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Paperback. Translator(s): Zweig, Arnulf. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; BG; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 283.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423616
ISBN
9780226423616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.32

Hardback. In this work, philosopher Dorothy Emmet looks back on the philosophers who had an influence upon her work. Personal portraits she draws include H.A. Pritchard, R.G. Collingwood, A.N. Whitehead, Samuel Alexander, R.B. Braithwaite, Michael Polanyi and Alasdair MacIntyre. Num Pages: 144 pages, biography. BIC Classification: BGA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333670132
ISBN
9780333670132
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.20

Paperback. This is the Film Tie-In edition of Martin Sixsmith's moving book. The film stars Dame Judi Dench, and is currently scheduled for Boxing Day release. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BTP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358. This is the Film Tie-In edition of Martin Sixsmith's moving book. The film stars Dame Judi Dench, and is currently scheduled for Boxing Day release. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: BTP; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358. Fine copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0014059
ISBN
9781447245223
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. "A Sarah Mills Hodge Fund publication"--T.p. verso. Series: Sarah Mills Hodge Fund Publication. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820333380
ISBN
9780820333380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.57

A fun way to introduce readers to popular authors whose work they've probably already read. Authors such as J.K. Rowling, Theodore Geisel (Dr Suess), and Louisa May Alcott are profiled in these exciting titles. Series: Who Wrote That?. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 173 x 11. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Chelsea House Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780791086582
ISBN
9780791086582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. Drawing on Philip Johnsons correspondence, personal photographs, and speeches, and on interviews with his friends and contemporaries, this biography presents information and discussion of the architect's family, travels and friends, as well as his many buildings and spaces. Num Pages: 484 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: AMB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226740584
ISBN
9780226740584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.50

Hardback. Philippines is Helene Cixous's reverie or 'truedreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy,autobiographical memories conflating Algeria and Paris, childhoodand adult life, shared with her brother 'Pete', and literaryevocations from Proust and George du Maurier's forgotten novelPeter Ibbetson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648156
ISBN
9780745648156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.85

Paperback. Philippines is Helene Cixous's reverie or 'truedreaming' which intertwines Freud's uneasy views on telepathy,autobiographical memories conflating Algeria and Paris, childhoodand adult life, shared with her brother 'Pete', and literaryevocations from Proust and George du Maurier's forgotten novelPeter Ibbetson. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745648163
ISBN
9780745648163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.71

Hardcover. The work of one of the most influential and innovative hat designers of this century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 250 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; 3JM; AKB; AKTA; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 349 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2810.
Publisher
Rizzoli International Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847846504
ISBN
9780847846504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.09
€ 68.10

paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226304687
ISBN
9780226304687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.81

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226304540
ISBN
9780226304540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.48
€ 63.57

paperback. Drawing on unpublished correspondence and other archival sources, this biography of Philip of Spain places him within the social, cultural, religious and regional context of his times. In doing so the author aims to reveal much about Philip the youth, the man, the husband and often troubled King. Num Pages: 400 pages, 32 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664. Good clean copy. Covers showing a little shelf wear. Lightly toned, text is crisp and clear and remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030976
ISBN
9780300078008
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 2 x 8 page B&W plates, 1 x 8 page colour plate. BIC Classification: BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408851692
ISBN
9781408851692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.03

Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24, he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BJ; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 43. Weight in Grams: 770. Very good copy in near fine dustwrapper. First edition
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
Main
Number of pages
496
SKU
KEX0303689
ISBN
9780571239092
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Paperback. Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both twenty-four; he was the newly-appointed assistant librarian and she was an English lecturer. This title consists of nearly two thousand letters, which chronicle various aspects of Larkin's life and the convolutions of their relationship. Editor(s): Thwaite, Anthony. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 36. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571239108
ISBN
9780571239108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Alexander the Great is probably the most famous ruler of antiquity, and his spectacular conquests are recounted often in books and films. But what of his father, Philip II, who united Macedonia, created the best army in the world at the time, and conquered and annexed Greece? This biography explores the details of Philip's life and legacy. Num Pages: 336 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300164763
ISBN
9780300164763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.70

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; BGH; HBLA1; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638478
ISBN
9780691638478
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.18

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; BGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812695199
ISBN
9780812695199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.20

Hardcover. The death of Philip Gould, former Labour Party Communications Director, in 2011 deprived Britain of one of its most acute and well-respected political minds. In this book his friends and colleagues including David Miliband and Lord Mandelson discuss his life from his early years in the Labour Party to his ultimately doomed fight against cancer. Editor(s): Kavanagh, Dennis. Num Pages: 198 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; BGH; HBJD1; HBLW3; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 199 x 21. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137281128
ISBN
9781137281128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 80 Colour Pages throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVRL1; BGF; KND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 916. 352 pages, 80 Colour Pages throughout. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AVRL1; BGF; KND. Dimension: 278 x 184 x 22. Weight: 896.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Centerstream Publishing United States
Edition
2
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574242799
ISBN
9781574242799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.51

Hardback. An aristocratic member of a prominent Philadelphia family, Sidney George Fisher was a prolific man of letters. He kept a detailed diary that chronicled not only daily life in America's second city but also the key political, social, and cultural events of the 19th century. This book talks about the Fisher's diary written during the Civil War. Editor(s): White, Jonathan W. Series: North's Civil War. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: BG; DNJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 539.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823227273
ISBN
9780823227273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.95

Hardcover. Offers an account of renowned civil-rights lawyer David Kairys' personal quest for achieving social justice during the turbulent 1960s and 70s. This title brings us into Kairys' law career and the struggles of the 60s as his professional and private life navigated the turmoil and promise of the civil rights and antiwar movements. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJPK; BM; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472116386
ISBN
9780472116386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.05
€ 85.11

Paperback. Covers the author's burgeoning law career and the struggles of the 60s as his professional and private life navigated the turmoil and promise of the civil rights and antiwar movements. Num Pages: 448 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JJPK; BM; JPVH1; LAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033102
ISBN
9780472033102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.41

Paperback. This story of the Houston and Woodward families' continuing public service offers a unique perspective on Philadelphia history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 232 pages, 33 illus. BIC Classification: BGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812214062
ISBN
9780812214062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.03

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