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Lamastre by Michael Strong (£68.00)Publisher: Robert Hale — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0709014007]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Description: From the cover: “Once the top hit-man of Europe. Lamastre had been dealt with effectively and painfully by Harold Levi, the financier who never gave in to pressure. And now Lamastre has escaped from the German prison where Levi had put him while, in Zurich, the fat-cats who had procured his release, rubbed their whiskers and laughed at the thought of the revenge that Lamastre would take on Levi, a man they feared as a miser fears ruin.
The action swings from Germany, to France, to Zurich, to Southeast Asia and back to London and rural England with Hong Kong bankers. Bangkok bar-girls, an ex-Guardsman, a former Israeli commando and the finest pair of killers that Paris can produce, all involved in the intricate and fast-moving plot. And, of course, there is Ferguson, hired by Levi to hunt and destroy Lamastre, who almost succeeds yet doesn’t quite fail.”Notes: Jacket designed by Malcolm Grealy. Size: 7½" x 4¾". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 192 pages. Tags: malcolm grealy 0709014007 first editions firsts printings 1st fiction english hitmen killers assassins assassination escape prison israeli commando
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Savonarola: A Tragedy [In Verse] by Alfred Austin (£68.00)Publisher: MacMillan & Co. — 1891Binding: Hardback Condition: Good. A pleasant enough reading copy. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding with mottling to both boards. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Heavy tanning to first and last blanks facing the pastedowns. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: 2nd edition. [First Edition: 1881] A play based on the activities of Girolamo Savonarola. Savonarola was an Italian Dominican friar and an influential contributor to the politics of Florence from 1494 until his execution in 1498. He was known for his book burning, destruction of what he considered immoral art, and his perception of what he thought the Renaissance — which began in his Florence and was at its beginning — ought to become. He vehemently preached against the moral corruption of much of the clergy at the time, and his main opponent was Rodrigo Borgia, who was Pope Alexander VI from 1492, through Savonarola's death, to 1498.Notes: Size: 7¾" x 5". [IX] 306 pages. Tags: adherents and austere aversion built careggi enthusiasm followers government held luigi marcuccio medicean medici oligarchs people pious political pulci religious roysterers salviati savonarola supremacy teaching the villa whimperers who
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The Hornblower Companion by C. S. [Cecil Scott] Forester (£68.00)Publisher: Michael Joseph — 1964Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good - in Very Good DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges with a few small nicks / tears but no loss. Book a little rubbed at extremities, slightly bumped at tail of spine. Internally bright and clean and generally a very pleasant copy.Description: How did Hornblower come to be thought of? How did it happen that this epic biography was begun in the middle? How did it come about that the midshipman grew into the captain? How were the plots constructed? Many more questions are answered in this exciting book. 140pp. Maps. Size: 4to Large Post (10½" x 8¼" approx.) Jacket Designed by Michael Harvey. Illustrated by Samuel H. Bryant. Dust wrapper in protective, removable sleeve.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Tags: adventures destroyers napoleonic battleship submarine seafaring justinion cruisers novellas merchant maritime nautical stories sailing fiction battles cruiser frigate warship torpedo novels vessel marine dinghy ships royal craft naval liner boat wars navy ship sea
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Are You Dave Gorman? by Gorman Dave; Wallace Danny; (£53.50)Publisher: Ebury Press — 2001Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0091879647]Condition: Very Good. Upper wrap a little curled. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps.Description: Illustrated with black and white photographs. First in this, paperback, edition. From the cover: “Dave German and Danny Wallace are flatmates and drinking partners, a combination that results in one of the most unusual and intriguing bets ever made. During a night out in an East End pub, the pair had an argument. Dave thought there must be hundreds of people in the world who shared his name. Danny didn’t. They were drunk. Five hours later they were on a train to Scotland… That morning, they unwittingly kick-started an uncontrollable adventure that would eventually take them over 25,000 miles around the world, finding and meeting complete strangers with only one thing in common — they were all called Dave German too. During their six month odyssey, Dave and Danny were caught in a tornado in New York, they lost their shoes in Norway and they caused a security alert at an Israeli airport. They met greenkeepers, booksellers, carpetfitters, gurus, policemen, film stars and a semi-retired lighthouse technician.”Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). 314 pages. Tags: absurdity amusing and anecdotes article author book chuckle clowning comedian comedy comic comical danny dave english essayist essays farce fiction funniness funny gag general gorman hilarious hilarity hoax humor humorist humorous humour jest jesting joker jokes journeys laugh literature narrative novel novelist prose pun satirist side slapstick stand-up story tale tall text the travelogues travels voyages wallace wit witticism witty writer writing yarn
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Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (£52.00)Publisher: Wildwood House — 1982Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0704500078]Condition: Good+. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps which are also a little tanned and soiled. Leaves tanned at the margins. Previous owners inscription to ffep alongside a small sticker.Description: From the cover: “The Tao Te Ching, the esoteric but infinitely practical book written most probably in the sixth century B. C. by Lao Tsu, has been translated more frequently than any work except the Bible. This fresh translation of the ancient Chinese classic offers the essence of each word and makes Lao Tsu’s teaching immediate and alive. The philosophy of Lao Tsu is simple: Accept what is in front of you without wanting the situation to be other than it is. Study the natural order of things and work with it rather than against it, for to cry to change what is only sets up resistance.”Notes: Size: 10¾" x 8½". | pages. Tags: lao tsu taoism confucius loyang honan china chinese thought and culture proverbs folklore spiritual level being open mind truth
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Multivariate Analysis (Second Edition) by Sir Maurice Kendall (£38.00)Publisher: Charles Griffin & Co. — 1980Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 0852642644]Condition: Very Good - in Good+ DJ. DJ a little scuffed and soiled, not repellant. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Internally bright and clean.Description: The characteristic feature of multivariate analysis is the consideration of a set of n objects, on each of which are observed the values of p variables. The set of objects may be complete or it may be a sample from a larger set. The variables may be continuous or discontinuous, and themselves may be a subset of a larger group. Given such a complex, we require to study it for a number of different purposes of which the following are the most important: Structural simplification; Classification; Grouping of variables; Analysis of interdependence; Analysis of dependence; Hypothesis construction and hypothesis testing; I have no idea what any of this means to be honest but thought you may care to have a brief excerpt from the introduction. 210pp. Index. Bibliography. Size: 8vo Medium (8" x 5½" approx.) Dust wrapper in protective, removable sleeve.
