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Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 720
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539918
- ISBN
- 9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.12
€ 61.12
Paperback. Originally published in 1959, this is a collection of Mailer's stories, essays, polemic, meditations and interviews. It may be considered both as a chronicle of a crucial era in the formation of modern American culture, and as a contribution to the autobiographical tradition in American letters. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 210 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674005907
- ISBN
- 9780674005907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.24
€ 43.99
€ 36.24
paperback. The intimate chronicle of one of our leading composers and writers. Num Pages: 456 pages, 8pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306809644
- ISBN
- 9780306809644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.36
€ 26.99
€ 20.36
Jane Campion: Interviews (Conversations with Filmmakers (Hardcover))
Virginia Wright . Ed(S): Wexman
paperback. Editor(s): Wexman, Virginia Wright. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781578060832
- ISBN
- 9781578060832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780940322127
- ISBN
- 9780940322127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.29
€ 19.99
€ 15.29
Paperback. Precociously brilliant in his youth, Cyril Connolly was haunted for the rest of his life by a sense of failure and a romatic yearning to recover a lost Eden. His two great books, "The Unquiet Grave" and "Enemies of Promise", are classics of English prose, combining wit, romanticism and merciless self-knowledge. Num Pages: 672 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 36. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712666350
- ISBN
- 9780712666350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
hardcover. Translator(s): Johnston, David, Governor General of Canada. Num Pages: 450 pages, 16 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: BGHA; JWH; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1082.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd (US)
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780887407185
- ISBN
- 9780887407185
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.33
€ 44.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. An amazingly rich window onto a lost world of African American history Num Pages: 464 pages, 33 photographs; 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBES; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 865. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252074400
- ISBN
- 9780252074400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
paperback. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, the author charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; JFFG; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 407. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252072192
- ISBN
- 9780252072192
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.76
€ 18.99
€ 18.76
paperback. Traces the political journey of a leading worker radical whose life and experiences encapsulate radicalism's rise and fall in the United States. Integrating indigenous and international factors that determined the fate of American communism, this book provides an understanding of the basis for radicalism among twentieth-century American workers. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252070518
- ISBN
- 9780252070518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 22.10
€ 23.99
€ 22.10
paperback. Presents a personal chronicle of Fanny, a young girl growing up Jewish in a small midwestern town. This novel charts Fanny's emotional growth through her relationship with her mother, the shrewd, sympathetic Molly Brandeis. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 377.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252069468
- ISBN
- 9780252069468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
paperback. The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. This title follows the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation. Translator(s): Radice, Late Betty. Num Pages: 384 pages, further reading, notes, maps, index. BIC Classification: BGH; DNF; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 23. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780140448993
- ISBN
- 9780140448993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.53
€ 15.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. 8vo.Some minor wear otherwise a good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KEX0264505
- ISBN
- 9780316027106
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Leadership Embodied, 2nd Edition: The Secrets to Success of the Most E...
Usmc (Ret.) Lt. Col. Joseph J. Thomas
Paperback. Now in its second edition, Leadership Embodied is an instructive collection of short biographical essays focusing on Navy and Marine Corps personnel, who have demonstrated notable leadership characteristics. Num Pages: 249 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBW; JWF; TTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 188 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Naval Institute Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612513034
- ISBN
- 9781612513034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
paperback. This set of diaries (1841-1864) brings to light the journal notations of James Henry Hammond, a prominent South Carolina planter and slaveholder. They reveal a man whose fortune and intellect combined to make him an important leader, but whose flaws kept him from true greatness. Num Pages: 372 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGHA; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University South Carolina Pr United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570032226
- ISBN
- 9781570032226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.85
€ 31.85
paperback. Documenting the changes occurring since the 1984 study, this edition provides a collection of life histories from the women of Mutira. Two new introductory chapters frame the life histories within the context both of significant macro-level transitions in Kenya and current thinking on gender. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 3JJ; BG; JFSF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555876029
- ISBN
- 9781555876029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.48
€ 33.48
Num Pages: 144 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 15 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: BGH; JKVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138939967
- ISBN
- 9781138939967
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 195.24
€ 195.24
Paperback. This work of compelling lyrical unity tells the story of growing up black in the colonial world of Martinique. Translator(s): Warner, Keith Q. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: BG; BT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Three Continents Pr
- Edition
- 1st English language ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780914478683
- ISBN
- 9780914478683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.33
€ 26.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: BGXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fortress Press
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780800632595
- ISBN
- 9780800632595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.02
€ 52.02
This text offers both first-hand witness to women's resistance to state violence, and insights into the formation of women's community. It describes how political prisoners forged alliances to demand better conditions and to maintain their sanity in the confines of their cramped cell. Translator(s): Booth, Marilyn. Series: Literature of the Middle East S. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; BG; JFSJ1; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520088887
- ISBN
- 9780520088887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.14
€ 38.14