Yorkshire a lyrical history of englands
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Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a time" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educatesrather than focusing on dry facts and dates, e' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a timesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: ehe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallgombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic age
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentthe third volume opens with a character study of early modern ireland and a panoramic survey of ireland in , followed by twelve chapters of narrative historywithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringplanned and established by the late tthere are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the irish abroadoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to datetwo surveys, 'land and people', c
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford a monumental history of the nineteenth century, the transformation of the world offers a panoramic and multifaceted portrait of a world in transitionjĂĽrgen 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 eruditionhe 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 planetfirst edition see oxfam website for delivery information read moreindispensable 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 developmentsosterhammel describes a world increasingly networked by the telegraph, the steamship, and the railwaysthis 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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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentwithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughout the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt letteringplanned and established by the late toxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to date
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Title: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peopletitle: blooming flowers: a seasonal history of plants and peoplefirst edition: falseproduct category: bookscondition: very good
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - no inscriptions - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume contains a large number of images derived from the conflict spanning from through to - a very nice collector's setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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This is a concise history of the philosophy and practice of alchemy from its beginnings to the twentieth centurybut what i admire about it most is how enlightening and enlivening it isshe is the author of more than thirty books on a wide range of subjects
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To this day a brief history of time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wondersoxfam bookshop cheltenham was there a beginning of time? could time run backwards? is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries?these are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkersit was published in tandem with the app, stephen hawking's pocket universethis new edition includes recent updates from stephen hawking with his latest thoughts about the no boundary proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational wavessee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from newton to einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the big bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a new history of england: giving an authentick account of all the various revolutions, and other memorable transactions, that have happened in it from the invasion of julius caesar, to the present timename in faint ink on endpaperleather binding, five raised bands and title to spinepage numbers and inclusion of two index sections, suggest that this may be an amalgamation of two editionsno pre-title pages - ffep appears to be missing, with slight tears to title pagecollected from the best writers, &c the second edition printed for r goadby, in sherborne, and sold by w owen, bookseller, at temple-bar, london pp, plus two index sections exact status of this edition is slightly unclear - four editions dated appear on estc, of which the "fourth edition" has the same number of pages5 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read moreboards bumped and rubbed at extremities, marked in places, with some losses to top and bottom of spinepages are generally clean and tight - some a few more age-marked than others includes 3 fold-out illustrations (one split at fold) and one other illustration
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A natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionwhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interactiontomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkingin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalsin this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniquenesssee oxfam website for delivery information read moretomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkingonce our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its owneven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togetheroxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalsas ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partners
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Hammerton (editor) - a popular history of the great war: 6 volume set - the amalgamated press - hardback - undated (circa cm x 13 cmare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storevolume 1 (the first phase) - 640 pages () volume 2 (extension of the struggle) - 640 pages - () volume 3 (the allies at bay) - 640 pages () volume 4 (a year of attrition) - 640 pages () volume 5 (the year of victory) - 640 pages () volume 6 (the armistice and after) - 640 pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - gilt titles to spines with tooled titles and decorations on front boards - each volume discusses various events that unfolded during the global conflict which spanned from to - a very nice collector's setplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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A short history of nearly everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only bill bryson can render itscience has never been more involving or entertainingtaking as territory everything from the big bang to the rise of civilization, bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being usgood condition, paperback, 687 pages n bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselveshe has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful mindsto that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field camps
