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Paperback. The "Contes et nouvelles en vers" of Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) were published at various times throughout his life, often these works threatened to get him in trouble with both Church and Academie. This translation covers the entire corpus in all their variety. Num Pages: 273 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Black Widow Press United States
Edition
Rev ed
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981808819
ISBN
9780981808819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.62

Paperback. Aims to transform the world's great fables into charming poems of originality, wit, and verve. The author depicts lions, frogs, donkeys, rats, insects, birds and wily foxes in situations that reveal the quirks, follies and frailties he observed in humankind. He presents sins of pride, greed, and vanity under humorous attack. Illustrator(s): Grandville, J.J. Editor(s): Michie, James. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455243
ISBN
9780140455243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.36

Hardback. Connects the woman healer and the go between in early Iberian literature to the concurrent professionalisation of medicine Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754528
ISBN
9780838754528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.40

Paperback. At home, Paul shares a private world with his sister Elisabeth, a world from which parents are tacitly excluded. Their room is where the Game is played, the Game being their own bizarre version of life. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
9780099561378
ISBN
9780099561378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 5.70

Paperback.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573033810
ISBN
9780573033810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.63

Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
Center for Hellenic Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674660199
ISBN
9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Paperback. This book brings together new poems with poetry and reggae chants from four previous collections. Many of the poems are included on an accompanying DVD featuring two Jean 'Binta' Breeze performances filmed by Pamela Robertson-Pearce. Illustrator(s): Robertson-Pearce, Pamela. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390. 192pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Edition
Pap/DVD
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
9781852249106
ISBN
9781852249106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Poems of coming home, both a departure and a return for Breeze, who left her village in Jamaica to become an inter-nationally renowned Dub poet and storyteller. Published on her 60th birthday, launched with a UK reading tour. Num Pages: 72 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780372853
ISBN
9781780372853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 40 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 4. Weight in Grams: 72.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Women's Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9780958339384
ISBN
9780958339384
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: DD; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 9. Weight in Grams: 138.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The Women's Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9780958339377
ISBN
9780958339377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 73 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
The Women's Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
73
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780958339322
ISBN
9780958339322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.53

Paperback. This is the first critical edition of Les Marguerites, poemes heroique, a volume originally published in Bordeaux in 1676. Written in alexandrines, divided into five cantos (chants), Les Marguerities offers a fascinating example of playful contemporary poetic taste where epic heroism is transformed into gallantry. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 51 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
51
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896429
ISBN
9780859896429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.20

hardcover. Born in 1877 on the British Columbia frontier, Constance Lindsay Skinner died in New York City in 1939, a successful and prolific writer. In contrast to her reputation in the United States, she remains virtually unknown in the country of her birth. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 701.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802036780
ISBN
9780802036780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Paperback. Translator(s): Dillon, G. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 199 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
199
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226150772
ISBN
9780226150772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Sisson, C. H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555994
ISBN
9780199555994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Lockert, Lacy. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623795
ISBN
9780691623795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.29
€ 55.72

Features prose translations that remain close to the original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a language that echoes the effect created by Moliere's verse. This title discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and the comic tradition; and, the setting, casting, and style of the plays. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841283
ISBN
9781603841283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.06

Paperback. Features prose translations that remain close to the original French, giving us the speech of the characters in a language that echoes the effect created by Moliere's verse. This title discusses Moliere's life; Tartuffe, The Misanthrope, and the comic tradition; and, the setting, casting, and style of the plays. Translator(s): Steiner, Prudence L. Num Pages: 274 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841276
ISBN
9781603841276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Hardcover. Being a translation into English verse by the Earl of Longford, of L'Ecole Des Dames. With illustrations, by the translator
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Hodges, Figgis & Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1948
SKU
KHS1004218
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Antoine-Dunne, Jean. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845232207
ISBN
9781845232207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.03

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