvii), eighteenth (xviii) and nineteenth (xix) century" and also 317 pages and contains 108 drawn images, followed by a table of contentscatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available
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T video gems in , this classical musical version of the gilbert & sullivan opera is numbered vhs s and was produced by george walker and starred joel grey, alfred marks, elizabeth gale, david hillman and elizabeth bainbridge70; or royal mail 'uk standard' 2nd class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3the video tape is in excellent condition and is made available inclusive of the cost of packaging but exclusive of the cost of postage which will be one of the following: royal mail 'uk standard' 1st class service for small parcel upto and including 1kg: Ā£3the yeomen of the guard vhs video tapeit was also produced by george walker and starred william conrad, clive revill, stafford dean, john stewart and kate flowersshould it also be of interest, i also have a video tape for sale in the same condition at the same price of the guilbert & sullivan opera the mikado, which is also one of the savoy video series of video tapes released by aone of the savoy video series of video tapes released by a
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Furthermore, feed can be weighed out, which reduces waste and also allows monitoring of overfeeding or underfeeding, and before refilling the smartbunker can be fully washed down, allowed to dry, and then refilled to keep feed fresh and cleanit will also reduce labour costs for staff as the feed will be outside of the horseās stable and close at hand, if multiple smartbunkers are purchasedwhatās more, the smartbunker allows each horseās feed and feed bucket to be kept separate, therefore reducing the risk of cross contaminationsome of the key benefits include being fully vermin proof and fully waterproof for indoor and outdoor usagethis second infection path is where the smartbunker could be highly beneficialthe award winning smartbunker is practical for a range of animal feedsin fact, smartbunkers could also help to reduce the risk of any further outbreaks of equine influenza if used consistently(click to reveal full phone number) click to contact wwwthe virus is predominantly spread via infected bodily fluids and secretions, such as nasal discharge, coughing and foetal fluidssmartbunker can help lessen part of the risk of equine influenza by cutting out unnecessary contact between vulnerable and transmitting animalsworking together, itās a win-win situation for everyone involvedhowever, it can also be spread through contact with infected materialits main goals are to keep feed safe and reduce the risk of spreading infectionit has a unique dispensing system with an easy to use pull arm, which distributes the necessary amount of product with very little force
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The hobbit is on its own great collectors edition of this magnificent tale1 new set of the the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the lord of the rings tolkien hardback slipcase 3 book set illustrated + the hobbit illustrated by alan lee the slip case contains the fellowship of the ring, the two towers and the return of the king
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiiron maiden ?ā the number of the beast label: parlophone ?ā series: iron maiden the studio collection remastered ā format: cd, album, limited edition, reissue, remastered box set country: europe released: 16 nov tracklist 1 invaders 2 children of the damned 3 the prisoner 4 22 acacia avenue 5 the number of the beast 6 run to the hills 7 gangland 8 hallowed be thy name with eddie 1:24 scale figurine, beast collectors patch & cdour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonāt find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteiron maiden ?ā the book of souls: live chapter label: parlophone ?ā format: 2 Ć cd, album, deluxe edition country: europe released: 17 nov tracklist 1-1 if eternity should fail (qudos bank arena, sydney, australia, speed of light (grand arena, grandwest, cape town, south africa, wrathchild (3arena, dublin, ireland, children of the damned (bell centre, montreal, canada, death or glory (wroclaw stadium, wroclaw, poland, the red and the black (ryogoku kokugikan, tokyo, japan, the trooper (estadio jorge magico gonzalez, san salvador, el salvador, powerslave (piazza dellāunita dāitalia, trieste, italy, the great unknown (metro radio arena, newcastle, uk, the book of souls (download festival, donington, uk, fear of the dark (arena castelao, fortaleza, brazil, iron maiden (estadio velez sarsfield, buenos aires, argentina, the number of the beast (wacken open air, wacken, germany, blood brothers (download festival, donington, uk, wasted years (hsbc arena, rio de janeiro, brazil, ) item will be shippd by registrated mailcatawikiās goal is to make special objects universally available
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Simultaneously, a small school of revisionist scholars, led by historian william appleman williams at the university of wisconsin, put forward a progressive, nuanced critique of american empire grounded in psychology, economics, and broader historical contextas the vietnam war created a critical flashpoint, bringing the idea of american imperialism into the us mainstream, radical students of the new left turned toward marxist critiques, admiring revolutionaries like che guevarait is this more sophisticated strand of thinking, morgan argues, which demonstrated that empire can be an effective analytical framework for studying us foreign policy, thus convincing american scholars to engage with the subject seriously for the first timebut just a few decades earlier, this position was considered radical and even Ć²un-americansee oxfam website for delivery information read moremorgan shows how radical and revisionist scholars in the s and s first challenged the paradigm of denying an american empireĆ³ how did this dramatic change come about?tracing the emergence of the concept of us imperialism, james goxfam bookshop knutsford the idea that the united states-a nation founded after a war of independence-operates as an imperialist power on the world stage has gained considerable traction since the turn of the twenty-first century