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Physical Geology by Charles C. Plummer; David Mcgeary; (£36.00)Publisher: William C. Brown — 1991Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780697098276]Condition: Very Good. A slightly dog-eared copy. Previous owners inscription to ffep.Description: A straightforward, easy-to-read introduction to geology for both geology majors and nonmajors. Fifth Edition.Notes: Size: 10¾" x 8½". 543 pages. Tags: indurated excavated peneplain geologist alabaster cyclothem initiated direction separated principal aggregate sandstone hercynian tributary concealed intrusive ironstone watershed particles different saturated landforms siliceous hexagonal quartzite freestone impounded flagstone referring potassium silicates quarrying spasmodic ice-sheet carbonate fashioned magnesium magnesian processes intrusion destroyed fragments synclines mountains spherical deposited recession generated meltwater generally volcanoes
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Moi Qui Me Voy: The Writer and the Self from Montaigne to Leiris by CRAIG, George; MCGOWAN, Margaret; (£33.00)Publisher: Clarendon Press — 1989Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0198151535]Condition: Near Fine - in Near Fine DJ. Bookplate to ffep.Description: Moy Qui Me Voy, the phrase is Montaigne's, is concerned with a problem which he and many writers since him have found central to their endeavour: the discovery that, somewhere between the intention and the act of writing, every author has to deal with the question of the self - a shifting entity, both seductive and tiresomely obtrusive, a voice that should, perhaps, be suppressed (Pascal certainly thought so), yet which clamours to be heard - a presence, at all events, always to be reckoned with. Originally £40.00 228pp. Index. Size: 8vo Demy (8½" x 5½")
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Pedalling Unknown Paths by Michele Velthuizen-De vries (£33.00)Publisher: The Book Guild — 1995Binding: Paperback First Edition. [ISBN: 0863329586]Condition: Near Fine. Foredges a wee bit soiled otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. They travelled for fourteen months, covering 16,000 miles and thirty-two states, and Michele's vivid account of that journey will be an inspiration to anyone who has ever thought of travelling by bicycle. 292pp. Maps. Size: 8vo Large Post (8¼" x 5")
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Persona Granada: Some Memories of Sidney Bernstein and The Early Years of Independent Television by Denis Forman (£32.00)Publisher: London: Andre Deutsch — 1997Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0233989870]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Slightest lean otherwise a very well presented copy. Description: Contains: Black & white photographs;
From the cover: “When ITV first went on air in 1955, Granada Television soon established itself as the most innovative of the new independent television companies. Granada took risks, ignored conventions, and challenged conventional notions of how television programmes should be made. Coronation Street, the hard-hitting World in Action, adventurous drama productions — this was television that made people sit up and watch.
Denis Forman was there from the start, and in this richly detailed and compelling memoir he combines an affectionate portrait of Granada’s prime mover, the extraordinary Sidney Bernstein, with an insider’s account of the personalities behind the scenes and the triumphs — and occasional disasters — of this remarkable television company.
They were heady days. Granada defied the antiquated rules of political broadcasting with its ground-breaking coverage of a by-election which was to change the course of television’s relationship with politicians. There were frequent battles with the Independent Television Authority over investigative reports thought to have gone too far in exposing scandal and corruption. It was a time of creative ferment, a time when Granada’s team of talented programme-makers earned the company its enduring reputation.
Denis Forman charts the history of Granada with abundant wit and a refreshing candour. His own contribution to the Granada success story, culminating in his close personal involvement in the universally acclaimed The Jewel in the Crown, was immense. He is modest about his own achievements, and generous in his appreciation of the many colleagues — some of them later to become senior figures in television — who made Granada what it was. But as this engrossing memoir reveals, none of it could have happened without the towering presence of the original persona Granada, Sidney Bernstein: founding father, guiding spirit, and one of the most remarkable men of our century.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. 333 pages. Tags: forman bernstein sidney granada television stations britain employees radio industry business economics industries media communications performing arts history criticism corporate 9780233989877
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The Portable MBA in Strategy by Liam Fahey; Robert M. Randall; (£30.50)Publisher: John Wiley & Sons — 2001Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 0471197084]Condition: Very Good — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper a little rubbed at the edges with a short closed tear to the head of the lower panel. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: 2nd Edition. From the cover: “The ultimate goal for all managers is to enable their organization to thrive in the marketplace — to produce offerings that customers value highly and to outperform the competition according to key metrics. The Portable MBA in Strategy, Second Edition arms you with the critical knowledge you need to make the choices that will attract and retain the most valuable customers, to experiment and adapt rapidly in continuously changing markets, and to position your organization advantageously for the future. Featuring contributions from internationally recognized leaders in strategic thought and practice, this fully updated Second Edition reflects the remarkable impact of e-business on all commercial activity, reveals the new opportunities and risks facing small business, and presents the latest methods of strategic analysis and implementation for domestic and global businesses. This unique resource offers a clear, practical guide to leading-edge strategic management practices, explains the strategic manager’s tasks and objectives, and shows how management techniques such as scenario planning can be used to develop the foresight and insight necessary for short- and long-term wealth creation in a competitive, unpredictable business environment.”Notes: Size: 10¼" x 7¼". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 414 pages. Tags: differentiation internalization people-embodied diversification customer-based identification attractiveness product-market classification small-business organizational transformation implementation value-creating interpretation supportability recommendation responsibility sustainability administrative research-based organization's configuration institutional determination specification expropriation brainstorming technological opportunities disadvantages contingencies understanding duplicability collaboration reconfiguring effectiveness uncertainties proliferation globalization discontinuity communication vulnerability process-based relationships participation substitution facilitation value-adding interrelated expectations
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Games of Destruction by Robert S. Goldsack (£28.00)Publisher: Minerva Press — 1997Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 1861066686]Condition: Good+. Gently rubbed at the edges of the spine and wraps. Leans. Text complete, clean and tight. A pleasant enough copy of this rather uncommon title.Description: From the cover: “Games of Destruction — a powerful adventure of political intrigue, subterfuge and daring. The novel takes the reader into some of the most influential meeting rooms in the world. Here, unprincipled, high profile characters make important decisions: decisions that can and will affect the global community. As the characters scheme for their own ambitious ends, political, business and sexual games and gambles are revealed. A state of fervent anticipation is unravelled; a man thought dead is given new life; some political leaders f thought impeccable are haunted by, lingering evidence of their peccadilloes; human relationships are challenged. A thrilling climax leaves the reader in no doubt that the name of the game power and control.”Notes: Size: 8¼ x 5¾". 243 pages. Tags: conservative westminster calculating government politician conniving political thriller minister scheming official politics devious cunning elected senator council affairs control members regime prime party novel crime chief whip
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Glucose Syrups And Related Carbohydrates by G. G. Birch; L. F. Green; C. B. Coulson; (£28.00)Publisher: Elsevier — 1970Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0444201033]Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. Edges of DJ somewhat ruffled, heavily wrinkled and rubbed if complete. Slightly musty. Text bright and tight.Description: Alike on academic, industrial, biological and medical grounds glucose syrups are now of special importance and this book, the result of an Industry-University Symposium deals with the glucose syrups in all their varied aspects. This volume provides a stimulating report on past achievements and at the same time acts as a pointer to directions in which future advances are to be expected. All interested in the food industry, whether they be from the academic, medical or industrial field will find this book of immediate interest and thought provoking,Notes: Size: 9" x 5½". 118 pages. Tags: biological diet sugar syrup glucose food science
