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Hardcover. Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504387
ISBN
9780674504387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.33

Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Coronet
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
KKD0006293
ISBN
9780340684795
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

CD-Audio. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 285 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
CD
Publication date
2012
Edition
Unabridged edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241977545
ISBN
9780241977545
CD
Condition: New

€ 24.00
€ 19.42

Hardcover. In these carefully crafted poems, John Latta traces the process of language attempting to align its measure against the amplitude of the world. His writing recognizes the futility of representing the world while braving the caprice of trying to do so. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 16. Weight in Grams: 299.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268021702
ISBN
9780268021702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.93

Paperback. An anthology of famed sportswriter John Lardner, including forty-nine of his most influential pieces Editor(s): Schulian, John. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803230477
ISBN
9780803230477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Picador
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSS0001215
ISBN
9780330344555
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 592 pages. Dimension: 210 x 141. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353235
ISBN
9780393353235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 784 pages, 2 x 8pp B&W plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; AN; BGF; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 52. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408831458
ISBN
9781408831458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.96

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The Bobbs-Merill Company Indianapolis
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
SKU
KLN0005552
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 20.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 26. Weight in Grams: 627.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217151
ISBN
9780823217151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.43

hardcover. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823217328
ISBN
9780823217328
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.75

Paperback. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
353
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217335
ISBN
9780823217335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Hardback. Reveals the role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. This book shows how the ideological and psychological dynamics of empire, particularly its reorganization of class identities at the colonial periphery, depended on figurations of masochism. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127125
ISBN
9780691127125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.53
€ 55.56

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640051
ISBN
9780691640051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.38

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 3. Weight in Grams: 85.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691612126
ISBN
9780691612126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.47

Hardback. John Kleiner investigates the place of error in the moral and aesthetic system of Dante's Comedy. He argues that Dante's delight in finely wrought patterns does not exclude an interest in patterns of disorder, that his pursuit of harmony intensifies his interest in dissonance. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721431
ISBN
9780804721431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.16

Hardcover. An innovative, critical, historically informed, yet accessible reassessment of writers who remained in Nazi Germany and Austria yet expressed nonconformity - even dissent - through their fiction. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139092
ISBN
9781571139092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.37

Paperback. A follow-up to the critically acclaimed Jam Tree Gully, Firebreaks records life and ecology in Western Australia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393352610
ISBN
9780393352610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.59

Paperback. "One of the most original and poignantly authentic poets writing in English."-Harold Bloom Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393341409
ISBN
9780393341409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.49

Paperback. An essential new collection from the visionary Australian poet Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 197 x 14. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Picador USA
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330511841
ISBN
9780330511841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. A new collection from an innovative and visionary Australian poet Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330453776
ISBN
9780330453776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Paperback. A compelling new poetry collection from the acclaimed Australian poet Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Main Market ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447259435
ISBN
9781447259435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardcover. Shakespeare's Binding Language is an innovative, substantial but highly readable study exploring the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges and the other verbal and performative acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198757580
ISBN
9780198757580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.41

Hardcover. 344pp. A love story set in Ireland during World War II
Publisher
Corona
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780972063043
ISBN
9780972063043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.48

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