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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Arthur Eckstein's interpretation challenges the way Polybius' "Histories" have long been viewed. He argues that Polybius evaluates people and events as much from a moral viewpoint as from a pragmatic, utilitarian, or even Machiavellian one. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 325 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 24. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085206
- ISBN
- 9780520085206
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.68€ 53.80
€ 68.68
€ 53.80
Paperback. In Vichy France, 1942, a group of men sit outside an office, waiting to be interviewed. The reason they have been pulled off the street and taken there is obvious enough. They are, for the most part, Jews. But how serious an offence this is, and how they are to suffer for it, is not clear, and they hope for the best. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190020
- ISBN
- 9780141190020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141190044
- ISBN
- 9780141190044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a lost life of affluence he's finally come to sell. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189987
- ISBN
- 9780141189987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. In an unidentified Latin American country, General Felix Barriaux has captured an elusive revolutionary leader. The rebel, known by various names, is rumoured to have performed miracles throughout the countryside. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241198926
- ISBN
- 9780241198926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405861809
- ISBN
- 9781405861809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189994
- ISBN
- 9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. A car wreck on the slopes of Mount Morgan puts insurance tycoon Lyman Felt in the hospital. While Lyman recovers, two women meet in the hospital waiting room only to discover that they are both married to him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241198889
- ISBN
- 9780241198889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.00€ 11.81
€ 13.00
€ 11.81
Paperback. In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189970
- ISBN
- 9780141189970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141189963
- ISBN
- 9780141189963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.27
€ 11.99
€ 10.27
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408123119
- ISBN
- 9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.63
€ 21.63
Paperback. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century Num Pages: 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 550. A Life. 688 pages, 32 pp b/w intergrated. The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth century. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 129 x 197 x 44. Weight: 550.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408836316
- ISBN
- 9781408836316
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.64
€ 12.64
Paperback. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. 8vo .Good copy
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Edition
- 1978th Edition
- SKU
- KEX0293733
- ISBN
- 9780333215142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Pollard, Arthur. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865977587
- ISBN
- 9780865977587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.94
€ 11.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. Editor(s): Jary, Andrew. Translator(s): Jary, Andrew. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Crescent Moon Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861713605
- ISBN
- 9781861713605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.40
€ 19.40
Paperback. A novella that tells how through a simple sexual admission a husband and wife ware driven apart into rival worlds of erotic revenge. Translator(s): Davies, J.M.Q. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98. Good clean copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141182247
- ISBN
- 9780141182247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.27
€ 13.99
€ 10.27
Paperback. Translator(s): Watt, Norman. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410749
- ISBN
- 9781572410749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. .
- Edition
- 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424133
- ISBN
- 9780140424133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. This title offers both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. It uses literary concepts to ask social scientific questions: how do stories make life better, and when do they endanger it? Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004839
- ISBN
- 9780226004839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.17
€ 27.99
€ 23.17
Paperback. Drawing on the work of authors such as Oliver Sacks, Anatole Broyard, Norman Cousins, and Audre Lorde, as well as the people he met during the years he spent among different illness groups, the author recounts a collection of illness stories. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFH; MBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226004976
- ISBN
- 9780226004976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.26
€ 25.99
€ 21.26
Hardcover. Stories accompany us through life from birth to death. Stories connect people, but they can also disconnect, creating boundaries between people and justifying violence. This book grapples with this fundamental aspect of our lives, offering both a theory of how stories shape us and a useful method for analyzing them. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226260136
- ISBN
- 9780226260136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Hardback. This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student--oriented guides to the under--published field of early modern womena s writing. Editor(s): Pacheco, Anita. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 188 x 27. Weight in Grams: 916.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217022
- ISBN
- 9780631217022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.90
€ 227.90
Paperback. This timely volume represents one of the first comprehensive, student-oriented guides to the under-published field of early modern women's writing. Editor(s): Pacheco, Anita. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176118
- ISBN
- 9781405176118
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.53
€ 57.53
Paperback. This illustrated history surveys English literature in India from the 1800s to the 1900s, covering not only what is considered literature proper but also other genres such as polemical, anthropological and wildlife writings. Editor(s): Mehrotra, Arvind Krishna. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 149 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- C Hurst & Co (Publishers)Ltd
- Number of pages
- 450
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850656814
- ISBN
- 9781850656814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.29€ 52.60
€ 53.29
€ 52.60