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Maimonides by Abraham Joshua Heschel (£28.00)Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux — 1982Binding: Hardback First Edition. Condition: Very Good. Top edges of text block spotted. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: He was the preeminent medieval Jewish philosopher and one of the greatest Torah scholars of the Middle Ages. He worked as a rabbi, physician, and philosopher in Spain, Morocco and Egypt. With the contemporary Muslim sage Averroes, he promoted and developed the philosophical tradition of Aristotle. As a result, Maimonides and Averroes would gain a prominent and controversial influence in the West, where Aristotelian thought had been lost for centuries. Albert the Great and Thomas Aquinas were notable Western readers of Maimonides. (Source: Wikipedia I’m sorry to say…)Notes: Size: 8½" x 5¾". Black & Orange boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 273 pages. Tags: Moses Maimonides rabbis Egypt biography philosophers jewish palestine israel educational reform fostat messianic yearning epistle yemen sutta aristotle arabesques abraham joshua heschelhe erich reiss lotte jacobi aaron ben meshullam lunel abassites abu’l-ma’ali abu yakub yussuf albertus magnus al-malik-al-muzaffar almohades almoravites amakic antiochus epiphanes asceticism astrology astronomy babylonian exile baghdad iraq ben-asher
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October 1973: The Arab-Israeli War by Frank Aker (£28.00)Publisher: Archon Books — 1985Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0208020667]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dustwrapper. Unlaminated dustwrapper a little edgeworn and faded. Boards slightly sprung. Text complete, clean and tight but very slightly musty.Description: Illustrated with diagrams & maps. From the cover: “On October 6, 1973, the world was taken by surprise. Egypt sent troops and equipment across the Suez at the Bar Lev Line and the Syrians advanced through the rugged Golan Heights. Few military analysts thought that either country could succeed in a confrontation with Israel, considered a mini super power and famous for swift and devastating victories in war. But this did not happen. Israel instead found itself fighting for survival on two fronts.”Notes: Jacket designed by Marie-Louise Scull. Foreword or introduction by Maj. Gen. George S Patton. Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Red boards with Black titling to the Spine. 185 pages. Tags: israel-arab war 1973 956’.048 yom kippur war post-world war arab-israeli conflict israel occupied territories egyptian attack israeli counterattack israeli advance west bank israeli tank bricade arab tank division main battle tanks first-line aircraft israeli missile boats general hoffi major general laner gonen ral bar-lev mandler magen general yzhaki colonel granit
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Out-of-Doors Stories by Margaret Kent (£27.00)Publisher: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons — 1954Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good - in Poor DJ. DJ faded and edgeworn, 1" closed tear at head of spine with some loss to either side. A pleasant copy, uncommon in the jacket.Description: Illustrated with line drawings. Intended primarily for use as stories to be read to little ones of from four to six years old, though it is thought that some of them will be found suitable for still younger listeners. Then, too, the language is so simple that children of from six to eight years should be able to read the book for themselves.Notes: Size: 8" x 5¾". 96 pages. Tags: Kent education reading literacy
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Wisdom Of The Wild: How We Treat Our Planet by Anon. (£26.50)Publisher: Word Wide Fund for Nature — 1993Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Presentation plate to the first blank.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs. From the cover: “There is no turning back. There never has been in history. Two hundred million American citizens are not going to leave the USA just to give back to the Indians the land that was stolen from them. The Inuit in Greenland are not about to climb into their kayaks to paddle back up the river of history. The wisdom with which “wild” peoples have animated their world cannot be fetched back at will. Nevertheless, there is a great deal to learn. This, for example: how, on the threshold of the third millennium, can we live once again in a finite world without consuming it? Pedagogues tell us that children need elements of the wild and disorder in order to become mentally sound adults. The child in its den is said to be subconsciously remembering the feeling of safety which our ancestors experienced in caves in the childhood of mankind. In Sweden, they let children fly back to the beginnings of humanity on the wings of their imagination, as it were. The wild as a tonic.
Henry David Thoreau’s suggestion that every major city should have some wildness in its vicinity (because otherwise its inhabitants would revert to the wild) is almost one hundred and fifty years old — and highly topical in view of the frustration which people feel in our concrete bunkers.
An end must be put to the dominance of the right angle. Protection programmes for spacious areas of wilderness have one purpose, among others, namely to preserve the charm of untouched nature. Real-life magic! Magic, or rather cheap tricks — that is what our oh-so-en-lightened world thought of the healing knowledge of the jungle Indians for such a long time. Until, at the sight of the burning rain forests, they realised that the best pharmacy in the world was going up in flames.
The awareness of its utility should not be the rescuers’ sole motive, however. If we only take up arms in defence of the earth where our immediate living conditions are threatened, we shall soon be sitting amidst the ruins of a barren planet. It is (unfortunately, some would say) not the case that when the trees die, man also dies immediately. There are no trees in the Mongolian steppes, but they are still not dead. The fact is, as an Indian chief once said: “After the deaths of plants and animals, you will die of the great loneliness in your hearts.” An appeal has been filed against this death sentence. This book contains a few passages from the defence counsel’s speech.”Notes: Foreword or introduction by Jingis Aitmatov. Size: 12" x 9½". Light Brown boards with Dark Brown titling to the Spine & Upper Board. 256 pages. Tags: acid ackirain adaptation additives agricultural agriculture altemative amazonia antarctic arctic assessment atmosphere atmospheric beliefs biology biosphere bodies britain cap capture carbon carcanomas catalytic catastrophe cfc changes chlorine circulation climate climatic climatologists clouds coal collapse conservation consumption cryosphere curve cutback cycle dam damage decay defence deforestation demography destruction detector dioxide disaster drought
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Gods of the New Millennium: Scientific Proof of Flesh and Blood Gods by Alan F. Alford (£26.00)Publisher: Walsall: Eridu Books — 1996Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0952799405]Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Gently bruised at the head of the spine and the top corners of the boards with commensurate wear to the dust wrapper which has a light, vertical, crease the length of the spine. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Previous owners' gift inscription to the first blank with a small spot to the same. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise. Description: Illustrated by way of: Appendix; Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Tables; Plans;Notes: Size: 9¾" x 6¾". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [V] 467 pages. Tags: gods human beings origin evolution literature creationism civilization ancient extraterrestrial influences biology religious aspects christianity mind body spirit thought ufos theology extraterrestrials religion man
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Philosopy by James. L Christian (£26.00)Publisher: Harcourt Brace — 1994Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0155003739]Condition: Very Good. Gently bruised at the head, tail and corners of the binding.Description: 6th Edition. An Introduction to the Art of Wondering. From the introduction: “This is a textbook in synoptic philosophy. It is an invitation to ponder, in the largest possible perspective, the weightier, more stubborn problems of human existence. It is an invitation to think — to wonder, to question, to speculate, to reason, even to fantasize — in the eternal search for wisdom. In a word, synoptic philosophy is an attempt to weave interconnecting lines of illumination between all the disparate realms of human thought in the hope that, like a thousand dawnings, new insights will burst through.”Notes: Size: 10¼" x 8¼". Pictorial boards. 664 pages. Tags: human condition search for meaning world-riddle love wisdom freedom wonder ask questions western dilemma belief doubt critical thinking faith philosophic mind philosophize analysis skills listening synoptic synthesis understand philosophy annihilation boundaries aristotle activist philosophers antinomian analytic coherent world-view predicament illusion egocentric aristocentric claims illusions time and space albert
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A Literary History of India by R.W. Frazer (£23.00)Publisher: T. Fisher Unwin — 1907Binding: Hardback Condition: Poor. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners, somewhat rubbed with some fraying at lower edges. End papers and page edges spotted. Rear end papers grubby. Rear hinges weakening. Top edges dusty. Internally clean & bright.Description: Grey cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine. Illustrated frontispiece. 2nd Impression [1898]. 2pp. Publishers advertisements to the rear.Notes: Size: 9" x 5¾". 470 pages. Tags: aryans bards brahmanism buddhism aryan thought the epics the drama south india manners bengal mrs belnos
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Data for Death by Johannes Allen (£22.00)Publisher: Hogarth Press — 1971Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0701203463]Condition: Very Good - in Good DJ. DJ has several small chips and one unclosed tear to front near tail of spine. Price Clipped. Internally bright and clean and overall a very nice copy.Description: At the core of Johannes Allen's novel is an enigmatic computer organisation which has perfected a programme for forecasting the exact date of a man's death. The implications are thought provoking in the extreme in an age more and more dominated by the computer. 192pp. Size: 8vo Large Post (8¼" x 5") Translated by Marianne Helweg. Jacket Designed by John Jensen.
