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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Translated from Odiya, Bheda is a story about caste conflicts in the Kalahandi district of Odisha. When the educated members of the Dalit community become conscious of their plight and rise up in revolt, the upper castes unite to take revenge on them and their leader. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: D; DS; FV. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199476077
ISBN
9780199476077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Paperback. A history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. It explains how the translation came to be commissioned and who the translators were, before tracing its textual history, and the responses it has provoked to the present day. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRCC2; HRCC9; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199693016
ISBN
9780199693016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629803
ISBN
9780691629803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.05

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 388 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691614588
ISBN
9780691614588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.65
€ 51.49

Series: MIP Research in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 166 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1034.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442152
ISBN
9781580442152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Mikhail, E. H. Num Pages: 51 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 4. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
51
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349016297
ISBN
9781349016297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.61

Hardcover. Using Davies' archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars. Num Pages: 538 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 225 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1740.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
912
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039385
ISBN
9780802039385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.78

Paperback. "Big books" allow groups of children respond to a story as they would during a one-to-one reading with an adult. This reference covers: the shared reading experience; enlarging text/illustrations; purchasing and using big books; suggested activities; and a bibliography of big books. Series: School Library Media Series. Num Pages: 112 pages, 48 illustrations, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; JNV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 219 x 9. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810836211
ISBN
9780810836211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634034
ISBN
9780815634034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.65

hardcover. Through innovative readings of Sophocles, the Marquis de Sade and Mario Vargas Llosa, Binding Violence examines literary visions of the constitution of autonomous polities in the context of historical emergences of democracy. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804763301
ISBN
9780804763301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271027234
ISBN
9780271027234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.48
€ 44.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon Germany
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9783898219952
ISBN
9783898219952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108080088
ISBN
9781108080088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.41
€ 37.46

Hardcover. Brings together Manetti's famous biographies of Dante, Petrarch and Boccaccio, which helped establish the canon of Italian literature, as well as his parallel lives of Socrates and Seneca, which remained the standard biographical sources for those philosophers throughout the early modern period. Translator(s): Baldassarri, Stefano U.; Bagemihl, Rolf. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; BGH; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 142 x 25. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674011342
ISBN
9780674011342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.11

Paperback. For thousands of years we have recorded real lives - the lives of others, and of ourselves. For what purpose and for whom has this universal and timeless pursuit endured? What obstacles have lain in the path of biographers in the past, and what continues to confound biographers today? This title answers these questions. Num Pages: 360 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: BGH; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140 x 48. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034716
ISBN
9780674034716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.06

Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199533541
ISBN
9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360636
ISBN
9780822360636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.67

Hardback. In Bioinsecurities Neel Ahuja shows how twentieth-century U.S. imperial expansion was dependent on controlling the spread of disease through the transformation of humans, animals, bacteria, and viruses into living theaters of warfare and securitization. Series: Animal. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBTB; JFSL4; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360483
ISBN
9780822360483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 82.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Spinifex Press Australia
Edition
1st
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9781875559886
ISBN
9781875559886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.07

Hardcover. Aristophanes (c. 450 c. 386 BCE) has been admired since antiquity for his wit, fantasy, language, and satire. The protagonists of "Birds" create a utopian counter-Athens. In "Lysistrata" wives go on conjugal strike until their husbands end war. Women in "Women at the Thesmophoria" punish Euripides for portraying them as wicked. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 119 x 33. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995871
ISBN
9780674995871
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.92

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