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Paperback. The powerful and bestselling memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds. Made into a Bafta and Oscar-winning film. Translator(s): Bell, Anthea. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1DVP; AVH; AVRG; BGFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753814055
ISBN
9780753814055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529653
ISBN
9780714529653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.35

paperback. Nobel Prize winner Wislawa Szymborska draws us in with her unexpected, unassuming humour. Her elegant, precise poems pose questions we never thought to ask. Carefully edited by her long time, award winning translator, Clare Cavanagh, the poems in Map trace Szymborska's work until her death in 2012. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 203 x 45. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ecco
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9780544705159
ISBN
9780544705159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.89

Paperback. A collection of poems which includes the text of "View With a Grain of Sand" and 64 additional translations, as well as the author's Nobel Prize acceptance speech. Translator(s): Baranczak, Stanislaw; Cavanagh, Clare. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571196685
ISBN
9780571196685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.44

paperback. A collection of poems by Wislawa Szymborska. It features twenty-seven poems. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Ecco
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780547592091
ISBN
9780547592091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. This collection of Szymborska's work reveals her to be concerned with the unglamorized actualities of the human condition. She is one of a generation of Polish poets which witnessed the years of Soviet oppression and spoke for the feelings of the Polish people. Translator(s): Baranczak, Stanislaw; Cavanagh, Clare. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571191635
ISBN
9780571191635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.85

Paperback. While the structure and themes of the "Divine Comedy" are defined by the narrative of a spiritual pilgrimage guided by Christian truth, this work reveals that Dante's engagement with the great Latin poets Vergil, Ovid, Lucan, and Statius constitutes a complementary narrative centered on psychological and artistic self-discovery. Series: William and Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268044121
ISBN
9780268044121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.78

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646763
ISBN
9780691646763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.91

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691642987
ISBN
9780691642987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.12

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691615578
ISBN
9780691615578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.65

hardcover. Ludwig Tieck's 1797 rewriting of Charles Perrault's famous Bluebeard tale (1697) explicitly claims to be an "arabesque" book "without any sense and coherence." The author's close reading of this capricious narrative, based on Kant's theory of what it means to produce nonsense, reveals a specifically Romantic type of nonsense. Translator(s): Pickford, Henry. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804729512
ISBN
9780804729512
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.14

Paperback. A compendium of never-before-collected quotations from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Christopher Hitchens on hundreds of subjects Editor(s): Mann, Windsor. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456. From Alcohol to Zionism: The Very Best of Christopher Hitchens. 336 pages. Editor(s): Mann, Windsor. A compendium of quotes of number 1 "New York Times" bestselling author Christopher Hitchens. Drawn from his many TV appearances, debates, lectures, interviews, articles, and books, it is arranged alphabetically by subject, from Atheism to Alcoholism, Mother Teresa to George Orwell, Islamofacism to Iraq, Smoking to Sex, and more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNJ. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 26. Weight: 440.
Publisher
Hachette Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306819582
ISBN
9780306819582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed. Editor(s): McConnell, Winder. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134592
ISBN
9781571134592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

paperback. The World Within pulls aside the curtain on a variety of literary personalities and careers, presenting frank, funny, and informal discussions with Sherman Alexie, Francine Prose, George Saunders, Mark Strand, and others. Writers discuss craft, literary theft, dry spells, what they do besides writing, and more. Editor(s): MacArthur, Holly; McCulloch, Jeanne; Montgomery, Lee; Spillman, Rob; Wildgen, Michelle. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Tin House Books United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780977698967
ISBN
9780977698967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.94

Hardback. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665240
ISBN
9781624665240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.27
€ 50.03

Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781603841979
ISBN
9781603841979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.37
€ 41.64

Hardcover. Editor(s): Idema, Wilt L.; Li, Wai-yee; Widmer, Ellen. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 525 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 181. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017757
ISBN
9780674017757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.65
€ 55.76

Paperback. The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841948
ISBN
9781603841948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. This anthology offers a glimpse of women's writings not only in poetry but in other genres, including essays and letters, drama, religious writing and narrative fiction. These are presented within their respective biographical and historical contexts. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 800 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674013933
ISBN
9780674013933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.90

paperback. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc (US)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624665233
ISBN
9781624665233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.69

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