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The Oxford Illustrated History Of Christianity by John McManners (£22.00)Publisher: Guild Publishing — 1990Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Plates; Maps;
From the cover: “THIS richly illustrated book tells the story of Christianity from its origins to the present day; Written by a team of scholars, all authorities in their fields, it spans 2000 years of colourful incident to give a uniquely authoritative history of Christianity for the general reader. Every aspect of the faith is explored. The introduction discusses Christian interpretations of the historical process and the relations between religious and artistic inspiration. The first section runs chronologically from the earliest Christian communities to 1800. There are chapters on Western Europe in the Middle Ages, and on Eastern Christendom, Christianity and Islam, the Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the expansion of Christianity. The second section is divided by geographical area, and covers the period from 1800 to the present day. There are special studies of Britain and Europe, North America, South America, Africa, India and the Far East, and the Orthodox Churches of Eastern Europe. The final section, ‘Christianity Today and Tomorrow’, considers questions of Christian conscience and belief and explores new images of the Christian community, ending with a glimpse of the future of Christianity. Throughout, the book reflects the changing world in which Christians have found themselves, and gives full weight to events and movements where the Christian response has been challenged and re-evaluated. There are over 350 illustrations, and 32 full-colour plates, all specifically chosen to complement the broad-ranging text. The book also includes ten maps, a chronology, annotated guides to further reading, and a full index. Authoritative, comprehensive and highly readable, this book captures the richness and vitality of Christian art and thought in a wide variety of cultures and times.”Notes: Size: 10" x 7¾". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 724 pages. Tags: church history christianity the early christian community henry chadwick from rome barbarian kingdoms 330-700 robert markus west age conversion 700-1050 mayr-harting eastern christendom kallistos ware and islam jeremy johns civilization colin morris late-medieval its reformation 1400-1600 patrick collinson enlightenment secular 1600-1800 john mcmanners expansion 1500-1800 part since 1800 great britain europe owen north america fredrick pike africa peter hinchliff asia kenneth ballhatchet helen orthodox churches sergei hackel today tomorrow what christians believe maurice wiles new images bryan wilson conscience basil mitchell future taylor
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Power Yachts by VARIOUS (£21.00)Publisher: Granada — 1977Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Very Good in Very Good DJ (A little shelf wear, Right fading to DJ, top edges dusty)Description: Power Yachts will quickly establish itself as a classic, and is a thought provoking study full of interest and information for designers, owners and all with an interest in these vessels. 286pp. Index. Size: 4to Medium (11½" x 9" approx.)
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Handbook of Individual Therapy by Edited by Windy Dryden (£20.50)Publisher: Sage — 1998Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 080397843X]Condition: Very Good. Light crease to the bottom corner of the upper wrapper. Slight soiling at the leading edge of the text block. Text complete, clean and tight. A pleasant copy.Description: From the cover: “This major new edition of the highly successful Individual Therapy: A Handbook presents a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the 12 key approaches to individual therapy.
A distinguished team assembled from among Britain’s leading counsellors and psychotherapists — all experienced exponents of the particular form of therapy they discuss — introduce the principles and methods of each approach concisely and accessibly. Following a clearly defined structure, chapters place each school of thought in its historical context, outline its main theoretical assumptions and set out its mode of practice, while case examples illustrate the approach in action. The contributors clarify the ways in which practitioners can identify those clients who will most benefit from each form of therapy and indicate the general strengths and limitations of each therapeutic approach.
Further chapters place counselling and psychotherapy in its social context, relate research to actual therapeutic practice and explore the training and supervision of individual therapists.
The handbook is designed for trainee and practising counsellors: novice therapists interested in obtaining an overall picture of the practice of individual therapy as well as experienced therapists interested in learning about alternative approaches to individual therapy. It will also be a valuable resource for others working in the helping professions, and for students of applied psychology.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¾". 413 pages. Tags: Mesh behaviour cognitive counselling general health individual mental psychology psychotherapy therapeutics therapy
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Logic Circuit Design by Alan W. Shaw (£20.50)Publisher: Fort Worth: Saunders College Publishers — 1993Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 0030507936]Condition: Near Fine. Description: Illustrated by way of: Diagrams;
From the cover: “With Shaw’s conversational writing style, sophomore engineering and computer science majors will find this text’s coverage of combinational and sequential logic design easy to understand and a pleasure to read. The text is remarkably clear and provides extensive examples. Shaw maintains an ongoing relationship with industry, which is reflected in the text’s primary goal of preparing students for entry into the workplace — ready to design.
The text’s design-first organization allows students to master a simple systematic design process, then move to design and analysis of more complex circuits. The use of polarized notation offers students an easy-to-learn notation that clarifies the thought process in design, allows a simplification of the sign process, and improves documentation. Software simulation is stressed in all designed circuits, allowing students to test circuits before committing them to hardware. An early introduction to programmable logic devices reflects their importance in design.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6½". Pictorial boards. In the Saunders College Publishing in Electrical Engineering series. [XV] 702 pages. Tags: saunders college publishing electrical engineering logic circuits design construction decimal binary boolean programmable devices sequential machines two-state flip-flops many-state computers technology electronics 0030507936 9780030507939
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The History of the American People: The Rise of the Union by James Truslow Adams (£20.50)Publisher: George Routledge & Sons — 1943Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Edges of the dust wrapper somewhat frayed at the spine ends and corners with a short tear to the heads of both panels, untidy v-shape to the lower, and loss at the head of the spine. Heavily faded at the spine of the dust wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Facsimiles; Maps;
From the cover: “This vivid narration of the events which have distinguished the origin of the American people and their astounding ascent to world pre-eminence, is history in its finest form. Here mellow wisdom and accurate knowledge are presented with enthusiasm, vigour, and a remarkable technical skill.
Mr. Adams presents the facts and occurrences from which so many inferences about the American people have been drawn. His purpose has been to depict the interplay of thought and action as they have combined in the evolution of the American nation, to describe the actual events which have swept across this continent in the last few centuries, so that all who read may make their own interpretation, may complete their own understanding of the drama of America.