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreamong his disciples is the glamorous and ambitious eva, and when 'the buddha of suburbia' runs off with her to a crumbling flat in barons court, karim's life becomes changed in ways that even he had never dreamed ofbut his father is no ordinary dad, he is 'the buddha of suburbia', a strange and compelling figure whose powers of meditation hold a circle of would-be mystics spellbound with the fascinations of the eastoxfam bookshop cheltenham the buddha of suburbia, hanif kureishi's first novel, is a tour de force of comic invention, a bizarre, often hilarious, and totally original picture of the life of a young pakistani growing up in s britainkarim lives with his mum and dad in a suburb of south london and dreams of making his escape to the bright lights of the big city
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam wartranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucein good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic events
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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 unsurpassedsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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 paulpastors and virtually all christians interested in reading or researching paul and the subject of gospel/law controversy in biblical studies will benefit from itthis theological and exegetical monograph is an invaluable reference work and textbook for all theological seminaries and christian religious departments of universities worldwideno work currently existing on this subject can compete with this book's historical survey and exegetical analysis, reading jeremiah and paul contextually on the issue
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morein telling his story, harris also speaks toĀ basic questions in nineteenth-century american history and in the relationship between american culture and the cultures of what later came to be known as the third worldcorresponding secretary of the american board of commissioners for foreign missions from to , anderson effectively set the terms of debate on missionary policy on both sides of the atlantic and indeed long after his deathoxfam bookshop knutsford paul william harris book examines the career of rufus anderson, the central figure in the formation and implementation of missionary ideology in the middle decades of the nineteenth century
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His aim was to improve the quality of western design by changing the habits of victorian designers, who indiscriminately mixed elements from a wide variety of sourcesjones made detailed observations of decorative arts on his travels in europe, the middle east, and in his native london, where he studied objects on display at the great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations in and at local museumsits inspiration came from pioneering british architect and designer owen jones (), who produced a comprehensive design treatise for the machine age, lavishly illustrated in vivid chromolithographic colorsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejones's resulting study is a comprehensive analysis of styles of ornamental design, presenting key examples ranging from maori tattoos, egyptian columns, and greek borders to byzantine mosaic, indian embroidery, and elizabethan carvingsat once splendidly victorian and insistently modern, the grammar of ornament celebrates objects of beauty from across time periods and continents, and remains an indispensable sourcebook todaythe studio library of decorative art, the grammar of ornament owen jones hardcover with dust jacket good condition - some tears to the dust jacket first published in , the grammar of ornament remains a design classic
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Oxfam books & music beeston this book is in very good conditionĀ this is the first full flora of the vice county of renfrewshire (renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, inverdyde and parts of southend north-west glasgow)on the front cover there is a small deep indentation and on the back cover there are some slight signs of wearit marks the culmination of over 50 years of field recording by local botanists and over 18 years of fieldwork and in-depth search of historical records by the authorthe flora contains:- over species accounts that include first record, status, distribution and ecology;- more than 660 dot maps of native and frequently encountered alien spieces;- introductory chapters on geology soils, landscape, climate, historical recording and the changing environment;- discussion chapters on distribution patterns, floristic distribution patterns, floristic conservation;- 24 pages of colour plates of maps and photographs showing botanical hot spots and local notable speciessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreinternally all the pages are clean, tight and unmarked
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He explores the changing relationship between human beings and nature, looks at the importance of cities, explains the role slavery and its abolition played in the emergence of new nations, challenges the widely held belief that the nineteenth century witnessed the triumph of the nation-state, and much morehe examines the powerful and complex forces that drove global change during the "long nineteenth century," taking readers from new york to new delhi, from the latin american revolutions to the taiping rebellion, from the perils and promise of europe's transatlantic labor markets to the hardships endured by nomadic, tribal peoples across the planetindispensable for any historian, the transformation of the world sheds important new light on this momentous epoch, showing how the nineteenth century paved the way for the global catastrophes of the twentieth century, yet how it also gave rise to pacifism, liberalism, the trade union, and a host of other crucial developmentsjĆ¼rgen osterhammel, an eminent scholar who has been called the braudel of the nineteenth century, moves beyond conventional eurocentric and chronological accounts of the era, presenting instead a truly global history of breathtaking scope and towering eruditionoxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is the highly anticipated english edition of the spectacularly successful and critically acclaimed german book, which is also being translated into chinese, polish, russian, and french
