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Books Under Suspicion

Kathryn Kerby

Paperback. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 976.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 616
Condition: New
SKU: V9780268033231
ISBN: 9780268033231

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Paradise Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete

Paperback. A study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had 'earned Paradise.' It adduces parallels to the texts on the lamellae from the Byzantine period and modern Greece to illuminate the human quest for 'earning Paradise.' Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVGSC; 2AHA; DSBB; HDDK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2010
Publisher: Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages: 200
Condition: New
SKU: V9780674023796
ISBN: 9780674023796

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The Composition of Kepler's Astronomia nova.

James R. Voelkel

Hardcover. Drawing on Kepler's correspondence and manuscripts, this book reveals that the style of Kepler's magnum opus, "Astronomia nova" (1609), has been traditionally misinterpreted. Kepler laid forth the first two of his three laws of planetary motion in this work. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 halftone, 15 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; PGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2001
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Edition: 0th Edition
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691007380
ISBN: 9780691007380

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€ 124.60
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The Social Vision of William Blake

Michael Ferber

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 371.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages: 272
Condition: New
SKU: V9780691611464
ISBN: 9780691611464

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Fictions of Femininity: Literary Inventions of Gender in Japanese Cour...

Edith Sarra

Hardback. This study explores women writers and gender portrayals at the Japanese Heian court and Heian memoirists creations of themselves in four texts: "Kagero Nikki", "Makura No Soshi", "Sarashina Nikki, and "Sanuki No Suke Nikki". Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages: 344
Condition: New
Edition: 1st Edition
SKU: V9780804733786
ISBN: 9780804733786

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The People and the Word: Reading Native Nonfiction

Robert Warrior

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 280 pages, 2 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 376.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition: Annotated
Number of pages: 280
Condition: New
SKU: V9780816646173
ISBN: 9780816646173

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The History of King Richard the Third: A Reading Edition

Thomas More

Paperback. "The History of King Richard the Third" is Thomas More's English masterpiece. This book intends to make More's work accessible to 21st-century readers. It presents More's text with modern English spelling and punctuation, and with full annotation of linguistic difficulties and the historical background. Editor(s): Logan, George M.; More, Saint Thomas. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w photos, 1 index. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 209 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2005
Publisher: Indiana University Press United States
Edition: A reading ed
Number of pages: 208
Condition: New
SKU: V9780253217998
ISBN: 9780253217998

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The Puritan Origins of the American Self: With a New Preface

Sacvan Bercovitch

Paperback. Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language, myth, and society, this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: Yale University Press United States
Edition: Reissue
Number of pages: 260
Condition: New
SKU: V9780300172416
ISBN: 9780300172416

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The Other New York Jewish Intellectuals

Carole S Kessner

Paperback. These essays discuss members of the "other" New York Jewish Intellectuals, men and women who lived in New York during the 1930s and 40s, and who wrote and worked in a different intellectual circle from the one inhabited by those known as the New York Jewish Intellectuals. Num Pages: 394 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.

Format: Paperback
Publication date: 1994
Publisher: New York University Press United States
Edition: Illustrated
Number of pages: 394
Condition: New
SKU: V9780814746608
ISBN: 9780814746608

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The Age of Lovecraft

Carl H. Sederholm (Ed.)

Hardback. Editor(s): Sederholm, Carl H.; Weinstock, Jeffrey Andrew. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 422.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages: 296
Condition: New
SKU: V9780816699247
ISBN: 9780816699247

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The Muses on Their Lunch Hour

Marjorie Garber

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 2016
Publisher: Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages: 216
Condition: New
SKU: V9780823273720
ISBN: 9780823273720