A word on the method Mr. Adams has employed in writing this interesting history. By means of an unusual skill in assimilating material he has been able to give the reader a clear, complete, easily comprehensible and interesting account of the vast and active history of American life.”Notes: Size: 9¼" x 6". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XIX] 438 pages. Tags: the colonial system takes form duel with france federal union formed jeffersonian democracy presidency jefferson war l8l2 jacksonian period william penn’s meeting-house chester ani first appearance hallams america fight lexington common battle bunker hill paper money issued congress 1779 pittsburgh 1796 girard’s bank philadelphia 1831 city election state house ralph waldo emerson henry thoreau white 1840 whitman mission waiilatpu 1843 perry expedition march 1854 commodore mathew fhe mayflower compact burning john jay effigy map showing railroads before civil nebraska and kansas territories abolitionist cartoon james truslow adams
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Falkus and Buller's Freshwater Fishing: A Book of Tackles and Techniques with Some Notes On Various Fish, Fish Recipes, Fishing Safety and Sundry Other Matters by Hugh Falkus & Fred Buller (£20.00)Publisher: Grange — 1994Binding: Hardback [ISBN: 1856276511]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Price Clipped. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Colour Photographs; Black & White Drawings; Diagrams;
From the cover: “This remarkable book, now greatly expanded by the authors since their collaboration began in 1969, is the sum of the experience of two brilliant and highly literate anglers. It is a pleasure to read and vastly instinctive — illustrated throughout with hundreds of photographs and drawings. Every page bears witness to the authors’ angling skills, to their originality of thought and to their appetite for research. Throughout the book there are frequent — often substantial — quotations from angling literature ancient and modern, chosen not only for the merit of the writing but for the value of the ideas expressed.”Notes: Size: 9¾" x 7¼". Matching Pictorial boards. 525 pages. Tags: figure-of-eight float-ledgering paternostering sportsmanship stret-pegging introduction fixed-spool traditional determining fly-fishing finger-ring electricity whitefishes livebaiting devastation stillwater rise-forms nottingham roach-pole multiplier downrigger twenty-six swimfeeder compendium historical disgorgers windermere experience hampshire emergency mischance fecundity technique materials deformity fly-lines accidents ledgering discarded rod-rests nose-cone laying-on rod-rings antiquity trotting removing bullhead flounder lampreys planer's appetite
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Japan in Transition: Thought and Action in the Meiji Era, 1868-1921 by Edited by Hilary Conroy, Sandra T. W. Davis & Wayne Patterson (£20.00)Publisher: Rutherford, Madison & Teaneck, London & Toronto: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, Associated University Presses — 1984Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 083863169X]Condition: Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper with a little tanning to the lower panel. Upper board slightly sprung. Text complete, clean and tight but with a small number of leaves creased at the bottom corner. Description: Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs;
From the cover: “This collection of essays by distinguished scholars takes us into a critical and exceptionally interesting period in Japanese history. The fourteen essays explore the evolution of social and political thought and practice during this crucial period, the question of women’s rights, the conflict between modernizers and zealots, Japan’s political, military, and diplomatic relations with other countries, and other topics.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 318 pages. Tags: history meiji period intellectual modernization japan modernisation asian middle eastern asia
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The Ballad of Sawney Bain by Harry Tait (£19.50)Publisher: Edinburgh: Polygon — 1990Binding: Paperback Signed by the Author.[ISBN: 0748660461]Condition: Very Good. Description: First in this, paperback, edition. Signed by the author on the title page — unverified and reflected as such in the lack of premium.
From the cover: “When the Black Book of accused witch, Agnes Douglas, falls into the hands of the minister the account she gives of her life with the cannibal, Sawney Bain and the warlock, Steenie Malecky, differs radically from the version given by the Church. The minister’s attempts to come to terms with the disquieting figure of Agnes and the true meaning of her book disturbs his own political and historical perspectives to such an extent that his religious convictions and finally his sanity are threatened.
Set in 17th century revolutionary Scotland, The Ballad of Sawney Bain sweeps from the Lowlands to the Highlands, detailing the lives of ordinary people caught in the hurricane of political change. Tail evokes a century in which the old and the new are in conflict more than at any time before. This was a time when many thought that the second coming of Christ was imminent, others that the devil himself was abroad in the land. Only a few realised that the old order had changed forever.”Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). 471 pages. Tags: fiction english texts political and historical perspectives religious convictions his sanity threatened hurricane change second coming christ was lowlands the highlands 17th century revolutionary scotland
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Prokofiev: From Russia to the West 1891-1935 by David Nice (£19.00)Publisher: Yale University Press — 2003Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0300099142]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper very slightly rubbed at the edges. Small personal monogram stamp to the first blank otherwise a very well presented copy. Description: Jacket illustration: Prokofiev in the early 1920s by Natalya Goncharova. Illustrated by way of: Black & White Photographs; Musical scores;
From the cover: “Since 1991 — the year that marked both the fall of the Soviet Union and the centenary of Sergey Prokofiev’s birth — a new assessment of the life and work of this remarkable and often elusive composer has become both possible and necessary. For this definitive study David Nice has drawn on an unprecedented range of new archival material, manuscripts of works previously unexamined and interviews.
The book follows Prokofiev’s personal and musical journey from his childhood on a Ukrainian country estate to the years he spent travelling in America and Europe as an acclaimed interpreter of his own works, Nice sheds new light on the striking compositions of Prokofiev’s early years, his training at the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the circumstances of his departure from Russia in 1918 for what the composer thought would be a short tour of America. Through letters and documents, a thorough picture is also presented of his marriage and family relationships.
Nice re-evaluates the music of Prokofiev’s years in the west and traces his unique approach to new melodic thinking from the early works through the more complicated music of the early 1930s and on to the fresh simplicity of his early Soviet scores. He also examines the complex reasons that led Prokofiev to move his family to the Soviet Union in 1936. A second volume, The Soviet Years, will cover Prokofiev’s life from this period until his death in 1953.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Silver titling to the Spine. [XVI] 390 pages. Tags: nice 0300099142 prokofiev studies urss biographies composers soviet union biography petersburg conservatory class lyadov leningrad opera era works maryinsky theatre
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Socialist Thought: The Forerunners 1789-1850 by G. D. H. [George Douglas Howard] Cole (£18.50)Publisher: London: Macmillan & Co. — 1953Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. Condition: Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with heavier wear to the spine ends and a generally grubby outlook. Edges of the text block lightly spotted. Previous owners' gift inscription to the first blank. Pages lightly age-tanned. Description: Number 1 in the series.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Orange boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. In the History of Socialist Thought series. [XI] 346 pages. Tags: history socialist thought gracchus babeuf godwin paine charlesles saint-simonians fourier icaria owen owenism economics trade unions socialism marx engels mazzini european revolutions christian socialists
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Sociology by Anthony Giddens (£18.50)Publisher: Polity Press — 1996Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 9780745611150]Condition: Good. Upper wrap a little curled. A slightly dog-eared copy.Description: Second Edition, Fully Revised & Updated. The new edition has been thoroughly revised using the very latest available empirical data. In addition, there are a number of completely new sections, many covering topics hardly discussed in other introductory textbooks. Contains, for example, extended analyses of the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe and Russia, the upsurge in new forms of nationalism and ethnicity, and the debate over the 'end of history' as well as covering all the more orthodox areas of sociological work in a lively and stimulating way.Notes: Size: 9¾" x 6¾". 819 pages. Tags: functionalists geographically specialisation stratification rational-legal relationships socialisation organisations mechanisation phenomenology investigation ethnocentrism powerlessness institutions reductionism epistemology urbanisation surroundings geographical expectations explanations normlessness propositions considerable conservative hierarchical sociological face-to-face behaviourism specifically agricultural consequences anthropology standardised transmission organisation instability disapproved proletariat bourgeoisie objectivity consanguine consequence bureaucracy association determinism delinquency adolescence interaction preliminary formulation
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Developing Your Latent Powers: Thirty Practical Steps to Spiritual Satisfaction by Frederick R. [Robert] Gould (£18.00)Publisher: Robert B. Luce Co. Inc. — 1976Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. Heavily faded at the spine. Price Clipped. Leans. Previous owners' inscription to the pastedown. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: From the cover: “Developing Your Latent Powers is a practical approach to a way of life that is appealing more and more in the Western World today. It is a statement of a philosophy of life that synthesises elements of Hinduist and Buddhist thought with guidance to those who wish to be less tied to the mechanistic type of life and are aiming at greater spiritual satisfaction. It blends Eastern wisdom with Western knowledge, always avoiding the obfuscation which is common to both.
Readers are told quite frankly of the difficulties that face them in the search for enlightenment, and the exercises, always basic, will help students to attain a positive state of mind: a poise and a glad philosophy. The way of thought and the exercises Frederick Gould describes are not unfamiliar to many people in the West now that the meditative form of philosophic occultism is becoming increasingly popular. Most writing on the subject, though, is hardly easy reading.
