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Hardcover. The "Metamorphoses" ("The Golden Ass") of Apuleius (born c. 125 CE) is a romance combining realism and magic. Lucius wants the sensations of a bird, but by pharmaceutical accident becomes an ass. The bulk of the novel recounts his adventures as an animal, but Lucius also recounts many stories he overhears, including that of Cupid and Psyche. Translator(s): Hanson, J.A. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 115 x 21. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Harvard UP
Number of pages
286
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674994980
ISBN
9780674994980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. Apuleius (born ca. 125 AD), one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was a prominent figure in Roman Africa best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass. This edition, new to the Loeb Classical Library, contains Apuleius' other surviving works that are considered genuine. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997110
ISBN
9780674997110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Is "Cupid and Psyche" a romance, a folktale, a Platonic allegory of the nature of the soul, a Jungian tale of individuation, or an archetypal dream? This book provides a translation of this best known section of "Apuleius' Golden Ass". Translator(s): Relihan, Joel C. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209725
ISBN
9780872209725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.44

hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJ; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
2nd Edition
SKU
V9780823233557
ISBN
9780823233557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.16

Paperback. Series: Acting Edition S. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Samuel French Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780573130076
ISBN
9780573130076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.84

Paperback. Desperate to get away from her family and from a culture where everybody knows everything about everybody, Edie moves out but can she ever manage to move on? Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 85. Paperback in good to very condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
SKU
KRF0020456
ISBN
9780571203550
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This study focuses on 18th-century fiction written by women to demonstrate how authors implicitly examined and resisted patrilineal models, including notions of literary tradition and of women's place in the domestic sphere. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 593.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804726603
ISBN
9780804726603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.44

paperback. Do Midwesterners have a peculiar way of looking at the world? Is there something not quite right about the way they see things? For such a normal place, the heartland has produced some writers who take an individual approach to storytelling. This book contains 33 tales that showcase the wonderful vision of some of the region's best-known writers. Editor(s): Martone, Michael. Series: Quarry Books. Num Pages: 328 pages, 21 b&w illus. BIC Classification: DQ; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Quarry Books United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210227
ISBN
9780253210227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Richardson, John. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 192 pages, text, translation and commentary. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687204
ISBN
9780856687204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Uncle Petros is a family joke - an ageing recluse in a suburb of Athens, playing chess and gardening. His young nephew soon discovers his uncle was once a celebrated mathematician who staked all on solving the problem of Goldbach's Conjecture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571205110
ISBN
9780571205110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.69

Paperback. Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary. Translator(s): Athanassakis, Apostolos N.; Wolkow, Benjamin M. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408828
ISBN
9781421408828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.50

Paperback. "This translation first published 1959"--T.p. verso. Translator(s): Rieu, E. V. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1959
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440850
ISBN
9780140440850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Dimension: 131 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143106869
ISBN
9780143106869
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

Paperback. Translator(s): Hunter, Richard. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538720
ISBN
9780199538720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. A retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, one of the oldest extant Greek myth. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 474 pages, 5 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 35. Weight in Grams: 686. 474 pages, 5 maps. A retelling of the tale of Jason and the Golden Fleece, one of the oldest extant Greek myth. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DCF; DN; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 35. Weight: 686.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
474
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253933
ISBN
9780520253933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.53

Hardback. This short introduction to the work of an essentially modern writer includes four curious poems apparently suppressed from the first edition and reprints of the Raoul Dufy woodcuts published in the 1911 edition. Illustrator(s): Dufy, Raoul. Translator(s): Kennedy, X. J. Num Pages: 96 pages, 31, 31 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400068
ISBN
9781421400068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.07

Paperback. Offers an insight into manners and roles. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Underlining
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803253506
ISBN
9780803253506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. Announcing a new series of Drama Classic Collections. Editor(s): Griffiths, Trevor. Series: Drama Classic: Collections S. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854598486
ISBN
9781854598486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.86

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540204
ISBN
9780199540204
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. When Prince Oroonoko's passion for the virtuous Imoinda arouses the jealousy of his grandfather, the lovers are cast into slavery and transported from Africa to the colony of Surinam. Oroonoko's noble bearing soon wins the respect of his English captors, but his struggle for freedom brings about his destruction. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Num Pages: 384 pages, notes. BIC Classification: DNF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433388
ISBN
9780140433388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England, and The Rover, her most popular play, is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time. The Rover explores issues of love, trickery and deception, forced marriage, male power, fidelity, and the excesses of sexual passion. Editor(s): Bolam, Robyn. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408152119
ISBN
9781408152119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover. A clean copy in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear. Dustjacket in good condition.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
First Thus
Publisher
Konemann UK Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KRF0004558
ISBN
9783829009027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Features poems in Gaelic and the poet's own English versions. This work is divided in two parts - 'the gift of anger' and 'the other turning'. Its scope ranges from the western isles of Scotland to the battlefields of Europe and the collapse of the Iron Curtain. It shows how human struggles and achievements are repeated across time and place. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 134. 8vo . Some light shelfwear otherwise a good copy. Signed and inscribed by the author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Polygon An Imprint of Birlinn Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
SKU
KEX0281173
ISBN
9781846970023
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardcover. You know your one Nikita? You've seen her around town: always within 100 metres of Penneys (where she likes to spend her 'eurdos'), her hair done up in a 'hun bun', sporting her 'masso' runners and her eyebrows on fleek. In How to be Massive Nikita shares her illustrated guide to being massive. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; WHL; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 202 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Gill Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
9780717172702
ISBN
9780717172702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

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