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The book of elstreeĀ &Ā boreham woodĀ brings them all to life, recapturing the history of these two places, in a fluent and considered narrative and very many fascinating picturesnotĀ long after the normans came, there was a flourishing settlement at elstree hillboreham wood's origins are mistier, but technology brought massive change and development with the coming of the railway in , and again, when cinema created britain's hollywood in this pleasant parishidlestreĀ andĀ borhamĀ were much influenced by the great abbey of st albans, and indeed by alban's martyrdom and the roman muncipium of verulamium, so that the area's past is inextricably entwined with the great and the good of times ancient and latersigned by stephen castlesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hills and valleys of this busy corner of herts have been home to people for some years, andĀ the romans chose elstree hill as aĀ major tile-manufacturing centrevery minor marks to dj otherwise clean and bright throughoutuntil recently, medieval elstree had survived largely intact, but post-war reconstruction brought considerable mutilationoxfam books & music hereford signed limited subscriber edition, numbered 44happily, a few fine late medieval buildings escaped the developer's insensitive eyecondition: as newhere are the people behind that past - edward de kendale, adam scippe, thomas newchapman and agnes, his wife; sir anthony denny and rev canon eales; george byng and wortley-montagu; murderers thurtell and hunt; macready the great actor; burton the great explorer and the photographer wellington; and of course, the legendary giants of british cinema - men like rank, danziger, balcon and blattner
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This book, lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, is the first comprehensive reference on lizards around the worldvitt have studied and photographed members of almost all lizard families worldwide, and they bring to the book a deep knowledge based on extensive firsthand experience with the animals in their natural habitatspart one explores lizard lifestyles, answering such questions as why lizards are active when they are, why they behave as they do, how they avoid predators, why they eat what they eat, and how they reproduce and socializepublished by the university of california press, this paperback book is in very good used condition with only minor wear to edges and bumping to cornersaccessible, scientifically up-to-date, and written with contagious enthusiasm for the subject, lizards: windows to the evolution of diversity covers species evolution, diversity, ecology, and biologyinternally clean and unmarkedpart three gives an unprecedented global view of evolutionary trends that have shaped present-day lizard communities and considers the impact of humans on their futuresee oxfam website for delivery information read morepianka and laurie jin part two the authors take us on a fascinating tour of the world's manifold lizard species, beginning with iguanians, an evolutionary group that includes some of the most bizarre lizards, the true chameleons of africa and madagascaroxfam books & music fareham from tiny to gigantic, from drab to remarkably beautiful, from harmless to venomous, lizards are spectacular products of natural selectionwe also meet the glass lizard, able to break its tail into many highly motile pieces to distract a predator from its body; lizards that can run across water; and limbless lizards, such as snakesa definitive resource containing many entertaining anecdotes, this magnificent book opens a new window to the natural world and the evolution of life on earth
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The religious violence of the nineteenth century, which culminated in sectarian mobilizations and massacres in , was a complex, multilayered, subaltern expression of modernization, he says, not a primordial reaction to itmakdisi highlights how european colonialism and orientalism, with their emphasis on christian salvation and islamic despotism, and ottoman and local nationalisms each created and used narratives of sectarianism as foils to their own visions of modernity and to their own projects of colonial, imperial, and national developmentoxfam bookshop knutsford focusing on ottoman lebanon, ussama makdisi shows how sectarianism was a manifestation of modernity that transcended the physical boundaries of a particular countrymakdisi argues that sectarianism represented a deliberate mobilization of religious identities for political and social purposeshis study challenges those who have viewed sectarian violence as an islamic response to westernization or simply as a product of social and economic inequities among religious groupssee oxfam website for delivery information read moremakdisi's book is important to our understanding of lebanese society today, but it also makes a significant contribution to the discussion of the importance of religious discourse in the formation and dissolution of social and national identities in the modern worldthe ottoman reform movement launched in and the growing european presence in the middle east contributed to the disintegration of the traditional lebanese social order based on a hierarchy that bridged religious differencesĀ condition good, some minor warping to front cover as can be seen in digital image
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