Frederick Gould, who describes himself as a ‘humble student’, writes with long experience as a teacher, and the lucidity of his style makes the book readable without tears. He believes the kind of thinking his course advocates is urgently needed in a purposeless age that is the headache following on a night of materialist intoxication — one that has reduced man to servitude to a machine in material life and to the status of machine itself in his spiritual one. But he believes there is another path, another outlook, which he has tested and which has illumined his own life.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 202 pages. Tags: koccultism parapsychology occult sciences frederick robert gould first editions firsts printings 1st
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Gangster Girl by Remco Campert (£18.00)Publisher: Rupert Hart-Davis — 1968Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0246643935]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper which is slightly tanned and has a small sticker scar to the spine. Agents card pasted onto the first blank alongside a small stamp. Text complete, clean and tight otherwise. Description: From the cover: “A film about a gangster girl, is what Jascha (the director) wrote from Rome to tell him… For the first time in his life Wessel is stumped when it comes to story telling. Perhaps there isn’t a story and there’s never been one, he thinks (rubbing two lumps of sugar together over his pink yoghurt) for whoever is alone is best advised to bear his health in mind. Perhaps I’ve just been kidding myself all those times when I thought I was telling a story — just one story out of the many thousands I thought I still wanted to tell… The second novel by Holland’s foremost poet and novelist to be translated into English, The Gangster Girl is set in a small town on the out-of-season Riviera. It concerns itself with a writer seeking redefinition of himself, as a writer and as a man.
Following the success of No Holds Barred, Remco Campert in The Gangster Girl investigates the farther frontiers of the nouveau roman.”Notes: Jacket designed by Trevor Smith. Size: 8" x 5¼". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 123 pages. Tags: translated from the dutch fiction netherlands originally published het gangstermeisje bezige bij 1968 remco campert 0246643935 john scottfirst editions firsts first printings 1st
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The Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson 1875-1910 by Niels Aage Thorsen (£18.00)Publisher: Princeton University Press — 1988Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0691047510]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Description: From the cover: “Niels Thorsen argues that Woodrow Wilson was one of America’s most important political scientists. Focusing on the period from Wilson’s early years until he was elected governor of New Jersey, this work shows why he deserves a prominent place in the history of American political thought, even apart from his later attainments in the political arena. His book Congressional Government, his seminal article “The Study of Public Administration”, and his textbook The State were important contributions during the formative years of academic political science in America. In contrast to those who propose psychological explanations of Wilson’s early interest in political problems, Thorsen contends that the crisis of the election of 1876 against the backdrop of the Civil War was decisive in turning Wilson’s attention to political ideas.
Implying the abandonment of a more traditional form of political thought based on the social contract and on constitutionalism, egalitarian-ism, and common sense, Wilson linked his conclusions about the nature of politics to the rise of the social and economic sciences. Distinctive in his academic work were ideas about social and economic diversification as the condition for the growth of national power, and about political leadership asserted at home and abroad as a way to overcome traditional American fears about centralized power.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XIV] 272 pages. Tags: wilson woodrow 1856-1924 political and social views politics international relations president history united states 20th century wwi 1900 niels aage thorsen 0691047510 first editions firsts printings 1st
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The Selected Work Of Tom Paine by Thomas Paine (£18.00)Publisher: The Bodley Head — 1948Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good — in Poor Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper edgeworn with several short, some tape-backed now, tears and a tear across the top corner of the upper panel. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: From the cover: “FOLLOWING his biographical novel, Citizen Tom Paine, Howard Fast has edited the present selection from Paine’s writings. As might be expected, since they are his most famous and important works, ‘The Rights of Man’ and ‘The Age of Reason’ comprise the larger part of the book; in addition Mr. Fast has included ‘Common Sense,’ certain of ‘The Crisis Papers’ and the celebrated letter to Washington.
In his Introduction Mr. Fast writes : ‘The single most important clue to Paine’s writings is that they are dynamic. Before he ever wrote a word there were philosophers in plenty; in America, long before his time, such popular leaders as William Penn and Roger Williams had put the most advanced social and political theory of the age into practice. But there was a most important difference between the writing of those men and Paine’s writing — it may be summed up in this fashion:
‘They wrote abstractedly of the pattern of change; Paine wrote realistically of the method of change. They were philosophers who created political philosophy; Paine was a revolutionist who created a method for revolution. They moved men to thought; Paine moved men to thought and action. They dealt with theory and ideals; Paine dealt with the dynamics of one force playing against another’.
As this Selection admirably shows, Paine’s work is indeed dynamic ; it has an intensity and an inherent clear objectivity; much of it is surprisingly relevant to-day.”Notes: Size: 8" x 5¼". Red boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 331 pages. Tags: common sense the crisis papers rights man age reason letter washington thomas paine howard fast first editions firsts printings 1st
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Webs of Reality: Social Perspectives on Science and Religion by William A. Stahl, Robert A. Campbell, Yvonne Petry & Gary Diver (£18.00)Publisher: Rutgers University Press — 2002Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0813531071]Condition: Very Good+.Description: From the cover: “Science and religion are often thought to be advancing irreconcilable goals and thus to be mutually antagonistic. Yet in the often acrimonious debates between the scientific and religions communities, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that both science and religion are systems of thought and knowledge that aim to understand the world and our place in it.
Webs of Reality, a rare examination of the interrelationship between religion and science from a social science perspective, offers a broad view of the relationship, and poses practical questions regarding technology and ethics. Emphasizing how science and religion are practiced instead of highlighting the differences between them, the authors look for the subtle connections, tacit understandings, common history, symbols, and implicit myths that tie them together. How can the practice of science be understood from a religious point of view? What contributions can science make to a religious understanding of the world? What contributions can the social sciences make to understanding both knowledge systems? Looking at religion and science as fields of inquiry and habits of mind, the authors discover not only similarities between them but also a wide number of ways in which they complement each other..”Notes: Size: Trade Paperback (9¼" x 6"). 239 pages. Tags: religion and science social aspects civilization sociology campbell petry diver stahl 0813531071 0813531063 william robert yvonne gary
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Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock & Santha Faiia (£17.50)Publisher: Michael Joseph — 1998Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0718143329]Condition: Good+ — in Good+ Dust Wrapper. A little rubbing to the edges of the dust wrapper, pulled at the head of the upper panel with a slight tear to the top corner of the same. Ding to the spine. Price Clipped. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs; Diagrams; Maps; Plans;
From the cover: “In Heaven’s Mirror, author Graham Hancock continues the quest begun in his No. 1 international bestseller Fingerprints Of Thf Gods to rediscover the hidden legacy of mankind — the revelation that the cultures we term ancient were, in fact, the heirs to a far older forgotten civilization, and the inheritors of its archaic wisdom…
Working with the photographer Santha Faiia, his wife, Hancock traces a network of sacred sites around the globe on a spectacular voyage of discovery that takes us from the pyramids and temples of ancient Egypt to the enigmatic statues of Easter Island, from the haunting ruins of pre-Columbian America to the splendours of Angkor Wat, in order to crack the code of our lost ancestors. It is an odyssey that leads to sunken monuments and hidden chambers — a journey through myth and magic, and astounding archaeological revelations, that forces us to rethink our entire conception of the origins of civilization.
