1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453033203321

Autore

Chater Patricia

Titolo

Hidden treasure [[electronic resource] ] : a memoir / / by Patricia Chater ; introduced by Ann Hastings

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Harare [Zimbabwe], : Weaver Press, 2012

ISBN

1-280-87556-9

9786613716873

1-77922-205-X

1-77922-204-1

1-77922-206-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (170 p.)

Disciplina

291.42

Soggetti

Converts

Electronic books.

Zimbabwe Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Chapter 12; Chapter 13; Chapter 14; Chapter 15; Chapter 16; Chapter 17; Chapter 18; Chapter 19; Chapter 20; Chapter 21; Chapter 22; Epilogue; Endnotes; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

Patricia Chater wrote this account of her life from the unique position of an English woman who became absorbed into a religious community when she joined the caring and spiritual church of St Francis in Zimbabwe in the early 1960's. In a sympathetic, understated and matter-of-fact manner, she describes what it meant for the members of the community to struggle for liberation in their own land and then to face the challenges of the post-independence years. Her memoir is a contribution to the story of Zimbabwe, showing how national events impact on one particular place and on one particular group...



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996394578403316

Autore

Hatton Edward <b. 1664?>

Titolo

The merchant's magazine: or, Trades-man's treasury [[electronic resource] ] : Containing I. Arithmetick in whole numbers and fractions, vulgar and decimal; with the reason and demonstration of each rule: adorn'd with curious copper-cutts of the chief tables and titles. II. Merchants accompts, or a most concise way of casting up the value of merchandize, tare and trett, interest of coin, rules of barter, loss and gain, fellowship, equation of payment, and several matters relating to exchange: never before made publick. III.Book-keeping, after a plain, easie, and natural method; shewing how to enter, post, close, and ballance an accompt, &c. The second edition. To which is added in this impression (besides many additions in the former work) five whole chapters: viz. I. Maxims concerning bills of exchange, ... II. The post of letters to and from foreign countries; and the days when mails are sent ... III. An account of the commodities produced by all countries; their chief towns for trade, ... IV. A merchant or trader's dictionary, ... V. Presidents [sic] of mercha

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed by J. Heptinstall, for Chr. Coningsby, at the Golden Turk's Head against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleetstreet, 1697

Descrizione fisica

[16], 172, 3, 3, [11], 194-258, [2] p., plates : ill. (tables)

Soggetti

Arithmetic

Bookkeeping

International trade

Business

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

With a final advertisment leaf.

Some sections of text are preceded by an engraved plate describing the section which follows.

Pages between p. 172 and p. 194 are examples of business forms with parenthetical repeated numbers for each group of forms; of the [11] pages, the first five are numbered "(1)", followed by pairs on the verso and recto of successive leaves numbered "(2)" "(3)" and "(4)" respectively; the register is continuous.



Frontispiece = plate = portrait.

Reproduction of the original in the Goldsmith's Company Library at the University of London.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0058