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A short history of nearly everything by bill bryson (cd-audio, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 9 to 11 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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A brief history of secret societies by david vthis book is in good condition with only a small amount of wearall the pages are unmarked, intact and the binding is good
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Title: a natural history of ghosts: 500 years of hunting for proofauthor(s): clarke, roger
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The title is a new history of italian renaissance artbelow is a more detailed summary of this specific item for sale condition newthe item format is a book hardbackthe sleeve condition is new
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A short history of nearly everything, by bill brysonessentially an encyclopaedia of lots of interesting people and informationas it says on the coverread once, in very good condition574 pages, plus notes, bibliography and index
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Soft cover brand new book sapiens (a brief history of mankind)posted by ana elisa in books, comics & magazines, books in cosham
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How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world: a short history of modern delusions bydispatched with royal mail 1st classcondition is very good
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Inside the royal wardrobe: a dress history of queen alexandralanguage: this book should contain text in 0author: strasdin, katepublication datepublisher: bloomsbury publishing plc
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A brief history of the law society was written by eand has been signed by him, published in by the royal society read more
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A pictorial history of indian cinema, rangoonwalla, firoze
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A picture history of great discoveries by clarke hutton - hardcover **mint condition**
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The potter's art: a complete history of pottery in britain by grahame clark - hardcover **brand new**
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The car is architecture - a visual history of frank lloyd wright's 85 cars and one motorcycle by richie herink **brand new**
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In a wide-ranging and lyrical narrative, morris finds that for as far back as we can look yorkshire has been a region of unique presence with links around the worldby weaving history, family stories, travelogue and ecology, richard morris reveals how yorkshire took shape as a landscape and in literature, legend and popular regardwe are introduced to discoverers and inventions, meet the people who came and went, encounter real and fabled heroes, and discover why, from the iron age to the cold war, yorkshire has been such a key place in times of tension and struggleoxfam bookshop woodbridge in very good condition although there is very light wear to the jacket'a restless, poetic, strange book, and the territory it describes deserves nothing less' observer' meticulously researchedfascinating' country life yorkshire, it has been said, is 'a continent unto itself', a region where mountain, plain, coast, downs, fen and heath lie closewe descend into the county's netherworld of caves and mines, and face episodes at once brave and dark, such as the part played by whitby and hull in emptying arctic waters of whales, or the re-routing of rivers and destruction of yorkshire's fenssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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A history of the english-speaking peoples is a four-volume history of britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by winston churchill, covering the period from caesar's invasions of britain (55 bc) to the beginning of the first world war ()churchill's mother was american, and he excelled in history as a child which underpinned his firm belief in a so-called special relationship between the people of britain with the commonwealth of nations united under the crown (new zealand, canada, australia, south africa etcvolume i is on the birth of britain, volume ii is on the new world, volume iii is on the age of revolution and volume iv is on the great democraciesa collection of first editions of this historical works by former prime minister winston churchillit was started in and finally published , delayed several times by war and work on other textsoxfam shop balham  london - cassell and company ltdcondition: goodcomplete in four volumesthis work dealt with the resulting two divisions of the english-speaking peoplespages are bright and cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read morewith numerous black and white maps throughout all volumes condition: in red cloth bindings with unclipped dustwrappers, edges are worn at edges and covers are aged) and the people of the united states who had broken with the crown and gone their own wayit was a bestseller, reviewed favourably on both sides of the atlantic
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Peter wilson's book is a major work, the first new history of the war in a generation, and a fascinating, brilliantly written attempt to explain a compelling series of eventsoxfam bookshop shaftesbury winner of the society for military history distinguished book award the horrific series of conflicts known as the thirty years war () tore the heart out of europe, killing perhaps a quarter of all germans and laying waste to whole areas of central europe to such a degree that many towns and regions never recoveredthe war was both a religious and a political one and it was this tangle of motives that made it impossible to stopthe principal actors in the drama (wallenstein, ferdinand ii, gustavus adolphus, richelieu) are all here, but so is the experience of the ordinary soldiers and civilians, desperately trying to stay alive under impossible circumstancesat its end a recognizably modern europe had been created but at a terrible pricewhether motivated by idealism or cynicism, everyone drawn into the conflict was destroyed by itwilson's great strength is in allowing the reader to understand the tragedy of mixed motives that allowed rulers to gamble their countries' future with such horrifying results book condition very good, covers and spine unmarked and all pages crisp and cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read moreall the major european powers apart from russia were heavily involved and, while each country started out with rational war aims, the fighting rapidly spiralled out of control, with great battles giving way to marauding bands of starving soldiers spreading plague and murder
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