Much more than a sequel to Fingerprints Of The Gods, Heaven’s Mirror is a plunge into the spirituality of the ancients — a search for the revelation of a secret written in the language of astronomy, and recorded in the very foundations of the holiest sites of antiquity…
A secret which speaks of a mysterious connection between earth and heaven…
A secret which transforms temples into stars and men into gods…
The deepest and darkest secret of our forgotten past.”Notes: Size: 10½" x 8". Black boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 336 pages. Tags: astronomy ancient prehistoric peoples megalithic monuments civilization lost continents sacred places archaeology lab people body mind spirit thought practice world prehistory anthropology controversial knowledge reference curiosities wonders social science mysticism self-awareness graham hancock santha faiia 0718143329 first editions firsts printings 1st
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British Towns by Oliver Benn (£16.50)Publisher: London: Bouverie House — 1999Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0953277119]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Description: Illustrated by way of: Colour Photographs;
From the cover: “Having explored every aspect of Britain’s capital in his recent Benn’s London, photographer Oliver Benn casts his original eye over some of the most attractive and popular towns of England, Scotland and Wales. As with his previous books, people, activities and the contemporary scene are seen alongside the architecture, interiors and brief history. The 260 stunning colour photographs are complemented by lively essays from local authors in each town.
The towns featured in this book are chosen for their pictorial evocation of urban lifestyle throughout the ages, and are grouped under five thematic headings. The Medieval and Renaissance towns of Cambridge, Oxford and Warwick with their striking panoramas and atmospheric interiors are like a time capsule of an earlier age, but very much alive today as seats of learning and cultural attractions. The Georgian and Regency towns of Edinburgh, Bath and Brighton seem to retain the gracious air of eighteenth century life. The Cathedral Cities of Salisbury, Exeter and Lincoln remind us of the importance of our Christian heritage in the development of our urban centres.
As Peter Richards points out in his Introduction: “In essence, all towns are clusters of streets and houses that depend for their survival on commerce”. Ludlow, Richmond in Yorkshire and Saffron Walden are fine examples of traditional but flourishing Market Towns. Finally, the identity of our island has always been bound up with the sea, with its lure to adventure and economic significance. This aspect is revealed by the historic but still active Ports of Cardiff, Conwy and Dartmouth.
Benn’s photographs explore unfamiliar corners of towns we thought we knew and familiar places from unfamiliar angles: from above, from street-level and from the inside. The British town is shown as: “a magnificent diversity of buildings and townscapes”.”Notes: Illustrated by Oliver Benn. Size: 10" x 10½". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 175 pages. Tags: benn oliver 0953277119 cities towns britain architectural photography british isles depictions england views topography
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Explanation and Power: The Control of Human Behaviour by Morse Peckham (£15.50)Publisher: The Seabury Press — 1979Binding: Paperback (Uncorrected Proof) Condition: Good. An adequate reading copy only. Gently faded at the spine with some soiling of the wraps. A slightly dog-eared copy. Cutting pasted to the first blank. Text complete, clean and tight.Description: Explanation and Power proposes a radical theory of meaning; that is, meaning as response. Meaning is not immanent in word or sign, natural or man-made. Human behaviour depends on interaction, and interaction depends upon the stabilization of the meanings of verbal and non-verbal signs. Ultimately meaning can be stabilized only by explanation and when explanation fails, by force.Notes: Size: C Format (8½" x 5¼"). 297 pages. Tags: electro-encephalogram psycho-physiology psycholinguistics conditionability phenol-autonomic insusceptibility night-blindness eysenck-fumeaux rationalization misconceptions psychogalvanic suggestibility investigations interpretation generalization psychoanalysts parapsychology aklaq-i-jalali psychoanalysis questionnaire physiologists psychologists extra-sensory oneirocritics psychological anti-semitism socialization disinhibition personalities psychiatrists unconditional consciousness psychosomatic psychotherapy hallucination interreaction physiological lie-detection post-hypnotic precognition introversion subjectivity anaesthetics premonitions distinctions extraversion institutions transference experimental apperception somnambulism
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Fuzzy Monster: Fear and Loathing at the BBC by Chris and CLARKE, Steve Horrie (£15.50)Publisher: Heinemann — 1994Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good+ - in Good+ DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners. Bookplate to ffep.Description: In this exuberant, rip-roaring gallop through the recent history of the BBC, from the empire days of Alisdair Milne to the present day, the authors describe in particular the changes brought by the arrival of Marmaduke Hussey as chairman, who was denounced as the sort of person who thought FM stood for fuzzy monsters! This book mixes acute analysis with a romping good story filled with a glittering cast of eccentric egomaniacs. 315pp. Index. Size: 8vo Medium (8" x 5½" approx.) Jacket Designed by David Hughes.
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General Principles of Geology by J. F. Kirkaldy (£15.50)Publisher: Hutchinson — 1962Binding: Hardback Condition: Very Good. Spine a little faded. Discreet inscripton on fep.Description: Blue cloth with now faded gold titling on spine. Illustrated with B&W photographs. 332pp. Index. Maps. Size: 8vo Medium (9" x 5½" approx.)Tags: indurated excavated peneplain geologist alabaster cyclothem initiated direction separated principal aggregate sandstone hercynian tributary concealed intrusive ironstone watershed particles different saturated landforms siliceous hexagonal quartzite freestone impounded flagstone referring potassium silicates quarrying spasmodic ice-sheet carbonate fashioned magnesium magnesian processes intrusion destroyed fragments synclines mountains spherical deposited recession generated meltwater generally volcanoes
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History of the Homeland by Henry Hamilton (£15.50)Publisher: George Allen and Unwin. Book Cond — 1947Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded with loss at head and tail of the spine. Previous owners inscription to ffep. Spine heavily faded. Pages lightly age-tanned.Description: Primers for the Age of Plenty No. 4. The aim of this book is to deal with the history of some of the things that matter most to people to-day. It deals with Human Needs. There are chapters on the Land, on Food, on Dress, on Health. It records the Rise of Capitalism in Britain and America. There are chapters on Money, Commerce, the Specialist in British Society, the Labour Movement, the Place of Women in society and communications. It also deals with the British Empire, its Beginnings, the Growth of the Dominions, and economic Imperialism in Africa, Slavery and the Employment of Native Labour. It recalls the story of Government, Social Security, Education, and the struggle for Freedom of Thought and Freedom of Person. Fold-out plan to the rear pastedown.Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5¾". 576 pages. Tags: Commerce British Society British Empire Capitalism Government Social Security Education Freedom Imperialism Africa Slavery Native Labour
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A Review of Current Banking Theory and Practice by S. K. [Saroj Kumar] Basu (£14.50)Publisher: London & Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press — 1974Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. [ISBN: 0333135385]Condition: Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Dust wrapper reinforced at the spine ends with tape. Pages lightly age-tanned. Description: 2nd (revised by Alak Ghosh, enlarged) edition, 1st printing, [First Published: 1971] Contains: Tables;
From the cover: “A quiet revolution has been taking place in the theory and practice of central and commercial banking during the last twenty-five or thirty years. It may be of some interest to draw together the experiences of the various countries and integrate the underlying trends as constituting part of a general pattern. As the central bank forms the keystone of the financial structure, recent trends in its role and financial policies have been sought to be interpreted in considerable detail. The changing role of the commercial banks has also been duly stressed. Further, the problems posed by the rise and growth of non-banking financial intermediaries like hire-purchase finance companies and development banks have called for close examination. Lastly, as the working of the international financial system has excited a great deal of controversy and as plans for the reform of the present system, and even for its replacement, have been widely discussed, it has been thought fit to devote some attention to such issues as a ‘central bank for central banks’ and the recently introduced ‘special drawing rights’ system as possible solutions of the problem of international liquidity. Although the coverage of the book extends over both developed and developing countries, the backdrop, by and large, has been the economic and financial structure of the latter with India occupying the centre of the stage.”Notes: Size: 8¾" x 5½". Blue boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. [XII] 460 pages. Tags: basu banks banking central developing underdeveloped areas liquidity currency reserves rates policy policies credit control economies commercial bank deposits india indian monetary system 0333135385
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Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual by David Sawyer McFarland (£14.50)Publisher: Pogue Press — 2004Binding: Paperback [ISBN: 0596006314]Condition: Very Good. Upper wrapper slighty curled with a light vertical crease to the lower. Text complete, clean and tight. Description: 5th (revised) printing. From the cover: “Macromedia’s Dreamweaver MX 2004 offers a rich environment for building professional web sites, with drag-and-drop simplicity, clean HTML code, and dynamic database-driven web site creation tools. It comes with everything except perhaps the most important feature of all: a printed manual. Enter Dreamweaver MX 2004: The Missing Manual, the book that enables both first-time and experienced web designers to bring stunning, interactive web sites to life. What sets this new edition apart is the crystal-clear writing, welcome humour, and exclusive features like these: Live examples: With a step-by-step annotated tutorial, readers follow the construction of a state-of-the-art commercial web site, complete with Flash buttons, Cascading Style Sheets, and dynamic databases. Tricks of the trade: The book is bursting with undocumented workarounds and shortcuts. Design guidance. Readers can create any modern web feature, including forms, animations, pop-up windows, and more. This book lets you know which browsers, situations, and audiences are appropriate for each. With over 500 illustrations, a handcrafted index, and the clarity of thought that has made bestsellers of every Missing Manual to date, this new edition is the ultimate atlas for Dreamweaver MX 2004..”Notes: Size: 9¼" x 7". [XII] 836 pages. Tags: authoring computer computers design development dreamweaver file internet languages packages page programming programs publishing site sites software web
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Just Deterrence by Malcolm Mccall; Oliver Ramsbotham; (£14.50)Publisher: Brassey's — 1990Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0080407048]Condition: Good+ - in Good+ DJ. DJ slightly ruffled along edges. Mildly bumped at head & tail of spine and corners.Description: The concept of the Just War has had a profound influence on Christian thought regarding relationships between nations. When nuclear weapons are entered into the equation, the moral dilemmas become more acute; can vehicles of mass destruction be reconciled with the tenets of the Just War tradition?Notes: Size: 8vo Medium (23 x 14cm Approx.). 146 pages. Tags: Just War Christian nuclear wmd crusades nuclear missiles icmb trident cold war russia china cuba iran
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Basic Contributions to Psychology: Readings by Robert L Wrenn (£14.00)Publisher: Wadsworth — 1966Binding: Paperback First Edition. Condition: Very Good. A little rubbed at extremities otherwise a very well presented copy.Description: Basic contributions to psychology : Readings 308pp. Size: Oversized PaperbackTags: industrial/organizational electro-encephalogram psycho-physiology conditionability insusceptibility phenol-autonomic rationalization eysenck-fumeaux night-blindness suggestibility investigations specialization psychoanalysis interpretation misconceptions generalization psychoanalysts parapsychology aklaq-i-jalali psychogalvanic socialization personalities disinhibition extra-sensory lie-detection oneirocritics interreaction hallucination psychosomatic unconditional psychiatrists post-hypnotic psychologists physiologists anti-semitism physiological psychotherapy schizophrenic questionnaire psychological consciousness blood-stream hypnodontics appreciation psychologist equalization transference precognition dissociation subjectivity introversion
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Classic Ancient Mythology by Richard Patrick & Peter Croft (£14.00)Publisher: London: Galley Press — 1987Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0861784936]Condition: Very Good — in Very Good Dust Wrapper.Description: Illustrated with colour photographs.Notes: Size: 11½" x 8½". White boards with Orange titling to the Spine & Upper Board. Tags: egyptian mythology creator gods religious thought greek olympians iliad odyssey roman myth legends stuff tragedy heroes ancient civilization
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Sharpe's havoc : Richard Sharpe and the campaign in Northern Portugal, Spring 1809 by Bernard Cornwell (£14.00)Publisher: HarperCollins — 2003Binding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. [ISBN: 0007120109]Condition: Very Good+ — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. Leans very slightly.Description: Jacket illustration: The Battle of Fuentes d’Onoro, 1811. Illustrated by way of: Maps [1];
From the cover: “It is the spring of 1809 and a small British army is stationed in Lisbon when Marshal Soult begins the French invasion of northern Portugal. No one knows whether the British will fight or leave, but there is little choice for Lieutenant Richard Sharpe and his squad of riflemen, who are sent into the beleaguered city of Oporto to rescue a British mother and daughter who have chosen to stay rather than flee southwards. But what seems like a straightforward mission becomes tangled in betrayal when Kate Savage disappears.
Sharpe, with Sergeant Patrick Harper and a score of riflemen, is cut off in the city when the bridge over the river Douro is broken. They join forces with a group of fugitive Portuguese soldiers and try to fight their way back to the British lines, but their orders are overridden by a mysterious English officer, who instructs them to remain in northern Portugal. Colonel Christopher excels in high diplomacy and low cunning, and his activities lead Sharpe and his riflemen into treacherous danger.
While the French are consolidating their hold on the north of the country, Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, arrives to take command in the south. He immediately mounts his own counter-attack in a brilliant campaign that will rout the French. Sharpe becomes the hunter instead of the hunted and seizes the chance to rescue the missing Kate Savage and pursue the man who thought to sacrifice Sharpe and his riflemen for his own ambition. Amidst the wreckage of a defeated army, in the storm lashed hills of the Portuguese frontier, Sharpe takes a terrible revenge.
Sharpe’s Havoc is a classic Sharpe story, a return to Portugal with Richard Sharpe in fighting form in the company of Sergeant Patrick Harper, Captain Hogan and Sharpe’s beloved Greenjackets.”Notes: Size: 9½" x 6¼". Green boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 380 pages. Tags: ~0007120109~ first editions firsts printings 1st sharpe richard fictitious character fiction soldiers napoleonic wars portugal history maria
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How to Run a Good Party by Daphne Barraclough (£13.50)Publisher: W. Foulsham & Co. — UndatedBinding: Hardback in a Dust Wrapper. First Edition. Condition: Good - in Poor DJ. Unlaminated DJ a little edgeworn and faded, heavier so at the spine, with wear at the head, tail and corners. Gently bruised at head & tail of spine and corners. Offset to the endpapers. Edges of the textblock heavily spotted.Description: Circa 1955, assumed first edition. From the cover: “Why is it that sometimes a party will misfire — awkward gaps — Host and Hostess flurried and anxious. The reason is that there are many little things which if not thought of before, can ruin what should have been a good party. Ill assorted guests — wrong food — wrong drinks — wrong timing. This delightful book, tells how to avoid these errors, the right things to think of and arrange for before the party begins, to ensure all will go smoothly and everyone including you, the Host or Hostess, will thoroughly enjoy your party.Notes: Size: 7½" x 5". Cream boards with Black titling to the Spine. 128 pages. Tags: successful parties successful party giving party-goers catering household chores party-giving guests buffet party fare recipes party food flower charts choosing your guests wines sweetmeats christmas specialities childrens novelties
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